HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF YATES COUNTY
by Stafford C. Cleveland
Published by S.C. Cleveland, Chronicle Office, Penn Yan, N.Y. 1873
Vol.1 Pages 747- 750

THE WORTMAN FAMILY

William Wortman was born near New Brunswick, New Jersey, and at an early age he and an only sister were left orphans. He came to the town of Hector, now Schuyler county, with one of the pioneers of that town and there grew to man's estate, and married Anna, daughter of Anthony Swarthout. After a few years they moved to Wayne, and later, in 1812, purchased a farm in what was afterwards Barrington, near the Bath road, and bounded south by the county line. There they remained through life. He died in 1850 at the age of seventy one, and she in 1860, aged seventy-seven.Their children were Fanny, Amos, Charlotte, Mary A., Asa, Joel, Lavina, Halsey, Sally, William, Andrew, and David.

Fanny born in 1801, married Selah Crosby of Barrington. Their children were John, Lucinda, Harvey, Amos, Mary, Ruth, Daniel W., Nathan, Susan A., David, Martha, William and James. John died a young man. Lucinda married Charles Peters, set tled in Steuben Co., and died there leaving two children, one of whom, Susan, resides with Selah Crosby. Harvey died at the age of thirty, single. Amos married Mary Ann Miller, and is a physician at Hart, Ocean county, Mich. They have one son and two daughters. Mary married Richard Collier, a far mer residing in Thurston, Steuben Co. They have had three sons. Ruth married Isaiah Jordan and resides in Tyrone. They have a daughter, Mary. Daniel W. married Agnes Colestock, and is a farmer at Hart, Mich. They have three children. Nathan married Elizabeth White of Campbelltown, respectively, County Judge, County Clerk and District Attor ney of. Oceana Co. Daniel W. was formerly an Indian agent. Susan A. died a young woman. David is a Theological Student at Rochester. Martha married George Hill, a merchant at Wayne. They have two children, Georgia and Lavina. Wil liam married Euphemia Gregg of Bath, and is a lawyer at Lansing, Mich.; also a clerk in the government land office. They have one daughter. James married Maria Clark of Wayne, and is a farmer and vineyardist in Barrington.

Amos married Catharine Herrick of Wayne, and lives in that town. Their children are Ogden, Eliza, William and Joel. Ogden, who alone became a resident of Yates county, married Jane Snyder of Milo, and resides in Barrington. Their children are Phebe, Amos,  Arvilla, Melissa and one other. Phebe married Mr. DeCamp, and resides in Tyrone.

Charlotte married Ogden Sherwood of Barrington and resided there. Their children were Amos, Wortman, Gilbert, Nelson, Joel, Mary, Anna, Asa and Harriet. Amos married Ann Eliza, daughter of Philo Chubb. He was a soldier of the 126th N. Y. V., and became a Captain. After the war he emigrated to Michigan where he is a merchant. Wortman mar ried Harriet Drake and died near Elmira. Joel married Anice Elmer and is a merchant in Michigan. He too was a soldier in the war.

Mary Ann married Alonzo W. Sunderlin, a noted Baptist clergyman, residing at Wayne. Their children are Van Rens selaer, Lorenzo, William, Byron and Alonzo A. Van Rensselaer married Elisabeth Bissel of Milo, and emigrated to Mich. Lorenzo died at Cincinnati. William married Sarah Misner. Alonzo A. went to Michigan, and married there Anna Corey.

Asa married Harriet Boyce and resides in East Barrington. Their children, are Emily, William, Ezra, Chauncy, Andrew, Charlotte and John. Emily married James Baskin of Tyrone. They have one child. William married Susan, daughter of Nathaniel Huson, and resides in Barrington. Ezra married Mary Horton, and died leaving three children. Chauncy is married and resides in Barrington.

Joel Wortman, born in 1812 married first Martha A. Bailey of Tyrone. She died in Barrington, where they first settled, leaving three children, Mariette, D. Anna and Amos. He married a second wife, Hiley T. Bunce a widow and daughter of Jonathan Taylor. They moved to his present residence on the Bath road on lot 44 in Milo, where she died leaving two children, Ella E. and Martha, He married a third wive, Re becca, daughter of John Stone. His daughter Mariette mar ried Jacob W. Thayer. Amos married Hortense Swarthout, and resides in Barrington.

Lavina married Charles, son of James A. Swarthout, and emigrated to Palo, Iona county, Mich., with four children, Louisa, Sarah, William and Betsey.

Halsey married Huldah Robinson of Barrington, and they emigrated to Barrington, Cook Co, Illinois, where he died and his widow and children reside (Both are buried in the Barrington Center Cemetery, Barrington Hills, Cook Co. Ill).

Sally married Erasmus Wright of Barrington.

William married Jane Jordan of Tyrone, and settled in Bar rington where she died. He moved to Barrington, Ill., where he married Phebe, sister of Halsey Wortman's wife.

Andrew married Julia, daughter of Allen Bassett, an resides in Barrington. Their children are Huldah, Eugene, C. Loella and an infant. Huldah married Henry Freeman and moved to Urbana. They have two children, Charlena and an infant.

David married Louisa, daughter of Dr. Daniel Sunderlin of Tyrone. They settled in Barrington and finally emigrated to Palo, Mich., where he is a practicing physician. Their chil dren are Daniel, Charles and Frank.

The descendants of William Wortman number upwards of one hundred and seventy, and one hundred and forty are still among the living.