Maj. Nathaniel SIAS & Rebecca RISLEY & Nancy Anna SMITH

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Maj. Nathaniel SIAS II
Rebecca RISLEY
Nancy "Anna" SMITH

Husband: Nathaniel SIAS
Birth: 10 Sep 1770, Lee, Strafford Co., NH
Death: 27 Feb 1837, New Market, Rockingham Co., NH
Disposition: buried Ash Swamp Road Cemetery, Newmarket, Rockingham Co., NH
Military Service: War of 1812
Father: Nathaniel SIAS I
Mother: Abigail SHERBURNE

Marriage-1: 28 Feb 1793

Wife-1: Rebecca RISLEY
Birth: of East Hatfield
Father: Richard RISLEY

Marriage-2: 25 Aug 1800 — another source says 1808 which, if true, means only the two youngest children are hers

Wife-2: Nancy "Anna" SMITH
Birth: 20 Oct 1769
Death: 10 Sep 1859
Father: Winthrop SMITH (1732- )
Mother: Mary MOODY (1731-1815)

Children with Rebecca RISLEY:

1. Welthen Demming SIAS, b. 8 Jan 1794; d. 17 May 1830; m. Phineas WILLEY
2. Nancy Smith SIAS, b. 22 Jan 1798; d. 3 Jan 1818

Children with Nancy SMITH:

3. Mary Wilson SIAS, b. 18 Jul 1801
4. Abigail Sherburne SIAS, b. 9 Feb 1805
5. Amelia SIAS, b. 22 Apr 1807; living and unmarried in 1850
6. Susanna Chesley "Susan" SIAS, b. 29 Jan 1810; living and unmarried in 1850
7. Rebecca Risley SIAS, b. 1 Apr 1812, Rockingham Co., NH; d. 3 Oct 1926

Sources:

1. Henry R. Stiles. 1999. Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (originally published 1904 as The History of Anceint Wethersfield, Connecticut. Grafton Press, NY; published 2000 as Broderbund CD-515). On p. 626:

SIAS, NATHANIEL, of Durham, N.H., m. Rebecca Risley, of E. Htfd., 28 Feb., 1793.

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched — I have specifically checked Caledonia Co.).

1800 Sias, Nathaniel VT Caledonia Co. Danville 20010-0001000

2b. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 VT Caledonia Co. Danville Roll 51 p. 253 Ln. 17 Sias Nathaniel 00010-20010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

2 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Nancy (b. 1798)
= Welthen (b. 1794)

female 26-44 1755-1774 = Nancy (b. 1769)

3. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 NH Rockingham Co. New Markett Roll 25 (Book 1) p. 163/298 Ln. 16 Nathl Sias 01010-41110-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = ?

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Nathanial (b. 1770)

4 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Susan (b. 1810)
= Amelia (b. 1807)
= Abigail (b. 1805)
= Mary (b. 1801)

1 female 10-15 1794-1800 = Nancy (b. 1798)

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

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Nancy (b. 1769)

The teenage boy must be hired help — and with no sons and six daughters, Nathaniel needed it!

4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 5; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NH Rockingham Co. New Market Roll 60 p. 378/959 Ln. 18 Nath^l Sias 000001-12002-_-___

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Rebecca (b. 1812)

2 females 10-15 1804-1810 = Susan (b. 1810)
= Amelia (b. 1807)

2 females 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Nancy (b. 1769
= ?

5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315): not found in 1830, but...

1837 Sias, Widow Anna NH Rockingham Co. New Market

6. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840 Sias, Anna NH Rockingham Co. New Market p. 20

7. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com): New Market, Rockingham Co., NH, p. 164A, 439/462, enumerated 13 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sias Amelia 80 F NH

____ Amelia 43 F 800 "

____ Susan 40 F "

The census-taker has obviously gotten confused and called Anna, "Amelia," but there is no doubt she is our subject.

8. Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections (online at the NEHGS web site):

Maj. Nathaniel Sias d. Feb 27 1837 æ 66 yrs. Flag, Mar 1812.
Ash Swamp Road Cemetery, Newmarket, Rockingham Co., NH

9. David C. Young. 1998. Early Families of Sabattus, Androscoggin Co., Maine: formerly part of Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon, Dowdoin, and West Bowdoinham. Unpublished manuscript: "first draft." USGenWeb Archives (online at RootsWeb.com):

SMITH Winthrop Col -
Born 5 May 1732, m 9 Nov 1756, Mary Moody b ? 4 Mar 1731, d 23 Feb 1815.
Children:
John Moody b 29 Jan 1758;
Eliphalet b 8 ? Dec 1759, m 13 Oct 1782, Anne Bryent;
Andrew b 24 Nov 1761;
Ezra b 2 Nov 1763, m ? 17 June 1794, Marcia Burley;
Joseph b 16 Jan 1766, m 17 Oct 1790, Betsy Hill;
? Anna b 20 Oct 1769, m 21 Aug 1808, Nathaniel Sias;
Mary b 29 Oct 1774.
[Bryent's notes]

10. Ancestry World Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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