HANDY FAMILY TREE Ancestors and descendants of Seth and Henry W. D. HANDY of Lee, Berkshire, Mass. Hogan Overview | Tree 1 | Tree 2 | Tree 3 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | DESCENDANCY CHART -- Richard Handy -- D R A F T Jan 2009 This chart was compiled by a descendant of this HANDY line: Richard HANDY & Hannah UNKNOWN -> Isaac HANDY & Eleanor STEWART -> Joseph HANDY & Lois HATCH -> Seth HANDY & Susannah RUSSELL -> Henry W. D. HANDY & Mary Ann MORGAN -> Mary Ann (HANDY) HOGAN It represents new research on Seth HANDY, four children by his first wife: Barney C. HANDY (aka Barna Coe), Joseph HANDY, Sarah Ann (HANDY) YOUNG and Hannah Parker (HANDY) BARRINGER, and the two children of his second wife: Henry W. D. HANDY and Fanny Fowler (HANDY) BUCK. I have done no personal research on Seth HANDY's ancestors or siblings, but I am including them in this chart for context. To my admittedly limited knowledge, the only offspring of Seth Handy whose lines did not die out are these two: Joseph Handy, who left Lee, Mass for to neighboring Columbia County, New York during the 1830s, and Henry W. D. Handy, my great(2) grandfather, who appeared in Brooklyn, New York around 1850. An overview of the lost lines: George Franklin HANDY and Charles Backus HANDY disappeared from the early Berkshire County records. These two boys might have relocated, but neither has been obvious in census. Their father was not enumerated in the 1820 census, so we are without a family nose count for the 1810-1830 stretch. Hannah Parker (HANDY) BARRINGER was widowed early and had a daughter, but the girl did not marry. Fanny (HANDY) BUCK, with her husband and three small children, moved to Livonia, New York during the mid 1860s. One son died unmarried. One son married and lost a child in infancy. Fanny's daughter Lydia BUCK is not identifiable in census or vital records after 1880. However, Fanny reported in 1900 and 1910 censuses that all her children were alive, so Lydia evidently survived, and probably under a married name, so this story is unfinished. Census listings suggest that Sarah Ann YOUNG and Barney C. HANDY had no direct descendants and their wills suggest only collateral survivors. Their estates were divided among siblings, nieces and stepsons. The two Hellens mystery(s): in the 1855 and 1860 censuses, Barney and his wife's household included a girl born circa 1844 and identified as Hellen S. HANDY. She was a perfect age for a daughter, but the fact that this girl was not in the family's 1850 census listing suggests an adoptive relationship. Was the 1850 listing incomplete? Was Hellen a daughter of a deceased brother? Was she simply missed in the 1850 enumeration? Hellen HANDY was last seen in the 1860 census, and absent from Massachusetts death or marriage records. In a separate mystery, or perhaps an extension of the one above, Barney's will left a legacy to a "half-sister" named "Hellen MCCLELLAN," who does not fit into any known structure. Lee vital records suggest that Seth Handy had only two marriages and children born only to Susannah RUSSELL and Hannah PARKER. Did Seth have an unrecorded marriage, death and birth during the ten-year period between marriages? Were the relationships stated in the will equivalent to relationships we understand today? Was Hellen in fact, his wife's half-sister? Was the will inaccurate? To our knowledge, Barney had only one half-sister: Fanny (HANDY) BUCK, who was, in fact, the only known omission from Barney's will. It appears that there were two Hellens, the idiosyncratic spelling being a coincidence. The only scenarios that could merge the two into one is if the Hellen HANDY from the 1855-1860 census was an illegitimate daughter of Seth, born when he was in his late 70s, or if Seth Handy legally adopted a daughter of one of his deceased sons. Richard HANDY, b. ca. 1639-1643, d. 1719 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, bur. Old Town Cem, Sandwich, MA gravestone & Hannah (Unknown) HANDY, b. ca. 1643-1650 MA?, m. ca. 1671 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d. 1732 Sandwich?, MA |-- Richard HANDY, b. 1672 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d. aft 1730 Sandwich, MA | & Patience RANDALL, b. ca. 1670 MA?, m. 1700 Sandwich, MA |-- Jonathan HANDY, b. 1675 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA |-- John HANDY, b. ca. 1679 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA | & Keziah WING, b. ca. 1680 Sandwich?, Barnstable, MA, m. 1704 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA |-- Desire HANDY, b. 1680-1684 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d. 1753 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA | & Timothy PERRY, b. 1689 MA, m. 1719 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA |-- Hannibal HANDY, b. 1685 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA | & Experience PERRY, b. 1691 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, m. 1719 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA \-- Isaac HANDY, b. 1688 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d. 1762 (at 73) Sandwich, Barnstable, MA & Eleanor STEWART, b. 1694 Rochester, Plymouth, MA, m. ca. 1711 Sandwich? d. ca. 1750 Sandwich, MA |-- Silas HANDY, b. ca. 1714 MA |-- Joseph HANDY Sr, b. ca. 1715? Falmouth? Sandwich?, Barnstable, MA, d. 1800-1810 Lee, Berkshire, MA | & Elizabeth NORRIS, b. 1731 MA?, m. 1749 Rochester, Plymouth, MA, d. bef 1753 | & Lois HATCH, b. ca. 1729 Tolland, CT, m. 1753 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, d. 1812 (abt age 83) Lee, Berkshire, MA | |-- Silas HANDY, b. 1753 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA | |-- Martha HANDY, b. 1756 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, d. 1773 Lee, Berkshire, MA | |-- Joseph HANDY Jr, b. 1759 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, d. 1838 Chenango, Broome, NY | | & Ruth DEMING, b. 1763 MA, m. 1786 Richmond, Berkshire, MA, d. 1844 Chenango, Broome, NY | | \-- offspring | |-- Susannah Chadwick HANDY, chr. 1762 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA | |-- Nathaniel HANDY, b. 1764 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA -------------------- O R I G I N A L R E S E A R C H -------------------------------------- | |-- Seth HANDY, b. 1767 Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, d. 1853 (at 85) Lee, Berkshire, MA | | | | & Hannah PARKER, b. ca. 1780 MA?, m. 1803 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1816 Lee, Berkshire, MA | | |-- George Franklin HANDY, b. 1804 Lee, Berkshire, MA, death unrecorded | | |-- Unnamed HANDY, b. and d. 1806 Lee, Berkshire, MA | | |-- Sarah Ann (HANDY) YOUNG , b. 1807 Lee, MA, d. 1885 (at 78) Stockbridge, Berkshire, MA | | | & William YOUNG, b. ca. 1811 Lee? MA, m. 1830s?, d. 1884 Stockbridge | | | \--no known offspring | | |-- Barney Coe HANDY, b. 1808 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1898 (at 89) Becket, Berkshire, MA | | | & Mary (DAWE? DAME?) HANDY, b. ca. 1813 Portsmouth, NH, m. ca. 1840? MA or NH?, d. 1887 Becket, Berkshire, MA | | | \-- No known HANDY offspring from this union [Mary had a son by a prior marriage: Henry HOPKINS] | | |-- Joseph HANDY, b. 1812 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1850-1860, Columbia Co. NY assumed | | | & Lucretia (SMITH??), b. ca 1808 NY, m. ca. 1833, d. aft 1880, Columbia Co. NY assumed | | | |--Sarah HANDY b. ca. 1834 NY, d. aft 1850 | | | |--Catherine M. (HANDY) GADDIS b. 1836 NY, d. 1919, Claverack, Columbia, NY | | | | & Alexander GADDIS, b. ca. 1834 Ireland, m. ca. 1858, d. 1917, Claverack, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Charles E. GADDIS, b. 1859 Ghent assumed, Columbia, NY, d. 1910-20 Ghent?, Columbia, NY | | | | | & Isabella (PHIPPS) GADDIS, b. 1860 NY, m. ca. 1884 Columbia, NY | | | | | |-- Caroline "Carrie" GADDIS, b. 1886 Columbia, NY | | | | | |-- George Phipps GADDIS, b. 1892 Columbia, NY | | | | | |-- Eva GADDIS, b. 1897 Ghent, Columbia, NY | | | | | | & Clyde CLASSON, b. ca. 1903 NY, m. ca. 1924 Columbia, NY | | | | | | |-- Clyde CLASSON, b. ca. 1925 Columbia, NY | | | | | | \-- Arthur M CLASSON, b. ca. 1926 Columbia, NY | | | | | \-- Laura GADDIS, b. ca. 1902 Ghent assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Sarah J. GADDIS, b. ca. 1861 Columbia, NY, d. aft 1870 | | | | |-- Arthur J. GADDIS, b. 1862 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY, d. aft 1930 Ghent assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | | & Margaret UKNOWN, b. 1868 NY, m. ca. 1891 NY | | | | | \-- Frank A. GADDIS, b. 1892 Ghent, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Franklin GADDIS, b. 1866 Columbia, NY, d. 1882 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- George A. GADDIS, b. 1868 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY, d. 1870 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Anna GADDIS, b. ca. 1871 Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Helen GADDIS, b. 1873 Columbia, NY, d. 1891 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Celia GADDIS, b. ca. 1875 Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Wilson GADDIS, b. 1877 Columbia, NY, d. 1927 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY | | | | |-- Mary GADDIS, b. ca. 1879 Claverack, Columbia, NY | | | | \-- Clarence GADDIS, b. ca. 1881 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY, d. 1888 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY | | | |-- Jane HANDY, b. ca. 1840 Claverack, Columbia, NY | | | |-- William H. HANDY, b. ca. 1842 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY, d. aft 1870 | | | \-- Christina (HANDY) ROGERS, b. ca. 1846 Claverack assumed, Columbia, NY, d. aft 1899 | | | & John ROGERS, b. ca. 1820 Ireland, m. 1870-1880 | | |-- Charles Backus HANDY, b. 1814 Lee, Berkshire, MA, death unrecorded | | \-- Hannah Parker (HANDY) BARRINGER, b. 1815 Lee, MA, d. 1895 (at 79) Stockbridge, MA | | & Peter William BARRINGER. b. NY 1809, m. abt 1847, d. 1849 | | \--Mary Grenelle BARRINGER, b. 1848 NY, d. 1938 (at 90) G. Barrington | | | | & Susannah (RUSSEL) b. 1787 Tyringham*, Berkshire, MA, m. 1826 Lee, MA, d. 1888 Livonia, NY (at 100) (RUSSELL chart) | | |-- Henry Williams Dwight HANDY, b. 1828 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1913 Brooklyn (at 85), bur. 1913 Calvary, Queens, NY | | | & Mary Ann (MORGAN), b. c1832 Co. Down, Ire, m. c1851 Brooklyn?, d. 1896 Brooklyn, bur. Calvary (MORGAN chart) | | | |-- Fanny J HANDY, b. 1852 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1925 Brooklyn, NY, bur. 1925 Calvary | | | |-- Frank W. HANDY, b. 1854 Brooklyn?, NY, d. 1915 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | & Teresa (DOWD) HANDY, b. 1855-56, m. ca. 1881 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1901 Brooklyn, bur. Holy Cross | | | | |-- Gertrude (HANDY) CONNORS, b. 1881 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1920 Brooklyn, bur. St. John's Cem | | | | | & John H. CONNORS, b. 1871 NY, m. c1900 Brooklyn?, d. 1924 Brooklyn | | | | | |-- James CONNORS b. c1904 Brooklyn?, d. 1963, Long Island?, bur. St. John Cem | | | | | | & Freda ---?, b. c1906, d. 1985, Long Island? | | | | | | \-- at least 2 children b. 1920s-30s | | | | | \-- Teresa CONNORS, b. c1907 Brooklyn | | | | |-- Teresa HANDY, b. 1882 Brooklyn, NY, d. aft 1900 NY | | | | |-- Henry J. HANDY (3), b. 1885 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1955 Brooklyn? Queens?, bur. Holy Cross | | | | | & Julia (GOODWIN), b. 1885 NY, m. c1906, d. 1912 Brooklyn, bur. Calvary | | | | | |-- Teresa E. HANDY, b. 1906 Brooklyn, d. 1995, Queens, NY | | | | | | & Robert J. MCHAFFIE, b. 1904, Scotland, m. 1936, Brooklyn, d. 1994, Queens | | | | | \-- James HANDY, b. c1909 Brooklyn?, d. 1978 Brooklyn?, bur. Holy Cross | | | | | & Edna (DIXON), b. 1891 Brooklyn, m. 1912, d. 1964, bur. Holy Cross | | | | |-- Francis W. HANDY, b. ca. 1887 Brooklyn, NY, d. aft 1942 | | | | | & Rose V. FARRELL, b. ca. 1885, Brooklyn, m. 1909 Brooklyn | | | | | \-- 5 children, b. 1911-1926, Brooklyn | | | | |-- Estella (Mary) HANDY, b. 1889 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1934 Brooklyn, bur. Holy Cross | | | | | & George E. LACEY, m. Apr 14, 1907, Manh. (apparently a short marriage) | | | | |-- George HANDY, b. ca. 1893 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1895 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | \-- Robert HANDY, b. 1895 Brooklyn, NY, d. aft 1910 NY? | | | |-- Mary Ann (HANDY) HOGAN, b. ca. 1856 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1927 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | & Thomas Francis HOGAN, b. 1851 Manh., NY, m. 1874-75 Brooklyn?, d. 1937 Brooklyn, bur. Holy Cross (HOGAN Chart) | | | | |-- Mary F. (Mamie) HOGAN, b. 1875? Manh.?, NY?, NY, d. 1931 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | |-- Katherine HOGAN, b. ca. 1877 Brooklyn?, NY, d. 1882 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | |-- George William HOGAN, b. 1878? Manh.?, NY, d. 1945 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | | & Sarah Loretta (SMITH)(MARTIN), b. 1875, NY, m. c1907 Brooklyn?, d. 1932, bur Calvary | | | | | \-- 3 children b. 1907-1910, Brooklyn, NY, gc | | | | |-- Joseph A. HOGAN, b. 1883 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1944 Brooklyn, NY, bur. St. John Cem, Middle Village | | | | | & Rose E. (DEREMEIK), b. c1880 Eng, m. 1905, d. 1954 NY, bur. St. John | | | | | \-- 7 children b. 1906-1921 Brooklyn, many gc | | | | |-- Richard HOGAN, b. ca. 1884 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1886 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Holy Cross | | | | \-- Augustine Leo HOGAN, b. 1888 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1976 (at 88) Freeport, NY, bur. Holy Rood | | | | & Alice COLLINS, b. 1894 Brooklyn, m. 1919 Brooklyn, d. 1974 Freeport (COLLINS) | | | | \-- 4 children, b. 1919-35 Brooklyn, Freeport, 7 gc, 13 ggc, 2 gggc | | | |-- Henry HANDY Jr, b. ca. 1859 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1863 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Queens?, NY | | | |-- George HANDY, b. ca. 1863 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1906 Manh., NY, bur. Calvary | | | \-- James HANDY, b. ca. 1868 Brooklyn, NY, d. 1874 Brooklyn, NY, bur. Calvary | | \-- Fanny Fowler (HANDY) BUCK, b. 1830 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1913 (at 83) S. Livonia, NY, bur. Oakridge Cem, Livonia | | & William Eben BUCK, b. 1827 Stafford, Tolland, CT, m. 1855 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1905 S. Livonia, NY | | |-- Franklin N. BUCK, b. 1857 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1925 Kewanee, Henry Co., Ill, bur. Pleasant View Cem., Kewanee, Ill | | |-- Lydia BUCK, b. 1859 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. aft 1910 Livonia?, NY? | | \-- Sherman Adorno BUCK, b. 1864 Lee, Berkshire, MA, d. 1921 Livonia, NY, bur. Oakridge Cem, Livonia | | & Amy C. (CLARK) BUCK, b. 1865, Taunton, Bristol, MA, m. 1897 Taunton, MA, d. 1923 Livonia, NY | | \-- Fannie M. BUCK, b. 1901, d. 1901, Taunton, Bristol, MA --------------------------------------------- E N D ---------------------------------------------- | \-- Alice HANDY, b. 1771? Falmouth, Barnstable, MA |-- Samuel HANDY, b. ca. 1716 MA |-- James HANDY, b. ca. 1718 MA |-- Elnathan HANDY, b. ca. 1720 MA |-- Ann (HANDY) CROCKER, b. ca. 1722 MA | & Benjamin CROCKER, b. ca. 1720 MA, m. 1759 MA |-- Sarah (HANDY) DEXTER, b. ca. 1724 MA, d. 1809 Rochester, Plymouth, MA | & John DEXTER, b. 1725 Rochester, Plymouth, MA, m. 1746 Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, d. 1813 Rochester, Plymouth, MA |-- Mary HANDY, b. ca. 1726 MA |-- Thankful HANDY, b. ca. 1728 MA \-- Eleanor (HANDY) LAWRENCE, b. ca. 1730 MA & --? LAWRENCE, b. ca. 1730? MA?, m. MA * We recently found confirmation that Seth HANDY's second wife was the same Susanna RUSSEL whose birth was listed on April 4, 1787 in the vital records of the adjoining village of Tyringham, Mass. Her parents were Nathaniel Patten RUSSEL(L) and Elizabeth CULVER RUSSEL. Nathaniel P. RUSSELL's ancestry is well documented and I have researched his and Elizabeth's descendants. (RUSSELL chart) |