Olive York
F, b. circa 1780, d. 5 January 1859
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| Birth* | Olive York was born circa 1780 in Lee, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1 |
| Marriage* | She married first Joshua Blaisdell, son of Jacob Blaisdell and Lydia Morrill, on 22 August 1802 in Epping, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.2 |
| Marriage* | Olive York married second Moses Cilley, son of Cutting Cilley and Martha Morrill, on 20 October 1831.3 |
| Death* | Olive York died of neuralgia on 5 January 1859 in Nottingham, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.4 |
| Her death record as Olive Cilley daughter of Thomas York of Lee places her in this family, and an 1851 deed of Moses Cilley of Nottingham in which his wife Olive Cilley releases her dower, names her probable husband. This deed has not been abstracted here yet by this author. [Rockingham Deeds, 342:391] In the FamilySearch family tree there is a Moses Cilley of Nottingham who married first Susannah Barker and second Olive Blaisdell on 20 Oct 1831. In Jan 1831 Olive Blaisdell of Epping, widow of Joshua Blaisdell, deeded land. [Rockingham Deeds, 264:11] It seems probable that Olive York married first to Joshua Blaisdell and secondly to Moses Cilley. Olive is not an overly common name but it is certainly possible that our Olive (York) Cilley who died in 1859 was married to a different Cilley than Moses. More research is necessary to prove this connection, although it seems highly probable.
The 1820 census of Epping has both an Olive Blaisdell and a Widow Blaisdell listed. Olive has one male under 10, one female under 10, and 1 female 26-45. The Widow Blaisdell has one female 16-26 and one over 45. Our Olive would be 40 years old at this point so is likely the first one. Living on either side of her were Jonathan Winslow and William Blaisdell, who are also neighbors in family deeds.
On 31 Dec 1830 the widow Olive Blaisdell of Epping deeded for $425 to Samuel Plumer Jr., George W. Plumer, and John J. Plumer, all of Epping, traders, 16 or so acres of land in Epping bounded by the road leading from Jonathan Winslow's by the house of William Blaisdell to Nottingham, land of John Blaisdell, Jacob Blaisdell, plus another half acre of Epping land lying on the same road bordering land of Nehemiah French and William Blaisdell, it being the land that her barn stands on. This was all land that her late husband Joshua Blaisdell gained by certain deeds, including from Jacob Blaisdell dated 31 Oct 1815 and 1 Jul 1818. Other land she gained by deed from Joseph Edgerly Jr. of land that he purchased of Greenleaf Blaisdell on 4 Jan 1828. Also all the interest that her late husband Joshua gained by deed from Joseph Edgerly dated 14 Apr 1809. Signed by mark on 31 Dec 1830, the same date she appeard, and witnessed by Louisa F. Mead and Justice of the Peace W. Plumer Jr. [Rockingham Deeds, 264:11]
The following might be a different Olive Blaisdell - perhaps her daughter - given that she is called 'spinster' rather than widow in both the 1848 deed and the one from 1831 that is referenced. On 30 Sep 1848 Olive Blaisdell of Nottingham, spinster, deeded for $270 to David H. Watson of Nottingham, yeoman, 14 square rods of land and buildings in Nottingham bounded by the road leading from Nottingham to Northwood, and land of Jonathan Thompson and Bradbury Bartlett. This was the same land that she purchased of Thomas Ford on 31 Oct 1831. Olive made her mark and the deed was witnessed by Sewell Watson, William Watson, and Joseph Cilley. [Rockingham Deeds, 347:127]
The 1850 census found Moses and 'Elisa' Cilley living in Nottingham. He was 76 and she 70. No occupation was listed for Moses but he had real estate worth $200. A neighbor was Jonathan S. Nay and family, and he appears as a witness to the following deed.
On 4 Apr 1851 Moses Cilley of Nottingham, yeoman, sold $180 to Joseph Cilley of Nottingham a house and barn in Nottingham on the road leading from the Square to Deerfield Parade northwesterly of the path leading from Drown's Mill, so called. The house and buildings were currently standing on Joseph's Cilley's land. Olive wife of Moses gave up her right of dower. Moses signed and Olive made her mark and they both appeared on the same day. Witnesses were Jonathan S. Nay and James H. Butler. [Rockingham Deeds, 342:391]
By the time the 1860 census was taken Olive had died and Moses appears to be living on the Nottingham Town Farm as an 85-year-old illiterate town pauper.
[Research note: Other deeds for Olive and her husband are not yet abstracted here. Some are referenced in the above deeds.] |
Citations
- Her death record from Jan 1859 stated that she was 78 years old and born in Lee to Thomas York.
- New Hampshire Genealogical Record, (Dover, NH: Charles W. Tibbetts, 1903-1910 ; NH Soc. of Genealogists, 1990-), April 1907, v.4, no.2, "Epping Town Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths", p.89.
- This marriage date comes from an unsourced entry in Olive's FamilySearch Tree record and cannot be verified.
- Deaths, New Hampshire Vital Records, Concord, NH,viewed on FamilySearch.org,. <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSKJ-4TL
Moses Cilley
M, b. 5 February 1775
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Joshua Blaisdell
M, b. circa 1776, d. 4 January 1819
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| Birth* | Joshua Blaisdell was born circa 1776.1 |
| Marriage* | He married first Olive York, daughter of Robert York and Molly (?), on 22 August 1802 in Epping, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.2 |
| Death* | Joshua Blaisdell died His death was recorded by William Plumer in his List of Deaths in Epping as follows, under 1819:
"Joshua Blaizdell was the son of the late Lt. Jacob Blaizdel. He had an ulcer near one of his teeth, which was defective. Having taken a violent cold by travelling in a rainy night, his face swelled, & his tooth pained him, in that state he imprudently consented to an ignorant physician's extracting the tooth, & soon after was seized with violent spasms, & died January 4th, aged 42." on 4 January 1819 in Epping, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.3 |
Citations
- Date of birth based on his being age 42 when he died in Jan 1819.
- New Hampshire Genealogical Record, (Dover, NH: Charles W. Tibbetts, 1903-1910 ; NH Soc. of Genealogists, 1990-), April 1907, v.4, no.2, "Epping Town Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths", p.89.
- William Plumer, List of deaths in Epping, 1768 - 1842, NH Historical Society. 173.
Jacob Blaisdell
M, b. 1735, d. 1818
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| Birth* | Jacob Blaisdell was born in 1735. |
| Marriage* | He married Lydia Morrill in 1761. |
| Death* | Jacob Blaisdell died in 1818. |
Lydia Morrill
F, b. 1739, d. 1789
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| Birth* | Lydia Morrill was born in 1739. |
| Marriage* | She married Jacob Blaisdell in 1761. |
| Death* | Lydia Morrill died in 1789. |
Cutting Cilley
M, b. 1738, d. 1825
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| Marriage* | Cutting Cilley married Martha Morrill. |
| Birth* | Cutting Cilley was born in 1738. |
| Death* | He died in 1825. |
Martha Morrill
F, b. 1746
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| Marriage* | Martha Morrill married Cutting Cilley. |
| Birth* | Martha Morrill was born in 1746. |
Dale C. (?)
F
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Thomas Tuttle
M, b. 1735
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| Marriage* | Thomas Tuttle married Comfort Nute. |
| Birth* | Thomas Tuttle was born in 1735. |
Comfort Nute
F, b. 1738
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| Marriage* | Comfort Nute married Thomas Tuttle. |
| Birth* | Comfort Nute was born in 1738. |
Judith Tuttle
F, b. 15 March 1770, d. 1 July 1847
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Citations
- New Hampshire Vital Records, Births, Birth record of a female Tuttle, father's name not cited, mother's first name was Comfort. More research is needed to ascertain whether this record pertails to Judith or not.
- Their son Levi was born around 1789.
- Joseph Fullerton, The History of Raymond, N.H. (Dover, N.H.: Morning Star Job Printing House, 1875), p.349.
Levi York
M, b. August 1792, d. 5 August 1856
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| Birth* | Levi York was born in August 1792 in Lee, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1,2,3 |
| Marriage* | He married second Lucy Frost, daughter of Isaiah Frost and Betsy Morrison, on 12 February 1838 in Lowell, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4,5 |
| Death* | Levi York died of consumption on 5 August 1856 in Andover, Essex County, MassachusettsG.6 |
| On 30 May 1814 Levi York of Raymond, joiner alias laborer, formerly of Salem, Mass., was sued by Ephraim Abbot of Salem, Mass., trader, for non-payment of a $15.12 debt incurred at Exeter on an earlier unspecified date. York paid his debt in household goods and tools which are listed in the case file. [Rockingham Superior Court file 38566]
When the 1820 census was taken he was living in Raymond, NH. with 1 male aged 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, and 1 female 16-25. His probable father Jacob York was listed two houses later. They were the only Yorks enumerated in Raymond that year.
The 1840 census finds him in Lowell, Mass. with 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49, and 2 females 20-29.
By the time the 1850 census was taken the family had moved to Andover, Mass. Levi and Lucy were living with his son Levi S. York and two others, 20-year-old Franklin Bean, a farmer born in N.H. and 8-year-old Lucinda Marshall, born in Mass. Levi was a farmerf with real property worth $2000 and his son Levi S. was a wheelwright.
The 1855 state census of Massachusetts finds him living in Andover, Mass. as a 66-year-old farmer. Living with him is 38-year-old Lucy York born in Groton, Vt., no relationship stated, although his probate papers show that he was his wife. Also in the same household were Lucinda Marshall, 15 and George Marshall, 10, both born in Andover, and Michael O'Brien, age 16? [question mark in original], born in Ireland. When he died the following year the death record stated that he was 64 years old, a farmer, but born in Andover, Mass. The 1855 census stated that he was born in Lee, NH and since Levi himself probably supplied that information it seems to be more reliable than the place of birth on his death record. His parents weren't mentioned on his death record.
His probate papers show that his widow Lucy was granted administration of the estate. They say that he had only three children and that they were not Lucy's as she was childless herself. [AmericanAncestors.org, Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881] |
Citations
- Joseph Fullerton, The History of Raymond, N.H. (Dover, N.H.: Morning Star Job Printing House, 1875), p.349 (gives date of Aug 1792.
- He was age 57 born in NH in the 1850 census, and age 66, born in Lee, in the 1855 Mass. State Census of Andover, Mass. That places his birth between 1789 and 1793, depending on which of the two ages was correct.
- His daughter Lydia's 1885 death record and daughter Mary Ann's 1869 death record state that he was born in Raymond, but the Lee location from the 1855 census is more likely.
- Vital Records of Lowell Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1930), 3:424.
- In Levi York's probate papers his widow Lucy York stated on 9 Sep 1856 that they had been married about 19 years.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Deaths, Andover, 1856, p.105.
Lucy Frost
F, b. circa 1817, d. 7 April 1882
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| Birth* | Lucy Frost was born circa 1817 in Groton, Caledonia County, VermontG.1 |
| Marriage* | She married second Levi York, son of Jacob York and Judith Tuttle, on 12 February 1838 in Lowell, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2,3 |
| Marriage* | Lucy Frost married second John Hardy, son of Micajah Hardy and Susan Bailey, on 3 December 1857 in Andover, Essex County, MassachusettsG. It was John's first marriage, and he was a farmer.4 |
| Death* | Lucy Frost died of paralysis on 7 April 1882 in Andover, Essex County, MassachusettsG.5 |
Citations
- She was age 40 when she married her second husband in Dec 1857, no parentage or birth place mentioned. 1855 census of Andover says she was age 38 and born in Groton, VT. Maiden name from marriage record, although it might have been a married name if this was not her first marriage. 1850 census says born in Vt. but age isn't really legible. Could be 34 or 39. When she died in 1882 her age was 65, confirming the ca. 1817 birth date, but it said she was born in Bethel, Maine. This source did give her parents and said they were both born in Bethel. Given that earlier records said she was born in Vt. those seem to be more likely to be true. Also, the FamilySearch Family Tree record for her parents shows that her siblings were born in Vermont too. Her parents were married in Jan 1816 in Groton acc. to FamilySearch.
- Vital Records of Lowell Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1930), 3:424.
- In Levi York's probate papers his widow Lucy York stated on 9 Sep 1856 that they had been married about 19 years.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Marriages, 1857, v.108, p.180, no.33.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Deaths, 1882, v.337, p.169, no.25.
Lydia Maria York
F, b. 2 December 1815, d. 22 January 1885
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Mary Ann York
F, b. August 1814, d. 18 February 1869
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Citations
- She was aged 54y, 6m when she died on 18 Feb 1869. Birthplace and parentage from death record.
- FamilySearch, http://www.familysearch.org, (Massachusetts Vital Records, Deaths, Fitchburg, 1869, p.243, no.13, image 282 of 403, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHR9-QL8?i=281&cc=1463156>).
Levi S. York
M, b. circa 1825
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| Birth* | Levi S. York was born circa 1825 in New HampshireG.1 |
| When his father's estate was settled in 1856 his step-mother Lucy stated of Levi "whose place of residence is not known to me. He resides now as I suppose in South Carolina." |
Citations
- He was age 25 and born in NH in the 1850 census.
Oliver Ellis
M
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Jabez Besse III
M, b. circa February 1811, d. 11 May 1873
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Citations
- She is called wife of Jabez Besse in her father's probate papers.
- He was age 62y, 3m when he died in May 1873. Place of birth and parents' names from his death record and from FamilySearch Family Tree Record MXW3-GHV.
- His record in the FamilySearch Family Tree states that he was born 13 Feb 1811 but without a source that gives that date.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Deaths, 1873, v.257, p.225.
- Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/, (Jabez Besse, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173013212/jabez-besse>, includes photo of gravestone).
Marian Gaffney
F
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Jabez Besse Jr.
M
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Patience Perry
F
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Uriah York
M, b. circa 1799
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| Birth* | Uriah York was born circa 1799.1 |
| Marr. Int. After* | He married Jane Hastings, daughter of Eliphalet Hastings and Ann Harrington, after 8 September 1821, the date they filed their marriage intention in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. He was from Cambridge and she was from Waltham at the time.2 |
| It is not yet proven that he is son of Jacob and Judith, but the death record of one of his daughters says he was born in Raymond, NH.
They have nine children listed on FamilySearch's Family Tree. |
Jane Hastings
F, b. 21 April 1802, d. 6 January 1892
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| Birth* | Jane Hastings was born on 21 April 1802 in Waltham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1,2 |
| Marr. Int. After* | She married Uriah York, son of Jacob York and Judith Tuttle, after 8 September 1821, the date they filed their marriage intention in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. He was from Cambridge and she was from Waltham at the time.3 |
| Death* | Jane Hastings died of senile debility and influenza on 6 January 1892 at 20 School Street in Waltham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4 |
Citations
- FamilySearch, http://www.familysearch.org, (Town civil and vital records, 1720-1875, Waltham Town Records, p.142, image 77 of 89, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-49SR-P>).
- She was age 89y, 9m when she died on 6 Jan 1892. Place of birth and parents' names from her death record.
- FamilySearch, http://www.familysearch.org, (Vital (and some town) records, 1632-1905 [Cambridge, Massachusetts], p.166, image 112 of 186, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-497Y-1>).
- FamilySearch, http://www.familysearch.org, (Vital records, 1844-1905 [Waltham, Massachusetts], p.52, image 92 of 170, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-W57D>).
Eliphalet Hastings
M
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Ann Harrington
F
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John Hardy
M, b. circa 1818, d. 12 September 1887
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Citations
- Place of birth and father's name from his marriage record, which said he was age 38 so born ca. 1819. 1887 death record said he was age 70, suggesting 1817.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Marriages, 1857, v.108, p.180, no.33.
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Deaths, 1887, v.382, p.188, no.81.
Micajah Hardy
M
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Isaiah Frost
M, b. 1790, d. 1852
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| Birth* | Isaiah Frost was born in 1790. |
| Marriage* | He married Betsy Morrison in 1816. |
| Death* | Isaiah Frost died in 1852. |
Betsy Morrison
F, b. 1792, d. 1857
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| Birth* | Betsy Morrison was born in 1792. |
| Marriage* | She married Isaiah Frost in 1816. |
| Death* | Betsy Morrison died in 1857. |
Susan Bailey
F, b. 1786
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| Birth* | Susan Bailey was born in 1786. |