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[Patrick Babcock]

Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Sunday August 7, 2022

The Snell-Zimmerman -Timmerman Family Reunion was held August 7, 2022 at
Historic Snells Bush Church. It was the hottest weekend of the summer, even
though we had a small attendance it was a great day. We were very happy to
be able to attend the reunion and church service again. Even after the
covid outbreak, we hope that we will be able to hold many more reunions in
the future. Our ancestors they too had many troubles, even though they all
succeeded in coming together at our Snells Bush Church. We held the ice
cream social on Friday August 5 due to the Battle of Oriskany Commemoration
held on August 6. We wanted people to attend the event at Oriskany from the
SZT family. Because of the Covid , high gas prices, traveling and the high
cost of living some of our members could not attend this year. We did have
members attending from New Mexico, Texas, Georgia and Tennessee as well as
from all over New York State. We hope more will try to come to our historic
church next year to honor our ancestors.

Our ice cream social (only fund raiser that we do) was well attended. The
ice cream is donated by Stewarts Stores and we thank them for their support
to be able to present an ice cream social to the community each year. We
had the privilege to have the Herkimer County Dairy Princess come to help
make ice cream sundaes. The Dairy Princess has a new name--- Dairy
Ambassador. Julia, Ava and Dakota---helped scoop the ice cream for the
sundaes while other family members came to support the Dairy Ambassador at
the event.

The day of the reunion started out with the raising of the flag and the
re-dedication program we have each year to honor our patriots buried at
Snells Bush Church. This year we honored Sefrenus (Suffernus) Snell and
John Joseph (Hanjost) Snell. Hanjost Snell fought in the American
Revolution the entire time and was wounded 7 times. At the Battle of Stone
Arabia, he was wounded twice in one day. Sefrenus Snell was a soldier in
the War of 1812. We discovered that we have never honored him for his
service in that war. In the genealogy book--- “Eighteen Century Snell
Family of the Mohawk Valley” by David Martin, he tells of his service at
Sacketts Harbor. There are many interesting facts in that book and it is
interesting to read about the family members that lived at that time on the
frontier. Sefrenus Snell is buried in the lower Snells Bush Cemetery and
wreath was placed on his grave before the reunion. Hanjost is buried at the
church cemetery and a wreath was placed on his grave. We also honored all
our soldiers that are buried at Snells Bush Cemeteries. Many Snells, Yorans
and Markells are buried in the lower cemetery and it would be nice if
members visited that cemetery. Many other family members are buried in the
Rural Park Cemetery--- just up the road from the church. It is sad that
those that came before us are now forgotten in cemeteries across the
country. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 were given
bounty land in Jefferson and Lewis counties and other parts in western New
York where the soldiers or their children settled homesteaded there and are
also buried on these lands.

At 11 am the church bell rang to call everyone to the church service. This
year we had a Tom Antonoff, a certified lay speaker lead the service. Nancy
Schuyler was the accompaniment on

the piano and our historic pump organ. Gertrude and Dawn Ortlieb planned
the program and also the music for the church service. We thank them all
for the outstanding job. The flowers were donated by Steve and Judy Sarano
Green House in Gansvoort N Y

Mr. Antonoff opened the service with a call to worship and our traditional
hymn--- “Faith of Fathers” was sung by the congregation. Invocation was
next and the Lord’s Prayer, and Gloria Patria. Gertrude and her daughter
Dawn presented a beautiful song entitled “ As The Deer” for the special
music selection. A silent prayer for the departed came next followed by the
Pastoral prayer. The next hymn was entitled “ In the Garden” which was sung
by the congregation. Scripture reading was Isaiah 1:10-20; Luke 12: 32-40.
A very interesting sermon was presented by Mr. Antonoff, which was based on
the scripture reading. The offering was presented next with the music
entitled “Freely, Freely” presentation by Trudy and Dawn. Doxology was next
followed by a Prayer of Thanksgiving. Our last hymn was entitled “God Be
With You” was a very nice way to end the church service.

A short business meeting was held next and Bill Timmerman-- president
opened the meeting. The secretary Stephanie Timmerman gave the report from
the last meeting. A motion was made and seconded to accept the report.
Treasurer report was next presented by Peter Burkdorf. We are updating our
insurance for the church, getting more insurance for the church and getting
a better price for the insurance. We are going to get another painter to
finish the painting of the steeple as the painter we have been using is
unwell. We are waiting for the window to come back that is out for repair
and then another one will be taken out for repair. A plaque will be placed
in the lobby listing the donations that we receive for various projects. We
appreciate the donations ( ice cream social and donations) we receive as
this is the only way we have to support the Snells Bush Church. Our inhouse
carpenter will be working on handicap entrance and putting replacement
lights in stain glass window at the front of the church. We will again
spray for the powder post beetles under the church; they keep coming. The
mowing is good and the cemeteries look great. We hope to work on resetting
some of the markers that have a lean to them. The reports of reunion
activities though out the years from 1938 till now(2022) are only available
at the Church. We are in the process of putting the reports onto the web
site for safe keeping for the future. They are written in pencil and ink
(they are fading). There are many interesting facts that happened during
those years---till now.

Election of officers was held. Again, we asked for volunteers from the
floor but no- one wanted the job, so again the following will be
re-elected. It was voted on and passed.

President                      Bill Timmerman

Vice President              Sarah Burkdorf

2 directors                    Sue Vickery and Larry Sekel

       Kevin Jorrey from Texas, our web master attended the reunion this
year and he spoke to us about the web site. He would like more information
on stories of the family members for the web. Please send your updates on
e-mails and change of address. We really would like to keep in contact with
everyone. Also please send in your family members (children that have moved
out of your address) to be listed to receive the newsletters. We need to
have young people come to the reunion and get involved, as we are all
getting older and we need help to keep this reunion going.

The meeting was adjoined and everyone was asked to stay seated to hear Ken
Johnson speak on General Nicholas Herkimer and Joseph Brant, how they were
friends and the conflict that came about at Wood creek, Battle of Oriskany.
It was a very interesting presentation. Ken Johnson also placed the
original Lawrence Zimmerman Papers that he just finished researching on his
web site,* Fort Plank.* Please look at it.

       A luncheon was served under the tents which was presented by the
S-Z-T Board of officers. Donation were accepted for the lunch. During lunch
we had the pleasure of having Clyde Getman, who was portraying Reverend
Abraham Rosencranz a minister of the Revolutionary War times. Clyde was in
costume of what Reverend Rosencranz what have worn.

A little information about Rev Abraham Rosencranz:

*Abraham Rosencranz ( 1728-1796) . He married in 1758 to Maria Herkimer-
sister **of **General Nicholas Herkimer. Abraham was born in Germany and
was educated there becoming a minister. He came to the valley in 1752 after
his brother a minister at Fort Herkimer died. Abraham served at NYC
1752-1757, Stone Arabia 1759-1772 and at Fort Herkimer Reformed Church from
1763­1796 with other churches including Snell Bush in the territory from
Schoharie to Fort Stanwix. His genealogy records **of **birth, marriages
and deaths are the only records found as others were destroyed during the
Revolution. He settled in the Fort Herkimer area raised a family and is
buried under the pulpit at Fort Herkimer church.*

Please send us your updates on e-mail and mailing address. We also have
genealogy books available about the families. We love to hear from you
please e-mail us

Our e-mail addresses are the *following: sarahtisrael at yahoo.com
<ftp://following:_sarahtisrael@yahoo.com/> ncioch at yahoo.com
<ncioch at yahoo.com> *Our mailing address is;

SZT Family Reunion Inc P O Box 623

Little Falls NY 13365

Sincerely

Bill Timmerman--- president

Sarah Timmerman Israel--corresponding secretary, historian

We would like to hear from you-- Please send updates on change of mailing
address and e-mail address. We try to keep the address updated. If your
family members would like to receive the newsletter, please send us their
e-mail or mailing address. Donation are always welcome and we have
genealogy books available on the families. They may be a generation or two
behind but these genealogy book hold great information on the early
families and their struggles to live on the frontier.

Check out our website *www.szt-genealogy.org
<http://www.szt-genealogy.org/>* Nancy worked all winter on researching and
writing about the early schoolhouses in the Town of Manheim. She also wrote
earlier about the history of cheese making in Manheim in the” Diary of
Willard Kilts”. I have been copying the minutes of SZT meeting from 1938 to
the present, to be placed on the website. Kevin set up a new page for them
on our website. This is a great place to preserve our history of the
Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman family as we have the only copies of these
important papers.

The following is our contact information and list of genealogy books
available. Sincerely,

Sarah Timmerman Israel

Our Mailing address

S-Z-T Family Reunion Inc P O Box 623

Little Falls New York 13365 *www.szt-genealogy.org
<http://www.szt-genealogy.org/>*

*We are also on Facebook please look for us--- Snells Bush Church. *If you
need to contact us, please e-mails or phone us at the following contacts:

Sarah Timmerman Israel Nancy Timmerman Cioch *sarahtisrael at yahoo.com
<sarahtisrael at yahoo.com> ncioch at yahoo.com <_ncioch at yahoo.com>*

518-489-2725 315-866-3419

Patrick Babcock is our coordinator for our e-mail mail server. If you have
changes to your e­mail address, please send them to us.

Kevin Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and interesting
stories to put on the web.

The following genealogy books are available from the SZT Reunion, Inc. They
were printed during the 1970’s with great information about the family.
There stories about the life on the frontier and fighting off the hostile
British and Indians during those early years. Price does not include the
shipping cost ($5.50 unless otherwise noted). Checks should be made payable
to the SZT Reunion and mailed to: Treasurer, SZT Reunion, Inc., P.O. Box
623, Little Falls, NY 13365.




*Author*

*Title and Description*

*Price ($)*



*The 18th Century Zimmerman Family of the*





*Mohawk Valley, 1994.*





This book traces the descendants of Jacob and





Margaretha    Jung     Zimmerman      for       six

generations (over nearly two hundred years) from their German home village
in the mid‑





1600's to the Mohawk Valley and beyond. It is a



David Kendall Martin

handsome, indexed, 8.5" x 11" hard covered book with over 300 pages heavily
illustrated

with   photographs,   maps,   and    signatures.

22.50



Among the many related family names in the

book  are:    Getman,    Walrad,  Petrie,    Read,
Bellinger, Smith, Fox, Failing, Van Allen, Herder,

Hutchins,   Dockey,    Sponable,  Bauder,    and
others.





*The 18th Century Snell Family of the Mohawk*





*Valley, 1982.*





The format and contents of this book are similar to the above Zimmerman
book. David Martin



David Kendall Martin

gives all available information on those Snells born before 1800 in Germany
and New York.

7.50



The various lines are carried well into the





1800's. The book is in 8.5" x 11" format, with a soft cover.





*The 18th Century Failing Family of the*





*Mohawk Valley, 1979.*





This soft cover book traces descendants of



David Kendall Martin

Henrich H. and Anna Maria Kunigunda Failing from 1710 to 1900. The book is
rich with history, family lore, illustrations, documents and maps.

10.00

Four books complement David Martin’s 18th Century Zimmerman

Family by extending the known descendants of four sons of Jacob

and Margaretha Schutz Zimmerman (David, Lawrence, George, and

Henry) into the latter part of the 20th century. A fifth book extends

David Martin’s 18th Century Snell Family by continuing the

descendants of Peter Snell into the 20th century.



Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

*Descendants of David Timmerman of the Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998.*

This book is based on the 1925 work by Manley Timmerman, but is greatly
expanded from that work. Family names found within the 200 page book
include Allison, Cronk, Durner, Fellows, Gaylord, Smith, Spoor, Van Deusen,
Wooledge, and Zoller. Soft cover.

9.00

Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

*Descendants of Lawrence Timmerman of the Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998.*

Among the descendants of Lawrence covered by this book are those of his
granddaughter, Gertrude, who married John C. Timerman, a grandson of Conrad
Zimmerman (and brother to Lawrence, David, Henry, and George) and moved to
Perch Lake, Jefferson County, NY. This 150 page genealogy (plus a 50 page
index) also includes many descendants of Henry Lawrence Timmerman who moved
to Indiana. Family names in the index include Snell (117), Bahar, Baker,
Bowman, Broughton, Brown, Cramer,

Darling,   Dunten,   Hoover,   Lobdell,    Meyer,
Mosher, Petrie, Van Allen, and many others.

9.00

Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

*Descendants of George Timmerman (1734­1800) of Mohawk Valley, NY, 1995.*

George, another son of the immigrant Jacob Zimmerman, was baptized by an
itinerant pastor on 20 Jan. 1734. His wife was Anna Elizabeth Klock, a
daughter of Johannes and Anna Margaretha Fox Klock. George had 10 children.
Their numerous descendants have been ably documented in this 8.5" x 11"
typed book of almost 300 pages, with a soft but durable cover. The index of
this genealogy includes Bellingers (209 names) of Onondaga, Jefferson, and
St. Lawrence counties in New York; Billings; Broat (94); Fox, Frye,
Flanders; Hayes (339); Keyser/Kyser (78); Levee; Mason; Mosher; Robinson;
Snell; Van Gorder (70); and Williams.

12.50





Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

*Descendants of Lt. Henry Timmerman of Herkimer County, NY, 1988*.

Henry, son of the immigrant Jacob, was born about 30 Dec. 1737 and died 18
May 1807. While born a Zimmerman, most of the family changed to the
Anglicized spelling of Timmerman after the Revolution. He settled in what
is now the town of Manheim in Herkimer County. He was twice married - to
Catherine Fox and then to Margaret Bellinger. He had 19 children - 7 boys
and 12 girls - of whom 15 were living at the time of his death. His
numerous descendants are found throughout the Mohawk Valley, New York
state, and the U.S. and Canada. This hard cover 8.5" x 11" book, with over
300 pages, follows a great number of them into the 1980s. The index
includes many Snells, Getmans, Greens/Greenes, Handys, Herkimers, Klocks,
Robinsons, Vedders, Walraths, and others.

17.50

Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

*Descendants of Peter and Anna Kilts Snell of the Mohawk Valley, NY, 1992.*

Peter Snell (s/o Johan Jost and Maria Catharine Kraft Snell) was born about
24 June 1730, probably in Schoharie County, NY, and died in Snells Bush,
Manheim, Herkimer County, NY, in 1804. He married Susanna "Anna" Kilts (d/o
Peter and Anna Maria Bellinger Kilts). At the time of Anna’s death, she
left 420 descendants. This 334-page typed book, with a soft cover, traces
over 3400 descendants, many into the 1990s.

35.00

*Other Publications*

Frank C. Bellinger

*The War Years in the Mohawk Valley.*

Articles describe   conditions,   activities,   and
battles during the Revolution and its aftermath. Pamphlet. 1983, 20 pp.

2.00



Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

Edith S. Timmerman

*Fifty Years With the Faith of Our Fathers.*

A history of our Reunion and church compiled

for the Reunion’s            50th Anniversary from
newspaper accounts, early newsletters, and meeting and reunion minutes. It
is particularly informative for new members. Pamphlet. 1988, 48pp.

2.00

Vera De Witt

*American Patriots at the Battle of Oriskany. *A register of Tryon County
Militia and New York volunteers in the Revolutionary War. Soft covered.
1977, 60 pp.

7.50

Ada L. F. Snell

*With My Grandparents. *Pamphlet. 1972, 2003 40 pp.

1.50

The Enterprise and News, 1939

*The Lawrence Zimmerman Papers.*

The SZT Reunion, Inc., 2003 Pamphlet. 1939, 2003 32 pp.

3.00
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