Le Montage de Famille

1810-1819

The decade beginning 1810 finds some of the known vector families living in Europe, i.e., Page, Garrett, Lindstrom and Westurlund.

In England:

• Page:  William Henry Page married Martha Sanders or Hudson, and at least one of their children was born during this decade. (Martha’s maiden name was listed as “Sanders” on the death certificates of each of her children except that of Ebenezer, where it appeared as “Hudson.” The use of Hudson as middle name later occurred a few times in Page descendants. However, Ebenezer claimed Martha’s maiden name was Sanders in New York’s “Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865,” and Sanders was the middle name of Ebenezer’s first-born son William.)

In USA: 

• Keyes:  The Keyes family was in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Lyman Keyes married Hannah Francis. They had the first four of their seven children:  Mary, Mahala, Julia M., and Rebecca. Lyman was called up during the War of 1812, into Lt. Col. Samuel Blakeslee's Regiment, New York State Volunteer Militia, but only had to serve 15 days. Some family members including Lyman’s father Henry and brothers Charles and Nathaniel died of “epidemic fever.” By the end of the decade Lyman and Hannah’s family had settled at Cambria, Niagara County, New York. It is not known who his surviving siblings married.
• Shook:  The Shooks were in Pennsylvania, presumably in the Berks and/or Northumberland counties area. The remainder except for the last one of Phillip and Mary’s children were born during this decade:  Phillip, Jr. and George.
• Castner:  The Castners were in Morris County, New Jersey. William Castner’s future wife Sarah Welter, daughter of Adam and Margaret (Schenkel) Welter, was born in Morris County during this decade.
• Hood:  The Hoods were in the Romulus/Fayette area of Seneca County, New York. It is probable that James Hood’s mother Jane died during this decade. James was placed under the guardianship of John Williams. Also, James carried out his carpentry apprenticeshipin Seneca County. The deed to the large tract of land the Hood brothers had bought turned out to be bad, and they lost the land and all the improvements made over the years.
• Bliss:  Samuel and Anna’s family was in Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, and then moved to Broome, Schoharie County, New York, mid-decade.
• Hubbart/Hubbard:  Thomas and Silence’s family was living at Russia, Herkimer County, New York, during most or all of this decade, where their last child—Adam Frink Hubbart—was born. Thomas was a mason by trade, and it is said he built most of the chimneys for the older houses in Russia settlement. The household lived in a shack fifteen feet by fifteen feet and was in dire financial circumstances, at least partly due to Thomas’ chronic drinking problem. On Thomas’ application for financial assistance from the government citing his Revolutionary War contribution of serving one year plus extreme need, Wistel Willoughby, family physician and one of the judges of Herkimer Court of Common Pleas, notated at the bottom:  “I do hereby certify that I know the above applicant T. Hubbart to be a very poor man.” Adam’s future wife Mary McClean, daughter of William and Susan McClean, was born during this decade, as were his second and third wives, Ann M. DeCamp and Maria McCarty/McCarthy.
• Shaw:  The Shaw family was either in Rhode Island or New York. Clara Ann Hoke, future wife of John Shaw of Rhode Island, was born during this decade in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York.
• Rice:  The Rice family was probably in New York.
• Sittser:  David and Sarah were living in Berne, Albany County, New York but brought their family to Brutus, Cayuga County, New York near mid-decade. David was a stone mason and came to the area to help build the new state prison at Auburn.
• Barnes:  Aaron and Martha’s family began the decade in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where all seven of their children would be born, the last one, Sephronia, early in this decade. The family then moved to Aurelius/Mentz, Cayuga County, New York mid-decade, perhaps inspired by 1816 being “the year without summer.” The stratosphere was laden with sun-blocking debris from the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Tamboro the previous year. Connecticut was one of the seaboard areas hardest hit.
• Tuttle:  The Tuttle family was probably in New York.

© 2014 Charles W. Paige.

Last updated: Tuesday August 12, 2014

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