Pelatiah RASEY
Esther FRANKLIN
Husband:  Pelatiah / Peletiah RASEY / RAZEY
Birth:  17 Feb 1759, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
Death:  24 Mar 1847, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY
Occupation:  farmer
Military Service:  Revolutionary War
Father:  Joseph RASEY I
Mother:  Mary HOLLON

"Pelatiah" is a scriptural name, pronounced pel-a-TI-ah (other spellings are mis-spellings).

Marriage:  20 Feb 1783, Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH
Wife:  Esther / Ester FRANKLIN
Birth:  1755-60
Death apparently:  1830-40, Trenton, Oneida Co., NY
Occupation:  homemaker
Children:
1.  (Daughter A) RASEY, b. ca. 1784
2.  (Son A) RASEY, b. 1784-90
3.  (Daughter B) RASEY, b. 1784-90
4.  Pelatiah RASEY, Jr., b. 1790/1, NH
5.  (Daughter C) RASEY, b. 1790-1794
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York

Sources:

1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
Pelatiah RAZEY
Spouse: Esther FRANKLIN
Marriage: 20 Feb 1783, New Hampshire
Source: New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics. Index to Marriages, Early to 1900

2.  1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1790 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M637_5 p. 127 Ln. IV-28 Peletiah Razey 2-1-3-0-0
These data indicate:
Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)
= ?
1 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Son A
3 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Esther
= Daughter A
= Daughter B
Although the index says, "Swanzey," there is nothing on the page images to identify the location beyond Cheshire County.

3.  1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 8 — list was roughly alphabetized; indexed "Rosey"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1800 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M32_20 p. 1020 Ln. 3 Peletiah Rasey 11010-12011-00
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Pelatiah Jr. (b. 1790/1)
1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = Son A
1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Pelatiah (b. 1759) 
1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter C
2 females 10-15 1784-1790 = Daughter B
= Daughter A
1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Esther 
1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = mother? mother-in-law?
He is the only RASEY (or variation) in Swanzey.

4.  1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 4 — indexed "Peteriah Rasy"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1810 NY Washington Co. Town of Hartford Roll 30 p. 63/375 Ln. 10 Peletiah Rassy 00201-00211-20
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 16-25 1784-1794 = Pelatiah Jr. (b. 1790/1)
1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)
2 females 16-25 1784-1794 = Daughter C
= Daughter B
1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Daughter A?
1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Esther
2 other free 
persons
all ages by 1810 = ?
= ?

5.  1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.  Son Pelatiah, Jr., is in Hartford, so I did a page-by-page check of Hartford, but still didn't find him (the pages were faded and difficult to read).

6.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 40 — indexed "Plitiah Busa"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1830 NY Oneida Co. Trenton Twp. Roll 99 p. 287 Ln. 14 Peletiah Rasa 000 000 000 100 - 010 000 100 100
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 70-79 1750-1760 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)
1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Granddaughter?
1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Widowed Daughter?
1 female 70-79 1750-1760 = Esther
Listed two lines below nephew, Joseph RASEY, son of Pelatiah's brother, Silas.

7.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17-18 of 42; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1840 NY Oneida Co. Trenton Roll 314 pp. 302B-303A Ln. 16 Peletiah Razey 000 000 000 010 - 000 000 010 0100000 Palatiah Razey 82
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 80-89 1750-1760 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)
1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Widowed Daughter?
1 person employed in agriculture

8.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

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

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