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Here's what I have on my G-Grandmother Mary A. Lett's Family, as does my cousin, Raymond D. Lett, who wrote the book "Patriot Rebel" about Benjamin Lett, the Canadian Patriot of 1837-38:
Modified Register for Thomas LETT
First Generation
1. Thomas LETT was born about 1750 in Holland.
Thomas married Elizabeth JACOBUS . Elizabeth was born about 1750 in Holland.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Thomas LETT was born about 1780. He died about 1858.
+ 3 M ii. Samuel LETT was born in 1784. He died in 1824.
Second Generation
2. Thomas LETT (Thomas) was born about 1780 in Holland. He died about 1858.
Moved to Greenwood Township, St. Clair County, Michigan in 1860.
Thomas married Jane CRAIG. Jane was born in Ireland.
They had the following children:
+ 4 M i. John LETT was born on 2 May 1848.
+ 5 M ii. Brother 1 LETT .
6 M iii. Brother 2 LETT .
7 M iv. Brother 3 LETT .
8 F v. Sarah J. LETT died after 1912.
Sarah married George YEETS . George was born in Sanilac County, MI.
9 F vi. Sister 2 LETT died before 1912.
10 F vii. Sister 3 LETT died before 1912.
11 F viii. Sister 4 LETT died before 1912.
12 F ix. Sister 5 LETT died before 1912.
13 M x. Brother 4 LETT died before 1912.
3. Samuel LETT (Thomas) was born in 1784 in Wexford, Ireland. He died in 1824 in Chatham, Canada. Brought his family to Chatham, Montreal District, Canada, in June of 1819 from Wexford, Ireland, with sons, Robert, Thomas and Benjamin, and daughters Elizabeth and Anne. Maria and Sarah were born in Chatham, Canada.
By accident, Samuel died in Chatham, in 1824, falling from a hayrack.
In 1833, the widow and the family moved to Solina, Darlington, Ontario.
The Family moved to Texas in 1837, as far from the Canadian Rebellion as possible due to difficulties imposed on them regarding their son / brother Ben’s activities during the Canadian Rebellion.
After the widow Elizabeth's death in Texas, the family moved to Nagadotches, Louisiana in 1839, where a brother's wife died, as well as Anne.
Shortly thereafter, in 1840, son Thomas and the remaining family moved to Illinois (into northern LaSalle County, Northville Township).
The Lett Family were originally Hollanders, who went to England with William III, whence they migrated to Wexford, Ireland.
Samuel married Elizabeth WARREN daughter of Mr. WARREN and Miss PILEAUX in 1803 in Wexford, Ireland. Elizabeth was born in 1787 in Wexford, Ireland. She died in 1839 in Natchitoches, LA.
At the age of 11, in 1798, the Irish Rebellion broke out and she was imprisoned twice, to be burned. She was saved both times by the British soldiery, but her only brother, Benjamin, was murdered for his loyalty to the British.
Moved her family to Solina, Canada, in 1833.
Died of yellow fever, 1839, while in Natchitoches, LA.
Samuel and Elizabeth had the following children:
+ 14 M i. Robert LETT was born on 29 Oct 1803. He died on 4 Dec 1883.
15 M ii. John LETT was born in 1806 in Ireland.
+ 16 M iii. Thomas LETT was born on 17 Jun 1809. He died on 8 Jul 1885.
17 M iv. Benjamin LETT was born on 14 Nov 1813 in County Carlow, Ireland. Canadian Patriot, 1837-38. He died on 9 Dec 1858 in Milwaukee, WI. The cause of death was Poison - strychnine. He was buried in Sandwich, IL.
+ 18 F v. Elizabeth "Betsy" LETT was born on 12 May 1816. She died on 24 Dec 1897.
19 F vi. Anne LETT was born in 1818 in Ireland. She died in 1839 in Natchitoches, LA.
+ 20 F vii. Maria LETT was born on 29 Oct 1821. She died on 2 Mar 1900.
+ 21 F viii. Sarah "Sally" LETT was born on 29 Feb 1824. She died on 11 Aug 1887.
Third Generation
4. John LETT (Thomas, Thomas) was born on 2 May 1848 in Ontario, Canada.
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. and 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 woods 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 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 on 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, 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."
Source:
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MICHIGAN - ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress and its Principal Interests
BY WILLIAM LEE JENKS
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
PUBLISHERS : THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY _CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, 1912
John married Sarah F. CURRIER daughter of Henry CURRIER and Eliza MORRILL on 29 Mar 1870. Sarah was born in Concord, NH.
They had the following children:
22 M i. Thomas LETT was born about 1872 in Greenwood, St. Clair County, MI.
Thomas married Mrs LETT .
23 F ii. Loretta LETT was born in Greenwood, St. Clair County, MI.
Loretta married Lyman GUILLARD . Lyman was born in Greenwood, St. Clair County, MI.
24 M iii. Jesse LETT was born in Greenwood, St. Clair County, MI.
25 F iv. Lydia LETT was born in 1885 in Greenwood, St. Clair County, MI. She died in 1897.
5. Brother 1 LETT (Thomas, Thomas).
Brother married Mrs LETT .
They had the following children:
26 M i. Clarence LETT .
27 F ii. Nygie LETT .
14. Robert LETT (Samuel, Thomas) was born on 29 Oct 1803 in County Carlow, Ireland. He died on 4 Dec 1883 in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Shown in the 1860 Federal Census, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL with 3 children as listed,
and wife named Margaret.
Robert married (1) Margaret WHITE on 9 Jun 1845 in LaSalle County, IL. Margaret was born in 1806 in NY. She died on 2 Oct 1861 in LA.
They had the following children:
28 M i. Zina W. LETT was born in 1852 in LaSalle County, IL.
29 F ii. Anna LETT was born on 26 Dec 1854 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 24 Aug 1883 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Anna married John BOTHWELL .
30 F iii. Emma LETT was born on 9 Oct 1856. She died on 16 Mar 1884. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Emma married Abram COTTEW son of Mr. COTTEW. Abram was born on 1 Jul 1848. He died on 29 Jun 1905.
Robert married (2) Mary Brundage THOMPSON in 1866.
16. Thomas LETT (Samuel, Thomas) was born on 17 Jun 1809 in Kildemond, County Carlow, Ireland. He died on 8 Jul 1885 in Sandwich, IL. He was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Moved with his Mother, Elizabeth, and his brothers and sisters from Canada to Texas to Illinois, via Arkansas, all between 1838 and 1840.
In 1843 he broke sod "where Sandwich now stands", according to J. Ivor Montgomery's writings, most likely after just marrying Merilla Jerusha Pease, 23 Feb 1843.
Entered US Government land in LaSalle County, IL in 1843: 10 Mar 1843, Federal Land Grants:
80 acres: E1/2 of the W1/4, Sec 22, Twsp 36N, R5E, Sands District, Certificate No. 6695. (southwest of Sandwich, Adams Township)
40 acres: SW1/4 of the SE1/4, Sec 21, Twsp 36N, R4E, Sands District, Certificate No. 6696. (south of Sandwich, Northville Township)
40 acres: SW1/4 of the SW1/4, Sec 26, Twsp 36N, R4E, Sands District, Certificate No. 6697. (south of Sandwich, Northville Township)
80 acres: S1/2 of the E1/4, Sec 22, Twsp 36N, R5E, Sands District, Certificate No. 6718. (southwest of Sandwich, Adams Township)
Warranty Deed: 11 Sep 1848, purchased 160 Acres, NW1/4.23.36.5, from Wm. Cumberland for $300.00. 26 Sep 1876, sold 160 acres, NW1/4.23.36.5, to son Samuel Jackson Lett.
Thomas and Merilla's first four children all died before 1853;
Richard, b 25 Mar 1844, d 7 Oct 1844, at 6-1/2 months old;
Sarah, b 18 Feb 1846, d 25 May 1849, at 3 years 3 months old;
John, b 4 Aug 1848, d 9 Sep 1851, at 3 years 1 month old;
Harriet, b 13 Jan 1852, d 29 Oct 1853, at 1 year 9 months old
And then came;
Mary A. (Amanda?) Lett, b 1 Dec 1853, 1 month after Harriet died;
Samuel Jackson, b 26 Dec 1855, d 30 Aug 1921.
In the 1860 US Census, Mary, age 6, and Samuel, age 4, are listed with Thomas and Merilla in
Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. The Charles and Marie Gould family, with their 3 children, appear also living with Thomas and Merilla under the same roof. (Dwelling 581; Families 588 (Lett) and 589 (Gould))
Living in Sandwich with wife Merilla, in 1885, where he died.
Thomas married (1) Sophronia NICHOLS daughter of Gad Pierce NICHOLS on 1 May 1839 in Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. Sophronia was born in Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. She died on 6 Nov 1839 in Natchitoches, LA.
Thomas married (2) Merilla Jerusha PEASE daughter of Sylvanus PEASE and Charlotte "Lottie" TAYLOR on 23 Feb 1843 in Kendall County, IL. Merilla was born on 10 Mar 1824 in Howard, Steuben County, NY. She died on 15 Dec 1901 in Sandwich, LaSalle County, IL. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Settled in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL, in 1838, at the age of 14, with her Mother and Father and siblings.
Merilla Pease Lett was the fifth child of twelve in the family of Sylvanus and Lottie Taylor Pease.
Thomas and Merilla had the following children:
31 M i. Richard M LETT was born on 25 Mar 1844 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died on 7 Oct 1844. He was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
32 F ii. Sarah Amelia LETT was born on 18 Feb 1846 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 25 May 1849. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
33 M iii. John W LETT was born on 4 Aug 1848 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died on 9 Sep 1851. He was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Was John named after his father's brother, his Uncle John Lett?
34 F iv. Harriet Almeda LETT was born on 13 Jan 1852 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 29 Oct 1853. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
35 F v. Mary A(Amanda?) LETT was born on 1 Dec 1853 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 9 May 1929 in Aurora, IL. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Was Mary's middle name Amanda?
Thomas had 3 sisters who each married 3 Springstead brothers. Those 3 Springstead
brothers had a younger sister named Amanda Harriet.
Mary married James Ivor MONTGOMERY son of John Nelson MONTGOMERY and Luceva WARD on 21 May 1871 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. James was born on 13 Mar 1847 in Dayton Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died on 29 Jan 1928 in Aurora, IL. He was buried on 3 Feb 1928 in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
36 M vi. Samuel Jackson Pease LETT was born on 26 Dec 1855 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died on 30 Aug 1921 in Sandwich, IL. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Sandwich, IL.
1901 - Samuel's Mother, Merrilla Jerusha Pease Lett, was living with him at the time of her death, in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
In about 1905-1906, a document was filed with the LaSalle County Recorder's Office, stating all
differences between Samuel Jackson Lett and his sister Mary A. Lett Montgomery, regarding matters of inheritance as a result of their parents, Thomas and Merilla Lett, had been settled.
Samuel married Phoebe Lorena NICHOLS daughter of Alonzo NICHOLS on 12 Aug 1884 in Niagra Falls, NY. Phoebe was born on 20 Jan 1865 in Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 22 Feb 1953 in Sandwich, LaSalle County, IL.
18. Elizabeth "Betsy" LETT (Samuel, Thomas) was born on 12 May 1816 in Wexford, Ireland. She died on 24 Dec 1897 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, LaSalle County, IL.
Elizabeth married David SPRINGSTEAD son of Jeremiah SPRINGSTEAD and Comfort KINNE on 1 Jan 1841 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. David was born on 11 Nov 1817 in Clay, Onandaga County, NY. He died on 4 Aug 1901 in Sheridan, LaSalle County, IL. He was buried in Sheridan, LaSalle County, IL.
Military Service: 7 Sep 1861, Co. K, 8th Cavalry, injured at Alexandria, VA. Injury to the spinal column; discharged 8 Mar 1862.
Went to the California Gold Rush, between 1849-1850 (with his brother-in-law, John Strider?). Went to California overland and returned a year later by way of the Isthmus of Panama. (see notes for John Strider)
David and Elizabeth had the following children:
37 F i. Eliza Ann SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1841 in Sec. 26, Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died in Crete, Saline County, NE.
38 F ii. Emeline SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1844 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 17 May 1923 in Plano, Kendall County, IL.
Emeline married John Johannes Ludwig SAUER . John was born on 18 Dec 1838 in Westerwald, Sauerland, Germany. He died in 1875 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. He was buried in Springstead Cemetery, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
39 F iii. Sarah SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1846 in Sec. 26, Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Sarah married Thomas COLWELL .
20. Maria LETT (Samuel, Thomas) was born on 29 Oct 1821 in Chatham Township, Quebec Region, Canada. She died on 2 Mar 1900 in Sec 34, Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. She was buried in Northville Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Maria married Hiram SPRINGSTEAD son of Jeremiah SPRINGSTEAD and Comfort KINNE on 4 Jan 1844 in Harding, LaSalle County, IL. Hiram was born on 16 Oct 1819 in Clay, Onandaga County, NY. He died in Oct 1895 in Sec 34, Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. He was buried in Northville Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Hiram and Maria had the following children:
40 M i. Riley SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1846 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Living in Kansas City, KS, in 1900.
Excerpted from: Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois
By Lewis Publishing Company, 1900
41 F ii. Mary SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1852 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. Mary married Joseph NELSON .
42 M iii. Hiram SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1853 in Sec 3, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died in 1925 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Farmed in Serena Township, LsSalle County, IL.
Excerpted from:
Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois
By Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.
Hiram married Spouse .
43 M iv. Benjamin SPRINGSTEAD was born on 22 Jun 1856 in Sec 3, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. He died on 23 Nov 1929 in Daughter Vera Knight's home, Sandwich, IL.
Benjamin married Luna B. NICHOLS daughter of George Washington NICHOLS on 26 Jul 1888. Luna was born in Niagara County, NY.
A native of New York State, was visiting a cousin in Serena Township when she made
the acquaintance of her future husband. Her father being George Nichols, of Niagara
County, New York.
The cousin she was visiting may have been an Effie M. Nichols Hupp, wife of Harley G.
Hupp, who farmed in Northville Township in 1900. Harley, son of George C. Hupp, was born in 1867.
44 F v. Sarah Maria SPRINGSTEAD was born on 22 Sep 1860 in Sec 3, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. She died on 31 Dec 1879 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. She was buried in Springstead Cemetery, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Aged 19 years, 4 months, 6 days at time of death. Her Death Certificate states: she
died at her Father’s residence (Adams Township, LaSalle Co, IL) of Diptheria which
terminated in asphyxia. She had been sick with Diptheria about 12 days. Prior to the
Diptheria she had complained of a fever and cold producing an extra shock, which
lasted about 7 days. Doctor signing the Death Certificate was F.A. Butler, M.D.,
Sheridan, ILL.
45 F vi. Emma SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1865 in Sec 3, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. Emma married Gus GRANDGEORGE .
21. Sarah "Sally" LETT (Samuel, Thomas) was born on 29 Feb 1824 in Chatham Township, Quebec Region, Canada. She died on 11 Aug 1887 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. She was buried in Lett Cemetery, Northville Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Sarah was born with certain physical deformities and a cleft pallette. Sarah was an author of Poetry and songs. Doctor (Sarah) Ida Cottew, her daughter, published her mother's poems, "Mother's Poems", in 1901 and 1906, 177 pages, 8 leaves of plates.
Sarah married (1) Harvey SPRINGSTEAD son of Jeremiah SPRINGSTEAD and Comfort KINNE on 3 Sep 1843 in LaSalle County, IL. Harvey was born in 1821 in Clay, Onandaga County, NY. He died in 1850 in Adams Township, LaSalle County, IL. He was buried in Springstead Cemetery, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
They had the following children:
46 M i. Oscar SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1849. He was buried in Springstead Cemetery, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
47 M ii. Albert SPRINGSTEAD was born in 1849. He died in 1849. He was buried in Springstead Cemetery, Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.
Sarah married (2) William COTTEW son of Mr. COTTEW in Jul 1852. William was born in 1818 in Kent, England. He died on 12 Aug 1896. He was buried in Lett Cemetery, LaSalle County, IL.
They had the following children:
48 M iii. Edmond COTTEW was born on 9 Oct 1855. He died on 13 Oct 1868. He was buried in Sandwich, IL.
49 M iv. Owen COTTEW was born on 31 Jul 1860. He died on 12 Oct 1861. He was buried in Sandwich, IL.
50 M v. Benjamin COTTEW was born on 31 Jul 1862. He died on 11 Feb 1863. He was buried in Sandwich, IL.
51 F vi. Doctor Sara Ida COTTEW
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