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Ancestors of Katherine Tracy Walter

100. Festus Catlin Tracy, born 1778 in Norwich, Connecticut; died 1860 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York. He was the son of 200. Joshua Tracy and 201. Sarah Perkins. He married 101. Elizabeth Conkey 1801 in Orwell, Rutland County, Vermont.

101. Elizabeth Conkey, born Abt. 1785 in Orwell, Rutland County, Vermont; died September 16, 1868 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York. She was the daughter of 202. Joshua Conkey and 203. Millicent Bridge.

Notes for Elizabeth Conkey:
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Canton, New York. Death date given as 9/16/1868, age 83 years. [LDS Roll# 1304688, item 3.]

Children of Festus Tracy and Elizabeth Conkey are:

50	i.	Uri F. Tracy, born 1818; died April 22, 1854; married Lucretia Patience Munn.
	ii.	Hosea Catlin Tracy, born 1807; died July 22, 1847 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York; married Sophronia Chesebrough.
	iii.	Albert G. Tracy.
	iv.	Elisha J. Tracy.
	v.	Lauren P. Tracy.
	vi.	Mary J. Tracy.
	vii.	Millicent S. Tracy.
	viii.	Sylvia E. Tracy.
	ix.	Orilla Tracy.

      102. Seth Munn, born 1789 in Gill, Massachusetts; died 1876 in Gill, Massachusetts. He was the son of 204. Seth Munn and 205. Salina Janes. He married 103. Gratia Wright 1811 in Gill, Massachusetts.

      103. Gratia Wright, born 1789 in Northfield, Massachusetts; died 1838 in Gill, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 206. Oliver Wright and 207. Hepziba Belding.

Child of Seth Munn and Gratia Wright is:

Lucretia Patience Munn, born 1818 in Gill, Massachusetts; died March 22, 1900; married Uri F. Tracy.

      104. Roswell Fish, born March 04, 1769; died March 07, 1845 in Groton, Connecticut. He was the son of 208. Nathan Fish and 209. Catherine Helme. He married 105. Isabel Phelps February 02, 1797.

      105. Isabel Phelps.

Notes for Roswell Fish:
He inherited a considerable portion of the paternal lands (along with his brother Sands, "all my father's rights in the salt-marsh on Parks Meadows and also all my right on Six Penny Island, so-called, to be equally divided between them ..."), and in 1799 built the home that is still standing. A man of uncommon intelligence, a valued member and clerk of the First Baptist Church of Groton, and at one time clerk of the Association. He represented the town in the Assembly many times. [The Fish Families in America, p. 315]\

Roswell Fish was the Justice of the Peace that witnessed the signing of Nathan Fish's (his father) will on July 13, 1815.

Children of Roswell Fish and Isabel Phelps are:

	i.	Roswell Phelps Fish, born August 20, 1798; died October 11, 1837; married Ellen Clark.
52	ii.	Samuel Merrick Fish, born July 08, 1800; died March 30, 1872 in Plainfield, New Jersey; married Jane E. Cargill.
	iii.	Catherine Mary Fish, born January 20, 1803; died 1872.
	iv.	Edmund Fish, born January 26, 1805; died January 03, 1867; married Betsey Ann Avery.
	v.	Amos Avery Fish, born August 19, 1807; married Emily Havens.
	vi.	Lucy Fish, born September 17, 1810; died July 1890; married Jonas Stafford.
	vii.	Margaret Eliza Fish, born March 05, 1813.
	viii.	Nathan Austin Fish, born July 10, 1815; married Harriet S. Mead.
	ix.	Silas Henry Fish, born May 26, 1818; died January 31, 1884; married Emily Avery.

      106. William Cargill. He married 107. Jane Howard.

      107. Jane Howard.

Child of William Cargill and Jane Howard is:

Jane E. Cargill, died 1871 in Plainfield, New Jersey; married Samuel Merrick Fish.

      108. Henri Louis Villaume Ducoudray-Holstein, born 1763 in Germany; died May 1839 in Albany, New York. He married 109. Maria Del Carmen.

      109. Maria Del Carmen, born in Columbia, South America.

Notes for Henri Louis Villaume Ducoudray-Holstein:
Born about 1760 in Holsteinborg, Holstein, Germany and was baptized in the Reformed Church. Probably descended from a Huguenot family. Highly-educated and raised in a bi-lingual household speaking French and German; also spoke Spanish, English, and some Danish.

1795: As a professor, on leave at Hamburg, Germany.

Under the fictitious name of Peter Feldman and posing as a Danish merchant, contributed to Lafayette's escape from prison in Olmutz, Austria. A semi-autobiographical account of this adventure is provided in his book, _Memoirs of Gilbert M. Lafayette_, 2nd edition, John Greves &Co.: Geneva, NY, 1835. [First edition publisher Charles Wiley: England, 1824 ... preface of author dated New York 9/4/1824.] In the introduction, he describes himself as "a soldier, who has fought for the rights of man in the old world and the new."

Served in the French Revolutionary armies under Napolean. Taken prisoner and held captive at Cadiz. With help from a certain Spanish officer and financial support from resident Mexicans, he departed Cadiz for Philadelphia in February 1813. Was denied entry into the U.S. military. He travelled to Natchitoches, Louisiana in May 1813. He possibly fought with the Spanish Republicans in Texas.

By 1814, Du Coudray-Holstein was in Columbia. He fought for Bolivar and later recorded his adventures in _Memoirs of Simon Bolivar_. He came to dislike Bolivar for his "zealous and aredent patriotism" when he took control of all three branches of the Colombian government.

In 1816, he left to live in Aux Cayes, Haiti. There he supported himself and his family as a piano teacher.

In 1820, he moved to Caracao (or the Danish Island of St. Thomas?) because he needed to make more money for his family then he could in Haiti.

In 1822, apparently with backing from the U.S.-Government, he organized an attempted revolution against the Spanish authorities in Puerto Rico using business-backed mercenaries. He visited Philadelphia in August 1822 in connection with this effort and chartered a ship armed with munitions and false Dutch papers. Something went wrong with the plan, and the U.S. Government denied any involvement with him. Later, his death sentence was commuted because of influence from LaFayette and the U.S. Government and, he was allowed to emigrate to the United States.

Upon first arriving in the United States, he presented a course on military tactics in New York City.

Later he became a Professor of Modern Languages at Geneva College (now Hobart & Smith) near Albany New York. About 1835, he became a Professor of Modern Languages at the Albany Female Academy. He wrote a French text for his students based on the theory that a language should be taught without undue translations. He attempted to start a new school near Albany but was unable to raise the necessary funds.

Newspapers/magazines in prints1836. _The Zodiac_, monthly, by Gen. De Coudrey Holstein. [History of the County of Albany, p. 376.]


Child of Henri Ducoudray-Holstein and Maria Del Carmen is:

Lafayette D. Holstein, born Abt. 1824 in New York; died Bef. 1860 in Albany, New York; married Anna Moyston January 02, 1844 in Albany, New York.

110. John H. Moyston.

Child of John H. Moyston is:

Anna Moyston, born Abt. 1826 in of Schenectady, New York; died Aft. 1860; married Lafayette D. Holstein January 02, 1844 in Albany, New York.

      112. Erastus Tracy, born June 29, 1783. He was the son of 224. Hezekiah Tracy and 225. Eunice Rood. He married 113. Anna Lake.

      113. Anna Lake.

Children of Erastus Tracy and Anna Lake are:

56	i.	Guy Tracy, born May 06, 1810; died March 31, 1885; married Louisa Hickok.
	ii.	Rood Tracy.
	iii.	Louis Tracy.

      114. Amos Hickok, born February 1779; died June 03, 1839. He was the son of 228. Samuel Hickok. He married 115. Annie Foote.

      115. Annie Foote, born April 08, 1774; died April 26, 1823.

Children of Amos Hickok and Annie Foote are:

	i.	Nathaniel Hickok, born October 25, 1800.
	ii.	Annie Hickok, born December 13, 1802.
	iii.	Jarvis Hickok, born July 02, 1805.
	iv.	Gideon Hickok, born August 15, 1807.
	v.	Nelson Hickok, born February 08, 1811.
57	vi.	Louisa Hickok, born April 05, 1813; died November 11, 1869; married Guy Tracy.

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