| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund
CD-310):
| 1776 |
Sias, Benjamin |
NH |
Rockingham Co. |
Loudon |
3. 1790 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4
of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
NH |
Rockingham Co. |
Pittsfield Twp. |
p. 166 |
Ln. 4 |
Benj'n Sias |
3-4-5-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 3 free white males |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= Benjamin (b. 1747)
= Son A
= Jeremiah (b. 1773) |
| 4 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= Samuel (b. 1775)
= Archelaus (b. 1778)
= Solomon (b. 1781)
= John (b. 1785) |
| 5 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Abigail (b. 1754)
= Martha
= Daughter A
= Hannah (b. 1787)
= Abigail (b. 1789) |
These additional individuals may not be their children, and the extra female
may be Benjamin's mother, Hannah (SAMPSON) SIAS. She died in Danville
in 1794; and, as her husband, John, is not in the 1790 Census, we can presume
he has died, so Hannah must be living with one of her two sons (Charles
or Benjamin), who were living in Danville at the time.
4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#4 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
VT |
Caledonia Co. |
Danville |
p. 253 |
Roll 51 |
Ln. 13 |
Sias Widdow |
01300-01001-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= John (b. 1785) |
| 3 males |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= Solomon (b. 1781)
= Archelaus (b. 1778)
= Samuel (b. 1775) |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Abigail (b. 1789) or Hannah (b. 1787) |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Abigail (b. 1754) |
Capt. Benjamin died in 1799, so surely this individual is his widow.
But there should be two daughters still at home.
5. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#4 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
VT |
Caledonia Co. |
Danville |
p. 151/341 |
Ln. 36 |
Archelaus Sias |
01110-20201-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= ? |
| 1 male |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= ? |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= Archelaus (b. 1778) |
| 2 females |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= ?
= ? |
| 2 females |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Polly (b. 1788)
= ? |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Abigail (MOORE) SIAS (b. 1754) |
It appears Abigail is living with her son, Archelaus.
6. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#11 of 13; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1820 |
VT |
Caledonia Co. |
Danville |
Roll 127 |
p. 29 |
Ln. 19 |
Sias John |
000010-00011-0-100 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= John (b. 1785) |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1785/6) |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Abigail (b. 1754) |
| 1 |
person engaged in agriculture |
It appears Abigail is living with her son, John.
7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
International
Genealogical Index (IGI).
Jeremiah SIAS
Birth: 5 Jun 1773, Danvile Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Samuel SIAS
Birth: 23 Dec 1775, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Archelaus SIAS
Birth: 29 Aug 1778, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Solomon SIAS
Birth: 25 Feb 1781, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
John SIAS
Birth: 16 Jan 1785, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Hannah SIAS
Birth: 1 Jun 1787, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Abigail SIAS
Birth: 31 Jul 1789, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
Enoch Wood SIAS
Birth: 1 Sep 1792, Danville Twp, Caledonia, Vermont
Father: Benjamin SIAS; Mother: Abigail
Source: General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870.
Vermont. Secretary of State. |
These Secretary of State records apparently indicate a registration of
the date of birth of people living in Vermont, whether or not they were
born there, so Danville is not necessarily the birthplace!
8. William Richard Cutter. 1913. New England Families:
Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. I. Lewis Historical Publ.
Co., NY (republished 1994/5, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; republished
2000, Broderbund CD-515):
| p. 74 |
...Captain Benjamin Sias, born June 14,
1747, married December 25, 1771, died December 21, 1799, lived at Canterbury
and London, England, and Loudon, New Hampshire; he was captain of
the Tenth Company, Colonel Thomas Hickney's regiment of New Hampshire militia,
as shown by a return of the commanding officers, March 5, 1776; also captain
of a company in Colonel David Gilman's regiment, "destined for New York,"
mustered and paid by Colonel Thomas Stickney, Decemer 5, 1775; also captain
of a company of men which marched from Loudon to reinforce the garrison
at Ticonderoga, July 2, 1777; also captain of a company in Colonel T. Stickney's
regiment under General John Stark, which joined the Northern Continental
army, July 20, 1777, and was also at Bennington, September 3, 1777, in
Stark's brigade. He was of a party of volunteers who went to Fort
Edward when General Burgoyne was taken in October, 1779. He was also
captain of a company in Colonel Moses Nichols' regiment in the Rhode Island
expedition in August, 1778, and captain at the forts in Piscataqua harbor,
September 2-27, 1779. The record given herewith is an abstract from
the Revolutionary War Rolls preserved in the archives of New Hampshire,
as certified by the secretary of state, Edward N. Pearson.
Captain Benjamin Sias married Abigail Moore, who was
born March 2, 1754, and died February 16, 1822. Children: Jeremiah,
born June 5, 1773, married Abigail _____, March, 1799, and died November
25, 1833; Samuel, born December 23, 1775, married, 1802, Sally Chamberlain,
and died December 18, 1857; Archlaaus, born August 29, 1778, married
Polly Glines, and died December 5, 1860; Rev. Solomon, born February
25, 1781, married Amelia Rogers (see Rogers), July 31, 1825, and died February
12, 1853; John, born January 16, 1785, married Betsey Cheney, and
died July 15, 1864; Hannah, born June 1, 1787, died unmarried, January
31, 1811; Abigail, born July 31, 1789,
died in childbirth, June 30, 17__; Enoch
Wood, born September 1, 1792, died in infancy, September 20, 1793. |
"London" must be a misreading of "Loudon" somewhere along the line, and
the "Canterbury" where Benjamin lived was Canterbury, New Hampshire, not
Canterbury, England. In other words, Capt. Benjamin was never in
England. If Abigail, the daughter, was born in 1789, she cannot have
died in childbirth in the 1700s — she was only 11 years old in 1799.
The Lewis Historical Publishing Company does not have a reputation for
accuracy, and this entry is living up to their reputation, so caveat emptor!
As listed here, Capt. Benjamin was in an extraordinary number of different
Revolutionary War units; I'm wondering if there wasn't more than one Benjamin
Sias involved (and see next source).
9. Patricia Law Hatcher. 1987. Abstract of Graves
of Revolutionary Patriots. Pioneer Heritage Press, Dallas, TX (online at
Ancestry.com):
| Name |
Cemetery |
Location |
Reference |
| SIAS, Benjamin |
|
Danville VT 30 |
Serial: 9337; Volume: 5 |
| SIAS, Benjamin Capt |
|
Danville VT 29 |
Serial: 9200; Volume: 3 |
These records would seem to confirm that there were two Benjamin SIASes
serving in the Revolutionary War, both buried in Danville, VT.
10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
Ancestral
File.
11. Descendants
of John Sias Sr. by Garey L. Marshall. |
