Ebenezer Benton

Ebenezer married Amy Hosford on 19 Mar 1761 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Amy was born on 2 Dec 1738 in Connecticut; died on 17 May 1827 in Litchfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Morris Burying Ground, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Samuel Barnard on 18 Feb 1784 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Samuel was born in 1762 in Connecticut; died on 29 May 1828 in Litchfield County, Connecticut; was buried in Morris Burying Ground, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Nancy Pitts in 1796. Nancy (daughter of Captain Peter Pitts, Jr. and Abigail Richmond) was born on 18 Sep 1774 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1847 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chaucey married Nancy Pitts in 1806 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York. Nancy (daughter of Captain Peter Pitts, Jr. and Abigail Richmond) was born on 18 Sep 1774 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1847 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adolphus Watkins. Adolphus was born on 28 Jan 1783 in Connecticut; died on 30 Sep 1876 in Lima, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lima, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Fanny Reed in 1837. Fanny (daughter of Colonel John Fitch Reed and Antha Steele) was born on 7 May 1818 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Jun 1871 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Abby J. Olney in 1876. Abby was born on 14 Mar 1823 in New York; died on 18 Oct 1906 in Lima, Livingston County, New York; was buried in West Bloomfield Rural Cemetery, West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Register of Marriage Services
Officiated by Rev. S. Mills Day
Pastor of the Congregational Church of Honeoye

In Livonia, NY, Jan. 29, 1879, Fitch R. Barnard, Richmond, NY to Sarah J. Jerome, Livonia .

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Ontario County Journal
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
April 14, 1911

Honeoye, N. Y. - Fitch R. Barnard, a prominent farmer of Richmond, entered the higher life, after a short illness, on April 5, in his 59th year. His death was due to a stroke of apoplexy which prostrated him the week before. Mr. Barnard was the son of Peter and Fannie Reed Barnard and was born at the old homestead where his brother now lives. He was graduated from the Genesee Wesleyan seminary and in 1879 was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jerome, of Livonia, who with two children, Mrs. F. W. Herman of Renssalaer and Solon H. Barnard, are left to carry on the work he has laid down. There are also two grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. R. C. Beach, and one brother, P. Pitts Barnard, left to mourn his loss. The funeral was held at the house Saturday and the burial was in Livonia. Mr. Barnard had the confidence of all who knew him and his death is a great loss to the community.

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Fitch Reed Barnard, Richmond, was born January 1, 1852. His father, Captain Peter Pitts Barnard, was born in Livonia in 1812, and died in 1876. For the last forty years of his life he held two hundred acres of land in this town and seventy adjoining in Livonia. The stone house in which he lived, now occupied by his son and namesake, was built by him in 1850. His wife was Fanny, daughter of John F. Reed, and their five children were: Ellen A., wife of M. H. Ray; Elizabeth M., wife of J. P. Ray; Franc A., wife of R. C. Beach; Fitch R. and Peter Pitts. He married, second, Abby Jane Olney (Gray), who survives him. She resides in Rochester. Chauncey, father of Peter Pitts Barnard, was a native of Connecticut, and married Nancy, daughter of Captain Peter Pitts, of Richmond, and came to Livonia, where he lived and died. His father was Samuel, of Litchfield county, Conn. Fitch R. was married in 1879 to Sarah J. Jerome, daughter of Myron D. Jerome, of Livonia, and they have two children: Fannie E., born December 13, 1881, and Solon H., born December 10, 1887. Mr. Barnard is a Republican. Mrs. Barnard's father was born in this town, where Isaac B. Green now lives, and his father, John Jerome, married Sarah Aiken, whose family was among the first to settle at Allen's Hill. P. Pitts Barnard was born November 13, 1859, and married, October 21, 1885, Clara Jerome, daughter of Samuel Jerome, of Livonia, and their children are: Glenn H., born January 21, 1889, and P. Ray, born November 28, 1891.


History of Ontario County
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover;
Published 1893;

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Family/Spouse: Sarah Jane Jerome. Sarah was born on 09 Oct 1856; died in 1939 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90104099/solon_howard-barnard

Family/Spouse: Florence Mabel DeGolyer. Florence (daughter of Willard DeGolyer and Emma Endora Scott) was born on 29 Nov 1888 in Mayfield, Fulton County, New York; died in Feb 1981 in Hemlock, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

HEMLOCK - Howard Fitch Barnard passed away, at age 94, on Feb. 13, 2012. Howard was a lifelong resident of the town of Richmond, where he farmed the land where he was born on March 25, 1917. He was the son of Solon and Florence Mabell (DeGolyer) Barnard.

Howard was a graduate of Alfred University, an active member of Honeoye United Church of Christ, Eagle Masonic Lodge 619, Hemlock Grange, Union Cemetery Board, Hemlock Fair Board and Richmond Historical Society. Howard was also past a Justice of the Peace and Assessor for the Town of Richmond. He is also a past Chairman of the Assessment Board of Review for the Town. In 1983, the Hemlock Fair Association dedicated the Fair Book in thanks for Howard's many years of service to the Hemlock Fair.

On July 18, 1942, Howard married the former Jane Decker. In addition to his wife of 69 years, Jane, Howard is survived by daughters, Janet (John) Murphy and Mary Barnard (Rich Hargrave); son-in-law, William Bacon; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Doris Werder and Grace Simons; sister-in-law, Geraldine Barnard; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his daughter, Carol Bacon; great-granddaughter, Cora Murphy; and brother, Ralph Barnard.

Friends are invited to call on Thursday, February 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Briggs St, Honeoye. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 17, at 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, Main St, Honeoye.

Burial, at the convenience of the family, will be in Union Cemetery, Livonia. Memorial contributions may be made to United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 127, Honeoye, NY 14471. To send condolences or share a memory, please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85054105/howard-fitch-barnard

Howard married Jane M. Decker on 18 Jul 1942 in Lima, Livingston County, New York. Jane was born on 14 Jan 1918 in Lima, Livingston County, New York; died on 4 Jun 2022 in Mendon, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1942; World War II - US 8th Army Air Force Bomber Command Station - England

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THE LIVONIA GAZETTE, Livingston County, New York, Thursday, September 20, 1984

Obituary
RALPH D. BARNARD

Ralph D. Barnard of Hemlock died Sept. 15, 1984. Mr. Barnard was born Feb. 5,1919, in the Town of Richmond, the son of Solon and Mabel DeGolyer Barnard. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Air Corps. Mr. Barnard was a graduate of Cornell University where he had been a member of Alpha Zeta Fraternity and of Ho-Nun-De-Kah Honorary Agricultural Society. He had served as an Agway Committeeman, an ASCS Committeeman, and was a former Secretary of the Hemlock Union Agricultural Society. A member of the United Church of Christ in Honeoye, he had served on the Board of Deacons. Mr. Barnard was also a former member and president of the Honeoye Central School Board.

He is survived by his wife, ...; two daughters, ...: two sons, ... .

THE LIVONIA GAZETTE, Livingston County, New York, Thursday, May 22, 1952

There are five farms in this district which have been passed on from one generation to another through the years, and which today have descendants by the same name living on them. The Barnard farms were originally owned by Peter Barnard. One stone house built by him about 1840 is now occupied by Ralph Barnard. In later years these farms were owned by Fitch and Pitts Barnard and then by Pitts Barnard's sons, Glenn and Ray, and by Fitch's son, Solon, and daughter, Mrs. Fannie Barnard Herman. They are now owned by Solon Barnard's sons, Howard and Ralph. The children of Howard and Ralph make the fifth generation to live on these farms…

Family/Spouse: Mary Geraldine Beam. Mary (daughter of Floyd Curtis Beam and Pauline J. Burton) was born on 25 May 1922 in Hemlock, Livingston County, New York; died on 1 Aug 2015 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On August 30, 1920, Doris Emma Barnard was born on the family dairy farm in Hemlock, New York. Upon graduating from Hemlock School, she earned her teaching degree from Geneseo College. During WWII, she enlisted in the Army and became a chauffeur in the Washington DC area. After the war, she became the Hemlock Postmistress. Other professions she undertook included: teach, tutor, and school bus driver. On April 20, 1946 Doris married Howard George Werder and became a dairy farmer's wife. They enjoyed 57 years together until Howard fell asleep in death on March 17, 2003.

After studying the Bible for many years, Doris symbolized her dedication to Jehovah God by water baptism on July 8, 1972 at the age of 51. She continued steadfast in her love for Jehovah until her death on March 30, 2012. Her spiritual family also came to know her as a gentle, kind person who displayed a positive attitude in all things. Doris had a strong Bible based conviction that after a time of sleep she will awaken with "flesh fresher than in youth" to a Paradise on earth, to live forever without sickness or pain.

Doris is survived by her children: Donna Wood; Robert Werder and his wife, Maureen; David Werder and his wife, Linda; John Werder and his wife, Judy; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; one sister, Grace Simons; and two sisters-in-law, Jane and Gerry Barnard. Her brother, Howard and Ralph predeceased her.

Doris loved Jehovah God, her husband, her family. She will be missed.

The family extends a very grateful thank you to the Ontario-Yates Hospice for all of the compassion & care given to Doris and her loved ones.

Friends may call Wednesday 3 - 6:30 PM at Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Briggs St., Honeoye. Services will be held Wednesday evening at 8 PM at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 5475 Hopkins St., Canandaigua. Private burial, Union Cemetery, Livonia.

On August 30, 1920, Doris Emma Barnard was born on the family dairy farm in Hemlock, New York. Upon graduating from Hemlock School, she earned her teaching degree from Geneseo College. During WWII, she enlisted in the Army and became a chauffeur in the Washington DC area. After the war, she became the Hemlock Postmistress. Other professions she undertook included: teach, tutor, and school bus driver. On April 20, 1946 Doris married Howard George Werder and became a dairy farmer's wife. They enjoyed 57 years together until Howard fell asleep in death on March 17, 2003.

After studying the Bible for many years, Doris symbolized her dedication to Jehovah God by water baptism on July 8, 1972 at the age of 51. She continued steadfast in her love for Jehovah until her death on March 30, 2012. Her spiritual family also came to know her as a gentle, kind person who displayed a positive attitude in all things. Doris had a strong Bible based conviction that after a time of sleep she will awaken with "flesh fresher than in youth" to a Paradise on earth, to live forever without sickness or pain.

Doris is survived by her children: Donna Wood; Robert Werder and his wife, Maureen; David Werder and his wife, Linda; John Werder and his wife, Judy; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; one sister, Grace Simons; and two sisters-in-law, Jane and Gerry Barnard. Her brother, Howard and Ralph predeceased her.

Doris loved Jehovah God, her husband, her family. She will be missed.

The family extends a very grateful thank you to the Ontario-Yates Hospice for all of the compassion & care given to Doris and her loved ones.

Friends may call Wednesday 3 - 6:30 PM at Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Briggs St., Honeoye. Services will be held Wednesday evening at 8 PM at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 5475 Hopkins St., Canandaigua. Private burial, Union Cemetery, Livonia.

Family/Spouse: Howard George Werder. Howard was born on 13 Feb 1919 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 17 Mar 2003 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grace married Henry Woodrow Simons on 05 Jul 1941 in Hemlock, Livingston County, New York. Henry (son of Alan G. Simons) was born in 1917; died in 2002; was buried in Prattsburgh Rural Cemetery, Prattsburgh, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]