Obadiah Sands / Odyssa Weed

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A Daughter of James Weed/Sarah Richards of Delaware County, New York was the First Wife of Judge Obadiah Sands (1774-1858)

Maralyn D. Tolman and Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

DNA evidence has now established that a dau of James Weed (named perhaps Odyssa)¹ of Delaware County, New York was the first wife of Obadiah Sands. They had one son Obadiah Sands, Jr. (1801-1840); the wife probably died in childbirth. Obadiah married²,³ (2) 16 Dec 1805 at Yorktown, Westchester, New York Elizabeth Teed, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Gregory) Teed.⁴ The Sands family is the subject of much previous research by the authors, for additional details see Maralyn D. and Richard L. Tolman ‘The Anson — Sands Connection of Delaware County New York, Part III: Antecedents of Maria L. Sands’, hereafter Anson-Sands III, online at www.29deadpeople.com.

Primary records of the birth of Obadiah Jr. and the identity of his mother are non-existent. The birth occurred in 1801 at Deposit (Tompkins Township), Delaware County, New York (on the banks of the Delaware River near the western edge of the county). The settlement of Deposit around 1800 was, in the words of a local historian, ‘nothing but a mud hole’. No records. This was an intractable problem for which a solution seemed hopelessly beyond reach.

Obadiah Sands (‘the Judge’) was born 1774 at Sands Point, Long Island, the ancestral home of the Sands family. He came to Deposit, Delaware County (then called Cookoze, Ulster County) in 1795⁵ with a cook (a Negro boy) to engage in the booming lumber business, met and married a wife abt 1800—she probably died with the birth of their son Obadiah Jr. in 1801.

The first DNA strategy for discovering the name of the first wife was to explore the MDT at-DNA matches for individuals who may have lived in Delaware County around 1800 (MDT = Maralyn D. Tolman, a ggg-gdau of Obadiah Sands Jr.). One can search matches by place (Delaware County, NY)—so far so good. But when you pull up the full family tree of the match, the Ancestry search algorithm does not allow for a search by place. To search these trees by hand is laborious and mind-numbing and one soon tires of it. Another strategy was needed.

Figure 1. 1895 Map of Delaware County, New York (orange); Deposit is on the western edge just above where the Pennsylvania line turns south (dcnyhistory.org).

We have long been aware of the preoccupation of the family of Obadiah Sands Jr. with William Butler Ogden,⁶ the first mayor of the city of Chicago, 1837-1838 (see Anson-Sands III). He was the one who instigated the digging of the canal connecting the Chicago River with Lake Michigan, which changed the city of Chicago forever for the better. No less than five of the children and grandchildren of Obadiah Jr. have named their children after the illustrious mayor. ‘The Mayor‘ was born in Delaware County in 1805, the son of Abraham and Abigail (Weed) Ogden. In his words ‘I was born close to a saw mill, was cradled in a sugar trough, christened in a mill pond, early left an orphan, graduated at a log schoolhouse, and at 14 found I could do anything I turned my hand to, and that nothing was impossible.’⁷,⁸ It is clear that the two families (Sands and Ogden) were acquainted with one another, perhaps related? Obadiah Jr. would also move later in life to Boone County, Illinois—adjacent to and southwest of Chicago.

A second DNA strategy was to explore a possible connection between the families. The Mayor’s father’s family, the Ogdens, were from Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, but his mother’s family, the Weeds, lived in Walton, Delaware County (yes!) New York and before that came from Fairfield County, Connecticut.⁹ A search of MDT at-DNA matches turned up no less than 38 Weed matches, not counting CA’s (common ancestors) and private trees. Out of curiosity a search of MDT’s at-DNA for ‘Teed’ (Obadiah Sr.’s 2nd wife; no relation by blood or DNA) produced no genuine hits as expected.

Laurie Jane Hillyard (LJH) is a 1C of MDT and Noreen Olvis-Coffey (NO) is a 3C1R of MDT; NO is descended from Obadiah Jr. through his dau Odyssa Adeline Sands (1835-1921). The NO at-DNA has abt 160 Weed matches and the LJH at-DNA has 220.

Figure 2. ‘The Judge’ of Chenango County and ‘the Mayor’ of Chicago: Obadiah Sands (1774-1858)¹⁰ left and William Butler Ogden (1805-1877)¹¹ right.

Below is shown in Cluster 1 are the Weed matches ‘Bryan Smith’¹² and ‘Robert Weed’¹³. The common ancestor is James Weed, the gf of Obadiah Sands Jr.; Obadiah’s proposed mother is James Weed’s unknown dau (Odyssa?)¹⁴ b. abt 1783 who is the sister of Wm Butler Ogden’s mother Abigail (thus an aunt). Therefore ‘the Judge’ and ‘the Mayor’ are 1C1R. The parents of the two Weed sisters, Abigail and the unknown-dau, were James and Sarah (Richards) Weed.

The Mayor’s gm was Sarah Richards, dau of Capt. James³ (Samuel² Samuel¹) and Hannah (Waring) Richards.¹⁵ Cluster 2 below shows six at-DNA matches: ‘Laura Arocha’¹⁶, ‘Patricia Stevens’¹⁷, ‘marychristensen43’¹⁸, ‘S. B.’¹⁹, ‘cooperstown11’²⁰ and ‘T. W.’²¹.

The Richards family of Fairfield County, Connecticut are descended from the immigrant Samuel Richards², christened 18 Oct 1691 at St. Matthew, Walsall, Staffordshire, England²² and who married 4 Mar 1714 at Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Elizabeth Latham.

The Weed families of Connecticut are descended from the Northhamptionshire immigrant Jonas Weed I and his wife Mary (Schofield or Hoyt).²³,²⁴ Jonas I had ten children (4 sons) who all settled in and around Fairfield County, Connecticut (mostly Stamford). The descendants of the 2nd son Daniel (1643-1697) have been researched and published by Frederick C. Hart, Jr.²⁵ ‘The Mayor’ is descended from the 3rd son, Jonas II, i. e. William Butler Ogden: gson of James⁵ (Josiah Ferris⁴ Jonathan³ Jonas II² Jonas I¹) and Sarah (Richards) Weed.²⁶ Cluster 3 below is a selection of NO and LJH at-DNA matches where the common ancestor is Josiah Ferris Weed or Jonathan Weed (gf or ggf of Odyssa Weed): ‘James Huff’²⁷, ‘valley5_1’²⁸, ‘EriePA’²⁹, ‘Paul Hover’³⁰, ‘S. B.’³¹, ‘Terra Lytle’³²and ‘clarke500’³³.

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY

Generation One

1. Jonathan Weed (Jonas II² Jonas I¹), the son of Jonas and Bethia (Holly) Weed, was born³⁴ 15 Apr 1684 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died³⁵ 19 Dec 1728 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married³⁶,³⁷ 1709 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Mary Ferris, dau of Joseph and Mary (Hoyt) Ferris. She was born³⁸ 12 Dec 1690 and died 15 Feb 1737 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Jonathan and Mary (Ferris) Weed had nine children.

2. i. HANNAH WEED was born abt 1709. She married abt 1732 ____ Benedict.³⁹

3. ii. JABEZ WEED was born⁴⁰ abt 1711 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1764. He married⁴¹ 9 Feb 1737 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Mary Bates.

4. iii. JONATHAN WEED Jr. was born⁴² 27 Oct 1711 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 12 May 1795. He married⁴³ 7/8 Jan 1735/6 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Marcy/Mercy Drew.

‘James Huff’, ‘valley5_1’, ‘Terra Lytle’ and ‘clarke500’ are descendants of Jonathan Weed (1684-1728) through son Jonathan.

5. iv. JUDITH WEED was born 1714.

+ 6. v. JOSIAH FERRIS WEED was born 14 Oct 1716 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1775. He married 15 Apr 1742 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Abigail Bouton.

7. vi. SILAS WEED was born⁴⁴ 11 Jul 1719 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1764.⁴⁵ He may not have married.

8. vii. MARY WEED was born⁴⁶ 17 Mar 1721 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 9 Nov 1808; buried⁴⁷ at the Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married 30 Mar 1743 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Nathan Taylor. He was born 1717 and died 29 Oct 1798; buried next to his wife.

9. viii. JAMES WEED was born 1724 and died 1759. He married⁴⁸ (1) 4 Dec 1746 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Rebecca Ambler dau of John and Elizabeth (Morehouse) Ambler. She was born⁴⁹ 25 Sep 1726 and died 1747 (childbirth) at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married⁵⁰ (2) 8 Jun 1749 Reachall Buxston dau of Moses and Mary (Miller) Buxton. She was born⁵¹ 7 Mar 1727 and died after 1767. She married⁵² (2) 1767 Moses Knapp.

10. ix. JONAS WEED was born⁵³ 4 Oct 1727 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died⁵⁴ 4 Nov 1806 and was buried⁵⁵ at Barkham, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married 1749 at Connecticut Mehitable Perry. She was born 16 Apr 1729 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and died 19 Feb 1814 (age 84) at Barkham, Litchfield, Connecticut.

Generation Two

6. Josiah Ferris Weed (Jonathan³ Jonas II² Jonas I¹) was born⁵⁶ 14 Oct 1716 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1775. He married (1) Eunice Hurd.⁵⁷ She died⁵⁸ 19 Jan1740/1 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.⁵⁹ Canaan Parish was established from Stamford and Norwalk counties in 1731 and with it the right to form a Congregational Church; New Canaan was incorporated in 1801.

He married⁶⁰ (2) 15 Apr 1742 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Abigail Bouton. She was born 1724 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 19 Nov 1810 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Josiah and Eunice (Hurd) Weed had two children.

11. i. MARY WEED was born⁶¹ 7 Mar 1739/40 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and probably died young.

12. ii. MARGARET WEED was born⁶² 16 Mar 1740 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married⁶³ 3 Jun 1761 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut Israel Benedict. He was born 1727 and died 1766.

Josiah and Abigail (Bouton) Weed had thirteen children.

13. i. EUNICE WEED was born⁶⁴ 26 Jan 1743/4.

+ 14. ii. JAMES WEED was born 1745 and died 1818.

15. iii. ABIGAIL WEED was born⁶⁵ 14 Nov 1747. She married⁶⁶ 22 Nov 1787 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut Elias Scofield son of Sylvanus and Hannah (Seeley) Scofield. He was born abt 1765, christened 1767 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died at Chautauqua County, New York.⁶⁷,⁶⁸

16. iv. JOSIAH WEED was born⁶⁹ 2 Jun 1748 and died 22 Sep 1749.

17. v. HANNAH WEED was born⁷⁰ 9 May 1750.

18. vi. SARAH WEED was born 1753 and died 1755.

19. vii. JOSIAH WEED was born⁷¹ 28 Jun 1754 and died 21 May 1812, buried⁷² at Weed Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married⁷³ 18 — 1776 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut Sarah Seeley. She was born 1753 and died 20 Oct 1841 (age 87), buried⁷⁴ next to her husband. Josiah served in Captain Reuben Schofield’s Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War in 1775 and 1779.⁷⁵

‘Paul Hover’ is a descendant of Josiah Ferris Weed (1716-1775) through his son Josiah.

20. viii. LEVI WEED was born⁷⁶ 22 Feb 1756. He married⁷⁷ (1) 4 Jun 1797 Dolly Bingham; she was born 1772 and died⁷⁸ 26 Aug 1793 (error: record should read 1798) at Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. He married⁷⁹ (2) 9 May 1799 at Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Abigail Northrup.

21. ix. MARY WEED was born⁸⁰ 21 Nov 1757 and baptized⁸¹ 25 Dec 1757; she died 1846. She married⁸² 24 Nov 1774 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut Captain Hezekiah St. John. He was born 1752 and died⁸³ 5 Jan 1801 (age 49).

‘S. B.’ is a descendant of Josiah Ferris Weed (1716-1775) through his dau Mary.

22. x. JONATHAN WEED was born⁸⁴ 28 Jan 1760 and died 1837. He married⁸⁵ 28 Dec 1783 Susannah (Suke) St. John dau of Nehemiah and Lois (Bowdon) St. John. She was born⁸⁶ 31 Jul 1762 at Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1867.

23. xi. SARAH WEED was born⁸⁷ 10 Dec 1761.

24. xii. DORCAS WEED was born⁸⁸ 16 Sep 1763 and died 1835. She married 1785 Jared Scofield.⁸⁹,⁹⁰ He was born 1764 and died 1843.⁹¹

25. xiii. DANIEL WEED was born⁹² 2 Sep 1765 and died 7 Mar 1853; buried⁹³ at Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan. He married⁹⁴ (1) 18 Mar 1787 ____ Fitch (she died 17 May 1792, age 22, w/infant a few hours old). He married (2) Oct 1792 Mehitable Benedict (she died 2 Jun 1793, age 24, buried⁹⁵ at North Stamford Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut) and (3) 12 Nov 1793 Martha/Patty Benedict dau of Hezekiah and Martha (Bell) Benedict all at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut.⁹⁶ Patty was born 15 Mar 1765 and died 24 Jan 1844 (age 78); buried⁹⁷ next to her husband.

‘EriePA’ is a descendant of Josiah Ferris Weed (1716-1775) through his son Daniel.

Generation Three

14. James Weed (Josiah Ferris⁴ Jonathan³ Jonas II² Jonas I¹) was born⁹⁸ 20 Jun 1745 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 28 Apr 1818 at Walton, Delaware, New York; buried⁹⁹ at Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. He was the son of Josiah Ferris and Abigail (Bouton) Weed. He married¹⁰⁰,¹⁰¹ 24 Jun 1766 at Congregational Church, New Canaan, Connecticut Sarah Richards dau of Capt. James and Hannah (Waring) Richards.¹⁰² She was born 4 Feb 1746 at Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 12 Feb 1810 at Walton, Delaware; buried¹⁰³ next to her husband.

James and Sarah (Richards) Weed had at least nine children. The children born before 1778 were christened at New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, those born later were not. Delaware County, New York was created in 1797; for the 1790 U. S. census the northern half (Delaware River was the dividing line) was Montgomery County and the southern half was Ulster County, New York. In the 1790 census we find James and two sons (perhaps Edmond and another) working in Ulster County;¹⁰⁴ in the 1800 census they are joined by James’ brother Jonathan Weed (b. 1760) and his wife Susannah (St. John) Weed.¹⁰⁵ Meanwhile (in 1790), Sarah and the balance of the unmarried family are back in Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹⁰⁶ There is likely one more son and one more dau unaccounted for in the current family configuration—all born after 1778. There is also a large gap in children’s births between 1781 and 1788.

James and Sarah (Richards) Weed had at least nine children.

26. i. JAMES WEED Jr. was christened¹⁰⁷ 28 Sep 1766 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and died¹⁰⁸ 22 Oct 1844 (age 79); burial¹⁰⁹ All Saints Church (Episcopal), Manhattan, New York. He lived in Delaware County in 1799.¹¹⁰ He married¹¹¹ 8 Jan 1788 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Sarah Waterbury; she was born 1760 at Connecticut. At least four children.¹¹²

27. ii. ELIZABETH WEED was christened¹¹³ 4 Sep 1768 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹¹⁴ She married¹¹⁵ abt 1789 Linus Waring.¹¹⁶ Five children; they were born at Walton, Delaware County.¹¹⁷

28. iii. RUTH WEED was christened¹¹⁸ 3 Nov 1771 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and died/was buried¹¹⁹ 14 May 1842 at Dunk Hill Cemetery, Walton, Delaware, New York. She married¹²⁰ 1793 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut David Smith. He is also buried¹²¹ 11 May 1815 at Dunk Hill Cemetery, Walton, Delaware County.

29. iv. SARAH WEED was christened¹²² 15 May 1774 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 28 Mar 1808 at Painted Post, Steuben, New York; buried¹²³ at Hope Cemetery, Corning, Steuben, New York. She married at Delaware County, New York 15 Jun 1792 Ansel McCall.¹²⁴ He was born 5 Jul 1770 at Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York and died 31 Aug 1815. He married (2) 1808 Anna S.; she was born 1788 and died 1878; also buried in Hope Cemetery. There was at least one child from each marriage.

30. v. EDMOND WEED was christened¹²⁵ 12 May 1776 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and went to Cook County, Illinois¹²⁶ after 1802.¹²⁷ He married¹²⁸ abt 1799 at Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Sarah Kellogg. She was born 1779 and died 1876. A dau Elmira Weed m. Elisha Fish.¹²⁹

‘Bryan Smith’ is a descendant of Edmond Weed (1776-1867),

31. vi. HANNAH WEED was born abt 1778 at New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut and died 1872. She married William Butler. He was born 1761 and died 1867.¹³⁰

32. vii. LEWIS WEED was born 5 Oct 1781 at Walton, Delaware, New York and died 9 Oct 1850 at Walton, Delaware, New York; buried¹³¹ at Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. He married abt 1802 Nancy Holmes.¹³² She was born 1784 at Westchester, Bronx, New York¹³³ and died 10 Feb 1861; buried¹³⁴ at Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. Six children.¹³⁵

‘Robert Weed’ is a descendant of Lewis Weed (1781-1850),

33. viii. dau WEED was born abt 1783. She married abt 1800 at Delaware County, New York Obadiah Sands. One son, Obadiah, Jr.

(see no 7. in Anson-Sands III, at www.29deadpeople.com ).

34. ix. ABIGAIL WEED was born 30 Sep 1788 at Walton, Delaware, New York and died 9 Oct 1850 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois; buried¹³⁶ at Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. She married 4 Feb 1802 at Walton, Delaware, New York Abraham Ogden the son of John and Phebe (Howard) Ogden. He was born 24 Nov 1771 at Hanover Township, Morris, New Jersey¹³⁷ 10 Aug 1825 Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. Eight children including William Butler Ogden (‘the Mayor’). and died/was buried¹³⁸ 10 Aug 1825 Walton Cemetery, Delaware, New York. Eight children including William Butler Ogden (‘the Mayor’).¹³⁹

NOTES

1. cf. Anson-Sands III, note 13.

2. Sands/’Tidd’ marriage: Roebling, Emily Warren et al. The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant; Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, New York (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1903) p. 382; online at FamilySearch.

3. Wilson, Malcolm Sands Descendants of Captain James Sands of Block Island (New York: privately printed, 1949), p. 15.

4. Sands/’Tidd’ marriage: Roebling, Emily Warren et al. The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant; Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, New York (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1903) p. 382; online at FamilySearch.

5. Halsey, Francis W. The Pioneers of Unadilla Village 1784-1840 (Unadilla, NY: privately printed, 1902) pp. 124-126; online at Ancestry.

6. Wheeler, William Ogden The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch, and their English Ancestry (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1907); lots of detail about their settlement in Delaware County; online at Ancestry; hereafter The Ogden Family.

7. Murray, John David Delaware County, New York, history of the century, 1797-1897 (Delhi, New York: William Clark, 1898) p. 63.

8. Online at www.chipublib.org/mayor-william-b-ogden-biography.

9. Online at FamilySearch Family Tree.

10. cf. Anson-Sands III.

11. Online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-william-butler-ogden.

12. ‘Smith Family Tree’, owner Bryan Smith, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/119062098, no sources (accessed 29 May 2020). Note: There are 3 Bryan Smith’s with trees named ‘Smith Family Tree’.

13. ‘Robert W. Weed Family Tree’, owner Stacie Weed, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/38635828, some sources (accessed 29 May 2020); hereafter Robert Weed Family Tree.

14. cf. Anson-Sands III.

15. Online at FamilySearch Family Tree (accessed 29 May 2020).

16. ‘Barbara’, owner Laura Arocha, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/83331551 no sources (accessed 29 May 2020).

17. ‘Stevens Family Tree’, owner Patricia Stevens, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/73898782 no sources (accessed 29 May 2020).

18. ‘Mary Christensen Family Tree’, owner marychristensen43, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/47421316 no sources (accessed 29 May 2020).

19. ‘Bartlett and O’Brien Family Tree’, owner kssharpe, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/25096660 some sources (accessed 29 May 2020).

20. ‘Stewart Family Tree’, owner cooperstown11, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/20039824 no sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

21. ‘Whitehouse & McGuinness Ancestry’, owner Jo McGuinness, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/25969417 some sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

22. FamilySearch Family Tree.

23. Weed, Charles Allison History of the Weed and Allied Families (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1971); hereafter Weed Family History.

24. Anderson, Robert Charles ‘Jonus Weed’ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1995) and sources cited therein.

25. Hart, Frederick C. Jr. Ancestry of William Weed: of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Broomfield, CO: Robyn G. Weed, 2009).

26. Online at FamilySearch Family Tree (accessed 29 May 2020).

27. ‘Huff Family Tree’, owner James Huff, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/157903352 no sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

28. ‘Aaron Valley Family Tree’, owner valley5_1, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/27645325 some sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

29. ‘Latimer’, owner EriePA, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/91095883 some sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

30. ‘Goings, Tracy & Faulhaber Family Tree’, owner ColinsSon1, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/80554800 some sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

31. ‘Rapshaw-Bowen Family Tree’, owner lrapshaw, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/23190448 no sources (accessed 29 May 2020).

32. ‘Lytle Family Tree’, owner Terra Lytle, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/165537031, no sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

33. ‘Clarke/Skvorc Family Tree’, owner clarke500, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/42218033 some sources (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

34. Connecticut Births and Christenings, Stamford; online at FamilySearch ttps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-KH5.

35. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 15 Jul 2020).

36. U. S. and International Marriage Records; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

37. Millennium File, names all vitae for Jonathan and some for Mary Ferris, including her mother Mary Hoyt; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

38. Connecticut Births and Christenings, Stamford; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-493.

39. cf. Silas Weed will.

40. Weed Family History.

41. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 34, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

42. Connecticut Births and Christenings, Stamford; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-KHY.

43. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 45, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

44. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 110, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

45. Silas Weed will 19 Apr 1764, Connecticut Wills and Probate Records, Fairfield, Vol.1-3 (image 559/724) the will mentions no wife or children, leaves all in the hands of brother Jabish (Jabez), also names sibs Jonth, Josiah, Jonas, Hannah Benedic, and Mary Taylor; online at Ancestry. (accessed 15 Jul 2020) hereafter Silas Weed will.

46. Connecticut Births and Christenings, Stamford; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WS-BH6.

47. Findagrave #21149028; husband Nathan 21149027.

48. Connecticut, Vital Records, Stamford; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3K-4SMZ.

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53. Connecticut Births and Christenings, Stamford; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-MW1.

54. Connecticut Deaths; online atFamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NW-NMP.

55. Findagrave #93009370, wife Mahitable #93009605 (has vitae).

56. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 105, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

57. Online atFamilySearch Family Tree; no source for maiden name.

58. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 45, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

59. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 3, ‘Josiah and his w.Eunice adm. ch. 15—1741; New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

60. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 59, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

61. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 45, Stamford, mother’s name was ‘Eunis’; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

62. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 7, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

63. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 45, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

64. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 59, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

65. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 78, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

66. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 81, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

67. Ancestral File KLQW-KYF/IGI, online atFamilySearch.

68. Scofield, Harriet A Scofield survey, Daniel Scofield and Richard Scofield and their descendants… (High Point, NC: –, 1972) mentions Silvanus, p. 35; no mention of Weed.

69. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 78, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

70. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 21, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

71. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 110, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

72. Findagrave #114131343.

73. Weed/’Ceely’ marriage: Early Connecticut Marriages, Book 6, New Canaan p. 61, both of Canaan Parish; online at Ancestry (accessed 13 Jul 2020).

74. Findagrave #95334888.

75. U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KMNF and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KMNF.

76. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 70, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

77. Weed/Bingham marriage: Connecticut marriages, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L4-WLQ.

78. Connecticut deaths and burials, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KK-N9Q; record in error—she had a dau in 1798.

79. Weed/Northrup marriage: Connecticut marriages, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L4-WLV.

80. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 136, Stamford; online at Ancestry. (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

81. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 27, New Canaan; online at Ancestry. (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

82. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 59, New Canaan; online at Ancestry. (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

83. Connecticut Deaths and Burials, online atFamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LM-38H.

84. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 136, Stamford; online at Ancestry. (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

85. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 79, New Canaan; online at Ancestry. (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

86. Connecticut Vital Records, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-ZH4.

87. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 145 , Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

88. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 155, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

89. Connecticut 1840 Pensioners List, Fairfield County, p. 056 Jared Scofield, Stamford, age 84 (b. 1756).

90. Jared Scofield, U. S. Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1 Jun 1840 b. 1756; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8K-2PQQ.

91. FamilySearch Family Tree; there is no source tying Dorcas to Jared Scofield.

92. Connecticut Town Vital Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Vol. 1, p. 155, Stamford; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

93. Findagrave #54043928.

94. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 82, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

95. Findagrave #17330440.

96. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 89, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

97. Findagrave #54043982.

98. Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-7QW.

99. Findagrave #101571281.

100. Weed/Richards marriage: Early Connecticut Marriages, Stamford-New Canaan, Fairfield County; online at Ancestry (accessed 29 May 2020).

101. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 1, p. 46, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 11 Jul 2020).

102. Jacobus, Donald Lines ‘Notes on the Richard Waring Family’, NYG&B Record, Vol. 102, Issue 1, p. 5.

103. Findagrave #101571812.

104. James Weed household, 1790 U. S. Census of Middletown, Ulster, New York, Roll M637_6, Page 163, Image 454, FHL Film 0568146, household members = 3 males; 1 under 16, 2 over 16; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

105. Jonathan Weed household, 1790 U. S. Census of Franklin, Delaware, New York, Roll M32_22, Page 1306, Image 375, FHL Film 193710, household members = 2; both 26-44; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

106. James Weed household, 1790 U. S. Census of Norwalk and Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Roll M32_22, Page 1306, Image 375, FHL Film 193710, household members = 6; 2 males—1 under 16 and 1 over 16 (Lewis? and another), 4 females (Sarah, Hannah, Abigail and one more?); online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

107. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, New Canaan Vol 075; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

108. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, the Stamford Advocate, Stamford, Connecticut; Death Records, James Weed, age 79; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

109. New York Episcopal Diocese Church Records; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

110. New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799 Walton, Delaware, New York, James Weed, Jr.; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

111. Weed/Waterbury marriage: Connecticut, Town Marriage Records pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

112. ‘James Weed Junior’ household, 1800 U. S. Census of Colchester, Delaware, New York, Roll M32_22, Page 1298, Image 371, FHL Film 193710, household members = 7, 4 under 16, 1 male, 2 females over 25 (visiting sister?); online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

113. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, New Canaan Vol 075; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

114. 1790 U. S. Census of Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Roll M637_1, Page 315, Image 312, FHL Film 0568141, household members 2; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

115. Waring/Weed marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, no date; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

116. Jacobus, Donald Lines ‘Notes on the Richard Waring Family’, NYG&B Record, Vol. 102, Issue 1, p. 13.

117. ‘Limis Waring’ household, 1800 U. S. Census of Colchester, Delaware, New York, Roll M32_22, Page 1298, Image 371, FHL Film 193710, household members = 7, 4 under 16, 1 (16-25); online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

118. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, New Canaan Vol 075; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

119. Findagrave #155037191.

120. Smith/Weed marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

121. Findagrave #155058097.

122. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, New Canaan Vol 075; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

123. Findagrave #134634327; husband #134634325, good bio.

124. Ancestral File 9KWD-3H, database, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M4W4-QFM.

125. ‘Edman’ Weed, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920, New Canaan; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

126. E. B. Weed, 1855 Illinois State Census, Cook, Ellis Grove, household of 6, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-9TSN-HV.

127. Edmond Weed, New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, Walton, Delaware, New York, 1802; online at Ancestry (accessed 31 Jul 2020).

128. Weed/Kellogg marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; online at Ancestry (accessed 1 Jun 2020).

129. Illinois, Cook County Deaths, online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q237-N4JG.

130. Pedigree Resource File, Greg R Estep; online atFamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3H6Y-T1S.

131. Findagrave #101573684.

132. Robert Weed Family Tree.

133. 1855 New York Census of Walton, Delaware, New York; online atFamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63B-6C7.

134. Findagrave #101573789.

135. Robert Weed Family Tree.

136. Findagrave #121967821.

137. The Ogden Family, p. 200.

138. Findagrave #121967776.

139. ‘OGDEN Genealogy’, owner dmorris111_1, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/64601204, some sources (accessed 29 May 2020).