Rufus RAZEY & Mary BIGELOW & Lucy __?_

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Rufus RAZEY
Mary BIGELOW
Lucy __?__

WARNING: except for the census records, all my sources here are secondary. Be especially cautious about the children attached to our subject. If you have primary documentation for the identities of his wives and children, please share.

Husband: Rufus RASEY / RAZEY / RAZY
Birth: ca. 1791, Windham Co., VT
Death: 1841, Canal Twp., Venango Co., PA
Father: Asahel RASEY / RAZEY
Mother: Electa Fisher NEWTON

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Mary BIGELOW / BIGALO
Birth: 1792, NY
Death: 15 Sep 1815, Yates Co., NY

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Lucy __?__
Birth: 1794-1800

Children with Mary BIGELOW:

1. Charlotte RAZEY, b. 1809/10, VT
2. Nathan RAZEY, b. 31 Oct 1813, NY
3. Richard RAZEY, b. 10/12 Sep 1815, NY

Mary's children must have gone to live with their grandparents or other kin after the death of their mother because they're not living with their father in the 1820 census.

Children with Lucy:

. Roxanne "Roxie" RAZEY, b. 1819; m. Joseph CORBIN; m. Benjamin WISE
. John RAZEY, b. ca. 1820; m. 20 Dec 1843, Pike Co., IL, Jemima C. BRILES
. Eli RAZEY, b. 1825-30
. James Riley RAZEY, b. Feb 1827; d. 27 Jun 1903, Yates Co., NY; m. Jul 1846, Harriet V. SHEATHER
. Lydia RAZEY, b. ca. 1829
. Electa Jane RAZEY, b. 1838, Venango Co., PA; m. Andrew Jackson WISE

Possible children:
. Manley RAZEY, b. 18 Apr 1817; d. 14 May 1906, Wayland Twp., Steuben Co., NY
. Joseph RAZEY

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 NY Essex Co. Jay Roll M252_27 p. 18 Ln. 2 Rufus Razy 00100-10100-0-0-0-0

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = Rufus (b. ca. 1791)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Charlotte (b. 1809/10)

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = Mary (b. 1792)

Listed six lines after Rufus's father, Asahel RAZEY.

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NY Steuben Co. Canisteo Roll M33_74 p. 110/215 Ln. 9 Rufus Raizey 100010-10100-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = John (b. ca. 1820)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Rufus (b. ca. 1791)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Roxanne (b. 1819)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Lucy

1 person engaged in agriculture

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NY Steuben Co. Hornellville Roll 107 p. 462 Ln. 22 Rufus Razey 221 101 - 001 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 male 4 or under 1825-1830 =

2 male 5-9 1820-1825 =

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 =

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 =

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Rufus (b. ca. 1791)

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 =

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Lucy

Listed four lines above Ephraim WOOD (æ 60-70) and four lines above Ephraim WOOD, Jr. (æ 30-40), who is one line below Lebeus COBEN (æ 30-40).

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 10; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 PA Venango Co. Canal Twp. Roll 497 pp. 102B-103A Ln. 9 Rufus Razey 010 210 100 - 100 000 100 0400000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 =

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 =

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 =

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Rufus (b. ca. 1791)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Electa (b. 1838)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Lucy

4 persons employed in agriculture

He is the only RAZEY/RASEY/etc. in the county.

6. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Rufus is deceased; can't find Lucy, at least not as Lucy RAZEY/etc.

7. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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

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