Thursday, August 16, 2012

Mercy Ryder & Nelson Niles Rathbun - my 3rd Great-Grandparents


90.  Mercy Ryder (Gideon 6, Jonathan 5, William 4, William 3, Samuel 2, Samuel 1) was born on Mar 15, 1807 in Dutchess Co., NY, USA, died on Jan 10, 1898 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
Notes: Marcy. Lot 11 con. 7. Methodist.
Sources:
Marriage: November 14, 1831, Buford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Burial: Harley Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario  9-11
Obit: January 13, 1898, Brantford Weekly Expositor Page 4 Col. 6
Probate: February 1898, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario
Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1898, Reg. # 001540.  General decline.
1881 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant Co., (South), Burford Twp., Dist. 159, Div. No. 4, p. 25/6, LAC mf C-13,263.
Niles Rathbun     42   Ont   E. Meth.  English  Farmer
Maria                  32
Mery                   13
Charles               10
Haris                    7
Mercy Rathbun  74   US 
Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Mercy Rathbun, Burford, #2105, 1898. 
           Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06901 W-80.47526 

Mercy married Nelson Niles Rathbun, son of William Rathbun and Irene Niles, on Nov 14, 1831 in Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada. Nelson was born on Jun 19, 1805 in Tioga Co., PA, USA, died on Jul 7, 1880 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can.
General Notes: In 1814 he moved to Ontario with his parents. In 1831 they moved to Burford Twp. Upper Canada and bought 100A of lot 11 concession 7 near Harley, Ontario. On the 1871 Census of Burford Twp. he is listed as Independent Methodist Episcopal.
He was a farmer buying a farm from the Canadian government in 1831. 
Sources:
Biography # 1: October 1988, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian
Vol. 8 # 4 Page 60
Burial: Harley Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario  9-12
Probate: 1881, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario Probate in Brant # 1390 
Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1880, Reg. # 001308. Dropsey.
1851 Canadian Census; Canada West. Brant County. Burford Twp. Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 89. C-11713.
Nelson Rathburn   47  US  E.M Farmer
Mercy                    45  US
Horace                    18  CW        Laborer
Miles                      13  CW
Emily                      20  CW
Sarah J                    16  CW 
1861 Canadian Census; Canada West. Brant County. Burford Twp. Dist. 3. p. 85. C-1009.
Nelson Rathbone    55  US  EM   Farmer
Mercy                     53  US
Emily                       29  Can
Sarah Jane               23  Can
Niles                       22  Can        Laborer
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C-1009 1861 Agricultural Census con 7 lot 11 
1871 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant Co. (South), Burford Twp., Div. No. 2,  p. 18, LAC mf C-9914.
Nelson Rathburn   65   US    I. Meth.   E. English  Farmer
Mary                     63   US 
Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Nelson Niles Rathbun, Burford, #719, 1880. 
Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06899 W-80.47526 
Children from this marriage were:
        105   F         i.       Emily Rathbun was born on Jun 6, 1832, died on Apr 18, 1869 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
                                    Unmarried.
         Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06894 W-80.47526
  +    106   M       ii.      Horace Rathbun was born on Apr 15, 1834 in Burford, Brant Co., Upper Canada, died on Oct 12, 1909 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
  +    107   F       iii.      Sarah Jane Rathbun was born on Sep 8, 1836 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jul 31, 1870 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
  +    108   M     iv.       Niles Nelson Rathbun was born on Feb 18, 1837 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jun 11, 1911 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
        109   M      v.       Elijah Rathbun was born on Apr 13, 1840 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Oct 8, 1842 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 
          Scalded in infancy.
                               Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06894 W-80.47524

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