Married
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Husband:
Elkanah Danforth Born: 5-Aug-1750 Died: 16-Feb-1813 Father: Samuel Danforth Mother: Bethiah Crossman From May's Genealogy (#29, p. 54): resided many years, and died at Woodford, VT...He was a very prominent citzen, chairman of the board of selectmen, etc. An ancient pocket memorandum-book, once the property of Rev. Samuel Danforth, of Taunton (subsequently the property of Elkanah Danforth, and now of his great-grandson, B. Franklin Danforth, Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas), contains many memoranda of purchases of land by said Rev. Samuel Danforth; also these memoranda: "May 20, 1774, Ebenezer Severs & Elkanah Danforth hired the Decon Luscomb's pu (pew) taking one half to myselvef"; also, "Nov. 25, 1773, Elkanah Danforth maried to Sibble Tisdel"; also, "my son Georg Washington died June the 23, 1799, in the avanna on a Spanish Ilon in the West Inges." Elkanah Danforth was a corporal in Capt. Jonathan Shaw's co., Col. John Daggett's regt., enlisted Aug. 21, 1778, discharged Sept. 1, 1778; service, 12 days, travel included, at Rhode Island. [Mass. Arch.] |
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Wife:
Sybil Tisdale Born: 1755 Died: 31-May-1818 Father: Ephraim Tisdale Mother: Susanna Gachet The Sibyl Tisdale in acenstry tree seems to be a different one, but the Tisdales of Taunton are a prominent, numerous, well-documented family. We should be able to to find ours. On the other hand, the Sybil Tisdale listed there might be it! (note spelling) Her lineage is traced back 5gens to the 1500's. Birth listed as 1747, married to ??Danforth. |
Child 1:
Jonathan DanforthBorn: 1-Oct-1775 Died: 1-Jul-1854 Spouse: Hannah Lyon Children: Clara Danforth, Sibyl Danforth, Mary Danforth, George Danforth, Henry Tisdale Danforth May #69, p. 91: born at Taunton, 1 Oct, 1775; died at Morrison, Whitesides Co., Ill., about 1 July, 1854; married Hannah Lyon, of Woodford, VT. He went from Taunton to Woodford, with his father, as a child; resided there for many years; was constable, etc. Removed to Illinois with his son, Henry Tisdale. |
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Child 2:
George Washington Danforth Born: 29-Jan-1776 Died: 25-Jul-1799 Spouse: Charlotte Jennings Children: Betsey Ann Washington Danforth From May's Genealogy: He accompanied his wife's brother to the West Indies and died in Havana. |
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Child 3:
James Danforth Born: 26-Jan-1779 Died: 22-Mar-1858 Spouse: Martha "Patty" Trapwell Children: Emily Danforth, Lorain Danforth, Lewis Everett Danforth, Sylvester Armstrong Danforth, Lucretia Danforth May #71, p. 94: born at Taunton; died at Laona, Chautauqua Co., NY; married at Bennington, VT. James Danforth, residing in Pomfret, Chau, Co, NY, by a bill of sale signed "by his attorney Patty Danforth" [i. e. Martha] conveyed to one Hall, of Bennington, all his interest in the real and personal estate of his deceased father in Woodford. |
Child 4:
Elizabeth DanforthBorn: 13-Apr-1782 Died: Spouse: Sylvester Armstrong Children: Harriet Armstrong, Elkanah Danforth Armstrong, Sylvester Armstrong, Alden Armstrong, Henry Armstrong |
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Child 5:
Benjamin Danforth Born: 2-Apr-1785 Died: 7-Feb-1809 Spouse: Children: |
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Child 6:
Henry Danforth Born: 13-Jul-1793 Died: 13-Apr-1861 Spouse: Zilpah Cummings Children: Harriet Hannah Danforth, Alanson Danforth, Lawton Danforth, Florilla Danforth, Benjamin Franklin Danforth, Henry Tisdale Danforth, Sarah Maria Danforth, Mary Adeline Danforth Unmarried, no children. |