Richard FALLEY, Jr.

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• Fact: Son of Richard Falley and Ann Lamb

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He served as ensign in Capt. Park's company, Col. Donaldson's regiment: also as Lieutenant in the same company and regiment, in 1775. Later in the year a report was made by a committee appointed to consider the expediency of appointing him as an armorer, setting forth that he was a complete master of the business, recommending that he be employed in said capacity and be allowed 40 shillings per month in addition to his pay as ensign. He went to Boston with a company of seventy men on hearing of the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. He took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and was a witness to the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. In a list of officers dated 1776, his name appears as first lieutenant in Capt. Jedediah Southworth's company, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regiment. As first lieutenant, with other officers in Capt. Josiah Smith's company, he was granted beating orders by the Provincial Congress on April 11, 1776, for enlisting men to serve in a regiment to fortify the town and harbor of Boston. He was further granted beating orders for Hampshire County, Mass.

Mr. Falley was the son of Richard and Anna (Lamb) Falley, and was born in Cushing, Jan. 31, 1740; died in Westfield, Mass., Sept. 3, 1808. He married Margaret Hitchcock at Westfield, Dec. 24, 1761 or 1762. She was born may 25, 1741; died in Volney (now Fulton), New York, Feb. 11 or 18, 1820. At the age of sixteen he was a drummer in the French and Indian war, and at the capture of Fort Edwards, on the Hudson, was made prisoner by the Indians, adopted by an Indian chief, taken to Montreal, and was finally bought by a woman for sixteen gallons of rum, and by her was sent home to Westfield.

He lived in the old Mt. Tekoas homestead in Westfield, and in a secluded ravine close by, unobserved by the British soldiers, he made the celebrated Falley muckets for the American army. One of the muskets, with "R.F." engraved on it, is still extant, and was presented to President Cleveland a few years before his death. The old foundations of the gun factory are still standing. Nearby is the site of the Falley glassworks. Mrs. Thomas B. Mosely of Westfield, a descendant of the Falleys, owns a solid glass rolling pin, a wine glass and goblet, all made in the Falley glass factory nearly 150 years ago.

The old gunmaker lies in the ancient moss-grown Mechanic street cemetery inWestfield, where Gen. William Shepard, another Revolutionary patriot, is buried. A few years ago a fund was raised to put the cemetery in repair, to which fund his great-granddaughter, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, made a contribution. A few months before her death Miss Cleveland visited the Isle of Guernsey, seeking information concerning the Falley family. The name is Norman-French, and was originally spelled Failley, but later was corrupted to the present form of spelling. During her absence in Europe I wrote Miss Cleveland at her New York address for additional information concerning her family, but no reply was made to my communication. Lieutenant Falley was for many years superintendent of the armory at Springfield, Mass., and was noted as a man of powerful physique and great strength. One of his chief claims to fame is that he was the great-grandfather of President Cleveland. All his children were born in Westfield or Springfield.

Richard married Margaret HITCHCOCK on 14 Jan 1762 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Margaret was born on 25 May 1741 in Springfield, Massachusetts; died on 20 Mar 1820 in Volney (Now Fulton), New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Deacon William CLEVELAND on 19 Dec 1793 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. William (son of Rev Aaron CLEVELAND, IV and Abiah HYDE) was born on 20 Dec 1770 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Aug 1837 in Black Rock (near Buffalo), New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Harriet STUART in Feb 1820 in Zanesville, Ohio. Harriet was born in 1798 in Winchester, Virginia; died in Oct 1822 in Zanesville, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Margaret WALLER on 06 Nov 1834 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Margaret died on 24 Oct 1848 in Portsmouth, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Lewis Falley ALLEN on 01 Feb 1825 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Lewis was born on 01 Jan 1800 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 02 May 1890 in Buffalo, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Richard married Anne NEAL on 10 Sep 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland. Anne (daughter of Abner NEAL and Barbara REED) was born on 04 Feb 1806 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 19 Jul 1882 in Holland Patent, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married George Dennison FULLER on 07 Dec 1834 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. George was born on 08 Sep 1804 in Hanover or Lisbon, Connecticut; died on 17 Apr 1883 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Anna married Eurotas Parmalee HASTINGS on 09 Mar 1853 in Clinton, New York. Eurotas was born on 17 Apr 1821 in Clinton, New York; died on 31 Jul 1890 in Manepy, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

William married Annie M. THOMAS on 03 Jan 1860 in New York, New York, USA. Annie was born on 19 Jul 1835 in Havana, Cuba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Mary married William Edward HOYT on 08 Dec 1853 in Holland Patent, New York. William was born on 05 Feb 1829 in New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1900, Living in Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey

(Stephen) married Frances FOLSOM on 02 Jun 1886 in In the Blue Room, White House, Washington, DC. Frances (daughter of Oscar FOLSOM and Emma Cornelia HARMON) was born on 21 Jul 1864 in Buffalo, New York; died on 29 Oct 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland; was buried in Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Margaret married Norval Baldwin BACON on 18 Sep 1873 in Mercy, Holland Patent, New York. Norval was born on 01 Nov 1837 in East Hamilton, Madison County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

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Perished with his brother Richard Cecil, in the burning steamer "Missouri", off the island of Abaco, Bahama Islands.
He was in the Civil War. A land owner at Holland Patent, NY, 1865. Leased from the Gov. of Bahamas the Royal Victoria Hotel, Nassau, N.P., and was with his brother Richard Cecil, on the way thither when the vessel burned. The brothers bravely assisted the passengers into the boats, in which there was no room for themselves. He had marked ability as a business man, and made many friends.

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with mother in Trenton, Oneida Co., New York

Susan married Lucien Theron YEOMANS on 04 Dec 1867 in Holland Patent, New York. Lucien was born on 01 Dec 1840 in Walworth, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living with mother in Trenton, Oneida Co., New York