Le Montage de Famille

1790-1799

The year 1790 finds some of the known vector families living in Europe.

The Page family was still in England, though their exact whereabouts in England at that time is currently not known for sure. Our first known Page ancestor, William Henry, was born there during this decade as was his future wife Martha Hudson or Sanders. (A Records page in an 1873 Page family bible claims William was born in County Essex 19 Feb 1797 . A William Page with that same birth date, son of James and Mary Page, was baptized at St Peter and St Pauls Church in Swaffham, County Norfolk, England on 5 Jul 1797.) William’s future wife Martha was born in England earlier in the decade as was William’s American-born wife Chloe Thayer. Chloe was born in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts to parents William and Chloe (Preston) Thayer. This Thayer branch had been in America since 1641 and had originally settled in Braintree. William and Chloe Thayer took their family to New York state during the latter half of this decade, buying land in Macedon, Wayne County, and Webster, Monroe County.

Some of William’s very distant Page cousins had already been in America for over one hundred years according to Y-DNA evidence, having settled in Isle of Wight, Virginia, about 1680. Distant cousin Thomas Page had been born in America but returned to England to marry Alice Garrett. The couple then returned to America and settled at Isle of Wight. Y-DNA evidence points to the town of Walsham le Willows in County Suffolk, England, near Bury St. Edmunds, as having been a Page family center. Nearby was a school for heraldic pages.

The Garretts were probably in Scotland.
The Lindstroms were in Sweden or possibly Germany.
The Westurlunds were in Finland or possibly Sweden.

In USA:

Keyes: The Henry and Elizabeth (Olds) Key(e)s family was living in Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont. Their son Lyman and his future wife Hannah Francis were born during this decade. By the end of the decade the family had moved to East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York.
Shook: Phillip Shook and Mary Lilly were living in Pennsylvania, presumably in the Berks and/or Northumberland counties area.
Castner: The Castners were in New York state but would soon move to Morris County, New Jersey.
Hood: The Hoods were in Turbot Twp., Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and then resettled in Cayuga County, New York, after the death of the patriarch John Hood. James Hood, John’s grandson, was born to parents Robert and Jane Hood at the time of the move. Years later James’ sister Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph McDuffie) called the area in Pennsylvania from where the family moved “Muddy Run.”
Bliss: Samuel and Anna (Mason) Bliss began the decade by being married in the Second Baptist Church of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by Elder Nathan Mason. Samuel Bliss was a son of Samuel and Keziah (Wilmarth) Bliss of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Anna Mason was a daughter of Brooks and Anne (Eddy) Mason of Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. They spent part of the decade in Gilboa, Schoharie County, New York, and part in Lanesborough.
Shaw: The Shaw family was probably in Rhode Island.
Rice: The Rice family was probably in New York.
Barnes: The Thomas and Sarah Barn(e)s family was living in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Their son Aaron, the second of their sons born with that name, as the first one had died young, and Martha Eggleston, a daughter of Samuel and Hester (Buck) Eggleston of Northeast Town, Dutchess County, New York, were married, and two of their children were born, during this decade.
Tuttle: The Tuttle family was probably in New York.

Last updated: Monday January 23, 2012

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