Mercy Ryder (1807-1898) - one of my 3 x great grandmothers

Mercy Ryder , one of my 3 x great grandmothers was born March 15, 1807 at Dutchess County, New York. Died January 10, 1898 at Harley, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario Canada

She married Nelson Niles Rathbun November 14, 1831 at Burford, Brant Co., 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. Mercy Ryder (b March 15, 1807) - Dutchess County, New York
7. Gideon Ryder (b cir 1775) - Dutchess County, New York
8. Jonathan Ryder (b January 23, 1733) - Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
9. William Ryder (b 1705) - Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
10. William Ryder (b June 18m 1684) - Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
11. Samuel Ryder (b November 23, 1630) - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
12. Samuel Ryder (b June 1601) - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Sources:
Mercy Ryder (m Nelson Niles Rathbun)
Canadian Census 1881, 1891.

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.

Probate: February 1898, Ontario Surrogate Court, Brantford, Ontario

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS935. Reel_86. Burford. Brant Co. Jan. 10, 1898. Reg. # 001540.

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Harley Cemetery, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario. Memorial # 49975747. GPS N 43.06950 W -80.47502.

Buried: Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06901 W-80.47526.


Gideon Ryder (m Ruth Conger)
There is a Gideon Rider on the 1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman.

A Gideon Ryder took the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown on November 16, 1830, Burford, Oxford, Upper Canada.  This means he had been in the Province at least seven years.

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898.

Rootsweb WorldConnect:   Ginny Meachum   Ginny39FL@aol.com

Naturalization Returns 1828-1850, RG5; Library and Archives Canada, mf C-15692 and C-15693.

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit.

1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm M32. Reel 22; Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC.; P. 272.

1800 Ancestry.com. New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804.
New York (State), Comptroller's Office. Tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates, 1799–1804, Series B0950 (26 reels). Microfilm. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
Gideon Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York. House mill & farm.

1810 Census of the United States. New York. Delaware. Middletown. Roll M252_26. P. 385.
"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH23-7CJ : accessed 4 February 2015), Gideon and Jonathan Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York; citing p. 385, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 181,380.

1820 US Census of New York. Dutchess. Beekman. Roll M33_71. P. 20.
"United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLJ-R6G : accessed 4 February 2015), Gideon Rider, Beekman, Dutchess, New York; citing p. 20, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 193,726.

Census of Canada 1851.

Tombstone Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.


Jonathan Ryder (m Zipha Kirby)
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC3Q-PZ2 : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider in entry for

Jonathan Rider, 25 Jan 1743; citing , DARTMOUTH, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:174420S; FHL microfilm 903,382.

Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 357. Dartmouth. Birth.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 733. Dartmouth. Intentions to marry. Sept. 28, 1765.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 319. Dartmouth. Marriage. Zilpha Kirby and Jonathan Rider both of Dartmouth Oct. 14, 1765.

"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHNT-JBQ : accessed 4 February 2015), Jonathan Rider and Zilpha Kerby, 14 Oct 1765; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 903,382. FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.

"United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH23-7CJ : accessed 4 February 2015), Jonathan Rider, Middletown, Delaware, New York; citing p. 385, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 181,380.

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit.


William Ryder (m Abigail Kirby)
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHCG-9QY : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider and Abigail Kirby, 17 Sep 1733; citing reference 22; FHL microfilm 574,885.

1790 Census of the United States. Massachusetts. Bristol. Dartmouth. Roll M637_4. P. 196.
William Rider. Wiliam Rider Jr. Samuel Rider and Benjamin Rider.

Spent his early days in Rhode Island. Will dated March 13, 1789; probated Feb 12, 1796.


William Ryder (m Hannah Barker)
"Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F457-RN5 : accessed 4 February 2015), William Rider, 18 Jun 1684; citing Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, p20; FHL microfilm 416,334.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Will dated April 7, 1714; probated Sept. 23, 1715. Plymouth Co., Mass.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

The American Genealogist, 53:147-151, William Rider of Plymouth: A R.I. Progenitor, by Richard G. Rider


Samuel Ryder (m Lydia Tilden)
Came to Plymouth in 1660. Cooper. The will of Samuel Rider of Plymouth, yeoman, dated 7 April 1714, proved 23 Sept. 1715, names son William; wife Lydia; daus. Hannah, Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth and Abigail; sons John, Samuel and Benjamin and dau. Mercy "I have done competently for them in my lifetime"; son Joseph "he went when young to his uncle"; son Josiah.

Came to America (Mass) in 1639. Marriage FHL film # 0899100.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 1509. Taunton. Marriage. Records copied from the Old Proprietors Records of Taunton, October 1869. Last digit of year missing.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 13. Plymouth. Birth of children.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 107(205). Plymouth. Death.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

Rider Family, by Homer W Brainard. Family Folder. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartfor, CT.

New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Vol IX. No. 4. Oct. 1855. Plymouth Colony Records P. 316.

Marriage Samuel Rider and Lydia Tilde. June 14, 1680. Taunton,Massachusetts.

New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Torry, Clarence A. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Compiled by Lee D. van Antwerp; Edited by Ruth Wilder Sherman, Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993.

Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Mayflower Births and Deaths. Vol. 1 and 2. Roser, Susan E. GPC. Baltimore. 1992. P. 440. Warren.

Tombstone: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts


Samuel Ryder (m Anne Gamlett)
Arrived in New England in 1639. He is first mentioned in the colonial records January 7, 1638/9 among those proposed to take up their freedom in Yarmouth, Mass. Jury duty in Yarmouth June 17, 1641. He was able to bear arms in August 1643. June 6, 1649 a surveor of highways at Yarmouth. April 6, 1653 at Plymouth a deputy from Yarmouth considering a danger of war between England and Holland. June 9, 1653 appointed lieutenant of the military company at Yarmouth. October 3, 1654 ordered to appear before the Court to answer for affronting the constable. March 6, 1654/5 he was put out of his office and ordered to bear arms as a common soldier. June 3, 1656 he is mentioned as as surveyor of highways at Yarmouth. Oath of fidelity taken in 1657.  Jnue 3, 1657 he was on a grand jury. June 1, 1658 he was restored to his office of lieutenant. Octobe 2, 1658 he was a member of the council of war. June 1, 1663 he is mentioned as constable of Yarmouth. June 5, 1666 as surveyor of highways.

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy No. 98. Ryder. Genealogies by James W Hawes. 19 pages.

FamilySearch.org. Baptism of Samuel Rydar, July 19, 1601. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. Indexing batch number: P01522-1.

FindMyPast. Marriage of Samuel Ryder & Anne Gamlett Oct. 12, 1628. Northampton All Saints.
Northamptonshire, England. Northampton Family History Society.

The American Genealogist, V43, P. 120. Baptism of Samuel Rydar.
The American Genealogist, V43, P. 119. Marriage of Samuel Ryder and Anne Gamlett.

Northamptonshire Marriages Transcription. Northamptonshire Family History Society. FindMyPast.
Samuel Ryder and Anne Gamlett. Oct. 12, 1628. Northampton All Saints. Northamptonshire, England.

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.

Brant County Museum, Brantford, Ontario and Princeton, Ontario - October 2014

Last weekend we drove to southwestern Ontario to attend a wedding. Along the way, I managed to fit in a few hours of research at the Brant County Museum in Brantford, Ontario. This museum is run by the Brant County Historical Society.

My main reason for being there was, that they have recently made available for public use the older Land Registry Copy Books for Brant Count, which includes Burford Township, where many of my ancestors settled and lived.

We were able to photograph the first two concessions of the copy books for Burford from the Crown Grant to about 1900 for lots 1 to 24.  We also photographed various lots along the middle townline of Burford. That would be specifically Concession 3, 4 and 5 from lots 10 through 15.

I noticed lots of entries for my families of interest, Kipp, Link, Rathbun, Ryder, Force, and Beamer.
It will take a few days to read them and pick out the information I want.

I also found time to visit my hometown of Princeton, Ontario.
The main reason was to look at a Schultz tombstone in the local cemetery. It has been there for a number of years and had no names on the stone. Either side of the stone there are three markers. One say Mother 1873-1952, the second says Father 1867-1939, the third reads Wilfred 1903-1937.

In reality Mother and Father are Elizabeth Kipp and Charles William Schultz, my 1st cousin once removed and granduncle respectively.

At the September 2013 Schultz reunion, it was decided to add their names to the stone. This was approved at the 2014 reunion and completed. The lettering looks great and now it is easy for relatives to know who rests there.

Noah Force is the 2nd great-grandfather of Charles Stanley Force

                                    * Noah Force
                                (Cir 1768 - Bef 1851)
                                    * Mary Beamer
                                (1770 - Nov 16, 1868)
                                  Married Abt 1787
                                        |
                             * William Manning Force
                           (Nov 23, 1799 - Nov 2, 1863)
                                Patience Lamport
                               (1808 - Oct 1, 1888)
                                Married Cir 1829
                                        |
                             * William Thomas Force
                          (Jul 25, 1838 - Feb 28, 1924)
                               Christina Ann Howes
                          (Dec 25, 1839 - Feb 17, 1926)
                              Married Mar 24, 1863
                                        |
                              * Harry Ernest Force
                               (Mar 6, 1878 - 1950)
                                Lydia Jane Ryder
                                  (1870 - 1952)
                              Married Jul 24, 1899
                                        |
                             * Charles Stanley Force
                           (Nov 17, 1909 -           )

Gilbert Updyke is the 8th great-grandfather of Phyllis Margaret Link

                                  * Gilbert Updyke
                                (Sep 1605 - Abt 1664)
                                  * Catharine Smith
                                (Abt 1627 - Bef 1664)
                                Married Sep 21, 1643
                                        |
                                 George Wightman
                           (Nov 4, 1632 - Jan 7, 1722)
                               * Elizabeth Updyke
                            (Jul 1644 - Apr 26, 1716)
                                  Married 1663
                                        |
                            * Rev Valentine Wightman
                           (Apr 16, 1681 - Jun 9, 1747)
                                 Susannah Holmes
                              (1682 - Apr 17, 1726)
                           Married 17 Feb (1702/1703)
                                        |
                               Rev Joshua Rathbun
                           (Feb 9, 1696 - Jun 6, 1779)
                                 * Mary Wightman
                              (Dec 18, 1704 - 1777)
                              Married Feb 17, 1724
                                        |
                             * Deacon Daniel Rathbun
                          (Feb 27, 1731 - Jan 17, 1823)
                                   Sarah Higby
                           (Mar 24, 1736 - Aug 5, 1835)
                               Married May 4, 1758
                                        |
                                * William Rathbun
                           (Mar 7, 1776 - Jul 11, 1857)
                                   Irene Niles
                          (Nov 11, 1780 - Jun 10, 1873)
                                  Married 1799
                                        |
                             * Nelson Niles Rathbun
                           (Jun 19, 1805 - Jul 7, 1880)
                                   Mercy Ryder
                          (Mar 15, 1807 - Jan 10, 1898)
                              Married Nov 14, 1831
                                        |
                                * Horace Rathbun
                          (Apr 15, 1834 - Oct 12, 1909)
                                Eliza Jane Hotrum
                          (Feb 22, 1831 - Nov 29, 1918)
                              Married Jun 13, 1855
                                        |
                               William Henry Link
                          (Jul 19, 1850 - Feb 26, 1899)
                               * Mercy Ann Rathbun
                          (Jul 13, 1856 - Apr 26, 1930)
                              Married Sep 23, 1874
                                        |
                              * Horace Lorenzo Link
                          (Jun 26, 1877 - Aug 17, 1966)
                              Margaret Evelyn Allen
                           (Nov 3, 1880 - Apr 11, 1914)
                              Married Nov 25, 1903
                                        |
                               Lorne Bernice Kipp
                           (Sep 3, 1901 - Jun 19, 1945)
                             * Phyllis Margaret Link
                           (Nov 19, 1906 - Jan 6, 2000)
                              Married Sep 16, 1933
                         

Irene Niles & William Rathbun - my 4th Great-Grandparents

38.  Irene Niles (Nathan ⁶, Nathan ⁵, John ⁴, John ³, John ², John ¹) was born on Nov 11, 1780

       in Hebron, Tolland, CT and died on Jun 10, 1873 in Norwich, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

Notes: Syrena.  Marriage: 1799, Tioga, Pennsylvania

Sources:

Canadian National Census 1861: Burford Twp., Brant Co., Canada West, Dist. 3, p. 86, C-1008/1009. 

Irene married William Rathbun, son of Deacon Daniel Rathbun and Sarah Higby, in 1799 in Union Twp., Tioga Co., PA, USA. William was born on Mar 7, 1776 in Richmond, Berkshire, MA and died on Jul 11, 1857 in Norwich, Oxford Co., Canada West.

Notes: 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.

Sources:

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883

Biography # 1: January1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family

Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania 

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, Brant County, Burford Twp.

Dist. No. 2, Sub-dist. 7, p. 85. C-11713.

Wm Rathbun    76  US  Nothing

Irena                  73  US 

Children from this marriage were:

  +      47   F         i.    Harriet Rathbun was born on Mar 16, 1800 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                   PA, USA and died on Jul 27, 1879 in Little Valley, NY, USA.  

          48   F        ii.    Lydia Rathbun was born on May 1, 1801 in Union, Tioga Co., PA, USA

                                   and died on May 14, 1883 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

            General Notes: Marriage: April 26, 1818, New York

            US Federal Census 1880: Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York

Lydia married Horace Hall, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Apr 26, 1818 in NY, USA. Horace was born on Jan 20, 1798 in Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA and died on Jun 8, 1878 in Randolph, NY, USA. 

  +      49   M      iii.    William Rathbun was born on Dec 31, 1802 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                    PA, USA and died on Nov 30, 1888 in East Garafraxa, ON, Can.  

  +      50   M     iv.    Nelson Niles Rathbun 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.

                                  See my blog of August 16, 2012 for information on my 3rd
                                  Great-Grandparents Nelson Niles Rathbun and Mercy Ryder.

  americancanadianancestors.blogspot.ca/2012/08/mercy-ryder-nelson-niles-rathbun-my-3rd.html 

          51   F        v.    Emaline Rathbun was born on Sep 21, 1807 in Union, Tioga Co.,
                                  PA, USA. 

           Notes: Marriage: September 10, 1828, Napoli, New York

   Emaline married Erastus Hall, son of ________ _________
   and ________ ________, on Sep 10, 1828 in Napoli, NY, USA.
   Erastus was born on May 24, 1809 in Bloomfield, NY, USA. 

           Notes: He was a natural mechanic being a millwright.

           Biography # 1: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of
           Cattaraugus County, New York  (1893) Chapter 44 Page 1055-6 

          52   F       vi.    Irene Rathbun was born on Jan 11, 1810 in Union, Tioga Co., PA,
                                   USA and died in 1847.  

    Irene married Ira Worden, son of _________ _________ and
    ____________ ____________.  

  +      53   M    vii.    Daniel Rathbun was born on Jul 24, 1813 in Milton, Saratoga Co., NY,
                                  USA and died on Mar 5, 1898 in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA.  

  +      54   M   viii.    Charles Rathbun was born on Feb 19, 1815 in Saratoga Co., NY,

                                  USA and died on Jun 30, 1896 in Blenheim Twp, Oxford Co., ON, Can.  

  +      55   M     ix.    Horace Rathbun was born in 1816 in USA and died in Oct 1874 in
                                  Tyce, Huron Co., MI, USA.  

          56   F        x.    Sarah Jane Rathbun was born on Jun 17, 1818 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died in 1899. 

           Notes: Marriage: October 1845, North Norwich, Ontario, Canada 

   Sarah married Henry Harvey Haight, son of ________ ________
   and ____________ ____________, in Oct 1845 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can. Henry was born on Oct 30, 1822 in North Norwich,
   Oxford Co., ON, Can and died on Dec 7, 1914 in New Durham, ON, Can. 

           Notes: Genealogy: May 03, 2000, Descendants of James Haight, Sr. 
           by Cheryle Donnelly 

          57   F       xi.    Mary Jane Rathbun was born on Oct 26, 1820 in Burford, Brant Co.,
                                  ON, Can and died on Feb 5, 1891 in Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

   Mary married George Ferguson Smith, son of ________ _______
   and ____________ ____________. George was born on Feb 11, 1820
   in Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can and died on Mar 3, 1901 in
   Mount Hope, Glanford, Wentworth Co., ON, Can. 

           Notes: Burial: White Church Cemetery, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

Mercy Ann Rathbun & William Henry Link - my Great Grandparents

142.  Mercy Ann Rathbun (Horace Rathbun ⁸, Mercy Ryder ⁷, Gideon ⁶, Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born on Jul 13, 1856 in Brant Co., Canada West, died on Apr 26, 1930 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.

 

Notes: Marriage: September 23, 1874, Brant, Ontario, Canada.

After Henry died she moved to Woodstock for a while.

Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario, Canada 

Sources:

Marriage: Woodstock Weekly Review, Oct. 2, 1874, p. 8, col. 1. Woodstock, Ontario 

1901 Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford (South), Dist. 102, Burford, Subdist. A-1, p. 2, LAC mf T-6489.

Mercy Link  W  43  Jul 13 1857

Horace         S   23  Jun 26 1877   

Earnesr        S   22  Jul 24 1878

Arthur          S  19   May 6 1881

Arretha        D  13   Mar 6 1887

Gertie           D  11   Dec 26 1890

Pearl             D   8   Dec 15 1892

Letta             D   7   Jan 2 1894

Stella            D   4   Mar 19 1896 

1911 Canadian Census: Ontario, Brant (56), Burford (12), p. 3. LAC mf T-203??.

Mercy A Link         54    ON    Jul 1857  Methodist  Farmer lot 12 con 4

Pearl                       18    ON    Sep 1893

Letie                        16    ON    Jan 1895

Estella                     14    ON    Mar 1897

Eliza Rathburne       80    ON    Feb 1830 

Daily Sentinel Review, May 1, 1930, p. 17, col. 5. Woodstock, Ontario

Brantford Expositor, Apr. 30, 1930, p. 20, col. 5. (Brantford, Ontario) 

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths - 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1930.  Registration No. 009362. 

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10169 W-80.42735 

Mercy married William Henry Link, son of John Link and Mary Ann Abbs, on Sep 23, 1874 in Brant Co., ON, Can. William was born on Jul 19, 1850 in Newmarket, York Co., Canada West, died on Feb 26, 1899 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

Notes: They were married by Rev. H. Locke. In 1877 he was a butcher in Princeton, Ontario. They lived on and farmed on lots 12 and 18 concession 4 of Burford Twp. near Woodbury, Ontario. In 1891 he was on concession 5 lot 12 of Burford Twp. near Cathcart, Ontario. E. Methodist. He died at Woodbury, Ontario of pneumonia contracted while butchering. Buried Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario. 

Sources:

1851 Canadian Census; Canada West, York County, East Gwillimbury Twp.

Dist. No. 42, Sub-dist. 406, p. 81. LAC mf C-11761. 

Henry 2. 

1861 Canadian Census; Canada West, York County, East Gwillimbury Twp.; District No. 3,  p. 7. Henry 11.  LAC mf C-1087. 

1871 Canadian Census; not located. 

1881 Canadian Census; Ontario, Brant South, Burford Twp. District No. 159,

Div. 6, p. 35.  NAC mf C-13263.

Link, Henry       31   Ont   E. Meth   English

Link, Mercy A   25   Ont   E. Meth

Link, Eliza V       5   Ont   E. Meth

Link, Horace L    3   Ont   E. Meth

Link, William E   1   Ont   E. Meth

1891 Canadian Census: Ontario, Oxford Co., Burford Twp., Dist. No. 105, Div. No. 3, p. 11, LAC mf T-6360.

                                 Born       FB        MB

Henry Link    40       Ont       Ont.       Eng   Meth   Butcher

Ann                34                    Ont       Ont.

Elisa               15                    Ont       Ont.

Horace L        13       Ont       Ont.

William          11       Ont       Ont.

Henry               9        Ont      Ont.

Mary                4        Ont      Ont.

Gertrude          1        Ont      Ont.

Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant County. 1899. Reg. # 004931. Pneumonia. Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10169 W-80.42735 

Children from this marriage were:

  +    174   F         i.      Eliza Viola Link was born on Jun 11, 1875 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Apr 17, 1952.  

  +    175   M       ii.      Horace Lorenzo Link was born on Jun 26, 1877 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Aug 17, 1966 in Brantford, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Congregational Cem., Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    176   M      iii.     William Ernest Link was born on Jul 24, 1879 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Sep 26, 1934, and was buried in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    177   M     iv.       Henry Arthur Link was born on May 6, 1881 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Jul 26, 1936.  

  +    178   F        v.      Mary Aretta Link was born on Mar 2, 1887 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Sep 28, 1942, and was buried in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can.  

  +    179   F       vi.      Alberta Gertrude Link was born on Dec 26, 1889 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Apr 24, 1955, and was buried in Richwood, Blenheim Twp, ON, Can.  

  +    180   F      vii.      Annie Pearl Link was born on Sep 16, 1892 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Jun 17, 1985.  

  +    181   F     viii.      Maria Leata Link was born on Jan 2, 1895 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can and died on Nov 27, 1940.  

  +    182   F       ix.      Mary Estella Link was born on Mar 19, 1897 in Woodbury, Burford Twp, Brant Co., ON, Can, died on Jul 1, 1953 in Paris, ON, Can, and was buried on Jul 3, 1953 in Pioneer Cemetery, Burford, ON, Can.