U.S. Senator Barack OBAMA, 
descendant of Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733 immigrant to Philadelphia, PA
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 — later adopted by Daniel GALUSHA:
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 Honta, Grecia DeRossett.

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