LUCRETIA BLACK, the first child of Harvey and Olive Powers Black, was born on 18 April 1816 in NY State and died 12 October 1874 in Rollin Twp, Lenawee Co., age 58 years 6 months 4 days due to consumption. Her death certificate lists Ohio as place of birth.
Lucretia first married about 1837, possibly in New York or Ohio, to David Kimball Chase (b. 5 June 1797; d. 8/15/1852, age 55). David and Lucretia had three daughters; the family is listed in the 1850 Hillsdale Census, pg 2, lines 32-36.
Olive L.- onlycurrently known info about Olive is birth in Ohio abt 1838 and entry in the 1850 census.
Charlotte Jane- b. 1842, d. aft 1902. The family records say she married Charles WESTFALL who is remembered as being killed by Indians. They had a son and a daughter: Willis, and Winifred. Later Charlotte married a man by the name of VAN AKEN or VAN AKIN. I have a copy of a letter that I believe was written to my grandfather, George Skinner, that calls her Aunt Jane Van Ak?n rather than Aunt Charlotte and the obituary of her half brother Welcome HAMMOND, calls her Jane VAN AKEN of New Baltimore.
Helen Lucinda b 12 May 1845 married William BACON. He was a first cousin to Elizabeth Bacon, wife of General George Armstrong Custer. Helen and William had two daughters and a son: Birdie, May and Bret. She died in 1890.
David, whose ancestors came from Cornwall, England was born in Stratford, New Hampshire, and grew up in Townsend, VT. He was a minister and also owned the first blacksmith shop in Osseo in the 1840’s. David’s cousin, Judge Samuel Chase was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a justice of the Supreme Court during the Thomas Jefferson presidency, and a hero of the Revolution. Impeachment charges were brought against him and Jefferson eager that Chase be convicted but the Senate acquitted him. Another cousin, Salmon Chase, was Chief Justice of the US from 1864-1873, and Secretary of Treasury in President Lincoln’s cabinet.
While searching for supporting information on David to verify the above account, I found a David K. Chase married to a Bathsheba Leonard in NY which set me to wondering if possibly Lucretia was David’s second wife. David was about 40 and Lucretia about 20 when they married. And then I have the mystery/clue of the naming of children in Lucretia's second marriage, see below. Anyone with info please contact me!!
Lucretia’s second marriage was to Amos Hammond (b. 1816, NY; d. 23 Oct 1875) and they had three sons-
Wm. Henry b. 6 Apr 1853; d. 6 May 1932
Welcome b. 29 Jan 1855, Hudson, MI; d. 25 Oct 1902
Frank b. 15 Dec 1857; d. 13 Mar 1916
There was not a narrative on the Hammond branch of the family in the Black Family Book though there are transcripts of newspaper articles and they are in the database section. Also one of Welcome’s daughters, Mary Ette (Mate), married Clyde Blount, grandson of Amasa Blount and his second wife, Julia Havens. Amasa’s first wife was Lucretia’s sister (and my gggrandmother), Cyrena Black.
Another clue for the family to explore about Lucretia’s first husband as it relates to her naming her sons of the second marriage. I mentioned above I found a David K. Chase married to Bathsheba Leonard. One of their children was named Welcome. Does anyone know if Welcome Hammond would have been named for his mother’s stepson? And does anyone know if this Leonard family would be related to the Leonard family that sister Clarinda married into?