William E. DENIKE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1870, Living with father in West Milford, Passaic Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Occupation: 1880; Team Driver

Family/Spouse: Sarah Jane WILLIS. Sarah (daughter of William E. WILLIS and Elizabeth FENNER) was born on 25 Jul 1859 in Hardyston, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; died before 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Eldred DENIKE was born on 27 Jun 1876 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died in 1923; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey.
2. Solomon DENIKE was born on 21 Jul 1878 in New Jersey, USA; died on 4 Nov 1942 in Hillside, Union Co., New Jersey; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union Co., New Jersey.
3. Charles Albert DENIKE was born on 16 Feb 1880 in New Jersey; died after 1920.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: James Ten Eycke
• Census: 1850, Living in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Occupation: 1850; laborer
• Census: 1860, Living in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1870, Living in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living with daughter Lucy in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Occupation: 1880; Works at the Furnace

James married Harriet LOTT. Harriet (daughter of John Hathorn LOTT and Abigail CONKLIN) was born in 1831 in New Jersey, USA; died in Jul 1861 in Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey

Jacob married Jane MIDDLEWORTH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1860, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1870, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1875, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey

Notes:

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DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN

Said to have killed the Last Bear Ever Seen in the Warwick Mountains.

Goshen, N.Y., Aug. 22 - When Gen. John Hawthorne marched with the Goshen militia in pursuit of the Indian Brant, after the bloody Minisink massacre in 1779, he left in charge f his farm in Warwick a man of the name Lott. the General was one of the few who returned from the fatal chase of the bloody Mohawk chief, and the Lott family remained on his farm. Fourteen years later a son was born to them on Sept. 11, 1793. Gen. Hawthorne name the infant John Hawthorne Lott. Last Thursday John Hawthorne Lott died within a stone's throw of where he was born, having lived nearly 101 years in Warwick. Until within a few weeks he was apparently in the best of health. Last march he walked three miles to deposit his eightieth consecutive annual vote at town meeting. Until only a short time ago he worked at his trade of cooper, making cedar tubs, for which he was famous the country round.

In his prim, Lott stood 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was a giant in strength, and noted as a wrestler, jumper, and runner in the days when those accomplishments were greatly the test of a man's standing in the rugged communities of Orange and Sussex counties. No one could approach him in handling the scythe or cradle. He was also a famous hunter and claimed to have killed the last wild bear ever seen in the Warwick Mountains. He killed it in a hand to hand contest, with no weapon but his pocket knife. Lott was an intelligent man and a genial companion. His memory extended with clearness back over ninety-five years. He was the father of nineteen children.


The Sun (NY) Aug. 23, 1894

Albert Wisner Public Library
Warwick, New York

John Hathorn Lott was born in the house in 1793. His father Bartholomew Lott is recorded as having served in Washington's Life Guard. Both Bartholomew and John Hathorn Lott lived to be a centenarians. Bartholomew Lott's father in law was William fFtzgerald, who was involved in the Sterling Iron works with the Townsends. He was captain of the Sterling company of hathorn's Regiment, 1776 and it is said that he was a survivor of the Battle of Minisink. His farm was at the border of Warwick and Monroe in dutch Hollow (Fitzgerald falls, on the Appalachian Trail, named for the family.)

The History of the John Hathorn House: Other Household Members


Albert Wisner Public Library

John married Abigail CONKLIN on 18 Jan 1819. Abigail was born in 1804; died in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]