January 1984 JY - J the RATHBUN-RATHBONE-RATHBURN FAMILY HISTORIAN

Basil Rathbone 1892-1967

January 1984 JY - J THE RATHBUN-RATHBONE-RATHBURN FAMILY HISTORIAN

Volume Four • Number One • January 1984

Letter From the Editor

We have learned that the last issue of February 15 will have to be dropped James Chivers, Canton, Oh io. the Historian-the reunion issue, dated from our computer mailing list. Since it Rosma Rathbun Limbeck, Ladysmith, October 1983-may not have reached costs one dollar for each name deleted, Wisc. all our members. We ran short of our and another for each name added, we Mildred Rathburn , Johnstown, N.Y. regular Association envelopes, and will have to charge $17, rather than $15, Bettye Rathbone, Austin , Texas. some had to be sent in plain envelopes, for present members who renew after R. Van Rathbun, Oklahoma City, Ok !. with no return address. February 15. So , if you haven 't re Doris Rathbun Stoppa, Colchester, As a result, those with wrong ad newed, send your check now! Conn . dresses or incorrect postage could not I think it might be interesting to em If your area is not covered , please be returned to us by the Postal Service. phasize just what ou r Association (your consider volunteering your time and Because of this, we are sending this Association) has accomplished. efforts. No special knowledge or skills issue to all 1983 members, whether or Not only are we publishing a maga are needed-just a wil lingness (and the not they have renewed their member zine which is really unique, but we are time) to visit courthouses, libraries, his ship. bringing together, in a real sense, hun torical societies and cemeteries in your We do not know how many members dreds of fa r-flung cousins who might area, and contact Rathbuns , Rathbones may have been affected, but if you did otherwise never have known the early and Rathburns in your telephone book not receive your October issue, with the history of their ancestors, and the role for information and possible member monument brochure and the 1984 re our family has played in American ship in our Association. newal notice enclosed, let us know im history. Let me take the opportunity to send to mediately, and they will be sent to you . In turn , our growing list of members is all of you , on behalf of the Historian staff, For those of you who did receive the providing us with information, family our warm and sincere wishes for a issue, and have not yet sent in your data and pictures which help make our peaceful and happy 1984. renewal check, please do so right away Historian, without question, the finest if you want to remain a member of our family publication in the land. Association . Your donations made it possible to Any member who has not renewed by erect a monument to our immigrant an cestors on Block Island , another achievement which can be matched by few families. Financial Statement The Rathbun Our 1983 reunion brought together Income for 1983 Rathbone-Rathburn nearly 200 cousins from throughout the Family Historian is country, and our proposed 1985 reunion Memberships (332 at $17) ...... $ 5,644 in Rathbun, Iowa, should do even better. Monument contributions ...... 3,202 published quarterly We have reason to be proud of our Sale of past issues ...... 1,636 by the Rathbun Association and what it has accom Reunion T-shirt sales ...... 828 Bank account interest ...... 273 Family Association plished in three short years! Donations ...... 57 at 11308 Popes Head But, we need your continued help and Road, Fairfax, Va. support to continue our work. Your Total...... $11 ,640 membership fee makes the Historian 22030. possible and your active cooperation Expenses for 1983 (703) 278-8512 will help us maintain its quality. Typesetting and printing ...... $3,892 The key to success in compiling a Block Island Monument...... 2,316 Fran's H. Rathbun family history lies in one word Monument brochure ...... 494 Editor & Publisher research! Postage ...... 980 Many of you have been most helpful Reunion T-shirts ...... 768 Robert Rathbun Stationary and supplies ...... 544 in this regard, but a more concentrated Research Director Reunion costs ...... 414 effort is needed. For this reason , we are Hazel J. Rathbun Computer mailing costs ...... 414 establishing a nationwide network of Research ...... 351 Assistant Editor "research assistants." They will focus on Photographs ...... 279 Frank H. Rathbun III local records in their own areas, and Telephone ...... 88 Production Manager contact Rathbuns, Rathbones and Miscellaneous ...... 18 Janice A. Rathbun Rathburns in local telephone books to Total...... $10,555 seek information and recruit new Business Manager members. Surplus for 1983 ...... $1,085 The following members have agreed ISSN 0737-7711 Carryov.er from 1982...... $1 ,779 to serve as research assistants in their areas: Balance on hand ...... $2,864

2 One of Our Cousins Wrote Sinatra's Latest Hit Song

Arthur Schroeck, one of our mem bers, has been a song writer and musi cal arranger for many years, but he moved into the "big time" last year when Frank Sinatra recorded Art's song, "Here's to the Band ." The hit tune, first introduced by Sina tra in December 1982, is now a nation wide success, and was heard by mil lions of television viewers last fall on the Miss America Pageant. It has been printed in the Congressional Record and is being used by Sammy Davis Jr. in his nightclub act. Art Schroeck, 45, lives in Whitehouse Station, N.J., with his wife, Lynda, and their three children . He is the son of Bertha Elizabeth" Rathbun (Williams Sidney7 Sylvester" Jamess Valentine4 2 Joshua' John . ' ) and Justin John Schroeck. "Here's to the Band ," says Art , was written specifically with Sinatra in mind, Arthur Schroeck and Frank Sinatra but "Old Blue Eyes" was "sold" on the song by his daughter, Nancy Sinatra. The idea for the song was conceived A year passed, and Schroeck be He has won two Cleo Awards (the by two of Art's friends, Alfred Nittoli and came impatient. With the help of a friend equivalent of an advertising Grammy Sharman Howe, whose joint effort, orig who knew the Sinatras, he arranged for Award) for writing advertising jingles. inally called "Here's to the Musicians," Nancy Sinatra to hear the tape. She was The first was in 1976 for McDonald's just didn't click, and they realized it. impressed, and called her father on the "You , You 're the One," and the second They turned to Schroeck for help. He spot. was in 1982 for ABC's "Now's the Time, liked the basic idea, but told them it Two months later, on Dec. 9, 1982, ABC's the Place." He has written songs needed work. He then rewrote the Sinatra introduced "Here's to the Band" and done arrangements for Petula words and music, changed the name, at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City. Clark, Neil Diamond, The Four Seasons and taped it for his two friends in just 24 The response was enthusiastic, and in and others. hours. They were impressed, and they the following weeks, Sinatra sang it to Music has been an important part of loved it. standing ovations at Caeser's Palace in Art's life since he was a boy in New "I worked all night in my basement Las Vegas and at New York's Radio City Jersey. At 14, he joined four friends to studio," Art recalls. "I finished the words Music Hall. form a band which played at local clubs while walking through the streets of New In January 1983, Sinatra recorded the on weekends and at Atlantic City during York City. I do a lot of my best work that song and it soon became a national summer vacations. way." best-seller. When a New Jersey disc The day after his graduation from high The song is designed as a tribute to jockey played it on the air, he received school, he left for Las Vegas where he the American Federation of Musicians, 450 calls in one day. became a drummer in a night club band. band members who rarely receive rec Sinatra has predicted that "Here's to By 1960, at age 23, he had his own ognition for their work. Art and his the Band" will take the place of "New band , The Premieres, which played in friends saw it as a "natural" for Sinatra, York, New York" and "My Way" as his Las Vegas and Tahoe until 1965, when who usually closes his shows with unofficial theme songs. "I'm getting sick he returned to New Jersey. thanks to his musicians. of those anyway," Sinatra said. Lynda, an early friend in New Jersey, In September 1981 , a demonstration Although it is Art Schroeck's first big had become a singer in Las Vegas. tape was sent to Sinatra, who liked it, but hit, he is no stranger to success in the was too busy to follow through on it. music field . (continued on page 10)

3 Basil Rathbone Won Fame In Sherlock Holmes Role

Probably the most famous person was Ethel Marion Foreman, who be immediate hit. Tall and lanky (nearly six bearing our name in this century was the came his wife in 1914. feet two) , with distinctive features and a late Basil Rathbone, the stage and By this time, World War I had broken clipped British accent, he found himself screen star whose striking profile and out, and Basil enlisted in the British in demand as the typical "English type." superb acting ability made him a box Army. He was sent to Officers' Training Norma Shearer later recalled : "It was office success for some 40 years. School and commissioned a lieutenant a joy to work with Mr. Rathbone .... His Although he was a highly successful in 1915. He served in France, won a beautiful voice, noble features and dis Shakesperian actor on the English and Military Cross for bravery and was pro tinguished bearing made him one of the American stage and appeared in 84 mo moted to captain. His only brother, John, great gentlemen of his time." tion pictures, Basil Rathbone is remem was killed in France. The real turning point in Rathbone's bered primarily for his portrayal of Sher Returning to civilian life, Basil re career came with the 1935 classic, "Da lock Holmes, the celebrated London de sumed his acting career, but his mar- vid Copperfield ," in wh ich he played the tective created by Sir Arthur Conan role of the cruel stepfather, Mr. Murd Doyle. stone. Among his co-stars were W.C. Rathbone was not one of our Ameri Fields, Lionel Barrymore , Maureen can cousins. His branch of the family O'Sullivan and Freddie Bartholomew. has been prominent in the Liverpool The film was a box-office hit, and for area of England for many centuries, and the next five years, he was in constant he undoubtedly descended, as we do, demand, appearing in success after from that early Irish ancestor who success with such movie greats as settled in England in the 13th century. Greta Garbo, Ronald Coleman, Errol We will have a story soon on this English Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Tay branch of the Rathbones, who have an lor, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, illustrious and fascinating history. Charles Boyer, Gary Cooper and Boris Basil was born June 13, 1892, in Jo Karloff. hannesburg, South Africa, where his He was twice nominated for Academy father, Edgar Philip Rathbone, was a Awards. mining engineer in the gold fields. He In 1939, famed producer Darryl Zan was christened Ph ilip SI. John Basil uck was persuaded to make a movie Rathbone, but was always known as series based on the Sherlock Holmes Basi l. stories. The Rathbones left South Africa in "Who would play Holmes?" he asked. January 1896, during the Boer War, Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes "Who else but Basil Rathbone," was when Basil was less than four years old. the reply. His father, a friend of Cecil Rhodes, was That conversation was to change the suspected of being a British spy and had riage soon failed. He and his wife sep course of Rathbone's career. It was to to sneak out of the country on a train, arated, to the deep disappointment of make him even more famous ; it was hiding beneath his wife's skirts . his parents. In 1921 , he sailed to New also the beginning of the end of his In England, Basil attended the fa York to make his debut on Broadway. screen career. shionable Repton School, where he was Three years later, he made his first mo In the next eight years, he starred in a member of the debating and musical tion picture-a silent film- and for sev 14 Sherlock Holmes movies, with Nigel societies, and where he developed a eral years divided his talents between Bruce as his bumbling companion, Dr. deep interest in the theatre. After gradu the stage and screen . Watson. He had a few other roles during ation in 1910, he worked for a year, at In New York, he met Ouida Bergere, a that period but he quickly became type his father's insistence, as a clerk in the leading script writer and hostess, and in cast as the famous detective of Baker family's insurance company. Then he 1926, he divorced Ethel to marry Ouida. street. resigned to pursue his real love-the They later moved to Hollywood. Although he became the popular per stage. By 1929, as the era of silent movies sonification of Holmes, and played the For the next four years, he toured came to an end, he appeared in the part to perfection, Rathbone realized the England, Ireland and Scotland with a second sound picture made by MGM threat to his career and refused a con Shakesperian company, playing 42 Studios-"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," tract for further Holmes pictures. parts in 22 plays. One of his co-stars co-starring Norma Shearer. He was an A telling moment came when he was

4 stopped on the street one day by a group of children seeking his autograph. He asked them who they thought he was. "Why, you are Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the detective," they replied . "I will not give you my autograph until you say my real name," Rathbone told them, and stalked away. Rathbone later described his first Holmes film , "The Hound of the Basker villes," as "a negative for which I merely continued to produce endless positives of the same photograph. Once you have created a characterization, as I did with Holmes ... the creative process stops and you simply repeat yourself." In later years, however, his feelings mellowed. "Ever since I said goodbye to Mr. Sherlock Holmes, there has lingered Basil Rathbone and Bob Hope somewhere inside me a sentimental at (Casanova 's Big Night, 1954) tachment to this memorable character," he once admitted. After the Holmes series, Rathbone never regained his popularity with pro ducers as an "English type," or "screen villain. " He made a few pictures in the 1950s, appearing with Bob Hope, Hum phrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and Vin cent Price, but his movie career had passed its peak. He remained popular with his fellow actors, serving as vice-president of the Actors Equity in 1948, and recording secretary in 1949. He and Ouida were rated among Hollywood's favorite party givers. In the 1960s, he turned again to the stage, and to radio and television . He appeared as a television guest with Sid Cesar, Milton Berle and Edgar Bergen, among others. He did some 200 radio shows. In 1963, he was invited to the White House by President John F. Ken nedy to do a dramatic reading. In late life, he visited the Liverpool Rathbones' ancestral home, Green bank, where he had spent many holi days as a child . It was not a pleasant experience. "At last I knew, and forever," he wrote, "that memories are like forgotten mel odies that are best left to sing their songs in the silent places of one's heart." On July 21 , 1967, he died of a heart attack at the age of 75. His second wife, Basil Rathbone and Tyrone Power (continued on page 10) (The Mark of Zorro, 1940)

5 Rathbuns and Rathbones Who Served in Revolution

In our last issue, we outlined in gen Pa., Oct. 4, 1777. Wintered at Valley Rathbun. Enlisted Sept. 13, 1776, in eral the role of our family members in the Forge with General Washington's Army Capt. William Francis' detachment of Revolutionary War, which made the 1777 -1778. Saw action at Monmouth, Berkshire (Mass.) militia and marched United States an independent nation. N.J., and Stoney Point, N.Y. Discharged to Williamstown from Pittsfield, Mass. Here we present an alphabetical listing in Dec. 1782 and immediately reenlisted Discharged Sept. 21 , 1776, and reen of al/ the Rathbuns and Rathbones with in Capt. David Dorrance's company, listed July 21 , 1781 , in Capt. William known military and naval records in the Col. Samuel Webb's Third Conn. Regi Lord's company, Col. John Brown's Revolution, and a brief outline of their ment. Discharged June 10, 1783, by Mass. Regiment. Discharged Oct. 27, wartime service. It should be noted that George Washington. (Copy of dis 1781 . records of that era are incomplete, that charge appeared in last issue.) Widow, EBENEZER RATHBUN (1740- others may have served, and these men Ruth, received a pension for his service. 1828), son of Ebenezerl (William2John ') may have had other service. ASHLEY RATHBUN (1763· 805). Rathbun. Enlisted May 1, 1776, in Lt. son of Isaiah' (Jonathan3 John2.') Rath Stephen Saunders' Second Company bun. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1781 , in the Third of Col. Noyes' R.1. Regiment. Stationed Conn. Regiment. Discharged Nov. 14, at Boston Neck and South Kingston, AMOS RATHBUN (1738-1817), son 1781 . Reenlisted February, 1782, at the R.I. , and discharged in April, 1777. of Joshua3 (John2.') Rathbun. Helped Henry Tavern, Colchester, Conn., in Drafted in the summer of 1777 for two organize a militia company in Rich Capt. Charles Mills' company, Col. months, again for short periods in 1778, mond, Mass., and was elected captain. Samuel Canfield's Regiment. and participated in Gen. Sullivan's at Commissioned May 4, 1776, and as BENJAMIN RATHBUN (1747·1819), tack on Newport, R.1. Drafted again for signed to the Second Berkshire Regi son of Benjamin3 (Joseph2 John') Rath short periods from 1780 through 1782 ment, commanded by Col. Benjamin bun. Enlisted early in the war and be under Lt. Saunders and Captains John Simonds. After participating in the ac came seriously ill while serving in New Gavitt and William Blivin in the Rhode tion at Ticonderoga, early in 1777, his York during the summer of 1777. Re Island militia. company joined Gen. John Fellows' turned to his home in Colchester, Conn., EDMUND RATHBUN (1757-1849), Brigade in the Continental Army under and reenlisted August 3, 1778, in Capt. son of Jonathan' (John3-2· ') Rathbun. En Col. David Rossiter and later Col. John Seth Holmes' company, Colonel Chap listed March 1, 1776, in Capt. Amos Brown. Participated in the battles of man's Regiment. The regiment joined Lankton's company of Mass. Militia, saw White Plains, Bennington and possibly Gen. John Sullivan's Army and marched action at Saratoga, and served at Al Saratoga. to attack Newport, R.I. , then held by the bany, Fort Ann and Fort Edward and AMOS RATHBUN JR. (1762-1823), British. Discharged Sept. 29, 1778. Glen Falls, N.Y. Discharged Sept. 1, son of Amos' (Joshua3 John2.') Rathbun. BENJAMIN RATHBUN (1766-1846), 1776, and reenlisted April 26, 1777, for Enlisted July 18, 1779, in Capt. Am son of Samuel' (Jonathan3 William2 one month in Capt. Lankton's company brose Hill's Company of Lt. Col. Miles John') Rathbun. Enlisted in March, of Col. John Ashley's Berkshire (Mass.) Powell's Berkshire (Mass.) Regiment. 1782, at Norwich, Conn., in Capt. Regiment. Served several months in the Marched to New Haven, Conn., and was Charles Mills' company, Col. Samuel summer of 1777 under Capt. Ezekiel discharged Aug. 22, 1779. Canfield's Regiment. Stationed at Ston Herrick in Col. John Brown's Mass. ANTHONY RATHBUN (1744-1821), ington, Conn., until April 1783. Pen· Regiment, and again in Capt. Lankton's son of SamueP (Thomas2 John') Rath sioned at $36.66 annually in 1834. company. In 1778, he moved to Rhode bun. Served in December 1777 and DANIEL RATHBUN (1759-1808). Island and enlisted March 1 in Capt. January 1778 and again in July and son of Daniel' (Joshua3 John2.' ) Rath· Benjamin West's company of Col. John August 1778 under Captain Joshua Da bun. Enlisted June 30, 1777, in Capt. Topham's Regiment. The regiment vis in Col. Charles Dyer's R.I. Regiment. Aaron Rowley's company, Col. John joined Gen. Ezekiel Cornell's Division, ASA RATHBUN (1756-1812), son of Brown's Mass. Regiment. Discharged saw action at Portsmouth, R.I. , and then Thomas' (Thomas3 Samuel2 John') July 21 , 1777, at Fort Ann and reenlisted joined Gen. Sullivan'S Army for the at Rathbun. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1775, in the July 1, 1778, in Capt. Peter Porter's tack on Newport, R.I. Listed as a Seventh Company of Col. Jedediah detachment, Gen. John Fellows' Mass. deserter on Sept. 3, 1778. Returned to Huntington's Eighth Conn. Regiment. Brigade. Served four months under Massachusetts and on July 1, 1780, Discharged Nov. 16, 1775, and reen General Stark at Albany, N.Y., and dis was drafted for six months in Capt. Bur listed March 10, 1777, in Capt. Ben charged Oct. 31, 1778. bank's company of Col. Sprout's 12th jamin Throop's company, First Conn. DANIEL RATHBUN (1754-1806), Mass. Regiment. Served at Great Bar Regiment. Saw action at Germantown, son of Valentine' (Joshua3 John2.') rington, Mass., and West Point, before

6 his discharge in December. Drafted died soon after his return, or possibly JOHN PECK RATHBUN (1746- again in 1781 but paid $30 for a sub died July 3, 1778, at the Battle of Wyom 1782), son of Nathaniel' (Thomas3.2 stitute. In 1782, volunteered as a sub ing Valley, Pa., according to family John') Rathbun. His outstanding record stitute for another draftee. In his pension tradition. as a lieutenant and captain in the Con application, Edmund stated that he was JAMES RATHBUN (1764-1814), son tinental Navy was reported in detail in trained under Baron Von Steuben, and of Valentine" (Joshua3John 2.' ) Rathbun. our issues of October 1982 and Janu served for a month in General George Enlisted Oct. 30, 1781 , in Capt. William ary, April and July 1983. Washington's "Life Guard." Pensioned Wells' company of the Third Berkshire JONATHAN RATHBUN (1765- in 1833 at $63.33 annually. (Mass.) Regiment, saw action at the 1843), son of Isaiah" (Jonathan3John 2.' ) EDMUND RATHBUN (1737-1801), Battle of Saratoga, and was discharged Rathbun. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1781 , and son of John3 (John2" ) Rathbun. There is Nov. 7, 1781 . marched to New London, Conn ., after its no documented record of service, but JAMES RATHBUN (1754-1 843), son destruction by the British. Reenlisted in Cooley's Rathbone Genealogy cites of Thomas" (Ebenezer' William2 John') February, 1782, at the Henry Tavern in family tradition that he was at the Battle Rathbun. Enlisted early in 1776 in Col. Colchester, Conn., with his brother Ash of Bunker Hill. This seems questionable, John Topham's R.1. Militia and reen ley in Capt. John Mills' company of Col. since Edmund was then living in west listed in the fall of 1776 under Capt. Samuel Canfield's Conn. Regiment. ern Massachusetts and was nearly 40 Josiah Gibbs in Col. Joseph Scranton's The two brothers and three of their fel years old. Wars then, as now, were R.1. Regiment. Later served under Cols. low townsmen took their "Soldier's fought primarily by teen-aged boys and Hawkins and William Barton. Pensioned Oath" at the Colchester Town Meeting young men. in 1835 and deposed that he had been in House before a crowd of their family, EZRA RATHBUN (1757-1825 + ), a "several skirmishes and battles." friends and neighbors. They were sent former Negro slave owned by Jonathan3 JETHRO RATHBUN (1767-??), son to Fort Stanwich in Stamford, Conn ., (John2.') Rathbun, who freed him in his of Coggeshall" (Abraham3 Samuel2 where he was discharged Feb . 20, 1766 will. Enlisted in February, 1776, in John') Rathbun. Seaman on the Win 1783. Became a pensioner and wrote Capt. Levi Wells' company of Col. Sam throp, a privateer commanded by Capt. an account of his services which was uel Willis' Conn. Regiment and was dis George Little, from May 21 to Nov. 25, reprinted in our last issue. charged in January 1777. Reenlisted 1782. JONATHAN RATHBUN (1762- that same year and served for several JOB RATHBUN (1748-1838), son of 1824), son of Jonathan" (John3.2.') Rath years, including action at Roxbury, Benjamin3 (Joseph2 John') Rathbun . bun. No documented record of service Mass. , Flatbush (Brooklyn) and Long Served in May 1776 in Capt. Eliphalet exists, but Cooley's Rathbone Gen Island, N.Y. Pensioned in 1818. Holmes' company of Conn. minutemen. ealogy quotes a family tradition that he GIDEON RATHBUN (1736-1810 + ), JOHN RATHBUN (1764-1781), son was a Revolutionary soldier and served son of John3(John 2" ) Rathbun. Listed as of Thomas" (Jonathan3 William' John') at Lexington and Bunker Hill. His age, a private in the Exeter, R.I. , militia Aug . Rathbun. Enlisted March .29, 1781 , in 13, makes this unlikely. Cooley also 8, 1778. Capt. Mathew Smith's company of Col. says that his wife, Elizabeth, melted her JACOB RATHBUN (1753-1778?), David Waterbury's Conn. Brigade and pewterware and gave it to the Army for son of Jacob" (Joshua3 John2.' ) Rath was killed in action six days later, on bullet's. Since she was born in 1770, and bun. Enlisted May 10, 1775, in Capt. April 4, 1781 . He was the only member they were married in 1785, this story James Noble's company of Col. James of our family known to have died in the may actually relate to the War of 1812. Easton's detachment, under Benedict war. JONATHAN COFFIN RATHBONE Arnold , later to become America's most JOHN RATHBUN (1750-1810), son (1764-1836), son of Coggeshall" (Abra infamous traitor. The detachment of John" (John3-2") Rathbun. Served in ham3 Samuel2 John'). An account of his marched from Pittsfield, Mass., to Que the Exeter, R.I. , militia in August 1778. exciting experiences on several priva bec in the winter of 1775, in what is one JOHN RATHBUN (1737-1819), son teer ships during the Revolution was of the most famous military marches in of Samuel3 (Thomas2 John') Rathbun. printed in our issue of April 1982. He history. It was immortalized in Kenneth Served as sergeant under Capt. David was refused a pension since his ser Robert' novel, Arundel. The Americans Herrenton in Col. Charles Dyer's R.1. vices were aboard privateers rather struggled for 45 days in bitter weather Regiment from Nov. 8 to Dec. 8, 1777. than U.S. Navy ships. for 350 miles through ice, mud and JOHN RATHBUN (1761-1813), son JOSEPH RATHBUN (1763-1854), snow. Of 1,000 men who began the of John" (Samuel' Thomas2 John') son of Jonathan" (John3.2.') Rathbun. En march, only 600 reached Quebec. Many Rathbun. Served from July 24 to July 30, listed May 20, 1780, in Captain Bur died of smallpox; other froze or starved 1778, in Captain Joshua Davis' com bank's company of Col. Sprout's Mass to death. The shattered survivors failed pany of the North Kingston, R.I. , militia. achusetts Regiment, and served at in their attempt to take Quebec. General JOHN RATHBUN (ca 1762-1802), Fishkill, West Point and King's Ferry, Richard Montgomery, one of the Ameri probable son of Edmund" (John3.2.') N.Y., and at Tappan and Totaway, N.J. can commanders, was killed, and Ar Rathbun. Enlisted July 18, 1779 in Capt. Discharged Dec. 5, 1780, at West Point. nold was wounded. The survivors made Ambrose Hill's company of Lt. Col. Miles Pensioned in 1833. their way home but were so weakened Powell's Berkshire (Mass.) Regiment. and broken by the experience that many Served at New Haven, Conn ., and dis soon died. Jacob Rathbun may have charged Aug. 22, 1779. (continued on page 8)

7 Revolution

(continued from page 7) tember 1777 in Capt. Samuel Gorton's SAMUEL RATHBONE (1758-1831), company, Col. Charles Dyer's R.I. son of Joshua' (Jonathan' John2.') JOSEPH RATHBUN (1745-??), son Regiment. Served again in August 1778 Rathbun . Enlisted in May, 1776, in Capt. of Obadiah' (John' William2 John') under Capt. George Wilcox in Col. Eliphalet Holmes' company of Conn. Rathbun. The family's only known Tory, Dyer's Regiment during Gen . John Sul minutemen. he was employed by the British Army as livan's attack on Newport. Served four SAMUEL RATHBUN (1736-1786), a waggoner in August 1781 at Lloyd's months in 1 779 and five months in 1780 son of Samuel' (Samuel2 John') Rath Neck, N.Y. After the war, in April 1783, and 1781 . Part of his service was as a bun. Served in 1775 and 1776 as a he was among a group of loyalists who substitute for his brother, Simeon. Pen lieutenant in Capt. James Sands' com went to New Brunswick, Canada, where sioned in 1834. pany of Block Island (R .I.) militia. they received land from the British gov PARIS RATHBUN (1760-1824), son SAMUEL RATHBUN (1748-1840), ernment for loyalty to the crown. of Gideon' John'·2.' ) Rathbun . Served as son of Nathaniel' (Nathaniel' John2.') JOSHUA RATHBUN (1741-1827), a corporal in 1776. Enlisted in 1777 Rathbun . Enlisted July 22, 1777, in son of John' (John2.' ) Rathbun. Served under Capt. Benjamin West in Col. John Capt. William Francis' company of Col. from Nov. 8 to Dec. 8, 1777, as a cor Topham's R.I. Regiment, and served John Ashley's Mass. militia. Discharged poral in Lt. Caleb Davis' detachment of until 1779. Widow, Elizabeth, was pen Aug . 13, 1777. Probably the same Sam Capt. Gorton's company in Col. Charles sioned in 1848. uel Rathbun who served July 4 to July Dyer's R.I. , Regiment. PERRY RATHBUN (1760-1840 + ), 30, 1778, in Capt. Joseph Draper's JOSIAH RATHBUN (1762-1840), son of Edmund' (John3-2·') Rathbun. En alarm company, Col. Archibald Kas son of Job' (Joshua' John2.') Rathbun. listed June 4, 1778, in Capt. Elijah son's (R .I.) Regiment under Gen. Enlisted in 1778 in Captain David Deming's detachment of Col. John Ash Sullivan. Beebe's company of Col. Roger Enos' ley's Mass. Regiment and was dis SAMUEL RATHBUN (ca 1762-??), Conn. Regiment, and again in 1779 in charged July 15, 1778. possible son of James' (James' Col. Charles Burrill's Sixth Conn. Bri REUBEN RATHBUN (1760-1807), Samuel2John ') Rathbun . Recorded as a gade ''to defend the coast and frontiers son of Valentine' (Joshua' John2.') seaman, aged 18, at Boston, Sept. 9, of Connecticut" until March 1, 1780. Rathbun. Enlisted May 4, 1775, for 1780, aboard the General Mifflin, com Moved to Massachusetts and enlisted seven days in Capt. John Strong's com manded by Capt. George Babcock. there Feb. 13, 1781 , reportedly as a pany of Mass. militia and marched to Probably the same Samuel Rathbun substitute for his father, in Captain Kinderhook, N.Y. Served again from whose name appears on a list of pris Thomas Hartshorn's company of Col. June 22 to August 13, 1777, under Capt. oners aboard the Old Jersey Prison Michael Jackson's Eighth Mass. Militia. William Francis in Col. John Ashley's Ship in New York Harbor. Possibly the Promoted to corporal. Described in a Mass. militia and was stationed at Fort same Samuel Rathbun who served on muster roll as five feet, five inches tall, Ann , N.Y., from June 30 to July 26. the sloop, Dolphin, in 1777. with a light complexion and light hair ROGER RATHBUN (1742-1833), SCIPIO RATHBUN (ca 1760-1776), one of the few personal descriptions of a son of Samuel' (Thomas2 John') Rath an unidentified Negro, possibly a slave Revolutionary soldier. Taken prisoner bun. Served in Col. Archibald Crary's or servant of Capt. John Peck Rathbun . on the Vermont border and confined R.I. Regiment in 1775 and 1776 under Enlisted Jan. 1, 1776, in the Navy and until the end of the war. Capt. Thomas Cole. Appointed ensign. was assigned to the ship Columbus, MOSES RATHBONE (1754-1822), Served in 1778 under Capt. John Carr in Capt. Abraham Whipple. Died March 3, son of Joshua' (Jonathan' John2.') Col. Crary's Regiment. Was later in Col. 1776, at New Providence Island in the Rathbun . Enlisted May 11 , 1775, in Cap James Varnum's Regiment, and was Bahamas, during the American invasion tain Levi Wells' company of Col. Joseph apparently captured, as his name ap under Commodore Esek Hopkins. Spencer's Second Conn. Regiment, pears on a list of prisoners on the Old SOLOMON RATHBUN (1764-1849), saw action at Bunker Hill and Roxbury, Jersey Prison Ship in New York Harbor. son of Job' (Joshua' John2.') Rathbun . and was discharged Dec. 17, 1775. Reenlisted April 3, 1782, and served First enlisted in 1779, aged 15. Later Drafted in the summer of 1776 in Capt. nine months 'under Capt. William Hum served in Col. Henry Dearborn's Ver James Ransom's company of Col. Dyer phrey in Col. Jeremiah Olney's Regi mont Rangers and in the First New Throop's Conn. Regiment, and served ment. Discharged Dec. 19, 1782, in Sar Hampshire Regiment, taking part in the several months. Called into service atoga, N.Y. Described as five feet, ten battles of Morrisania, New Rochelle and again as a sergeant at the burning of inches tall, with grey hair and light com King Street. He enlisted March 14, New London in September 1781 in plexion. Pensioned in 1818, described 1781 , in Capt. Charles Nelson's com Capt. Nathaniel Harris' company. as "a labourer but is now so old (76) he pany of Lt. Col. Benjamin Waite's Ver Widow, Olive, pensioned in 1836 at $24 can do but little work. " He listed his sole mont militia, and served until October annually. possessions as a case of drawers, look 23. He reenlisted in May, 1782, at Sar NATHAN RATHBUN (1753-1841), ing glass, old chest, six chairs, a meat atoga, N.Y., and marched to Newburg, son of Thomas' John2.') Rathbun. En barrel, six iron spoons, a tea kettle, iron N.Y., where he was stationed until the listed in November 1776 for three pot, skillet, two pewter platters, a table, spring of 1783. His company then months in Capt. Daniel Barber'S com iron kettle, tub, frying pan, churn, three marched to Fishkill, N.Y., where he was pany, Col. Robert Brown's R.I. Regi knives and forks, with a total value of discharged June 7 by Gen. Washington. ment, and again for four months in Sep- $11.48. He was pensioned in 1828 and stated

8 that he served a total of five years and Richmond's Regiment, and Capt. John marched from Pittsfield (Mass.) to Still was wounded in action. Holden in Col. Jeremiah Olney's Regi water, N.Y., and was discharged Oct. THEOPHILIS RATHBUN (ca 1758- ment. According to his pension appli 10. ??) , son of Samuel' (Thomas3 Samuel2 cation, he saw action at Bunker Hill and WILLIAM RATHBUN (1742-1804), John') Rathbun. Enlisted in 1776 in during Gen. Sullivan's expedition, and son of Daniel' (WiliiamJ.2 John') Rath Capt. James Smith's company of Col. was wounded in the hip. Discharged bun. Listed in May 1778 as "absconded" Bezaleel Beebe's Conn . Regiment, and Dec. 20, 1782. from the 18th Conn. Regiment. (His again in 1778 in Col. McClellan's Conn . VALENTINE RATHBUN JR. (1756- identity is not certain, but this appears to Regiment. Later served from July 15 1821). son of Valentine' (Joshua3 be the only William Rathbun in Con until Dec. 5, 1780, in the Fifth Company John2.' ) Rathbun. Enlisted May 4, 1775, necticut of'the appropriate age.) of the First Conn. Regiment. Enlisted in Capt. John Strong's detachment of WILLIAM RATHBUN (1744-1800 + ), May 5, 1781 , in Capt. Charles Mills' Mass. militia, marched to Kinderhook, son of Obadiah' (John3 William2 John') company, Col. Beebe's Regiment, and N.Y. , and was discharged May 11 . En Rathbun. Served from Nov. 8 to Dec. 8, listed as a deserter on July 28, 1781 . listed again in June 11 , 1776, in Capt. 1777, in Capt. David Herrenton's Com THOMAS RATHBUN (ca 1763-??). Oliver's detachment of Mass. militia, pany of Col. Charles Dyer's R.1. Regi son of John' (John3 Thomas2 John') marched to New York, and was dis ment. Served from May 16 to July 16, Rathbun . Drafted Oct. 13, 1780, in Lt . charged Dec. 5. Served one week in and from Sept. 21 to Oct. 15, all in 1778, John Kilbourne's company of Col. Ben May, 1777, under Capt. Strong, and in Capt. John Carr's Company, Col. Ar jamin Simonds' Berkshire (Mass.) then joined Capt. William Francis' com chibald Crary's R.I. Regiment. Listed as Regiment and marched to Vermont on pany of Mass. militia on Sept. 30 1777; sick in a hospital in October, 1778. alarm to reinforce the Army of Gen. John Fellows. Discharged Oct. 16, 1780. Possibly the same Thomas Rathbun who served earlier in Capt. Josiah Gibbs' company of Col. Stanton's R.I. The following members of our family Humbird, commissioned Aug. 4, 1777, Regiment. had no known military service but are and given a Letter of Marque to attack THOMAS RATHBUN (1767-1822), counted as "patriots" due to other British shipping. In 1779, his sloop, the son of Thomas' (Thomas3 Samuel2 activities: Louis, hauled corn from Hartford, Conn. John') Rathbun. Enlisted Feb. 6, 1781 , to Stonington, Conn ., to feed the inhabi in Capt. Daniel Dorrance's Company of tants. In 1780, he transported wheat Lt . Col. Isaac Sherman's Fifth Conn . BENJAMIN RATHBUN (1735- from Pittsfield, Mass., for the same Regiment and received a bounty of 20 1800 + ). son of BenjaminJ (John2.') purpose. pounds. Served until Dec. 30 , 1783, and Rathbun . Signed a statement Sept. 19, JOSHUA RATHBUN (1746-1799), was wounded in the leg, laming him for 1776, at Hopkinton, R.I. , that "The war, son of Valentine' (Joshua3 John2.' ) life. Pensioned in 1818. resistance and opposition in which the Rathbun. A merchant captain at New THOMAS RATHBUN (1722-1798), United American Colonies are engaged port, R.I. , before and during the war, he son of Ebeneze ~ (William2 John') Rath against the fleets and armies of Great was arrested by the British and confined bun. Member of Capt. Edward Bliven's Britain are, on the part of said colonists, to a prison ship for refusal to sign a Westerly (R.I.) Alarm Company, Jan. just and necessary and I will not directly pledge of allegiance to Great Britain. 16, 1777. or indirectly offer assistance of any kind VALENTINE RATHBUN (1724- THOMAS RATHBUN (1736-1800), whatever to said fleets and armies dur 1814), son of Joshua3(John 2" ) Rathbun. son of Thomas3 (John2.') Rathbun. ing the continuance of the present war, His many services as a Revolutionary Served from July 28 to Aug . 7, 1780, in but that I will heartily assist in the de War political leader were outlined in de Captain Joseph Hopkins' Senior Class fense of the United Colonies." tail in our issues of October 1981 and Company (older men) of Major Samuel JAMES RATHBUN (ca 1733- January 1982. Wall's West Greenwich (R .I.) Regiment. 1775 + ), son of James3(Samuel 2John ') WAIT RATHBONE (1744-1832), son THOMAS RATHBUN (1731-1793), Rathbun. Signed a pledge of allegiance of Joshua3 (John2.') Rathbun. His son of ThomasJ (Samuel2 John') Rath to the war effort Aug . 15, 1775, in schooner Sally, with two guns and 10 bun. Listed as third lieutenant in 1776 of Dutchess County, N.Y. men, was commissioned with a Letter of Capt. Belcher's Conn. militia. REV. JOHN RATHBONE (1729- Marque to attack British shipping. The TIBBETIS RATHBUN (1755-1820). 1826), son of Joshua3(John 2.' ) Rathbun. schooner, commanded by Capt. Joseph son of John' (JohnJ Thomas2 John') Member of the Stonington, Conn., Dodge, was commandeered in 1777 for Rathbun. Served in 1776 with Col. Top Committee of Correspondence. Signed use as a victualler ship by the Con ham's Regiment of R.1. militia. Enlisted a memorial Oct. 11, 1776, asking the tinental Army. in 1777 in Capt. Christopher Olney's Conn. State Assembly for cannon to WALTER RATHBUN (1734-1818) , company under Col. Daniel Hitchcock, defend Stonington Point from attack by son of SamueP (Samuel2 John') Rath and served eight months. Later served British ships. bun. Served on the Block Island Com under Capts. Benjamin West and Sam JOHN RATHBONE JR. (1751-1843), mittee of Correspondence and in 1775 uel Phillips in Col. Topham's Regiment; son of John' (Joshua3 John2.' ) Rath furnished 20 sheep for use by the Con Capt. Paul Herrington in Col. William bone. Owner of the Conn . private ship tinental Army.

9 Basil Rathbone

(continued from page 5) impossible to look at anybody else when Douglas Fairbanks Jr. termed Rath he was on the screen." bone "a charming, gentle, intelligent and Ouida, lived another seven years, and Brian Ahearne praised him as "a fine thoroughly nice guy." died in 1974, aged 88. They had no actor . . . one of the best in the pro Rathbone's grandfather, Ph ilip Henry children of their own, but in 1939 fession . He was also a fine man . . . Rathbone, wrote a poem at Basil 's birth, adopted a daughter, Barbara Cynthia, good, kind, intelligent, humorous, and entitled "To Phil ip SI. John Basil who died in 1969. By his first wife, he loved by all who knew him." Rathbone." had a son, Rodion, born in 1915, and "Welcome my lad, to a world of light: three grandchildren. A world of battle. life-long my boy. Basil Rathbone was held in high es Information on this story of Let the struggle be ever for truth and right. teem by those who worked with him. Basil Rathbone was taken primar Then, a Winning fight IS a lasting lOY He was the most skillful swordsman in ily from two books: Basil Rath You have blood in your veins. boy. Hollywood, and although his "villain" bone; His Life and His Films, by of those who fought: roles called for him to lose most of his Michael B. Druxman, 1975, and Fought Without rancour. and ye t hit hard fights, he always took comfort in the Rathbone's own autobiography, With unflinching pluck. With no selfish thought knowledge that he would have easily In and Out of Character, 1962. For the triumph of right was their reward defeated any opponent in a real duel. Information was also provided by Love while you fight boy. keep ever free Among his best film performances, in one of our members, Mrs. Joy From ignoble. self-seeking strife . addition to "David Copperfield" and the Robinson of England, a first And your crowning comfort In death shall be Sherlock Holmes series, were "Anna cousin of Basil Rathbone. The pic The thought that you lived a noble life .. Karenina," "A Tale of Two Cities" and tures are from Druxman's book, Most of those who knew him would "The Last Days of Pompeii." which we recommend for anyone agree that Basil Rathbone lived his life Fernando Lamas described Rath interested in Rathbone's career. pretty much as his grandfather had sug bone as "a powerful personality. It was gested. Art Schroeck------ond son, Jason, 17, is a drummer, while rial things for herself to pay for my music (continued from page 3) their daughter, Joelle, 11 , is a budding lessons. Never a week went by that we They were married there in 1961 . violinist and singer. did not go to some sort of musical show After a brief fling in New Jersey as a "My success in the music business is or concert. I feel very close to her and free-lancer in the advertising business, totally due to my mother," Art says. "Al_ my Rathbun heritage." Art took Lynda and their three children to though she died when I was only 17, she That was the reason Art took time out Idaho, where for six years they ap had given me a thorough education in from his busy schedule last Ju ly to at peared in night clubs- Lynda singing to music, sometimes going without mate- tend our reunion on Block Island. Art's accompaniment on the organ. In 1975, they returned to New Jersey and Art entered the jingle field , writing Here that music playing, listen to what it's saying, catchy tunes, both words and music, for Throughout the years I've made a lot of friends. advertising. He wrote thousands of Many became famous, most of them nameless, jingles for products ranging from Miller But I dedicate this song to all of them. Lite Beer and Dannon Yogurt to Sunkist I've sung with the best, and I had it all. oranges and Diet Coke. As a sideline, I've gone from neighborhood saloons to Carnegie Hall. he dabbled in musical arranging and I've been down and out and I've been in demand, song writing. Buy I wouldn 't have made it without them. Here 's to the Band. Several of his songs have been re Those magical notes, those musical pearls. corded, but "Here's to the Band" is his I've sung with all the Counts, the Dukes, the Kings and the Earls. first "biggie." Art hopes it won't be the The experience I have to say was grand, last. But I wouldn 't have made it without them. He has written six songs for a pro Here 's to the Band posed Broadway show "Twinkle," based Strings soaring, horns roaring, drums pounding in my ears. on the 1919 actors' strike. He is one of To start at the ground, and reach for the top, the investors in the show, which he and To have had such a wonderful career. his associates hope to produce this I've just gotta stop, stop and turn around year. To thank every one that sits on the stand. I wouldn 't have made it without them. Art and Lynda's three children have Here's to the Band. all inherited their parents' love for music. Here's to those ladies and gentlemen. The oldest son, Shem, 20, is now en Here's to the A.F. of M. rolled at the Manhattan School of Music I wouldn 't have made it without them. and has written several songs. The sec- Here's to the Band.

10 Genealogy: The Fifth Generation in America

54. WILLIAM' RATHBUN (Daniel' Lucy Allen Beebe, born March 7, 1782, CHILDREN 3 2 Joshua John . ' ) , born March 7, 1776, in daughter of Dr. Lewis and Miriam (Kell ALLEN FACTON, born about 1792; Richmond, Mass. He moved with his ogg) Beebe. He studied law and was married (1)? Hannah Collison ; (2) Isa parents to Saratoga County, N.Y., and admitted to the New York bar in 1806. bella Mcintosh , and (3) Louisa then as a young man moved to Union He practiced law for one year at Martins Cummings. Township, Tioga County, Pa ., where he burg, Lewis County, N.Y., and then at JOSIAH, born Jan. 12, 1795; married married in 1799 Irene Niles, born Nov. Galway and Milton, N.Y. and was a jus (1) Irene Ballard; (2) Eliza Foster. 11 , 1780, daughter of Nathan and Irene tice of the peace in 1811. In 1817, he CATHERINE FITCH , born in 1800; (Russell) Niles. About 1811 , he sold his and his family started for the "great married John Looker on Sept. 27, 1818. land in Tioga County and moved back to west," ending in a raft trip down the Ohio NICHOLAS P., born Aug. 18, 1805; Saratoga County, N.Y., and then about River. In April 1818, they settled in Illi married Marinda Richards. 1814 to Canada. He died in Norwich, nois where he founded the town of Bel THEOPHOLIS FITCH, born July 23, Canada, on July 11 , 1857, at the home grade, becoming its first postmaster. In 1808; married Belinda Root. of his son , Horace, after spending 20 1821 , they moved further west and fin ABIGAIL ANN , born Jan. 20, 1812; years confined to bed because of a ally settled at Vincennes, Ind. He later died unmarried April 20, 1834. stroke. Irene died in Norwich on June moved to Evansville, Ind., where he died PROBABLY OTHERS. 10, 1873. Feb. 15, 1860. His wife died four days later on Feb. 19. He changed the spell CHILDREN ing of his name from Rathbun to Rath bone in 1815. HARRIET, born March 16, 1800; mar 57. SOLOMON' RATHBUN (Job' Josh ried Lyman Lee Dec. 23, 1819. 3 2 CHILDREN ua John . ' ) , born March 3, 1764, in LYDIA, born May 1, 1801 ; married Canaan, Conn., and served in the Revo Horace Hall on April 26, 1818. CAROLINE MINERVA, born Oct 20, lutionary War. He moved as a young WILLIAM , born Dec. 31 , 1802; mar 1808; died Aug. 7, 1818 .. man to New York State and married ried (1 ) Susan Cranbrook; (2) Cynthia GEORGE WASHINGTON, born Dec. there Dec. 5, 1784, Eunice Fuller, born Lester. 15, 1813; married Katharine Decker. Dec. 15, 1764, parentage unknown. NELSON NILES, born June 13, 1805; CAROLINE SARAH, born Oct. 5, They lived first in Hampton, Washington married Mercy Ryder. 1823; died unmarried Dec. 19, 1901 . County, N.Y., then moved about 1795 to EMALlNE, born Sept. 21 , 1807; mar CHARLES J.F., born March 28, 1829; Columbus, Chenango County. By 1818 ried Erastus Hall on Sept. 10, 1828. died Jan. 17, 1830. they were in Cortland County, by 1828 in IRENE, born Jan. 11 , 1810; married Allegheny County, by 1830 in Genessee Ira Worden. County and by 1840 in Chautauqua DANIEL, born July 24, 1813; married County. He was a tailor and worked at Ruth Ryder. his trade until his eyesight failed in 1809. CHARLES, born Jan. 19, 1815; mar Cooley's Rathbone Genealogy says: ried Pamela Ryder. 56. JOSIAH' RATHBUN (Job' Joshua3 "He was musically inclined and was 2 HORACE, born about 1816; married John . ' ) , born Feb. 5, 1762, in Canaan, quite an inventor. A Scotch Highlander Eliza Jane Winchell. Conn . He served in the Revolutionary visited his place and played a Scotch SARAH JANE, born June 17, 1818; Army and on Jan. 17, 1790, in Canaan, bagpipe. He was so delighted with the married Henry Haight. married Catherine Fitch, born Sept. 22, music that he at once set about and MARY JANE, born Oct. 26 , 1820; 1767, daughter of Theopholis and Han constructed one for himself and often married Ferguson Smith. nah (Stevens) Fitch. They moved played it to the delight of his neighbors. shortly after their marriage to Columbus, He also invented an electric machine Chenango County, N.Y., where he was which generated a strong current for the overseer of highways in 1805. He later treatment of rheumatism and other di moved to Denmark, Lewis County, N.Y. , seases he was afflicted with ." Solomon 55. SOLOMON' RATHBONE (Daniel' where he died Feb. 12, 1840. His wife died Aug. 29, 1849, at Hanover, Chau 3 2 Joshua John . ' ) , born May 21 , 1778, in died in Denmark about 1847. A Revo tauqua County, N.Y. Eunice died there Richmond, Mass., and moved with his lutionary War muster roll described him March 11, 1837. parents in 1803 to Saratoga County, as five feet, five inches tall , with light hair (continued on page 12) N.Y. He married there Dec. 5, 1806, and complexion.

11 Genealogy

(continued from page 11) CHILDREN Although he strongly opposed his father's membership in the Shaker So WILLIAM I. , born about 1808; alive in ciety, he once broke up a mob seeking CHILDREN 1824; no further information. to disrupt a Shaker meeting. Shortly ?LOUISE, born about 1810; died DEMARCUS, born May 1, 1788; mar after his marriage, Amos moved to Troy, Sept. 2, 1822 in Brookfield, Conn. ried Amanda Hills. N.Y., where he went into business with BETSEY ANN, born about 1812; mar BULlNA, born Oct. 17, 1790; married his uncle, Wait Rathbun, selling drugs ried Stephen Sturges on April 27, 1831 . Jacob Schultz. and medicines. In 1798, he was an en TITUS, born Aug. 27, 1792; enlisted sign in the Renssalaer County Militia. In in the Army in September 1812, and 1797, he purchased a large tract of land died Aug. 10, 1814, at Washington, D.C. in Scipio in Cayuga County, N.Y., and 60. GEORGE WHITEFIELD" RATH ELIHU, born Sept. 8, 1794; married moved there with his family about 1799 BUN (Job' Joshua3 John2.' ), born Oct. (1) Eleanor Beatty; (2) Sarah Powell. to become a wheat farmer. He was a 28, 1782, in Canaan, Conn ., named for LUCY, born Oct. 11 , 1796; died Nov. Grand Juror in 1800, served as town George Whitefield, a popular evangelist 9, 1802. ship supervisor from 1800 to 1802, and minister. George married about 1807 ALTA ALMIRA, born Aug. 23, 1799; was elected to four terms in the New Nancy Bentley, born about 1787, married (1) Levi Lawrence; (2) Steven York State legislature from 1804 to daughter of Ezekiel and Lettice Bentley. Francis. 1807. He died Sept. 22, 1823, in Scipio. George was known as "Whitfield" Rath MATIHEW, born May 26,1802; mar His widow died there Aug . 20, 1830. ried Jane McCabe. bun. He lived for a short time in Vermont, then moved by 1810 to Batavia, Gen CHILDREN essee County, N.Y. He became active in the local militia there, serving as captain MARY MARIA, born Dec. 11 , 1790; 58. RUSSELLs RATHBUN (Job' Josh in 1811 and major in 1812. The family married Thomas Yardley How, Aug. 30, ua3 John2.'), born March 18, 1772, in moved about 1815 to Tazewell County, 1820. Canaan, Conn., and married there III ., and by 1850 to Woodford County, III. , NATHAN WILLIAMS, born about about 1794 MarillaCl.-______where he died in the 1850s. She was still 1792; married Mary Turner. By 1805 they had moved to New Berlin, alive in 1860, but her death date is not CHARLES, born April 18, 1796; mar Chenango County, N.Y., and by 1820 to known. ried (1) Anna Kniffin , (2) Jane VanTuyl. Pike, in Allegheny County, N.Y. About ELECTA WILLIAMS, born May 10, 1833, he moved to Elk Creek, Erie CHILDREN 1798; married Robert Cooley, Feb. 8, 1818. County, Pa., and in 1850 was listed ADAH, born about 1807; married Levi JUDAH WILLIAMS, born Jan. 8 , there with a wife named Lucy, born Jones Dec. 2, 1826. 1801 ; married Celia6 Rathbun (JohnS about 1770. He died April 24, 1855, in LEWRA, born about 1809; married Daniel' Joshua3 John2" ). Conneaut Township, Erie County, and Adam Troxel on Oct. 18, 1828. PAMELA BROWN, born Aug . 5, Lucy died there April 14, 1859. MELONA, born about 1812; married 1803: married Hiram6 Rathbun (EdwardS Alfred Henry Ramey on Oct. 3, 1832. Amos' Joshua3 John2.' ). CHILDREN NANCY, born about 1816; married ALFRED DAY, born Jan. 17, 1806; Bradley Barker on Nov. 24, 1831 . VALENTINE, born about 1795; mar married (1) Lucy Redfield, (2) Caroline ried Catherine M. __ . AMELIA, born about 1820; married VanTuyl. ?LUCY, born about 1797; married Na (1) Horace Crocker; (2) Samuel AMOS, born Oct. 11 , 1808; married than Sage. Vantine. Amanda Carver. LOREN (LAVINE?) RATHBUN, born MARY ANN , born about 1822; mar JACOB BROWN, born Dec. 6, 1810; about 1799; married Marie (Hulbert) ried George L. Barney on Nov. 11 , 1841 . died unmarried Nov. 19, 1850, in New Clark. RANSOM, born about 1824; married York City, where he was a merchant. FANNIE, born about 1812; no further Elizabeth Beltz. SARAH FRANCES, born Dec. 5, information. 1815; married George A. Benedict on June 12, 1839.

61. AMOS" RATHBUN (Amos' Joshua3 59. JOHNs RATHBUN (Job' Joshua3 John2.'), born Jan. 31 , 1762, in Stoning 2 John .' ), born April 9, 1774, in Canaan, ton , Conn., and moved with his parents 62. JOSHUA" RATHBUN (Amos' Conn., and married there June 28, about 1765 to Richmond, Mass. He Joshua3 John"'), born April 26, 1773, in 1807, Dorcas J. Gillette, born about served a short period in the local militia Richmond, Mass., and married in Janu 1780, parentage unknown. He died toward the end of the Revolution, and ary 1795, Diadama Crippen, born April Nov. 18, 1812, in Canaan, and she mar about 1790 married Mary (Polly) Wil 14, 1777, parentage unknown. He ried on Sept. 8, 1823, in Brookfield, liams, born May 23, 1770, daughter of moved to Scipio, N.Y. in the 1790s, and Conn., Philo Bardsley. He was named Judah and Mary (Skinner) Williams. in the early 1820s to Ossian, Allegheny guardian of her Rathbun children in Amos was described by Cooley as "a County, N.Y., where he died in 1826. His 1824. Dorcas died March 11 , 1830. large powerful man of great courage ." widow died there July 14, 1827. It is

12 likely that Joshua was the father of an ERASTUS, born April 16, 1804; mar ELIZABETH MARIE, born April 11 , illegitimate child, Millona Rathbun, born ried Catherine Dills. 1813; married (1) Henry Ballard on July Feb. 1, 1794, in Pittsfield, Mass., to Ex EDWARD, born Nov. 22, 1806; mar 18, 1831 , and (2) Alexander W. Reed on perience Stiles. Millona married Isaac ried (1) Ann Hoffman, (2) Maria Tanner. June 18, 1839. Schofield. WILKS DURKEE, born Nov. 28, EMELINE F., born May 27, 1815; CHILDREN 1808; died June 3, 1827, unmarried. married Frederick A. Fuller on June 19, AMOS scon, born Aug . 8, 1810; 1838. MARTHA, born Nov. 16, 1796; mar married (1) Mary Baldwin, (2) Emma CURTIS, born Sept. 5, 1820; living in ried Samuel Southmayde on May 15, Carpenter. New York City in 1844; no further infor 1813. HUGO BURGHARDT, born Sept. 4, mation. ANNA, born July 7, 1799; married 1812; married Louisa Storm. JANE FRANCES, born Jan. 25, 1823; Samuel Rolf. JOHN F., born Feb. 10, 1815; died in married William A. Dana Sept. 3, 1846. AMOS, born Sept. 1, 1801 ; married infancy. Jane Robinson. ANNIE FRANCES, born July 24, (to be continued) EDWARD, born Sept. 28, 1803; mar 1818; married Luman Sherwood. ried (1) Phoebe Remington, (2) Re JOHN WILLIAMS, born April 28, becca McCurdy. 1820; married Mary Eaton. Thanks, Cousins JOSHUA, born Dec. 11 , 1805; mar ried Phoebe Keith. ELIZA, born Aug. 11 , 1808; married Our list of members who have Ebenezer Lockwood on June 20, 1828. contributed data and infonnation 64. WAIT' RATHBUN JR., (Wait' JAMES D., born Feb. 11 . 1811 ; mar was omitted in the last issue due Joshua3 John2.' ) born July 10, 1773, in ried Caroline Amsbury. to lack of space. Following is a list Stonington, Conn. He moved as a SARAH, born Aug . 11 , 1813; married of all those who have sent in ma young man to Tinmouth, Vt. , where he Horace Shephard on July 6, 1837. terial during the past six months. married on Dec. 25, 1795, Elizabeth CHARLES S., born May 14, 1815; We offer our thanks to each of Barr, born Sept. 6, 1780, the daughter of married (1) Sarah Ann Kent, (2) Martha them, and urge all members to William and Mary (Watt) Barr. Wait op Lawrence, and (3) Margaret Stewart. follow suit. Send in your own fam erated an iron forge in the northern sec CHARLOnE, born April 22, 1818; ily data, if you haven't already, tion of Tinmouth, and later built another married William Kent on March 30, and send us any infonnation on on the Tinmouth River with William 1841 . family members you can find Vaughn. They built stoves under the NILES S., born March 26, 1821 ; mar past or present. name Rathbun and Vaughn. He was ried Lucy Chesebrough. Audrey Christian, Keith and also a partner in another stove company Elizabeth Rathbun, Dorothy called Rathbun and Chase. Wait served Schumann, Roland Rathbun, in the Vermont legislature in 1821 and Perry Rathbone, Donna Hart 1822. His wife, Elizabeth, died Aug . 6, 63. EDWARDs RATHBUN (Amos' shom, Robert and Barbara Rath 1805, and he was married again on Aug . Joshua3 John2.'), born June 10, 1776, in bun, Beverly Gille"., VICtor and 28, 1808, to Elizabeth Marie Francis, Richmond, Mass., and moved as a Ruth Streeter, Dorothy Grim born in 1789, parentage unknown. He young man to Scipio, N.Y. He was a shaw, Susie Carter Baston, Vera died at Rutland, Vt. , on Feb. 2, 1847. fence viewer there in 1795, and path Schrank, Jean WackJsll, Mildred Elizabeth died Feb. 8, 1849. master from 1797 to 1799. He was a Rathbum, Benjamin and Rosalie lieutenant in the local militia in 1798, Rathbun, John Bowen, Eola CHILDREN promoted to captain in 1802, and served Rathbun, Hazel Rathbun Ritchie, until 1810. He is probably the Edward (By Elizabeth Barr) Frank E. Rathbun, Arthur Rathbun who served in the New York ALBERT, born in November, 1796; Schroeck, Jim Chivers, Ellen Militia in the War of 1812. In 1799, he served in the U.S. Army in the War of Coates, Don and Shirley Rath married Anna Fuller, born Oct. 26, 1780, 1812, went to South America about bun, Howard M. Rathbun, Esther parentage unknown. Their home was 1818 and was killed about 1819 while Littlefield, Fran Collord, Doris near the village of Ledyard, where he fighting in the army of Simon Bolivar. Stoppa, Van Rathbun, Robert Al died April 3, 1825. Anna died Oct. 8, ALFRED T. , born July 3, 1798; mar ien Greene, Don Badger, Alice 1851 , at the home of her daughter, ried Sophia Sargent. Wiley, Emmet and Florence Annie Sherwood, in Auburn, N.Y. HENRY, born May 25, 1800; died Rathbun, John C. Rathbun, Es young. ther Cassell, Alice Phillips, Bryce CHILDREN SUSAN, born March 22, 1802; died and Marilyn Rathbun, Harriett young. Mead, Winifred Dougherty, Phyl HIRAM, born Dec. 8, 1800; married lis Cuevas, Chubbuck, Mer JULIA, born about 1804; died young. Jean Pamela6 Rathbun (AmosS.' Joshua3 rill and Cannen Rathbun, Lauren John2.' ). (By Elizabeth Francis) and Martha Marvin, Joan Lea GEORGE, born Aug . 6, 1802; married HENRY, born Aug . 16, 1809; married Betzold. Eliza Glover. Caroline Warner.

13 Can You Solve This Puzzle?

One of the fascinations of genealogy wanted to be sure that only the four bun Sr. and Mary Wightman Rathbun. is the process of sifting through dates children he named would share his es They were named Joshua and Martha: and data to establish family relation tate. If Martha were dead, as it would Four years later, Joshua "for good ships. It can be frustrating and time appear, her former husband, and any reasons" changed this son's name to consuming, but finding the right solution heirs by him, would not be entitled to any Job. brings a glow of satisfaction. more than the one shilling. QUESTIONS: Why would Joshua Sr., The following genealogical mystery is But what about Joshua Rathbun, Jr., knowing he already had a son named for presented to give our readers an oppor Job Card's presumed grandson by his himself, give another son the same tunity to try their hand at puzzle-solving. daughter Martha? name? Why did he wait four years to Your editor has studied this particular The will only adds to the mystery. Job change it? Why did he pick the first problem for many years without coming left one hundred pounds to his daughter, name of his former father-in-law, Job up with a satisfactory solution. Sarah Sheffield, and thirty pounds to Card? Is it significant that the change Joshua3 Rathbun (John2.') was born "her first born son Joshua Rathbun." was made just after Job Card died and Feb. 9, 1696, on Block Island, and Sarah, youngest of Job Card's daugh his will was made public? Was the twin moved to the mainland as a young man. ters, had married in 1727 Isaac Shef girl named Martha for his first wife? That On Nov. 30, 1721 , at Westerly, R.I., he field , the widower of her dead sister, would seem to indicate that she was married Martha Card, born in 1699, a Jane. dead, and would refute the idea of a daughter of Job and Martha (Acres) The will makes it appear that. prior to divorce or scandal. Card. this marriage, she had given birth to a Joshua Jr. had a long life and numer Cooley's Rathbone Genealogy says son who was named Joshua Rathbun. ous children. He named his first daugh she died, leaving one son - Joshua QUESTIONS: Is this the same Jo ter Martha, and his third daughter Rathbun Jr., born May 17, 1722 - and shua as the supposed son of Joshua Sr. Sarah. Which one was named for his on Feb. 5, 1724, Joshua Sr. was married and Martha Card? If so, was he illegit mother? again, at Groton, Conn ., to Mary imate? Did the elder Joshua have an Joshua Sr. died in 1779 and, unfor Wightman. affair with his first wife's younger sister, tunately, left no will. Some years after I first saw a discrepancy in this ac then only 18? What happened to Martha his death, his five oldest sons by Mary count when I noticed that Joshua Rath Card? There is no record of her death. Wightman agreed to give the Stonington bun Jr., in his bible record, gives his birth Was there a divorce or a scandal of home to the youngest son, Wait Rath date as May 17, 1724 - more than three some sort? bun. No mention of Joshua Jr. Wasn't he months after his father's second A new element was added to the mys considered a son? marriage. tery recently when one of our members, Further research in Stonington's town This 1724 birth date was confirmed by Arthur Schroeck, found two puzzling en records may provide more clues. In the Quaker death records, which show that tries in the Stonington town records. meantime, do any of our readers have he was 77 years old when he died in On Jan. 2, 1736, twin children - a boy any thoughts, ideas or theories about 1801 . and a girl - were born to Joshua Rath- this genealogical puzzle? QUESTION: How could Joshua Rath bun Jr., bom in May, 1724, be the son of Joshua Sr. and Martha Card when the elder Joshua by then had been married Mark Rathbun Explores USA to Mary Wightman for over three Mark Rathbun, at 32, has probably about the United States and its people. months? seen more of the United States, first He started south on the Appalachian The answer would seem to be that he hand, than 99 percent of all Americans. Trail and walked all the way to Georgia. was not Joshua's son. But he calls him Between September 1982 and April The 1,OOO-mile hike took him four self "Joshua Rathbun Jr." in his family 1983 he hiked and biked his way months and cost him seven toenails. bible, and he lived in later years at Ston through 4,000 miles of the country, from In Atlanta, he bought a bicycle and ington Point, Conn., home of the elder his home in Cooperstown, N.Y., south to continued his trip south. He biked to the Joshua. Florida, west to Colorado, and then back Florida panhandle, along the Gulf of The will of Martha's father, Job Card, across the mid-continent to New York. Mexico, through Alabama and Mis added more mystery. Written in 1730 Mark is the son of our members, sissippi to the Texas-Louisiana border, and probated in 1739, it left the bulk of Leon ,a (Ward 9 Duncan 8 Levant' and then went north through Texas, into 6 s his sizeable estate to "my four children", Williams . Benjamin"3 Joseph2 John') New Mexico, and up to Denver. Job, Rebecca, Margery and Sarah - no and Yolande Rathbun. Mark then headed back east, through Martha. But the will also gave one shil A physical education teacher at Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio ling "to my daughter Martha or Joshua Cooperstown Central School for seven and Pennsylvania, arriving home in Rathbun." This one-shilling bequest years, Mark decided to leave his job and Cooperstown in mid-April. was and is a legal "gimmick." Job Card make the trip primarily to learn more

14 New Data

Discovery of another error in Cooley's This Joshua Rathbun, son of John Patience' Rathbun (JohnJ.2.' ), born Rathbone Genealogy makes a major and Patience, must have been born about 1725, is reported in Cooley's change in the ancestry of many mem shortly after their marriage, and died Rathbone Genealogy to have married bers of our Association. Patience Fish, between 1737, when he was mentioned Elisha Reynolds. It now appears that wife of John3 Rathbun (John2.'), was not in the will of John Fish, and 1741 , when this is not true. Her husband was John the mother of his eight known children. John and Alice named another son Reynolds, the son of James Reynolds. Patience must have died within a year Joshua. John and Patience had three children or two of their 1720 marriage, and all of John must have married Alice about John, Anne and Elisha. Patience died in John's children (listed in Vol. 1, No.3, 1722, for John, his oldest son by her, the early 1750s. page 44) were apparently children by was married in 1744, and must have his second wife, Alice, surname un been born about 1723. He named his Sarah, daughter of John' Rathbun known. first child Alice, another strong indi (SamueP Thomas2 John') and Hannah This new information is based on cation that Alice, not Patience, was his Eldred, married George Congdon and early Exeter (then North Kingston), R.I. , mother. Were he Patience's son, he died in June, 1810, in North Kingstown, land records, which show that John had surely would have been listed along with R.1. Her daughter, Martha Congdon married Alice by 1731 . (Our thanks to Joshua as a grandson by John Fish in (1805-1880), married Rodman Hazard member John D. Bowen for this infor 1737. and, later in life, Nathan 0.6 Rathbun mation.) (John ~ SamueP Thomas2 John'). In addition, the 1737 will of John Fish, Penelope (Brown) Rathbun, second father of Patience, left 50 pounds to "my wife of Anthony' Rathbun (Samuel3 grandson Joshua Rathbun, son of my Thomas2 John') died Nov. 30, 1837, in daughter Patience, deceased." North Kingston, R.1. Obituaries------DIED-Sept. 11 , 1983, in Covina, CaL , DIED-Oct. 30, 1983, Effie (Rathbun) DIED-Oct. 24, 1983, in Exeter, N.H., Alice Huyler Ramsey, aged 96. She was Cahoon, 88, of Coventry, R.I. She was James Colburn Rathbone, six days be the widow of John Rathbone Ramsey, a the daughter of Robert" Rathbun (John7 fore his 102nd birthday. He is survived former New Jersey Congressman, son Robert6 JohnS.• Samuel3 Thomas2 by his widow, Ruth (Fredette) of John P. Ramsey and Martha7 Rath John'), and the widow of Harold Ca Rathbone; a son, Robert, one of our bone (John V.6 Williams Wait' Joshua3 hoon. Survivors include two sisters, members; two daughters, Dorothy John2" ). Mrs. Huyler won fame in 1909 Mae Stringer and Grace Matteson; a Wheelock and Jean Taft; two stepchil as the first woman to drive an automo son ; two grandchildren, and four great dren, four grandchildren, and a sister, bile across the United States. She was grandchildren. Eunice Anderson. Mr. Rathbone was a 22 at the time. With three other women, son of DavidS Rathbone (Nathan7 she drove from New York to San Fran DIED-Nov. 3, 1983, Eleanor L. Rath Amos6.s Thomas'·3 John2.') and Melda cisco, a distance of 3,800 miles, in 41 bun , 57, in Cranston, R.1. She was the (Scott) Rathbone. A story of his life ap days. They made the trip in a Maxwell daughter of George9 Rathbun (FrankS peared in our July 1981 issue. Brisco touring car, with Mrs. Huyler do James7 Robert6 JohnS.• SamueP Tho ing all the driving and repairs. Most of mas2 John'). She is survived by her DIED-Nov. 13, 1983, Linwood J. their route was on two-rut wagon trails, mother, Mrs. Irene (Breisforth) Thorn Rathbone, aged 63, of Charlestown, R.1. and they wore out 11 tires. In 1960, she limb, and a stepsister. He was the son of Royal9 Rathbone was named "Woman Motorist of the (WilliamSHenry 7 Martin6 Joshuas,' Jona Century" by the American Automobile DIED - April 30, 1983, Donald W. (Bob) than3 John2.') and Emilia L. (Asmann) Association. Her son, the Rev. Canon McCrath, 74, in Wayne, Mich. He was a Rathbone. He served in the Marine John Rathbone Ramsey, was one of our son of Walter and Louise (Rathbun) Corps during World War II and was a charter members. McCrath, and grandson of Hugo B.7 commercial fisherman for 30 years. Rathbun (Charles6 AmosS. ' Joshua3 Survivors include his mother; his widow, DIED-July 19, 1983, Edith (Troy) John2" ). Survivors include his wife, Jessie (Richardson) Rathbone ; two Riggs, 95, in Groton, S.D. She was the Grace; son, Kenneth ; daughter, Mary sons, William A. and Roy L. Rathbone; a only child of EllenS (Rathbun) Troy Lou ; several grandchildren, and a brother, Raymond, and a sister, Doris (Giles- James6 Thomass John" Samuel3 brother, Harold. Safford. Thomas2 John'). Her husband, George Riggs, died in 1973.

15 People Our New Members JOHN H. RATHBUN of Walton, N.Y., served as best man when his son, Gary, Gertrude Bainbridge Harold William Rathbun was married May 14, 1983, to Eileen laVerne. Calif. Syracuse, N.Y. Ranta in Coon Rapids, Minn. John is the Edith (Rathbun) Bell 8 1 Hugh Rathbun son of Ernest Rathbun (Granville Alf Alberta, Va. Waverly, Nova Scotia red" Epaphroditus5 Simeon' Benjamin3 Myron and Byers Joseph2 John') and Clara M. (Wright) Joan James B. Rathbun Madison, Wise. Bonita, Calif. Rathbun. Gary Wayne Coates Lee J. Rathbun DR. J. EARL RATHBUN of Santa Rosa, Tallahassee, Fla. Maramic. Okla. Calif., is the new president of the Ameri Lawrence Rathbun Conningham Merrill and Carmen Rathbun can Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Sausalito, Calif. Riverside. Conn. Reconstructive Surgeons. Does anyone Dion L. Gardner Stephen N. Rathbun know Dr. Rathbun? Laguna Niguel. Calif. Claremont. Calif.

ERIC RATHBONE of St. Louis, Mo ., Gustia Carter Harrell Nancy Steadman Lake City. Fla has announced that he may seek elec Westerly. R.I. tion in 1985 as mayor. Rathbone was Stephen L. Lawton Beverly Stone formerly president of the city's Board of Pitman, N.J. Colorado Springs. Colo. Aldermen. Does anyone know Mr. Rath Loren and Martha Marvin Lt. Richard Stoppa III bone? Colchester, Conn. Woodbridge. Va. Albert Rathbun Winifred WIttkow EMMET AND FLORENCE RATHBUN Humansville. Mo. LaJoIIa. Calif. of Lake San Marcos, Calif., attended the weddings of two gran9sons last sum mer. Richard Rathbun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Rathbun Jr., married Lori JACaUEUNE (RATHBU~ BLASKO ELWIN AND ELLEN (RATHBUN) Johnson on June 4. Stacey Ohm, son of of Forest Lake, Minn., and her husband, KENYON of Westerly, R.I. , celebrated Ronald and Jacquelyn (Rathbun) Ohm, David, were hosts Aug. 6 and 7, 1983, at their 40th wedding anniversary on June married Wanda Elizabeth Perry on June a family reunion attended by nearly 100 4, 1983. Ellen is the daughter of Amos9 25. Emmet is the son of Charles8 Rath persons. Most of those present descend Rathbun (Charles8 Amos1 Newman" 1 bun (James Paris" Job5 Gideon' from Jonathan David1 Rathbun (Tho Jonathan5 John' ·3-2·' ) and Mary Luella JohnJ.2·'). mas"·5 John' SamueP Thomas2 John'). Greene. A highlight of the reunion was the cele DOUGLAS R. BONAWITZ and Diane bration of the 25th wedding anniversary TERRI JANE UITTO was married April Marie Faulkner were married Oct. 8, of Patricia (Rathbun) Goodremote and 14, 1983, in Reno, Nev., to Ronald Ted 1983, in Skaneateles, N.Y. Douglas is her husband, Ole, of New Auburn , Wisc. Palmateer. Terri is the daughter of our the son of our members, Duane and member, Mrs. Phyllis Cuevas, a grand Betty (Hersom) Bonawitz. Duane is a MRS. DONNA HARTSHORN of Win daughter of Blanche8 Rathbun (William1 great-grand-grandson of Charity" Rath slow, Ariz., is an active member of the Alfred 6-5 Job' Benjamin3 Joseph2 John ') 5 bun (Paris Gideon' JohnJ.2-' ) and Har National Association of Atomic Vet and George K. Kaess. rington Wilcox. erans (NAAV), an organization of ser vice widows whose husbands died as a VICTOR STREETER reports a series of result of atomic radiation . Her husband. births in his family. His stepdaughter, Charles Hartshorn, died on Jan. 1. Cheryl, and her husband, Scott Abbot, 1981 , of pancreatic cancer. He wit had a boy named Edward Scott on Dec. nessed an atomic bomb blast from eight 18, 1982. His stepson , Curtis Gillespie, miles away while on a Navy ship in and his wife, Cathy, had a boy named 1946, and later was in Hiroshima, Birth Peter James on June 7, 1983. His Japan, only three months after the city BORN-Aug. 20 , 1983, in Kingston, nephew, Abraham Streeter, and his was destroyed by an atomic bomb. The Jamaica, Drew David Rathbun , son of wife, Shirley, had a girl named Jennifer NAA V is seeking Federal recognition of Daniel R. and Elizabeth Rathbun. Dan Marie on May 29, 1983. Victor is the son the health problems associated with iel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B.9 of Letty Leola (Cole) Streeter, grand wartime radiation. Charles Hartshorn Rathbun (George8 Daniel' Greene"·5 3 daughter of Harriet' (Rathbun) Cole was the son of Frank W. Hartshorn and Gideon' John -2.'), and twin brother of (Thomas"·5 John' SamueP Thomas2 Rose Mary8 Rathbun (Allen1 Joshua" David G. Rathbun, all members of our John'). Joseph5 Joshua' JohnJ.2·'). Association.