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EARLY FAMILIES OF THE MILL CREEK VALLEY,
RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, TIOGA COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
The Mill Creek Valley with its glistening waters, tranquil valley, and gently rolling hills is undoubtedly one of Tioga County's most scenic areas. The early families who settled in what became Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania settled along Mill Creek where they found the soils rich and fertile in the valley dotted by glacial mound deposits evident throughout the valley. Mill Creek has its beginning in western Columbia Township, Bradford County, which borders Rutland Township to the east. The creek meanders westward through the township to cut the township nearly in half. As it reaches the western portion of the township a large fertile plain developed where Elk Creek meets Mill Creek from the south and Bailey Creek meet Mill Creek from the north. Mill Creek continues to flow westward to the Tioga River.
Mill Creek that crosses the pastoral fields and meadows found settlers along its waters soon after 1800. It is unclear how the first families arrived in the Mill Creek Valley, if they came overland via some route or followed the Tioga River and traveled east on Mill Creek. Many of the early settlers, including the Bacon, Clark, Corey, Harris, and Rose families, arrived from Bennington County, Vermont. Settlement was slow. By the 1820 census there were only about twenty families residing in present Rutland Township. There were near neighbors and relatives in neighboring western Columbia Township, Bradford County, several families from Vermont having settled in that township. Several families had settled along Mill Creek and remained only a few years and moved on. These early pioneers established farms along Mill Creek on warrant parcels 171, 224, 232, 285, 539, 974, 975, and 976 (see 1875 Rutland Township map for warrant locations). There was also a small settlement north of the valley on warrant parcel 1373 at what became known as Pumpkin Hill. The early families were found in the Tioga Township census of 1810, one of only two townships that existed at that date within Tioga County. They are found a few years later on the first assessment of 1812 and on the special assessment of the County in 1814, when ages were included, which have been helpful to help identify some family members. The Mill Creek settlers are then found on the first assessment of Jackson Township of 1816. These assessment records are important in helping to establish arrival dates and helpful in identifying children for some of those families unable to pay for the schooling of their children. They continue to appear on the Jackson Township assessment lists and the 1820 census of enumeration of Jackson Township until Rutland Township was created in 1828 from Sullivan Township to the south and Jackson Township to the north.
Many of the early burials of the settlers are unmarked. There was an early burial ground in the eastern portion of the township on warrant parcel 974 a short distance south of Mill Creek and on the north side of the main road between Columbia Township and Roseville. The nearly round elevated glacial mound rises several feet above the plain of the valley floor. Many native stones bearing no inscriptions mark burials of the earliest settlers in the center and at the top of the mound, which acquired the name of the Clark Burial Ground. Lemuel Clark, a Revolutionary soldier lies buried in the cemetery along with several family members and other families who resided in the vicinity. Burials probably ceased shortly after 1850. There was an early burial ground on another glacial elongated mound on the south side of Mill Creek at what is now the borough of Roseville, several hundred yards east of Watson Cemetery. Burials are related to have been removed from this early burial ground to the newer Watson Cemetery. Still to be seen are several native stone markers indicating burials and the foundations for a few engraved markers also exist, those markers evidently removed to the Watson Cemetery, and no doubt the remnants of some bodies still repose there. Further west in the valley and nearly half way between Roseville and Lawrence Corners was another early burial ground, which became known as the Bentley Cemetery. The cemetery is north of Mill Creek and on the south side of the main road, now known as Route 549. There are over thirty markers of native stone bearing no inscription, predominantly clustered on the top of the mound, where are located the oldest graves. Dan Wattles, a revolutionary soldier is buried in the cemetery, a descendant at some point knowing his burial location and erecting a marker.
The scenic valley has changed little since the first settlers arrived to clear the land and begin their lives. The wire fence has replaced the rail and stone, and farms still flourish along Mill Creek with hay bales dotting the valley and cattle grazing on the hillside slopes. The only hamlet, known as the borough of Roseville, is a cluster of several homes and a few business activities and houses of worship.
The family sketches below will concentrate on those families who arrived by 1820 or earlier in the Mill Creek Valley in what is now Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
J. Kelsey Jones
BACON
Daniel Bacon b. 5 June 1748 Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut son of Ebenezer Bacon and Margery Markham m. 27 Apr 1777 at Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, Olive Darby b. 9 Apr 1750 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut daughter of William Darby and Abigail Cleveland. Enumerated in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont in 1790 as Daniel Bakon with one male of age sixteen and over (b. before 1774), four males under age sixteen (b. 1775-90), and three females. Enumerated in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont in 1800 with two males under age ten (b. 1791-1800), one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1785-90), one male of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1775-84), one male of age forty five and over (b. before 1755), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1785-90), and one female of age forty five and over (b. before 1755). Daniel was of Tioga Township, Tioga County, 1 Mar 1809, one of only two townships in existence at that date, and called yeoman, when he purchased (Liber 1:188) 151 acres on warrant parcel 232 from John Steinmetz and others of Philadelphia. Warrant parcel 232 was on Mill Creek west of what became Roseville and east of Lawrence Corners. Enumerated in Tioga Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1810, one of only two townships in existence at that date, with three males of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1785-94), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). The portion of the census with females under age ten and females of age ten and under age sixteen is missing that may have contained daughters in the household. Daniel appears on the 1812 assessment list of Tioga Township, the first known assessment to be in existence, with 100 acres, 2 horses, and 1 cow. Daniel appears on a special assessment of Tioga and Delmar Townships, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, dated 7 Oct 1814 when it was submitted to the commissioners of Tioga County. This was a special tax enumeration of the two townships that existed in the entire County at that date. Daniel was listed as age 67, farmer. Daniel appears on the 1818 assessment list of Jackson Township, Tioga County. Their residence was in Rutland Township in that portion created from Jackson Township, west of what became Roseville and east of Lawrence Corners where the Longwell family later resided, on the north side of Mill Creek. On the 1819 assessment list Daniel had transferred property to William Bacon, which is confirmed by a deed (Liber 4:399) of 8 Dec 1818 when Daniel Bacon of Jackson Township conveyed to William D. Bacon of Jackson Township, 151 acres on warrant parcel 232. Witnessed by Lemuel Wood and Ebenezer Bacon. Daniel and Olive were perhaps the male and female over age forty five (b. before 1775) in the household of son William in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1820 (Rutland Township not yet created). Four of their children removed to Hector, Tompkins County (that portion that became Schuyler County), New York and were enumerated there in 1825. If Daniel and Olive were living they were perhaps in the household of son Horatio as there are several members in that household that can’t be accounted for.
1. Alice Bacon b. 12 July 1778 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut.
2. Alvin Bacon b. 12 Sept 1779 Canterbury.
3. William Darby Bacon b. c. 1781 (1814 special assessment listing
age as 33).
4. son b. c. 1783-89.
5. Olive Bacon b. c. 1785 Vermont.
6. Ebenezer Bacon b. 8 Jan 1787 Vermont.
7. Horace B. Bacon b. 17 Oct 1792.
8. son b. 1791-1800.
Second Generation:
2. Alvin Bacon b. 12 Sept 1779 is related to have had a wife
with the name Fellows. There was a Nathan Fellows and Hannah Orvis who
were early settlers in Smithfield Township in what became Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Nathan Fellows is related to have been a Methodist minister
and they removed to Sugar Creek in Burlington, Bradford County
At a meeting of the inhabitants and settlers of Sugar-Creek Settlement
(settled under the Connecticut Susquehannah Company's purchase) at the
house of John Ballad, 2nd on said creek, on Aug. 10th: Nathan Fellows was
chosen chairman and Nathaniel Allen, clerk of said meeting. After taking
into consideration the situation of the settlers and inhabitants so as
aforesaid convened, and what may be the object or views of the adverse
claimants, in sending an agent, or spy amongst us. It was unanimously resolved
and 4
resolutions adopted (Luzerne County Federalist, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,
August 20, 1803).
The Fellows family removed to Tioga County and were enumerated in Tioga Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1810, one of only two townships in existence at the time. Nathan and Hannah had daughters who have not been identified by Fellows family researchers. It is believed one of their daughters m. Alvin Bacon. Furthermore, Nathan and Hannah had a son David Fellows and Alvin Bacon named his first son David F. Bacon, whose full name may have been David Fellows Bacon.
Alvin was of Tioga Township, Tioga County, and called yeoman, 1 Mar 1809, one of only two townships in existence at that date, when he purchased (Liber 3:70) 136 acres on warrant parcel 232 from John Steinmetz and others of Philadelphia along lands of Isaac Westcut. On the same date, Alvin purchased (Liber 3:74) 56 acres on Mill Creek from Charles Pleasants and others. Alvin was enumerated in Tioga Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1810, one of only two townships in existence at that date, with three males under age ten (b. 1801-10), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84). The portion of the census with females under age ten and females of age ten and under age sixteen is missing, that may have contained daughters in the household. Alvin appears on the 1812 assessment list of Tioga Township, the first known to be in existence, with 150 acres, 2 horses, and 2 cows. Probate of estate of Alvin dated 12 Oct 1813 Tioga County. Administration granted to brother Ebenezer Bacon, Daniel Bacon and William Kaseby. Daniel Bacon and William D. Bacon appointed guardians of children, January 1814.
Amounts against the estate of Alvin Bacon late deceased in favor of
Eben Bacon:
28 Sept 1813:
going to Wellsborough to see about the administration of sd estate
expenses included $6.40
12 Oct 1813:
going to Wellsborough with the bail $9.00
expenses at the same time $5.00
expenses for the letter $2.93
20 Oct 1813:
collecting the goods and attending with appraisers $2.00
seventeen dollars paid to the appraisers $17.00
25 cts paid to Esqr Lamb for qualifying appraisers $.25
$5 for court fees $5.00
Registers fees for guardian letter $1.50
two dollars and fifty seven cts paid to Howd Spaling $2.57
sixty two cts paid O. Canfield $.62
nineteen dollars and fifty eight cts paid to W. D. Bacon $19.58
six dollars 31/100 paid Wm Ford $6.31
three dollars paid to L. Wood $3.00
fifty cts paid it D. Nichols $.50
fifty cts paid to S. Power $.50
sixteen dollars and forty seven cents paid to H. Ross $16.47
fifty cts paid to J. Franklin $.50
25 cts cts paid to C. Barns $.25
26 dollars paid to John Smith $26.00
.76 cts paid to Wm Rose $.76
thirteen dollars 25/100 paid to Daniel Bacon $13.25
2 dollars paid to A. Walker $2.00
5 dollars paid to A. G. White $5.00
62 cts paid to C. Sharp $.62
going to Wellsborough to make my return $7.00
paying the register $4.50
and fees to clk of Orphans Court $4.50
six dollars paid to E. Satterlee $6.00
25 cts pad to S. Smith $2.5
Also credit in behalf of sd estate by the amount of the appraisal of
the estate
Of Alvin Bacon deceased $514.45
68 cents due from J. Corey $.68
25 cts due from I. Churchill $.25
The petition of Ebenezer Bacon of Tioga Township and Tioga County humbly showeth. That your petitioner has been duly appointed according to law, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels & which were of Alvin Bacon late of said township deceased at the time of his death who died intestate. That the said Intestate left issue three children to wit David, Hiram & Daniel all yet in their minority. That the personal estate is insufficient for the payments of his debts as by the amount herewith produced appears. And that the said Intestate died seized in his demise as of fee of a & in a certain tract of land situate in said township containing one hundred & thirty six acres or thereabout as per deed described. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your honors to grant him an order to make sale of said land with the appurtances for the payments of the debts and the maintenance and education of the children of the said Intestate and your petitioner as in duty bound and will every pray. Signed Ebenr Bacon. Granted by the Court presented Novr 14th 1814.
Balance of the estate now in the hands of Eben Bacon the adminstrator Feb 15th 1815 the time of settling with the register $515.38
Public Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the estate of Alvin Bacon late of Mill Creek in Tioga County deceased that Ebenezer Bacon Administrator of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights, and credits which were of the deceased has filed in the Registers Office for the County of Tioga, at Wellsborough, his account upon the administration of the estate of the said deceased, and that the same will be presented to the Orphans Court of the said County for confirmation and allowance, on the second Monday in May next at the Court House in Wellsborough. Wellsborough Registers Office March 9th 1816. John Norris, Register.
On 9 Feb 1830 Hiram Bacon of Rutland conveyed (Liber 8:208) 54 acres, acquired by Hiram as one of three children of Alvin Bacon. On 21 June 1830, David F. Bacon conveyed (Liber 10:345) 54 acres by lands of Richard Pemberton, being an undivided 1/3 part of land. No deed recorded for the other brother distributing his interest in the 54 acres.
9. David F. Bacon b. c. 1806 Rutland.
10. Hiram Bacon b. 18 July 1808 Rutland (History of Tioga County,
Pennsyvlania).
11. Daniel Bacon.
3. William Darby Bacon b. c. 1781 was of Tioga Township, Tioga County, 1 Mar 1809, one of only two townships in existence at that date, when he purchased (Liber 1:193) 91 acres on warrant parcel 232 from John Steinmetz and others of Philadelphia. Enumerated in Tioga Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1810, one of only two townships in existence at that date, with one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84). The portion of the census with females under age ten and females of age ten and under age sixteen is missing that may have contained daughters in the household. William appears on the 1812 assessment list of Tioga Township, the first known to be in existence, with 91 acres, 2 oxen, and 2 cows. William appears on a special assessment of Tioga and Delmar Townships, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, dated 7 Oct 1814 when it was submitted to the commissioners of Tioga County. This was a special tax enumeration of the two townships that existed in the entire County at that date. William was listed as age 33, farmer. William appears on the first assessment of Jackson Township, Tioga County in 1816 (Rutland Township had not yet been created). William acquired (Liber 4:399) on 8 Dec 1818, the 151 acres that was his parent’s farm on warrant parcel 232. Witnessed by Lemuel Wood and Ebenezer Bacon. Enumerated in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1820 with three males under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94), one male of age forty five and over (b. before 1775), one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94), and one female of age forty five and over (b. before 1775). He was a justice of the peace in 1821. William last appears on the 1823 assessment list (compiled late fall of 1822) of Jackson. The 1824 assessment list does not exist. William D. Bacon and Sally Bacon, his wife, conveyed (Liber 6:82) the 151 acre farm of his parents that he acquired on warrant parcel 232, to James Husted on 30 Aug 1823 and they conveyed (Liber 6:80) their own 91 acre farm to Ruth and Catherine Husted on 30 Aug 1823. Enumerated on the 1825 state census of Hector, Tompkins County (that portion that became Schuyler County), New York with five males (including head of household), and three females, including one married female under age forty five and two unmarried females under age sixteen. Brothers William and Horatio and sister Olive were also enumerated in Hector. They returned to Tioga County. Rutland Township was created in Feb 1828 from Jackson and Sullivan Townships in Tioga County. Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1830 with two males of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). The 91 acre farm they had owned evidently reverted back to them when on 8 Feb 1831 William D. Bacon and Elizabeth Bacon, his wife, conveyed (9:84) 91 acres to Justus J. Bennett of Wayne, Steuben County, New York. William was of Wayne, Steuben County, New York when he acquired (Liber 10:382) the 91 acre farm from Justus J. Bennett and Elizabeth Bennett, his wife, of Wayne, Steuben County, New York. On 4 May 1836 William D. Bacon and Elizabeth Bacon, his wife, of Tyrone, Steuben County, New York, conveyed (Liber 13:495) the 91 acre farm in Rutland to George Longwell. William is related to have m. 8 Apr 1833 in Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan, Esther Sanford b. 22 Sept 1785 Warwick, Orange County, New York daughter of Ezra Sanford and Ann Hopper and widow of William Hause. The marriage must have occurred after 1833 as William and wife Elizabeth executed a deed in 1836 while residents of Tyrone, Steuben (that portion that became Schuyler) County, New York. William D. Bacon and Esther Bacon were received by letter as members on 1 Jan 1837 of the Coffee Creek Baptist Church, located at Paris Crossing, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana. William acquired 40 acres in Jennings County, Indiana, 15 Aug 1838. William D. Bacon of Steuben County, New York acquired 226 acres on 10 Aug 1839 and 80 acres on the same date in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Enumerated in Jennings County, Indiana in 1840 with one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), two males of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one male of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), and one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90). Esther d. 16 Aug 1850 Reading Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. William was enumerated in Jackson, Howard County, Indiana in 1850 in household of son Lemuel. He is perhaps the William Bacon who purchased 31.67 acres in Howard County, 1 Apr 1856. William was enumerated in Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana in 1860 in household of son Lemuel.
William named a son Lemuel Wood Bacon, which could indicate that his wife was a daughter of Lemuel Wood and Salome Gregory of Rutland.
12. Mariah Elvira Bacon b. c. 1811 Tioga County.
13. son b. 1813-15.
14. Samuel Walker Bacon b. May 1817 Tioga County.
15. Lemuel Wood Bacon b. c. 1820 Tioga County.
16. daughter b. 1821-25.
17. son b. 1821-25.
5. Olive Bacon b. c. 1785 m. Ebenezer Avery b. c. 1778 Massachusetts.
Enumerated in Ulster Township, Lycoming County (that portion that became
Bradford County in 1812), Pennsylvania in 1810 with one male of age twenty
six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84), one female under age ten (b.
1801-10), and one female of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1785-94).
Ebenezer appears on a special assessment of Tioga and Delmar Townships,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania, dated 7 Oct 1814 when it was submitted to the
commissioners of Tioga County. This was a special tax enumeration of the
two townships that existed in the entire County at that date. Ebenezer
was listed as age 38, farmer. Ebenezer appears on the first assessment
list of Jackson Township in 1816 with the notation “living in Covington,”
which could have been somewhere in southern Rutland Township or present
Sullivan Township. Enumerated in Elmira, Tioga County (that portion that
became Chemung County) in 1820. Enumerated in Hector, Tompkins County (that
portion that became Schuyler County), New York in the 1825 state census
with five males, including head of household, and five females, one female
unmarried between the ages of sixteen and forty five, three females unmarried
under the age of sixteen, and one female b. during the previous census
year. Olive’s three brothers William, Ebenezer, and Horatio were
also enumerated in Hector. Enumerated in Tyrone, Steuben County (that portion
that became Schuyler County), New York in 1830. Enumerated in Reading,
Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1840 and 1850, Olive’s niece Elvira Hause
and family enumerated in neighboring household. Enumerated in Casco, Allegan
County, Michigan in 1860. Olive was enumerated in Yolo County, California
in 1870.
17. Almira Avery.
18. Phebe Avery.
19. Alvin Bacon Avery b. 25 Dec 1811 Pennsylvania.
20. Horace B. Avery b. c. 1813 Pennsylvania.
21. Olive Jane Avery b. c. 1814.
22. Laura Ann Avery b. c. 1816.
23. Sally B. Avery b. c. 1817.
24. William Avery b. c. 1819.
25. Ebenezer Martin Avery b. c. 1822-22.
26. Harriet N. Avery b. c. 1824 (female birth during previous
year of 1825 state census)..
27. Hiram B. Avery b. c. 1827 New York.
6. Ebenezer Bacon b. 8 Jan 1787 was of Tioga Township, Tioga County,
1 Mar 1809, one of only two townships in existence at that date, when he
purchased (Liber 1:191) 94 acres on warrant parcel 232 from John Steinmetz
and others of Philadelphia. Ebenezer appears on the 1812 assessment list
of Tioga Township, the first known to be in existence, with 90 acres, single
freeman. Ebenezer appears on a special assessment of Tioga and Delmar Townships,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania, dated 7 Oct 1814 when it was submitted to the
commissioners of Tioga County. This was a special tax enumeration of the
two townships that existed in the entire County at that date. Ebenezer
was listed as age 27, farmer. Ebenezer m. 1 Jan 1815 Bathsheba Bentley
b. 12 Apr 1797 New York daughter of Benjamin Bentley and Mary Keeney. Ebenezer
appears on the first assessment of Jackson Township, Tioga County in 1816.
Their residence was in that portion of Rutland Township created from Jackson
Township, related to be in the Mill Creek Valley east of Lawrence Corners
where the Longwell family later resided. On the 1820 assessment list (compiled
fall of 1819) unable to pay for schooling of son, Daniel. Enumerated in
Jackson Township, Tioga County in 1820 with two males under age ten (b.
1811-20), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94),
one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), and one female of age sixteen and
under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804). Their residence was in Rutland Township,
which had not yet been created from Jackson Township. Ebenezer last appears
on the 1823 assessment list of Jackson. The 1824 assessment list does not
exist. Ebenezer does not appear on the 1825 assessment list. Enumerated
on the 1825 state census of Hector, Tompkins County (that portion that
became Schuyler County), New York with four males (including head of household),
and three females, including one married female under age forty five and
two unmarried females under age sixteen. Brothers William and Horatio and
sister Olive were also enumerated in Hector. They returned to Tioga County.
Rutland Township was created in Feb 1828 from Jackson and Sullivan Townships
in Tioga County and at the first election in May 1829, Ebenezer received
35 votes for supervisor, while Sylvester Benson received 40 votes. Ebenezer
appears on the first assessment list of Rutland Township in 1829. Enumerated
in Rutland in 1830 with two males under age five (b. 1826-30), one male
of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), two males of age ten and under
age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b.
1781-90), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one female
of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), and one female of age thirty
and under age forty (b. 1791-1800). Enumerated in Jennings County, Indiana
in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age ten
and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), two males of age fifteen and under
age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b.
1791-1800), one male of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), two
females under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of age fifteen and under
age twenty (b. 1821-25), one female of age twenty and under age thirty
(b. 1811-20), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800).
Enumerated in Sand Creek Township, Jennings County, Indiana in 1850. Ebenezer
d. 14 May 1853 Brewersville, Jennings County. Bathsheba enumerated in Geneva,
Jennings County in 1860. Bathsheba d. 17 July 1865 Cairo, Illinois.
28. Elmer D. Bacon b. Oct 1815.
29. Elon G. Bacon b. 22 Feb 1817.
30. Mary Bacon b. Nov 1818.
31. Horace Bacon b. 1820.
32. Almira Bacon b. 17 Oct 1821.
33. Daniel Bacon b. 1 Dec 1823.
34. Benjamin Bentley Bacon b. Jan 1826.
35. son b. 1826-30.
36. Mercy Bacon b. c. 1836 Pennsylvania.
37. Martin Bacon b. c. 1838 Pennsylvania.
38. daughter b. c. 1840.
39. Jeanette Bacon b. c. 1844 Indiana.
The unidentified son above was perhaps Alexander Bacon and the unidentified daughter Emeline.
7. Horace B. Bacon b. 17 Oct 1792 m. 12 Dec 1812 Deborah Mitchell b. c. 1793 New York daughter of John Mitchell and Sarah Bennett of Catharine, Tioga (that portion that became Chemung and later Schuyler County), New York. Horace was a physician, joined the Tioga County (New York) Medical Society in 1813. Enumerated in Hector, Tompkins County (that portion that became Schuyler County), New York in 1820 with two males under age ten (b. 1811-20), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94), one female under age ten (b. 1811-20), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). Horace joined the Tompkins County Medical Society in 1821. Enumerated as Horatio Bacon in Hector in the 1825 state census with five males (including head of household), and seven females, including one married female under age forty five, two unmarried females between ages sixteen and forty five, four unmarried females under age sixteen, and one female born during previous year. Horace d. 30 Aug 1826. Will of Horace Bacon of Hector dated Aug 1826 probated 13 Feb 1827 named wife Deborah and children. Executor, friend Jabez S. Smith. Witnessed by C. W. Smith, Sheldon Bassett and Augustus Ely. Deborah m. (2)Charles Wakeman b. 1803 as his second wife. Charles was enumerated in Catharine, Tioga County (that portion that became Schuyler) in 1830 with a wife and children next to the John Mitchell household and Deborah was probably the female enumerated in the Mitchell household with three of her children. Charles enumerated in Hector in 1840. Charles and Deborah enumerated in Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin in 1860 and 1870, farmer. Deborah d. 1878 Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin and Charles d. 22 Sept 1881.
40. Horatio Bacon b. c. 1814.
41. Nelson Bacon b. c. 1816.
42. Susan Bacon b. c. 1818.
43. Alvin Bacon b. c. 1820.
44. Jennette Bacon b. c. 1822.
45. Mary Ann Bacon b. 1824.
Third Generation:
9. David F. Bacon b. c. 1806 and wife Nancy Ann b. c. 1807
New York were enumerated in Darien, Genesee County, New York in 1850, farmer.
Enumerated in Darien in 1860 and 1870, laborer.
Sarah Jane Bacon b. c. 1838 New York, teacher in 1860 and 1870.
Martha E. Bacon (twin) b. c. 1841 New York.
Mary H. Bacon (twin) b. c. 1841 New York.
Delphina P. Bacon b. c. 1844 New York, teacher in 1870.
Hiram Bacon b. c. 1848 New York.
Ellen Bacon b. c. 1852 New York.
10. Hiram Bacon b. 18 July 1808 m. 23 Sept 1832 in Potter, Yates County, New York, Mary Stebbins b. 29 Apr 1813 Potter, Yates County daughter of John Stebbins and Sarah Sanderson. Enumerated in Middlesex, Yates County, New York in 1850, Free Will Baptist Clergyman. Mary d. 29 July 1852 Gorham, Ontario County, New York. Enumerated in Catharine, Schuyler County, New York in 1860, Baptist clergyman, with second wife Lucy Maria b. 3 July 1825 (ts) New York. Enumerated in Leidy, Clinton County, Pennsylvania in 1870, Free Will Baptist minister. Enumerated in Brookfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1880. In the History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania of Brookfield Township it states –
“Rev. Hiram Bacon - One of the oldest and most respected residents of Brookfield is Rev. Hiram Bacon, for 53 years pastor of the Free-Will Baptist church. He was born July 18th 1808, in Rutland, Tioga county, and married Mary Stebbins, of Potter county. His father was Alvin Bacon, who came from Vermont to Rutland in 1800. His family is of English descent, his great-grandfather having been stolen from England and sold in Connecticut to a man named Derby, to pay his passage money. Mr. Bacon's ministry has been successful and of advantage to the church.”
Rev. Bacon d. 12 Nov 1886 (ts) and Lucy Maria d. 8 Aug 1889 (ts) Austinburg Cemetery, Brookfield Township.
John Stebbins Bacon b. 12 July 1833 Potter, Yates County, New York.
Roxsena L. Bacon b. 16 Aug 1835 New York.
Orin Stebbins Bacon b. 29 Mar 1837 Academy, New York.
Eliza D. Stebbins b. 11 Nov 1838.
Daniel R. Bacon b. 18 Aug 1840.
12. Mariah Elvira Bacon b. c. 1811 m. 26 Nov 1832 Heman C. Hause b. 13 May 1813 Wayne, Steuben County, New York son of William Hause and Esther Sanford. Enumerated in Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1850, farmer, beside household of Elvira’a aunt Olive Avery. Heman enumerated in Butler, Branch County, Michigan in 1850, farmer, with wife Adaline S., b. c. 1808 Connecticut. Enumerated in City of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1870.
Edwin Hause b. c. 1834 Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Lucretia Hause b. c. 1836 Michigan.
Norman Hause b. c. 1843 Michigan.
Andrew Hause b. c. 1845 Indiana.
Alice Hause b. c. 1849 Michigan not enumerated with family in 1860.
14. Samuel Walker Bacon b. May 1817 was baptized Oct 1839 at the Coffee Creek Baptist Church located at Paris Crossing, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana where his parents were members. He departed Aug 1844 by letter. Samuel m. 13 Apr 1841 in Warren County, Ohio, Martha Gibbs b. Sept 1826 Ohio. Enumerated in Turtle Creek, Warren County, Ohio in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Hurricane, Carroll County, Missouri in 1870, farmer. Enumerated in Wood, Carroll County in 1880, farmer. Samuel d. 1 Dec 1883 66y 6m 22d (death record) as the result of a fall from a wagon buried Big Creek Cemetery (death record). Martha enumerated in Ridge Township, Carroll County, in 1900, mother of nine children, five living, daughter Alice residing with her.
John W. Bacon b. c. 1846 Ohio m. Matilda Fly.
Sarah A. Bacon b. c. 1848 Ohio.
Sybil Bacon b. c. 1856 Ohio.
Martha E. Bacon b. c. 1859 Ohio.
Alice Bacon b. Nov 1866 Illinois.
Charles Bacon b. c. 1869 Illinois.
15. Lemuel Wood Bacon b. c. 1820 m. 26 Dec 1840 in Jennings County, Indiana, Sarah Gannon and 1 Mar 1848 in Spencer County, Indiana, Mary Hutchinson b. c. 1831 Indiana. Lemuel was a member of the Coffee Creek Baptist Church located at Paris Crossing, Montgomery Township, Jennings County, Indiana where his parents were members. Enumerated in Jackson, Howard County, Indiana in 1850, physician. Enumerated in Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana in 1860, physician. Lemuel m. 11 Aug 1861 in Posey County, Susan Patton and 9 Oct 1865 in Posey County, Martha A. Thompson b. c. 1829 Indiana. Enumerated in Mt Vernon in 1870, physician. Martha was enumerated as Martha Tadlock in 1880 in Mt. Vernon, widow, with daughters Almira and Eveline residing with her.
Children of Lemuel and Sarah:
Henrietta Bacon b. Feb 1842 Indiana m. 13 Sept 1863 Smith Bloomer,
resided Mt. Vernon.
Mary A. Bacon b. c. 1844 Indiana.
Children of Lemuel and Mary:
William S. Bacon b. c. 1852 Indiana.
Sarah Alice Bacon b. c. 1855 Indiana.
James H. Bacon b. c. 1858 Indiana.
Children of Lemuel and Martha:
Almira Bacon b. c. 1867 Indiana.
Eveline Bacon b. c. 1871 Indiana.
28. Elmer D. Bacon b. Oct 1815 and wife Lodeliaette b. c. 1823 New York were enumerated in Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan in 1840 near his aunt Olive Avery and family, with one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20) and one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25). Enumerated in Reading in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in South Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois in 1860 and 1870, farmer. Enumerated in Mowequa, Shelby County, Illinois in 1880, well borer and carpenter, widower, his widowed mother in law Oche E. Mason and widowed sister Mary Hooker residing with him. Elmer m. 7 Apr 1881 (Illinois marriage record) in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illlinois, Margaret Elizabeth Luckenbill (also Lookingbill) b. July 1836. Enumerated in Moweaqua Village in 1900, apiary keeper. Elmer d. 13 Sept 1906 Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois.
Martha I. Bacon b. c. 1842 Michigan.
Samantha A. Bacon b. c. 1844 Michigan.
Emma Bacon b. c. 1860 Illinois.
29. Elon G. Bacon b. 22 Feb 1817 (ts) was baptized Oct 1839 Coffee
Creek Baptist Church, Paris Crossing, Montgomery Township, Jennings County,
Indiana. Elon and wife Eliza b. c. 1821 Ohio were members of the church.
Enumerated Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana in 1850, carpenter, near
households of brothers Horace and Benjamin. Enumerated in Perry Township,
Marion County in 1860, farmer, with wife Theresa Ann b. c. 1820 Indiana.
Elon served in Company G, 70th Indiana Infantry as a musician during the
Civil War. Elon and Theresa enumerated in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin
in 1870 and 1880, farmer. Elon d. 18 May 1884 buried Maple Grove Cemetery,
Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Almira Bacon b. c. 1840 Indiana.
John Bacon b. c. 1844 Indiana.
Mary J. Bacon b. c. 1847 Indiana.
Orlando A. Bacon b. 1850 Indiana.
Omar H. Bacon b. 6 Jan 1854 Indiana m. 19 Dec 1880 Florence A. Sargent
and he d. 29 June 1896 (ts) Maple Grove Cemetery.
Child of Elon and Theresa:
Joseph N. Bacon b. 14 Dec 1859 Indiana d. 31 July 1881 (ts) Maple Grove
Cemetery.
30. Mary Bacon b. Nov 1818 m. 22 Dec 1842 (Indiana marriage record) in Scott County, Indiana, Andrew Hooker b. c. 1815 Indiana. Enumerated in Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Jennings, Scott County, Indiana in 1860, farmer. Mary was enumerated with brother Elmer in Mowequa, Shelby County, Illinois in 1880. Mary was enumerated in Concord, Elkhart County, Indiana in 1900, widow, mother of nine children, six living, residing with son Andrew and wife.
Malinda Hooker b. c. 1843 Indiana.
Mary Almira Hooker b. c. 1845 Indiana.
George D. Hooker b. c. 1847 Indiana.
Adaline Hooker b. c. 1849 Indiana.
child.
Alice A. Hooker b. c. 1854 Indiana.
Viola A. Hooker b. c. 1856 Indiana.
child.
Andrew Hooker b. Dec 1861 Indiana.
31. Horace Bacon b. 1820 m. 10 Nov 1841 (Indiana marriage record) in Jennings County, Euphemia Brewer b. c. 1819 Virginia. Enumerated in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana in 1850, carpenter, near households of brother Elon and Benjamin.
Virginia Bacon b. c. 1846 Ohio.
32. Almira Bacon b. 17 Oct 1821 m. 27 Sept 1840 (Indiana marriage record) in Jennings County, Indiana, William Beauchamp Deputy.
33. Daniel Bacon b. 1 Dec 1823 m. 7 May 1850 (Indiana marriage record) Amy Brewer b. 9 Jan 1825 Indiana. Enumerated in Sand Creek, Jennings County, Indiana in 1850 and 1870, carpenter. Enumerated in Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana in 1880, county clerk. Daniel d. 30 Nov 1898 Jennings County. Amy enumerated Jackson Street, North Vernon City, Jennings County in 1910, living alone, mother of five children, three living. Amy d. 23 Jan 1915.
Orlando Bacon b. 1 Feb 1851 Indiana m. 23 Mar 1871 Lelia Helen Baker.
Cecelia Bacon b. c. 1852 Indiana.
Ella Bacon b. c. 1854 Indiana.
child.
William Bacon b. c. 1868 Indiana.
34. Benjamin Bentley Bacon b. Jan 1826, carpenter, enumerated Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana in 1850, with wife Angeline b. c. 1827 New York, near households of brothers Elon and Horace. Enumerated in Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri in 1870, physician.
George W. Bacon b. c. 1848 Indiana.
Theodore Bacon b. c. 1849 Indiana.
Martin Bacon b. c. 1859 Illinois.
Emma Bathsheba Bacon b. c. 1866 Illinois.
40. Horatio Bacon b. c. 1814 m. Rachel Beardsley b. c. 1818 New York. Enumerated in Catharine, Chemung County (that portion that became Schuyler County), New York in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Enumerated in Rochester, Lorain County, Ohio in 1850, merchant. Horatio d. 15 Mar 1860. Rachel and children enumerated in Rochester in 1860, farmer.
Horace Elijah Bacon b. c. 1837 New York.
Louise Bacon b. c. 1839 New York.
Charles Bacon b. c. 1841 New York.
Helen Bacon b. c. 1846 Ohio.
Alton Bacon b. c. 1849 Ohio.
Mary Bacon b. c. 1851 Ohio.
Fred Bacon b. c. 1854 Ohio.
41. Nelson Bacon b. c. 1816 m. Harriet Miller b. c. 1815 New York daughter of Barnabus Miller and wife Abigail. Enumerated in Catharine, Chemung County (that portion that became Schuyler County), New York in 1850, lumberman. Harriet d. 30 July 1860 42y 7m 24d (ts) Hinman School Cemetery, Catharine. Sons, Joel and Martin resided Town of Cayuta in 1863.
Joel Bacon b. c. 1837.
Martin Bacon b. Dec 1839 d. 14 Aug 1866 26y 8m 16d (ts) Hinman School
Cemetery, Catharine.
Abigail Bacon b. c. 1841.
Nelson Bacon b. 9 Mar 1843 m. Sarah Wakeman, resided Wisconsin.
John Bacon b. c. 1845.
Deborah Bacon b. c. 1849.
Harriet Bacon.
BENSON
Jacob Benson b. 4 May 1769 m. Patience Drury b. 5 Feb 1783. Enumerated as Jacob Benson, Jr., in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts in 1810 with three males under age ten (b. 1801-10), one male of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84), two females under age ten (b. 1801-10), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1766-84). Jacob first appears on the 1820 assessment list (compiled late fall of 1819) of Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (residence was in present Rutland Township which had not yet been created) unable to pay for schooling of children Otis, Charles, Jacob, and Sally. Enumerated in Jackson Township (Rutland Township not yet created) in 1820 with one male under age ten (b. 1811-20), two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), one male of age sixteen and under age eighteen (b. 1802-04), one male of age sixteen and under age twenty six (b. 1795-1804), one male of age forty five and over (b. before 1775), four females under age ten (b. 1811-20), two females of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1805-10), and one female of age twenty six and under age forty five (b. 1776-94). On the 1821 a0ssessment list unable to pay for schooling of children Jacob Jr., Sally, Rebecky. On the 1822 assessment list unable to pay for schooling Jacob Jr., Salley, Rebecky. On the 1823 asessment list unable to pay for schooling of children Jacob Jr., 10; Sally, 8; Rebecca, 6; and Patience, 5. On the 1825 assessment list unable to pay for schooling of children, Jacob, Jr., 12; Salla, 10; Rebecah, 9; Patience, 7. Enumerated as Joel Benson in Rutland in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), two males of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10), one male of age sixty and under age seventy (b. 1761-70), two females of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), two females of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), and one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1771-80). Enumerated in Springfield Township, Bradford County in 1840 with one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one male of age seventy and under age eighty (b. 1761-70), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90). Jacob d. 26 Oct 1849 80y 5m 22d (ts). Patience was enumerated in Rutland Township in 1850, residing with son Elijah. Patience d. 5 Jan 1862 78y 1m (ts) buried with Jacob in Watson Cemetery, Roseville, Rutland Township.
1. Levi Benson b. 1801 Massachusetts.
2. Hiram Benson b. 20 Mar 1803 Massachusetts.
3. Delana Benson b. 1804 Massachusetts.
4. Eunice Benson b. 4 May 1806 Massachusetts.
5. Otis S. Benson b. 24 Nov 1807 Massachusetts.
6. Charles Benson b. 1809 Massachusetts.
7. Jacob Benson, Jr., b. 29 Aug 1811 Massachusetts.
8. Sally Benson b. 1813 Massachusetts.
9. Rebecca Benson b. 1815 Massachusetts.
10. Patience Benson b. 21 Feb 1817 Massachusetts.
11. Polly Benson b. 7 Mar 1819.
12. Finley Benson b. 1821.
13. Hannah Benson b. 20 Mar 1823.
14. Harriet Benson b. c. 1825.
15. Elijah W. Benson b. 10 May 1828.
Second Generation:
1. Levi Benson b. 1801 m. Gertrude Gorman b. 1796 Canada who
had first m. John Cunningham. John Cunningham was enumerated in Camillus,
Onondaga County, New York in 1820. John Cunningham fell from a roof of
a barn at a barn raising and was killed when the twins were three or four
years old (Fullerton, Nebraska’s First One Hundred Years 1879-1979). Gertrude
possibly had a second husband with the name Harding. Levi enumerated in
Springfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with one male under
age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35),
one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one male of age
thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10), three females of age five and
under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty
(b. 1821-25), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20),
and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800). Gertrude
d. 4 Aug 1850 54y 5m (ts) Old Baptist Cemetery, Breesport, Town of Erin,
Chemung County, New York.
Children of John and Gertude:
Philura Cunningham (twin) b. 4 July 1820 New York m. 21 Jan 1844 William
Brooks and she d. 21 Feb 1844 Forest Home Cemetery, Waverly, New
York.
Philander Bruce Cunningham (twin) b. 4 July 1820 New York m. 1 May
1844 Julia A. Saunders.
Louisa Cunningham b. 4 Mar 1826 d. 8 Dec 1842 16y 9m 4d (ts) Clark
Burying Ground, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Marker reads
– Louisa Cunningham st’p daughter of Levi and Gertrude Benson died Dec
8 1842 aged 16 years 9 months & 4 days.
Children of Levi and Gertrude:
Harriet Benson b. c. 1830.
Susan Benson b. Oct 1832 New York m. George A. Struppler and resided
Elmira, New York and she d. 12 Apr 1916 buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.
Jane Benson b. c. 1834 Pennsylvania enumerated with half brother Philander
B. Cunningham and his family in Warren, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in
1850, m. Joseph M. Decker of Erin, New York and she d. in the 1850’s leaving
one son John Decker.
Henry H. Benson b. 8 June 1836.
John J. Benson b. 13 Apr 1838 m. Sarah A. Crandall.
2. Hiram Benson b. 20 Mar 1803 m. Cynthia Hall b. c. 1806. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1830 with one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10), one female under age five (b. 1826-30), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10). Hiram m. (2)Roxanna Benson b. 12 June 1822 Pennsylvania daughter of John Benson and Phebe Harris and 0they were m. by the 1840 census enumeration. Enumerated in Columbia Township in 1840 with two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10), two females under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), and one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25). Enumerated in Columbia in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1860, farmer. Hiram d. 16 Mar 1869 and is related to buried Pumpkin Hill Cemetery, Rutland Township. He has no marker. Roxana was enumerated in Rutland Township in 1880, son Franklin residing with her. Roxanna was enumerated in Rutland in 1900 residing with daughter Mary and her husband, mother of ten children, six living. Roxanna d. 26 Feb 1904 82y 8m 14d buried Pumpkin Hill, born Rutland, daughter of John Benson and Phebe Harr (Tioga County death record), no marker.
Mrs. Roxana Benson died Feb. 26, 1904, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles King, in Rutland, age 82 years, 8 months, 14 days. She leaves six children; Mr. Henry Benson, Mrs. J.B. Lam, Mrs. F.L. Miller, of Mansfield; Mr. Frank Benson of Blossburg; Mr. Edward Benson, of Elmira; and Mrs. Charles King, of Rutland, and one step daughter Mrs. Syntha Williams of Sylvania (obituary).
Children of Hiram and Cynthia:
Sarah Benson, known as Sally, b. 28 Mar 1829.
Chester Benson b. 28 Nov 1830 m. 20 June 1852 Nancy Campbell.
Joshua Hall Benson b. 7 May 1832 m. 25 July 1855 Mary Catherine Briggs
and resided Missouri.
Azubah Benson b. 1 May 1834 m. Samuel Knapp.
Cynthia Benson b. 23 Feb 1838 m. 29 Oct 1858 Daniel H. Bristol (2)Orlando
Lafayette Wheeler and she d. 12 May 1927 Sylvania.
Children of Hiram and Roxanna:
Eliza A. Benson b. 28 May 1841 Pennsylvania.
Ezariah Benson b. 12 Feb 1843 Ohio d. 14 Mar 1866.
Mary E. Benson b. 26 June 1844 Ohio m. 23 Sept 1865 Charles King and
she d. 1 Sept 1921.
Deborah T. Benson b. 13 June 1848 Pennsylvania.
Hiram F. Benson b. 28 Dec 1851 Pennsylvania.
Henry E. Benson b. 14 Jan 1854 Rutland Township m. 15 June 1879 Susan
C. Baird.
Christiana Benson b. 16 Apr 1856 Pennsylvania m. 10 Nov 1878 John Lamb.
Fanny Benson b. 2 Aug 1858 Pennsylvania m. Frank Miller and she d.
15 Nov 1917.
Franklin Benson b. 14 Oct 1861 m. 4 July 1886 Emma Jane Beard.
William Edward Benson b. 31 Aug 1867 Rutland Township m. Jennie Brace.
3. Delana Benson b. 1804 m. as the second wife of Abraham I. Updyke (sometimes Updike) b. 1 Jan 1781 New Jersey son of Jacob Updyke and Anna Savage. His first wife was Catherine Harrington and they resided in Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York before their removal to Tioga County. Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-30), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-100. Enumerated in Rutland in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), two females under age five (b. 1836-40), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). Enumerated in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850 and 1860, farmer. Abram d. 1 Oct 1864 83y 9m (ts) and Delana d. 25 July 1873 68y (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery, Rutland Township.
Foster Updyke b. c. 1830 m. 17 Nov 1853 Lydia Argetsinger.
Truman Updyke b. c. 1832 m. Ruth Anna Benson.
Halsey Updyke b. 14 Feb 1834 m. 16 May 1864 (Tioga Agitator, June 1,
1864) Adaline Wood.
Henrietta Updyke b. 13 Feb 1836 m. John Newbry.
Loren Updyke b. 1839 d. 13 Aug 1863 23y 11m 27d (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery.
Olive Eliza Updyke b. 14 Feb 1841 m. 18 Aug 1867 Isaac Nelson Tears.
Herman Updyke b. 7 Aug 1844 m. 19 Apr 1871 Charlotte L. Squires.
4. Eunice Benson b. 4 May 1806 m. Gardner Gould b. c. 1799 son of Eli Gould and Abigail Thomas of Rutland. Gardner appears on the 1822 assessment list of Jackson (Rutland not yet formed). Enumerated in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1791-1800), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10). Enumerated in Rutland in 1840 with two males under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1791-1800), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). Enumerated in Rutland in 1850 and 1860, farmer. Residence was on Pumpkin Hill. Gardner d. 1861, estate probated 9 Oct 1861, named wife Eunice and children Henry, Naham, Nelson and Ursula. Eunice enumerated in household of son Nahum in Rutland in 1870. Eunice d. 4 May 1894.
son b. 1826-30.
Henry Gould b. c. 1831.
Ursula M. Gould b. c. 1833.
Nelson Gould b. c. 1836.
Nahum T. Gould b. c. 1839.
5. Otis S. Benson b. 24 Nov 1807 m. 15 June 1834 Matilda Jacquish b. 3 Jan 1815. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with two males under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Matilda d. 26 Apr 1877 62y 3m 23d (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery, Rutland Township. The inscription on her marker reads – “She was a kind and affectionate wife a fond mother and a friend to all.” Otis d. 15 June 1892 84y 6m 21d (ts) Watson Cemetery, Roseville.
Lyman C. Benson b. 28 June 1838 mouth of Mill Creek in Tioga Township,
m. 24 Sept 1864 Georgiana Cook.
Jerome B. Benson b. 25 Apr 1840.
Eleanor S. Benson b. 10 Aug 1842, teacher in 1860 census enumeration,
m. 1 Jan 1862 Gamaliel J. Cook and she d. 5 Dec 1928.
Rosanna Sophia Benson b. 28 Dec 1846 m. Charles H. Hayward.
Rosella Arimina Benson b. 27 Dec 1849 m. 17 May 1869 Sanford S. Johns.
Otis Jacob Benson b. 4 Aug 1853 m. Martha Loretta Russell.
7. Jacob Benson, Jr., b. 29 Aug 1811 m. Sally A. Wood b. 26 July 1817 Hubbardton, Rutland County, Vermont daughter of Dr. Ezra Wood and Rachel Rumsey of Rutland. In every census Jacob evidently related to the census enumerator that he was born in Maine. This seems doubtful, but possible. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with one male of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), two females under age five (b. 1836-40), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1850, farmer, next to the household of Sally’s brother Stephen Wood. Enumerated in Erin, Chemung County, New York in 1860, farmer. Enumerated in Rutland in 1870, farmer. Jacob d. 2 Apr 1874 62y 7m 3d (ts) and Sally d. 25 Mar 1878 60y (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery, Rutland Township.
Susan Benson b. c. 1836.
Laura Benson b. c. 1838.
Freeman D. Benson b. 1840 d. 10 June 1841 8m 20d (ts) Bentley Cemetery,
Rutland Township.
Rachel Benson b. c. 1842.
Edgar W. Benson b. 20 Jan 1845.
Mahala A. Benson b. c. 1850.
Eli F. Benson b. c. 1855.
Ezra Benson b. c.1858.
8. Sally Benson b. 1813 m. Lent Rose.
9. Rebecca Benson b. 1815 m. John C. Perry b. c. 1793 New Jersey. Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1850, blacksmith. Rebecca enumerated in Rutland in 1870.
Margaret Perry b. c. 1847.
Ruth Perry b. c. 1849.
10. Patience Benson b. 21 Feb 1817 m. 20 Aug 1835 in Horseheads, New York, Philander Erwin Gould b. 21 Oct 1801 son of Eli Gould and Abigail Thomas of Rutland. Enumerated in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), and one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20). Enumerated in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850, laborer; 1870, farmer. Resided Bailey Creek. Patience d. 12 Oct 1880 Rutland and Philander d. 1881 Rutland buried Pumpkin Hill, no markers.
Finette Gould b. 1 June 1836 m. William Lane and she d. 20 Dec 1883.
George Gould b. Jan 1838 served Civil War d. 27 Aug 1864 Battle of
Reams Station, Virginia.
Harriet Jane Gould b. 20 Mar 1845 was enumerated as unable to walk
in 1880 census d. 17 June 1882.
Redington Gould b. Apr 1846 d. 1 Sept 1875.
Royal Rose Gould b. 23 Feb 1848.
Philander M. Gould b. 4 Dec 1849 m. Minnie Marsh and he d. 25 Apr 1915
buried Lawrence Corners Cemetery.
LaFayette Gould b. 24 Sept 1851 m. Alta Marsh and he d. 1921.
Frank M. Gould b. 30 Sept 1853 m. Mabel Ridenhour.
Mary C. Gould b. 10 June 1855 d. 6 July 1881.
Floyd Gould b. 2 Mar 1857.
Hannah A. Gould b. 31 May 1861 m. Albert Searles and she d. 25 July
1908.
11. Polly Benson b. 7 Mar 1819 m. John Truax Stout b. 15 Feb 1820 son of Jacob Stout and Gertrude Truax. Enumerated in Rutland Township in 1850 and 1860, farmer. John d. 15 May 1863 43m 3m (ts). Polly enumerated in Roseville borough in 1880. Polly d. 27 Apr 1893 74y 1m 20d (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery.
Francis Stout b. c. 1837 m. Rosetta Benson.
Lydia Ann Stout b. Dec 1842 d. 12 Aug 1861 18y 8m 29d (ts) Pumpkin
Hill Cemetery.
Jacob B. Stout b. 24 Oct 1844 d. 26 Oct 1875 31y 2d (ts) Pumpkin Hill
Cemetery.
David Wilmot Stout b. 2 Sept 1846 m. Adeline Thorp.
Melissa Jane Stout b. 22 Sept 1848 m. her cousin Amos Findlay Sargeant.
Reginald Merville Stout b. Sept 1850 m. Ellen Barrett and he d. 11
Jan 1874 23y 3m 22d (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery.
John Stout b. 27 Mar 1852 m. Ella Lumbard.
Lucinda Marie Stout b. c. 1854 m. Chester Benchley.
Gertrude Stout b. 5 Sept 1856 m. her cousin George Lyman Sargent.
Harriet Stout b. c. 1858 d. 1 Apr 1890 30y (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery.
Age on marker is probably incorrect, since she was age two on the 1860
census enumeration. Her son Harry d. 6 June 1890 6m (ts) Pumpkin Hill Cemetery.
13. Hannah Benson b. 20 Mar 1823 m. 16 Sept 1839 James Addison
Sargent b. 30 Nov 1812 Massaschusetts son of Amos Sargent and Sabra Thomas
of Springfield Township, Bradford County. Enumerated in Rutland in 1850,
farmer. Enumerated in Fox Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania in 1860,
1870, and 1880, farmer. Hannah, widow in 1900 census enumeration, residing
Fox Township, mother of eight children, six living. Enumerated in Fox in
1910, mother of eight children, six living, residing with son Frank and
his wife.
Emeline Fidelia Sargent b. 16 Nov 1840 m. 29 Aug 1858 Daniel P. Porter.
Amos Findlay Sargent b. 2 July 1842 m. his cousin Melissa Jane Stout
and he d. 12 Feb 1935.
Francis Benson Sargent b. 6 Oct 1844.
Royal Joshua Sargent b. 16 Aug 1847.
Addison Freeman Sargent b. 6 Mar 1850.
George Lyman Sargent b. 17 May 1852 m. his cousin Getrude Stout and
he d. 7 July 1916.
Cynthia Maria Sargent b. 4 July 1857 d. 5 Dec 1862.
James Lafayette Sargent b. 29 May 1861 d. 31 Aug 1863.
14. Harriet Benson b. c. 1825 m. Allen Lindsay.
15. Elijah W. Benson b. 10 May 1828 m. Nancy M. Reynolds b. 5 Mar 1840 Rutland daughter of Norman Reynolds and Anna Argetsinger. Resided Rutland Township, farmer. On the 1880 census enumeration dated 23 June it states beside Elijah – “sick has a shock of apoplexy died the next day.” Elijah d. 26 June 1880. Nancy d. 23 Sept 1909 Watson Cemetery, Roseville.
Died at Roseville, Pa., June 26th 1880 Elijah Benson, aged 52 years,
1 mo and 16 das (Wellsboro Agitator, July 13, 1880).
BENSON, MRS. NANCY
At her home in Roseville, on September 23, at 5 a.m., there passed
to the life immortal Mrs. Nancy Benson, loved and esteemed by all who knew
her. Her age was 69 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mrs. Benson was born in
Rutland, and there all her life was passed. She was a member of the Roseville
Baptist Church, and so long as her physical condition permitted, was active
in its good works. She was a practical Christian - carried her Christianity
into her everyday life. Because of this, the friends she made ever remained
friends, true and faithful, as she, in turn, remained a steadfast friend
to them. Her home life was ideal. Devoted to her children, she reared them
in the way they should go; and they lived to call her blessed. Not only
by them will she be missed, but by the friends and neighbors among whom
she lived so many years. Truly, a good woman is gone. Mrs. Benson is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Lovinnie Lawrence and Mrs. Anna Rose, of Roseville,
and Mrs. W. H. Van Ness, of Mansfield; four sons, E. D. Benson, of Goldfield,
Nev.; M. V. Benson, of New York City; A. E. Benson, of Elmira, N.Y., and
L. G. Benson, of Rutland; two sisters, Mrs. E. Bronson and Mrs. C. B. Hanyen,
of Roseville, and five brothers, W. B. Reynolds, of Virginia; Charles and
John Reynolds, of Tioga; H. W. Reynolds, of Roseville, and Will Reynolds,
of Rutland. Her husband, E. W. Benson, died on June 26, 1880, aged 52 years
(obituary).
Lavina Jane Benson b. Nov 1856 m. Welby W. Lawrence.
Anna Benson b. 3 Jan 1859 m. Arnot Rose.
Ida Flora Benson b. 28 Apr 1861 m. William H. VanNess.
Elmer Damon Benson b. Jan 1866.
Manley V. Benson b. 28 July 1868.
Laverne G. Benson b. c. 1872.
Archie E. Benson b. 1875.
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