Lieutenant Samuel Rider

Notes:

The best record of the life of Samuel Rider is from an untitled manuscript found in the Barnstable MA Public Library, and attributed to Phyllis Ryder Endicott. A slightly abbreviated version of her paper is given here. A more rigorous treatment of the family can be found in The American Genealogist, 36:193-98, 43:117-23, 80:128-39 (see Vol 80 (2005), p.130).

"Marriage records at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, show that on 1 Nov. 1600, John Rider was married to Helen Smyth. john was probably the son of William Rider and Alice England, who were married there 7 Oct. 1577. The family goes back at least to 1433."

"The Samuel Rider who appears in the early records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was the son of this John Rider. he was baptized at Newport Pagnell 19 June 1601 and he married Anne Gamlett 16 Oct. 1628 in Allhallowes Parish, Northampton, England. Samuel's children, those born in England and those born in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, were named in his will, dated 20 Nov. 1679 in Yarmouth. That the English-born Samuel and the Yarmouth Samuel were one and the same is proved further in the next paragraphs.

"The will of a John Smith, yeoman, dated 7 Oct. 1637, in Kingsthorpe, England, contained a bequest to "Samuel Rider, my godson" of "the house I lived in with yard, outhouses, etc., belonging the leas of grass that adjoins unto them." Twenty-six years later, in 1663, a conveyance of this same property was made by "Samuel Rider of Plymouth in New England, yeoman, son of Samuel Rider heretofore of the Town of Northampton, Moulster, to William Butlyn of Kingsthorpe, miller...of the messuage in Kingsthorpe now occupied by Elenor Hancorne, widow, and a leas of ground shooting against a close belonging to the messuage which said premises were given to the said Samuel Rider by the last will of John Smith."

"Since Samuel appeared in the records of Yarmouth in 1638, the year following the original bequest, it seems likely that he mortgaged the property to obtain money to emigrate.

"There is a deed in the Northampton Public Library that states that Samuel Rider, Jr, "reputed sonne of Samuel Rider, Sr, sometimes lived in the town of Northampton in the County of Northampton in the Parish of Allhallowes in Old England, and the said Samuel Rider Junir hath lived with the said father in the township of Yarmouth in the jurisdiction of Plymouth in the new England in America and in the Towne of Plymouth in the aforesaid jurisdiction, dated 3 Dec. 1662.

"Newport Pagnell where Samuel1 was born is a small market town on the main road some twelve miles from Northampton, England. Samuel was nineteen years of age when the Pilgrams made voyage in the Mayflower, on board which ship was William Brewster, whose 5-great grandson, John Rider. In those days before newspapers, market days were important events for more than marketing purposes. News was exchanged, gossip passed on and speeches made in market places, and undoubtedly Samuel first heard of this sailing on market day in Newport Pagnell. On many other market days in the following years, he probably stood in the crowd listening to impassioned speeches and to talk of better prospects in America. When letters arrived from the Colonies, telling of independence and opportunity there, I imagine him listening intently as they were read aloud and discussed.

"English life was not pleasant under Charles I. Samuel and his family were almost certainly dissenters, and their wish to emigrate was religious as well as economic, for Yarmouth and Plymouth church records show their early membership.

"At some point during this early life in England, Samuel moved from Newport Pagnell to Northampton, twelve miles away. There he married Anne Gamlett 16 Oct. 1628 and started his family. Then, through the will of John Smith in 1637, the move seemed nearer.

On 7 Jan. 1638/39 his name appears on a list of "those who proposed to take up their freedom at Yarmouth.” "Samuel received a grant of land in 1638 for having the first male white child born in Yarmouth. This child was Zachariah, who died in 1685 from a gunshot wound at a training."

Once settled in Yarmouth, Samuel's public activities were busy and varied. In August 1643 he was amongst the "Names of all the Males that are able to beare Armes from xvj Yeares old to 60 Years wthin the sevrall Townshipps" [Shurtleff 194]. He served on a committee chosen to "appoynt a place for defense in case of sudden assault, and forthwith to cause the same to be fortyfied with all speede." On 9 Jun 1653 he was appointed lieutenant of a Military Company at Yarmouth. But this promotion was short-lived, for in 1654/55 he was charged with the offense of "showing sympathy to Quakers" and "ordered to appear before court to answer for affronting a constable" at Yarmouth while pressing men for an extended expedition, and on the 7th was bound over to the next court. He was subsequently demoted from the "office of Lt, 6 March 1654." However, on 1 Jun 1658, he was "restored to the office of Lt."

In 1658 he was a member of the Council of War, and appeared at Plymouth as deputy from Yarmouth to consider with deputies from other towns the danger of war between England and Holland.

In 1649, 1658, and 1659 he sserved as surveyor of highways.

In 1657 he was amongst "the Names of Such of Yarmouth as tooke the Oath of Fidelytye in the year 1657." [Shurtleff 185] On 3 Jun 1657 he served as grand juryman, and again in 1660. In 1659 he was on a jury of inquest at Yarmouth. In 1663 he served as constable. In 1671 he was a collector of Minister's taxes, and in 1676 was one of three makers of a rate "toward the charge of the late war," his own tax fixed at 5 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence.

He was demoted for protecting a Quaker

Samuel married Ann Gamlett on 16 Oct 1628 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Ann was born in 1608 in England; died on 14 Dec 1695 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John Cole in 1667. John (son of James Cole and Mary Lobel) was born on 21 Nov 1637 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jun 1677 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Lewis. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Lewis and Mary Ann Cadman) was born on 2 Dec 1677 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Nov 1711 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mercy Perry on 25 Oct 1722 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Thomas Perry and Ruth Ripley) was born on 3 Dec 1701 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Sep 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Brown on 22 Feb 1746 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born in 1716; died in 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married Hannah Finch on 16 Dec 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born on 16 Jun 1725 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Nov 1807 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patience married Jonathan Wheeler on 8 Jan 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Colonel Philip Wheeler and Martha Salisbury) was born on 8 Aug 1735 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1815 in Lanesbourgh, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patience married Sylvester Pierce on 20 Sep 1770 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Sylvester was born in 1749 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1829 in Durham, Greene County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Molly married Isaac Burr on 1 Feb 1776 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Isaac was born on 21 Apr 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jul 1827 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Village Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caleb Pierce. Caleb was born on 6 Jan 1758 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in 1836 in Hamburg, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50877925/hannah-reed

Hannah married Simeon Reed, Jr. on 01 Nov 1783 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Simeon (son of Deacon Simeon Reed and Deborah Codding) was born on 28 Jul 1763 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jun 1827 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Nathaniel Bunn on 2 Jan 1785 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel was born on 8 Oct 1765 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in Sep 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Made an affidavit for her step mother regarding her father service in the Revolutionary War. Names step mother Elizabeth Piatt. Hannah Jameson, of Gates, Monroe Co.,NY 1855. 1850 census living with the Bushnell family, also daughter Almeda(b.1817), in Gates,NY.

Family/Spouse: William Jameson. William was born on 15 Mar 1781; died on 16 Jan 1836 in Gates, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Gates Presbyterian Cemetery, Gates, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59945158/deborah-pool

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53657344/deborah-pool

Deborah married Benjamin Daggett Wheeler about 1808 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Benjamin (son of Sergeant Benjamin Wheeler and Celia Buffington) was born on 10 Apr 1789 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1818 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married John Pool on 15 Mar 1819 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. John (son of Isaac Pool, Jr. and Amea Shaw) was born on 2 Aug 1790 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1878 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rufus J. Bushnell. Rufus was born in ca 1807 in Vermont; died in 1895; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Consider Warner. Consider was born on 14 Feb 1791 in Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1870 in LeRoy, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ira Buzell. Ira was born on 9 Jun 1820 in Genesee County, New York; died on 17 Oct 1862 in LeRoy, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Richmond Simmons, Jr. in 1828. Richmond (son of Richmond Simmons and Eleanor Sears) was born on 11 Jun 1806 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Feb 1862 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Calvin Wheeler on 10 Oct 1877 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Calvin was born in 1806 in New York; died on 23 Mar 1882 in Michigan; was buried in Salem-Walker Cemetery, Salem Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Frederick L. Converse about 1832. Frederick was born on 17 Jun 1806 in Connecticut; died on 25 Oct 1889 in Massachusetts; was buried in West Stockbridge Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celia married Benjamin Simmons about 1835. Benjamin died on 18 Mar 1868 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45333594/benjamin_t-wheeler

Benjamin married Miranda Ham about 1835. Miranda (daughter of Robert Hamm and Eunice Gyle) was born in ca 1818 in Ontario County, New York; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reared by his uncle Major Seth Lee. Simeon held many offices in the county and town. He was a Republican in politics and Protestant in religious faith, with liberal and enlarged views. "A true representative of an American gentleman." He lived on the old homestead until his death in 1898.

Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman.
(Ontario County History)

Simeon married Betsey Bentley about 1840. Betsey was born in 1819; died on 8 May 1878 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Edwin Phillips on 06 Oct 1845 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. John (son of Joshua Phillips and Olive Paull) was born on 10 May 1819; died on 24 Jun 1869 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Ontario County Journal 28 April 1893
Cheshire, N. Y. - Mrs. Stephen C. Hicks, who has been sick for several months, died in this village April 24. Mrs. Hicks was universally respected and her death, though not unexpected, has cast a gloom over the neighborhood. Her husband, who is in very poor health, and one son are left to mourn her loss and they have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. Her remains will be laid to rest in the cemetery at Baptist Hill.

Pheobe married Stephen Cornell Hicks on 1 Jan 1839 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Stephen (son of Aaron Hicks and Hannah Cornell) was born in 1815 in Ontario County, New York; died on 20 Dec 1895 in Willard, Seneca County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Honeoye, N. Y. - On Wednesday, March 17, at the home of her son, John Sleight, occurred the death of Mrs. Julia Ann Sleight, following a stroke of paralysis, preceded by an attack of pis. Julia Ann Pool was born in the town of South Bristol 85 years ago, and with the exception of eight years residence in Michigan, her life had been spent in the town in which she was born and the adjoining towns of Bristol and Richmond. She was one of a family of nine children, only one of whom survives. Sixty years ago she was married to Theodore Sleight and six children came of this union. the family circle remained unbroken until 14 years ago, when Theodore, the youngest son, died, and a year later the husband and father also died. Mrs. Sleight was a woman of strong, Christian character, for many years a member of the Universalist church at Baptist Hill, a devoted wife and mother, a staunch, kind friend and neighbor, ever ready with a kindly word or noble act, and despite her great age retained her faculties and youthful appearance to a marked degree. She is survived by an aged sister, Mrs. Eliza Phillips; two daughters, Mrs. Boylan of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Z. J. Briggs, of this village; three sons, Henry Sleight of Ann Arbor, Mich.; John of Richmond Mills, and Frank of Honeoye Falls; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon from the home of her son at Richmond Mills, Rev. G. C. Babbitt of the Universalist church of Bristol, officiating, with interment at Lakeview cemetery in Honeoye. The floral offerings were many and beautiful.
(Ontario County Journal, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, Friday, March 26, 1909)


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53657038/julia_ann-sleight

Julia married Theodore Martin Sleight about 1849. Theodore (son of Andrew Hoag Sleight and Fanny Jarvis Wheeler) was born on 2 Nov 1825 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was christened on 1 Jun 1826 in St. John's Church, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Oct 1895 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Emily A. about 1855. Emily was born on 4 Jun 1835 in New York; died on 26 Jan 1860 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Martin about 1865. Elizabeth (daughter of Admiral Nelson Martin and Catherine Kilmer) was born on 3 Oct 1843 in Ontario County, New York; died on 7 Nov 1919 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]