Posted on: Ottawa Co., Michigan Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Ottawa/841 Surname: EASTWAY, PURCHASE, DALE, FELLOWS, KNOWLTON, TUBBS, PIXLEY, CLEVERDON, MILLS, GOULD, BATES ------------------------- Stacy, I'll give you what I've found so far on the Eastway's, though my research kind of stopped about two years ago as I began working on publishing a book on a different side of the family. Some of my new information, which may either negate some of the following info or add to it, may not have been added. I think, also, that I omitted the biographies of the Dennis and Tubbs families in this text, because I had so much about them that I couldn't fit them on the file. I do have more info on them if you would like it. Speaking of large files, I may have to post this message in several pieces. Please let me know how you fit into this family. My line goes as follows: James Bates Eastway > Elias Eastway > Maria Eastway > Maude Dennis > William Zwiers > Beverly Zwiers > me And if you have anything to add, please let me know. Thanks, Mike Eastway Family by Mike Henry Elias Eastway b. 1621 Devonshire, ENG; m. Penelope Cleverdon (1647) Elias Eastway [Elias] b. 1653; m. Allis Mills 1677 Hugh Eastway [Elias, Elias], b. 1692; m. Margaret 1716, Devonshire, ENG Elias Eastway [Hugh, Elias, Elias], b. 1730; m. Mary Gould, 1754 Elias Eastway [Elias, Hugh, Elias, Elias] b. 1755, Devonshire, ENG; m. Mary Bates The above information comes from Lenae Larson Williams, W. Valley City, Utah James Bates Eastway [Elias, Elias, Hugh, Elias, Elias], b. 1793, England; m. Patty Dale; d. 1886; Olive Township Cemetery, Ottawa Co., MI Patty was born around 1804 on the Isle of Guernsey. Her gravestone names her as J. B. Eastway's wife, Patty Dale. The two were likely married there around 1828 and lived on the island until around 1830-31. Their first son, Elias, was born there in 1829. According to records from the LDS files, their second child, Margaret, was baptized at Kennington, England, in April, 1832. The LDS also supplies us with proof of a contemporary of James in Kennington by the name of Elias Eastway, who married there and had several children in the early 1800's. Around 1833, the Eastways immigrated to the U.S., settling in Eden, Erie County, NY. Eden was a hilly region with a 500 foot ridge above the lake that extended along the east. Eighteen Mile Creek runs through the region and branches out to water the ground well. The soil was gravelly loam and clay. Businesses in the town included a sawmill, a stave and shingle mill, and a tannery. The village was founded originally by the Tubbs family (1808). In 1850, James and Patty were in Eden with their children Elias (21), Margaret (19), Patty (16), Edwin (14), Harriet (12), Ellen (10), and Egbert (7). Two of their daughters were working as servants in other peoples' homes: Mary (18, England) at Jonas & Lillie Oliver's home and Martha (15, NY) was at the home of Ebenezer and Lydia Ames. James was an engineer during his stay in New York. Around 1851, the Eastways moved from their home in New York to Hillsdale County, Michigan. There, several of their children were married. The whole family picked up and moved to Ottawa County. In Ottawa County, Michigan, James was one of the first justices of Olive Township (1857). He had arrived there in 1856 with his children and sons-in-law. James was known as a well-educated man and was admired by the other settlers of the region. He became the first councilman of Ottawa County. Olive was a roosting place for the now extinct passenger pigeon. The bird was so numerous in those days that it would often take hours for one flock to pass. The pigeon colony in Michigan (1876-77) covered an area 28 miles long and three or four miles wide. John James Audubon once recorded seeing a stream of them that exceeded one billion. They would literally darken the sky and consume every ounce of seeds, berries, and nuts wherever they went. The noise they would make and the devastation they would leave behind was so great that they soon became the most hated bird in the east half of the U.S. People used to kill them by the hundreds. James and Patty were living in the town of Robinson, Ottawa County, Michigan in 1860 with their son, Egbert (16). Patty died in 1871 and was buried in the Olive Township Cemetery. James died in 1886 and was buried next to her. They share a monument there. Nine children: Margaret Ann Eastway, b. March, 1826, England; m. Joel Matt Fellows, 1847 Elias Eastway, b. November, 1829, Isle of Guernsey; m. Rowena Tubbs, 1855; d. 1911, Robinson Twp., Ottawa Co., MI Mary Eastway, b. 1832, England; m. William Purchase, 1852 Patty Eastway, b. 1834, New York Martha Eastway, b. 1835, Eden, NY; m. Samuel Purchase, 1852 Edwin Eastway, b. February 10, 1837, Eden, NY; m. Lodema Pixley; d. November 16, 1913, LeRoy, MI Harriet Eastway, b. 1838, Eden, NY; m. Oliver (Alfred?) Purchase, 1852 Ellen Eastway, b. 1840, Eden, NY; m. Ozias Tubbs, July 30, 1856, Grand Haven, MI Egbert Eastway, b. 1842, Eden, NY; m. Harriet Knowlton; d. 1912, Georgetown, MI