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Benjamin Sibley

Male 1768 - 1829  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Sibley was born 29 Apr 1768, Sutton, MA; died 2 Oct 1829, Mendon, NY.

    Benjamin married Z. Davis. (child of Samuel Davis) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Nov 1792, Oxford, MA; died Est 4 Mar 1858, Mendon, NY.
    2. 3. Patty Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Feb 1799, Oxford, MA; died 12 Jul 1805.
    3. 4. Nancy Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Feb 1806; died 14 Feb 1806.
    4. 5. Hiram Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Feb 1807, North Adams, MA; died 12 Jul 1888, Rochester, New York; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 30 Nov 1792, Oxford, MA; died Est 4 Mar 1858, Mendon, NY.

    Notes:

    Brother of Hiram Sibley

    Samuel married Almira Sibley. Almira was born 3 Apr 1807, Paris, NY; died 2 Mar 1889; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Elizabeth Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Nov 1833, Mendon, NY; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 7. Mary Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jan 1838, Mendon, NY; died 17 Aug 1839.
    3. 8. Helen Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Sep 1842, Mendon, NY; died 3 Feb 1844.
    4. 9. George H. Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Aug 1845; died 30 Sep 1931.

    Samuel married Lucinda Holbrook 7 Sep 1824. Lucinda was born 19 Mar 1806, Chautauqua, NY; died 2 Mary 1830, Mendon, NY. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Giles H. Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 May 1825, Mendon, NY; died 10 Jun 1825, Mendon, NY; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.
    2. 11. Morilla Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jun 1827, Mendon, NY; died 31 Jul 1846; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.
    3. 12. Lucinda Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jun 1829, Mendon, NY; died 4 Sep 1854; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.

  2. 3.  Patty Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 6 Feb 1799, Oxford, MA; died 12 Jul 1805.

  3. 4.  Nancy Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 7 Feb 1806; died 14 Feb 1806.

  4. 5.  Hiram SibleyHiram Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 6 Feb 1807, North Adams, MA; died 12 Jul 1888, Rochester, New York; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Entrepreneur and capitalist, nurseryman and founder of Western Union, Hiram Sibley was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He moved to Western New York around 1829-1830, and by 1835 he and his lifelong friend and partner Don Alonzo Watson had opened a machine shop in Sibleyville (now Mendon). He was elected Monroe County Sheriff in 1843 and began to invest in local nurseries in 1844.

    Before the Civil War he was active in Republican (anti-slavery) politics.

    After the invention of the telegraph in 1844, Sibley’s interests turned to telegraphy and railroads. He organized and invested in patents and companies, consolidating his interests through the formation of Western Union in 1856.

    During the Civil War, Western Union consolidated its hold on northern and western telegraph lines. Sibley traveled to Russia in late 1864 to negotiate with the Tsar for an undersea telegraph cable that would cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia, uniting the Americas, Europe and Asia. The plan was stymied by the ultimate success after several failures of an Atlantic cable in 1866.

    In his later years, he again invested in nurseries, purchasing the largest farm in the country and founding Hiram Sibley & Co., a seed company based in Rochester and Chicago. He was a prominent supporter of both the University of Rochester and Cornell University in Ithaca.

    Hiram married Elizabeth Maria Tinker 24 Jan 1833, North Adams, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Giles Tinker and Zilpha Knight Tinker) was born 11 Aug 1815; died 11 Jul 1903, Rochester, New York ; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Zilpha Louise Atkinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Dec 1833; died 16 Jun 1868.
    2. 14. Giles Benjamin Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1841 Apr 8; died 1843 Mar 14.
    3. 15. Hiram Watson Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Mar 1845; died 28 Jun 1932; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York.
    4. 16. Emily Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 May 1855; died 8 Feb 1945.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Elizabeth Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 20 Nov 1833, Mendon, NY; died Yes, date unknown.

    Elizabeth married Joseph Fiske. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Mary Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 16 Jan 1838, Mendon, NY; died 17 Aug 1839.

  3. 8.  Helen Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 23 Sep 1842, Mendon, NY; died 3 Feb 1844.

  4. 9.  George H. Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 25 Aug 1845; died 30 Sep 1931.

    Notes:

    Nephew of Hiram Sibley

    George married Theodora Townsend. Theodora was born 1845, New York; died 31 Jan 1892. [Group Sheet]


  5. 10.  Giles H. Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 26 May 1825, Mendon, NY; died 10 Jun 1825, Mendon, NY; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.

  6. 11.  Morilla Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 19 Jun 1827, Mendon, NY; died 31 Jul 1846; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.

  7. 12.  Lucinda Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 12 Jun 1829, Mendon, NY; died 4 Sep 1854; was buried , Honeoye Falls Cemetery, Honeoye Falls, NY.

  8. 13.  Zilpha Louise Atkinson Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 7 Dec 1833; died 16 Jun 1868.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson's older sister

    Zilpha married Hobart Ford Atkinson 12 Oct 1854, Rochester, New York. Hobart (son of William Atkinson and Elizabeth Ford Atkinson Finney) was born 5 Oct 1825, Rochester, New York; died 4 Aug 1908. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Elizabeth Storer Atkinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1857; died 1945.
    2. 18. Marie Louise Atkinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Feb 1864; died 29 Oct 1940.

  9. 14.  Giles Benjamin Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 1841 Apr 8; died 1843 Mar 14.

    Notes:

    first son of Hiram Sibley; Emily Sibley Watson's deceased brother


  10. 15.  Hiram Watson SibleyHiram Watson Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 2 Mar 1845; died 28 Jun 1932; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson's brother, son of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker. He was named after Hiram Sibley's partner Don Alonzo Watson. He was a business man, and served as a trustee of the Rochester Savings Bank, Security Trust Co, and the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital (now Genesee Hospital), which his mother Elizabeth Sibley helped found.

    Died:
    Died at his home on East Avenue in Rochester of a broken him he sustained when he fell in the bathroom.

    Hiram married Margaret Durbin Harper 1873. Margaret (daughter of Fletcher Harper, Jr. and Margaret Cook Durbin) was born 14 Feb 1852; died 28 May 1939. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 19. Margaret Harper Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1873; died 30 Nov 1874.
    2. 20. Hiram J. Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jul 1875; died 12 Apr 1886.
    3. 21. Ruth Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1878; died 1977.
    4. 22. John Durbin Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1883; died 1888.
    5. 23. Fletcher Harper Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1885; died 1959.
    6. 24. Margaret Urling Sibley  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1893; died 1951.

  11. 16.  Emily SibleyEmily Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 10 May 1855; died 8 Feb 1945.

    Notes:

    Youngest child of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker Sibley. Emily Sibley married Isaac S. Averell in 1876. They had two children, born 11 months apart, Elizabeth Louise Averell (1877-1886) and James G. Averell (1877-1904). Emily and Isaac separated ca. 1883, and were divorced in 1891. Later that year, Emily married James Sibley Watson, son of her father's partner Don Alonzo Watson. Together, Emily and "Jimmie" had one son, James Sibley Watson, Jr.
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    Emily married Isaac Seymour Averell 27 Apr 1876, Rochester, New York; divorced ca. 1891, California. Isaac (son of James George Averell and Charlotte Hildebrand Seymour) was born 21 Jun 1850, Ogdensburg, NY; died 25 Oct 1909, San Francisco, CA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Elizabeth Louise Averell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1877, Nice, France; died 2 Apr 1886, Rochester, NY.
    2. 26. James George Averell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Dec 1877, Rochester, NY; died 20 Nov 1904, Rochester, NY.

    Emily married James Sibley Watson, Sr. 1891. James (son of Don Alonzo Watson and Caroline Matilda Manning) was born 1860; died 1951. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 27. James Sibley Watson, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Aug 1894; died 31 Mar 1982, Rochester, NY.


Generation: 4

  1. 17.  Elizabeth Storer AtkinsonElizabeth Storer Atkinson Descendancy chart to this point (13.Zilpha3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 2 Jun 1857; died 1945.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s niece, older daughter of Hobart Ford Atkinson and Zilpha Louise Sibley Atkinson. Although her niece, "Libbie" was only 2 years younger than Emily Sibley Watson, and they were playmates and close friends. "Libbie" married Arthur Coslett Smith, and their house on 6 Sibley Place would later become the home of James Sibley Watson, Jr. and his wife Hildegarde Lasell Watson.

    "Heliotrope" was her nom-de-plume in the Garland, literary magazine published by Emily Sibley and her friends.

    Elizabeth married Arthur Cosslett Smith 19 Jun 1879. Arthur (son of Emily W. Smith) was born 19 Jan 1851; died 21 May 1926; was buried , Rochester, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 28. Sibley Coslett Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1880.
    2. 29. Louise Atkinson Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1883; died 1976.
    3. 30. Gordon Arthur Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1886.

  2. 18.  Marie Louise AtkinsonMarie Louise Atkinson Descendancy chart to this point (13.Zilpha3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 24 Feb 1864; died 29 Oct 1940.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s niece, younger daughter of Hobart Ford Atkinson and Zilpha Louise Sibley Atkinson. Her first husband was Gilman Henry Hubbell Perkins; after his death she married Ernest R. Willard. Her first husband’s mother, Caroline Perkins, was the founder of the Rochester Historical Society. After Marie Willard’s death she deeded her childhood home “Woodside” to the Historical Society, and it was the Society’s home for many years. Marie Willard was a charter member of the Children’s Auxiliary of Genesee Hospital and was a member of the hospital’s Board of Supervisors. She had been a member of the Memorial Art Gallery’s Board of Managers from its founding.

    Her obituary in the October 31, 1940 Democrat & Chronicle concluded: “Many things might be said of Mrs. Willard’s benefactions, which were numerous and were conducted with a rare shyness and modesty. Literally Mrs. Willard was one whose right hand was unaware of what her left hand did. In all her efforts to aid others, from early years until her death, she sought earnestly to make the lives of those she touched happier and more hopeful. The memory of her life is one that long will be cherished.”

    Marie married Gilman Henry Hubbell Perkins 1889. Gilman was born 2 Nov 1861, Rochester, NY; died 12 May 1894, Rochester, NY. [Group Sheet]

    Marie married Ernest Russell Willard. Ernest was born 11 Mar 1854, Jamestown, NY; died 6 May 1937. [Group Sheet]


  3. 19.  Margaret Harper Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 14 Dec 1873; died 30 Nov 1874.

    Notes:

    Oldest child of Hiram W. Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley


  4. 20.  Hiram J. Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 24 Jul 1875; died 12 Apr 1886.

    Notes:

    Son of Hiram W. and Margaret Harper Sibley


  5. 21.  Ruth Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 1878; died 1977.

    Notes:

    Daughter of Emily Sibley Watson's brother Hiram Watson Sibley and his wife Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley, Ruth Sibley was close in age to her cousin James G. Averell. Her husband, John Allyne Gade, was architect of the Memorial Art Gallery. Mrs. Gade was one of the early donors of art to the Gallery's collection. In 1912, Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundson named a peak in the Queen Maud range on the South Pole in her honor, as a thank you for their support of his expedition.

    Ruth married 1907. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Ruth married J.A. Gade [Group Sheet]


  6. 22.  John Durbin Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 1883; died 1888.

    Notes:

    "Durbin" Sibley was the 4th child of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley. He was the 3rd of their six children to die young. In a 1/23/93 letter to her daughter, Elizabeth Sibley describes her newborn granddaughter, Margaret Urling Sibley, in terms of her likeness to her deceased brother.


  7. 23.  Fletcher Harper Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 1885; died 1959.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s nephew, and by the 1890s, sole surviving son of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley. Known as Harper Sibley, he was a businessman, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and active in mission and relief work worldwide.

    Fletcher married 1908. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Fletcher married Georgiana Harding Farr. Georgiana was born 1887; died 10 Jun 1980. [Group Sheet]


  8. 24.  Margaret Urling Sibley Descendancy chart to this point (15.Hiram3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 1893; died 1951.

    Notes:

    “Urling,” the youngest child of Hiram Watson Sibley and Margaret Durbin Harper Sibley, was born during Emily Sibley Watson’s 1892-1893 trip to Egypt. She was near in age to and a close friend of Emily Sibley Watson’s son James Sibley Watson, Jr.

    Margaret married O'Donnell Iselin 4 Mar 1919. O'Donnell was born 6 Oct 1884, New York; died 7 Nov 1971, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 31. Peter Iselin  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 32. Emilie Iselin Wiggin  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 25.  Elizabeth Louise Averell Descendancy chart to this point (16.Emily3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 25 Jan 1877, Nice, France; died 2 Apr 1886, Rochester, NY.

  10. 26.  James George AverellJames George Averell Descendancy chart to this point (16.Emily3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 23 Dec 1877, Rochester, NY; died 20 Nov 1904, Rochester, NY.

    Notes:

    Emily Sibley Watson’s son by her first marriage. J.G., as he was called, was a promising architect when he died from typhoid at age 26. From an early age, J.G. accompanied his mother on her travels in the United States and Europe and he participated in the 1893 Trip Along the Nile. He was educated at the Fort Hill School in Rochester, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Harvard College. Throughout, he studied violin, including under the tutelage of Rochester orchestral leader Herman Dossenbach, and performed with various musical groups.

    Following graduation in 1899, he returned to Rochester and worked intermittently in the architectural firm of Bragdon and Hillman. A course of advanced study in architecture at Harvard was followed by a European tour and then a position with Herbert D. Hale's Boston-based architecture firm.

    After his death, J.G.'s architecture books were given by his mother, Emily Sibley Watson, to Claude Bragdon. In 1913, Emily Sibley Watson donated the Memorial Art Gallery to the University of Rochester in his memory. His newly-acquired collection of prints formed the beginnings of the print collection at the Memorial Art Gallery.

    May Bragdon, Claude's sister, writes about his death in her diary entry of November 21, 1904, page 138 of February 26, 1904-June 8, 1905: "Very much shocked to hear of the death of "J.G." Averell yesterday, of typhoid fever, at his Mother's, Mrs. Watson's. He was such a fine strong handsome, athletic such fellow and just boning down to his architecture after a year abroad - with everything before him - it does seem such a pity!"

    Friends & Acquaintances of J.G. Averell


  11. 27.  James Sibley Watson, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (16.Emily3, 5.Hiram2, 1.Benjamin1) was born 10 Aug 1894; died 31 Mar 1982, Rochester, NY.

    Notes:

    Son of James Sibley Watson and Emily Sibley Watson

    James married Hildegarde Lasell Watson 14 Oct 1916, Whitinsville, MA. Hildegarde (daughter of Chester Whitin Lasell and Jessie Maud Keeler) was born 1888; died 1976. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Michael Lasell Watson  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1918; died 2012.
    2. 34. Jeanne Watson Quackenbush  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1921 Dec 14; died 1991 Mar 9.

    James married Nancy Prince 1977. Nancy was born 31 Jul 1915; died 1 May 2009. [Group Sheet]