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Families of the Children of Abigail5 Washburn and John Lindsey

 

 

            The families of the children of Abigail Washburn and John Lindsey are very much incomplete and I have not been able to find much reliable information about most of them, so this file will be added to as new information is discovered on these families. I have not found the parents of John Lindsey. The children of John and Abigail Lindsey evidently moved away from Stafford, CT, probably to either western Massachusetts or New York, except for daughter Sarah, who married Levi Drake.

 

 

 

 

Samuel3 Washburn

 

 

Samuel4 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

 

Deborah2 Packard

 

Abigail5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob2 Leonard

 

 

Abigail3 Leonard

 

 

 

 

Susanna King

Abigail Lindsey

 

 

 

John Lindsey (Jr.)

 

 

 

Asa Lindsey

 

 

 

Mary Lindsey

 

 

 

Eliphalet Lindsey

 

 

 

Dorothy Lindsey

 

 

 

Eliab Lindsey

 

 

 

Sarah Lindsey

 

 

 

Asa Lindsey

 

 

 

Phebe Lindsey

 

 

 

Jeduthan Lindsey

 

 

 

 

John Lindsey

 

 

 

(1172.) Abigail Lindsey, eldest daughter of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 27 Nov. 1736,[1] married Ebenezer Cross, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Hall) Cross, of Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT,[2] on 24 Nov. 1757 in Stafford.[3] He was born on 7 Apr. 1735 in Mansfield, Windham Co., CT,[4] a grandson of Stephen and Mary (Fuller) Cross, of Mansfield, CT.[5] They were admitted to the First Congregational Church in Stafford on 14 Nov. 1773, and had five of their children baptized there on 5 Dec. 1773.[6] He was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, he was probably living in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1800,[7] and 1810 federal censuses.[8] Ebenezer Cross supposedly died in Nov. 1815 in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY,[9] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Otsego Co., NY.

            Abigail Lindsey and Ebenezer Cross had children, order uncertain:

        2883     i   Silas Cross, born on 24 Mar. ca. 1758 in Stafford, CT,[10] possibly died young, not baptized with his brothers and sisters in 1773.

        2883a   ii   Lydia Cross, a daughter, born on 18 Nov. 1759 in Stafford, CT.[11] probably died young, not baptized with her brothers and sisters in 1773, and they gave the name Lydia to another child in 1782.

        2883b iii   Abigail Cross, born on 22 Aug. 1761 in Stafford, CT,[12] possibly died young, not baptized with her brothers and sisters in 1773.

        2884   iv   Ebenezer Cross (Jr.), born on 19 Sept. 1763 in Stafford, CT,[13] baptized on 5 Dec. 1773 in Stafford,[14] supposedly married 1.) (____), and 2.) Elisabeth French, who was born on 21 Oct. 1784.[15] He was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, but he was probably living in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, next door to his father in the 1800,[16] and 1810 federal censuses,[17] and the Ebenezer Cross living in Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer, but his wife does not appear among the members of his household,[18] and 1830 federal census,[19] however there is also an Ebenezer Cross household back in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, with a male in his age bracket as the head of household.[20] Ebenezer Cross (Jr.) died testate in ca. Nov. 1839 in Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY,[21] and was buried in Balltown Cemetery in Balltown, Chautauqua Co., NY. His will, dated 25 Sept. 1839, and presented for probate on 29 Nov. 1839, mentioned his wife Elizabeth Cross, sons Levi and Ebenezer, daughters Abigail, Susan and Sarah, sons Aaron, Daniel and Hiram, and daughters Claricey, Jane and Elizabeth, and he named his son Levi Cross and Laertes Sollace as executors of his estate, but they both renounced the trust, and his son Ebenezer Cross Jr. was granted administration of his estate with the will annexed on 23 Jan. 1840.[22] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) Elizabeth (French) Cross was still living in Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census.[23] She supposedly died on 21 Oct. 1852 in McConnell, Stephenson Co., IL, aged 68 years,[24] and was buried in Silent Hill Cemetery in McConnell, Stephenson Co., IL. He probably had 6 children by his unknown first wife, and 6 more children by Elisabeth French.[25]

        2885    v   Isaac Cross, born on 16 Oct. 1765 in Stafford, CT,[26] baptized on 5 Dec. 1773 in Stafford.[27] He was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, but he was apparently married and living near his father in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census.[28] He was possibly one of the “J. Cross” households living near his father in Cherry Valley in the 1810 federal census,[29] but he was not found in the 1820 or 1830 federal censuses.

        2886   vi   James Cross, born on 24 Mar. ca. 1768 in Stafford, CT,[30] baptized as “Jairus” on 5 Dec. 1773 in Stafford,[31] possibly one of the three different J. Cross households living near his father in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census, but he does not appear to be the James Cross living in Cherry Valley, NY, in the 1820 federal census,[32] nor in the 1830 or 1840 federal censuses.

        2887  vii   Sybil Cross, born on 1 May ca. 1770 in Stafford, CT,[33] baptized as “Sibyl” on 5 Dec. 1773 in Stafford.[34]

        2888 viii   Hannah Cross, born on 12 or 24 July ca. 1772 in Stafford, CT,[35] baptized on 5 Dec. 1773 in Stafford.[36]

        2889   ix   John Cross, born on 13 Jan. 1775 in Stafford, CT,[37] baptized on 19 Feb. 1775 in Stafford,[38] was apparently married and living next door to his father in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census,[39] probably one of the three different J. Cross households living near his father in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[40] and was probably still living in Cherry Valley, NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[41] and the 1830 federal census,[42] but he was not a head of household in Cherry Valley, NY, in the 1840 or 1850 federal censuses.

        2890    x   Sarah Cross, born on 12 Jan. 1777 in Stafford, CT,[43] baptized on 2 Mar. 1777 in Stafford.[44]

        2891   xi   Jonathan Cross, born on 9 Sept. 1780 in Stafford, CT,[45] baptized on 12 Nov. 1780 in Stafford,[46] possibly one of the J. Cross households living near his father in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[47] and he was still living in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[48] but he was not a head of household in Cherry Valley, NY, in the 1830 or 1840 federal censuses.

        2892  xii   Lydia Cross, born on 25 Oct. 1782 in Stafford, CT,[49] baptized on 29 Dec. 1782 in Stafford.[50]

 

 

(1175.) Mary Lindsey, second daughter of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 1 Feb. 1741,[51] married Abel Cross on 1 Apr. 1762 in Stafford.[52] He was born supposedly on 28 May 1738 in Tolland Co., CT,[53] and supposedly served in both the French & Indian War and the Revolutionary War from Connecticut.[54] They probably moved to Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, by 1781.[55] He was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, and was probably the Abel Cross living in Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[56] He died intestate in 1796 in Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, and Jeduthan Cross, of Buckland, was granted administration of his estate on 22 Nov. 1796, by agreement with the widow Mary Cross and heirs of the deceased, all of lawful age.[57] She was probably living with the family of their son, Jeduthan Cross, in Buckland, MA, in the 1800 federal census.

            Mary Lindsey and Abel Cross had children:

        2893     i   Abel Cross (Jr.), born on 17 Oct. 1762 in Stafford, CT,[58] married Desire Palmer.[59] He was not one of the heirs of Abel Cross to sign the 1796 agreement to allow Jeduthan Cross to administer his father’s estate, and he may have already moved to New York by then. He was probably married and living in Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census,[60] but he was not found in the 1810 federal census. He living in Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census,[61] next door to his brother Abishai Cross, and he died on 5 Feb. 1822 in Rutland, NY, aged 59 years,[62] and was buried in Glass Road Cemetery in Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY. She was not a head of household in Rutland, NY, in the 1830 federal census.

        2894    ii   Jeduthan Cross, born on 15 Oct. 1764 in Stafford,[63] married 1.) Phebe Ware in ca. 1784 in Shelburne Falls, Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA.[64] They were living in Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[65] and he was listed as a landowner in Buckland in 1798.[66] He was granted administration of his father’s estate in 1796. He was still living in Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[67] and she died on 2 Dec. 1803 in Buckland, MA.[68] He remarried to 2.) Mehitable Ellis on 30 May 1804.[69] She was born supposedly on 27 Apr. 1781.[70] They moved to Sharon, Schoharie Co., NY, before 1810, where they were living in the 1810 federal census,[71] and then to Jefferson Co., NY.[72] He may have been the Jeduthan Cross who served in Tuttle’s 76th Regiment of New York Militia in the War of 1812.[73] They were living in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY, in the 1820,[74] and 1830 federal censuses.[75] They moved to Michigan in 1836, settling in Lenawee Co., MI.[76] She died on 20 Mar. 1837 in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI,[77] and he died on 21 Aug. 1839,[78] and they were both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI. He reportedly had 11 children by Phebe Ware, and 10 more children by Mehitable Ellis.[79]

        2894a  iii   Mary Cross, born on 22 May 17?? in Stafford,[80] possibly died young. She did not sign the 1796 agreement for her brother Jeduthan Cross to be granted administration of her father’s estate.

        2895   iv   Abishai Cross, born ca. 1771,[81] signed the agreement as an heir of Abel Cross in 1796 to allow his brother Jeduthan Cross to administer his father’s estate, was probably married living in Poultney, Rutland Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census,[82] but he was not found in the 1810 federal census. He was living in Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, next door to his brother Abel Cross,[83] and in the 1830 federal census,[84] but he was not found in the 1840 or 1850 federal censuses. He died in 1851,[85] and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.

 

 

(1176.) Eliphalet Lindsey, third son of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 2 Dec. 1743,[86] married Sarah Cross on 1 June 1769 in Stafford.[87] He was probably the Eliphalet Lindsey who served as a Private in Capt. Isaac Newton’s Company from Hampshire Co., MA, in the Revolutionary War, enlisting for 3 months on 29 July 1780.[88] He probably moved to Queensbury, Washington [now Warren] Co., NY, by 1790, and was probably the Eliphalet Lindsey living in Queensbury, NY, in the 1790 federal census,[89] but he was not found in the 1800 federal census. No probate records were filed for his estate in either Washington or Warren Co., NY, and no land records were found for Eliphalet Lindsey in Washington or Warren Co., NY.

            Eliphalet Lindsey and Sarah Cross supposedly had children:[90]

        2896     i   Simeon? or Gideon? Lindsey, born on 5 Feb. 1770 in Stafford.[91] He may have been the Simeon Lindsey who was living in Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, in the 1800,[92] and 1810 federal censuses,[93] but he was not found in the 1820 or 1830 federal censuses.

        2896a   ii   (Unnamed daughter), born in Dec. ca. 1772 in Stafford.[94]

        2897   iii   (Supposedly) Obediah H. Lindsey, born ca. 1774 in Queensbury, Washington Co., NY,[95] supposedly died in 1829 in Dryden, Tompkins Co., NY,[96] but he was not found in New York in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses.

        2898   iv   (Supposedly) Jelpah Lindsey, a daughter, born ca. 1775 in Queensbury, NY, married Elijah Buttles.[97] He was not found in New York in the 1800 or 1810 federal censuses.

        2899    v   (Supposedly) Sally Lindsey, born ca. 1777 in Queensbury, NY, married (___) Mills.[98]

        2900   vi   (Supposedly) Roxana Lindsey, born ca. 1779 in Queensbury, NY, married (___) Lake.[99]

        2901  vii   (Supposedly) Hannah Lindsey, born ca. 1781 in Queensbury, NY, married (___) Allen.[100]

        2902 viii   (Supposedly) Chloe Lindsey, born ca. 1783 in Queensbury, NY, married B. Colson.[101]

        2903   ix   (Supposedly) Polly Lindsey, born ca. 1785 in Queensbury, NY.[102]

 

 

(1177.) Dorothy Lindsey, third daughter of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 30 Aug. 1745,[103] married Rowland/Roland Blackmer, of Ashfield, on 15 Nov. 1770 in Stafford.[104] They were living in Greenwich, or Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[105] In 1798 he was listed as a resident of Buckland, MA,[106] but they were enumerated in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800,[107] 1810,[108] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[109] He was not a head of household in Greenfield or Buckland, MA, in the 1830 federal census, and no probate records were filed for his estate in Hampshire Co., MA.

            Dorothy Lindsey and Roland Blackmer had at least one daughter:

        2904     i   Anna Blackmer, born on 29 July 1774, supposedly in Ashfield, MA,[110] possibly the Anna Blackmer, of Buckland, MA, who married Peter Ryther, of Bernardston, MA, on 21 May 1798 in Buckland, MA.[111] He was living in Bernardston, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[112] but he was not a head of household in Bernardston in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses, and no probate records were filed for his estate in Massachusetts.

        2904a   ii   (Probably others)[113]

 

 

(1178.) Eliab Lindsey, fourth son of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 26 Sept. 1747,[114] supposedly married Elenor (___) before 1773.[115] He was probably the Eliab Lindsey who enlisted as a Private in Capt. Ephraim Jennings’ Company for one month during the Revolutionary War, on 22 Sept. 1777,[116] and he was probably the Eliab Lindsey living in Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[117] but he was not found in the 1800 or 1810 federal censuses.

            Eliab and Elenor Lindsey had at least one son:

        2905     i   Eliab Lindsey (Jr.), born on 27 Sept. 1773 in Ashfield, MA.[118]

        2905a   ii   (Probably others)[119]

 

 

(1179.) Sarah Lindsey, fourth daughter of (409) Abigail5 Washburn, (122) Samuel4 (Jr.), (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Stafford, CT, on 14 Oct. 1749,[120] married Levi Drake, son of Deacon Josiah and Hannah (Wilson) Drake, of Windsor, CT,[121] on 9 June 1773 in Stafford.[122] He was born on 6 Aug. 1743 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.[123] They were living in Stafford in the 1790 federal census,[124] and in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1800 federal census,[125] and back in Stafford, CT, in the 1810,[126] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[127] He died on 2 Feb. 1829 in Stafford, CT,[128] and she was a widow living in Stafford, CT, in the 1830 federal census.[129] She died on 30 Nov. 1834 in Stafford Springs, Tolland Co., CT, aged 85 years,[130] and they were both buried in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, Tolland Co., CT.

            Sarah Lindsey and Levi Drake had children:

        2906     i   Roswell Drake, born ca. 1774 in CT,[131] moved to Chenango Co., NY, before 1810,[132] and married Esther (___), who was born ca. 1776 in CT.[133] He was living in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[134] and in Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[135] but he was not found in Chenango Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census. They were living with the family of Ansell Cornwall in Williamson, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[136] Esther Drake died on 18 Mar. 1853 in Williamson, Wayne Co., NY,[137] and he was still living with the family of Ancil Cornwell in Williamson, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census.[138] Roswell Drake died on 29 Dec. 1867 in Williamson, NY,[139] and they were both buried in Lake View Cemetery in Pultneyville, Wayne Co., NY.

        2906a   ii   Justus Drake, born on 18 Mar. 1775 in Stafford, died on 30 Mar. or 6 Apr. 1775 in Stafford, aged about 3 weeks.[140]

        2907   iii   Solomon/Salmon Drake, born on 20 Oct. 1776 in Stafford,[141] supposedly married 1.) Rachel Bartlett,[142] daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Johnson) Bartlett.[143] She was born on 7 Feb. 1780 in Stafford, CT.[144] She died on 3 July 1802 in Stafford, CT, aged 22 years,[145] and was buried in Old West Stafford Cemetery in West Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. He remarried to 2.) Nancy Garey, daughter of Gilbert and Nancy/Anna (Dana) Garey, of Ashford, CT.[146] She was born supposedly on 21 Dec. 1788.[147] They moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY. He was living in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1810,[148] 1820,[149] 1830,[150] and 1840 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[151] Nancy (Garey) Drake apparently died by 1850, and he was still living in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census.[152] He died on 12 Feb. 1853 in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, aged 76 years,[153] and was buried in Cherry Valley Cemetery in Cherry Valley, NY.

        2908   iv   Justus Drake, born on 7 Mar. 1782 in Stafford,[154] married Sarah (___), and probably moved to Chenango Co., NY, with his brother Roswell Drake. She was born ca. 1781 in CT.[155] He was living in Norwich, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[156] in Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1820,[157] and 1830 federal censuses,[158] and in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census.[159] They were not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in Chenango Co., NY, but they were boarding with Sylvester R. and Abigail Drake in Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1855 state census.[160] He supposedly died on 19 Mar. 1865 in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY.[161]

        2909    v   Zeba Drake, born on 8 Oct. 1784 in Stafford, CT,[162] married Anna W. (___).[163] She was born in Apr. 1785.[164] They were living next door to his father in Stafford, CT, in the 1810 federal census,[165] and next door to his father and brother Aaron Drake in Stafford, CT, in the 1820 federal census, where he was also a farmer,[166] and he was probably the “Zera” Drake living next door to his widowed mother in Stafford, CT, in the 1830 federal census,[167] and he was still living in Stafford, CT, in the 1840,[168] and 1850 federal censuses,[169] where he was a farmer. He died on 9 May 1851 in Stafford Springs, CT, aged 66 years,[170] and she was a widow living in Stafford, CT, in the 1860 federal census.[171] She died on 11 Dec. 1877, aged 92 years,[172] and they were both buried in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, Tolland Co., CT.

        2910   vi   Aaron W. Drake, born on 25 Aug. 1787,[173] probably moved to Chenango Co., NY, with his brother Roswell Drake. He was married and living next door to Roswell Drake in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[174] but he was back living next door to his father and brother Zeba Drake in Stafford, CT, in the 1820 federal census, where he was also a farmer.[175] He died on 30 May 1825 in MA, aged 37 years,[176] and was buried in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, Tolland Co., CT.

        2911  vii   Sally Drake, born ca. 1789 in CT,[177] supposedly married Benjamin Hawkins.[178]

        2912 viii   (Probably another daughter born before 1800.)

 

 

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    [1] Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stafford 1719-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs], p. 101, taken from Vol. 1, p. 16, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 449 and Vol. 2, p. 33, from pp. 3 and 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [2] His parents from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Margo J. Snowden, of Boulder City, NV, and Rowland Paul Powell, of Leawood, KS, and the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, and per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 22 July 2002 by W. G. Van Hemert.

    [3] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 2, p. 126, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 126, from p. 138 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [4] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 22 July 2002 by W. G. Van Hemert.

    [5] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 22 July 2002 by W. G. Van Hemert.

    [6] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, taken from records of the First Congregational Church of Stafford, pp. 19, 30.

    [7] 1800 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 4 (b), the Ebenezer Cross household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [8] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 230, the E. Cross household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [9] Per the Ancestry.com Cross Family Tree file submitted by jpeterson1920. There is no will listed for him in Gertrude A. Barber’s Index of Wills of Otsego County, New York, From 1792-1850, Vol. 1, compiled in 1933.

    [10] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 44, taken from Vol. 2, p. 27, of the Stafford Town Records; email of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, who says he was born before 1759.

    [11] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 12, from p. 48 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, which lists the child as “Jadua, son of Ebenezer and Abigail Cross; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 12, of the Stafford Town Records, which lists the child as “Lydia, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Cross.”

    [12] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 17, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 17, from p. 58 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [13] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 17, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 17, from p. 59 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [14] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 19.

    [15] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #133787991.

    [16] 1800 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 4 (b), the Ebenezer Cross Jr. household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [17] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 230, the E. Cross Jr. household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [18] 1820 Federal Census, Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 92, the Ebenezer Cross household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [19] 1830 Federal Census, Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 389, the Ebenezer Cross household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [20] 1830 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 185, the Ebenezer Cross household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years. (The head of household in this family may have been the male aged 30-39 years, and the older male may have been Ebenezer’s brother Isaac instead.)

    [21] Per Ancestry.com World Tree File #102198 of brianbj; www.findagrave.com, memorial #6625980, from his gravestone in Balltown Cemetery in Balltown, Chautauqua Co., NY.

    [22] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #6625980, from Chautauqua County Wills, Vol. 1, p. 290-298, from FHL microfilm #0588096, and Letters Testamentary Vol. 1, p. 99, with a note by Dolores Davidson that a court examination showed that he wanted his 4 oldest children from his first wife to have $5 each, his three youngest sons to have $30 each, and his 3 youngest daughters to have $25 each, with a larger amount going to his son Levi.

    [23] 1840 Federal Census, Hanover, Chautauqua Co., NY, p. 312, the Elizabeth Cross household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, and included 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [24] Per Ancestry.com World Tree File #102198 of brianbj; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133787991, from her gravestone in Silent Hill Cemetery in McConnell, Stephenson Co., IL, wife of Ebeneeser Cross.

    [25] From his will, but the birth order may be incorrect.

    [26] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 17, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 17, from p. 59 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [27] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 19.

    [28] 1800 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 4 (b), the Isaac Cross household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [29] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 229, the J. (or possibly I.?) Cross household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years. Isaac Cross would have been not quite 45 years old at the time of the census.

    [30] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 27, from p. 69 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year not listed, which gives his name as “James Cross;” Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 27, of the Stafford Town Records, which gives his name as “Silas Cross.”

    [31] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 19.

    [32] 1820 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 6, the head of household was aged 26-44 years, whereas this James Cross would have been over 50.

    [33] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 27, from p. 69 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, “Sibbel,” the year not listed; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 27, of the Stafford Town Records, which does not list the name or date.

    [34] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 19.

    [35] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 27, from p. 69 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year not listed; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 27, of the Stafford Town Records, which does not list the name or year.

    [36] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 19.

    [37] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 33, from p. 75 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [38] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 20.

    [39] 1800 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 4 (b), the John Cross household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [40] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 230, three different J. Cross households had a male aged 26-44 years.

    [41] 1820 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 9, the John Cross household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [42] 1830 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 180, the John Cross household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [43] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 33, from p. 75 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [44] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 21.

    [45] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 41, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 41, from p. 84 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [46] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 59.

    [47] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 230, there were three different J. Cross households with a male aged 26-44 years.

    [48] 1820 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 7, the Jonathan Cross household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [49] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 41, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 41, from p. 85 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [50] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 59.

    [51] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [52] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, taken from Vol. 2, p. 127, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 127, from p. 140 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [53] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [54] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [55] Buckland VRs, p. 173, under “Buckland Public Records.” Abel Cross is listed as a grantee in Buckland in 1781.

    [56] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 104, Buckland town, Hampshire Co., the Abel Cross household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older and 1 free white female. Living nearby was the family of his son, Jeduthan Cross.

    [57] Hampshire Probate Records, Box 40, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; Buckland VRs, p. 136. The Mary Cross and Abashai Cross signed as the widow and heirs of Abel Cross in addition to Jeduthan Cross, but no inventory or distribution of the estate were recorded.

    [58] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 42, taken from Vol. 2, p. 14, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 14, from p. 52 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.         

    [59] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #57484012.   

    [60] 1800 Federal Census, Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, p. 357, the Able Cross household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [61] 1820 Federal Census, Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY, p. 465, the Abel Cross household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [62] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57484012, from his gravestone in Glass Road Cemetery in Rutland Center, Jefferson Co., NY.

    [63] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 16, from p. 57 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Stafford Town Records, the final digit of the year missing.

    [64] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [65] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, Buckland town, Hampshire County, p. 104, the Jeduthan Cross household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [66] Buckland VRs, p. 173.

    [67] 1800 Federal Census, Buckland, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 792, the Jeduthan Cross household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [68] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [69] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [70] Per the Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill.

    [71] 1810 Federal Census, Sharon, Schoharie Co., Ny, p. 103, the Jedua Cross household had 3 males aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

    [72] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [73] United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0882568.

    [74] 1820 Federal Census, Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY, p. 353, the Jeduthan Cross household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [75] 1830 Federal Census, Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY, p. 93, the Jeduthon Cross household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [76] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324.

    [77] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324; www.findagrave.com, memorial #69124104, from her gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.

    [78] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324; www.findagrave.com, memorial #69123880, from his gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.

    [79] Ancestry.com Vaughn Family Tree file submitted by ljneill, from Whitney, W. A., History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, p. 324, but the census records don’t show him with that many children in his household.

    [80] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 25, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 24, from p. 67 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year left blank.

    [81] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #69123471.

    [82] 1800 Federal Census, Poultney Rutland Co., VT, p. 183, the Abishai Cross household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

    [83] 1820 Federal Census, Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY, p. 465, the Abisha Cross household had 3 males under 10, 4 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 5 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [84] 1830 Federal Census, Rutland, Jefferson Co., NY, p. 124, the Abisha Cross household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [85] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69123471, from his gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI.

    [86] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [87] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 2, p. 129, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 129, from p. 143 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [88] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol. 9, p. 829.

    [89] 1790 Federal Census, Queensbury, Washington Co., NY, p. 209, the Eliphalet Lindsey household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 7 free white females.

    [90] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey, but there is no indication how she came up with the names of the children or spouses’ surnames.

    [91] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 22, from p. 64 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the child’s name partially obscured, transcribed as “---eon;” Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

    [92] 1800 Federal Census, Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, p. 403, the Simeon Lindsey household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [93] 1810 Federal Census, Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, p. 236, the Simeon Lindsey household had 4 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [94] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 27, from p. 69 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year not listed; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

    [95] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [96] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [97] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [98] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [99] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [100] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [101] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [102] Per the Ancestry.com Lindsey Family Tree file submitted by Carol Lindsey.

    [103] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [104] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 37.

    [105] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 113, Greenwich town, Hampshire Co., the Rowland Blackmore household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females; p. 104, Buckland town, Hampshire Co., the Roland Blackman household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females. They were probably the same man.

    [106] Buckland VRs, p. 165, under “Buckland Public Records.”

    [107] 1800 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 942, the Rolland Blackmer household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [108] 1810 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 640, the Roland Blackamore household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [109] 1820 Federal Census, Town of Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 176, the Roland Blackmer household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and included 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [110] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #446160, but her birth was not recorded in the Ashfield vital records.

    [111] Buckland VRs, p. 69.

    [112] 1800 Federal Census, Bernardston, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 618, the Peter Ryther household had 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [113] Per the 1790 federal census, it appears they had two more daughters by 1790.

    [114] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records, indexed as “Eliah” Lindsey; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [115] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011.

    [116] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 9, p. 829.

    [117] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 104, Buckland town, Hampshire Co., the Eliab Lindsey household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 6 free white females; Buckland VRs, p. 188, under “Buckland Public Records,” Eliab Lindsey listed as a resident of Buckland in 1790.

    [118] Ashfield VRs, p. 72.

    [119] According to the 1790 census, Eliab Lindsey may have had 3 more sons and 5 daughters by 1790.

    [120] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [121] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556.

    [122] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 130, from p. 144 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, taken from Vol. 2, p. 130, of the Stafford Town Records, his name listed as “Darake” in the Barbour index; Connecticut Church Records, Stafford First Congregational Church, 1797-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1955, p. 52.

    [123] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130126683.

    [124] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 137, Stafford Town, Tolland County, the Levy Drake household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 5 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [125] 1800 Federal Census, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, p. 576, the Levi Drake household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [126] 1810 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 370, the Levi Drake household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 15-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [127] 1820 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 986, the Levi Drake household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [128] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Blackham file submitted by az6nielsons; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130126683, from his gravestone in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, Tolland Co., CT.

    [129] 1830 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 217, the Sarah Drake household had 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 80-89 years.

    [130] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Blackham file submitted by az6nielsons; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130126682, from her gravestone in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, CT.

    [131] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [132] Galpin, Henry J., Annals of Oxford, New York, Oxford, NY, 1906, p. 356, Roswell Drake was one of the inhabitants of Oxford who attended the Oxford Town Meeting held in March 1811 at the Perkins Hotel in Oxford.

    [133] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [134] 1810 Federal Census, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 301, the Roswell Drake household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [135] 1820 Federal Census, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 263, the Roswell Drake household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [136] 1850 Federal Census, Town of Williamson, Wayne Co., NY, p. 152, dwelling #363, family #386:

            Ansell Cornwall, 60, male, farmer, $2000, born CT

            Lucy A. Cornwall, 43, female, born NY

            Sarah A. Cornwall, 2, female, born NY

            Roswell Drake, 76, male, farmer, born CT

            Esther Drake, 74, female, born CT

    [137] Per the Ancestry.com Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #90544128, from her gravestone in Lake View Cemetery in Pultneyville, Wayne Co., NY.

    [138] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Williamson, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 27, dwelling #228, family #235:

            Ancil Cornwell, 71, male, farmer, $4500, $200, born CT

            Lucy Ann Cornwell, 52, female, born NY

            Sarah A. Cornwell, 12, female, born NY, attending school

            Roswell Drake, 84, male, born CT

            Eliza Falkner, 14, female, born NY, attending school

    [139] Per the Ancestry.com Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #90544127, from his gravestone in Lake View Cemetery in Pultneyville, NY.

    [140] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 55, taken from Vol. 2, p. 29, and Vol. 2, p. 175, of the Stafford Town Records; Connecticut Church Records, Stafford First Congregational Church, 1797-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1955, p. 27.

    [141] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 55, taken from Vol. 2, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #158194655.

    [142] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #158194655.

    [143] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130235496.

    [144] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 11, taken from Vol. 2, p. 35, of the Stafford Town Records; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130235496.

    [145] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130235496, from her gravestone in Old West Stafford Cemetery in West Stafford, Tolland Co., CT.

    [146] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #158194655.

    [147] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #158194655.

    [148] 1810 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 229, the S. Drake household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [149] 1820 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 7, the Salmon Drake household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [150] 1830 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 173, the Salmon Drake household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [151] 1840 Federal Census, Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 334, the Solomon Drake household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [152] 1850 Federal Census, Town of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY, p. 10, dwelling #125, family #125:

            Soloman Drake, 64 [sic], male, farmer, $6000, born CT

            Danvers Drake, 20, male, farmer, born CT, attending school

            William Holmes, 20, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Mercianna Gallt, 48, female, born NY

    [153] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #158194655, from his gravestone in Cherry Valley Cemetery in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY.

    [154] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 55, taken from Vol. 2, p. 37, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [155] Calculated from her age in the 1855 state census.

    [156] 1810 Federal Census, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY, p. 232, the Justus Drake household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [157] 1820 Federal Census, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 263, the Justus Drake household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [158] 1830 Federal Census, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 178, the Justus Drake household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [159] 1840 Federal Census, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 64, the Justus Drake household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 3 females aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, and included 1 person employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing & trade.

    [160] 1855 New York State Census, Town of Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, 1st Election Dist., dwelling #31, a frame house valued at $300, family #34:

            Sylvester R. Drake, 32, male, born Chenango Co., married resident 29 years, farmer, a native voter, owns land

            Abigail A. Drake, 29, female, wife, born Chenango Co., married, resident 12 years

            Nancy D. Drake, 9, female, child, born Chenango Co., resident 6 years

            Lucy M. Drake, 7, female, child, born Otsego Co., resident 4 years,

            Henrietta J. Drake, 4, female, child, born Chenango Co., resident 3 years,

            Sarah A. Drake, 2, female, chile, born Chenango Co., resident 2 years,

            Justus Drake, 73, male, boarder, born CT, married, resident 40 years, farmer, a native voter

            Sarah Drake, 64, female, boarder, born CT, married, resident 40 years

    [161] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY, but no www.findagrave.com memorial was found for him.

    [162] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130126672, but he was not listed in the Barbour Index of Stafford Town Records. He was at least 26 years of age in the 1810 federal census, but he was still in his 40s in the 1830 federal census.

    [163] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130126672.

    [164] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130126673.

    [165] 1810 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 370, the Zeba Drake household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [166] 1820 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 986, the Zeba Drake household had 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [167] 1830 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 217, the Zera Drake household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [168] 1840 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 52, the Zeba Drake household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 [sic] years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, and included 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [169] 1850 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 37, dwelling #19, family #21:

            Zeba Drake, 65, male, farmer, $1800, born CT

            Anna Drake, 64, female, born CT

            Zeba D. Smith, 12, male, born CT, attending school

            William A. Francis, 12, male, born CT

    [170] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130126672, from his gravestone in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, CT.

    [171] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, Page No. 54, dwelling #398, family #442:

            Anna Drake, 73, female, widow, $2000, born CT

            Ziba D. Smith, 22, male, day laborer, born CT

            Daniel Ladd, 21, male, day laborer, born CT

            Amanda M. Ladd, 17, female, born CT

    [172] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130126673, from her gravestone in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, CT.

    [173] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 21 Mar. 2011.

    [174] 1810 Federal Census, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY, p. 301, the Aaron Drake household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [175] 1820 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 986, the Aaron Drake household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [176] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556, and the Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130126681, from his gravestone in Stafford Springs Cemetery in Stafford Springs, CT.

    [177] Per the Webster, New York Families file submitted by Scott Allen, of Webster, NY.

    [178] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556.


[A] The Will of Ebenezer Cross of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York (1839) *

I Ebenezer Cross of the town of Hanover County of Chautauqua and State of New York do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Viz ; I give and bequeath to my Son Levi the sum of Sixty five dollars and to my Son Ebenezer the sum of five dollars, and to my daughter Abigail the like sum of five dollars and to my daughter Susan the like sum of five dollars; and to my daughter Sarah the like sum of five dollars and to my son Aaron the sum of thirty dollars And to my son Daniel the like sum of thirty Dollars and to my Son Hiram the like sum of thirty dollars and to my daughter Clarisey the sum of twenty five dollars and to my daughter Jane the like sum of twenty five dollars and to my daughter Elizabeth the like sum of twenty five dollars. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Cross the sum of four hundred dollars togeather with all my household furniture hay grain and two hogs. And I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my son Levi Cross and Laertes Sollace Executors of this my last Will and testament hereby revoking all other and former wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty fifty day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine

                                                                                                                                                                 his

                                                                                                                                                Ebenezer X  Cross                               (seal)

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Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator Ebenezer Cross as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator.                                   John Tousey of Perrysburgh

                                                                                                                                                Hiram Wheeler }

                                                                                                                                                Laertes Sollace } of the town of Hanover

 

Presented for probate on 29 Nov. 1739 by Ebenezer Cross Junior a creditor and next of kin of Ebenezer Cross late of Hanover, Stephen R. Hale was appointed as special guardian for Sarah Cross, Louisa Cross, Elisha Cross, minor heirs of Ebenezer Cross deceased, who resided in Cattaraugus County. A citation was issued to Levi Henly or Handy and Sarah his wife, Stephen R. Hall and Abigail his wife, Levi Cross and George Henly or Handy and Susan his wife to appear, and the will was proved on 7 Jan. 1840 by John Tousay of Perrysburgh, who testified that Levi was the oldest, the children of his first wife to have five dollars apiece except Levi, the three youngest sons to have thirty dollars apiece, and the three youngest daughters to have twenty five dollars apiece, they being by his present wife. Laertes Sollace and Hiram Wheeler also testified. Levi Cross and Laertes Sollace, the Executors, both renounced their right and claim as executors on 11 Jan. 1740.

 

Ebenezer Cross was granted administration of the estate of Ebenezer Cross deceased with the will annexed on 23 Jan. 1840.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Chautauqua County Wills Vol. 1, p. 290-298, from FHL microfilm #0588096, and Letters Testamentary Vol. 1, p. 99. Note, the handwriting in the Chautauqua County probate proceedings in Vol. 1, p. 291-298 is very difficult to read, so the surnames of the husbands of Sarah Cross and Susan Cross are uncertain. I assume that Sarah, Louisa and Elisha Cross, the minor heirs of Ebenezer Cross, must have been grandchildren by an unmentioned deceased son.