Monday, January 26, 2015

Nelson Niles Rathbun (1805-1880) - one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Nelson Niles Rathbun, one of 3 x great grandfathers was born June 19, 1805 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Died July 7, 1880, Harley, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada.

In 1814 came to Upper Canada 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 married Mercy Ryder November 14, 1831 at Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West
5. Horace Rathbun (b April 15, 1834) - Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada
6. Nelson Niles Rathbun (b June 19, 1805) - Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
7. William Rathbun ( b March 7, 1776) - Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
8. Deacon Daniel Rathbun (b February 27, 1731) - Stonington, New London, Co., Connecticut
9. Rev. Joshua Rathbun (b February 9, 1696) - New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island
10. John Rathbun Jr (b 1655) - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massahcusetts
11. John Rathbun (b March 1630) - Prescott, Lancashire, England

Sources:
Horace Rathbun (m Eliza Jane Hotrum)
Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.

House on the Burford Twp. townline lot 12 between the 5th and 6th: GPS N 43.11070  W -80.50050
Torn down between 2000 and 2010 to make way for a Ginsing farm. I have photos of the house.

Obituary: October 21, 1909, Brantford (Ontario) Weekly Expositor, Page 4 Col. 2

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735


Nelson Niles Rathbun (m Mercy Ryder)
Biography # 1: October 1988, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 8 # 4 Page 60

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1880, Reg. # 001308.

Probate: 1881, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario Probate in Brant # 1390

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.

Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06899 W-80.47526


William Rathbun (m Irene Niles)
As a young man he moved to Union, Pennsylvania and purchased his claim of Jesse Losey.  He built a home before 1812.  He married there in 1799. About 1811, he sold his home to Ambrose Millard who was the husband of his niece, Mary Gordon. He was a farmer.  He returned to Saratoga County, New York.  About 1814, he moved to Canada.  He spent the last 20 years of his life in bed due to a stroke.

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883
Biography # 1: January 1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania
Canadian Census 1851 Canada West


Deacon Daniel Rathbun (m Sarah Higby)
He served in the French and Indian War in a company commanded by his brother-in-law, Uriah Stephens, in Col. Ebenezer Marsh's Regiment. Daniel move in the early 1760s to Berkshire Co., Mass., where he operated one of the first fulling mills in Great Barrington, Mass. He was moderator of the town meeting there in March 1766. He later lived in nearby Richmond. He was deacon in the Baptist Church and was occassionally called upon to preach. He had a brief stay with the Shakers. After three years he left this religious sect and published an account of his disillusionment with it. About 1804, he and his wife moved to Milton, in Saratoga Co., N.Y., to live with their son Valentine.

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled by Dorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.

Biography # 1: April 1982, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 2 # 2 Page 28

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Stonington. Daniel Rathbun. Gives birth date as Feb. 16, 1730/1. Vol. 3, Page 66.

US Federal Census 1790, 1800

Will: Saratoga County, New York Probate Book 6 Page 73

Tombstone: Deacon Daniel Rathbun, Rock City Cemetery, New York.

Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Rock City Falls Cemetery, Rock City, New York.
Cemetery GPS N 43.04964 W -73.91849. Tombstone GPS N 43.04943 W -73.91841.


Joshua Rathbun (m Mary Wightman)
Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Joshua Rathbun Feb. 19, 1696. 1-114.
Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912.

Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114

Estate Settlement: June 16, 1785, Stonington Town Records, Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled byDorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.


John Rathbun Jr (m Anna Dodge)
Biography # 1: April 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 2 Page 28

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Will: New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 2 Page 68-69. Will was dated May 8, 1720 and probated on March 9, 1722/23.

He died on Block Island.


John Rathbun (the Block Island settler) (m Margaret Acres)
John was baptized in the Anglican church in England.  He may have been a Quaker in Newport as his son's birth is registered in Quaker records there. He was a slave owner as he left a slave to his son, Thomas, at his death.

Baptism: March 08, 1629/30, Prescott Parish, County Lanscashire, England

Biography # 1: Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1686   Page 194-5
Biography # 2: July 1951, Some Notes on Block Islanders of the Seventeenth Century  by G. Andrew Moriarty in The New England Historical Genealogical Register Page 162-181 and 249-271
Biography # 3: 1980, "Saltbound, A Block Island Winter" by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Biography # 4: January 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian  "John Rathbone of Block Island: Founder of Our Family in America" Vol. 1 # 1 Page 4

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006.

A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, by Royal R. Hinman, Hartford, CT: 1852.

Will: February 12, 1701/02, New  Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 1 Page 285

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Island Cemetery, New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island. Memorial # 5836352. Rhode Island Historical Society.

Tombstone and Settler's Rock, Block Island, Rhode Island.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Margaret Ann Darby (1765-1856) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Margaret Ann Darby, one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born Dec. 23, 1765 at Kiskatemesy, Greene County, New York. Died April 10, 1856, Grimsby, Lincoln County, Canada West.

She married Johannes Schram, probably by 1785, at Loonenburg, Greene County, New York.
Her ancestors settled at Scotch Plains, New Jersey about 1684.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sep 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada
5. Elizabeth Schram (b Aug 9, 1791) - Grantham Twp., Niagara, Province of Quebec
6. Margaret Ann Darby (b Dec. 23, 1765) - Kistatemesy, Greene County, New York
7. Ephraim Darby (b Mar. 6, 1733) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
8. William Darby (b 1693) - Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
9. William Darby (b Feb. 28, 1646) - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
10. John Derby (b 1610) - Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England

Sources:
Margaret Ann Darby (m Johannes Schram)

Ephraim Darby (m Rachel Pettit)
americanancestors.org  Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners. Fold3.

americanancestors.org  New York: Albany County Deeds, 1630-1894.
Grantor Ephraim Darby; Grantee Peter Hogeboom; Date Sept. 21, 1793; Recorded April 16, 1794 Book 13 Pg 415; Note Lot 51. 50 acres, township of Freehold, Albany County.

americanancestors.org  1790 Census Freehold, Albany, New York. Ephraim Derby.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0007.html
Enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, 2nd Establishment, New Jersey Troops, and on Feb. 17, 1777 was promoted to Quartermaster. On Nov 12, 1777, he is listed as a Lieut and Quartermaster in the 3rd Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line and as a Lieut in the 1st Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line; he retired Sept. 1, 1782. He was a Captain by brevet, and also a Captain in the New Jersey Militia. On Jan. 2, 1770, along with Hezekiah Dunn, Jr., he was the administrator of the estate of Hezekiah Dun (Jun 21, 1716 - Dec 1769). On May 5, 1791, with his son, Samuel and one Solomon Tice, he petitioned for 603 1/2 acres in Cairo Twp., Greene County, New York, where he is believed to have spent the last years of his life.


William Darby 1693 (m Mary)
http://visitscotchplains.com/history.html
In 1684/85 Scotch Plains was settled by Scottish immigrants who landed at Perth Amboy under the leadership of George Scot.

In the 1720's, William Darby, a Baptist, gave part of his property to build a meetinghouse and a cemetery. On this property a Baptist church was dedicated in 1747. In the 1760's he also gave land for the first school, an academy standing next to the church on Park Avenue (then called Darby Road).

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0006.html
Before 1730 he lived in Essex County, New Jersey and in July, 1744 was a petitioner of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in Union County. On October 14, 1747, he was named the first Ruling Elder and acting Deacon in the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains, which he has help to found on August 5, 1747.

February 9, 1774: THE WILL OF WILLIAM DARBY, of Borough of Elizabeth Essex County, yeoman.
"To the heir-in-law of my son, Samuel Darby, deceased, 20 shillings. Son, William, the plantation where he lives. Son, John, the plantation where he lives. Son, William, what land I have lying between the land I sold to Melvin Parse, and my son John's land. Sons, William and John, all my right to certain land and meadow, not now in my possession, within the bounds of Elizabethtown, if they can get the same. My Executors are to sell the plantation where I live, viz., what land I bought of Rev. Benjamin Miller and Abraham Clark (NOTE: Perhaps the Abraham Clark (1726-1794) of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who in 1776, signed the Declaration of Independence): also part of a piece of mountain land, which I bought of William Line, viz., that part of it which lies to the south of the road that runs through it; also my Falls Mill and land belonging to it; also what mountain land I have between that I sold to John Shotwell and my Falls Mill lot. Son, Ephraim, 20 shillings. Grandson,  Elias Darby, son of my son, Elias, deceased, the land between what land I sold to Melvin Parse, and that I have to son Elias by deed; also my mountain land to the south of that I sold to John Shotwell; but if he die under 21, then to his brother an sister, Ephraim and Mary Darby. My son Elia's widow is to have use of what I have given her children till they come of age. Grandson, Samuel Darby, son of my son, Samuel, deceased, 5 shillings. Daughter, Mary Conger, 20 shillings. Daughter, Margaret Casterline, 20 shillings. Rest of my estate to sons, William and John. Executors -- sons, William and John. Witnesses -- Abner Hamton, Sarah Hamton, William Coles. Proved March 8, 1775."
Lib. L, p. 353.

The following came from: Encyclopedia of American Biography, NY 1923, v. 13, p. 74.
Deacon William Darby was a member of the Baptist Church of Scotch Plains
in 1747, the date of its organization.


William Darby 1646 (m Elizabeth Jane Hawkins)
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0005.html
About 1684, he settled in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, perhaps coming with a group of English settlers. On April 16, 1688, he was deeded 44 acres of land at Elizabethtown by Agatha White, a widow; this land deeded to her about two weeks prior by Richard Beech. On July 21, 1690, William Darby deeded this land to Richard Mattuke of Elizabethtown, in exchange for 40 acres on the south branch of Elizabethtown Creek., this land acquired by Mattuke by purchase from Mary Hatfield, widow of Mattias Hatfield. On May 27, 1696, Andrew White deeded to William Darby, 60 acres of ground consisting of 3 parcels; and on March 27, 1701, William and wife mortgaged to John Blanchard, trader, 66 acres in 2 parcels. Between 1688 and 1701, William removed to Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He was among the 230 men who signed the Remonstrance of the Inhabits of East Jersey (a petition against the Acts of the Lords Proprietors), which was executed probably before 1700.

The following information came from a book called: "Clark in Elizabeth Town in New Jersey" by Elmer Sayre Clark:
"William Darby was of a group of English settlers from Elizabeth and vicinity. William married Elizabeth Hawkins and lived for a number of years at Elizabeth, New Jersey, prior to removing to Scotch Plains New Jersey. In 1687 he bought 44 acres of land at Elizabeth from Agatha White, widow, and in 1701 he sold this land to John Blanchard.


John Derby (m Alice Chipman)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Melissa-Mcswain-OK/BOOK-0001/0006-0004.html
John Darby appears to be the family member where the name was changed from Derby to Darby, and appears to have come over to America sometime between 1640 and 1642. John would have traveled with Alice (wife), Mary (child), John (child), Anne (child) and Abraham (child). First child born in America was Sarah in 1642. Last child born in England was Abraham in 1640.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Johannes Schram (1759-1851) one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Johannes Schram, one of 3 x great grandfathers was born April 9, 1759 at Loonenburg, Greene, New York. He was baptised April 15, 1759 at Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg, Greene, New York. Died Sept. 17, 1851, Pelham, Lincoln County, Canada West.

He married Margaret Ann Darby, probably by 1785, at Loonenburg (now Athens), Greene County, New York.

The Old UEL List: Listed as One of Col. Eaton's Corps - a wife and 3 children.
Provision List Niagara 1785. Land Board Nassau 1794. Niagara Stamped Book.
United Empire Loyalist. UEL.

His name is found on early land maps of Grantham Townsip, Lincoln County for 1791 and 1794.

By December 1814 his name is no longer found on land maps of Grantham Township.

His grandfather Friedrich was part of the Palatine migration of 1709/1710 to New York.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Lorne Bernice Kipp (b Sep 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada
3. William Henry Kipp (b Oct 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West
4. Elizabeth Force (b Mar 19, 1818) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada
5. Elizabeth Schram (b Aug 9, 1791) - Grantham Twp., Niagara, Province of Quebec
6. Johannes Schram (b Apr 9, 1759) - Loonenburg, New York
7. Johann Wilhelm Schram (b Jul 22, 1717) - West Camp, New York [UEL]
8. Friedrich Schramm (b Jun 12, 1695) - Wilnsdorf, Duchy of Siegen [Palatine Immigration of 1709/10 to New York]
9. Johnn Henrich Schramm (b Dec. 18, 1667) - Wilgersdorf, Duchy of Siegen
10. Tilmann Schramm (b 1633) - Wilgersdorf, Duchy of Siegen
11. Thomas Schramm (b 1590) - Wilgersdorf, Duchy of Siegen

Sources:
Elizabeth Schram (m Resiah Force)

Johannes Schram (m Margaret Ann Darby)
Baptismal Records of Zion Lutheran Church of Loonenburg, Now Athens, Greene County, New York. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Records. Vol. LXXXIV. No. 1.  Jan. 1953.

Atlas of Early Pioneers of Niagara Peninsula, by Corlene Dwyer Taylor. 2002. Grantham Township
1) Archives of Ontario Map No. 9. Oct. 25, 1791. John Schram Conc 3 Lot 16 and 13; Conc 2 lot 14; Conc 4 lot 15.
2) Ministry of Natural Resources Map No. A 14. Newark. Jan. 30, 1794 John Schram Conc 3 lot 16 and 13; Conc 2 lot 14; Conc 4 lot 15
3) Does not appear on Dec. 1814 map.

Upper Canada Land Petitions: RG 1, L 3, Vol. 446 (a) Bundle S 1783-1818.

Family Search Indexing Project Batch Number C51056-1.

The Loyalists of Ontario, by William D Reid. Genealogical Publishing Co. 1973. P. 276.

The Old United Empire Loyalists List, by Milton Rubincam. GPC. Baltimore. 1984.


Johann Wilhelm Schram (m Anna Catharina Lehman)
The Palatine Families of New York. A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710, by Henry Z Jones. Picton Press. 1995.

Zion Lutheran Church of Loonenburg. Now Athens, Greene County, New York.
Marriage records. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Records. Vol. LXXIII. No. 1.  Jan. 1942

Zion Lutheran Church of Loonenburg. Now Athens, Greene County, New York.
Marriage records. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Records. Vol. LXXIII. No. 2.  April 1942

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, West Camp, New York. Church records.


Friedrich Wilhelm Schramm (m Ana Maria Kuester)
Naturalized Sept. 1715, Kingston, New York.


Johann Henrich Schramm (m Anna Elsa Kieffel)
Arrived in America, New York with the 1709/1710 Immigrants from the Palatinate.
Beekman's Land camp.

Hunter List #688.

The Simmendinger Register, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore. 1984.

Descendants of Paulus Von Horm Schram, by David L Schram. May 15, 2009.


Tilmann Schramm (m Anna Gross)
The Palatine Families of New York. A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710, by Henry Z Jones. Picton Press. 1995.

Descendants of Paulus Von Horm Schram, by David L Schram. May 15, 2009. 76 pgs.


Thomas Schramm (m Maria)
Descendants of Paulus Von Horm Schram, by David L Schram. May 15, 2009.

Friday, January 9, 2015

6 Generation Pedigree chart - 64 possible relatives

I recently printed a copy of my 6 generation pedigree chart. This chart covers 64 people going back to my 32  3rd Great Grandparents. I have some information on 58 of the 62. The missing four are my 3rd Great Grandparents and I do not know their names.

Since so much new information is being added online these days, I have decided to spent some time searching for new information, starting with my 3rd Great Grandparents. So expect to see some postings soon.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Some books I read in 2014

The Modigliani Scandal, by Ken Follett.

An Astronaut's Guide to Life On Earth, by Chris Hadfield. Random House Canada. 2013.

The Professor and The Madman. A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and The Making Of The Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester. Harper Collins. 1998.

John Glenn, A Memoir, by John Glenn with Nick Taylor. Bantom Books. 1999.

Up Till Now. The Autobiography, by William Shatner with David Fisher. Thomas Dunne Books. New York. 2008.

Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, by H P Baard. Knorr & Hirth Verlag GMBH. 1969.

Norway to America. A History of the Migration, by Ingrid Semmingsen. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis. 1980.

James Douglas. Father of British Columbia, by Dorothy Blakey Smith. Canada Lives series. Oxford University Press. Toronto. 1971.

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. The McMichael Canadian Collection. Kleinburg, Ontario.

When The Fat Lady Sings. Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught, by David W Barber. Sound and Vision. Toronto, Ontario. 1990. [Humorous]

Rosalind Franklin. The Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox. Harper Collins. 2002. [Seems to give a balanced view]

Noose, Knife and Fire. The Bloody Assize. Editor Lois Corey. Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum, City of Hamilton. 2014.

Insubordinate Spirit. A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America. 1610-1665, by Missy Wolfe. Globe Pequot Press, 2012. [This book provides a lot of information on the history of early Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Amsterdam people, as well as much information on the Winthrop, Feake and Hallett families. I am descended from Elizabeth Fones, Winthrop, Feake, Hallett.]

White Devil. An Epic Story of Revenge, by Stephen Brumwell. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2004. [Seven Years War and Robert Rogers.]

Galileo, by Colin A Ronan. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1974.

Code To zero, by Ken Follett. Duton, Penguin. 2000.

Tesla. Sorry didn't note the author.

The Children of Peace and The Village of Hope. Albert Schrarwers.