From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
WILLIAM TERRY (twin), son of Zeno and Tabitha (Abbe) Terry, born in Enfield, Conn., January 11, 1789; died in Bethany, Genesee County, N. Y., November 28, 1857. He was a farmer in Monroe County, N. Y.
Married (1) 1808, PHEBE MORSE, born about 1788; died in Riga, N. Y., March 10, 1816, daughter of Enos and Eliza (Baldwin) Morse.
Married (2) 1816, MRS. MARY FIRMAN, daughter of Reverend William and Mary (Wellah) Firman, and widow of Josiah Fierce.
Children by first wife
1 - Harlow Terry, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; m. Harriet Maria Holdridge.
2 - Alzina Terry, b. in Riga, N. Y., April 4, 1810; lived in Batavia, N. Y. ; m. June 7, 1836, Billings Thomas Holdridge. Children : i. James Billings, b. April 3, 1837, d. Sept. 29, 1864; ii. Mary Phebe, b. March 17, 18.39; iii. Addison Terry, b. Jan. 11, 1841, m. Lovina Graham, daughter of Benjamin F. and Amanda (Terry) Graham (see number 382) ; iv. George William, b. May 6, 1843; v. Charles Elisha, b. April 7, 1846, d. Sept. 3, 1847 ; vi. Andrew Cash, b. Jan. 24, 1851.
3 - Addison Terry, b. in Byron, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1812 ; was a farmer and drover in South Byron. Married (1) in Clarkson, N. Y., 18.34, Lucetta Herd, b. in Hamlin, N. Y., June 28, 1814 ; d. March 4, 1855, in Byron, daughter of Asehel and Milly (Thompson) Herd. Married (2) in Sweden, N. Y., March 26, 1860, Mrs. Ann Ebza (Carr) , daughter of and Eunice (Hill) Carr. Children by first wife : i. Henry Franklin, b. in Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1835, served in the 105th Regiment in the Civil War; ii. Helen Gray (twin), b. in Byron, July 5, 1843. m. Oct. 8, 1857, James F. Todd, a farmer, and has two children, Addison Terry, b. Oct. 24, 1862, and Fannie Lucetta, b. Oct. 25, 1867 ; iii. Alice Marie (twin), b. July 5, 1843; iv. Lawton Addison, b. in Byron, Aug. 2, 1847, farmer, m. Nov. 16, 1870, Esther T. Cumming, has child, Jennie Lucetta ; v. Roderick T., b. in Byron, Aug. 10, 1850, d. Oct. 6, 1851.
4 - Jonas Terry, b. in Riga, Feb. 23, 1814 ; farmer in Batavia ; m. Mary Ann Merrill.
5 - William Monroe Terry, b. Jan. 23, 1816 ; m. Orinda Aames.
Children by second wife
1 - Mary Wellah Terry, b. in Sweden, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1817 ; d. in Byron, Jan. 6, 1847 ; not. m.
2 - Solenna F. Terry, b. Feb. 17, 1819, in Sweden, NY ; m. in Byron, Jan. 1, 1839, Winfield Williston Woodruff, b. in Livonia, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1817, son of Landon Jesse and Rachel (Gould) Woodruff. He was a farmer in Kearney, Neb. Children: i. Orr F., b. in Clarendon, N. Y., June 30, 1840, lawyer in Morrison,IL, m. there (1) Nov. 11, 1862, Victoria C. O'Harra who d. Nov., 1867, m. (2) Feb. 22, 1869, Mary Lathrop ; ii. Will Maitland, b. in Clarendon, July 28, 1843, attended Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., farmer in Kearney, Neb., m. in Morrison, IL., May 12, 1862, Frances Liveria Alexander ; iii. John Jay, b. in Byron, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1850, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a time in Morrison, IL., later removed to Kearney, Neb., and engaged in wool-growing, m. in Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 18, 1874, Irene Harris.
WILLIAM TERRY (twin), son of Zeno and Tabitha (Abbe) Terry, born in Enfield, Conn., January 11, 1789; died in Bethany, Genesee County, N. Y., November 28, 1857. He was a farmer in Monroe County, N. Y.
Married (1) 1808, PHEBE MORSE, born about 1788; died in Riga, N. Y., March 10, 1816, daughter of Enos and Eliza (Baldwin) Morse.
Married (2) 1816, MRS. MARY FIRMAN, daughter of Reverend William and Mary (Wellah) Firman, and widow of Josiah Fierce.
Children by first wife
1 - Harlow Terry, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; m. Harriet Maria Holdridge.
2 - Alzina Terry, b. in Riga, N. Y., April 4, 1810; lived in Batavia, N. Y. ; m. June 7, 1836, Billings Thomas Holdridge. Children : i. James Billings, b. April 3, 1837, d. Sept. 29, 1864; ii. Mary Phebe, b. March 17, 18.39; iii. Addison Terry, b. Jan. 11, 1841, m. Lovina Graham, daughter of Benjamin F. and Amanda (Terry) Graham (see number 382) ; iv. George William, b. May 6, 1843; v. Charles Elisha, b. April 7, 1846, d. Sept. 3, 1847 ; vi. Andrew Cash, b. Jan. 24, 1851.
3 - Addison Terry, b. in Byron, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1812 ; was a farmer and drover in South Byron. Married (1) in Clarkson, N. Y., 18.34, Lucetta Herd, b. in Hamlin, N. Y., June 28, 1814 ; d. March 4, 1855, in Byron, daughter of Asehel and Milly (Thompson) Herd. Married (2) in Sweden, N. Y., March 26, 1860, Mrs. Ann Ebza (Carr) , daughter of and Eunice (Hill) Carr. Children by first wife : i. Henry Franklin, b. in Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1835, served in the 105th Regiment in the Civil War; ii. Helen Gray (twin), b. in Byron, July 5, 1843. m. Oct. 8, 1857, James F. Todd, a farmer, and has two children, Addison Terry, b. Oct. 24, 1862, and Fannie Lucetta, b. Oct. 25, 1867 ; iii. Alice Marie (twin), b. July 5, 1843; iv. Lawton Addison, b. in Byron, Aug. 2, 1847, farmer, m. Nov. 16, 1870, Esther T. Cumming, has child, Jennie Lucetta ; v. Roderick T., b. in Byron, Aug. 10, 1850, d. Oct. 6, 1851.
4 - Jonas Terry, b. in Riga, Feb. 23, 1814 ; farmer in Batavia ; m. Mary Ann Merrill.
5 - William Monroe Terry, b. Jan. 23, 1816 ; m. Orinda Aames.
Children by second wife
1 - Mary Wellah Terry, b. in Sweden, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1817 ; d. in Byron, Jan. 6, 1847 ; not. m.
2 - Solenna F. Terry, b. Feb. 17, 1819, in Sweden, NY ; m. in Byron, Jan. 1, 1839, Winfield Williston Woodruff, b. in Livonia, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1817, son of Landon Jesse and Rachel (Gould) Woodruff. He was a farmer in Kearney, Neb. Children: i. Orr F., b. in Clarendon, N. Y., June 30, 1840, lawyer in Morrison,IL, m. there (1) Nov. 11, 1862, Victoria C. O'Harra who d. Nov., 1867, m. (2) Feb. 22, 1869, Mary Lathrop ; ii. Will Maitland, b. in Clarendon, July 28, 1843, attended Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., farmer in Kearney, Neb., m. in Morrison, IL., May 12, 1862, Frances Liveria Alexander ; iii. John Jay, b. in Byron, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1850, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a time in Morrison, IL., later removed to Kearney, Neb., and engaged in wool-growing, m. in Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 18, 1874, Irene Harris.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
WILLIAM TERRY (twin), son of Zeno and Tabitha (Abbe) Terry, born in Enfield, Conn., January 11, 1789; died in Bethany, Genesee County, N. Y., November 28, 1857. He was a farmer in Monroe County, N. Y.
Married (1) 1808, PHEBE MORSE, born about 1788; died in Riga, N. Y., March 10, 1816, daughter of Enos and Eliza (Baldwin) Morse.
Married (2) 1816, MRS. MARY FIRMAN, daughter of Reverend William and Mary (Wellah) Firman, and widow of Josiah Fierce.
Children by first wife
1 - Harlow Terry, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; m. Harriet Maria Holdridge.
2 - Alzina Terry, b. in Riga, N. Y., April 4, 1810; lived in Batavia, N. Y. ; m. June 7, 1836, Billings Thomas Holdridge. Children : i. James Billings, b. April 3, 1837, d. Sept. 29, 1864; ii. Mary Phebe, b. March 17, 18.39; iii. Addison Terry, b. Jan. 11, 1841, m. Lovina Graham, daughter of Benjamin F. and Amanda (Terry) Graham (see number 382) ; iv. George William, b. May 6, 1843; v. Charles Elisha, b. April 7, 1846, d. Sept. 3, 1847 ; vi. Andrew Cash, b. Jan. 24, 1851.
3 - Addison Terry, b. in Byron, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1812 ; was a farmer and drover in South Byron. Married (1) in Clarkson, N. Y., 18.34, Lucetta Herd, b. in Hamlin, N. Y., June 28, 1814 ; d. March 4, 1855, in Byron, daughter of Asehel and Milly (Thompson) Herd. Married (2) in Sweden, N. Y., March 26, 1860, Mrs. Ann Ebza (Carr) , daughter of and Eunice (Hill) Carr. Children by first wife : i. Henry Franklin, b. in Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1835, served in the 105th Regiment in the Civil War; ii. Helen Gray (twin), b. in Byron, July 5, 1843. m. Oct. 8, 1857, James F. Todd, a farmer, and has two children, Addison Terry, b. Oct. 24, 1862, and Fannie Lucetta, b. Oct. 25, 1867 ; iii. Alice Marie (twin), b. July 5, 1843; iv. Lawton Addison, b. in Byron, Aug. 2, 1847, farmer, m. Nov. 16, 1870, Esther T. Cumming, has child, Jennie Lucetta ; v. Roderick T., b. in Byron, Aug. 10, 1850, d. Oct. 6, 1851.
4 - Jonas Terry, b. in Riga, Feb. 23, 1814 ; farmer in Batavia ; m. Mary Ann Merrill.
5 - William Monroe Terry, b. Jan. 23, 1816 ; m. Orinda Aames.
Children by second wife
1 - Mary Wellah Terry, b. in Sweden, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1817 ; d. in Byron, Jan. 6, 1847 ; not. m.
2 - Solenna F. Terry, b. Feb. 17, 1819, in Sweden, NY ; m. in Byron, Jan. 1, 1839, Winfield Williston Woodruff, b. in Livonia, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1817, son of Landon Jesse and Rachel (Gould) Woodruff. He was a farmer in Kearney, Neb. Children: i. Orr F., b. in Clarendon, N. Y., June 30, 1840, lawyer in Morrison,IL, m. there (1) Nov. 11, 1862, Victoria C. O'Harra who d. Nov., 1867, m. (2) Feb. 22, 1869, Mary Lathrop ; ii. Will Maitland, b. in Clarendon, July 28, 1843, attended Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., farmer in Kearney, Neb., m. in Morrison, IL., May 12, 1862, Frances Liveria Alexander ; iii. John Jay, b. in Byron, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1850, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a time in Morrison, IL., later removed to Kearney, Neb., and engaged in wool-growing, m. in Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 18, 1874, Irene Harris.
WILLIAM TERRY (twin), son of Zeno and Tabitha (Abbe) Terry, born in Enfield, Conn., January 11, 1789; died in Bethany, Genesee County, N. Y., November 28, 1857. He was a farmer in Monroe County, N. Y.
Married (1) 1808, PHEBE MORSE, born about 1788; died in Riga, N. Y., March 10, 1816, daughter of Enos and Eliza (Baldwin) Morse.
Married (2) 1816, MRS. MARY FIRMAN, daughter of Reverend William and Mary (Wellah) Firman, and widow of Josiah Fierce.
Children by first wife
1 - Harlow Terry, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; m. Harriet Maria Holdridge.
2 - Alzina Terry, b. in Riga, N. Y., April 4, 1810; lived in Batavia, N. Y. ; m. June 7, 1836, Billings Thomas Holdridge. Children : i. James Billings, b. April 3, 1837, d. Sept. 29, 1864; ii. Mary Phebe, b. March 17, 18.39; iii. Addison Terry, b. Jan. 11, 1841, m. Lovina Graham, daughter of Benjamin F. and Amanda (Terry) Graham (see number 382) ; iv. George William, b. May 6, 1843; v. Charles Elisha, b. April 7, 1846, d. Sept. 3, 1847 ; vi. Andrew Cash, b. Jan. 24, 1851.
3 - Addison Terry, b. in Byron, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1812 ; was a farmer and drover in South Byron. Married (1) in Clarkson, N. Y., 18.34, Lucetta Herd, b. in Hamlin, N. Y., June 28, 1814 ; d. March 4, 1855, in Byron, daughter of Asehel and Milly (Thompson) Herd. Married (2) in Sweden, N. Y., March 26, 1860, Mrs. Ann Ebza (Carr) , daughter of and Eunice (Hill) Carr. Children by first wife : i. Henry Franklin, b. in Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1835, served in the 105th Regiment in the Civil War; ii. Helen Gray (twin), b. in Byron, July 5, 1843. m. Oct. 8, 1857, James F. Todd, a farmer, and has two children, Addison Terry, b. Oct. 24, 1862, and Fannie Lucetta, b. Oct. 25, 1867 ; iii. Alice Marie (twin), b. July 5, 1843; iv. Lawton Addison, b. in Byron, Aug. 2, 1847, farmer, m. Nov. 16, 1870, Esther T. Cumming, has child, Jennie Lucetta ; v. Roderick T., b. in Byron, Aug. 10, 1850, d. Oct. 6, 1851.
4 - Jonas Terry, b. in Riga, Feb. 23, 1814 ; farmer in Batavia ; m. Mary Ann Merrill.
5 - William Monroe Terry, b. Jan. 23, 1816 ; m. Orinda Aames.
Children by second wife
1 - Mary Wellah Terry, b. in Sweden, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1817 ; d. in Byron, Jan. 6, 1847 ; not. m.
2 - Solenna F. Terry, b. Feb. 17, 1819, in Sweden, NY ; m. in Byron, Jan. 1, 1839, Winfield Williston Woodruff, b. in Livonia, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1817, son of Landon Jesse and Rachel (Gould) Woodruff. He was a farmer in Kearney, Neb. Children: i. Orr F., b. in Clarendon, N. Y., June 30, 1840, lawyer in Morrison,IL, m. there (1) Nov. 11, 1862, Victoria C. O'Harra who d. Nov., 1867, m. (2) Feb. 22, 1869, Mary Lathrop ; ii. Will Maitland, b. in Clarendon, July 28, 1843, attended Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., farmer in Kearney, Neb., m. in Morrison, IL., May 12, 1862, Frances Liveria Alexander ; iii. John Jay, b. in Byron, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1850, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a time in Morrison, IL., later removed to Kearney, Neb., and engaged in wool-growing, m. in Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 18, 1874, Irene Harris.
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William appears in the burial records for Byron, where his sons and siblings are buried.
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