resources to draw upon, but his brawn and muscle; therefore, he drew upon them, and his draft was honored, for he first cut, logged, and burnt over two acres, which he sowed to wheat; then from the logs he had sawed for the purpose, he built a log house, covering it with bark and having it completed ready for the occupancy of the family who came in February, 1796. Here David Hinsdell had two more children born, and from a school roll now in possession of the family, it appears that in the winter of 1799 and 1800, six of his children attended a school taught by Levi Jerome.

David Hinsdell died in 1822, and his wife some years later, the homestead passing into the possession of Chauncy Hinsdell, who lived on it until his death, which occured a few years since, and his children still own it. All the sons except Chauncy and Moses,sought homes in other localities; Moses buying fifteen acres on lot 17, in 1801, of Mr. Sweet, giving therefor his note, as he had nothing else to give-adding however, in the course of time, five hundred acres to the first purchase. In order to follow out in detail my sketch of Moses of Moses Hinsdell, I must go back to 1798, when being twenty years of age,he bargained with his father for his time, cutting off therefor, a certain piece of timber, which being duly finished, he stepped out into the world to make his own furtune, being possessed of good vigorous constitution, the clothes he had on, two pairs of shoes and his good axe. In 1800 he joined hands and fortunes with Rachael Hibbard, marrying her in November of that year; her worldly possessions being one cow, eight sheep, and I think a little crockery; she also was possessed of good common sense, a kind loving heart full of noble impulses and good will to all, and a self sacrificing disposition, which stood the test of more than forty years of married life; helping over the rough places, cheering the despondent, restraining the wayward and volatile, developing into a pure Christian mode of life which enabled her to say "thy will be done," when she was called to her reward in 1841. There were born unto this couple

ten children--six sons and four daughters, viz: Eli B. Hinsdell, who died at Salina, in 1856. Harriet IIinsdell, (Mrs. David Barber,) now living in Syracuse. Polly Hinsdell, (Mrs. John S. Wells,) who died in 1863. Eliza. Hinsdell, (Mrs. L. B. Pitcher,) living in the town of Salina. Samuel Hinsdell, living at Fairmount, N. Y.

David H. Hinsdell living at Manlius, N. Y., Stephen Hinsdell living at Syracuse. Myraette Hinsdell, (Mrs. D. Fairbank,) living at Kalamazoo, Mich. Perry H. Hinsdell living in the town of Salina, and Moses B. Hinsdell who died in Lyons, Mich. In 1843, he was again married to Mrs. Phebe Underwood, who is still living at Forrestville, N. Y., but in 1857 he died in Pompey, at the age of seventyeight years. I have remarked that Moses Hinsdell started out in life at twenty years; and he so started determined to succeed, if truth, integrity and industry could succeed—as he knew they must. Following firmly in the path he marked out, he soon was a man of influence among his fellows, and during his long life, no man could accuse him of extortion, fraud or untruth. In his later years, he often remarked with pride, that no note he ever gave came to maturity unpaid, except in one instance, when an $100 note given on demand to the holder's order, came back to him after "many days," having passed current from one man to another in the usual first of April payments, until over twenty endorsements graced its back, having passed through over a score of hands, and paid over $2,000 of indebtedness. A very positire man, and one accustomed to think and act quickly, he was often wrong, and clung to that wrong with a tenacity worthy of a better cause; but no man was more willing to accept the truth than he, when it was shown to him. He was generous to a fault in a cause he deemed worthy, but no man, or set of men, ever caused him to swerve from a position his judgment told him was well taken. He was just the kind of a man to settle in a new country, and help to develop it, and there are too few of them in this present day. He never mixed much in politics, always refused of

fice, and really accomplished what he said ought to be every man's mission, viz: "to make the world some better for having lived in it.”

DAVID HIBBARD.

The reader will recognize the above as a Pompey name. The subject of this sketch was a revolutionary soldier, like many other pioneer residents of Pompey. He settled in Pompey on lot No. 6, in 1794. In addition to agricultural pursuits, he was a carpenter and joiner. During his early residence in Pompey, his son John was killed by the falling of a tree. This left him four sons and five daughters. The names of the four remaining sons were Samuel, Robert, Jacob and Isaac V.V. Hibbard, the latter of whom was a member of the N. Y. Assembly in 1853. Samuel M. Hibbard, a son of Isaac V. V., now occupies the old homestead of his grandfather, David. Samuel Hibbard, son of David, has two sons resident in Pompey; one bears the name of his grandfather, David Hibbard; the name of the other is Charles Hibbard.

HEZEKIAH HOPKINS.

Col. Hezekiah Hopkins was born in Harwinton, Litchfield Co., Conn., and moved thence with his family in 1800 to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. Here he remained about two years, and then came to Pompey Hill. He was married to Eunice Hubbell, by whom he had nine children; five of them were sons and four daughters-Sheldon,Milton, Harry, Hezekiah, Jr., Richard, Fanny, Laura, Dothy and Charlotte, the latter being born about a year after their arrival in Pompey. Col. Hopkins kept the hotel on the site now (1874,) occupied by Peter Oley, some twenty-four years,very much to the satisfaction of the public, keeping a very temperate, quiet and orderly place. He sold to his son Harry and purchased a small farm near the village, where he and his wife lived with his son Hezekiah until their death, being at the time of their decease about seventy-eight years of

age.

Soon after purchasing the hotel, Harry built an addition and continued to keep the hotel about three years, when he leased it to Capt. Pitt Dyer, for a term of years.

He was Deputy Sheriff under Doctor Granger, and a very faithful and efficient officer. He also held the office of Commissioner of Highways. In 1837 he sold his real estate in Pompey,and moved to Cleveland, Ohio,leaving his oldest son Jerome and daughter Caroline behind,both being employed in Manlius village, Jerome as a clerk in the store of Azariah Smith, and Caroline as a teacher. His wife, (Theodocia Jerome,) died of consumption, in Cleveland, in 1839. In 1841 he married Mrs. Theodocia Hamilton, near Medina, Ohio, where he lived ou a farm with her for thirty years, when she died. And now being eighty-one years old and in failing health, he came to live with his son Jerome, in Cleveland, where he continued till his death in 1872. He was present at the Re-Union, June 29th, 1871. Mrs. Beardslee, of Syracuse, is now the only surviving member of the old Col. Hopkins' family. Harry Hopkins' surviving children are Jerome, George and Sophia, all living in and near Cleveland, Ohio.

ENSIGN HILL.

Colonel Ensign Hill, who was one of the pioneer settlers of the east part of Pompey, near Delphi, was born in Washington, Berkshire County, Mass., May 28th, 1772; his wife Polly H. Kellogg, was born in Dalton, Berkshire County, Mass., February 29th, 1776; they were married September 29th, 1801, and moved to Pompey in the fall of that year. Mr. Hill had been to Pompey the year before, had purchased fifty acres of land and cleared enough to put up a pioneer house, near where the watering trough now is, about one hundred rods south of Delphi village. All he had when coming to Pompey, was a horse, saddle and bridle, which he sold to Judge Platt near Utica; the avails were paid towards his land; although possessed of the usual amount of energy and pluck characteristic of early settlers, the toil

and hardships incident to pioneer life caused him occasionally to feel despondent. When one day indulging in a melancholy mood, a stranger rode up to where he was clearing the forest and entering into conversation, finally offered him fifty dollars for his bargain in the purchase of his land; he thought if the stranger could see fifty dollars in it, he could find it, and so he still toiled on, never more indulging the wish to return permanently to the home of his childhood. He added largely to his first purchase, and became one of the leading farmers in his neighborhood; and although his pursuit was the tilling of the soil, he always manifested a lively interest in public affairs. Descended from revolutionary ancestors, he early formed an attachment to the military service, and became colonel of a regiment of militia. He was a New England Democrat, and an ardent admirer of Andrew Jackson. He was an earnest supporter of the administration of Madison, during the war of 1812. He lived to see Pompey, the home of his adoption, a popu lous and thriving town; his first wife died December 20th, 1818, after which he married a widow lady, Mrs. Humphreyville. Mr. Hill died December 4th, 1832, having lived to see his favorite general and statesman elevated to the Presidency of the United States a second time. All his children were born in Pompey. Ensign W., the eldest, was born June 20th, 1802, was a farmer and merchant, an excellent penman and book-keeper; he resided in Pompey the whole of his life, which terminated September 7th, 1870. Three children, Orange, Lydia S. and Charlotte, died in childhood.

A second son, Orange, was born February 21st, 1806, and now lives in Delphi, and is a farmer.

Charles R. K. Hill was born January 3d, 1810, and now lives on the old homestead in the elegant mansion erected by his father; he is now an acting Justice of the Peace in Pompey, elected as a democrat, although his party is in a large minority in the town.

William Hull Hill was born July 4th, 1812, and was