Ann

Family/Spouse: Nicholas West. Nicholas was born about 1545; died in Oct 1601 in Drayton, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Maudlin Staple on 19 Nov 1601 in Burton, Drayton, Somerset, England. Maudlin (daughter of Phillipa) was born about 1580; died in 1641 in Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joane married John White on 28 May 1627 in Drayton, Somerset, England. John (son of Robert White, Jr. and Joan) was born in Mar 1602 in England; died on 20 Mar 1672/1673 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Josiah lived in Lancaster where he was Commander of a Garrison house, "on ye west side Penicock River called ye Neck 15 Apr 1704." He was a prominet man in the town, holding many of its cheif offices, and frequently serving committees. he lived on the estate granted to his father. Josiah's widow Mary, married 15 Jul 1718 Thomas Sawyer Jr.(father of her son-in-law)

Josiah married Mary Rice on 28 Nov 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Wilder, Jr. about 1698. John (son of Lieutenant John Wilder and Hannah Atherton) was born on 12 Jul 1673 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 07 Nov 1756 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Burial Grounds, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Abigail Whitcomb on 26 Jun 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters) was born on 13 Mar 1687 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Sep 1771 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thankful married Lieutenant Jonathan Houghton on 06 Nov 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Judge John Houghton and Mary Farrar) was born on 20 Feb 1686 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Apr 1737 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209037426/judith-sawyer

Judith married Bezaleel Sawyer about 1715 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Bezaleel (son of Thomas Sawyer, Jr. and Hannah Lewis) was born on 23 May 1685 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Aug 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, 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]

Ruth married Elias Sawyer on 7 Jan 1740 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elias (son of Captain Elias Sawyer and Beatrix Pope) was born on 17 Aug 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Aug 1786 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ephah married Paul Sawyer on 03 Jul 1755 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Paul (son of Jonathan Sawyer and Elizabeth Wheelock) was born in 1725; was christened on 24 Sep 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 23 May 1798 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Josiah married Abigail Sawyer in 1740. Abigail (daughter of Amos Sawyer and Abigail Houghton) was born on 24 Apr 1721 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Nov 1812 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6238522/darius-sawyer

Darius married Deborah Sawyer on 29 Oct 1743 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Amos Sawyer and Abigail Houghton) was born on 25 Apr 1727 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lois. Lois was born in ca 1730; died on 8 Jun 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dinah Sawyer. Dinah (daughter of John Sawyer and Ruth) was born on 16 Feb 1728 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 24 Sep 1758 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Sep 1755, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; French and Indian War Crown Point Expedition Capt.Jeduthan Baldwin\'s Co., Col Josiah Brown\'s Regt.

Notes:

Paul had a large estate of personal and real estate items at the time of his death. Blacksmith tools (bellows, anvil, hammers, chisels), 55 acres on his home lot, two barns, 10 acres of pine wood, 20 acres of oak wood, a horse, yoke and oxen, several cows and sheep. Large assortment of farming tools, barrels of cider, bushels of potato's, oats, beans, rye, Indian corn. Household furniture (tables, beds, puter plates, puterware, etc.), bedding, books (folio bible, Bunyan's Pilgrims pages, Spelling book, two old bibles) and much more.

Paul married Lois Houghton on 07 Mar 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Lois (daughter of Israel Houghton and Martha Wheelock) was christened on 15 Aug 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jun 1803 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Baker. Richard was born on 8 Apr 1729 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Dec 1808 in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodside Cemetery, Westminster, 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]

Martha married General Philemon Whitcomb on 23 Mar 1770 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Philemon (son of Captain Joseph Whitcomb and Damaris Priest) was born on 29 Oct 1748 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1824 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried in Homestead Cemetery, West Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1775, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) Alarm at Lexington Capt Thomas Gates mounted company of Lancaster

Lemuel married Anna Pratt in 1775. Anna was born in Jul 1749; died on 25 Sep 1831 in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont; was buried in Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Apr 1775; American Revolution (US) Capt. Elisha Jackson's Co. Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. 8month service begining April 19 , 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill and Chelsea Creek Bennington Alarm

Notes:

Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary War soldier and one of the founding fathers of Gardner, MA. Jude Sawyer came to what would become Gardner from Lancaster and was a farmer and blacksmith who was noted for creating steel traps including the fact that he created them well into his 90s. Like many of Gardner's founding fathers Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary soldier who served in Captain Elisha Jackson's Company at the Bennington Alarm. Sawyer married a woman named Phoebe Keyes but they had no children. Sawyer died at the age of 93

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Apr 1775, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) 19Apr1775, Capt Benjamin Houghton Co., Co John Whitcomb Regt served 7.5days tracted 72 miles 16Jan1776, Capt Allen's Co., Col Whitcombs Battalion, at Ticonderoga 27Nov1776, served 10 months, 11 days. 22Aug1777, Capt Greenleaf of Lancaster , Col.Whitney's Regt on alarm served 6 days 02Oct1777, Cap F.Eagers Co., LtCol Ephraim Sawyers Regt tracked 160miles, 25 days. Marched to reinforce the Northern Army (Battle of Saratoga) 27Oct1779, Capt Luke Wilder's Co., Col.Samuel Dennies Regt., tracked 180miles, 1mo.14 days at Clarvernack. 29Jul1780, Capt Phinehas Bowmans Co., Col Putman's Regt. at West Point, as a private from Lancaster, until 7Feb1781, 200miles, 6mo, 10days.

Notes:

1790 Lancaster, three males under 16, 1 over and 4 females in household.

NOTE: Not to be confused with the Paul Sawyer, died 1798 in Bolton, son of Jonathan Sawyer.

Paul married Martha Wheelock on 23 May 1782 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Joseph Wheelock, Jr. and Alice Page) was born on 07 Sep 1763 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 11 Sep 1763 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 May 1794 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Mehitable Haven on 2 Dec 1797 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mehitable was born on 7 Sep 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was christened on 25 Sep 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1799 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Keziah Spear on 17 Oct 1801 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Keziah was born on 12 Feb 1767 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 27 May 1864 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lois married Thomas Burditt on 7 Apr 1780 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas Burditt and Ruth Chinery) was born on 27 Nov 1755 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; died after 1830 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her father died, Moses Sawyer was appt guardian of Judith.

Notes:

After his father died, Cyrus Fairbank was appt guardian for Israel and Beulah, the two youngest children of Paul and Lois Sawyer.

Israel married Mary Hicks on 23 Mar 1796 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 28 Sep 1771 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1855 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her father died, Cyrus Fairbank was appt guardian for Israel and Beulah, the two youngest children of Paul and Lois Sawyer.

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]

Susan married Benjamin Redman Applin in 1807. Benjamin was born in 1786 in New Hampshire; died on 4 Jan 1860 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in South Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Paul and Mehetable Sawyer who were both born at Lancaster, MA. She married Gardner Meloon at Boston on May 30, 1824. Gardner died of brain fever at age 31 on March 21, 1826, the couple having no children.
Julia was the matron, or superintendent of the Female Orphan Asylum, located at 750 Washington St., Boston from about 1840. The asylum, which opened in 1803, housed 91 girls ages 3 to 16 with a live in staff of five according to the 1850 census and in 1860 75 girls between the ages of 4 and 16, employing two teachers, a cook, a seamstress, and chamber maid.
Julia was 64 years, six months, and 25 days old when she died at the asylum due to Apoplexy. Her funeral was held there on Wednesday, April 29, 1863 at 11 a.m.

Julia gave in Sept 1850 deposition for her step-mother regarding her father's Revolutionary War service for her step mother to receive a widow's pension.

Julia married Gardner Meloon on 30 May 1824 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Gardner was born in 1795 in New Hampshire; died on 17 Mar 1826 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martin R. Herrick. Martin was born in 1802 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 31 May 1869 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1808, he located in Pittsford,Vt, and bought one hundred acres of land lying south, or a little southwest, of the farm now owned by Marshall Thomas. There he built a frame house in which he resided eleven years. He then bought the farm upon which he afterwards lived and died. He cleared the most of the cultivated land on that farm and built the house and barn that are on it(1886).

From the Pension record of his uncle Ebenezer Burditt:
I, Thomas Burditt of Pittsford in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont aged seventy-three years last January bring duly sworn depose and say that Ebenezer Burditt late of Pittsford deceased was my father’s brother. I was a native of Lancaster Massachusetts where my father formerly resided. My uncle Ebenezer removed from Lancaster as I was informed before I was born. My uncle Ebenezer came to Lancaster with a team and moved my father from Lancaster Ma to Grafton Vermont in the winter or Spring of seventeen hundred and ninety-six [1796]. I was told that my uncle Ebenezer first moved from Lancaster Ma to Sullivan NH and that he afterward moved into Gilsum NH where he married Ruth Loveland – They moved from Gilsum NH to Grafton Vermont where they resided when my father moved from Lancaster Ma to Grafton Vt. Israel Loveland was the father of Ruth Loveland and he and his family removed from New Hampshire as I was informed before my father came to Vermont. I was well acquainted with Israel Loveland and his family from with Ebenezer Burditt and his family, from the time my father moved to Vermont in seventeen hundred ninety-six [1796] when I was fifteen years old until the decease of the said Ebenezer and Ruth his wife. I resided in Lancaster Ma until I was fifteen years old and I never heard of any other persons residing in that town by the name of Burditt except my Grandfather’s family – I have often heard my father and my Uncle Ebenezer talk of my uncles Daniel and Ebenezer being in the army in the war of the Revolution that my Uncle Daniel was wounded in battle that his leg amputated and died on the service. I removed from Grafton to Pittsford where I now reside in 1808 – My Uncle Ebenezer moved from Grafton to Pittsford in the Spring of Eighteen and thirty and died at Pittsford the same Spring. After the death of my uncle Ebenezer my Aunt Ruth his widow married my Uncle Joshua Burditt with whom she lived until his death in the Spring of 1853. My Aunt Ruth Burditt died at Pittsford in January last. I was [intan____] acquainted with my Uncle Ebenezer and his family and often visited them. After my first acquaintance with them in seventeen hundred and ninety-six - and further say not.
[signed]Thomas Burditt August 5, 1854

Thomas married Susanna Weston on 7 Jan 1808 in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. Susanna (daughter of Reuben Weston) was born on 01 Jan 1787 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; died on 3 May 1875 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Daniel Hendee in Nov 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Daniel (son of Captain Caleb Hendee and Caroline Ellsworth) was born on 21 May 1776 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; died on 12 Jun 1859 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1812; War of 1812 (US) 9th New York Regiment (Joiner\'s)

Notes:

Shortly after his marriage the family removed to Crown Point,NY. After a few years there removed to Rutland,VT.

James Burditt’s Estate.
We the subscribers being appointed by the hon. court of probate for the district of Rutland, commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of James Burditt, late of Pittsford, in said district, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months from the 10th September, 1821, being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice, that we will attend to the business of our appointment at the dwelling house of Thomas Burditt, jr. in said Pittsford, on the first Mondays of December and January next, from 1 to 4 o’clock P. M. on each of said days. All accounts not then exhibited will be barred.
Enos Bailey, } Com’rs.
John Barns, }
Pittsford, Sept. 10, 1821.
(Rutland Weekly Herald, Rutland, Vermont, Monday, October 08, 1821, page 4)

James married Hannah Knight Wright on 4 Mar 1813 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Hannah (daughter of Nathan Wright and Thankful Eastman) was born on 6 Dec 1780 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont; died on 24 Feb 1860 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103108597/john-burditt

John married Betsy Miles about 1810. Betsy was born on 6 Aug 1789 in Vermont; died on 25 Mar 1873 in Addison County, Vermont; was buried in Salisbury Village Cemetery, Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 26 Apr 1813, Rutland County, Vermont; War of 1812 (US) US Army (Regular) Capt D. Farrington's Co., Colonel Elias Fassett's 30th Infantry Regt. Battle of Locolle Mills, Defense of the northern frontier. Discharged April 25, 1814.

Notes:

Please don't confuse this Israel Burditt with his cousin, Israel Burditt son of Ebenezer. That Israel married Martha Dwinell and removed to Fort Ann, NY (later to Whitehall) - his mother Ruth is living with him in 1850. This Israel married Roxanne and stayed in the Pittsford area.

Died:
Heart Disease

Israel married Roxana Paine on 18 May 1823 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont. Roxana (daughter of Edward Paine and Abigail Smith) was born on 30 May 1803 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont; died on 9 Nov 1868 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 10 Sep 1814, Rutland County, Vermont; War of 1812 (US) Alarm at Plattsburg(NY) Capt Hendee's Company

Notes:

After the Battle of Plattsburg, George turned his steps to the St.Lawrence River where rafting was being carried along to a great extent. He there hired to work, where French and Indians were his companions and neighbors, the latter being his most trusted friends. After having served in the capacity of raftsman until 1817 he returned to Pittsford, Vt. where his father still lived and paid him $100. This was the price of his time as a minor. After working a farm on shares for one year, in the Spring of 1819, he, with his young wife and brother-in-law, David Wadsworth, set out for the far west, Mt.Vernon, Ohio, where an elder sister, Azuba Hewett, of his wife had preceded them. George and David had each a horse so by putting them together, contituted a team. By hitching them to a lumber wagon they were able to bring all their worldly possessions with them. After journeying for weeks they finally arrived at South Dansville, New York where they were to make his sister, Mrs. Hendee, a visit and to rest for the remainder of their journey. After looking around for sometime and being earnestly persuaded by Mr. and Mrs. Hendee, they decided to remain in South Dansville, David Wadsworth in the meantime put his belongings in a knapsack and with a sad heart, mounted his horse and rode away to the western wilds of Ohio. George then took up a farm where Miner Bridge now resides(1905). After staying there a few years he moved to a farm just west of him, known as the Stevens Farm, where he lived until the Spring of 1831. During his stay in what is now called Rogersville, early in the Fall of 1831, there came a knock at the door. There were Milly's father, mother, widowed sister and two children on their way to Ohio where two brothers and two sisters were awaitng them. After about four or five weeks visiting with their daughter Milly and family they took their departure never more to meet. George, in the meantime continued clearing his land and building as he was prospering. "In the Fall of 1839 his true and noble wife was taken from him by the relentless hand of death." George now had a longing to visit the Old Home once more. So in the Fall of 1840, he, with his nephew, John Mark Hendee, started to Vermont. They were six weeks making the journey. In January the following year he married Racheal Henderson, a widow with two children. In the 1850 census of Dansville,Steuben Co.,NY, George is listed as a farmer and owner of real estate valued at $3,000. Also living with him according to the 1850 census: his wife, Rachel, sons, Paul, Leeds, George Jr., and step-daughter, Abbie Henderson. In his later life, as a Democrat, he was elected to many town offices. "George was a man of sterling integrity and being a man of few words and coming right to the point, he commanded the respect of all who knew him."

Military Service:
As a member of the Rutland County Voluteers, George was on call for the Battle of Plattsburg, during the close of the War of 1812. As the story is told, on the 10th of September the men, including George, who had assembled in response to the call met in the village. After organizing, which occupied the forenoon, the company started for Burlington. Arriving at Vergennes the next day, they drew arms from the arsenal for those who were not supplied and continued to Charlotte, which they reached that night. The following morning they advanced to Burlington, crossed the lake to Plattsburg, but arrived too late to take part in the battle; they soon afterward returned to their homes.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23053114/george-burditt

George married Milly Wadsworth on 13 Jan 1818 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Milly (daughter of Deacon David Wadsworth and Eleanor Capen) was born on 21 Aug 1795 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 30 Aug 1795 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 04 Dec 1839 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rachel Gilbert on 18 Jan 1841 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York. Rachel (daughter of John Gilbert and Sally Lacy) was born on 9 Oct 1809 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Oct 1869 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His early life was spent with his father on his farm, but after he had attained his majority he went to Canada and engaged in the lumbering business. After an absence of a few years he returned to Pittsford, where his parents still resided. There he bought the small farm east of Marshall Thomas', near what was called the "Four Corners," where he resided with his wife until 1852, when they bought of Abraham Owen what had formerly been known as the Mosher place, now(1886) owned by his sons Richard and Charles Burditt.
((The 1860 census Jonathan is mistakenly listed as George Burditt))

Jonathan married Sally Floyd on 5 Apr 1827 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Sally was born on 30 Apr 1804 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Dec 1863 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Enoch Paine on 7 Mar 1819 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Enoch (son of Edward Paine and Abigail Smith) was born on 29 Dec 1796 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont; died on 26 Feb 1884 in Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont; was buried in Salisbury Village Cemetery, Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]