Simeon Howard McCotter

Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States

James McCotter

Jennett Beveridge Howard

James Sr McCotter

Elizabeth McCotter?

Samuel Howard

Jannett Currie

Infant

James

Samuel

Betsey

Mary

Janette

Catherine

Vermontville, Eaton Co., MI

General Notes

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Bement Family History

McCotter, Simeon Howard (1806 - 1893)
b. 30 AUG 1806 in Benson, Rutland Co., VT
d. 15 NOV 1893
Simeon McCotter, from Orwell, Benson County, Vermont built one of the first six frame homes in Vermontville in 1851. He was the last male surv ivor of the early colonists. He was of Scottish ancestry as his grandfa ther, Alexander McCotter (1730-1800), came to America from Scotland wit h his brother, Hugh, who was a shipbuilder in Philadelphia during the A merican Revolution.
Simon McCotter had visited Michigan in 1827 but returned to Vermont. He t hen came back in June of 1836 and was one of the signers of the "Union C olony Compact" and the "Code of Laws for the Colony." He had been a far mer in Vermont but, after settling in Vermontville, became a cabinet ma ker. He did all kinds of woodwork for the colonists ranging from cradle s to coffins. He also worked on homes, barns, schoolhouses, the first s awmill, the Academy and later the church.

He owned 80 acres of land outside the village of the County Line Road ( which is where Ava Tubbs Kroger and her brother, Lawrence Tubbs, were b orn). He always lived in the village on Lot 6 on East Main Street, but a dded three adjacent lots for a total of 40 acres.

McCotter is credited with the gingerbread trim that is on the porches a nd also for the trim on many of the homes in Vermontville. His wood wor king tools are on display in the Vermontville Museum. On April 1, 1840 h e married Lucy Minerva Leverage and they were married for 53 years. He d ied on November 15, 1893 at the age of 87 and his wife died two years l ater. They had four children.

spouse: Leverage, Lucy Mineiva (1819 - 1895)
- m. 1 APR 1840
----------child: McCotter, James Howard (1845 - 1936)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- MECOTTER ^*
  - b.28 Dec 1663 in Bullenbrooke Talbot County, MD d.1700 in Talbot County, MD
  
  Mecotten
  - b.1684 in Bullenbrooke Talbot County, MD d.1741 in Talbot County, MD
  
  Anne Pain ^*
  - b.1665 d. in Talbot Co, MD
  
  MACOTER
  - b.16 Apr 1716 in Talbot Co, MD d.1792 in Craven Co, NC
  
  John Price
  - b.1645
  
  Elizabeth Price
  - b.1691 in Talbot, Maryland, United States d.02 Nov 1841 in Talbot, Maryland, United States
  
  Alice Price
  - d.1697
  
  James Sr McCotter
  - b.04 Oct 1737 in , Talbot, Maryland, USA d.1802 in Hudson, Columbia, New York, USA
  
  Elizabeth Trayman
  - b.1716 d. in Talbot, Maryland, United States
  
  James McCotter
  - b.26 Dec 1779 in , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d.13 Oct 1839 in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, USA
  
  Elizabeth McCotter?
  - b.1747 in Northern Ireland d.09 Aug 1814 in Orwell, VT
  
  Simeon Howard McCotter
  - b.30 Aug 1807 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States d.15 Nov 1893 in Vermontville, Eaton Co., MI
  
  Samuel Howard
  - b.18 Jun 1698 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.1750 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  
  Samuel Howard
  - b.12 Jun 1733 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.19 Aug 1783 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  
  Alice Hooker
  - b.12 Nov 1701 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.1750 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  
  Samuel Howard
  - b.20 Oct 1760 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.18 Apr 1831 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  
  Zachariah Seymour
  - b.24 Sep 1712 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.24 Aug 1777 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  
  Anne Seymour
  - b.08 Jul 1739 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States d.04 Aug 1822 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  
  Sarah Steele
  - b.08 Jan 1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.26 Mar 1759 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  
  Jennett Beveridge Howard
  - b.21 Aug 1786 in Benson, Rutland Co., VT d.29 Aug 1825 in Benson, Rutland Co., VT
  
  Jannett Currie
  - b.11 Mar 1761 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d.08 Apr 1842 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Simeon Howard McCotter

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

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Details of Simeon Howard's family with Lucy Minerva Leveridge

Details of Simeon Howard's family with Minerva Lucy Leverich

Details of Simeon Howard's family with Luoy M McCotter ?