Haskins, Seth (b. ABT 1764, d. 15 SEP 1819)

Note: "Seth Haskins enlisted and served as an officer in the war of 1812" gifted with a poetic imagination, Mr. Haskins wrote some pieces of considerable merit. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 at a young age and a millwright by trade.

Bossworth Martin drove his buggy into the yard of Justice of the Peace Washington Chapman late in the afternoon of September 4, 1819 and reported that old Seth Haskins had been found in a "dying condition" under suspicious conditions, and suggested that Benjamin Bennet may have committed the assault. He then went on to relate the events of the past few hours. Seth, who was getting pretty well along in years was quite a heavy drinker, and early this afternoon had stopped at the house of Benjamin Bennett on one of the nearby country roads. Asking for a drink of buttermilk, he received some from the person of the house. Upon leaving the house he was met by Bennett who went into a rage, took a whip from a passing wagon and beat him unmercifully until the bystanders interfered and took the whip from Bennett. Three or four hours later Seth was missed and a search was instituted. A neighbor found him shortly thereafter a short distance off the road, unconscious but still alive. A stone covered with hair and blood was found near him.

After hearing the story Judge Chapman sent for Constable Martin Mitchell and on his arrival directed him to arrest suspect Benjamin Bennett on suspicion of assault. A few hours later Seth Haskins died and the charge was then murder instead of assault.

Coroner Truman B. Hicks of Hadley was summoned to the scene, who ruled the death was caused by being struck with a blunt object, probably a stone, and most likely through foul play.

Thereon Bennett was apprehended by Constable Mitchell, charged with murder and was delivered by Mitchell to Sheriff John Dunning at the county jail in Ballston some seventeen miles to the south. Bennett was indicted for the murder of Seth Haskins and was later convicted, after trial at the new court-house in Ballston-Spa, having been prosocuted by District Attorney Richard Livingston. He wa sentenced by Judge James Thompson to be executed by hanging. Since Bennett’s was the first execution in the county, it was necessary to erect a scaffold, which was built on the sand hill north of the village, about one mile from the old court house. Bennett was prepared for the gallows by Deputy Sheriff Joseph Jennings of Ballston. On July 21, 1820 the execution was carried out by Sheriff John Dunning. The spot of the hanging was known as "the hanging ground" for many years.

Bennett's body was returned to Corinth and buried near that of the murder victim Haskins in the old cemetery at Jessups Landing a short distance south of the Baptist Church (This cemetery was on the location of the present Main Street School House)

An interesting but inconclusive aftermath of this event was the report that the bodies of both Haskins and Bennett had been removed by grave robbers and sold to a medical school for experimental purposes. The truth of this charge was not determined at the time it was made. However many years later in 1897 one newspaper columnist speculated as to whether or not the charge could be proven with removal of the bodies from the old cemetery to make way for a new school. There seems to be no record to prove conclusively whether the bodies were still there when the bodies were removed in October 1897 to a location in the new cemetery next to the railroad on South Corinth Road.

In any event Corinth had the distinction, if a dubious one, of having the first murder in the county in which the murderer was executed. From the "History of Saratoga County, pg. 14."

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Title: IGI
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Page: AFN:M05V-M1

Source: (Birth)
Title: George Bebout
Media: Book

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Death: 15 SEP 1819 Murdered in Corinth, Saratoga Co, NY

Source: (Birth)
Title: The Georgia Frontier: Colonial families to the Revolutionary War period
Author: Jeannette Holland Austin

Death: 1880 MO

Note: History of Washington County, New York - "............ Franklin had ten children; one died in childhood; the other nine are still living, the youngest being sixty years old. Anthony, Samuel, Ensign and Martha Thompson, of this town, are four of these children."

According to the Hannah Haskins Case notes, Frank had 9 children.

Death: 27 FEB 1839 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Burial: Haskins Cemetery, Ft. Ann, Washington, NY

Note: William may have been a twin to Sarah.
William settled in Chautauqua Co, NY with his brother, David. He and David appear on the 1825 census for Norway, Herkimer Co, New York.

A William Haskins is on the 1790 census for Canajoharie, Montgomery Co, NY 1-3-5-0 [1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, and 5 females]
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From George Bebout:
Not much is known about William and Abigail Hoyt, Joshua Haskins parents; we do know that he left Ft Ann with one or more of his brothers and settled in western NY. I could find no record of him in Chautauqua County which does not mean he was never there. He was probably maried in NY but to date I have found no record. He was close to his brothers Isaac and Ira so I would suspect that he spent some time with them before going west to Wisconsin with his sons Joshua and David.

William is first listed in the 1838 Milwaukee city census.
The 1850 Waukesha County Census records pg. 277 show the following; (note, children under 16 were not counted in this census)

Joshua Harkins, age 26 Carpenter, born NY
Hannah Harkins, age 27"
William Harkins, age 72"
Abigail Harkins, age 65"
David Harkins, age 30

William was born either at Shaftsbury VT or Great Barrington Mass. In 1778. A search of vital records has failed to turn up any record of his birth. I do not know where William and Abigail passed away, but they were in Waukesha Co., Wis. in 1850. Joshua spent several years in Ill., possibly in Pike county with his uncle Isaac.

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Title: Census
Media: Census

Page: 1850-WI, Waukesha, Waukesha
Data:
Text: "Harkins" Living with Joshua

Death: AFT 1850 Waukesha Co., WI

Note: David settled in Chautauqua Co, New York with his brothers, William and Ira. He and William appear on the 1825 census for Norway, Herkimer Co, New York.

Death: 12 FEB 1839 Ellery, Chautauqua, NY

Burial: Lewis Cemetery, Ellery, Chautauqua, NY

Note: Ira and Hannah migrated to Ellery, Chautauqua Co., New York in 1818 or 1919 from Saratoga, NY. He moved with a team of oxen and cleared a farm in Ellery. Later he was Justice of the Peace.

Source: (Name)
Title: Haskins Family History
Author: Claude H. Haskin
Call number: AF91-105498
Media: Book

Death: 20 JUL 1873 Ellery, Chautauqua, NY

Burial: Lewis Burying Ground, Ellery, Chautauqua, NY

Note: Samuel Winegar moved to Fort Ann, New York about 1790 and married Martha Haskins. They had a family of 11 children. The only son removed to Chautauqua Co. about 1853. Two of the girls, Mrs. Weller and Mrs. Farr, died in Fort Ann. The rest married and moved away. [Source: History of Washington County, NY

Source: (Name)
Title: IGI
Media: Other

Page: AFN:M063-QG

Death: 15 NOV 1849 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Burial: Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, NY

Note: John was a methodist minister and migrated to Ellery, Chautauqua, New York.

Source: (Name)
Title: Kelsey Family History

Death: 3 SEP 1828 Ellery, Chautauqua, NY

Burial: Lewis Cemetery, Chautauqua Co., NY

Death: 13 DEC 1850 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Burial: Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, NY

Source: (Name)
Title: IGI
Media: Other

Page: AFN:NXWX-PV

Death: 2 MAR 1868 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Death: DEC 1863

Note: Chautauqua Co., NY in 1853

Death: 7 JAN 1864 Ottawa, LeSueur Co., MN

Source: (Death)
Title: Cemetery Records - Fort Ann, NY
Publication: 1995
Call number: F129F68C46
Media: Book

Death: 2 SEP 1875 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Burial: Fort Ann Cemetery, Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Source: (Name)
Title: Cemetery Inscription
Media: Book

Page: FHL 1597818 - Wash. Co, NY
Data:
Text: Gives b/d as "1807" which is easily mistaken for 1802.

Death: 21 MAY 1844 Fort Ann, Washington, NY

Burial: Haskins Cemetery, Fort Ann, NY

Death: 24 JUL 1810

Death: 26 NOV 1881 Corning, IA

Note: In 1850, Sarah Newlie was living with her son, Samuel, in Oregon, Dane, WI

Source: (Name)
Title: One World Tree (sm)
Author: Ancestry.com
Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.
Media: Ancestry.com

Note: www.ancestry.com

Death: AFT 1855 Oregon, Dane, WI

Source: (Name)
Title: Lois Bell
Media: Letter

Note: Email: jbell@@rosenet.net

Source: (Name)
Title: Census
Media: Census

Page: 1850-WI, Dane, Oregon pg6

Death: 14 SEP 1875 Oregon, Dane, WI

Note: Daniel Gillett took deed of land in Harwinton, Conn. in 1733, but may not have moved there until 1735 according to Chipman's "History of Harwinton".

Source: (Name)
Title: Gen. Dict. of First Settlers of New England
Media: Book

Data:
Text: Gives b/d as the 20 Jun 1678

Source: (Name)
Title: Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett

Death: 16 AUG 1753 Windsor, Hartford, CT

Note: Mary & John Clearinghouse says she was the daughter of John Eno & Mary Dibble.

Source: (Death)
Title: Cemetery Inscription
Media: Book

Death: 7 DEC 1773 Windsor, Hartford, CT