Notes:

Died unmarried (Ruddock).

Nathan + Sarah Center. Sarah was born on 20 May 1783; died on 23 Aug 1856; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the NY Genealogical and Biographical Records source, Jonathan is the grandfather of Jerome Increase Case who founded the Case Tractor company. Jonathan was the father of 17 or 18 children.
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# Name: Jonathan CASE
# Given Name: Jonathan
# Surname: Case
# Sex: M
# Birth: 16 MAY 1748 in Smithfield,Providence,Rhode Island
# Death: 1810 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
# Note:
!Inital sources: Manuscript genealogy of the Case families compiled by
Dr. Erastus E. Case from information gathered from descendants, kept in
the Library of Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. (obtained
by Mrs. Sylvia S. Preston, now deceased); Surrogate Records of
Rensselaer Co., NY, V.3 pg 289-297, names and gives exact ages at
certain date for all children born after1789 except James. (Obtained by
Mrs. Sherri G. Hulme)
Jonathan's birth was given in the manuscript as about 1742, perhaps son
of Nathan. It says some descendants say they came from Connecticut but
says in parentheses (more likely Rhode Island). The information was
given by Mrs. Thomas D. Lewis, Mrs. Joseph Guile and Mrs. Chas. H. Young,
all in 1903. It also mentions a Joseph Case living in Hoosick. (see
below)
There is a birth of Jonathan Cass 16 May 1748, Smithfield, Providence,
Rhode Island, son of Nathan and Hannah Cass, in "Vital Records of Rhode
Island, 1636-1850, First Series", vol. 3 pt 6, Smithfield, p. 94, and
Smithfield Friends' records show their move to Nine Partners, NY.
This is in an article, "The Ancestry of Jonathan Case of Hoosick, New
York, ...", published in the "New York Genealogical and Biographical
Record", July 2000, by William T. Ruddock, 4385 Alderwood Dr., Okemos,
Michigan 48864, tel: 517-349-1806, e-mail address
wruddoc@attglobal.net. The author sent me a copy of it as he had my
name and address from the Ancestral File and from the material I sent
several years ago to the Connecticut Historical Society which he said
was deposited in the Erastus Case File, the manuscript cited above.
It is a very well documented account (many sources listed) of his effort
to find the parents of Jonathan. Every piece of evidence is footnoted to
the source. After showing all the evidence he found, he says "With the
preponderance of evidence pointing towards a relationship between
Jonathan Case of Hoosick and Nathan Case of Nine Partners, I must
conclude that Jonathan is indeed Nathan's son." (see below for further
discussion of this article.)
The manuscript found in the Connecticut Historical Society Library has a
note in handwriting "Jonathan was a Tory in the Rev. war and as prisoner
was on road to Canada but walked out and returned home." The Ruddock
article says "This may well be true, as no record has been found of
Jonathan serving for any American regiment. Also, many men from
Hoosick, including Jonathan's brother-in-law, Aury Cronkhite, were
recruited by 'Old Festus' to fight at the Battle of Bennington (which
actually took place in what is now the town of Hoosick 16 August 1777),
and when the dust settled, the Tories who survived were imprisoned.
[Richard M. Ketchum, "Saratoga Turning Point of America's Revolutionary
War", pp. 285-323, gives a very good description of the Battle of
Bennington and quotes Joseph Rudd: 'the biggest part of Dutch Hosack
was in the battle against us.' For background on 'Old Festus,' who was
actually Col. Francis Pfister, see Kenneth A. Perry, "The Fifth Gazetteer
An Annotated Index to the Manuscript History of Washington County, New
York (...1999), 1:159 and 2:97, 132.]"
On pg 83 of "History of 17 Towns of Rensselaer Co., N. Y." by A. J. Weise,
is says that Jonathan Case and A. Cronkhite belonged to the Warren
Society about 1800. Page 81 says Jonathan Case was pathmaster of
Hoosick Falls, 1789. Pg 87, Masonic Lodge No. 33 F. & A.M. organized 8
Sep 1792, among founders was Jonathan "Chase".
The Ruddock article showed that the family of Nathan and Hannah Cass of
Smithfield, Rhode Island, moved to Nine Partners, Dutchess, NY,
between 16 Jan 1761 and Feb 1763. That this is the same Nathan Cass is
proven by a record of the Society of Friends, Oblong Monthly Meeting held
at Nine Partners 15th of 9th month 1768, which says a certificate was
read from the Smithfield Monthly Meeting of the removal of Hannah Case,
wife of Nathan. Thereafter, Nathan (whose surname is hereafter spelled
"Case") appears in the records of Nine Partners until 1797. His name
appears in the tax lists for Charlotte Precinct from Feb. 1763 to 1779. It
also showed that the family of Joanna Mosher lived in Charlotte Precinct
of Dutchess County at the same time and that Alche Cronkhite's parents
were married at Rumbout in Dutchess County and their first child, Phebe,
was baptized at Hopewell, Dutchess County. (I have it she is the second
child.) Others of the Cronkhite family appear in the records of Charlotte
Precinct. Then it shows that there were others of the Nathan Case
family besides Jonathan who appear in the records of Hoosick,
Rensselaer, NY. These are the main points in the "preponderance of
evidence" which conviced him that Jonathan was the son of Nathan and
Hannah (____) Case.
In one place of the article it says "The burial record for Nathan,
Jonathan's first son by Alche, indicates Nathan was born in Hoosick.
["Records of Maple Grove Cemetery, 1811-1943"....(Maple Grove
Cemetery, Hoosick, N. Y.), typescript at the Burton Historical Collection,
Detroit Public Library.] As Jonathan married Alche sometime between
1773 and 1776, it is likely that this happened in Hoosick and that the
families may have known each other back in northern Dutchess County."
In another place it says "Jonathan was certainly in Hoosick as early as
1779 when he was assessed at 150 pounds real property [from "The
Settlers of the Beekman Patent", 3:312.] On the 14th of December 1787
Jonathan Case, 'yeoman' and 'of the District of Hosack,' purchased 320
acres in Monkton, Addison, County, VT, from Ezekiel and James
Hodges, 'farmers of Hosack'. [Jonathan's right and title to this property,
part of lot 19, was 'null and void' once James and Ezekiel Hodges re-paid
Jonathan 120 pounds in two payments, one in four years, the other in six.
This deed was recorded 7 May 1788. Jonathan sold the property back to
James and Ezekiel Hodges on the same date, 14 Dec 1787, but this second
deed was not recorded until 4th day of January 1789. In other words,
these two deeds operated like a mortgage. See Town Records of Monkton,
VT., 1:46, 99.] Jonathan remained in Hoosick where he was assessed 29
pounds and 13 pounds in real property in 1787 and 1788 respectively.
[1787 and 1788 tax lists of Hoosick, Albany Co., N.Y., in Tax Assessment
Lists 1779-1788, NY (State) Treasurer's Office, now on file at the
New York State Archives, #A3210-77.] In 1789, he was elected one of
Hoosick's many pathmasters. [Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, "History of
Rensselaer County, NY, With Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers" (Philadelphia: Everts &
Peck, 1880), p. 366]
Jonathan Case was living in Hoosick in 1790 with three males 16 years
or older, five males less than 16 and two females. [1790 U.S. Census,
Hoosick Town, Albany Co., N.Y., vol. 2, p. 339.] Jonathan purchased 900
acres or one-third of lot 53 in the Hoosick Patent 25 July 1792.
[Rensselaer Co. Deeds, 1:259-63.] With Alche's approval he sold 100
acres of this lot to James Brown of South Kingston, Rhode Island, on 9
April 1795. [Ibid, 2:15-16.] Jonathan can be found in the 1800 census of
Hoosick with three males less than 10 years; four males between 10 and
16; two males between 16 and 26; and two males older than 45. He also
had one female less than 10; one between 10 and 16; and one older than
45. [1800 U.S. Census, Hoosick...p. 22.]
The 1810 census lists his wife 'Widow Case' as head of household.
[1810 U.S. Census, Hoosick....p. 7.] On 5 March 1810, Alche Case and Jirah
Baker were granted administration of the estate of Jonathan Case who
died intestate. [Probate Records of Rensselaer Co., 3:289-97, which
includes a copy of the Letters of Administration of Jonathan Case and
appointments of guardians for Jonathan's minor children. Also
Rensselaer Co. Probate File #236, Jonathan Case estate, which includes
Inventory of Jonathan Case and Letters of Administration for Jonathan
Case.] A guardian, John Ryan, was appointed for each of Jonathan's
minor children: Jacob Case, Alche Case, William Case, David Case, Moses
Case, and Anna Case. The record fails to mention minor child James Case,
who was born 6 July 1796. On 2 June 1810 an inventory of Jonathan
Case was taken by 'Alche Case administr[atr]ix and Jirah Baker
administrator of the said deceased in the presence of Nathan Case,
Charles Case, and Gilbert Hyatt being three of the next of kin.'
Alchee wife of Jonathan Case died 17 March 1848 in her 89th year and is
buried in Williamstown, Oswego County, NY. [Burial in
Williamstown Cemetery, .... as read by the author Feb 1999 and confirmed
by Glenna Goreski, Historian, Town of Williamstown.]"
The manuscript genealogy of the Case families compiled by Dr. Erastus E.
Case says there was a Joseph Case who was a farmer in Hoosick and had
a daughter Sophia. This daughter married Lemuel Clapp and had children
John and Lemuel, who had children, and Mary who had no children.
"Landmarks of Rensselaer Co, N.Y." by G. R. Anderson, says, on pg 137, a
Joseph Case was one of the first managers of Rensselaer Co. Ag. Society,
elected 14 July 1819. "History of 17 Towns of Rensselaer Co., N. Y." by A.
J. Weise, 1985, says, on pg 25, that Joseph was of Petersburgh, 1819.
Petersburgh is just south of Hoosick. There is no Joseph listed as
brother of Jonathan in the Ruddock account, so this is probably not a
brother of Jonathan but may be a cousin.
There is a book review in "NEHGR" vol 149 pg 440 of a Milliman
genealogy which states that Aaron Milliman (perhaps from Canterbury,
Eng.) was in R.I. by 1701 where he married Ann Case and had three
daughters who married into the Bentley, Browning and Tanner families.
In a review of a John Milliman book (RIGR) it says John went from R.I. to
Rensselaer Co., N.Y. No relationship between John and Aaron was
mentioned in the review. (See also notes of Hannah Milliman, wife of
John, son of Jonathan Case)

Father: Nathan CASS\CASE b: 2 JUL 1715 in Hampton,Rockingham,New Hampshire
Mother: Hannah b: ABT 1719 in of Hampton,Rockingham,New Hampshire

Marriage 1 Joanna MOSHER b: 9 APR 1744 in Dartmouth,Bristol,Massachusetts

* Married: ABT 1767 in of Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York

Children

Oliver CASE b: 5 SEP 1768 in of Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Roby CASE b: 12 JUN 1770 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Charles CASE b: 8 JAN 1773 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York


Marriage 2 Alchee CRONCKHITE b: MAY 1760 in of Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York

* Married: 1775 in of Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York

Children

Nathan CASE b: 28 MAR 1776 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Joanna CASE b: 29 NOV 1777 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
John CASE b: 10 SEP 1779 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Laban CASE b: 5 SEP 1782 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Joshua CASE b: 8 JUL 1785 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Caleb CASE b: 13 DEC 1787 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Jonathan CASE b: 1 JAN 1789 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Jacob CASE b: 18 SEP 1790 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Alchee CASE b: 10 AUG 1792 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
William CASE b: 13 MAY 1794 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
James CASE b: 6 JUL 1796 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
David CASE b: 4 MAR 1798 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
Moses CASE b: 4 MAY 1800 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,N. Y.
Anna CASE b: 5 MAY 1803 in Hoosick,Rensselaer,New York
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JOSEPH GUILE8 (Roger,7 Joab,6 Joseph,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Samuel1), son of Roger and Anna M. (Cronkhite) Guile, born at West Hoosick, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1836, married, Sept. 3, 1862, ORPHA CASE, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Baker) Case, of Hoosick Falls. Mr. Guile attended the district school during the winter seasons, supplementing his education by a three years' course at Fairfield Seminary, in Herkimer Co. He has taught school several years, and also been a teacher of vocal music. In 1864 he purchased a farm at Eagle Bridge, N. Y., which he continues to cultivate, and also maintains an extensive agency in fire insurance.

Children:

1404 Mettie E.,9 b. Jan. 29, 1864; graduated at State Normal School, Albany,
in 1885, and is now a teacher in the Institute for the Blind in New York
City.
1405 Emersen J.,9 b. Jan. 18, 1867.
1406 John B. Case,9 b. March 8, 1872.
1407 Clifford H.,9 b. Jan. 28, 1877.

Jonathan married Alchee Cronkhite before 1776. Alchee (daughter of Jacob Cronkhite and Ann Ferguson) was born in May 1760 in Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., NY; died in 1848 in Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY; was buried in Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I have conflicting info on this Nathan. It seems that Jonathan Case m. Alche Cronkhite was the son of John Cass and Hannah Gove, dau. of John Gove and Sarah ?. She was born 4/1/1691 in Hampton, NH. See the NY Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 2000 by William T. Ruddock.
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Also from Case Forum #2514 by William Ruddock 7/10/2001:

Carl,

I am sorry it has taken so long to respond. I finally got around to looking over your notes on your Nathan who married a Hannah ?Rhodes?. I know nothing of your Nathan to be quite honest. Jonathan Case of Hoosick was the son of a different Nathan and Hannah. Nathan Cass was b. 1715 in Hampton, NH. His parents were John and Hannah (Gove) Cass. This Nathan's 1st wife was Hannah whose maiden name is unknown. He traveled as a boy to Mendon, MA with his parents. He then moved to Smithfield, RI after his marriage and after a few of his children were born. He then moved to the Nine Partners area of Dutchess Count. When he moved to Dutchess County he went by the CASE spelling of the name as did his children and grandchildren. He was a Quaker and his movements can be traced fairly well. This name change was quite interesting. I have Quaker minutes from Smithfield which refer to him as Cass minutes from the same time period from the Nine Partners Monthly Meeting where he is refered to as Case.

After Hannah died he went back to Smithfield, Rhode Island to marry his son's mother-in-law Huldah Gaskill. Nathan Case died abt 1801 in Columbia County where he left a will.

Nathan Cass/Case did have a son Nathan who lived and died in Nine Partners. One of Nathan's siblings, Jonathan Gove Cass named a son Nathan Cass b. 1767
but he married a Phila Southwick in Mendon, MA. Jonathan Gove Cass also had a grandson Nathan Cass b. 1801 but he supposedly married a Mary West.

That about sums up those by the name Nathan Cass that I know of.

I will point out a red herring. Nathan and Hannah Cass had a daughter Lucy who married abt 1792 Asa Rhodes and they lived in Smithfield!

Nathan + Hannah. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob + Ann Ferguson. Ann (daughter of Richard Ferguson) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]