Old Hartwick & Robinson Cemetery
Also Known As Old Pioneer
Hartwick, Otsego County, NY
Read by Lealah Smith
Re-Typed by Annette Campbell


Cemetery is southeast of the Village of Hartwick and in said township. This is more 
commonly known as the Old Hartwick Cemetery and the Robinson Cemetery in 1957. In 1969
it is called "Old Pioneer Cemetery". Lewis Adams d. 12 Jan 1836 Age 80y Hanna Adams d. 24 Jun 1833 Age 74y w/o Lewis Abner Alger d. 1815 Age 77y Abner Alger d. 15 Jan 1840 age 77y Rispah Alger d. 26 Jan 1839 Age 69y7m0d w/o Abner William Alger d. 26 Mar 1877 Age 88y William Emmett Alger d. 30 Apr 1858 Age 17y2m16d s/o Wm. & Rachel [Rachel--a BEVERLY in Biographical Review] Margaret Alger d. 11 Feb 1877 Age 73y9m0d w/o Horace George Alger d. 27 May 187_ Age 74y [his stone has been repaired and an iron piece is over last number in year of death, but probably 1871] Miranda Alger d. 12 Sep 1879 Age 68y w/o George (nee WELLS) Chester C. Alger d. 16 Dec 1862 Age 22y6m19d [ 4th deceased son of George & Miranda. Soldier at Bell Plain, VA. Died in Civil War] F. G. Alger d. 2 Apr 1856/58 Age 24y5m0d s/o George & Miranda Marvin C. Alger d. 13 Apr 1861 Age 23y4m2d (Civil War?) s/o G. & Miranda Jarvis Alger d. 8 Jul 1854 Age 28y9m0d s/o George & Miranda Jesse Alger d. 10 Sep 1857 Age 32y9m25d Probably s/o Geo & Miranda-AC Adaline Alger d. 28 Nov 1856 Age 31y w/o Jesse Daniel B. Alvord d. 30 Jan 1842 Age 28y8m0d s/o C. W. & Deborah William Alworth d. 30 Jun 1839 Age 75y (or 31 Jan) Dinah Alworth d. 30 Apr 1830 Age 69y w/o William Polly Alworth d. 24 Nov 1834 Age 45y Philip Arver d. 2 Jul 1843 Age 57y3m0d John Arver d. 14 May 1851 Age 30y0m14d George M.D. Arver d. 11 Aug 1847 Age 2y7m12d s/o Henry & Sally M. Ida B. Arver d. 13 Sep 1852 Age 3m11d d/o Henry & Sally M. Jeddiah Ashcraft d. 12 Jun 1885 Age 73y7m0d Hannah Ashcraft d. 10 Feb 1887 Age 74y5m0d w/o Jeddiah Edwin Bailey, Rev. d. 6 Feb 1842/7 Age 34y Amos Barrows d. 5 Jan 1831 Age 81y Jerusha Barrows d. 7 Jan 1832 Age 78y w/o Amos Daniel P. Barney d. 15 Mar 1872 Age 84y Martha Barney d. 24 Dec 1858 Age 69y w/o Daniel Samuel Bates d. 13 May 1813 Age 59y Rebecca Bates d. 11 Nov 1840 Age 78y w/o Samuel Erastus Bates d. 25 Sep 1817 Age 18y5m0d s/o Samuel Isaac Beebee, Jr. d. 26 Jul 1825 Age 43y Lucy Beebee d. 6 May 1841 ge 54y w/o Isaac Isaac Beebee Drowned 11 Jul 1835 Age 10y s/o Isaac & Lucy Simeon Benjamin d. 20 Nov 1825 Age 81y Abigail Benjamin d. 15 Jul 1825 Age 75y w/o Simeon Simeon Benjamin, Jr. d. 18 Dec 1866 Age 74y Mary Benjamin d/ 31 Jan 1859 Age 69y3m9d w/o Simeon, Jr. Charles S. Benjamin d. 26 Feb 1871 Age 56y Marcia Benjamin d. 18 Apr 1867 Age 43y w/o Charles Oliver Bishop d. 5 Sep 1852 Age 58y9m9d William Bishop d. 28 Aug 1858 age 26y7m20d Charles Bliss d. 1 Oct 1857 Age 54y Mary Ann Bolton d. 18 Dec 1843 age 33y w/o William Azariah Bradley, Capt. d. 14 Jan 1833 Age 73y Hannah Bradley d. 24 Feb 1842 age 81y w/o Capt. Azariah Horatio Bradley 4 Aug 1795-Nov 1876 Margaret Bradley 18 Sep 1806-20 Jul 1890 w/o Horatio Albert Bradley 30 Jul 1838-11 Feb 1839 (prob. son) Russell A. Bradley d. 25 Sep 1846 Age 37y Alpheus Bradley d. 1813 Polly Brewer d. 29 Oct 1829 Age 24y s/o J.W. Josiah Brigham d. 4 Mar 1816 Age 49y11m14d Patty Brigham d. 21 Jul 1825 Age 46y w/o Josiah Wealthy Brown d. 27 Aug 1846 Age 40y w/o Dea. Prentis Joseph Brownell d. 14 Mar 1871 Age 88y9m9d Polly Brownell d. 27/29 Jan 1817 Age 37y w/o Joseph (nee ROUNDS) Rebecca Brownell d. 29 Feb 1868 Age 80y 2nd w/o Joseph Harriet Brownell d. 24 Dec 1827 Age 4y1m22d d/o Joseph & Rebecca Hiram Brownell d. 3 Feb 1888 Age 75y [New Lisbon, NY town records gives his father as Samuel Brownell] Zilpha Brownell d. 4 Apr 1868 Age 55y0m23d w/o Hiram (nee KEMBELL) Elizabeth Brownell d. 22 Nov 1871 Age 39y9m0d w/o Hiram Infant Son Brownell d. 11 Nov 1871 s/o Hiram & Elizabeth Nathan Bundy, Elder d. 3 May 1846 Age 38y Benjamin Camp d. 12 Oct 1860 Age 99y10m27d Rev War Soldier Catherine Camp d. 27 Mar 1832 Age 69y w/o Benjamin William Chappell d. 21 Dec 1850 Age 87y Rev. War Soldier Anna Chappell d. 17 Mar 1843 Age 83y w/o William (nee MAPLES) Nathan Chappell d. 20 Nov 1856 Age 77y9m17d Esther Chappell d. 22 Mar 1858 Age 72y4m0d w/o Nathan Betsey Chappell d. 23 Mar 1849 Age 31y d/o Nathan & Esther Maria C. Chappell d. 28 Sep 1839 Age 26y6m14d d/o John & (?Mercy) John Dwight Chaffee 28 Jun 1896-28 Nov 1896 twin Edwin Chaffee 28 Jun 1896-26 Jan 1897 twin Sons of Henry & Estella Chaffee; are buried on the Pickens lot. An 1895 marriage record at Laurens, NY shows Estella a d/o Edwin & Altheda PICKENS Lavina Chapman d. 5/6 Mar 1833 Age 70y w/o Rev. H. Amy Combs d. 4 Nov 1837 Age 89y w/o Joseph Calvin Comstock, Capt. d. 15 Jul 1818 Age 69y Lany Conklin d. Nov 1852 Age 49y d/o Elias & Catherine David Cook d. 21 Aug 1854 Age 70y0m15d Ellen Cook d. 13 May 1835 Age 78y w/o Comfort Betsey Cook d. 17 May 1795 Age 2y d/o Comfort & Ellen Nathaniel Cove d. 14 May 1814 Age 81y Griffin Crafts, Esq. d. 1 Dec 1835 Age 87y4m13d Native of Pomfret, CT. Sarah Crafts d. 10 Nov 1824 Age 66y 2nd w/o Griffin Daughter of Stephen AVERILL & Sarah HENDEE--Craft Genealogy Samuel Crafts d. 18 Apr 1845 Age 47y Son of Griffin & Sarah, handicap-crippled from Craft Genealogy George Davis, Dr. d. 12 May 1833 Age 61y3m0d Hannah Davis d. 20 Feb 1831 Age 50y w/o George John Davis, Dr. d. 25 Sep 1833 Age 29y0m19d Norman Davis 1 May 1801-9 Nov 1879 Lavina Davis 3 Oct 1803-3 Nov 1861 w/o Norman (nee LINCOLN) Laura B. Davis 3 Apr 1830-3 Jul 1858 d/o Norman & Lavina William Dillingham d. 8 Sep 1832 Age 72y Hannah Dillingham d. 13 Jan 1840 Age 72y? w/o William Catherine Doolittle d. 27 Jan 1835 Age 24y w/o Zina Joshua Duly d. 5 Sep 1854 Age 66y Col. _____ Eldred d. 27 May 1858 Age 75y (born ca. 1783-AC) Roby Eldred d. 28 Apr 1855 Age 65y w/o Col Eldred (nee RICHARDS) Roby Eldred d. 1 Jun 1857 Age 35y d/o Col. & Roby (she was blind) Philinda Eldred d. 25 Feb 1850 Age 43y w/o Waterman (nee MURDOCK) Marze VanAdelbert d. 25 Aug 1846 Age 10 weeks s/o Waterman & P. Infant Daughter Eldred d. 13 Feb 1853 d/o Alonzo & Tharzah Mary Josephine Eldred d. 8 Oct 1854 Age 1y10m0d d/o Alonzo & Tharzah Mary Adaline Fields d. 5 Mar 1845 Age 16 months d/o Seril & Lucy Lucia Fish d. 1836 Age 31y w/o Rev. J. R. Caroline Francis d. 12 Jul 1835 Age 9y d/o Lewis & Hannah Benjamin Fuller d. 27 Apr 1828 Age 66y Christiana Fuller d. 28 May 1853 Age 91y w/o Benjamin Benjamin Fuller d. 2 Aug 1797 Age 65y Penthene Fuller 1 Mar 1738-31 Mar 1816 Age 78y w/o Benjamin Whiting Griswold, Rev. d. 13 Jan 1815 Age 34y Acsha Griswold d. 13/23 Oct 1811 Age 3y d/o Whiting & Acsha Adam Grover d. 16 Feb 1857 Age 77y s/o Ebenezer & Elizabeth Elizabeth was a HAIGHTON Mehitable Grover d. 23 Mar 1828 Age 44y (nee CRAFTS) Daughter of Griffin Crafts & his 1st wife Hannah MAY. Hannah was a daughter of Dea. Caleb MAY & Elizabeth PAYSON. Griffin Crafts 2nd wife was Sarah AVERILL (Craft Genealogy) Ruth Grover d. 12 Oct 1841 Age 53y 2nd w/o Adam Truman Head d. 12 Nov 1867 Age 74y (he married Lavina LARNED) Helena Head d. 18 Jun 1849 Age 3m d/o _____ Head Daniel A. Head d. 16 Jul 1849 Age 26y10m5d He married Waity ALDRICH d/o Amasa Aldrich & Betsey DOWNING Lyman Harrington d. 10 Apr 1850 Age 66y7m9d Member of the Masons-so given on his stone Emily Harrington d. 12 Jun 1857 Age 50y4m19d w/o Lyman Harry Harrington d. 14 Feb 1856 Age 49y David Kendall 22 Sep 1788-20 Mar 1848 born at Brooklyn, CT Victoria Kendall d. 17 Jan 1844 Age 52y w/o David Rachel Kendall d. 9 Aug 1847 Age 55y [ Marriage in old Cooperstown paper, she was then Mrs. Rachel WHALEY of Hartwick, NY, so probably a widow when she married David Kendall as his second wife] Cornelia A. Kendall d. 22 Jun 1844 Age 14y d/o David & Victoria Lyman Kendall d. 27 Jun 1819 Age 10m s/o David & Victoria Betsey Marsh d. 9 Aug 1856 Age 76y w/o James Emerancy Maynard d. 18 Jun 1833 Age 30y d/o Dea. Jesse & Sarah Daniel Mead d. 16 Jul 1849 Age 26y10m5d Helen A. Mead d. Age 5m Daniel Mott d. 16 Mar 1858 Age 72y Lydia E. Mott d. 7 Nov 1853 Age 69y w/o Daniel [ They had a daughter Clarissa who married Nathaniel CARD and were parents of Lydia Card who was the 1st wife of Dr. Oliver BISHOP. She married a second time as his 3rd wife Delos C. ELDRED of Hartwick Otsego Co, NY] Harvey Murdock 21/22 Feb 1811-2 Jan 1892 Maria Murdock 24 Jun 1818-14 Dec 1889 w/o Harvey (nee ROBINSON) James Newton d. 1 Oct 1842 Age 85y Hannah M. Newland d. 15 Jan 1849 Age 43y w/o Henry Elon Galusha Newland d. 30 Sep 1848 age 13y s/o Henry & Hannah Jonathan Newman, Rev. d. 28 Jan 1828 age 63y [ 12 years an iterant preacher & then a local preacher or M.E. Church] Amasa Peters d. 12 Nov 1829 Age 52y [1820 Age 62y also seen] Sarah W. Peters d. 6 Jul 1820 Age 46y w/o Amasa Rufus S. Peters d. 3 Oct 1841 Age 39y _____ Peters only daughter of Rufus & Huldah S. Ella Maria Phillips d. 5 APr 1858 age 7y1m26d d/o Isaac & Lydia L. Edwin Pickens d. 23 Dec 1871 Age 34y2m20d Altheda L. Pickens d. 26 Jan 1884 Age 43t7m12d w/o Edwin (nee MURDOCK; refer back under Chaffee) Thomas Pierce d. 14 Feb 1846 Age 62y William Pierce d. 7 May 1849 Age 56y Pol Vina Potter d. 19 Feb 1845 Age 55y w/o Daniel, Jr. Daniel Potter, Dea. d. 16 Jun 1828 Age 69y [ 7 years a Rev War Soldier] [42y a soldier under King Immanuel, felled by an arrow, commissioned by Almighty God, hoping for Eternal life through the undivided Soverign Grace in Christ.] Naomi Potter d. 25 Nov 1803 Age 45y [from an item once in the Harford Times paper, Ge. Section--was a CRISSEY] Yates Potter d. May 1826 Age 33y James Proctor d. 21 May 1844 Age 35y Elizabeth Putman d. 31 Mar 1845 Age 74y w/o Caleb PUTNAM (notice difference in spelling) James Redfern 1802-1891 [Town Records give his death as 12 Jun 1891 Age 89y died in Laurens, NY..Son of William & Anna, both b. England] Mary Redfern 1823-1853 w/o James Mary A. E. Redfern 1846-1861 d/o James & Mary Harriet S. Redfern 1850-1906 d/o James & Mary Abbie H. Redfern 1848 d/o James & Mary Solomon Robinson d. 4 Nov 1865 Age 84y Altheda Robinson d. 25 May 1859 Age 73y w/o Solomon (nee LARNED) Lucinda Robinson d. 27 Jun 1820 Age 4 or 14 y d/o Solomon & A. Permila Robinson d. 21 Sep 1815 Age 3y8m16d d/o Solomon & A. Erastus Robinson 14 Feb 1809-10 Jun 1892 s/o Solomon & Altheda Mehetable Robinson d. 11 Sep 1860 Age 44y w/o Erastus [ Daughter of Adam GROVER & Mehitable CRAFTS (refer under Grover)] Adelaide Robinson d. 1 Nov 1859 Age 17y d/o Erastus & Mehitable Clayton Robinson d. 27 Mar 1880 Age 27y s/o Erastus & Mehitable Mary Ann Robinson d. 12 Feb 1849 Age 32y w/o William Jesse Robinson d. 6 jan 1848 Age 75y Abia Robinson d. 21 Mar 1866 Age 82y 2nd w/o Jesse Jesse Robinson, Dr. d. 28 May 1821 Age 22y Polly M. Root d. 15 Sep 1808 Age 3y d/o Reuben & Polly Mary Ripley d. 12 Oct 1841 Age 21y w/o ____ Ripley [ Daughter of Horace ROSE, M.D.] Lymus Shepard 28 Aug 1819-6 Apr 1889 Malvina A. Shepard d. 3 Jul 1844 Age 20y w/o Lymus Emily J. Shepard 23 Sep 1825- wife of Lymus (JONES) ____ and children ____. Laura Sherman d. 5 Jul 1863 Age 58y w/o Alanson Phebe Shippy d. Jan 1814 Age 23y d/o Jacob & Phebe Benjamin Skiff d. 13 Nov 1812 Age 85y Anna G. Smith d. 14 May 1878 Age 61y1m22d w/o Hawkins Martha Smith d. 15 Jan 1839 Age 28y w/o Eleazer Phebe Steemburg d. 2 Apr 1841 Age 22y10m0d d/o Abraham & Catherine Harriet Steemburg d. 15 Jul 1849 Age 18y11m15d d/o " " Laura Swift d. 23 Nov 1838 Age 37y w/o Julius Emerancy Swift No data d/o Jesse Roger Thrall d. 22 May 1844 Age 79y Rufus Thrall d. 28 Feb 1788 Age 39y Anna Tracy d. 10 Nov 1821 Age 22y Ruth Tracy d. 11 Jan 1848 Age 63y Sally Tyler d. 13 Feb 1820 Age 29y w/o Dr. Chester Tyler [ Daughter of Griffin CRAFTS and his 2nd wife Sarah AVERILL-from Gen.] Janes Crafts Tyler d. 26 Feb 1821 Age 5y s/o Chester & Sally William Ward d. 4 Mar 1843 Age 50y David Ward d. 30 Dec 1866 age 69y William D. Ward d. 30 Jul 1853 age 28y6m24d s/o David & Sally Lucy Ann Ward d. 16 Oct 1849 d/o David & Sally (Sally prob a KEMBALL) John Webb d. 3 Nov 1856 Age 91y Frances Webb d. 14 Nov 1800 Age 39y 1st w/o John Ruth Webb d. 8 Aug 1813 Age 44y 2nd w/o John Sarah Webb d. 28 May 1828 Age 62y 3rd w/o John Elizabeth Webb d. 10 Dec 1851 Age 66y 4th w/o John Emaline Weeks d. 6 Dec 1834 Age 3y2m25d d/o John & Sally Prince West, Dea. d. 4 Jun 1828 Age 93y Rev War Soldier & French War Hannah W, Consort of Pince West, departed this life, Aug 31? 1811, in
the 69 Yr of her age Prince West d. 31 Aug 1811 Age 69y Prince West, Jr. d. 8 Aug 1828 Age 42y [also recorded same date in Cooperstown Paper] Rachel West d. 30 May 1813 Age 29y5m8d w/o Prince West, Jr. Philo West d. 27 Feb 1818 Age 36y0m2d Jerusha WEST Bissell d. 14 Jun 1820 Age 35y w/o J. Bissell [Former wife of Philo West] Sylvanus West, Dea. d. 3 Mar 1839 Wealthy West d. Apr 1850 Age 54y w/o Sylvanus, Dea. Hannah West d. 30 Sep 1812 Age 69y w/o Christopher Phebe West d. 11 Nov 1822 age 19y d/o H. & Z. Harriet West d. 15 Jan 1823 age 2y Heman West d. Sep 1828 age 51y Asahel Whipple d. 1 Jul 1846 age 82y Lucy Whipple d. 27 Jul 1847 age 85y Peter Wilcox d. 26 May 1817 age 24y William G. Williams d. 12 Jul 1835 Age 4y5m0d s/o Wm. G. & Sylinda William Williams d. 22 Aug 1842 Age 5m7d s/o Frederick G. & Elvira Lydia Williams d. 27 Mar 1858 Age 60y w/o Jacob Abner W. Williams d. 4 Aug 1860 Age 5y s/o Thomas Cecelia Williams d. 25 Jan 1862 Age 17y8m21d d/o Thomas & Altheda Frederick Williams d. 3 May 1818 Age 23y8m15d s/o Wm. & Jerusha {Born in Sharon CT] Henrietta Wood, Mrs. d. 19 Sep 1838 Age 52y Sophia Wood d. 26 Nov 1821 age 29y w/o Charles d/o Wm. & H. DILLINGHAM Seth Wright d. 15 Aug 1827 Age 68y (1822 also seen) Miriam Wright d. 10 Nov 1803 Age 45y w/o Seth Polly Wright d. 8 Feb 1814 Age 45y 2nd w/o Seth Milton Wright d. 23 May 1804 Age 9y s/o Seth & Miriam Alexander S. Young 22 Sep 1808-4 Feb 1883 Almira Young d. 14 Sep 1853 Age 40y8m0d w/o Alexander Cordelia Young 21 Nov 1818-14 Dec 1891 w/o Alexandr (nee GREGORY) Infant Son Young d. 14 Jun 1855 Prob s/o Alexander & Cordelia Alice L. Young d. 2 Dec 1870 Age 10y7m0d Stone---- down Almy Yeaw d. 11 Aug 1806 Age 45y w/o David
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