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Zimmer Hill Cemetery
Wright, New York

Catalogued and submitted by Paul Nance

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A small family cemetery on Zimmer Hill, near the corner of Abrams and Treadlemire Roads in the town of Wright. The cemetery is just above a small creek, which runs between it and Treadlemire Road. In the winter it is visible (to the west-northwest up a rise and across a field) from a house at the corner of Stolzenburg and Abrams Roads. This creek in the 19th century was known as Adam Zimmer’s Mill Run. The millpond and the sawmill, which was jointly owned by Adam Zimmer and Robert Forsyth Jr., lay just down-stream from the cemetery.

  1. FORSYTH, Oliver S., died 14 OCT 1859, age 71 years, 2 months, 26 days
  2. Calculated date of birth: 18 Jul 1788. Son of Robert FORESYTH (#3) and his first wife Deborah SPICER (1771 – Feb 1801) who was the daughter of Oliver SPICER (for whom this Oliver was named) and Alithea ALLYN. Born in Mystic, New London, Connecticut. In the 1840’s and 1850’s, his house stood immediately below the site of this cemetery plot, near the corner of Abrams and Stolzenburg Roads.

  3. FORSYTH, Anna, wife of Oliver Forsyth, died 25 SEP 1848, age 57 years, 4 months, 3 days
  4. Calculated date of birth: 22 May 1791. Born in Berne, Albany, New York, daughter of Joshua GALLUP and Anna HINCKLEY. Married Oliver FORSYTH (#1).

  5. FORESYTH, Robert, died 4 FEB 1834, age 67 years, 4 months
  6. Calculated date of birth: 4 Oct 1766. Born in New London County, Connecticut, son of Nathan FORSYTH (27 Dec 1727 – 19 Mar 1807) and Mary WOOD. Came to Schoharie County in 1813.

  7. FORESYTH, Mary, wife of Robert Foresyth, died 11 FEB 1844, age 88 years, 3 months, 22 days
  8. Calculated date of birth: 19 Oct 1755. Maiden name PERKINS, probably born in New London County, Connecticut. Married Robert FORESYTH (#3) 31 Jan 1802 in Groton, New London, Connecticut.

  9. FORSYTH, Chester W., died 13 JAN 1855, age 28 years, 11 months, 13 days
  10. Calculated date of birth: 30/31 Jan 1826. Son of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2), married Eve Ester SCHAM 24 Jul 1847. Possibly named for his uncle Chester WILLIS, who married Sarah GALLUP (born 23 Feb 1798), his mother’s sister.

  11. FORSYTH, Lucy E., daughter of Chester W. and Eve E. Forsyth, died 8 OCT 1848, age 1 year 15 days
  12. Calculated date of birth: 23 Sep 1847. Daughter of Chester FORSYTH (#5) and Eve Ester SCHAM and granddaughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2).

  13. POSSON, Jennet, wife of Henry Posson, died 19 AUG 1840, age 24 years, 7 months, 28 days
  14. Calculated date of birth: 21/22 Dec 1815. Daughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2), married Henry POSSON 12 Nov 1835. Henry (11 Oct 1812 – 1890) was the son of Peter POSSON (27 Jul 1772 - 29 Sep 1863) and Anna WEST (18 Dec 1779 - 15 Feb 1870) and brother of Hannah POSSON FORSYTH, mother of Simeon FORSYTH (#9.)

  15. POSSON, William, son of Henry and Jennet Posson died 15 APR 1842, age 5 years, 6 months, 6 days
  16. Calculated date of birth: 9 Sep 1836. Son of Jennet FORSYTH (#7) and Henry POSSON and grandson of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2).

  17. FORSYTH, Simeon died 28 NOV 1845, age 22 years, 26 days
  18. Calculated date of birth: 2 Nov 1823. Son of Robert FORSYTH Jr. (about 1798 – 25 May 1864) and Hannah POSSON (15 Nov 1802 – 9 Jul 1865), and the grandson of Robert FORESYTH (#3) and Deborah SPICER. Hannah POSSON was the sister of Henry POSSON, husband of Jennet FORSYTH POSSON (#7.)

  19. BREWSTER, Rhoda, wife of Allen Brewster, died 27 SEP 1848, age 27 years, 22 days
  20. Calculated date of birth: 5 Sep 1821. . Daughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2), married Allen BREWSTER 13 Sep 1842. Allen BREWSTER (20 Jun 1816 – 5 Feb 1897) was the son of Silas BREWSTER and Silence GALLUP, first cousin once removed of Anna GALLUP (#2).

  21. [BREWSTER, ] Harriet E.
  22. No surname on tombstone, but it is identical in design to the tombstone of Rhoda FORSYTH (#10) and just next to it, so we presume she was the daughter of Rhoda FORSYTH (#10) and Allen BREWSTER and granddaughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2).

  23. PLANK, Catherine, died 29 JAN 1864, age 60 years, 11 months, 20 days
  24. Calculated date of birth: 9 Feb 1803. Daughter of Jeremiah PLANK and Sarah WEST, baptized in Reformed Dutch Church, Oak Hill, Durham, Greene, New York 6 Mar 1803. Her brother, James PLANK (17 May 1812 – 12 Dec 1874), married Mary Anna FORSYTH, daughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2) and was the executor of Oliver S. FORSYTH’s estate. After Robert FORSYTH, Jr. left Schoharie County about 1856, James PLANK operated the nearby sawmill, which had been jointly run by Adam ZIMMER and Robert FORSYTH, Jr.

     

  25. PLANK, Sally Ann, died 30 DEC 1869, age 55 years, 1 month, 4 days
  26. Calculated date of birth: 26 Nov 1814. Daughter of Jeremiah PLANK and Sarah WEST, baptized in Reformed Dutch Church, Oak Hill, Durham, Greene, New York 21 Aug 1814. Her brother, James PLANK (17 May 1812 – 12 Dec 1874), married Mary Anna FORSYTH, daughter of Oliver S. FORSYTH (#1) and Anna GALLUP (#2) and was the executor of Oliver S. FORSYTH’s estate. After Robert FORSYTH, Jr. left Schoharie County about 1856, James PLANK operated the nearby sawmill, which had been jointly run by Adam ZIMMER and Robert FORSYTH, Jr.

  27. ZIMMER, George died 5 AUG 1857, age 94 years, 9 months

Calculated date of birth: 5 Nov 1762. According to William V. H. Barker’s Families of Herkimer, Montgomery & Schoharie, born 25 Nov 1765, son of Jacob ZIMMER and Catherine BATER. George ZIMMER fought in the Revolutionary War with Captain Stubrach's Company, 15th New York militia.

15. ZIMMER, Catherine, died 7 FEB 1836, age 66

According to William V. H. Barker’s Families of Herkimer, Montgomery & Schoharie, maiden name ZITTLE or ZEDDEL, married George ZIMMER (#14) 8 Jan 1788.

16. ZIMMER, Hannah, died 26 AUG 1849, age 56

Probably "Anna" the daughter of George ZIMMER (#14) and Catherine ZITTLE (#15), who according to William V. H. Barker’s Families of Herkimer, Montgomery & Schoharie was born 18 Sep 1793.

17. ZIMMER, George, son of John G. and Margaret Zimmer, died 7 APR 1836, age 7 years, 7 months, 10 days

Calculated date of birth: 28 Aug 1828. Son of John G. ZIMMER and Margaret BASSLER and grandson of George ZIMMER (#14) and Catherine ZITTLE (#15).

18. BARTON, Alma Adelia daughter of William and Eveline Barton, died 24 MAY 1857, age 11 years, 8 months, 26 days

Calculated date of birth: 28 Aug 1845. Daughter of William BARTON (28 Jul 1810 - 28 Oct 1893) and Eveline BOOMHOWER (born about 1811), who were married about 1831. William was the son of Caleb BARTON and Sally Martha (birth name unknown). Eveline was the daughter of Michael BOOMHOWER, (1776 – 1850) and Eve CLICKNER, both born in England.

19. MATTICE, George, died 3 JUL 1845, age 35 years, 6 months

Calculated date of birth: 3 Jan 1810. This may be the George MATTICE, son of William MATTICE and Magdalena SCHOOLCRAFT, who according to the IGI was born 3 OCT 1810.


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