Seward, John Jr
John SEWARD Jr (1682 - 1748) and Ruth FOWLER (1694 - ?)
my 6g-grandparents
Ancestry of John SEWARD Jr and Ruth FOLWLER.
John SEWARD Jr was born 31 Aug 1682 in Guilford, Colony of New Haven, son of John SEWARD Sr and Abigail BUSHNELL. He died on 28 Dec 1748, in Durham, Middlesex, Colony of Connecticut.
In 1718 John SEWARD Jr married Ruth FOWLER, born 11 Sep 1694 in Westfield, MA, daughter of Ambrose FOWLER Jr and Mary BAKER. John Jr and Ruth had 11 children, all born in Durham. Ruth died in Mar 1737, in Durham. John and Ruth are buried in Old Cemetery, Durham.
1834 map showing Guilford and Durham, CT.
CT timeline
1638 - Colony of New Haven established.
1639 - Guilford settled.
1644 - Guilford established as a town in Colony of New Haven.
1646 - New London County formed as part of Colony of Connecticut.
1664 - Colony of New Haven merged with Colony of Connecticut.
1666 - County of New Haven formed, containing Guilford.
1667 - Killingworth named as a town in New London County, Colony of Connecticut.
1708 - Durham established, in New Haven County, Colony of Connecticut.
1765-83 - American Revolution.
1785 - Middlesex County formed in Colony of Connecticut, including Durham and Killingworth.
1788 - State of Connecticut admitted to Union.
Descendants of John SEWARD Jr and Ruth FOWLER
For brevity: Southampton and Northampton are townships in Hampshire County, MA. Durham is a township in Middlesex County, CT.
John SEWARD Jr b: 31 Aug 1682 in Guilford, New Haven, CT, d: 28 Dec 1748 in Durham age 66
+ Ruth FOWLER b: 11 Sep 1694 in Westfield, Hampden, MA, m: 1718, d: 31 Mar 1737 in Durham, age 43
......1 Ruth SEWARD b: 01 Jun 1719 in Durham
......2 Abigail SEWARD b: 02 Dec 1720 in Durham, d: 01 Nov 1759 in Durham, age 38
......3 Deborah SEWARD b: 02 Jun 1722, d: 15 Jun 1722, age 13 days
......4 Mary SEWARD b: 17 Feb 1725 in Durham
...... + Joseph SOUTHWORTH bapt. 16 Aug 1724 in Mansfield, Tolland, CT
......5 John SEWARD III b: 15 May 1726 in Durham, d: 1794 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT
...... + Sarah BURR m: 10 May 1769 in Durham
......6 Moses SEWARD b: 07 Nov 1727 in Durham, d: 03 Apr 1792, age 64
...... + Sarah THOMAS bapt. 10 Aug 1733 in Durham, m: 09 Apr 1761 in Durham
......7 Mindwell SEWARD bapt. 23 Mar 1729 in Durham
...... + Stephen BATES b: 1724, m: Mar 1749 in Durham, d: 21 May 1803 in Southampton
......8 Esther SEWARD bapt. 21 Jun 1730 in Durham, d: 19 Dec 1805, age 75
...... + Jonathan PHELPS b: 04 Apr 1729 in Northampton, m: 28 Jul 1753, d: 23 Oct 1800 in Northampton
......9 Submit SEWARD bapt. 22 Aug 1731 in Durham, d: Sep 1825 in Durham, age 94
...... + Ebenzer TIBBALS b: 19 Jan 1730 in Durham, m: 23 May 1754 in Durham, d: 25 May 1819 in Durham, age 89
......10 Aaron SEWARD bapt. 24 Feb 1732/33 in Durham
...... + Elizabeth CLARK b: 20 May 1739 in Coventry, Tolland, CT, m: 12 Feb 1756 in Granville, Hampden, MA, d: 22 Apr 1833 in Kortright, Delaware, NY, age 93
......11 Elizabeth SEWARD bapt. 07 Dec 1734 in Durham
...... + Benjamin GILLUM b: 06 Jun 1731 in Middletown, CT, m: 26 Jun 1754 in Durham
In several cases, I don't have birth and death dates and places, but instead rely on baptism and burial dates and places. Most vital data comes from [FEG].
1. Ruth SEWARD was born 1 Jun 1719, in Durham, bapt. 7 Jun 1719 in Durham. Nothing more seems to be known.
2. Abigail SEWARD was born 2 Dec 1720 in Durham, and died 1 Nov 1759 in Durham, at age 38. She was unmarried.
3. Deborah SEWARD was born 2 Jun 1722 in Durham, and died 15 Jun 1722 in Durham, age 13 days.
4. Mary SEWARD was born 17 Feb 1725, in Durham, CT. She married Joseph SOUTHWORTH, baptized 16 Aug 1724 in Mansfield, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut, son of Nathaniel SOUTHWORTH and Mary TORREY.
Joseph SOUTHWORTH served as a Private in Capt. William SIZER’s Company, Regiment of Artificers, enlisted 28 Feb 1778, for a 3 year term. His listed residence was Durham. [HPJ, p. 291]
Mary and Joseph lived in Durham, where they had at least 5 children: 4 daughters and 1 son. I don't have any record of them after 1763.
4. Mary SEWARD b: 17 Feb 1725 in Durham
+ Joseph SOUTHWORTH bapt. 16 Aug 1724 in Mansfield, Tolland, CT
......a. Ruth SOUTHWORTH b: 27 Nov 1751 in Durham
...... + Abraham HAND m: 1772 in Durham
......b. Joseph SOUTHWORTH b: 07 Apr 1754 in Durham, d: 04 Nov 1828 in Southampton
......c. Concurrence SOUTHWORTH bapt. 16 May 1756 in Durham
......d. Roxana SOUTHWORTH bapt. 10 Dec 1758 in Durham
......e. Mary SOUTHWORTH b: 19 Jun 1763 in Durham
This could be Joseph SOUTHWORTH Jr or Sr, with a slight misspelling:
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Southward
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Durham, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 3
1800 United States Federal Census
Name Joseph Southworth
Home in 1800 (City, County, State) Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 2
5. John SEWARD III was born 15 May 1726 in Durham. He is probably the John SEWARD who married Sarah BURR on 10 May 1769, in Durham. John died in Haddam, Middlesex, CT in 1794.
There was another John SEWARD, born 1 Jul 1734 in Durham, died 28 Dec 1783 in Granville. His parents were Ebenezer SEWARD and Dorothy ROSE, and he married Caroline ROSE. There has been some conflation between the two John SEWARDs.
The 1790 census record below is probably for our John SEWARD, since he was still living in 1790, in Haddam.
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: John Seward
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Number of Household Members: 2
6. Moses SEWARD was born 7 Nov 1727 in Durham, and died 3 Apr 1792 in Durham, age 64. He married Sarah THOMAS on 09 Apr 1761. Sarah was the daughter of Abraham THOMAS and Hannah SUTLIFF, of Durham. Moses and Sarah named their first child Sutliff, sometimes spelled Sutlief, Sutleif, and other variations.
Moses and Sarah seem to have lived their entire lives in Durham, where they had 6 children of record: 5 sons and 1 daughter. Some researchers have 19 Jun 1776 as a death date for Sarah, but I have not found this in any records. If true, she died giving birth to her son, Isaac.
6. Moses SEWARD b: 07 Nov 1727 in Durham, d: 03 Apr 1792 in Durham, age 64
+ Sarah THOMAS bapt. 10 Aug 1733 in Durham, m: 09 Apr 1761 in Durham
...... a. Sutlief SEWARD b: 25 Mar 1762 in Durham
...... b. Moses SEWARD b: 11 Jan 1764 in Durham, d: 17 Oct 1799 in Durham, age 35
...... c. Dea. Seth SEWARD b: 15 Apr 1766 in Durham, d: 10 Jan 1846 in Durham, age 79
...... d. Sarah SEWARD b: 03 Jun 1769 in Durham, d: 1811 in Durham, age 41 or 42
...... e. Abraham SEWARD b: 11 Oct 1772 in Durham, d: 1837 in Rochester, Monroe, NY, age 64 or 65
...... f. Isaac Truxton SEWARD b: 19 Jun 1776 in Durham, d: 02 Aug 1836 in Richmond, Ontario, NY, age 60
About half of this page covers Moses SEWARD and his descendants. A more detailed list appears further down.
The first US Census, taken in 1790, has Moses SEWARD in Durham, with a family of 8. Sutlief was the only one of the 6 children who was married, as far as I know. There are only 2 females, so one of those that I listed (below) must have been absent. Maybe Sarah Sr had died before 1790. Also, one of the sons was not present.
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Seward
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Durham, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2 [Isaac (14), Sutlief's son Azariah (3)]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 4 [Moses (63), Sutlief (28), Moses Jr (26), Seth (24), Abraham (18)]
Free White Persons - Females: 2 [Sarah Sr (57), Sarah Jr (21), Sutlief's wife]
Number of Household Members: 8
[The comments in square brackets are my guesses, not part of the census.]
a. Sutlief "Sutly" SEWARD, son of Moses and Sarah, was born in 1762. His wife's name is not known. His son Azariah was born in 1787, in Durham. Nothing seems to be known about Sutlief SEWARD after that.
Sutlief served 5 months as a Private in the American Revolutionary War. Listed as Sutlif SEWART in [HPJ, p. 228], he was one of the "short levies" in the 7th Connecticut Regiment, under Col. Heman SWIFT, known as "General WASHINGTON's Colonel". Sutlief SEWARD enlisted on 5 Jul 1780, and was discharged 13 Dec 1780.
His son Azariah P. SEWARD, born 1787, achieved some notoriety, in 1820, as Captain of the ship Greyhound. He shipped goods and passengers between New Orleans, Hartford, Havana and Matanzas, Cuba, and probably other ports. He seems to have been involved in a conspiracy to establish a new republic in Texas, engineered by former Vice President Aaron BURR, and others. Azariah and several of his men died mysteriously, shortly after drinking some grog.
These ads for the Greyhound ran in the Louisiana State Gazette (New Orleans, LA).
Upper Left: 16 Mar 1820, Upper Right: 18 mar 1820
Center: Cleared for Departure, Cargo List
Lower Left: 8 Jun 1820, Lower Right: 2 Sep, 9 Sep, 22 Sep 1820
George SEWARD, born 1817, son of Azariah, was also a controversial figure. He held the world record for the 100-yard dash, but it was disputed. On 30 Sep 1844, in Hammersmith, England, his race was timed at 9 ¼ sec. [ESS]
George SEWARD (1817 - 1883)
George SEWARD (1817 - 1883)
b. Moses SEWARD Jr was born in 1764, and married Sarah FOWLER in 1791. Sarah was also born in 1764. He was 27 and she almost 27 when they married. They only had 2 children: Harvey (1792) and Polly (1795). The children were left orphaned when Moses died in 1799 and Sarah in 1801.
Polly (SEWARD) NORTON obituary
DIED:
In this village, January 6th, Mrs. POLLY NORTON, relict of Theodore B., and mother of Albert S. Norton, aged 88 years and 10 months.
NORTON.—Mrs. Polly Norton died in Morrisville, Madison Co., N.Y., Jan. 4, 1884, aged 88 years and 10 months. Connecticut was her native State. She was married in Feb., 1815, with Theodore Norton who was for many years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She had been a widow twenty-six years and a half. They first settled in New Lebanon, N. Y., and next, nearly forty-nine years ago, near Morrisville. Afterwards they lived in the town of Fenner about eighteen years and were connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Nelson, continuing their membership there during the remainder of life. Of eight children five are still living, the oldest of whom, Albert S., has for many years been an official member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Morrisville. During nearly thirty years the mother had made her home with the youngest son, Orville D., at whose house she died. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from early life. Her house was the home for all ministers of the gospel, particularly the itinerant. While residing in Fenner they were within reach of the young preachers from Cazenovia Seminary. These all found a mother in Sister Norton and in her house a home. There was one in particular who frequently preached in the neighborhood and taught one or two terms in the district school, always making Sister Norton’s house his house. For the motherly interest shown to him she has been rewarded in her age by the grateful memory and friendship of Dr. J. P. Newman. Who can tell how much her encouraging kindness contributed to his success? She preserved her physical and mental strength to a remarkable degree until the last year of her life, when she began rapidly to decline. Gratefully sensible of every attention bestowed upon her, she only worried about the trouble she might cause others. She lived the life of the righteous, died their death and has their reward. H. C. F.
[from an unknown local newspaper]
Polly (SEWARD) NORTON (1795 - 1884)
daughter of Moses SEWARD Jr and Sarah FOWLER
c. Seth SEWARD, son of Moses and Sarah, was born in 1766, and married Rhoda PICKETT, who was 2 years younger. They had 5 children, in Durham. Both Seth and Rhoda lived to a great age, as Seth died in 1846, age 79, and Rhoda died in 1858, age 90.
Seth SEWARD was a Deacon of the church in Durham, CT. In 1809 Seth was 1 of 2 representatives for Durham in the CT General Assembly. [Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) Wed 18 Oct 1809, page 3]
Rev. Dwight M. SEWARD, son of Seth and Rhoda, was awarded and honorary D. D. (Doctorate of Divinity) by New York University on 20 Jun 1862. He was a Presbyterian minister for 66 of his 89 years. His wife was Lydia Huntington NORTH, daughter of Col. Simeon NORTH and Lydia HUNTINGTON. Col. NORTH was the first official pistol maker of the United States, and original products of his art are now highly prized. [DN, pp. 79-82]
Maria SEWARD, daughter of Seth and Rhoda, married Linus COE, of Middletown, who was the Sheriff of Middlesex County, CT, from 1830 to 1839. [MCC, p. 59] Linus was very politically active, and his election and appointment as Sheriff involved a partisan fight. He was also appointed Director of the Middletown Bank in 1833.
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) 24 Mar 1840, p. 2
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) 22 Mar 1843, p. 2
Linus COE was involved in the Locofocos, a faction of the Democratic Party, which lasted from 1835 to about 1845. Originally called the Equal Rights Party, the Locofocos wanted free trade and labor unions, and supported Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. In the 1840 election, the Whig Party used the term Locofoco as a derogatory reference to all Democrats.
d. Sarah SEWARD, born in 1769, was the only known daughter of Moses and Sarah. She married Elah CAMP, who was a year older. She died in 1811, and he in 1850. They lived all their lives in Durham.
e. Abraham SEWARD was born in 1772, and married Sarah BOSTWICK, who was 3 years older. They lived in Rochester, NY, where he died in 1837, at age 64 or 65. In the 1850 US Census, Sarah is found living with her son Jason, in Rochester. She died in 1850, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.
Biography of Jason W. SEWARD, son of Abraham and Sarah
JASON W. SEWARD was born in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., on the 23d day of December, 1806. Like the great majority of pioneers of Central and Western New York, he came of the sturdy New England stock whose descendants played such an important part in subduing the wilderness and advancing the general interests of the new communities. His father was Abram Seward of Durham, Conn., and his mother Sarah Bostwick, who came from near New Milford. Conn., she was a daughter of Eijah Bostwick, who was a militia captain in the revolutionary war and gave his country seven years of honorable service during that struggle tor liberty.
Mr. Seward's boyhood and young manhood were passed at his parental home, where he attended school m the winter months and did his share of farm labor during the remainder of the years. It is, perhaps, worthy of mention that his first school teacher was Isaac Hills, a graduate of Union college, and in later years one of the prominent lawyers of Rochester, where he recently died. Mr. Seward was an apt student and, fortunately for him, his father was a believer in the value of education; consequently the young man was sent to the Oneida institute during the years 1828-29, at the end of which period, still unsatisfied with his acquired education, he entered Williams college, Mass., in the class of 1833, where he graduated with honor. Leaving college he came directly to Rochester, to which village his sister, T. Seward, had received an invitation for the purpose of establishing a school tor young ladies. While the field did not at that time appear especially promising to Mr. Seward, he decided to remain and bear the heavier burdens of the new educational undertaking, for which he felt that his sister, although a self-reliant woman, was scarcely adapted. The boarding-school and young ladies' seminary was accordingly founded (1833), first occupying apartments in the old United States building, on Main street. After beginning the school. Mr. Seward returned to Williamstown and received his diploma from the college. In the winter of 1837 and 1838 the institution was incorporated by act of legislature and became subject to the visitation of the Regents of the University of the state. The seminary was successful from the first and for its better accommodation a building was erected in 1835 on Alexander. street, on the premises now occupied as a residence by Freeman Clarke. Here the school was continued, with far greater success in point of numbers of pupils and its general character as an educational institution, than in a financial sense, until 1841, when the founders, Miss Seward and the subject of this sketch, withdrew from it as instructors. This action on the part of its founders was due chiefly to the necessity then existing for much more extensive accommodations for the attendance already assured, and their inability to erect buildings and make the other improvements without which they felt the school could not be made what it should be. The institution was continued, however, for a number of years by Miss L. Tracy, as principal, and others, with varying success.
After leaving the school Mr. Seward engaged in mercantile business, becoming quite extensively employed in the purchase and sale of grain, flour and similar products. In this business, through the persevering energy for which he is known, his native ability and his correct and honorable methods, he succeeded in acquiring a competence, in the full enjoyment of which he has passed his life since the year 1856, when he retired from active pursuits.
As a teacher he was eminently successful— a success due, undoubtedly, to some extent, to the fact that he loved the profession for its own sake, for the good which he could accomplish in it. He was always a student and has familiarised himself with the so-called learned professions and with many subjects demanding brain power, application and studiousness, not so much that he expected to make direct use of such knowledge for the advancement of his material position, as in gratification of his natural and acquired love of study. He pursued the study of law in Rochester for about two years and might, had he so elected, have made an honorable career in that profession. But his chief interest has always centered in the cause of education, in recognition of which fact his fellow-citizens have placed him in several positions of trust connected with the schools of Rochester. He was prominently instrumental in organising the free school system of the city; was made superintendent of schools of the county of Monroe and was also a member of the board of education of the city where his influence was potent for the good of the cause of education. His contributions to the press in the same direction have been numerous and valuable. He was elected alderman of his ward (the seventh) in 1861-62 and in 1867 was made supervisor; the duties of these offices, it need scarcely be said, were discharged with fidelity and ability.
In the year 1855 Mr. Seward was married to Ruth Ann Bedell, of Greene Co., N. Y. They are without children, and still reside on premises adjoining those where the seminary was formerly located, enjoying the respect of the community at large.
[WFP, pp. 672-3]
General Jacob GOULD (1794 - 1867), husband of Sarah Thomas SEWARD (1804 - ?)
f. Isaac Truxton SEWARD was born in 1776, in Durham, CT, and when he was young his family moved to New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY. He married Abagail Eunice Edwards, 3 years younger, about 1798. They lived in New Lebanon, and removed in 1819 to Bristol or Richmond, Ontario County, NY. They had 13 or 17 children. Isaac died in 1836 at age 60, and Abagail outlived him by 31 years, passing away in 1867 at age 87. Isaac, like many of the SEWARDs, was a currier and tanner by trade, and he passed along his skills to several of his sons.
Sutlief Truxton SEWARD, son of Isaac and Abagail, was born in 1803 in New Lebanon, undoubtedly named after his uncle. He married Antha B. STEELE, who was 3 years younger, and in 1859 they lived in Richmond Mills, a small village in Richmond. In 1883 they removed to Livonia, which is a few miles west of Richmond, in Livingston County, NY, where they lived to age 95 and 93. They died 5 months apart, in 1899. An extensive obituary, transcribed from a local newspaper, can be found here.
1859 map of the village of Richmond Mills, in the town of Richmond, Ontario County, NY.
The S. T. SEWARD properties are on the west side. [ONY]
From the obituary of Albert Owen SEWARD, son of Sutlief T. SEWARD, we find that Sutlief, a currier and tanner like his father, was an abolitionist and an ardent advocate of temperance. Sutlief and Antha were members of the Universalist church. They had 7 children.
Sutlief Truxton SEWARD and his daughter Edith Clifford SEWARD
[I've seen this posted in several places. I don't know who should get credit.]
Moses F. SEWARD, another son of Isaac and Abagail, was born in 1813, when the family was still in New Lebanon. He was about 6 when they moved to Ontario County. He married Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" BRAY, and they lived in the south part of Richmond, on the east side of Honeoye Lake. They died 5 weeks apart in 1901, in South Bristol, Ontario, NY at ages 87 and 85. (Recall that his brother Sutlief and his wife had died 5 months apart, in 1899, at ages 95 and 93.)
Moses F. SEWARD (1813 - 1901)
Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" (BRAY) SEWARD (1816 - 1901)
1859 map showing Honeoye Lake, with the lower part of Richmond, Ontario, NY in green. The properties of M. SEWARD, N. BRAY and Mrs. BRAY are below center. South Bristol is to the right, in yellow. [ONY]
For brevity: New Haven and Middlesex are counties in CT. Durham, Middletown and Middlefield are townships in Middlesex, CT.
6. Moses SEWARD b: 07 Nov 1727 in Durham, d: 03 Apr 1792 in Middlesex, age 64
+ Sarah THOMAS bapt. 10 Aug 1733 in Durham, m: 09 Apr 1761 in Durham
......a. Sutlief "Sutry" SEWARD b: 25 Mar 1762 in Durham
......... i. Azariah P. SEWARD b: abt. 1787 in Durham, d: 01 Oct 1820 in New Orleans, LA, age 33
......... + Caroline Temple BARTHOLOMEW b: 14 Oct 1793 in New Haven, d: 03 Dec 1878 in New Haven, age 85
............A. George SEWARD b: 16 Oct 1817 in New Haven, d: 10 Apr 1883 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, age 65
......... ii. Sally SEWARD d: Aft. 03 Apr 1792
......b. Moses SEWARD b: 11 Jan 1764 in Durham, d: 17 Oct 1799 in Durham, age 35
...... + Sarah FOWLER b: 08 Jun 1764, m: 05 May 1791 in Durham, d: 16 Nov 1801, age 37
......... i. Harvey SEWARD b: 18 Aug 1792
......... ii. Polly S. SEWARD b: 08 Mar 1795 in Durham, d: 06 Jan 1884 in Madison, NY, age 88
......... + Theadore B. "Ed" NORTON b: 14 Sep 1793 in Columbia, NY, d: 30 Jul 1857 in Madison, NY, age 63
......c. Dea. Seth SEWARD b: 15 Apr 1766 in Durham, d: 10 Jan 1846 in Durham, age 79
...... + Rhoda PICKETT b: 1768, d: 05 Aug 1858, age 90
......... i. Rev. Dwight M. SEWARD b: 31 Jul 1811 in Durham, d: 17 Jan 1901 in South Norwalk, CT, age 89
......... + Lydia Huntington NORTH b: 26 Mar 1814 in Middletown, m: 3 Mar 1836, d: 1 Apr 1896, Norwalk, CT, age 82
......... ii. Orpah SEWARD b: 1791, d: 7 Dec 1860 in Durham, age 68 or 69
......... + Joseph SMITH
......... iii. Maria SEWARD b: 09 Oct 1795 in Durham, d: 26 Jan 1880 in Durham, CT, age 84
......... + Linus COE b: 22 Mar 1792 in Middletown, m: 15 Sep 1834 in Durham, d: 27 Feb 1852 in Middlefield, age 59
......... iv. Eliza SEWARD b: 1800, d: 02 Mar 1860 in Durham, age 59 or 60, unmarried
......... v. Nancy J. SEWARD b: 1802 in Durham
......... + David JOHNSON m: 31 Jul 1826 in Durham
......d. Sarah SEWARD b: 03 Jun 1769 in Durham, d: 1811 in Durham, age 41 or 42
...... + Elah CAMP b: 11 Feb 1768 in Durham, d: 12 Feb 1850 in Durham, age 82 and 1 day
......e. Abraham SEWARD b: 11 Oct 1772 in Durham, d: 1837 in Rochester, Monroe, NY, age 64 or 65
...... + Sarah BOSTWICK b: 1769 in NY, d: 1850 in Rochester, NY
......... i. Moses Bostwick SEWARD b: 3 Aug 1801 in NY, d: 4 Aug 1852 in Rochester, NY, age 51, cholera [JMP, p. 193]
......... + Sarah ROSSITER b: 23 May 1806, m: 12 Jan 1831 [DD, p. 971]
......... ii. Sarah Thomas SEWARD b: 04 Jun 1804
......... + Gen. Jacob GOULD b: 10 Feb 1794, m: 21 Sep 1841, d: 18 Nov 1867. age 73 [BAG, p. 55]
......... iii. Jason W. SEWARD b: 23 Dec 1806 in New Lebanon, Columbia, NY
......... + Ruth Ann BEDELL m: 1855, of Greene Co, NY
......f. Isaac Truxton SEWARD b: 19 Jun 1776 in Durham, d: 2 Aug 1836 in Richmond, Ontario, NY, age 60
...... + Abagail Eunice EDWARDS b: 6 Dec 1779 in CT, m: 1798, d: 24 Oct 1867 in Ontario, NY, age 87
......... i. Daniel Edward SEWARD b: 09 Oct 1800 in NY, d: 30 Nov 1885 in IA, age 85
......... + Fanny WARD b: 08 Mar 1803 in VT, d: 12 Aug 1883 in IA, age 80
......... ii. Abigail Lovina SEWARD b: Abt. 1801 in Columbia, NY, d: 1863 in Napoli, Cattaraugus, NY, age 62
......... + John FRARY b: 1798, d: Aft. 1855, age 57+
......... iii. Sophronia SEWARD b: Abt. 1802 in NY, d: Dec 1891 in Napoli, Cattaraugus, NY, age 88 or 89
......... + John MORRILL b: Abt. 1801 in VT, d: 07 Jun 1884 in Napoli, Cattaraugus, NY, age 82 or 83
......... iv. Sutlief Truxton SEWARD b: 28 Jun 1803 in NY, d: 17 May 1899 in Livonia, Livingston, NY, age 95
......... + Antha B. STEELE b: 27 Sep 1806 in Richmond, Ontario, NY, d: Oct 1899 in Livonia, Livingston, NY, age 93
......... v. Jannett SEWARD b: 1807 in NY
......... vi. George Nelson SEWARD b: 1812 in NY, d: Bef. 1900, age < 88
......... + Sarah Jane SIMSON b: 1825 in OH, m: 11 Sep 1870 in Delaware, IA
......... + Irene G. BLISS b: 1818 in NY, d: Nov 1869 in Honey Creek, Delaware, IA
........ vii. Moses F. SEWARD b: Jun 1813 in NY, d: 06 May 1901 in South Bristol, Ontario, NY, age 87
......... + Elizabeth Ann BRAY b: Jan 1816 in NY, d: 03 Jun 1901 in South Bristol, Ontario, NY, age 85
......... viii. Rensalaer SEWARD b: 1822 in NY
......... ix. Eliza Ann SEWARD b: 1822 in NY, d: 09 Nov 1889, age 66 or 67
......... + T. BELL b: Abt. 1820, d: Bef. 1860, age < 40
7. Mindwell SEWARD was baptized 23 Mar 1729 in Durham, and died 5 Nov 1823 in Southampton, Hampshire, MA, at age 94. She married in Durham, Mar 1749 to Stephen BATES, son of Stephen BATES Sr and Patience SEWARD. They lived in Durham, where their children were born between 1750 and 1765, and then they removed to Southampton, Hampshire, MA. Stephen BATES Jr died in Southampton on 21 Mat 1803, at age 79, so he was born about 1724, according to MA records. Stephen and Mindwell are buried in Center Cemetery, Southampton.
Stephen and Mindwell were 2nd cousins. Stephen's mother, Patience SEWARD, was the daughter of Joseph SEWARD, son of Lieut. William SEWARD and Grace NORTON, so William and Grace were g-grandparents of both Stephen and Mindwell.
Stephen Jr and Mindwell's sons Lemuel, Aaron and Stephen all served in the American Revolutionary War. On an expedition to Quebec, Lemuel was taken prisoner, and escaped. See the SAR application of Walter C. BATES.
For brevity: Durham was in New Have County, CT from 1666 to 1785, when it became part of the newly formed Middlesex County, CT. Southampton was part of Northampton, Hampshire County, MA from 1732 to 1775, when it was incorporated as a separate town in Hampshire County, MA.
Stephen BATES b: 1724, d: 21 May 1803 in Southampton
+ 7. Mindwell SEWARD bapt. 23 Mar 1729, m: Mar 1749
......a. Elizabeth BATES b: 03 Aug 1750 in Durham
...... + Samuel Phillips LORD b: 16 Jul 1737 in Lyme, CT, m: 01 Dec 1768 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT, d: 21 Jul 1811 in CT
......b. Keziah BATES b: 06 Sep 1753 in Durham, d: 19 Mar 1810 in Southampton
...... + Israel SHELDON b: 14 May 1752 in Southampton, d: 27 May 1808 in Southampton
......c. Lemuel BATES b: 29 Aug 1755 in Durham, d: 27 Oct 1842 in Southampton
...... + Lucy WAIT b: 1756 in Southampton, d: 11 Mar 1824 in Southampton
......d. Aaron BATES bapt. 06 Nov 1757 in Durham, d: 06 Mar 1815 in Southampton
...... + Lurana d: 04 Mar 1837
......e. Anna BATES b: 13 Feb 1760 in Durham, d: 10 Nov 1826 in Southampton
...... + Deacon Elisha EDWARDS b: 23 Oct 1758 in Southampton, d: 17 Nov 1832 in Southampton
......f. Bela BATES bapt. 04 Jul 1762 in Durham, d: 23 Apr 1789 in Southampton; unmarried
......g. Stephen BATES bapt. 14 Apr 1765 in Durham, d: 26 Apr 1844 in Southampton
...... + Lucinda LOOMIS b: 23 Apr 1771 in Southampton, d: 13 Jun 1838 in Southampton
The 1790 US Census has both Stephen BATES, probably sr and jr.
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Stephen Bates
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 4
Name: Stephen Bates
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Heath, Hampshire , Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 4
8. Esther SEWARD was baptized 21 Jun 1730 in Durham, and died in 1805. She married in 1753 to Jonathan PHELPS, born 4 Apr 1729 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA, and died 23 Oct 1800, in Northampton. Esther and Jonathan were 1st cousins, since Jonathan's mother was Mindwell FOWLER, sister of Esther's mother, Ruth FOWLER.
8. Esther SEWARD bapt. 21 Jun 1730, d: 19 Dec 1805
+ Jonathan PHELPS b: 04 Apr 1729 in Northampton, m: 28 Jul 1753, d: 23 Oct 1800 in Northampton
......a. Enoch PHELPS b: 09 Feb 1755 in Northampton, d: 07 Aug 1824
......b. Esther PHELPS b: 05 Dec 1756 in Northampton, d: 09 Aug 1829 in CT
...... + Elijah AUSTIN b: 02 Feb 1751 in Durham, CT, m: 1776 in CT, d: 23 Jun 1794 in New Haven, CT
......c. Seward PHELPS b: 19 Mar 1758 in Northampton
...... + Elizabeth ARMSTRONG
......d. Luke PHELPS b: 12 Oct 1760 in Northampton; died young
......e. Submit PHELPS b: 12 Jan 1762 in Northampton
...... + Paul CLARK
......f. Elizabeth PHELPS b: 05 Nov 1766 in Northampton, d: 31 Aug 1832 in Northampton
...... + Timothy JEWETT b: 05 Mar 1763 in Lanesboro, MA, m: 29 Nov 1787 in Northampton, d: 13 Aug 1852 in Northampton
......g. Prudence PHELPS b: 09 Jan 1765 in Northampton
...... + Luke DAY m: 1794
......h. Lucy PHELPS b: 29 Jul 1770 in Northampton, d: 1840 ; unmarried
There were apparently several women named Esther PHELPS, born about 1756, living in CT and western MA. I am trying to sort them out. One married Elijah AUSTIN, a 1st cousin of the Texas pioneer, Stephen F. AUSTIN.
9. Submit SEWARD was baptized 22 Aug 1731, and died in 1825, in Durham, age 93 or 94. She married Ebenezer TIBBALS on 23 May 1754, in Durham. Ebenezer was born 19 Jan 1730 in Durham, son of Joseph TIBBALS and Abigail BALDWIN, and died 25 May 1819, in Durham, at age 89.
The surname TIBBALS has many alternate spellings: THEOBALD, THEOBALDS, TIBBALDS, TYBBALS, etc.
Submit (SEWARD) TIBBALS died in 1825. Her death notice appeared in New Haven Columbian Register on 17 Sep 1825, so it's probably safe to say she died in Sep 1825.
Ebenezer did some service in the American Revolution, as he appeared on the payroll of Col. COOK's Regiment, under Capt. James ROBINSON, of Fairfield, New Haven, in Jul 1779.
Ebenezer TIBBALS wrote his will on 19 Nov 1812, and probate was held 28 Jun 1819. The will papers contain an extensive inventory. In the will, Ebenezer mentions his wife, Submit, and son Stephen, and grandchildren by son Ebenezer (deceased), in New Dunham, NY. Also a daughter Submit (unmarried), and sons Samuel and John. His married daughters: Phebe the wife of Capn PRENTICE, Abigail the wife of Gad HALL, Mercy the wife of Stephen ROBINSON, Esther the wife of Aaron HUBBARD, and Hannah the wife of Giles HUMASTON.
9. Submit SEWARD bapt. 22 Aug 1731, d: Sep 1825 in Durham, age 94
+ Ebenezer TIBBALS b: 19 Jan 1730 in Durham, m: 23 May 1754 in Durham, d: 25 May 1819 in Durham, age 88
......a. Ebenezer TIBBALS b: 16 Oct 1755 in Durham, d: Bef. 19 Nov 1812, age < 57
......b. Phebe TIBBALS b: 7 May 1757 in Durham
...... + Capt. PRENTICE
......c. Submit TIBBALS b: 8 May 1759 in Durham
......d. Abigail TIBBALS b: 22 Mar 1761 in Durham
...... + Gad HALL
......e. Mary or Mercy TIBBALS b: 30 Apr 1763 in Durham
...... + Stephen ROBINSON
......f. Hannah TIBBALS b: 22 Jul 1765 in Durham
...... + Giles HUMASTON
......g. Stephen TIBBALS b: 23 Jun 1767 in Durham
......h. Samuel TIBBALS b: 18 Jun 1769 in Durham
......i. Esther TIBBALS bapt. 01 Dec 1771 in Durham
...... + Aaron HUBBARD
......j. Dea. John TIBBALS b: 1774 in Durham, d: 9 Mar 1819 in Durham, age 45
...... + Concurrence JOHNSON
Birth dates for children of Ebenezer and Submit, except John, are from Durham Vital Records.
Stephen TIBBALS, son of Submit and Ebenezer, represented Haddam, Middlesex, CT in the General Assembly, 1806 and 1819. In 1820 and 1828, his brother Samuel TIBBALS took up the task. See Hartford Courant, (Hartford, CT), 16 Apr 1806, page 3, 13 Apr 1819 page 3, 9 May 1820 page 3, 15 Apr 1828 page 2.
John TIBBALS, son of Submit and Ebenezer, was elected Deacon in Durham on 6 Nov 1805. [WCF, p. 87]
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Eben Tibbells
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 6
Number of Household Members: 10
10. Aaron SEWARD was baptized 24 Feb 1732/33 in Durham, Middlesex, CT. He married on 12 Feb 1756 in Granville, Hampden, MA, to Elizabeth CLARK, who was born 20 May 1739 in Coventry, Tolland, CT, and died 22 Apr 1833 in Kortright, Delaware, NY, at age 93.
Aaron and Elizabeth lived in Granville, Hampden, MA, where they had at least 5 children, and they may have moved to Delaware County, NY. They were my 5g-grandparents. See the Aaron SEWARD page.
11. Elizabeth SEWARD was baptized 7 Dec 1734 in Durham. She married Benjamin GILLAM/GILLUM on 26 Jun 1754 in Durham. They seem to have lived all their lives in Durham.
Their son Nathan GILLUM married Martha BIDWELL. They were living in Chatham, Middlesex, CT in 1811. Nathan died on his 54th birthday,
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) Wednesday, 17 Jul 1811, p. 2
Benjamin GILLUM b: 6 Jun 1731 in Middletown, CT
+ 11. Elizabeth SEWARD bapt. 7 Dec 1734, m: 26 Jun 1754 in Durham, CT
......a. Rachel GILLUM b: 12 Jul 1754 in Durham, CT
...... + Nathan SEWARD m: 6 May 1772 in Durham, CT
......b. Elizabeth GILLUM b: 24 May 1757 in Durham, CT
......c. Sarah GILLUM b: 24 Apr 1759 in Durham, CT
......d. Abigail GILLUM b: 29 May 1761 in Durham, CT
......e. Ashur GILLUM b: 4 Dec 1763 in Durham, CT, d: 4 Jan 1764 in Durham, CT, age 1 month
......f. Ashur GILLUM b: 13 Apr 1765 in Durham, CT
...... + Sally
.........A. Sally GILLUM b: 24 Dec 1788 in Durham, CT
......... + Seth TIBBALS m: 6 Mar 1814 in Durham, CT
......g. Nathan GILLUM b: 4 Nov 1767 in Durham, CT, d: 4 Nov 1821, age 54, bur. in Portland, Middlesex, CT
...... + Martha BIDWELL b: 11 Mar 1768, d: 26 Jul 1819, age 51, bur. in Portland, Middlesex, CT
......h. Phebe GILLUM b: 19 Jun 1770 in Durham, CT
......i. Elizur GILLUM b: 11 Feb 1773 in Durham, CT, d: 16 Feb 1773 in Durham, CT, age 5 days
......j. Elizur GILLUM b: 4 Oct 1774 in Durham, CT
1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Benjamin Gillam
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Durham, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 4
Number of Household Members: 5
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[GJG] General Jacob Gould on Wikipedia
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[ONY] 1859 Map of Ontario County, NY
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