Ellen Spencer

Family/Spouse: Ezekiel Whitford. Ezekiel (son of Nicholas Whitford and Mary Carr) was born in 1713; died in 1754 in West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ruth Shippee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Batch #: 455410, Source Call #: "My father had a cousin by the name of Ezekiel Whitford who settled in the town of Hartford, NY in an early
He used to visit my Father when we were living in Shaftsbury. I
my Father bought a half bushel of him when he was out on a tour
them as he made such articles for sale. It lasted us many years. He,
Ezekiel, was appointed Deacon of the Baptist Church in Hartford. Elder Brown was their pastor for many years, gathered a large church, some or four hundred members. The deacon, Ezekiel, had only one son and or six daughters. On January 1, 1800 I was in that vicinity on a with two of my sisters for the first time." Ezekiel's son Amasa took the homestead after Ezekiel's death. source: History of the Whitford Family - William Whitford - 1861
Edwin C. Whitford says wife's name was Lydia.

Family/Spouse: Anna Townsend. Anna (daughter of Amasa Townsend and Phebe Ingram) was born on 17 Dec 1756; died on 3 Jan 1833; was buried in Old Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Reverand Isaac Pierce in 1827. Isaac was born on 14 Mar 1776 in Vermont; died on 14 Feb 1859 in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deacon Whitford's sons name was Amasa. He had the homestead at the of his father. He married a woman by the name of Brayton, had one son (named Ezekiel) and three daughters I think. Amasa sold out the old homestead some twenty five years since, and bought some two or three south of South Hartford where he died some fifteen years ago. - History the Whitford Family - William Whitford - 1861

In the 1850 census of Hillsdale, Columbia, NY there is
Ammasa J. Whitford 33 Black laborer b CT
Julia M. 23 b MA
Samuel A. 3 b MA
This may have been a slave that was owned by Amasa.

Family/Spouse: Eunice Brayton. Eunice was born in 1786 in Vermont; died on 11 Aug 1855 in Hebron, Washington County, New York; was buried in Old Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 census living in Dansville,Steuben Co.,NY as a Carriage and Wagon Maker.
Arrived in Dansville 1841 per the 1855 census

Family/Spouse: Cynthia Carrington. Cynthia was born about 1812 in Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]