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Family History - 10 Nov 2006-MEL LETT,UNPROVEN
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1. UNKNOWN LETT
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Birth Place: IRELAND
Occupation: BURNT TO DEATH IN CHURCH BY CATHOLICS IN IRELAND
Spouse: ELIZABETH+ JACOBUS
Birth Place: HOLLAND
Death Place: BURNT TO DEATH IN CHURCH BY CATHOLICS IN
Burial Place: IRELAND,ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND LETT
Marriage Date: About 1770
Children: THOMAS-Born HOLLAND
SAMUEL-CAN1787/1794
CHARLES
1.1 THOMAS-Born HOLLAND LETT
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Birth Place: HOLLANDan Infant He Taken To Wexford, Ireland8YRS
Death Place: Mingling German And English Blood
Burial Place: Lived In Canada Until 1861
Occupation: , Went To England With William Henry--Embraced Protestantism
Education: Prince Of Orange, Nassau-LIVED IN Ontario, Canada
Religion: And Afterward William The Third-78 YRS,,Republican
Spouse: JANE CRAIG
Birth Place: IRELAND -TO CANADA 9 YRS OLD
Death Place: 73 YEARS
Occupation: 10 CHILDREN
Education: History Of St Clair County, Michigan; 1912
Religion: Mennonite
Spouse Father: UNKN CRAIG
Children: JOHN-CANMI1848
SARAH JANE-MI1857
BENJAMIN-IRISH PATRIOT
1.1.1 JOHN-CANMI1848 LETT
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Birth Date: 2 May 1848
Birth Place: Lived In Canada Until 1861
Occupation: Skillful Farmer-NYGE & CLARENCE,nephews Lived With Them
Education: Mennonite-NOTES
Religion: In 1908 Mr. Lett Bought His Present Farm 120 ACRES
Notes:
Lett
History of St Clair County, Michigan; 1912
JOHN LETT. A substantial and prosperous agriculturist of Greenwood township and an esteemed Citizen of that vicinity is John Lett, whose biography is one of especial interest, not only of his own life and work. but also because he is the worthy descendant of one of the, notable pioneers of St. Clair county. The Letts, Hollanders, went to England with William Henry, Prince of Orange, Nassau, and afterward William the Third. There the race developed, mingling German and English blood. They embraced Protestantism, and like many other Englishmen desiring religious liberty they lived for a time in Holland. The parental grandmother of John Lett, Elizabeth Jacobus, came from Holland also, and there Thomas Lett, father of John, was born. When he was but an infant he was taken to Wexford, Ireland, which was his home for eight years. He subsequently lived in Canada until 1861. There he married Jane Craig, who had been born in Ireland and had been brought by her parents to Canada when nine years of age.
In their home in Ontario, Canada, was born to Mr. arid Mrs. Thomas Lett the son whose life is the subject of this account, and the date of whose birth was May 2, 1848. Besides John Lett, nine other children came to share their home. Four sisters are deceased, and of the four brothers one, at the early age of nineteen, lost his life by drowning while assisting in log-rolling.
When Thomas Lett removed with his family to Michigan, the boy, John, was about twelve years of age. They settled in Greenwood township, St. Clair county, after making the journey by stage from Port Huron to Old Brockway and making the last two miles of their way through a dense wood that was all but trackless. Forty acres of wooded land in section 6 were purchased and improved and have ever since remained the property of the Lett family. John Lett well remembers the primitive conditions of that country in those first years of his life there. Settlers were few and far between, but deer, wild cats, bears, wild turkeys and game of all kinds were plentiful, thus assisting greatly in keeping the family larder well stocked. Securing these supplies and clearing the wooded farm required the services of the youthful members of the family as their father's assistants. John Lett therefore had little opportunity to acquire the education to be derived from books. Instead he had the practical training to be gained from the purposive endeavors of life. The theory and practice of agriculture having been the chief motive of his life, he has attained thorough skill in many of its phases. He remained an the parental farm through youth and much of his manhood. His parents passed from earthly existence some years ago, Thomas Lett having reached the age of seventy-eight and his wife that of seventy-three.
John Lett's marriage occurred on March 29, 1870, his bride being Sarah F. Currier, a native of Concord, New Hampshire, and the daughter of Henry and Eliza Currier. Mrs. Lett's mother had been a member of the Morrill family; she, like her husband, had been born in the New Hampshire town which was the birthplace of their daughter. The Morrill and Lett families came to St. Clair county when the country was all a wilderness. Mrs. Lett still recalls the time when only one house stood on the site which has since become the city of Yale. Her father died during her earliest years, and Mrs. Currier, her mother, died at the age of sixty-six years.
To Mr, and Mrs. John Lett four children were born. Their son, Thomas, is now living in his parents' home, as is also his daughter, Hazel. who is fifteen years of age. Loretta, the older daughter of John Lett, is Mrs. Lyman Guillard, of Greenwood township. The second son, Jesse, lives in Yale, Michigan. The younger daughter, Lydia, died in 1897, at the age of twelve years.
In 1908 Mr. Lett bought his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres. The attractive appearance of this home and premises indicate the care and supervision of an excellent manager and thorough-going, skillful farmer, In addition to the son and his daughter, the hospitable portal of that home has also received a niece and nephew of John Lett, Nygie and Clarence Lett. The family is one in which the ties of kinship are ever kept fine and true. The one other member of his father's family of ten children who still survive to share in old age the memories of their childhood home is his sister. Sarah J., the wife of George Yeets (recteTeets - ML), of Sanilac county.
Unlike his-father, an active Republican, who served as road commissioner and in various school offices, John-Lett has preferred not to accept public office. He and his wife are among the most estimable members of the Mennonite church.
submitted by Vickie Hintz
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Spouse: SARAH F. CURRIER
Birth Place: CONCORD,NEW HAMPSHIRE
Religion: Mennonite
Spouse Father: HENRY-NH CURRIER
Spouse Mother: ELIZA-NH MORRILL
Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1870
Children: THOMAS-MI
LORETTA-MI
JESSE-MI
LYDIA-MI+
1.1.1.1 THOMAS-MI LETT
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1.1.1.2 LORETTA-MI LETT
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Spouse: LYMAN GUILLARD
Birth Place: Greenwood TWNSHP,ST CLAIR CO MI
1.1.1.3 JESSE-MI LETT
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Birth Place: ST CLAIR CO
1.1.1.4 LYDIA-MI+ LETT
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Birth Date: 1885
Birth Place: ST CLAIR CO,MI
Death Date: 1897
Death Place: ST CLAIR CO,MI
1.1.2 SARAH JANE-MI1857 LETT
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Birth Date: 1857
Death Date: 1935
Spouse: GEORGE NELSON-MI TEETS
Marriage Date: 1855/1875
Marriage Place: SANILAC CO.,MI
1.1.3 BENJAMIN-IRISH PATRIOT LETT
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Birth Date: 1837
Religion: NOTES
Notes:
THE LIFE TRIAL AND DEATH
OF
BENJAMIN LETT
CANADIAN PATRIOT - 1837 - 1838
BY THOMAS LETT - PUBLISHED 1876
IN MEMORIAM
THERE are two monuments erected to the memory of BENJAMIN LETT, by his brother, Thomas Lett, and mark his resting place in the Lett Cemetery in Northville, LaSalle County, about six miles southwest from Sandwich, Illinois. The footstone is nine feet high from its base, six inches thick, and three feet wide; the main column is eleven feet high from its base, which is four feet square.
The slab reads thus:
“THE RECORDS OF AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP IN THE CASE OF BENJAMIN LETT—THEY ARE LIKE A CHRISTIAN HELL WITHOUT A JESUS CHRIST:
NO ESCAPE.
When the blood-hounds of Canada had failed with army, spies, kidnappers and assassins to destroy him, they selected DaFoe, one of their own fraternity. When he could entrap him in no other way, he attempted to set fire to a British steamboat, in Oswego port, swore he was a criminal not caught in the act, nor running away, but coming back, and said Lett told him to do so. This constituted partnership in New York! They indicted Lett one day and convicted him the next, without a copy of his indictment, or a witness. This was Seward’s policy, while the shrieks of his roasted countrymen were still ringing in his ears. His father-in-law, Judge Miller, then came to me and said, “You can write and say what you please, if you will not take personal satisfaction.”
Lett was accused of blowing up Brock’s Monument, which was used as a watch-tower for military purposes during a civil war. Was it a crime? If so, then it is murder to hang a spy! He was also accused of slaying Captain Usher in his own foul den—the captain and pilot of the gang of bloody pirates, who
1.2 SAMUEL-CAN1787/1794 LETT
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Birth Date: 1787/1794
Religion: NOTES-P.D.NILES
Notes:
P.D.NILES
Researching ELIZABETH JACOBUS, who married a man surnamed LETT, circa 1770.
She was mother of SAMUEL LETT who married ELIZABETH WARREN (of Wexford Ireland, b1787) m1802.
Spouse: ELIZABETH-1787IRE WARREN
Birth Date: About 1787
Birth Place: WEXFORD,IRELAND
Death Date: About 1840
Spouse Father: UNKN WARREN
Spouse Mother: UNKN PILEAUX
Marriage Date: 1802
Marriage Place: PRETTY YOUNG
Children: MARIA
JOHN-1801/37
ROBERT-1803
THOMAS-1809
BENJAMIN-1813
ELIZABETH-CANIL1816
SARAH COTTEAU-1824
ANNA-1835
1.2.1 MARIA LETT
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Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
Spouse: HIRAM-NYIL1812 SPRINGSTEAD SR
Birth Date: 1812
Birth Place: NY
Education: Suzanne Hough
Religion: Sdmiller1996@Yahoo.com
Spouse Father: PA SPRINGSTEAD
Marriage Date: 1844
Marriage Place: LA SALLE CO,IL
Children: HIRAM-IL
BENJAMIN
1.2.1.1 HIRAM-IL SPRINGSTEAD JR
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Birth Place: LA SALLE CO,IL
1.2.1.2 BENJAMIN SPRINGSTEAD
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1.2.2 JOHN-1801/37 LETT
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Birth Date: 1801/1837
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
1.2.3 ROBERT-1803 LETT
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Birth Date: 1803
Death Date: 1883
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
Spouse: MARGARET WHITE
Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1845
Marriage Place: DEKALB CO,ILL
1.2.4 THOMAS-1809 LETT
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Birth Date: 1809
Death Date: 1885
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
Spouse: MERILLA PEASE
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1824
Death Date: 1901
Occupation: Merilla Pease Lett Was The Fifth Child Of Twelve In The Fami
Spouse Father: SYLVANIUS PEASE
Spouse Mother: CHAROLETTE TAYLOR
Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1843
Marriage Place: KENDALL CO,ILL
Children: MARY A.-1853IL
1.2.4.1 MARY A.-1853IL LETT
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Birth Date: 1 Dec 1853
Birth Place: SANDWICH,IL
Death Date: 1929
Death Place: AURORA,IL
Spouse: JAMES IVOR MONTGOMERY
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birth Place: DAYTON,LASALLE CO,IL
Death Date: 30 Jan 1928
Death Place: AURORA,IL
Spouse Father: JOHN NELSON MONTGOMERY
Spouse Mother: LUCEVA WARD
Children: JESSIE-1872IL
FLORIAN LETT-1877IL
WARD PEASE-1879IL
EDITH-1886IL
1.2.4.1.1 JESSIE-1872IL MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 1872
Birth Place: SANDWICH,IL
Death Date: 1937
Death Place: SANDWICH,IL
Religion: NOTES;
Notes:
Jessie was kept on tranquilizers for some form of disorder until after the death of her parents in 1928 and 1929. She was then placed in Elgin Mental Health Facility where she remained until her death in 1968.
Spouse: ERNEST BERNARD
Birth Date: 1864
Death Date: 1963
Spouse Father: CHARLES ALFRED BERNARD
Spouse Mother: SOPHIA NITSCHELM
Children: ALLEN LETT-1886/1911
1.2.4.1.1.1 ALLEN LETT-1886/1911 BERNARD
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Birth Date: 1886/1911
Death Date: 1949
Spouse: SHEILA SMITH
Birth Date: 1900
Death Date: 1927
1.2.4.1.2 FLORIAN LETT-1877IL MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 1877
Birth Place: SANDWICH,ILL
Death Date: 1941
Death Place: CHICAGO
Spouse: HARRIET MYERS
Birth Date: 1879
Death Date: 1955
Children: MARGARET
1.2.4.1.2.1 MARGARET MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 1909
Death Date: 1984
Spouse: BERT BUCKENDAHL
Birth Date: 1879
Death Date: 1960
1.2.4.1.3 WARD PEASE-1879IL MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 24 Oct 1879
Birth Place: SANDWICH,ILL
Death Date: 2 Jul 1923
Death Place: AURORA,ILL
Occupation: ARTIST
Religion: NOTES
Notes:
Longed to be a commercial artist. Produced many fine pen and ink drawings as early as 1896, took a correspondence art course in 1922 from which his talent truly began to emerge. Many of the pieces remain examples of a true artist over one hundred years after they were carefully penned, painted and drawn
Spouse: MAY BELLE FITZGERALD
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1881
Birth Place: SULLIVANVILLE,NY.NY
Death Date: 12 Jun 1968
Death Place: De KALB,IL
Spouse Father: JAMES ROBERT FITZGERALD
Spouse Mother: IDA LOUISE COMPTON
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1906
Marriage Place: SUGAR GROVE,IL
Children: MARILLA MAY
1.2.4.1.3.1 MARILLA MAY MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 2 Feb 1907
Birth Place: SANDWICH,IL
Death Date: Dec 1998
Death Place: ?,CA
Education: Dates And Places Of Death And Burial From E-Mail Dated
Religion: 4/02/99 From Her Neice, Jean Bjorn.
Spouse: ELMER EDWARD GEORGE LAKEMACHER
Birth Date: 1905
Death Date: 1960
Death Place: CHICAGO,IL
1.2.4.1.4 EDITH-1886IL MONTGOMERY
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Birth Date: 1886
Birth Place: SANDWICH,IL
Death Date: 1968
Death Place: ELGIN,IL
1.2.5 BENJAMIN-1813 LETT
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Birth Date: 1813
Death Date: 1858
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
1.2.6 ELIZABETH-CANIL1816 LETT
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Birth Date: 1816
Birth Place: CANADA
Death Date: 1887/1897
Death Place: LA SALLE CO,IL
Education: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
Religion: REGardner1@aol.com
Spouse: DAVID-1817NYIL SPRINGSTEAD
Birth Date: 1817
Birth Place: NEW YORK
Death Date: 1901
Death Place: LA SALLE CO,IL
Education: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
Religion: REGardner1@aol.com
Spouse Father: PA SPRINGSTEAD
Marriage Date: 1841
Marriage Place: LA SALLE CO,ILL
Children: SARAH-1845IL
1.2.6.1 SARAH-1845IL SPRINGSTEAD
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Birth Date: 1846
Birth Place: LA SALLE CO,IL
Religion: REGardner1@aol.com
1.2.7 SARAH COTTEAU-1824 LETT
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Birth Date: 1824
Burial Date: 1897
Occupation: POETRESS
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
1.2.8 ANNA-1835 LETT
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Birth Date: 1835
Death Date: 1863
Religion: Holly Sorensen (ID *****9604
1.3 CHARLES LETT
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