Rev. Hezekiah May and Margaret White

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Husband Rev. Hezekiah May ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1773 - Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT
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           Died: 4 Jul 1843 - ? Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 1 4
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Wife Margaret White ^{3 4 5}

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            AKA: Jane [Unk] 6
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           Died: 4 Jul 1868 4
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Children

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1 F Mary Anna May ^{3 6 7}

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            AKA: Annie May 2
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           Died: 17 Nov 1877 2
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         Spouse: John Lamb (1806-1863) 6 8 9 10 11
           Marr: 1 Feb 1853 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 3 6

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2 F Hannah White May ^{12 13 14}

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           Born: Abt 1805
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           Died: 27 Aug 1845 12 13
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         Spouse: Judge Richard Irwin (1798-1882) 14 15 16 17
           Marr: 5 Mar 1834 12 14 18

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3 M Benjamin May ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1890
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4 M Huntington H. May ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1890
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5 M Selden T. May ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1890
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6 M William May ¹

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7 F [Unk] May

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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: [Unk] Thomas (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Hezekiah May

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He was a Presbyterian clergyman from Marblehead, Massachusetts. He lived for a while in the area of Franklin, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Tionesta, Pennsylvania, where he spent the rest of his days.

He was of old Puritan stock, and was born at Haddam, Connecticut, on Christmas day, 1773. His early opportunities were good, and he so improved them that he was able to take his degree at Yale College about the time he was of age. It is probable that according to custom in those days he studied theology privately and was licensed and ordained in the Congregational church. The Penobscot Indians were then numerous in New England, and Mr. May embarked in missionary work among them under the care of "The New England Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Maine." Here he remained, in the neighborhood of Bangor, several years, visiting the Indians, studying their habits, and endeavoring to minister to their spiritual comfort. In 1816 he removed to Binghamton, New York, then to Oswego, and then to Painted Post, preaching as opportunity offered, and making himself generally useful. He came to Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1830, preaching and caring for the interests of the Bible society. Next we find him in the neighborhood of Tionesta, and after awhile settled in the village of Tionesta. Here he spent the remainder of his days.
In his mature days he was a fine, portly looking man, with great native dignity. He had a vein of wit that afforded great amusement to his friends at times. On one occasion, a neighbor was lamenting that he had no family coat of arms. "I can suggest one," said Parson May. "I will be greatly obliged to you if you will." Said Mr. May: "Two stiff-standers, one cross-beamer, one down-hanger with a noose at the end." [HVC 1890, 364]

He was a graduate of Yale College, and was distinguished for his learning, piety and abilities, and was a licensed preacher of the Gospel upward of forty years. He was extensively acquainted in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, in all of which he labored in the Gospel ministry. He was a noted minister in the early days of the Congregational, and later, Presbyterian church. He came to Venango county under the patronage of the New England Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in this country. He secured a tract of one thousand acres of land at Old Town, three miles above Tionesta, Pennsylvania. He was in Franklin in the earliest days of that town, but afterward removed to Tionesta, where with the help of his sons he cleared a large tract of land at Old Town, and erected a large saw mill at the place. Old Town was the remains of an ancient Indian village when he located there. It was called Sa-qua-lin-get, translated, "the place of council." It was purchased by Mr. May from John Ranger, a revolutionary soldier. [GPHAV, 263]

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret White

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She was a descendant of Peregrine White.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1078.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 545.

4 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 835.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 364.

6 Venango County Genealogy Club, Vital Statistics, Venango County, Pennsylvania 1852-1854, Pg 4.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 786.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1077.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 544.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 263.

11 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 37.

12 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 482.

13 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 759.

14 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 12.

15 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 481.

16 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 757.

17 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 87.

18 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 353, 759.