Martha

Martha married Henry Weilly about 1657 in County Down, Northern Ireland. Henry was born in 1632 in Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Sarah Adams about 1694 in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. Sarah (daughter of Mary) was born about 1675 in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Thomas Coulson about 1725 in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. Thomas (son of Joseph Coulson and Margaret Evans) was born on 15 Apr 1703 in Derbyshire, England; died on 17 Aug 1763 in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Joseph Rich on 27 Feb 1742 (Quaker) in West Nottingham Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Joseph (son of Joseph Rich and Elizabeth Grubb) was born in 1715 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Joseph Haines on 27 Nov 1773 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Joseph (son of William Haines and Lydia Johnson) was born on 22 Jul 1756 in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died after 1840 in Seneca, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with her son William in 1820. Her son Allen in 1840 in Wastenaw Co.,.MI and with him in 1860 in Spring Arbor,MI . Buried in the town of York,MI with her 'son' William. Cant find her in the 1850 census

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54561716/sophia-mcmichael

Sophia married Charles McMichael about 1793 in Pennsylvania. Charles was born before 1765 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117715994/mary-reynolds

Mary married Isaac Reynolds in 1800. Isaac (son of Isaac Reynolds and Ann Rich) was born in 1775 in East Nottingham Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Feb 1871 in Seneca, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Little Church Cemetery, Seneca, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1812; War of 1812 (US) Allen's 20th NY Regt.

Notes:

Living in Benton,Yates Co.,NY in 1822, on Tax List...
In Newfane,Niagara Co.,NY in 1830 and 1840 and 1850


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42240758/jesse-mcmichael

Jesse married Elizabeth Richey about 1822. Elizabeth was born on 2 Oct 1798 in New York; died on 8 Oct 1855 in Newfane, Niagara County, New York; was buried in Corwin Cemetery, Newfane, Niagara County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1820 in Benton, Ontario Co., NY (believe this should be Seneca Twp)
1830 through 1850 in Farmington,Oakland Co.,MI

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54561751/william-mcmichael

William married Mary Ann Ewing about 1825. Mary (daughter of Thomas Ewing and Rebecca Hartman) was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania; died on 4 May 1870 in Oakland County, Michigan; was buried in North Farmington Cemetery, Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 living with her neice Mary S. Squier in Jackson,MI
1860 living in Manchester,Washtenaw Co.,MI with her neice
1850 living in Manchester,MI with Daniel and Irene Cross.

Buried:
Buried on the Squier Lot, between Alanson Squier(brother-in-law) and Charles Potts (husband of grandniece) in Plot Block 5, Lot 17, Grave 5
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275323328/rachel-mcmichael

Notes:

Said by Jane Sutherland Hurd that after Lydia's parents seperated she went to live with her grandparents, Haines (possibly Isaac she said....however it may have been Uncle Isaac Reynolds).
Living with her son Tobias in 1880 in Pittsfield,MI

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25348485/lydia-sutherland

Lydia married Langford T. Sutherland about 1825. Langford (son of Daniel Sutherland) was born on 23 Jan 1802 in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York; died on 21 Jan 1865 in Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the spring of 1829, Thomas McMichael believed he had found a place where he could make a living. Writing home to his brother-in-law Charles Fisher, he announced that he had rented a tanyard, arranged to plant corn, and decided to remain in Chautauqua County for “one or two years.” His health was good, the country suited him, and he wanted his wife and little daughter brought out to join him. By August, his confidence had given way to a very different confession: “I never was so poor in my life—or I swear I never felt so poor since I was born.”

Between those two letters lies the most vivid surviving account of Thomas’s life: a skilled working man trying to turn labor, a few possessions, family assistance, and the promise of a new place into a secure home.

Thomas was born about 1807 in Ontario County, New York, according to the 1855 state census, which gives his age as forty-eight and his birthplace as Ontario. The precise town and date remain unknown; the recorded age suggests a birth in approximately 1806–1807. Family recollections suggest that his childhood unfolded in a household divided by separation. In the Sutherland family correspondence preserved from 1908, a note headed “This is the way Mother remembers things” recalls that “Grandma”—identified in the family reconstruction as Lydia McMichael—said her parents “parted.” She then went to live with her grandfather and grandmother Haines.

That same account names Thomas among Grandma’s brothers and sisters, giving a more direct family recollection of the Thomas–Lydia relationship than the later reference to “cousin Caroline” alone. The passage does not name their father or explain which parent left; Charles is the father’s name supplied by the family research. Separately, Fisher descendant Sheldon Fisher remembered that Thomas had lived and worked with Charles Fisher while young. The two traditions suggest that relatives and other households helped raise the children after their parents separated, although neither the date nor the circumstances of Thomas’s own move are established.

What his own letters establish is the lasting trust he placed in Charles. By 1829, Charles was both his brother-in-law and the person Thomas relied upon to manage important affairs at home. Thomas had married Lucinda Fisher, and their eldest daughter, Emmeline, was born on September 28, 1828. A later marriage record for Emmeline’s son Zachary Briggs identified his mother’s birthplace as Bushnell’s Basin, placing the young family in the neighborhood of Pittsford and Victor before Thomas’s western venture.

On March 21, 1829, Thomas and Lucinda sold a small parcel in Victor to John Belamy of Bloomfield for a stated $215. The deed described sixty rods of land near Samuel Ewing’s house and a highway crossing Mud Creek. It also excepted a $100 mortgage given to William Grimes by Joseph McMichael. Joseph’s relationship to Thomas is not stated, but his name supplies a new lead into the family’s earlier property dealings. The sale placed Thomas and Lucinda together in Victor only weeks before the western venture. It may have been part of their preparations, although the deed does not explain their reason for selling or how much money they ultimately had available.

Before setting out in the spring of 1829, Thomas gave Charles formal authority to handle his business. In a document dated April 25, 1829 (the day is slightly uncertain), Thomas described himself as a resident of Victor and appointed Charles his attorney to collect money owed to him, settle accounts, and give receipts and discharges. John Fisher witnessed the document. This arrangement explains why his later letters repeatedly asked Charles to collect notes and attend to unfinished business: Charles was acting under authority Thomas had put in writing.

This was a region being reshaped by the Erie Canal. Completed in 1825, the canal connected Albany with Buffalo and made moving people and heavy goods substantially faster and cheaper. For a family with limited money, it offered a practical means of carrying household belongings and trade goods toward a new home. Thomas’s later instructions show that he understood precisely how to use it. Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, “History and Culture”

Thomas’s trade was leather. He was a tanner and, as his May letter makes clear, also did currying: the skilled work of preparing and finishing hides after tanning. A currier scraped, stretched, and treated leather to give it the required finish. The word matters in telling his story. His reference to “currying” concerns leather work; it does not by itself establish employment as a courier carrying messages or parcels. The Worshipful Company of Curriers, “Company History”

By May 12, 1829, Thomas had reached the home of Thomas Cleland in Chautauqua County. He then traveled through Jamestown to a place apparently meaning Warren, Pennsylvania, before returning to Cleland’s. He was exploring beyond the neighborhood in which he first stopped, but the May letter does not say that he reached Pittsburgh.

On May 20 he wrote Charles with the outlines of a plan. He had rented a tanyard for two years, with the option of buying it, and had secured a small currying job from its owner. He had also arranged to plant three acres of corn on Cleland’s land. Leather work would provide one possible income; crops would provide another resource. Renting before purchasing gave him time to find out whether the venture would succeed.

He had seen William McMichael, who had agreed to fetch the family if needed. William was Thomas’s brother. Thomas asked Charles to send the leather and shoes he still held, reporting that shoes brought two dollars a pair in his new neighborhood. Goods left behind were potential earnings, and he wanted them put to use.

His instructions placed the canal at the center of the move. Charles and William were to get the belongings to Pittsford. “I expect to move by watter all the way excepting 13 miles,” Thomas explained. The letter does not identify every stage of the journey, but it gives direct evidence that water transport was part of his plan for moving his household west.

Meanwhile, Lucinda remained behind. Thomas urged Charles to see her quickly, or give the letter to John so that he could do so. He closed in haste because the mail was leaving that morning. These were practical instructions, but they also reveal a husband waiting at a distance for news of his family and the means to bring them together.

A shorter letter, apparently dated June 20, 1829, reveals how unsettled his plans remained. The place heading appears to read Rochester, with part of the word crossed through. Thomas hoped to obtain money from Buffalo and said that, if successful, he would try to return for work. He wanted to move again if he could raise enough money. He also reported having paid an account to a firm whose name appears to be Lathrop & Clapp, for which Charles had held a warrant. He asked for news from “the flats” and whether a man named Thomas had been back. The surname was not supplied, so this man cannot yet be identified as Thomas Cleland. If the date is read correctly, this was likely the unanswered letter Thomas mentioned on August 2 as having been written six weeks earlier.

By August 2, Lucinda and Emmeline had joined him. Thomas reported that the family was healthy and that Emmeline had been walking for four weeks. Their reunion, however, had not brought financial security.

Thomas now faced a payment of $150 to T. Cleland by the first of January. According to Thomas, Cleland threatened to foreclose if he failed to pay. The surviving letter does not identify the mortgaged property precisely, so it cannot yet be assumed to have been the rented tanyard. What is unmistakable is Thomas’s alarm—and his anger at a man whose household had figured so helpfully in his May plans.

He asked Charles to collect outstanding notes and sell the horse, cow, and wagon he had left behind. He would accept fifty dollars for the horse with payment in sixty days, ten dollars cash for the cow, and eighteen dollars cash for the wagon. These details show how carefully he weighed price against the urgency of payment.

“I have not taking one dollar in money since I left Victor,” he complained. His account reveals the difference between having work, crops, or possessions and having money available when a debt came due. Whatever resources he had accumulated, they were not meeting his immediate need for cash.

Yet the letter was not entirely despairing. His corn, potatoes, buckwheat, and flax were doing well. He had cut about eight tons of hay. A sow purchased for $2.50 had produced five young pigs, giving him six hogs altogether. Thinking of his crops and little stock of animals, he admitted, revived his spirits.

He was considering selling and trying elsewhere, but he asked Charles to keep that thought from the people at Victor Flats. Even under pressure, he could joke that news of a promising new region might bring everyone west, leaving a poor fellow without a dollar little chance. The letter preserves frustration, pride, humor, and hope in the same voice.

The family research describes another letter, dated September 1829, placing Thomas in Cattaraugus County and referring to a recent return from Pittsburgh. That later letter may help explain how his plans changed after the August crisis. By the 1830 census, he was in Ashford, with a household whose ages fit Thomas, Lucinda, and two daughters under five: Emmeline and Caroline, whose family-recorded birth date is May 18, 1830.

Their daughter Lucinda was born January 21, 1832. Her later death record gives Springville, in neighboring Erie County, as her birthplace. The Ashford and Springville references place the family in the same general border region, although they do not establish the exact location of their home. Maryette, apparently the daughter later called Mary Deyo, followed about 1836, and Samantha in 1837.

The family was growing during an economically unsettled decade. The Panic of 1837 ushered in years of depression, business failures, and disrupted credit. It was a difficult setting in which to support a household through trade and small enterprise. No surviving evidence yet shows how the crisis affected Thomas personally, or whether it influenced his return east; it belongs to the circumstances of his life rather than to a proven explanation for his movements. Harvard Business School, Baker Library, “1837: The Hard Times”

A more definite turning point came in March 1839, when Lucinda died. She was buried in Bushnell’s Basin Cemetery, returning her story to the neighborhood where the young family had lived. Her burial supports the family’s continuing connection with that area, although it does not alone establish where Thomas was living when she died. He was left with five young daughters, the oldest about ten and the youngest about two.

Thomas subsequently married Laura Pixley. In time their household made room for another child whose family had been broken apart. A newspaper account titled “A Scattered Family” relates that Thomas Dickinson, a shoemaker in East Rush, New York, died in 1845. His earnings had scarcely supported his family, and after his death his sons were placed with relatives and friends. William and James went to the Shakers; John was taken in by J. P. Furry, who subsequently moved to Illinois. The youngest, George, went to a family named McMichael in Honeoye.

The article does not give the McMichael adults’ first names, but its Honeoye connection fits the family research and the later census showing George in Thomas and Laura’s household. In 1855 he was ten, born in Yates County, and recorded with them in Naples. The family research identifies his birth mother as Bibby Barnard; the newspaper does not name her or explain her circumstances. Nor does it establish a formal legal adoption. It does show that George grew up using the McMichael name. Thomas’s own reported childhood separation and George’s placement give the family history a striking parallel, although no source tells us whether Thomas himself made that connection.

Long after Thomas’s death, George’s birth family found its way back together. According to “A Scattered Family,” John Dickinson advertised in the Detroit Free Press to locate his brothers and soon heard from all three. William was in Geneseo, New York, and James in Ithaca, Michigan. A dated notice in the Sterling Standard of May 27, 1897, page 14, records George’s arrival from Rochester, New York, on the 4:10 train the preceding Saturday—apparently May 22. John, of West Jordan, met him. The brothers reportedly had not seen each other for forty-eight years. The notice distinguishes their renewed contact through a newspaper advertisement some years earlier from this long-delayed meeting in person.

George was then a harness maker and was considering remaining in the area. His occupation gives Thomas’s story another connection across generations: the boy raised in a tanner and currier’s household had entered another leather trade. It is possible that Thomas influenced or taught him, but no apprenticeship or direct statement establishes that. The two newspaper accounts document George’s visit to John and plans for a wider reunion, although they do not establish that all four brothers eventually gathered together.

By May 6, 1847, Thomas was already living in Richmond, Ontario County. On that date he bought a small lot on Briggs Street in Honeoye from John R. Hall for $200. It measured four rods across the front and eight rods deep—about sixty-six by one hundred thirty-two feet—and contained one-fifth of an acre. The deed does not say whether Thomas used it as a home or workplace, but it gives a definite location for one of his investments and brings his documented Richmond residence forward three years from the 1850 census.

The 1855 state census gives a clearer picture of his later household in Naples: Thomas, forty-eight, a “Tanner & Currier”; Laura, thirty-two, his wife; and George, ten, recorded as a child of the household. Both adults were born in Ontario County, while George was born in Yates County. The dwelling appears to be recorded as a frame house valued at $300. The position normally used for years of residence in the town, suggesting that they had arrived around 1852.

Moving to Naples did not end his business connections with Honeoye. On May 3, 1858, Thomas, described as a resident of Naples, bought another Richmond property from the Bishops for $425. This deed identifies its purpose far more clearly: it was “the Tannery lot in the village of Honeoye.” The parcel contained ninety-nine square rods, a little over three-fifths of an acre. Nearly thirty years after the uncertain Chautauqua venture, Thomas was acquiring land already known for the trade by which he had supported his household. The purchase establishes ownership of the tannery lot, although it does not tell us whether he operated it himself, leased it to someone else, or divided his working time between Honeoye and Naples.

Thomas appeared in Naples again in 1860. His estate research indicates that he held land in both Richmond and Naples, although the newly supplied administration document does not itself describe those properties. The most revealing new evidence of his livelihood comes from December 1863. A federal excise assessment lists Thomas McMichael of Naples with 357 pounds of harness leather and 141 pounds of upper leather, assessed at $2.50 and $1.41 respectively, for a total of $3.91. These are quantities and taxes recorded for that assessment, not his annual earnings or the value of his estate. More than thirty years after renting the Chautauqua tanyard, Thomas was still associated with the leather business. The national system of federal excise taxation reached his Naples enterprise just months before his death.

His family connections nevertheless stretched west to Michigan. An 1852 letter from John Fisher to Charles reported that Emmeline was visiting Michigan and expected to bring Caroline back to Honeoye for the winter. The daughters were using the same kind of family assistance that had supported their father: visiting relatives, arranging journeys, and finding a place to stay when circumstances required it.

Thomas died on or about February 24, 1864, while the Civil War was still underway. The official record describes him as late of Naples and states that he died intestate—without a will. On March 12, 1864, the Ontario County Surrogate appointed Emeline Briggs and Levi Hotchkiss administrators of his estate. A separate probate petition, quoted in the family research, named his daughters Emmeline Briggs, wife of Cyrus Briggs; Caroline McMichael; Lucinda C. Douglas, wife of George L. Douglas; Mary Deyo, wife of Henry Deyo, in Cass County, Michigan; and Samantha Lee, wife of William Lee, in Naples. Emmeline identified herself as his eldest daughter. George does not appear in the heir list quoted so far; the complete estate file may clarify his position in the administration of the estate.

Thomas was buried in Honeoye Cemetery near the Briggs family. His daughter Lucinda McMichael Douglas was also buried there. Although his search for work had carried him into Chautauqua County, Cattaraugus County, and Pennsylvania, his final home and burial brought his story back to the Ontario County communities where several of his children remained.

His letters preserve what census entries and deeds cannot: the experience of trying to make a living while the future was uncertain. There was a tanyard to rent, leather to finish, corn to plant, a family to move, and a creditor to satisfy. Even in his bleakest letter, Thomas could find encouragement in a growing crop, a litter of pigs, and news of his little daughter walking.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103302959/thomas-mcmichael

Thomas married Lucinda Fisher about 1828 in Ontario County, New York. Lucinda (daughter of Captain Robert Fisher and Lucinda Cleland) was born on 16 Apr 1810 in New Woodstock, Madison County, New York; died on 5 Mar 1839 in Victor, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bushnells Basin Cemetery, Perinton, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Laura Pixley about 1845. Laura was born in ca 1821 in Ontario County, New York; died in Sep 1865 in Naples, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85269508/mary-squire

Mary married Alanson Harvey Squier about 1830. Alanson was born in 1809 in Seneca, Ontario County, New York; died on 26 May 1891 in Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Manchester Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16726330/allen-mcmichael

Allen married Eliza Peterson on 5 Dec 1843 in Jackson County, Michigan. Eliza (daughter of Simon Peterson and Sally Holsted) was born in 1822; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Jennette Lee on 15 May 1850 in Jackson County, Michigan. Jennette (daughter of Daniel O. Lee and Sally) was born on 15 Nov 1834 in Royalton, Niagara County, New York; died on 29 Mar 1915 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; was buried in Reynolds Cemetery, Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Mr. RobsonEast Nottingham Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca Thompson. Rebecca was born in 1802; died in 1881 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Little Church Cemetery, Seneca, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Brown. Elizabeth (daughter of William Brown and Jane Straughan) was born in ca 1806; died on 10 May 1875 in Seneca, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Little Church Cemetery, Seneca, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah McCracken. Sarah (daughter of James McCracken and Ann) was born est 1815 in Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1880 his son Frank is living with him in Bradford,WI, Apparently Joseph and his wife separated about 1880, and Joseph remarried abt 1882, while Julia moved to her mothers (Julia's cemetery marker only says who she is the daughter of not, who her husband was.)

Joseph married Julia Eliza Meloy about 1849 in New York. Julia (daughter of Charles Meloy and Sarah) was born on 09 Aug 1826 in New York; died on 05 Feb 1890 in La Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin; was buried in Emerald Grove Cemetery, Bradford, Rock County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary E. in 1882 in Rock County, Wisconsin. Mary was born in Oct 1842 in Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Contact: Jeanne WALLENDAL JESSIE

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41576358/sophia-eastman

Sophia married Ebenezer S. Eastman about 1840. Ebenezer (son of Daniel Eastman and Mary Spencer) was born on 16 Aug 1816 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire; died in 1880 in Forest, Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest-Burr Cemetery, Hillsboro, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Leland Wright about 1850. John (son of Boltwood Wright and Anna Bates) was born on 22 Sep 1827 in Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont; died in 1908 in Niagara County, New York; was buried in Mountain Ridge Cemetery, Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Caroline is in the 1860 and 1870 census in Lockport,NY as a Teacher in the Common Schools. It appears she married John Beek after the death of her sister, Clara in 1872 (I assume she died during child birth, as son Clarence died in Dec 1872 - his death record names mother, Clara MacMichael).

Published in the Lockport Journal - Saturday January 24, 1903 (Page 5, Column 2):
The Lakota (N. D.) Herald of Jan. 16, 1903, says: Mrs. J. W. Beek, nee Carrie MacMichael, died Jan. 13, 1903. Mrs. Beek died at the residence of her son, Dr. Beek of this city. Her death was unexpected, she having been an invalid for the last six or seven years. She was born March 15, 1831 in Niagara county, N. Y. She was at the time of her death 71 years, nine months and 28 days of age. Her life was passed at Lockport, N. Y. until nearly 50 years of age when she came to North Dakota to live. Age and failing health compelled her to return to her former home in New York and after spending two years there she returned to North Dakota in 1901, living here until the death.
Although her last years were burdened by pain, her fate was borne uncomplainingly and through it all she manifested an heroic disposition born oniy of a reliance on one whom she realized was stronger than her self, and when the summons came it found her willing and ready to exchange the mortal for the immortal and to enter upon a new life where suffering would be unknown. Short funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon. The remains were taken to Lockport, N. Y., and will be interred in Cold Springs cemetary. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband J. W. Beek, J. J. Beek, and Mrs. Chas. W. Emert of Lockport, N. Y. Dr. R. H. Beek of this city and Clarence, now in Minneapolis, Minn.

Caroline married John W. Beek in 1873. John (son of Richard H. Beek and Elizabeth) was born in 1834 in Ontario; died in 1906 in Akron, Erie County, New York; was buried in Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in Lockport in 1850 with the Ebenezer Eastman family.

Lydia married Loring Andrew Meloy on 28 Sep 1857 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin. Loring (son of Charles Meloy and Sarah) was born on 03 Aug 1836 in Otsego County, New York; died on 30 May 1909 in La Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin; was buried in Emerald Grove Cemetery, Bradford, Rock County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarissa married John W. Beek in 1855 in Niagara County, New York. John (son of Richard H. Beek and Elizabeth) was born in 1834 in Ontario; died in 1906 in Akron, Erie County, New York; was buried in Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry Seldon Orr on 27 Apr 1856 in West Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan. Henry (son of William Orr and Susan Bachelor) was born on 27 Dec 1834 in New York; died in 1911 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Judd Cemetery, Saline Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 09 Aug 1862, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan; American Civil War (North) 17th Michigan Infantry Regt., Co.E Battles of Antietam, Jackson, Knoxville. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Knoxville

George married Eliza Marken on 09 Aug 1862 (Methodist Episcopal Church) in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harvey married Jennie Worth in May 1870 in York Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Jennie was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania; died in 1924 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Dewitt Curtis Hurd about 1870. Dewitt was born on 11 Jul 1822 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York; died on 31 Dec 1880 in Minnesota; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Sarah Jane Lewis in 1858. Sarah was born on 27 Jul 1837; died on 30 Sep 1897 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hebron Hurd. Hebron was born in 1827; died in 1892; was buried in Lodi Cemetery, Saline Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles T. Henion. Charles was born about 1830 in Pennsylvania; died on 29 Oct 1915 in Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry G. Tower. Henry (son of Loyal Tower and Deborah Valentine) was born in 1836 in Michigan; died on 18 Feb 1893 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NELSON SUTHERLAND.

The gentleman who is at the present time responsible to the corporation of Ann Arbor for the condition of its streets, is he whose name is at the head of this sketch. He was born in Pittsfield Township, five and a half miles south of Ann Arbor, August 18, 1840. He is a son of Langford and Lydia (McMichael) Sutherland, both natives of New York and born near Penn Yan. Our subject's parents came to Washtenaw County in 1832 and settled where their son Nelson was born. They there secured a farm of four hundred and twenty acres and made that their home until June 1861.

The decease of our subject's father occurred June, 1864 when at the age of sixty-two years; his widow is still living at the old home place and is now eighty-five years of age and in spite of her advanced years has retained her faculties to a remarkable degree and is an interesting as well as a well-preserved woman. Our subject is one of a family of eight children, he being the sixth in order of birth. He lived at home until reaching his majority and then engaged in farming on a tract of eighty acres remaining there until he was twenty-five years of age, during which time he had added to his original purchase until it comprised two hundred and ten acres. This he sold out before removing to the town.


Quoted from The Portrait and Biographical Collection of Washtenaw County, Biographical Publishing Company, 1891

Nelson married Gabriella Rorabacher on 26 Nov 1866 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Gabriella (daughter of Adam Rorabacher) was born in 1846; died in 1925; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Josephine Kanouse. Josephine was born in 1850; died in 1915; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Franklin Harwood. Franklin was born on 1 Mar 1844 in Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan; died on 1 Apr 1872 in Madison Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bushnell's Basin information is taken from the death record of Zachary J. Briggs in the town clerk's logbook, in it his mother's as is listed as Emeline McMichael, born Bushnell's Basin, Ontario County.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64555427/emeline-briggs

Emeline married Cyrus Briggs about 1848 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Cyrus (son of Artemas Briggs and Fanny Gregg) was born on 13 Nov 1820 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; died on 29 Dec 1888 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stayed with her sister Emmeline Briggs in 1852, "all winter" according to a letter from John Fisher to Charles Fisher dated 11Sep1852. 1860 living in Richmond as a Milliner, also living with her is Adell McMichael, aged 9, and Jane Morley, aged22 also a Milliner 1880 living with her daughter and son-in-law, in Superior, Washtenaw Co., MI

Another Pioneer Has Passed Away
After a lingering illness of eight years Caroline McMichael entered into rest Nov. 10th at the age of 76 years at the home of her grandson, Herbert C. Linderer, 305 Hamilton Street. The deceased was born in Canadaqua county, New York, on May 1830. She came to Michigan early in Childhood where in 1848 she married George D. McMichael, residing in Brooklyn, Mich., where her daughter Adelia C. McMichael was born in the fifties. She went back to New York State where she engaged in millinery business near Rochester. Returning to Michigan in 1867 she engaged in business in Ann Arbor where in 1868 her daughter was united in marriage to Artemus D. Sindecar. She came with them this year to Superior where she resided until last January. Her daughter proceeded her to that eternal sleep just 10 months ago. Those who knew her never ceased to love her. A life of untiring unselfishness and good will to all. We can but feel that Her's was well spent. She leaves to mourn one grandson, five great-grandchildren, a son-in-law, A. D. Sindecor, and a sister, Mrs. Helen [Samantha] A. Burnham at Niagara Falls and a hose of friends. Burial took place today at Highland cemetery, from the house at two o'clock.
(Ann Arbor Daily Argus, Ann Arbor MI, Monday, November 12, 1906)

Caroline married George W. McMichael on 20 Mar 1849 in Jackson County, Michigan. George (son of Joseph McMichael and Elizabeth) was born about 1826 in New York; died after 1854 in Spring Arbor Twp, Jackson County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1850, 1860, 1865 in Richmond with family.
In 1870 she and her two children are living in Lackawaxen,Pike Co.,PA
In 1880 census Lucinda is living in Honeoye as a Dressmaker,

Lucinda married George Lewis Douglas about 1848 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. George was born in 1825 in New York; died on 25 Jul 1869 in Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Presbyterian

Notes:

Maryette and Henry A. Deyo moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, shortly after marriage. After six years, they moved to Dowagiac, Michigan, where their son, Ernest, was born.

1850 Federal Census: still looking

1860 Federal Census: Volinia township, Cass Co., Michigan, living with husband Henry Deyo and son, Clarence. Her age is given as 27; her birthplace is given as New York. (Post Office Little Prairie Runde)

1864 Living in Little Prairie Run, Cass Co.,Michigan at the time of her fathers death.

1867 It appears that Henry and Maryette separated sometime before 1867, since her obituary states that she married W. N. Lyon in 1867.

1868 (April) - visited family in New York ("Mr and Mrs Lyon, the boys Aunt"). (per Minnie Briggs diary entry of 2April1868).

1870 Federal Census: still looking

In 1879, she and William Lyon moved to Paola, KS.

1880 Federal Census: Paola, Miami Co., KS, living with husband, William Lyon.

1885, she made her home with son, Clarence, probably after William moved to California (without her).

1895 Kansas State Census: McCune, Crawford Co., KS, listed as M.E. Lyon, aged 56. Living with son C.H. Deyo, his wife Katy, and their children Mary and George. She is identified as born in NY.

1900 Federal Census: McCune, Crawford Co., KS, widowed, living with her son, Clarence.

1906 Obituary: Mrs. M. E. Lyon--Gentry, Ark, Jan. 31

Maryette married Henry A. Deyo in 1851, and was divorced before 1867. Henry (son of Ira Deyo and Betsey Lyon) was born on 05 Feb 1831 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 27 Sep 1880 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maryette married William Mavory Lyon in 1867, and was divorced about 1885. William was born on 28 Jul 1824 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 19 Apr 1905 in Upper Lake, Lake County, California; was buried in Upper Lake Cemetery, Upper Lake, Lake County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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South Bristol - Mrs. Samantha Burnham, aged 77 years, passed peacefully away on Monday, January 18, 1915, at the home of her son, Charles Lee. She had been a patient sufferer since last October, and all was done that loving hands could do, but to no avail. She leaves to mourn her loss one daughter, at Oak field; three sons, Charles Lee, of this place; William Lee, of Naples, and one whose whereabouts are not known. Burial will be made in Rose Ridge cemetery, Naples.
(The Naples Record, Wednesday, January 20, 1915)

Samantha A. McMichael (later Mrs. William C. Lee and Mrs. John R. Burnham) was known by both Samantha and Helen in her later years. Evidence suggests that relatives from her McMichael family continued to identify her as Samantha, while members of her local community in the Naples/Academy area commonly referred to her as Helen Burnham. Newspaper notices from 1902 demonstrate simultaneous use of both names, indicating that Helen was an alternate or familiar name.

Samantha married William Charles Lee in 1856 in Naples, Ontario County, New York. William (son of Charles W. Lee and Amanda Holcomb) was born in ca 1834 in New York; died in 1868 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samantha married John Randall Burnham on 6 Feb 1870 in Ontario County, New York. John (son of John Putnam Burnham and Deborah Randall) was born on 24 Jun 1815 in Vermont; died on 22 May 1893 in South Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Covil's Corners Cemetery, South Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Harness Maker
• Military Service: 10 Aug 1864, Avon, Livingston County, New York; American Civil War (North) 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, Battery C Battle of Petersburg,VA Discharged - 17 Jun 1865

Notes:

Living in Naples in 1870 as a Shoemaker, with wife Caroline H. aged 23. 1880 in Middlesex, Yates Co., NY as a shoemaker with wife Nellie and son Claud. In 1890 he is back in Naples. In 1900 shown as living in Davenport,Iowa (Harnessmarker, single, born NY, parents born Eng). In 1910 still in Davenport (with wife Mary). 1925 living in the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshall Co.,Iowa (1925 Iowa soldiers home records show parents as Thomas and Laura (Pixley) McMichael, of New York).

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39489501/george-mcmichael

George married Caroline H. Pierce about 1870 in Naples, Ontario County, New York. Caroline (daughter of James Pierce and Louisa) was born on 8 Feb 1847; died on 13 Mar 1875 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Helen Garfield about 1877. Helen (daughter of Solomon Samuel Garfield and Harriette Rowell) was born on 18 Mar 1851 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Dec 1921 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary Albrecht on 20 Aug 1904 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Mary (daughter of John Albrecht and Charlotte Beyer) was born on 13 Jun 1862 in Germany; died on 11 Jul 1912 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MARTIN. — In Jackson, on Saturday, Jan. 5th, 1884, of cancer, Mary, wife of Henry Martin.
Mrs. Martin, the only surviving daughter of Alanson H. Squier, was born in Manchester in 1833, where she lived until within 15 years when she moved to Jackson. She has been a member of the M. E. church for 20 years. She leaves a husband, two daughters, and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were brought to Manchester on Monday to be interred beside those of her mother and son.
(The Manchester Enterprise, Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, Thursday, 10 Jan 1884)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85269664/mary_sophia-martin

Mary married Henry Martin about 1855. Henry was born on 13 Oct 1829 in New York; died on 22 Apr 1911 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Manchester Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Consumption

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8497918/eliza_marie-vrooman

Eliza married Honorable William M. Vrooman on 4 Oct 1870. William was born on 4 Oct 1848 in Jackson County, Michigan; died on 10 Aug 1934 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Smallpox