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Lickley Family, NY and MI |
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The following info was acquired in my contact with ID: I1610 Captain John Lickley came on Ship Leathley from Hamburg to Philadelphia in 1753 From the Journal of Silas Constant, pg. 87: The first mention of John Lickley, or Likely, as the name sometimes is spelled, in New York, appears to be that of his marriage to Martha Barret, under date of April 15, 1770, when both are described as “of Van Cortlandt’s Manor” (Records of the 1st & 2nd Presbyterian Churches of NY), and shortly afterwards - in 1772 - he was appointed pound-master for Canopus Hollow, in Philipstown. Canopus was the name of an Indian tribe who lived in Westchester County, near the line of Putnam, and extended up into the hollow which perpetuates their name in western part of what is now the town of Putnam Valley. John Lickley is said to have come from Scotland, and was, after a residence in that part of Dutchess now Putnam Co., a man of local influence. He was also a man of education and one of the early town clerks of Philisptown. The town meetings were frequently held at his house. The name Lightlie is an ancient one in England, where the family bore arms, Argent, on a fesse sable an annulet of the field; and Lickley, which must be but a corruption of this, is found in no work on surnames. Before the Revolution, John Lickley was a tenant of Col. Beverly Robinson, under the system of rental practiced in the manors. John Lickley purchased on Oct. 27, 1783 from the Commissioners of Forfeiture, 96.75 acres of land in Philipse Precinct, and he added 87 acres on April 9, 1787 and 286 more acres on April 6, 1795. He also purchased small lots from Abraham Baker (Putnam Deeds, F, 166-168). Some of his land adjoined that on which the Croft Iron Mine is situated. Tory in Revolutionary War.
Marriage 1 Martha BARRETT b: 1750 in Cortlandt Twsp, Westchester, NY * Note: Resided At Van Cortlandt's Manor Sources: |
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This is from the Bakeless book mentioned in the following emails.... Not all the sentences were so severe. Courts-martial, in more lenient moods, passed sentences of imprisonment for a year, six months or only three months, or fines as low as fifiteen dollars, or sentenced Tories to be branded with a hot iron in the form of the letter "T". In some cases the partriots' leniency was truly surprising. A suspected clergyman, ordered to leave New York state, was eventually allowed to remain on parol. When the mother of a Tory prisoner complained that she needed her son's support, the Committee for Conspiracies obligingly let him out on bail. The wife of a Tory on active duty with the enemy was gallantly sent to join him under flag of truce. Other wives whose husbands were in the enemy's ranks were allowed to remain in their homes for years, until, in 1781, a state law at last compelled their departure. |
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From: Mary Hill <Walthill@flash.net> I've been researching the Lickley's on the Internet for about a year and have made several good contacts. The first is colleen@grisier.com. She has copies of a Lickley family genealogy done by hand by Ralph Meeks Lickley in the 1930-40's. It's about 200 pages long and she had it photocopied for me for about $25. Ralph was the son of William Lickley, the brother of your Jane. Your mother may have known him as I believe he lived on Lickley Road near Lickley's Corners. I have been entering that book into my GEDCOM file very slowly. You are welcome to a copy of it or you can wait until I finish updating it. The book also has many newspaper clippings of obituaries, weddings, etc. Colleen was amazed to find my wedding picture in it. Your mother is in the book along with her aunts and uncles and cousins. There were the 2 brothers, John Meeks and Michael Lickley who came to Mich from NY. I'm descended from Michael Lickley while you are from John Meeks. My dad was Horace Lickly who would be 100 this year. His sister, Sarah is still alive and I got some of my material from her. They grew up at Lickly's Corners, and then moved to Hudson to attend high school. I grew up in Dexter, Mich near Ann Arbor, but live in California now. Others doing research on Lickleys are Here are three copies of messages from Colleen. Subject: LICKLEY Just a search on Rootsweb and found you there with all of my relatives!!! I grew up Lickley Road,Wright Twp.,Hillsdale County,Michigan---about 3 miles south of Lickley's Corners. My gg grandmother was Rachel LICKLEY WOODS. I do have info and photos---always happy to share..... Colleen Holland Grisier -------- Original Message -------- They called late Friday and said your copies are done. I'll pick them up tomorrow and try and get your packet out to you on Tuesday. I still have some scanning and such to do here at home. Because Roy Stoltz was my grandmother's brother, I'm sure I can find a little bit more info on them. But, they were also in Nebraska and my grandmother was in Michigan. I'll see what I can find. Don't know why they moved to Nebraska. I haven't seen an Owen Lickley, but I'll look. The woman in LaGrangeville, NY's reference to there being a Sons of American Revolution member in the family is Very interesting!! Can't remember if I mentioned to you or not that our John Lickley (John & Michael of Michigan's grandfather) was arrested and convicted of being a Tory spy during the American Revolution. I have photocopies of his court martial trial that was held in Peekskill,NY in June of 1777. John Lickley was also written about in a book by John Bakeless called "Turncoats,Traitors & Heroes". It talks about the spy incident. I wonder where LaGrangeville is?? I looked in my atlas and couldn't find it. Grandpa John built a beautiful home in what is now Philipstown, Putnam County, NY. From what I understand, the house is still in use. Philipstown is on the Hudson River only about 50 miles or so north of NY City. My goal is to go there and visit some time maybe in August. Want to do lots of research in that area. I would find it very curious if 5-gr grandpa John was used as the "In" for the Sons of the American Revolution membership after having been convicted of being a Tory spy. Would love to see those admission papers. -----Original Message Yes,the photos were passed down through Rachel's side of the family. Thank goodness my gr-grandmother, Clara Woods Stoltz and my grandmother, Ivah Stoltz Holland were savers. In fact, grandma Clara wrote her memoirs at age 86 in the ealy 40's. Tells of her marriage on 1 Jan, 1878, and their subsequent journey to Nebraska to homestead and how that turned out to be a flop. In fact, there are 3 family photo albums from that side and probably about 400 loose photos of all descriptions. Thankfully, 95% of them have been identified by Clara or Ivah and then my father, Arvin Holland before he died. The photocopies of the 1835 John & Michael Lickley photos were given to me by a cousin that lives in St. Louis. He visited almost 2 years ago. Anyway, his 82 year old mother one day asked him if he'd like to see this little old photo album that she had never shown him!! He went nuts,of course!! I'll go through all of those as well and see if I think anything might be of interest to you. I'll take the Lickley Family Tree to the print shop today to get it copied and I'll get busy on the rest of the photocopying as well. Would like a copy of your grandfather Michael's photo. Please let me know the cost involved. Just a color photocopy is fine....they seem to do a great job with the old photos. Thanks so much.... Colleen |
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