Pelatiah RASEY & Esther FRANKLIN

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Pelatiah RASEY
Esther FRANKLIN

Husband: Pelatiah / Peletiah RASEY / RAZEY
Birth: 17 Feb 1759, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
Death: 24 Mar 1847, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY
Occupation: farmer
Military Service: Revolutionary War
Father: Joseph RASEY I
Mother: Mary HOLLON

"Pelatiah" is a scriptural name, pronounced pel-a-TI-ah (other spellings are mis-spellings).

Marriage: 20 Feb 1783, Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH

Wife: Esther / Ester FRANKLIN
Birth: 1755-60
Death apparently: 1830-40, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

1. (Daughter A) RASEY, b. ca. 1784
2. (Son A) RASEY, b. 1784-90
3. (Daughter B) RASEY, b. 1784-90
4. Pelatiah RASEY, Jr., b. 1790/1, NH
5. (Daughter C) RASEY, b. 1790-1794

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Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Pelatiah RAZEY
Spouse: Esther FRANKLIN
Marriage: 20 Feb 1783, New Hampshire
Source: New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics. Index to Marriages, Early to 1900

2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1790 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M637_5 p. 127 Ln. IV-28 Peletiah Razey 2-1-3-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)
= ?

1 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Son A

3 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Esther
= Daughter A
= Daughter B

He is the only RASEY (or variation) in Swanzey.

3. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 8 — list was roughly alphabetized; indexed "Rosey"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1800 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M32_20 p. 1020 Ln. 3 Peletiah Rasey 11010-12011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Pelatiah Jr. (b. 1790/1)

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)

1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter C

2 females 10-15 1784-1790 = Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Esther

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Mary

He is the only RASEY (or variation) in Swanzey. The elder woman is almost certain Pelatiah's mother.

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 4 — indexed "Peteriah Rasy"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1810 NY Washington Co. Town of Hartford Roll 30 p. 63/375 Ln. 10 Peletiah Rassy 00201-00211-20

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 16-25 1784-1794 = Pelatiah Jr. (b. 1790/1)

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)

2 females 16-25 1784-1794 = Daughter C
= Daughter B

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Daughter A?

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Esther

2 other free
persons all ages by 1810 = ?
= ?

5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find. Son Pelatiah, Jr., is in Hartford, so I did a page-by-page check of Hartford, but still didn't find him (the pages were faded and difficult to read).

6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 40 — indexed "Plitiah Busa"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1830 NY Oneida Co. Trenton Twp. Roll 99 p. 287 Ln. 14 Peletiah Rasa 000 000 000 100 - 010 000 100 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 70-79 1750-1760 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Granddaughter?

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Widowed Daughter?

1 female 70-79 1750-1760 = Esther

Listed two lines below nephew, Joseph RASEY, son of Pelatiah's brother, Silas.

7. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17-18 of 42; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1840 NY Oneida Co. Trenton Roll 314 pp. 302B-303A Ln. 16 Peletiah Razey 000 000 000 010 - 000 000 010 0100000 Palatiah Razey 82

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 80-89 1750-1760 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Widowed Daughter?

1 person employed in agriculture

8. William Bassett. 1884. History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement, to 1882. C.W. Calkins & Co., Printers, Boston, MA (online at us.archive.org): two mentions of Peletiah RAZEY and his service in the Revolutionary War.

9. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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