74 DAVID OATMAN
74 DAVID5 (Samuel4,
George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Samuel and
Hannah (Wooster) Oatman, was born 8 January 1772, at Southford,
Connecticut, and was baptized at St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut, 19 July 1772. A birth
record for him in Vermont gives his birth place as Arlington, Vermont. However, it was earlier reported that his
father, Samuel, did not move to Arlington until later in his life, and it is
believed that David and the other children were born in Connecticut. Another factor to consider are the baptismal
records of the St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, Connecticut, where Samuel's
first four children were baptized.
He married, prior
to 1795, Betsy, daughter of Ithamar and Betsy (Heath) Clough; she was born 1777
in Vermont, and died at Hartford, New York, 17 August 1843.
Betsy/Betty Heath,
wife of Ithamar Clough and mother of Betsy, died 25 February 1826 at the age of
75 years. Ithamar died 7 May 1843 at the
age of 92. Both died in Hartford, New
York, on the farm where they settled. At
the time of Ithamar's death, the farm was occupied by David and Betsy Oatman.
David was a
Justice of the Peace at the time of his death.
Family records indicate that he left a family of ten living children
with his widow to divide an estate of $1,000.
In 1830 he had
living with him a male, aged 70-80, whose relationship to the family is
unknown.
David died in
Hartford, Washington County, New York, 23 August 1832 at the age of 60 years, 7
months, 15 days. "Esq. David"
and Betsey are buried in the Old Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, New York.
The following list
of children for David and Betsy was found in 1978 by Barbara Hawthorne in a
book on Samuel Oatman4 (#20) and his descendants. The book was compiled by Lt. Col. Charles E.
Banks around 1920. It is in the New
England Historical & Genealogical Society in Boston, and the list was
included in a letter dated 25 May 1908 and written to Banks by John H. Raven of
New Brunswick, New Jersey, a direct descendant of James6 (#251): 1) Susanna, m. John Ingalls; 2) Betsy, m. William Horth; 3) Philinda, m.
Jordan Seeley; 4) Walter; 5) Sally;
6) Hannah; 7) James C.; 8) David W.;
9) Reuben C.; 10) Lyman; 11) Phebe; and 12) William Henry.
The above list has
been integrated with the original list, giving us one list possibly more
accurate than previously shown. However,
there is still some confusion concerning David's children.
Children of David
and Betsy (Clough) Oatman:
245 Susan/Susanna, b. 15 Oct 1795; d. probably
before 1867, as she is not listed in her brother David's property settlement;
m. John Ingalls, 10 Sep 1812. He was b.
ca 1785 in NY. John was a farmer by
trade. The names of his children are not
known. In 1830 his household contained
one male 10-15, one male 40-50 (John), one female 10-15, and one female 30-40
(Susanna). In 1850 he and
"Susan" were still living in Hartford, NY.
246 Betsy, b. 11 Oct 1797; d. 3 Nov 1869,
Nashville, Davidson Co., TN; m. 1) 7 Jan 1813, William Horth; he b. 8 Feb 1792,
to Francis and Lucy (Dickson) Horth; 2) Roswell Burrows Rexford, 23 May
1828. Children, surname Horth:
A Melissa,
b. 22 Nov 1813; d. 26 Mar 1893, age 79 yr, 4 mo, 4 da, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI; m. 1) Lewis Case; 2) Hiram Converse, 11 Nov 1849
B Lucy,
b. 17 Jan 1817; d. 28 Jul 1895, Jackson Co., MI; m. 1) Albert Case (brother to
sister Melissa's first husband); 2) Charles Birdsall.
The death records
on Melissa and Lucy list their father as John Horth. However, 1) John Raven's letter listing
David's children shows their father as William Horth. 2) The dates for Melissa's birth and of the
marriage for William work out about right; 3) their second child was Lucy, and
William's mother was Lucy Dickson; 4) when Lucy married, she named one son
Francis (for William's father's) and one son William; 5) no one--Betsy, Melissa
or Lucy--had a John, nor did Francis and Lucy Horth have a son named John. (Information from Louise Carpenter)
Children, surname
Rexford:
C David
Oatman, b. 16 Nov 1828, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. 29 May 1853, San
Francisco, CA; m. Elizabeth Avery, 23 Feb 1851
D James
Preston, b. 3 Oct 1830, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. 3 Aug 1873, Nashville,
Davidson Co., TN; m. Ann Adelia Carmer, 15 Feb 1864. James was a Civil War veteran.
E William
Henry, b. 15 Sep 1835, Napoleon Township, Jackson Co., MI. He m. Caroline Ingersoll 18 Jun 1862, and in
1869 was living in Mobile, AL. He was a
Civil War veteran, badly injured.
247 Philinda, b. 30
Jan 1800; d. 1880 Hartford, Washington Co., NY; m. 1) Jordan Rexford Seeley, 8
Jan 1817. He was b. 1794, CT, was a
Justice of the Peace of Washington Co., NY, in 1832 and 1836 (Washington Co.,
NY, Gazetteer, p. 161);
2) _____ Lee, before 10 Dec 1867.
Philinda was living in Hebron, Washington Co.,
NY, in 1867. She and Jordan Seeley lost
two or three children of typhoid, but they also had the following children,
surname Seeley:
A Samuel
B John,
b. 13 Jan 1824; d. 10 Apr 1893. John was
a farmer. He m. Avis A. Oatman, daughter
of Elisha Oatman (#110). See #513.
C David
D Walter
E Betsy,
m. Robert Copeland
F Electa,
b. 17 May 1822; d. 10 Oct 1889, Creston, IL; m. Russell G. Swain in 1841 and
moved to IL. He was b. 1816, Hartford,
Washington Co., NY, and d. 1891, Creston, IL.
Children, surname Swain:
I James Jordan, b. 22 Dec
1841; d. 1922; m. Selina Cross who d. 1902 in North Creek.
II John
W., b. 4 Jan 1843; d. 15 Jul 1882; m. Martha E. Johnson of Glens Falls, NY, in
1863/4. He was a Civil War veteran,
enlisting in Warrensburg, NY. He is
buried in Creston, IL.
III Henry
T. (Swain), b. 5 Apr 1846, Johnsburgh, NY, d. 1934,
Alta, IA; m. Elizabeth Hudnut who d. 22 Aug 1934, Alta, IA.
IV Mary
E., d. 31 Dec 1850 at the age of 1 yr., 6 mo., 11 dy;
bur. North Creek Cemetery
V Selden Oatman, b. 1850 at Johnsburgh, NY; m. Kate Gould of WI in 1879; d. 1916 in
Creston, IL.
248 Walter B., b. 30 May 1802, NY;
"Walter Oatman, Esq. of Cleveland, O." m. 21 Sep 1837, in
Northampton, MA, Julia W. Russell; she was b. ca 1813 in MA; Walter was a
bookkeeper and in 1860 was living in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY. Children, surname Oatman:
A Edward, b. ca 1840, NY
B Frank,
b. ca 1848, NY
249 Sarah/Sally, b. 15 Sep 1804; d. 19 Aug
1823 (per gravestone, Hartford, NY); m. Walter Seeley. Children, surname Seeley:
A Walter
250 Hannah, b. 20 Mar 1807; m. Henry M.
Scott. Hannah was living in Middletown,
Rutland Co., VT, in 1870 census.
Children, surname Scott:
A Walter,
b. ca 1839, NY; d. bef. 1900; m. 1) Georgianna ??, b. ca 1840, NY. Children: Helen, b. Feb 1866, NY; and Mary,
b. 1870, VT. Walter m. 2) Bessie C., b.
ca Sep 1852, CT. Child: John H. Scott,
b. Dec 1878, NY
B Betsey O., b. ca 1843, NY; m. Dexter C.
Sears, b. ca 1833, NY. Children, surname
Sears:
I Charles,
b. ca 1867, WI
II Walter,
b. ca 1873, WI
III Bessey, b. ca 1879, VT
IV Helen
G., b. ca 1883, VT
251 James C., b. 2 Jun 1809; d. 16 Jan 1887;
living in Jersey City in 1867.
252 David
W., b. 17 Nov 1811, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. 29 Nov 1867, Napoleon
Twp., Jackson Co., MI; m. 1) Ann Jane ??, who d. 2 Sep 1859; 2) Julia C. Anderson, widow of George Elliot;
she d. 14 Sep 1898, Napoleon Twp., Jackson Co., MI.
253 Reuben Clough, b. 8 Jul 1814, NY; m.
Elvira ??, who was b. ca 1818, NY. Reuben was m. at Adamsville, NY, and is
buried there. In 1850, he was farming in
Hartford, NY, with real estate valued at $4,400. By 1860, the value of his real estate had
reached $13,000. By 1867, he was living
in Sandy Hill, NY, according to his brother's estate papers, and in 1870 was
listed in the census in Kingsbury, Washington Co., NY. Children, surname Oatman:
A (Daughter),
d. young
B Griffin,
b. 1845, NY
C Sarah
M., b. 1848, NY
254 Lyman,
b. 21 Oct 1816, NY; d. 9 Sep ,
in Angola, Erie Co., NY; m. Desire Barrell
255 Phebe, b. 16 Jun 1819, NY; d. 26 Sep 1820
(gravestone, Old Hartford Cem., Hartford, NY)
256 William Henry, b. 9 Nov 1821, NY; d.
between 1880-1889; m. Sophia Wheeler.
She was b. ca 1820, Bolton, NY, and died 5 Nov 1889 in Queensbury,
NY. He was an attorney in 1850 in
Hebron, Washington Co., NY, and had the following children, surname Oatman:
A Julia,
b. 1842, NY
B Ann,
b. 1843, NY
C Mary,
b. 1848, NY
D Susan,
b. Mar 1850, NY
E Reuben, b. ca 1852, NY
F Henry, ca 1854, NY
G Hannah, b. ca 1858, NY; d. aft 1893; m.
William Hezekiah Wheeler. Hannah died
soon after her daughter Bertha was born in 1893.
H Ida, b. 1860, NY
257 John, about whom nothing is known. He is said to have removed to TX. He is not listed as one of the surviving
children.
Sources: Gravestones, Hartford, Washington
Co., NY
Letter from Orlin
L. Oatman, Buffalo, NY
Records of Barbara
Hawthorne
New England
Historical & Genealogical Society
Letter dated 25
May 1908, John H. Raven to Charles E. Banks
Michigan DAR Bible
and Pioneer Records, Vol. 10, p. 24-25
Oatman family records
"Illustrated
Historical Atlas of Erie County, New York" (F. W.
Beers & Co.,
1880)
1800 census,
Washington Co., NY
1830, 1850 census,
Hartford, Washington Co., NY
1860 census,
Washington Co., NY
1870 census,
Kingsbury, Washington Co., NY
1850, 1860 census,
Jackson Co., MI
Louise Carpenter,
Jackson, MI
Estate papers of
David W. Oatman (#252)
Birth record for
David Oatman
Deed dated 9 Feb
1833, Washington Co., NY
Brayton, The
Story of Hartford, a history, 1929
1850, 1860 census, Fort
Ann, Washington Co., NY
1870 census, Tinmouth, Rutland Co., VT
1880 census, Middletown,
Rutland Co., VT
Georgia Anderson in
email dated 20 June 2003
(v2008)