Thomas Eames

Family/Spouse: Millicent Brewster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigrant: 16 Mar 1634, Weymouth, Dorset, England; Ship: Recovery of London Arrived: Jun 1634 Charlestown, Massachusetts
• Military Service: 1644-1645, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Colonial Militia

Notes:

He served in 1622 in St. George's, Fordington, Dorsetshire, England, as a Chruch Warden. He served again in 1627 and 1631.
He and Margery Pierce were living in 1634 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
He and Margery Pierce emigrated on 31 March 1633/34 from Weymouth, England, on board the Recovery of London, Gabriel Cornish, Master.
He and Margery Pierce were living in 1636 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
He served in 1637 as a Representative to the
Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 1638, 1643, 1653, 1658, and 1661.
He became a freeman on 9 March 1636/37 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
He served between 1644 and 1645 as a Captain in the militia.
He and Margery Pierce were living in 1653 in Marshfield,Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Margery Pierce. Margery (daughter of John Pierce) died on 31 Dec 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Jacob. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Deacon William Ford about 1636 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. William was born in 1604 in England; died on 23 Sep 1676 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Sprague. William was born in 1611; died on 26 Oct 1675 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Thomas Wilder in Apr 1640. Thomas (son of Thomas Wilder and Martha Higgs) was born in 1618 in Berkshire, England; died on 23 Oct 1667 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Hawke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Dingley in 1658. Sarah was born on 4 Nov 1639 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 7 May 1727 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17743068/jonathan-sprague

Family/Spouse: Mehitable Holbrook. Mehitable was born on 29 Jun 1649 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jan 1710 in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island; was buried in Austin-Thayer-Gorton Lot, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Wheeler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Wilder, son of Thomas, married in 1672; his wife's name was Hannah. At the Indian war he fled to Charlestown, where two of his children were baptized; his daughter Hannah was born in 1769, in Marlboro. We know not when he returned to Lancaster, but that is supposed to have been the place of his abode, and we know not the time of his death. He was one of the original proprietors of the town of Worcester, but it is not known that he ever resided there. He had six children, four sons and two daughters, most of whom lived in South Lancaster, then known as Six Nations, and now the town of Clinton, from which it is supposed that their father's home was there.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43341681/john-wilder

John married Hannah Atherton in 1672. Hannah (daughter of James Atherton and Hannah Hudson) was born on 10 Jan 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Jan 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Martha Sawyer on 24 Nov 1673 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 4 Nov 1653 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1711 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Hersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lois Stetson on 28 Mar 1691. Lois was born on 7 May 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jun 1735 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Jabez Fairbank in 1696 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Jabez (son of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott) was born on 08 Nov 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Mar 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1722 - 1725; Lovewell's War -Sgt. ThomasBuckminster Co. 1725 Capt.Josiah Willard's Co.

Notes:

He was deposed on 5 April 1725; concerning the estate of James Atherton, his aunt's brother. During Lovewell's War, his name appears on the muster roll of Sergeant Thomas, Buckminster of Framingham with duty of four weeks and five days in July and August 1722. His name also appears on the muster roll of Captain Josiah Willard's company from 3 June to 10 November 1725.

John married Sarah White about 1698. Sarah (daughter of Sergeant Josiah White and Mary Rice) was born on 21 Oct 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 3 May 1719 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Samuel Carter in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks) was born on 7 Jan 1677/1678 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Aug 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Damaris Whitcomb on 26 Dec 1707 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Damaris (daughter of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters) was born on 27 May 1686 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Dec 1772 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Rebecca Prescott in 1749. Rebecca (daughter of Doctor Jonathan Prescott, Jr. and Rebecca Bulkeley) was born on 14 Aug 1704 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1796 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Mary Fairbanks in 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward) was born in 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jun 1748 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Hannah Nichols on 6 Mar 1735 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born on 8 Mar 1709 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thurston's History of the Town of Greenwich, says: —

" The next settlement in the town was in the Saratoga patent in 1766, when Judge Nathan Tefft and his two sons, Stanton and Nathan 2nd, came from South Kingston, Rhode Island, and located in the towns of Easton and Greenwich, Judge Tefft with his son Nathan taking by lease from Kelleyan DeRidder, the farm now owned by his great-grandson, Nathan B. Tefft in Easton, while Stanton Tefft took in the same manner from DeRidder, the farm now owned by Harvey Rogers, at Middle Falls, and built on the Battenkill at the fine water-fall at that point, the first saw-mill on that stream, of which we have authentic information. The following mention of this mill, is made in the field-book of the survey of the Saratoga patent, made in 1764 by J. R. Bleecker: ' where-as, we the subscribers, commissioners appointed for the partition of all such lands, creeks, rivers and falls of water as remained undivided in the Saratoga Patent, have lately proceeded to the Survey, Partition and Balloting thereof; and have assigned for defraying the expenses accrued on the same, all the islands lying in the Hudson River between the Southernmost and Northermost bounds of the said Patent, being in all nine islands, as also two Falls of water with four acres of land lying adjacent and convenient to each of them, the one being the second fall on Diondehowa Creek, where Staten Tefft now has a saw-mill.' This conclusively proves the early date of their settlement in Greenwich. After the mariage of Nathan 2nd, Judge Tefft lived at the house of his son Stanton, in Greenwich, until his death in 1789.
The settlement of the Teffts, was the beginning of the large influx of Rhode Island colonists from which the Baptist church subsequently organized." Above bio from Find A Grave contributor Caroline Hoag

Nathan married Isabel Stanton in 1742. Isabel was born on 13 Aug 1716; died on 12 Jun 1777; was buried in Galesville Cemetery, Middle Falls, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Brown in 1718. Mary was born on 8 Nov 1700 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Nov 1791 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His name appears on the muster roll as "Sentinel" in Capt. Josiah
Willard's Company in the Indian War, June 3 to Nov 10, 1725. He was
also a soldier in Capt. Ephraim Wilder's Company, Samuel Willard,
Col., in July 1748, called out to rescue John Fitch, his wife and four
children, who had been captured by the Indians.
See Colonial War Rolls. Appendix

Thomas married Dorothy Carter on 20 Apr 1729. Dorothy (daughter of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder) was born on 4 Feb 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Sep 1784 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Eunice Beaman on 22 May 1724 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Eunice was born on 30 May 1708 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1801 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in West Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Daniel Powers in 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Daniel was born on 21 Apr 1703 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1786 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Prudence Wilder in 1738. Prudence was born on 24 Jun 1722 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Nov 1798 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Petersham Center Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thankful married James Cleland on 22 Feb 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. James (son of James Cleland and Helen Selkirk) was born on 11 Feb 1706 in Scotland; died on 25 Apr 1791 in North Bolton, Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Thomas Fairbanks on 20 Apr 1729. Thomas (son of Jabez Fairbank and Mary Wilder) was born on 29 Aug 1707 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1791 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elias married Abigail Rice on 18 Apr 1749 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Ephraim Rice and Sarah Whitney) was born on 28 Mar 1732 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jun 1793 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Abner Sawyer on 8 Apr 1736 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abner (son of Joseph Sawyer and Sarah Beaman) was born on 22 Jun 1718 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Dec 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Harris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Prince Keene on 7 Mar 1758 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Prince (son of Hezekiah Keene and Alice Howland) was born on 20 Feb 1731 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died before 1804 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stanton married Mehetable Rogers in 1766. Mehetable was born on 3 Oct 1744 in South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island; died on 19 Sep 1836 in Greenwich, Washington County, New York; was buried in Galesville Cemetery, Middle Falls, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Phinehas Fairbanks: Harvard House of Representatives 1776, 77; deacon 1778-1800; selectman 1757, 61, 62, 73-76, 79; town clerk 1766-76, 79; treasurer 1778; assessor 1760-58; moderator 1778; capt.; married Sarah Stone (c1722-1809) in 1740, 14 ch; farmer. In 1757 he answered the Fort William Henry military crisis with a few weeks of military service. Three committees during each year of service in the House of Representatives.
Source: Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780

Phineas married Sarah Stone in 1740. Sarah (daughter of Captain Simon Stone and Sarah) was born on 27 Jan 1720 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jul 1809 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Ann Dole on 20 Apr 1764 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Enoch Dole and Rachel Jewett) was born on 29 Oct 1738 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Oct 1821; was buried in Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eunice married Joseph Gilbert on 13 Jun 1753 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Joseph was born on 09 May 1731 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 07 Oct 1776 in Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah Andrews in 1770. Hannah was born on 23 May 1748 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 26 Jul 1787 in Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried in West Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1778; American Revolution (US) Capt Braw's Co - 18th Regt Connecticut Militia

Family/Spouse: Lydia Loomis. Lydia was born in 1754; died on 24 Feb 1826; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eilzabeth Hastings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Probate record of Silas Tiffany, Lyme Conn, 1761 settle the matter of a 'bastard child' of the deceased and maintenance and charge of said child. The declaration states that Helen Cleland, daughter of James Cleland, of Colchester, being awarded 37pounds and 10 shillings for 'maintenance and charge of a child born of the body of Helen...'

Family/Spouse: Silas Tiffany. Silas was born in 1738 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut; died on 10 Mar 1761 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married John Paterson on 18 Aug 1766 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. John was born in 1736; died on 17 Dec 1823 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 26 Apr 1775, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) Private, Capt. Samuel Sawyer's co. of Minutemen, Col. John Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 7 days; also, Private, Capt. Ephraim Richardson's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos. 13 days; also, Corporal, (late) Capt. Hodgkins's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 3, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 29 mos. 28 days as Private, 3 mos. as Corporal; also, Capt. Joseph Hodgkins's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; muster roll for Jan.-Aug., 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island, and sworn to in Camp near Half Moon; also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls for Feb., March and April, 1779, dated Providence; also, descriptive list of enlisted men dated West Point, Jan. 10, 1781; age, 32 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, dark; hair, black; eyes, black; residence, Chocsett; enlisted Dec. 1779, by Lieut. Stowers from 15th regt.; rank, Sergeant; joined Capt. Bowman's co., Col. Putnam's (5th) regt.; also, Sergeant, Capt. Phineas Bowman's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's regt(5th).; muster rolls for Jan.-March, 1781, dated West Point; reported deserted March 29, 1781.

Notes:

After his marriage to Lydia, he removed in 1779 from Lancaster, Mass to Greenwich, Mass, and thence about 1789 to Genesee country in New York. He is listed in the 1790 census in the Genesee District. 1800 census in Northfield,Ontario Co.,NY (now Henrietta and Pittsford, Monroe Co.,NY)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263796500/thomas-cleland

Thomas married Anna Rugg on 28 Feb 1765 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Anna (daughter of Ensign Reuben Rugg and Lydia Ross) was born on 18 May 1744 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died about 1775 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Lydia Stone on 10 Jul 1779 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Deacon Simon Stone and Eunice) was born on 15 Oct 1743 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died about 1817 in Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married John Sparks on 20 Aug 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1776; American Revolution (US) Quartermaster Shays Rebellion

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86843182/samuel-cleland

James married Elizabeth Morton on 8 Oct 1767 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born in 1745; died in 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sarah Winslow on 19 Aug 1779 in Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Seth Winslow and Abigail Whitredge) was born on 9 Sep 1755 in Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 10 Dec 1775, Connecticut; American Revolution (US) Col Samuel Wyllys 2nd Connecticut Regt. Enlisted April 26 1777 - Capt John Shumway's Co., 1st Connecticut Battalion of Foot (Col Josiah Starr), Division of General Charles Lee Muster roll April 26 and June 2 June 1778 - Sick in Quarters Died at Valley Forge June 18th (Some Rolls spell name Clealand)

Jonas married Lydia Allyn on 17 Dec 1772 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Recorded in Lancaster, MA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 28 Feb 1778, Connecticut; American Revolution (US) Capt Thomas Abbe's Co. Col Samuel Wyllys 2nd Connecticut Regt. Discharged Feb 28 1780 Enlisted Sep 10 1780 Capt Ozias Bissell Co. Col Levi Wells Connecticut Regt. guarding the coast

Notes:

Birth:
Recorded in Lancaster,MA

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10286097/john-cleland

John married Thankful Easton on 27 Apr 1780 in East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Thankful was born on 12 Apr 1757 in Connecticut; died on 19 Jan 1847 in Chautauqua County, New York; was buried in Pickett Corner Cemetery, Cassadaga, Chautauqua County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sarah Spaulding on 27 Oct 1782 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Sarah was born on 19 Jun 1763 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 17 Sep 1841 in Farmersville, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abijah Houghton, Jr.. Abijah (son of Abijah Houghton and Alice Joslyn) was born on 22 Oct 1749 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Dec 1831 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried in West Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Cornell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Thomas LeBalister on 23 Nov 1795 in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine. Thomas was christened on 16 Apr 1775 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Dec 1845 in Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Gage. Nathaniel (son of John Gage and Elizabeth Wilson) was born on 13 Jun 1763 in Pelham, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; died on 9 Apr 1844 in LaFayette, Onondaga County, New York; was buried in Cardiff Cemetery, Cardiff, Onondaga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Cuyler,NY in 1803 with his brother Ephraim. Living in
Truxton,NY in 1850 with his son Dan Fairbank

Thomas married Dolly Nelson on 27 Nov 1794 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Chloe in 1820. Chloe was born in 1788 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Rachel Beach on 10 Jun 1780 in Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut. Rachel (daughter of Samuel Beach and Rachel Strong) was born on 17 Sep 1760; died in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Naomi married George Gooding in 1795. George (son of William Gooding and Bathsheba Walker) was born on 14 Dec 1773 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1834 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Joel Rice on 21 Oct 1804. Joel (son of Benjamin Rice and Abigail Smith) was born on 9 Nov 1780; died on 11 Sep 1830 in Howard, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pamelia married Levi Robbins on 30 Jan 1791 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Levi was born on 5 May 1761 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1819 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850, Lucinda was living in Victor,NY with her son Samuel.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113649766/lucinda-fisher

Lucinda married Captain Robert Fisher on 25 Jan 1797 in Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Robert (son of Captain John Fisher and Bethiah Scollay) was christened on 24 Feb 1771 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1816 in Victor, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Fishers Cemetery, Victor, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elsie Herd about 1805. Elsie (daughter of Philo Herd) was born on 6 Sep 1781 in Albany County, New York; died on 21 Jul 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Cleland Jr. was born in 1784 in Greenwich, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas Cleland and Lydia Stone. His story follows a westward path through New York into Pennsylvania, traced in deeds, census records, and an unusually candid family letter.

Thomas’s early New York years were spent in Victor, where his parents were early settlers, as were his sister Lucinda and her husband Robert Fisher. Their daughter Lucinda Fisher later married Thomas McMichael, whose letter preserves a memorable glimpse of Thomas’s affairs.

By August 22, 1816, Thomas was living in Pittsford, then part of Ontario County. A deed naming “Thomas Clealand Junior” records his purchase of fifty acres from Joseph Blake of Billerica, Massachusetts, for $400. On December 22, 1820, he sold seventy acres to Warren Davis of Perinton for $700. That property reached the Victor and Perinton town lines and carried a mortgage Davis agreed in part to pay. The differing acreages leave open whether these transactions involved the same land but appear to be possibly inherited acreage added on.

By 1825, Thomas had a working farm in Chautauqua Township. The state census transcription lists two males and two females, sixteen improved acres, four cattle, two horses, twenty sheep, and two hogs. Both women were recorded as unmarried and between sixteen and forty-five. His sister, Anna, then forty-four, could have been one of them, but neither is named. The household leaves Thomas’s marriage date uncertain.

On August 2, 1829, Thomas McMichael wrote from Chautauqua to his brother-in-law Charles Fisher in Victor, urgently seeking money. He wanted Charles to collect outstanding notes and sell the horse, cow, and wagon he had left behind. His explanation was blunt: “I have got to pay T.Cleland $150.00 dollars by the first day of January for he swears by God he will close the mortgage if not paid by that day.”

McMichael had never been so disappointed in a man, he wrote, and had not received a dollar in money since leaving Victor. His potatoes, buckwheat, flax, hay, and a sow with five young pigs lifted his spirits, but could not supply the cash he needed. The letter brings the family’s financial pressures vividly to life. It also preserves only the debtor’s side of the disagreement. Family and geographical connections strongly suggest that “T. Cleland” was his wife’s uncle Thomas, although the letter does not explicitly identify the relationship.

By April 1, 1830, Thomas and his wife were living in North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania. A deed describes them as residents there while selling approximately fifty acres in Chautauqua for $500. It names his wife as Jane Mariah and records her name at its conclusion as Jane Cleland. This fuller name helps connect Jane in the deed with Maria and Myra in later family records.

The 1830 North East census lists Thomas in a five-person household. A man aged forty to forty-nine fits his 1784 birth; the woman was twenty to twenty-nine. James King appears immediately after Thomas—a promising possible connection to Jane Mariah’s family, though proximity alone does not establish kinship.

By 1840, Thomas was in Tionesta, Venango County, Pennsylvania, with a household of nine. The oldest man and woman had each advanced into the expected age group. The next census household belonged to Oliver Cleland, Thomas’s first cousin. Born October 25, 1793, in Plainfield, Massachusetts, Oliver was the son of John and Thankful Cleland; John was Thomas Sr.’s younger brother. Oliver’s age also fits his census entry. The cousins’ consecutive listings strengthen the connection between the Pennsylvania household and the Massachusetts family, suggesting that Thomas moved within a wider network of relatives.

A marker in Fagundas Cemetery records that Thomas Cleland died on July 20, 1850, aged sixty-seven. This appears to mark the end of his westward journey, although the stated age implies a birth about 1783, slightly earlier than the family’s 1784 date. In the 1850 Tionesta census identified in the family research, Maria appears with Bainbridge, Colby, Calvin, and Wayne.

The sons maintained connections on both sides of the state line. In 1865, Bainbridge and Colby were farmers in consecutive Busti households. Bainbridge’s name also appears in land descriptions along Preacher Road in Pennsylvania, where Calvin acquired property in 1871. A Fagundus newspaper column in February 1886 reported, “Colby Cleland is visiting his brother.” Though the brother was unnamed, the notice offers a small glimpse of the family ties that continued after Thomas’s death.

From Greenwich and Victor to Pittsford, Chautauqua, North East, and Tionesta, Thomas’s life was shaped by land, family, and the demands of making a living. His deeds record the business of settlement; McMichael’s letter reveals its human strains. Jane Mariah and their sons carried that family story forward across the New York–Pennsylvania border.



Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192932335/thomas-cleland

Thomas married Jane Mariah King about 1828. Jane was born on 12 Feb 1806 in New York; died on 17 Oct 1854 in Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Samuel Otis Richardson (1818-1892) - connected through DNA to the CLeland family. Ancestry member Sishpa

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1812; War of 1812 (US)

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43239179/samuel-cleland

Martin married Sarah Marsh on 5 May 1818 in Chautauqua County, New York. Sarah was born on 13 Nov 1803 in Ontario, Wayne County, New York; died on 24 Jan 1887 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan; was buried in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lavina. Lavina was born about 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Joshua Burditt on 6 Oct 1793 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Joshua (son of Thomas Burditt and Ruth Chinery) was born on 3 Jun 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1852 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in West Street Cemetery, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]