Phebe Jane Pierce

Phebe married Charles W. H. Chapin on 9 Nov 1845. Charles was born on 18 Aug 1818 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York; died on 15 May 1909 in Smith County, Kansas; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Downs, Osborne County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Guilford B. Chapin was born on 5 Apr 1848 in Illinois; and died.
2. Julia Clarabell Chapin was born on 6 Nov 1852 in Greenbrush, Warren County, Illinois; died on 3 Jul 1938 in Osborne County, Kansas; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Downs, Osborne County, Kansas.
3. Amos E. Chapin was born on 12 Jun 1854 in Illinois; died on 9 Jul 1871 in Kansas.
4. Abiram Chapin was born on 26 Jun 1856 in Illinois; died on 10 Jun 1862 in Kelly, Warren County, Illinois.
5. Linette Chapin was born on 30 Jun 1857 in Illinois; and died.
6. Carrie Chapin was born on 14 Nov 1860 in Kelly, Warren County, Illinois; died on 26 Apr 1862 in Kelly, Warren County, Illinois.
7. Emma May Chapin was born on 8 May 1863 in Kelly, Warren County, Illinois; died on 24 Aug 1874 in Kansas; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Downs, Osborne County, Kansas.

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Amos Pierce was born in Vermont, July 31, 1784, where he spent his boyhood days. Removing from Vermont, he settled in western New York, where he was engaged in blacksmithing, proving himself an expert in making the first bolts and ironwork on the New York and Erie canal. In 1811, he was married to Miss Mary Sanford. She was born in 1790, and died September 30, 1845. His second marriage was to Mrs. Evaline Woods. Mr. Pierce removed from New York to Ashtabula county, Ohio. He came to Illinois in 1834, and bought a quarter section of land in Knox county. The village of Altona is located on this same quarter. After he had bought it, he became dissatisfied, as there was no timber on the land. He then sold it and went to St. Augustine, where he met with some old settlers who went with him to Greenfield (now Greenbush), where he bought land south of the village, on section 7. Here he built his log house of three rooms, and here he spent the remainder of his days, farming, blacksmithing, and running a sawmill on Nigger creek, a short distance south of his residence. This mill was built by Cornelius Clover, who then resided near St. Augustine. It was run by water-power, and had an up-and-down saw. The log was drawn against the saw with a wheel, having notched segments on the outer circle and wood pins on the side. When the board was sawed, the sawyer stepped on the pins to return the log. This action was called "treading back the ragwheel.'' Many of the old settlers procured lumber here to use in the construction of their houses, and for other purposes. The old mill played its part in the early days, and then passed into decay. It is said that at the home of Amos Pierce strangers and friends were welcome alike, and that his home was a refuge for the colored man on his way to Canada for freedom. He was industrious, and stood for temperance, education, progression, and a liberal religion; and was a member of the Universalist church. In politics he was a republican. He died July 20, 1872.

Amos Pierce, the subject of this sketch, was the seventh in descent from Thomas Pierce, the emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Pierce family. Thomas Pierce came from England to this country, in 1633, with his wife Elizabeth, and settled in Charlestown, Mass.

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Amos married Mary Sanford in 1811 in New York. Mary (daughter of Oliver Sanford, Jr. and Catherine Green) was born on 4 Nov 1791 in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont; died on 30 Sep 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Oliver was a Deacon in the Baptist Church for many years. He was a farmer in Poultney, Vermont.
On 25 May 1795, Oliver and Catharine Green Sanford signed a quit claim of all rights in the Susquehanna Purchase, which had been willed by their father Robert Green to his children. The estate was distributed 29 August 1846.

Oliver married Catherine Green on 3 Feb 1791. Catherine was born on 2 Mar 1775; died in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1777, Oliver served in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary war. He was captured by the British at the time of the Danbury raid, April 1777, and carried to New York. (Connecticut Men in Revolution, p. 493)
After the war he sold his tannery and removed to Poultney, Vermont, where he purchased a farm. He owned one right in the Susquehannah Purchase as an original proprietor. (Milford Land Record Book 24, pp. 363, 561).

Oliver married Phebe Newton. Phebe was born about 1748 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sanford genealogy incorrectly calls Phebe Newton the daughter of Joseph Newton; she was the daughter of Jonah Newtown and Phebe Platt. The error is based upon a misinterpretation of a deed: "All the children united in a deed conveying their rights in the estate and lands of Joseph Newton, late of Milford, Feb. 10, 1808, to Jonah Newton (Milford Land Record 24:363 & 561)." Joseph Newton, who died at Milford 11 November 1807, was Phebe's brother, not her father, and the Jonah Newton to whom the land was transferred was probably her other brother.