Seth HOLT & Abigail CHENEY

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Seth HOLT
Abigail CHENEY

Husband: Seth HOLT
Birth: 25 Apr 1776, Westminster, Worcester Co., MA
Death: ca. 1813, Schlosser [now Niagara], Niagara Co., NY
Military: War of 1812, under Capt. John Husted
Father: Silas HOLT
Mother: Sarah HARRINGTON

Marriage:

Wife: Abigail "Nabby" CHENEY
Birth: 20 Jun 1781, Dublin, Cheshire Co., NH
Death: 12 Oct 1866, probably in Fairhaven Twp., Carroll Co., IL
Other Spouse: m2. 16 Jan 1817, Daniel GALUSHA
Father: Edward C. CHENEY
Mother: Abigail HALE

Children:

1. (Daughter A) HOLT, b. 1800-1810; d. bef. 1820
2. Daniel Putnam HOLT, b. 1805/6, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
3. Elijah Hale HOLT, b. 1807/8, Sempronius, Cayuga Co., NY
4. Philancia "Philancy" M. HOLT, b. 1811, Sempronius, Cayuga Co., NY

Philancia is a Greek name (Anglicized nickname, Philancy or Philancie); Phylancia is a misspelling (as is nickname Phylancy).

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Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1776	MA: Worcester Co.: Westminster	birth of Seth HOLT
1781	NH: Cheshire Co., Dublin	birth of Abigail CHENEY
c1800		marriage of Seth HOLT & Abigail CHENEY
1800 Census	VT: Rutland Co.: Brandon	Seth HOLT, head-of-household
1800-10		birth of Daughter A
1805/6	VT	birth of son, Daniel
1805-8	Vermont to New York	family moves
1807/8	NY	birth of son, Elijah
1810 Census	NY: Cayuga Co.: Sempronius	Seth HOLT, head-of-household
1811	NY	birth of daughter, Philancia
War of 1812	NY: Niagara Co.: Schlosser [now Niagara]	death of Seth HOLT
1817		marriage of Abigail (CHENEY) HOLT & Daniel GALUSHA
bef. 1820		death of Daughter A

[continued on Timetable of Daniel GALUSHA]

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):¤•

1800 Holt, Seth VT Rutland Co. Brandon 00100-00100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = Seth (b. 1776)

1 female 16-25 1774-1784 = Abigail (b. 1781)

Abigail is only 19 and they have not yet had a child, so we can assume they haven't been married long.

3. Family Quest Archives: New York Federal Census 1810: Cayuga and Columbia Counties. Heritage Quest CD M252-31 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 NY Cayuga Co. Sempronius p. 3 Seth Holt 20010-10010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1800-1810 = Elijah
= Daniel

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Seth (b. 1776)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Abigail (b. 1781)

Abigail's tick mark is hard to see, but it is there.

4. Daniel S. Durrie 1864. A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States: more particularly, Descendants of Nicholas Holt of Newbury and Andover, Mass., 1634-1644. Munsell, Albany. On p. 79:

Seth b. Westminster Apr. 25, 1776; m. Abigail Cheney of Brandon, Vt. After marriage he removed to Sempronius, N.Y. In 1812 he enlisted and went to the frontiers under Capt. John Husted, and d. a short time afterwards at Schlosser, near Niagara Falls. His widow m. 2d, Daniel Galusha, and has lived at Sodus, N.Y., and Warren, Du Page county, Ill. 3 ch.

5. Charles Henry Pope. 1897. The Cheney Genealogy. (Self-published) Barta Press, Boston (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).

6. Changes In Names Of New York State Towns. Courtesy of the Early Dutch Families of Ulster County, New York, Research Center. [link died]

Early Name Later Name County

Schlosser, F. Niagara Niagara Co.

F. indicates French's Gazetteer.

7. Emails from Kathleen Hontz, Grecia DeRossett.

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