Beriah Hotchkin (1752 - 1829)

Born 27 Mar 1752 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Dickinson) Hotchkin — married 31 Jan 1774 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1829 at age 76 in Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, United States

Biography

Beriah Hotchkin was born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut in 1752 to parents Noah Hotchkin and Hannah (Morse) Hotchkin.

According to the NEHGS, he married Thankful Dickinson on 31 Jan 1774 in ^[1] A separate transcription of vital records^[2] reveals two dates for this couple, suggesting the first date, 31 Jan 1774, was the date intention was filed, and the second one, 4 Sep 1774, the date of marriage. Both records are from Guilford.

They had at least four children:^[3]

1. Boy Hotchkin^[4]
2. Joseph Harvey Hotchkin, 1778-1852 ^[5]
3. James Hervey Hotchkin, 1781-1851
4. Beriah Hotchkin, 1783-1845

He learned the trade of a tanner and shoemaker. He was a soldier in the American Revolution 1775, and in 1780 removed to Cornwall, Connecticut. He studied theology and on 17 Aug, 1785, was ordained and installed pastor of the 4th Congregational Church in Guilford. In 1789, he was settled at Greenville, Greene Co., New York, where he remained until 1824, when he removed to western N. Y., and preached at Wheeler and Pulteney, Steuben Co., New York. He received an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale College in 1794.

In 1827 went to reside with a son at Prattsburgh where he died on 28 Jan 1829.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) subscription may be required
2. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. subscription may be required
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22621844
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch, Beriah Hotchkiss in entry for Hotchkiss, 1775. NB: This source is for Hotchkiss - or Hotchkin misspelled. Look for corroboration if used to develop a new profile.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch, Beriah Hotchkin in entry for Joseph Hotchkin, 1778.

See also: (Hotchkin's Western N. Y., p. 283)."