Town of Cohocton
Photo by Alyce Clayson Moran
Alyce said "It is all fenced in in the middle of a corn field on Lent Hill, which cannot be seen from the road."
| HARTWELL, Aaron , Spouse of Lucy Jane Hatch , Born
1828 , Died 16 Sep 1864 , age 36y 25th NY ART Billinghursts
Battery
HARTWELL, Lucy Jane , Spouse of Aaron , Born 1836 , Died 1 Nov 1860 , age 24y d/o Philip & Pauline Wells Hatch, footstone "L. J. H." HATCH, Alma Paulina , Born 1850 , Died 6 Feb 1856 , age 6y3m25d d/o P & P Hatch, footstone "A.P.H." HATCH, Emily A. , Spouse of Sylvannus , Born 11 Jul 1819 , Died 22 Jun 1897 footstone "E.H." HATCH, Hiram , Died 3 Aug 1813 , age 4m "s/o S.C. & E.A. Hatch", footstone "H.H.", s/o Sylvannus C. & Emily A. HATCH, James Nelson , Died 30 Nov 1833 , age 16y5m23d "s/o Mathew & Jane", 2 footstones "J.N.H.", s/o Mathew & Jane Lent Hatch, accidentally shot himself HATCH, Jane , Died 9 Apr 1878 , age 37y "only dau of S.C. & E.A.", footstone "J.H.", only d/o Sylvannus C. & Emily A. Hatch HATCH, Jane , Spouse of Mathew , Born 1782 , Died 1844 d/o Philip & Christina Storm Lent, sister to Abram,mother of 8 HATCH, Lizah , Died 18 Jun 1811 HATCH, Mary Saphronia , Spouse of Hiram , Died 1858 nee Jackson HATCH, Mathew , Died 1 Mar 1826 , age 49y footstone "M.H." HATCH, Paulina , Spouse of Philip , Born 1807 , Died 1874 d/o Benjamin P. & Lucy Lewis Wells HATCH, Pauline Wells , Spouse of Philip , Born 1807 , Died 1884 HATCH, Philip , Died 16 Mar 1860 , age 23y s/o Matthew Wilse Hatch & Dinah Hatch, Matthew W. is s/o Mathew, footstone "P.H." HATCH, Philip , Spouse of Paulina Wells , Born 1804 , Died 1891 HATCH, Sylvanus C. , Spouse of Emily A. , Born 11 Jun 1802 , Died 14 Mar 1874 footstone "S.C.H." HATCH, Thankful A. , Died 17 Jun 1841 , age 8m d/o Philip & Paulina Wells Hatch, footstone "T.L.H." MOORE, Lucretia , Died 6 Jun 1850 , age 68y MOORE, Robert , Died 29 Mar 1833 , age 73y SPEARS, Clair B. , Born 1902 , Died 1977 WELLS, Benjamin L. , Died 25 Apr 1851 , age 25y s/o Linus & Rhoda Wells, Footstone "B.L.W." WELLS, Benjamin P. , Spouse of Lucy Lewis , Born 1783 , Died 15 Oct 1855 footstone " B.P.W." WELLS, Cameron U. , Died 18 Sep 1853 , age 5m s/o H & S Wells WELLS, Lucy Lewis , Spouse of Benjamin P. , Died 8 Jan 1852 , age 72y3m28d footstone "L.L.W.", mother of Pauline & Oremus WELLS, Orsemus , Died 1871 s/o Benjamin P. & Lucy Lewis Wells |
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| From: Gary A Spicer
To: paint@paintedhills.org Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:28 PM Subject: Additional Burials In Hatch Cemetery - Town of Cohocton - Steuben County Several burials previously undocumented in the Hatch Cemetery located in the town of Cohocton were uncovered by Renee E. Myer-North sometime before 2006. Renee’s last Email address is remnorth.fl@verizon.net Attached is a spreadsheet of the cemetery layout produced by Renee and the headstone and footstone transcriptions that she sent to me with the burials previously not listed. These new listings are not found at the County Clerk’s office in Bath NY on the computerized listing and not on the PGHS cemetery page for Hatch cemetery in Cohocton. The new finds are highlighted in red on the Hatch Cemetery List doc attached. The content and text of her original Email to me dated February 7, 2006 is presented below. “Long story short, I discovered an abandoned cemetery a few years ago in Cohocton located directly across the street from my father’s potato storage facility (he’s a potato farmer who now farms the land the Hatch and Wells families used to farm). After much investigation and manual labor, I’ve uncovered the gravestones of many Hatch and Wells family members. Both Benjamin Wells gravestones were completely buried underground, so we’re lucky we found them. The historical society in town didn’t know they were buried in this cemetery and they aren’t listed in their archives. I’m in the process of restoring this cemetery. Since most of the stones had fallen over and been moved against trees and the gate surrounding the cemetery, my first step has been establishing the relationships of everyone inside. I thought that if I could understand the relationships, I would know where each person is buried. Mind you, this has been a project of mine since the summer of 2003. I live in FL, but visit my family who live near Cohocton each summer for a month. As a matter of fact, the reason I didn’t respond to you until today is because I just got back from Cohocton yesterday. I took my kids to NY to see snow, SO WHERE IS IT? One week it was a foot deep, last week there was just about nothing. Don’t get me started!! I’ve posted photos and all the information on the cemetery on a few different web sites, including www.findagrave.com, in hopes that some of the remaining questions about the people could be answered. I’ve created a huge family tree to help me understand the relationships, too. From another posting, I now believe that Benjamin P. is the father of both Paulina and Orcemus. However, I don’t have a clue who the others are or where they’re actually buried The reason any of them are buried in the Hatch Cemetery is because Paulina was married to Philip Hatch (ergo: Hatch Cemetery). I know this sounds strange, but it’s true. No, I’m not related at all, I just want to restore this 200 year old cemetery and put the gravestones back where they were originally. I’ve attached photos of the cemetery as it looked when I discovered it, and the way it looked last year. I’ve also attached photos of each of the Wells gravestones.” Regards,
Thought this information should be shared and posted on the PGHS website and credit given to Renee for the new burial discoveries. Benjamin P. Wells and Lucy Lewis Wells, two of the unearthed stones are my 4Gr grandparents. Known Children of Benjamin P. Wells and Lucy Lewis were: Orsemus Wells – Hatch Cemetery, Town of Cohocton
Two other likely children: Linus Wells – mentioned as father on Benjamin L. Wells stone in Hatch
Cemetery
Benjamin P. Wells and family settled in Cohocton between 1821 and 1825
coming from town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, NY.
Gary A. Spicer
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