This person is dead.
S&G book gives middle name as Steel
Surnames: SMITH NUTTING CHASE DEMOUTH BARBER
---------Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN & PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 03/16/1911
---------Smith, Hannah M. (31 JAN 1851 – 2 MAR 1911)
Died, March 2nd, 1911, at her home in Plaza, N.D., Mrs. Hannah M. Smith, wife of Geo. W. Smith. Mrs. Smith leaves a husband and two children, Mrs. Wm. Nutting and George J. Smith, both of Plaza, N.D., two sisters, Mrs. E.H. Chase of Christie and MRS. J DEMOUTH of Morgan Hill, Cal., and four brothers, F.H. Barber of Withee, A.A. Barber of Christie, Dr. J.L. Barber of Marathon City, and F.W. Barber of Morgan Hill, Cal., besides other relatives to mourn her loss. She was a good Christian, a true wife and mother and she will be missed by all. She was born in Chemung Co., N.Y., Jan. 31, 1851; came to Wisconsin with her parents at the age of 4 years, where she has resided until nearly seven years ago, when her husband sold their property here and they moved to Plaza, N.D.Per 1900 census - Lillian reports having given birth to 3 children, 0 living.
Per above: Lillie and John were living in mORGAN hILL, ca IN 1911
In 1920 Lillian is a widow, still living in Burnett, Santa Clara Co, California. Her daughters Verna and Ruby are living with her. She lists "none" for occupation.
Thomas went to California for the Gold Rush, per S&G source
Spencer & Goodpasture say Elvira was born 5 Dec 1829
28 Nov 2009
Dear Children.
Tonight I will tell you the story of
John Derrick (Dethick) the Second
1719 – 1793
and
Anna Dodge (1722 - 1770)John Derrick the Second was the first child of John Derrick the First and his wife, Susan Ransom John II was born on March 10, 1719 in Colchester, Connecticut. At that time the last name was spelled Dethick, or Dirthick, or Dethock, or Dathick, or Deathic. The surviving descendants of John spell it either Derrick, as we do, or Derthick. You may wonder at this. Didn't they know how to spell their own name? As a matter of fact we know that this John did not know how to spell his own name. We know this because researchers have found legal documents pertaining to him and instead of signing his name he just wrote “X.” In those times most people could not read or write. One thing about it, he didn't have to waste time on paperwork! Just think! If he had been able to write your Uncle Danny's name might be Daniel Dethick Stevens. I like Daniel Derrick better, don't you? What's in a name. John the 2nd's son, Ananias Dethick, became a preacher and his congregation called him, “Old Deathhook!”
John married Ann (or Anna) Dodge in December of 1741 at Montville, Connecticut. Ann was born in 1722, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Stebbins Dodge. Her Dodge ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Block Island, Rhode Island and were fisherpeople. Her grandfather Israel Dodge resettled the family near Colchester, Connenticut in about 1694. Ann died before 1770, living less than fifty years. After reading the next paragraph you may feel that perhaps she died of sorrow.
John and Ann did not have very good luck with their children. Their first baby, Hopestill, born 1742, probably died in infancy as she's never mentioned again. Then they had Anna in 1744, Susanna in 1746, and Peter in 1748. In the summer of 1750 in the space of four days all three children died! There were frequent epidemics in those days. We don't know what those children died from, but it was probably something that you have gotten shots for. Back then people's idea about germs and disease were quite primitive, as were the available treatments. John and Ann had had another baby in January of that year, Ananias, (Old Deathhook!). He survived. Next they had Elizabeth in 1752 who lived to be 4 and ½, John III in 1854, and Ephraim, our ancestor, in 1756. Both John III and Ephraim lived nice long lives. Last came Mary in 1758, but she only lived to be 6 and ½. So out of nine children, five girls and four boys, only three boys survived to adulthood.
John II lived most of his life as a subsistence farmer. A subsistence farmer, one who raised enough to feed his family and very little more, needed about 50 to 60 acres of land with an additional 20 acres of woods to supply fuel. Most farmers owned a team of oxen which supplied the power for plowing and hauling and stump clearing. They usually also had a cow or two, a few pigs, and sheep. The sheep were necessary for their wool which was spun into yarn for clothing. Very few people had any money. Most transactions were done by barter.
The following description of life during John II's time in his part of Connecticut comes from the “History of Montville” by Henry Baker.
“On a visit to one of these yeomen we pass along a 'trail' indicated by marked trees, and first discover his horse and cattle shed standing near an old Indian clearing, which may have been a planting field of the chief of the tribe; and just a little way off stands the dwelling built of logs, with a thatched roof and a large chimney at one side built of stones cemented with clay. The small windows are covered with oil paper, and the the massive door is thick enough to be bullet-proof. At one end of the house, at a distance of about ten feet, is a well, from which water is obtained by means of a crotched tree set in the ground, supporting a large 'sweep' balanced in the middle, upon the small end of which is fastened a pole reaching down to near the ground. On the lower end hangs 'The Old Oaken Bucket.'“Pulling the 'latch string' of the door, we enter and find that the floors are made of rifted chestnut or straight-grained oak, roughly smoothed with the adze, while the immense hearth in front of the large fireplace occupying nearly one-half the side of the house, is of large flat stones. There are no partition walls, but thick curtains made of homemade cloth, are hung so that at night they divide off their straw beds, upon which they pile rugs, coverlets, and flannel or linen sheets. A high-backed chair or two, a massive table, a large chest with carved front, and some Indian birch-bark boxes and splint baskets are ranged round the walls, while on a large dresser we notice wooden bowls and trenchers, pewter plates and earthen plates, horn drinking cups, and a 'tinder box' with flint and steel. Hanging on the wall is the old 'flint lock' ready for defense or to shoot down wild beasts that may be prowling around the flocks.
“In one corner is the spinning wheel and loom, at which the housewife is busily engaged when the meals are disposed of and dishes washed and set upon the shelf.. High on the mantel shelf with a candle-stand on one side and the time-marking hourglass on the other is the oft-read Bible, never kept for show.”
John II was a soldier in the French and Indian War. When, as a result of this war, the English conquered French Canada they rewarded many colonists who had fought for them with land. Do you remember the story of Jonathan Higgins and Rachel Doane? Just like Jonathan and Rachel, John Dethick received a grant of land in Nova Scotia for his services as a soldier. He was given 500 acres of land in the town of Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia. There is evidence that he did go to Horton for a while but, unlike the Higgins, John didn't stay in Nova Scotia. He moved back to Connecticut. He died June 9, 1793 at Montville.
Here's what little we know about John II's surviving children:
Ananias, born in 1750 at Colchester, CT, had two wives and ten children, all but one of which grew to adulthood. He became a Baptist preacher.
John III was born in 1754. He and his brother Ephraim fought in the Revolutionary War. After the War he moved with his family to Richfield, New York. He and his wife, Mary Harris, had 9 children.
Ephraim was born April 21, 1756. He is our ancestor and has his own story.
So this is the story of John Derrick II and Anna Dodge, colonial subsistence farmer and wife. They worked long and hard just to feed and clothe their family. They saw six of their nine children die before reaching the age of seven. Then Anna died before reaching the age of fifty. John II fought in the French and Indian War. He had a chance to be a pioneer in Nova Scotia and turned it down. He saw two sons return whole from the Revolutionary War.
Here's how we're related to John and Anna Dodge Derrick (Dethick) II: John and Anna Derrick had Ephraim Derrick. Ephraim and Elizabeth Gustin Derrick had Rodolphus Derrick. Rodolphus and Lorinda Sheldon Derrick had Franklin H. Derrick. Franklin H. and Harriet Boslow Derrick had Mary Derrick. Mary Derrick and John Balis had Flora Balis. Flora Balis and Edmund Stevens had Harold Stevens. Harold and Helen White Stevens had Paul Stevens. Paul and Dianne Zimmerman Stevens had Dawne Stevens. Dawne Stevens and Jason Pamplin had Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky!
So Hooray for John Derrick Dethick II!!!
Love,
Granny
December 2, 2009
Dear Children,Tonight I will tell you the story of your great great great great great great great great grandparents
John Derrick I and Susanna Ransom
aka John Dethick
1674 – 1782 1695 – aft 1782This John Derrick is the first Derrick (Derthick) we know anything about. Most of what we know about John comes from a family record book kept by his descendant and our ancestor, Ephraim Derrick. According to that book John I came to the colonies in 1683 and lived to be 108 years old. At the time his grandfather died, Ephraim would have been in his 20's and had personal knowledge of his grandfather and his stories. Church records, however, indicate he was only about 100 years old. Either way, he lived a VERY long life!
John married Susanna Ransom, daughter of Susanna Shelley and Robert Ransom, in 1717, in Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony. According to records Susanna's mother was a bit of a boozer and was chastised by the church a number of times for drunkenness and even dismissed from the church because of it. John I was in his 40's or close to it when he married Susanna. He may well have been married earlier but there is no record of such a marriage or of other Dethick children. After the marriage John and Susanna moved to Colchester, Connecticut where in spite of John's age, he and Susanna had eight children, two boys and six girls. According to John I's will, Susanna was still living when he died, but was 86 or 87. We don't know how much longer she lived.
Among the records surviving on John I is this inventory of his possessions left when he died in 1782:
An Inventory of the Real and Personal Estate of Mr. John Dethick, Late of Colchester Decst. Taken by us the Subscribers under Oath Shown by Executor.
To a lot of land about 30 acres L 100- 0-0
To one bed, 2 bolsters, 3 pillows 2-10-0
To one under bed, one bedstead & cords 0-13-0
To two iron pots 0-12-0
To one tramil 0- 6-0
Some old iron...one spoon made 1/6 to pewter ...........
To some knives & forks & candle sticks,
one earthen platter, two saucers 0- 3-0
To one pail, two tubs, three trays,
six trenchers 0- 8-0
To one chest & one woollen wheel 1/3 0- 9-0
To one cupboard & to some old chairs,
one iron plow 1/3 0- 9-6L 107-05-0
Compiled by William Welch, Jr. and Elisha Chapman 1782
In the above inventory the left-most numeric column designates pounds, the second shillings, the third pence. There were 20 shillings per pound, 12 pence per shilling. Originally a shilling was about the value of a cow or sheep. I have no idea what a tramil was. It's not on wikipedia. A trencher was a small wooden or metal plate commonly used in colonial times.
This inventory shows that John I was not a wealthy man. In fact he fell well below the average in wealth of men over 70 at that time and place. However, considering he was 100 or more years old, maybe he had already given most everything away.
Several land records exist for our John I showing that he did not read or write (signed with an “X”) and that he owned only 30 acres of land, which was not really enough to support a family. The land he owned was located near Colchester, Connecticut next to an area called, Witch Meadow. It was also next to land of “J. Ransom,” probably one of Susanna's brothers. We know these things from 1769 map that shows John I as “J. Deathick.” John and his family were members of the First Baptist Church of Colchester and six of his children were baptized there.
Over his lifetime of 100 plus years John saw many events take place in the colonies, intense fighting with Native American Indians, fighting between France and England over land in North America, as well as all the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. His surviving son and two of his grandsons were involved in the wars.
Here's what we know about John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom's children:
The first child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was John Derrick (Dethick) II. He is our ancestor and has his own story.The second child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Elizabeth. She married Walter Hewitt with whom she had eight children. The first was a boy they named Deathic. Deathic Hewitt died in the Wyoming Valley Massacre lead by Tories and their Indian accomplices in 1778 in Pennsylvannia. Elizabeth and Walter had many descendants in the area of Stonington, CT. And they also have one in Madison, WI!
The third child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Susanna. She never married.
The fourth child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Mary Dethick. She married John Woodworth. They had one child, Jedida, then Mary died shortly afterwards.
The fifth child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Sarah. She married Marshall Hackley who was a veteran of the French and Indian War and was granted land in Nova Scotia along with John Dethick II.
The sixth child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Naomi. When Naomi was 25 she married Andrew McIntosh who was 64. Even so Andrew outlived Naomi. He lived to be 103. She had died earlier of cancer. They had one son, Andrew.
The seventh child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Ananias. He was not mentioned in his father's will. Family legend has it that he sailed for the West Indies and was never heard from again.
The eighth child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Hannah. And she married Rufus Perkins.
The ninth child of John Dethick I and Susanna Ransom was Ruth born in 1734 and that's all we know about her.
This is the story of our ancestors John and Susanna Ransom Derrick (Dethick). He came to Plymouth Colony as a small boy. She was the granddaughter of immigrants. He married around age 40 or later, but still they had nine children together and many descendants. They worked hard all their lives and died poor, John at 100. Or 108. They were good honest people.
Here's how we are related to them. John and Susanna had John Dethick DerrickII. John Dethick DerrickII had Ephraim Derrick. Ephraim Derrick had Rudolphus Derrick. Rudolphus Derrick had Franklin H. Derrick. Franklin H. Derrick had Mary Derrick. Mary Derrick had Flora Balis. Flora Balis had Harold Stevens. Harold Stevens had Paul Stevens. Paul Stevens had Dawne Stevens. Dawne Stevens had Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky!
So Hooray for John Derrick Dethick the first and his wife Susanna Ransom!
Love,
Granny
Susanna never married.
Not mentioned in father's will. Perhaps moved to West Indies.
The Story of Ephraim Derrick
1756 – 1832
Colchester, Connecticut Clarence Hollow, New York4 February 2004
Dear Children,
Tonight I will tell you about your ancestor, Ephraim Derrick, who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Ephraim Derrick was born in Colchester, Connecticut on April 21, 1756, the eighth of nine children, to John Derrick the 2nd and Anna Dodge. He had 5 sisters and 3 brothers, but only the 3 boys lived to adulthood. He and his brother John were good buddies. As Ephraim grew into his teenage years he heard more and more rumblings against the English, for at that time, Connecticut was a colony of England. And although colonists, such as the Derrick family, spoke English and had many English ways of doing things, they were beginning to think of themselves as Americans rather than Englishmen. England began taxing the colonies in order to raise money to maintain an army in the colonies. Neither the taxes nor the army were welcomed by the colonists and so the tension grew. It must have been felt in Colchester, Connecticut as well as in Massachusetts because on the night of the 18th of April Ephraim and John were both in the battle of Lexington and Concord, the first battle of the Revolutionary War, along with 70 others from Colchester. They stayed for three weeks.
On May 11,1775 he joined the Connecticut militia as a private and stayed with them until December. He very likely participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June 1775. This was an important battle at the beginning of the war because it convinced many people that the colonists were serious combatants that could not be easily pushed aside. Though called the battle of Bunker Hill it actually took place on nearby Breed's Hill. The colonists were on top of the Hill, the British had to come up the hill from ships moored in Boston Harbor. It took them three tries. Although the British technically won the battle they lost many more men than the colonists did and they were much more cautious about provoking the next battle.
The record says Ephraim joined the regular Continental Army on December 21, 1776. That's after the Declaration of Independence. Before that he had been in militia units, smaller units run by individual colonies that came together for a few weeks at a time and then disbanded so men could go back to their farms. Ephraim enlisted for 3 years in Captain Fitch's company in the 4th regiment from Connecticut. Here he was a sergeant. From his pension papers we learn he was in the Battle of Harlem Heights in Manhattan, New York; the Battle of Germantown, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, New Jersey; and the battle of Stoney Point, New York. He was with General Washington at Morristown and through the terrible winter at Valley Forge.
It's interesting to note that another ancestor, Jacob Demouth, lived in Pequannock, quite close to Morristown, and he reportedly fought in the Revolutionary war as well. Though he was only turning 14 in 1887, he may well have been at Morristown that winter also. I wonder if Jacob and Ephraim ever met. Wouldn't they have been surprised if they had known that 200 years in the future they would share descendants?
On Christmas night of 1776 Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River and captured a surprised group of 1000 Hessian soldiers at Trenton, NJ. Ephraim may have been with him on that trip. We don't know for sure. There is a very famous painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware. The painting was painted by Emanuel Leutze and it hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We do know that Ephraim spent that winter with Washington's army at Morristown, NJ. So it is possible he was with him "Crossing the Delaware." Back in those days armies had an unspoken agreement not to fight during the winter. Morristown was the camp for Washington's Army during the winter of 1776-77. So after Trenton the American army came back to Morristown and stayed there until spring and no one bothered them. But they did have to fight with the freezing weather and poor supplies under conditions similar to those of the following winter at Valley Forge.
Valley Forge was the camp where Washington and his troops stayed during the winter of 1777-78. Valley Forge was high on a bluff overlooking the Schuylkill River about 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The army just didn't have the needed supplies. There was very little food and many soldiers had no boots or shoes or coats or blankets. The image of bloody footprints in the snow is inseparable from the memory of Valley Forge - blood from the soldiers naked, sore, bleeding feet. Besides starvation and cold, sanitary conditions were terrible and there was a lot of disease. However, that's only half the story. After the first three months supplies began to arrive and Washington was able to organize his men into a strong and effective army by the end of the second three months at Valley Forge. And our forefather, Ephraim, was right there helping General Washington to do it. This is what General Washington said about his men at Valley Forge, "Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery."
Ephraim married Anna Dodge on 10 July 1780. Now isn't that strange that he would marry a girl with the same name as his mother? She may have been a cousin. People did marry first cousins back then. Or it may be an error in the records. We don't know. But the information we have says that with her he had two daughters, Anna and Clarissa. Wife Anna died only 4 months after the birth of their 2nd child. The Federal Census of 1790 shows the girls were living with Ephraim and his second wife, Elizabeth Gustin, in 1790, but we don't know what became of them after that.
Ephraim married Polly on February 22, 1786. Polly was the nickname for Elizabeth Gustin. Though Polly was born in Marlow, Vermont, both her father and Ephraim's father were born in Colchester, Connecticut, so it's very likely their families knew each other. Also, three of Polly's brothers fought in the Revolutionary War with Connecticut units, so Ephraim may well have known them through that experience. Polly had been married earlier to Seth Deming who probably died in the war.
Their first child, also called Polly, was born in Claremont, New Hampshire in 1787, which is near Elizabeth's family home in Marlowe, New Hampshire. The next three children, Morris, Betsy, and Rodolphus, were also born there. But then the family moved to Bethel, Vermont. They were part of the tide of Americans that were moving west after the Revolution. Their last three children, Bybie Luke, Sophia, and Eben were born in Bethel. Then, in the very early 1800's they moved to Warren, Herkimer County, New York, not far from Ephraim's brother John. Next they moved, to Clarence Hollow in Erie County, western New York, around 1810. How did they know where to go? Why did they pick Erie County? Pioneers usually went west to a place they had heard about from friends or relatives. It's interesting to note that the very first white settler in Clarence was Amasa Ransom, a descendant of the same Ransom line as Ephraim's grandmother, Susanna Ransom. At first it was called "Ransom's Grove" after this first settler, but later the name was changed to Clarence Hollow. Perhaps the families had kept in touch much as the Gustin and Derrick families had. One more move, to Niagra County, NY occurred before 1820. Ephraim appears there in the 1820 census. We don't know when or why he returned to Clarence, but he died there and is buried there in the Revolutionary War section of the Old Swope Cemetery.
Do we know anything else about Ephraim? Well, yes, a few things. We know that he was a carpenter. We know this fact from his pension application and because when he lived in Warren, NY, he signed a contract for the apprenticeship of Levi Johnson. Levi was to work for Ephraim for the next four years while he learned the carpenter trade. We know that Ephraim was the first one in the family to change the family name from Dethick to Derrick. The other thing we know is that Ephraim kept a family record book. That book is the only way we know anything about the two previous generations of Derricks, or, rather, Dethicks. They are John Dethick, born in England about 1674, who lived to be 108 years old, and John Dethick the second, Ephraim's father. That record book is now (or was recently) owned by Mrs. Zolona Chinn of Garfield, Washington. In August of 2007 I received an Email from Derek Greenlee telling about the present location of that record book and other interesting stories. (see Greenlee source.)
In the 1840's Ephraim's son Rodolphus, moved to Wisconsin and started a village called Clarence, but that's another story.
Here's a little bit about Ephraim Derrick's children:
Children with Anna Dodge:
Anna b. 1782 – was living with Ephraim and Elizabeth in 1790.
Clarissa b. 1784 - was living with Ephraim and Elizabeth in 1790.
Children with Elizabeth Gustin:
Polly (or Mary) born in 1787 married James Mills and had eleven children. After James died in 1832 she married Mr. Townsend.
Amos Morris Derrick born in 1788 never married. He was a friend of Bryan Condon's and was with him in Binbrook, Canada Bryan Condon and Morris Derrick were both going to be great uncles of Mary Derrick but they didn't know it at that point. Morris (as he was called) came to Green County, Wisconsin about the same time as did his brother Rodolphus.
Elizabeth (Betsey) Derrick, born 1791, married Elisha Kellogg. They homesteaded in Illinois and it was with them that Rodolphus Derrick spent the winter during his trek west in 1820. Betsey and Elisha had eight children, two of whom died on the same day, August 1, 1831, aged 11 and 7.
Rodolphus Donaldus Derrick was born in 1793. He is our ancestor and has his own story.
Bybie Luke Derrick, born 1795, fought in the war of 1812. He married Statira Felton and they had ten children. I have been in contact with one of his descendants.
Sophia Derrick was born in 1797 and died as an infant.
Eben G. Derrick was born in 1799. That's all we know about him.
Ephraim Derrick was your great great great great great great grandfather. And here is how: Ephraim had Rodolphus Derrick.
Rodolphus had Franklin H. Derrick. Franklin H. had Mary Lorinda Derrick. I've already told you about her. Mary Derrick had Flora Balis. Flora had Harold Stevens. Harold had Paul Stevens. Paul had Dawne Stevens.
Dawne had Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky!So Hooray for Ephraim Derrick, our ancestor who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Love,
Granny
Anna was living in 1790 per Spencer, Goodpasture
Anna was living in 1790 per Spencer, Goodpasture
From Wayne Olsen:
Family by Hanna Griswold well documented in LDS IGI. Did not find his birth date, but estimate it to be in mid 1720s, considering he married Hannah in 1746 and had children thru 1764.
Eureka ! Found birth date of Thomas 1725. LDS IGI - Ba 8763704 28 So:1396367 (submitted from Dallas), indicating born in Colchester. Film#177904 (with other names and relationships) states he was born in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. History of New London County, p. 596, also confirms birth in Colchester.
Listed in LDS Ancestral File: ID (9NJQ-2P). Birth location listed as Colchester.
History of New London County, CT, by D. Hamilton Hurd, published by J.W.Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1882, has a moderate sized section on Colchester, and does not list Gustin as a resident (p. 387).
Only Gustins listed in Connecticut 1790 census as head of households are Amos Gustin and Walter Gustin, both New London County. (may indicateThomas may have passed away or is living with his sons). Birthplace of their last two children in NH suggest that the family may have moved to NH, since Elizabeth moved with Ephraim Derrick to Claremont NH before 1787 and had most of their children there.
"History of Sullivan County, New Hampshire", p. 51, indicates that Thomas Gustin had moved to Claremont, NH, before 1771. Excerpt: "In 1771, the entire number of inhabitants of Claremont was less than 50, and of these only a portion remained here during the winter. Up to this time no steps had been taken to secure the permanent settlement of a minister. The greater part of the settlers belonged to the Congregational Church, the prevailing theological system of New England, and unless a person was connected with some ecclesiastical body of a different denomination, he was compelled to pay taxes for the support of this society, and was considered as under its spiritual guidance, and to some extent subject to its jurisdiction, and the authority was exercised to enforce the collection of taxes without regard to the condition of membership.
From an early period of the settlement of the town a portion of the inhabitants had formed themselves into an ecclesiastical body and observed religious services regularly on the Sabbath. ...At a meeting of a few of the inhabitants interested in the Congregational denomination early in the spring of 1771, THOMAS GUSTIN suggested that it was a duty binding upon all to adopt immediate measures for the settlement of a minister of the gospel; that the settlement was sufficiently large and able to support a religious teacher; and besides the share of land reserved by the charter for the first settled minister would enable him to furnish himself with a portion of his subsistence, and to some extent lighten the burden of the community. He urged immediate action, lest the share of 320 acres of land should fall to some other society by a prior compliance on its part with the terms of the charter.
Accordingly, at a town meeting held May 9, 1771, it was voted that"we will call a minister to come and preach the gospel among us on probation, in order to settle in the gospel ministry among us." Nineteen voted in favor of the call and 3 against it. Captain Benjamin Sumner,THOMAS GUSTIN and Samuel Ashley, Esq, were appointed to a committee to invite a minister to come and settle among them....""The Gustine Compendium" by Gustine Courson Weaver (Mrs. Clifford Weaver), published by Powell & White, Cincinnati.... Hon. Edward Gustine of Keene, NH is a descendant. Thomas and Hannah lived in "Pangmonk" (NewSalem), east of Gardner's Lake; they had seven children. Their son, Ezra, was a physician in Croyden NH. " The reference then lists 6 children, leaving out Elizabeth Gustin, and no mention of that line is made throughout the rest of the book.
"Another illustrious descendant of Thomas Gustine, Sr, and wife Hannah was Edwin Sheffield Bartholomew, born in Colchester, CT, July 8 1822, died in Naples Italy, May 2, 1858. He was buried there. Was the eldest of 7 children of Abial Lord Bartholomew and Sarah, daughter of Walter and Anna Grant Gustin. "He displayed a taste for art as a child but did not begin its study until somewhat advance in youth. Was in the life school of the National Academy of New York for a year, and went to Italy, settling in Rome, where with the exception of an occasional visit to America, his professional life was spent. Among his works are: "Blind Homer led by His Dog," "Eve", "Sappho'" Campagna Sheperd Boy," "Genius of Painting, " "Youth", and "Old Age", "Evening Star," "Eve Rapt,""Washington," and "Flora." A large collection of his figures and gusts are in the Wadsworth Gallery in Hartford CT, of which institution he was Curator before going abroad for the first time.
"The Honorable Edward Gustin of Keene, NH was descended from this line.From "The Gustin and Carlisle Genealogy", by Lester C. Gustin, 1954,Modern Press, Newton, MA:
...After marriage, Thomas and Hannah lived first at "Paugmonk" (NewSalem, CT), east of Gardner's Lake. In 1761, he and his father were grantees of Canan, NH. The records of Claremont, NH show that Thomas Gustin and his family lived in that town at least in the years between1769 and 1775, where he was a farmer and raised large number of cattle, sheep and swine. Cutter and Adams state in their Genealogical and Personal Memoirs- Massachusetts, Vol I, p. 114, pub. in 1910: "Thomas Gustine was a member of a committee to audit the accounts of the selectmen (of Claremont) in 1768-1770; was chosen town-treasurer Mar. 13,1770; moderator in 1772; selectman in 1771, 1772, 1774, and 1775; And on the committee of safety in 1775. He took the first steps to form the church in 1771 and the first minister, Rev. George Wheaton, was settled in Feb 1772.
(From the History of Claremont, NH),.."By a law there in force, it was imperative upon the selectmen to inform of all idle and disorderly persons, profane swearers, and Sabbath-breakers. Each was "to carry a black staff two feet long, tipped at one end with brass or pewter, about 3 inches, as a badge of their office." Either by virtue of their office or common consent they seemed to have been invested with power to inflict punishment at once upon such as they might find engaged in any misdemeanors during public worship, or between the AM and PM service on the Sabbath. They were vigilant and, if tradition may be relied upon, rigid in their notions of order and sobriety, and especially on Sundays. On one occasion (1772) when meetings were held in the South Schoolhouse, John, a son of Mr. Thomas Gustin of Claremont, was obliged "to stand strate upon the bench during the singing of the last psalm, and there to remain until the meeting is dismissed and the people have left the house, for turning round three times, and for not paying attention of Mr.Wheaton while he is preaching". It was not usual for the tithing man to call out the offender, pronounce sentence upon him, and put it in execution during the performance of the various services of public worship,but it seems it was sometimes done."
Just what happened to Thomas Jr. after 1775 is not absolutely certain. Possibly he returned to Colchester, CT where some of his children were living, and is the Thomas Gustine whose estate was inventoried on July 10, 1775. In such a case, he would have married a second time to Mary..... More probably he was the Thomas Gustin who, in 1790, was living in Hinsdale, NH, according to the NH census. His son, Edward was living at Hinsdale at the time.
from Wayne Olsen 15 Mar2005
Regarding Hannah Griswold, I was stumped by that same problem, but sorted it
out that the Hannah who was the idiot who died unmarried in 1757 was the dau
of Daniell Griswold, the BROTHER of our Hannah, so there's no conflict with
info that our Hannah went on to New Hampshire and Vermont with her husband
Thomas Gustin and died sometime after 1764. The excerpt in my notes for
Hannah are below, and the comments in the parens are mine. (I'm not sure of
the reference for my last sentence below.... what pub in the CT state
library...sorry... but I remember being elated at the time I found it!):
From "The Gustin and Carlisle Genealogy", by Lester C. Gustin, 1954,
Modern Press, Newton, MA:
"...The Griswold Family by Glenn E. Griswold, pub 1935, Vol II, p. 65,
states that Hannah died Nov 4, 1757, but this seems to be an error, similar
to that which occurred in the Thayer Genealogy where it states that Lena and
Lydia, twins, died young whereas actually, Lena married Ernest Gustin,
brother of Herbert Ervin Gustin and died at an advanced age and Lydia is
still living as of today, Aug 31, 1952." (the 1757 death referred Hannah,
daughter of Daniel (Hannah Griswold's brother). (Found death statement in
CT state library which indicated Hannah Griswold, daughter of Dan(ie)ll,
died an idiot. )
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Birth Source: LDS IGI - Ba: F876374 27 So: 1396367, submitted fromDallas Temple
Walter Gustin of New London County is listed as head of household in 1790Connecticut census. Composition of family is 1 white male over 16, 2white males under 16, and 3 white females.
"The Gustine Compendium" by Gustine Courson Weaver (Mrs. CliffordWeaver), published by Powell & White, Cincinnati. Annotated as soldier inthe Revolutionary War.
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