HIS DESCENDENTS IN AMERICA
SIXTH GENERATION
(Part Three)
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379. WARNER (6) Warner (5), Anthony (4), Anthony
(3), John (2),
Arthur (1) was born Jan. 16,1797, in Adams, Mass., and married Jan. 21,
1819, Abigail Upton, who was born June 21, 1800, a daughter of Adonijah
Upton, of Adams. Soon after their marriage they settled in Ontario Co., N.Y.,
but remained only three or four years, and moved in 1826 to Lenawee County,
Mich., thence to Fayette County. la., in 1856, thence to Muscatine County, la.,
in 1864, where he died, July 19, 1869. She died
in Fayette, la., Feb. 20, 1860.
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i
Belinda Louisa (7) b. Nov. 11, 1820, m. Joseph Warren Ashley.
ii Susan Adelaide (7) b. March 26, 1823, m. William Brisco Foote.
iii Francis Marion (7) b. July 5, 1825.
iv
Warner Battay (7) b. Jan. 23, 1831, m. Belle Colegrove.
v
Gulielma Maria (7) b. Nov. 10, 1835, m.
William Rapplegen Houghton.
vi William Penn (7) b. June 14, 1841, m.
Mary Ann Lanigan.
380. ROBERT MARKS {6) Warner (5), Anthony (4),
Anthony (3).
John (2), Arthur (1) was born March 11, 1799, in Adams,
Mass., and
married, in Vernon, N.Y., Dec.11, 1820, Rosanna Greene, who
was born at
West Pompey, N.Y., July 25, 1800, and who was a daughter of
Timothy and
Rosanna (Brotherton) Greene. They dwelt in Adams five years,
and then went
to Michigan in the fall of 1827, and located on a farm three
and a half miles north
of Adrian, where he died May 31, 1877. After his
decease she dwelt with her
daughter, Mrs. Munson, at Milan, Mich.
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The Times the other day
contained a notice of the death of Robert Aylsworth,
of Raisin Valley, who
expired May 31st, aged 78 years, 2 months and 20 days.
The death of
this old pioneer deserves more than a brief mention. e was born in
Adams,
Mass., March 11th, 1799, and moved to Michigan in the fall of 1827.
He
located three and a half miles north of Adrian, upon the farm where he
has
resided until his death. He traveled from here to Monroe on foot, to
enter the
land which he has made a garden since. Himself and wife have
lived together ove
the Valley , being among the first
attendants and supporters of the old log church,
which stood on what is
now known as the Bailey farm Nine children were the
fruit of their married life, four daughters and five boys, four of the latter and one
of the
former are deceased. The simple habits and industrious ways of Mr.
Aylsworth, made him respected and beloved by all with whom he came in
contact. He has seen the wild forest grow into a blooming garden in that
peaceful valley, and almost with joy received the message that called him
through
that other valley, eight years after he had passed the allotted
three score and ten.
Requiescat in pace, Robert Aylsworth."
Adrian
Daily Times.
381. SUSAN (6) Warner (5), Anthony (4), Anthony (3), John
(2), Arthur
(1) was born , and married Jonathan Willard Childs, who
was born Nov.
3, 1796, and who was a son of Jonathan and Zilpha Childs. They dwelt at
North Adams, Mass., where he died April 8, 1831, and she
March 31, 1874,
aged 73 years. *
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393. LYDIA L. (6)
GARDNER John (5) Gardner, Almy (4), Arthur (3),
John (2), Arthur (1) was born April 30,1810, and married Leonard Doty,
son
of William and Sarah (Rosecrans) Doty, and dwelt in Hancock,
Mass., and
Stephentown, N.Y., having three children born to them in
Hancock.
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This family dwelt
perhaps at Northville, Fulton Co., N.Y., and it was perhaps
at this
place she married her second husband, Lobdell, a shoemaker,
tanner
and currier, who died there, probably, Sept. 22, 1860.
They had one
child, viz.
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iv Henry (7) b. about 1851.
408. WILLIAM PIERCE (6) Samuel Rhodes (5), Jeremiah (4), Arthur
(3), Philip (2), Arthur (1) was born Sept. 9, 1808, and married May 19,1839,
Elizabeth Jencks, who
was a daughter of Hollis King and Mollie (Burr) Jencks,
of East Greenwich.
R.I.
They lived in North Kingstown, R.I., where their children were
born. He was
a sailor, and about 1840 sailed with Capt. Thomas Baker of
Wickford, in the
schooner Hudson for Norfolk, Va., where he proba-
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bly shipped on board of a man-of-war, returning to his
home after a three years
cruise. Capt. Baker, then
commanding the brig J. Peterson, hired him again, and
sailed from New
York for Mexican ports, with government supplies, and they
were at Vera
Cruz when that city was taken by the U. S. forces. Their vessel
was
wrecked there, however, while attempting to land stores for Gen. Twiggs'
forces. He and Capt. Baker were taken to New Orleans on the government
schooner Blanche Shair, from which city both sought to work their way to
Rhode
Island, via Russellville, O., where the family of Samuel Rhodes Aylsworth was
then living, which plan Capt. Baker carried out. William Pierce
Aylsworth never
returned. Capt. Baker went to New Orleans subsequently and
was informed
hat he took passage on a Red River steamboat, and that he
fell into the hold, of
the boat breaking several ribs. Further particulars
could not be ascertained. His
family and other relatives never
heard of him afterwards.
In 1881 his widow was dwelling at Chapel
Station, (Brookline P.O.) Mass.
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DEATH OF AARON AYLSWORTH.
Aaron Aylsworth died in Clarence, N. Y., Oct. 3d, 1883, of
apoplexy, in the
76th year of his age.
The deceased was born in Hudson, N.Y., in 1808, and came with his parents
to Clarence in 1812. He spent
his life on the farm where his father first settled,
and lived to see the then wilderness blossom as the rose. He had kept in
an
extraordinary degree his vigor and youthful appearance, but during
the past
summer he heard the last steps of the coming messenger and
made haste to set
his house in order, to pass over Jordan. A last
visit to his sons and daughter, to
his only remaining brother and sister
in the West, he and his wife had made, and
had started home to the land
they loved so well. Before reaching Detroit the
strong man bowed himself
to the stroke, while the silver cord was gradually
loosening. He
reached his home, but never fully realized it, and after lingering on
the border-land patiently and meekly, as he had lived, he quietly
passed to the
long .home above, where all tears are wiped away. Nature had endowed
him
with a strong, persevering and
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industrious
spirit, and added to these the rarer graces of a genial, hopeful and
courageous heart, and his unfailing cordial sa1utations will linger a
memory
among all his friends.
Though past the three score years and ten
his advice and decisions were still
sought by his children, though some
of them had gone out into the world years
ago. During the great revival
in the Baptist Church at Hunt's Corners in the
winter of 1866 and '67,
he was converted to Christ, and died in the full
assurance of faith. As he said to a Christian stranger not long before his
demise.
All
that was settled with my Savior long ago. There were gathered at his
funeral
his bereaved widow and seven sons and daughters and one
adopted grandson,
All of his children were present, save one daughter,
who was in St. Louis, Mo.,
and by irregularity of trains was delayed in
Illinois till too late to pay the last
token of respect to a father whom
each delighted to honor. He left to his children
the best inheritance, a
.respected and unclouded name, as a citizen; as a neighbor,
highly
prized; as a husband and father, one whose departure was the going out,
in
a large degree, the light of the old home; and as a Christian, his
life was its own
exponent. His remains were interred in the old yard
east of the church, where
quietly repose his people to the fourth
generation, and there left to sleep the sleep
of peace until the
glorious morning or the resurrection shall dawn.
DEATH OF MRS. .JULIA AYLSWORTH.
[From Buffalo (N.Y.) Commercial, Feb.28, 1881.]
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consumption, and
he resigned his commission to return home and
die. But hope revived in
the hopeful heart, and he thought to
lengthen his life by taking a trip
to upper lakes. Returning from
Ontonagon Lake, Mich., he sought
the home of his uncle, Aaron
Aylsworth, of Clarence, N. Y ., where after
six weeks he died of
hemorrhage of the lungs. Undismayed amid
alarms, he went out
of this life in the sure hope of entering into
rest. [F. P. A.]
ii
Henry (7) b. Dec. 10, 1842, died May 4,1846.
iii
Edwin
(7) b. Jan. 20, 1845, m. at Howell, April 4, 1866, Mary
Smith, who
died there of consumption, Feb. 22, 1869, leaving
one child:
Cassie Lena, b. Oct.16, 1867.
He married second Carrie Sexton, and
dwelt in Howell:
iv Helen (7) b. Oct. 14,1847, died Nov. 22, 1849.
v
Helen S. (7) b. Sept. 16, 1859.
vi Melvia S. (7) b. Aug. 26, 1862.
425. GEORGE (6) William (5), William (4), Arthur (3), Philip (2),
Arthur
(1) was born in Clarence, N.Y., March 22, 1819, and married
July 11,1845;
Eliza Ann York, daughter of Jeremiah and Rhoda (Sweers)
York, of Clarence.
He dwelt on his farm which adjoined that of his
brother Aaron, in Clarence, until
1866, when he engaged in the wood
business on North Manitou Island, Mich. In
1869, he removed his business
to Chicago, Ill. In 1872 he commenced farming
in Empire, Mich., where he
also engaged largely in getting out wood for the
Milwaukee market. He
was one who thoroughly enjoyed looking on the bright
side of life. With
a large fund of humor and a heartiness of laughter, he would
often win
his way and place by their influence alone. In religious faith he is a
Methodist. [F. P. A.]
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
DEATH OF JONAS C. AYLSWORTH. [From Attica (Ind.) Ledger, April 14, 1887.]