Our featured 4th great grandparents and their children, on today's Shepard blog, lived in Rye, Westchester, New York. As I understand it, Westchester is a "neck" between Long Island and New York state and the red triangular area on the enlarged map is the town of Rye. Benjamin, Mary, and most of their children were born in Rye. Rye was at one time a part of Fairfield County, Connecticut, which was a belonging of the Sachem Ponus, of the Ponus Wekuwuhm, Canaan Parish, and which was probably named for that chieftain, "Peningoe Neck". This location must have been a pleasant place to live because several of our ancestors lived and stayed in Westchester County and Long Island for a number of years. Benjamin and Mary were married in 1753 and had the following known children: 1763 Benjamin 1766 James in Salem, Westchester, NY 1769 Deborah 1775 Abraham
BENJAMIN KNIFFEN, JR. BORN: 1729 in Rye, Westchester, NY MARRIED: 21 Mar 1753 in Rye, Westchester, NY DIED: 1789 in Rye, Westchester, NY MARY BROWN BORN: abt 1732 in Rye Westchester, NY DIED: unknown SOURCES: Family Group Record, Anc. File (www.familysearch.org Marriage source for Benjamin Kniffen and Mary Brown, also birth sources for the family.
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut is where the Tarbox family members were born and lived. Solomon was born there in 1733. His wife, Asenath Phelps, was born there in 1737. Below are the birthdates of their children: 1756Solomon 1758Zenas 1760Godfrey 1763Asenath, our ancestor 1765Triphene 1768Hannah 1773Adriel (male) 1778Anna Barnice Solomon died on the 20th of December in 1777, possibly a victim of the Revolutionary war. A short time later, Asenath gave birth to her last child, Anna Barnice. SOLOMON TARBOX BORN: 30 Aug 1733 in Hebron, Tolland, CT MARRIED: 04 Sep 1755 in Hebron, Tolland, CT DIED: 20 Dec 1777 in Hebron, Tolland, CT ASENATH PHELPS BORN: 14 Dec 1737 in Hebron, Tolland, CT DIED: 05 Dec 1802 in Hebron, Tolland, CT SOURCES: CONNECTICUT MARRIAGES 1640-1929; CONNECTICUT BIRTHS AND CHRISTENINGS 1649-1906.
David Carver's early years were in Canterbury, Connecticut but at age 5 years his family moved to Bolton, Tolland, CT. He met and married Amy Fyler there on the 13th of March in 1749. Shortly thereafter he and Amy moved to Hebron, CT. He bought land in Hebron in December 1750 and started his own farm. The photograph above is of the old Hebron Town Hall. David and Amy had eight children and raised them on this farm: 1750 Amy 1753 David, Jr. 1756 John 1759 Joseph 1761 Aldrick, our ancestor 1763 Jonathan 1766 William Warren 1769 Aaron The 1790 census list shows that the David Carver household had 3 males ages 16 and over and 2 males under 16. There were 7 females [probably some were wives of the older sons plus female grandchildren.] Wife, Amy, died in April 1794. Then David moved to Granby, Massachusetts with his daughter, Amy, and his three youngest sons, Jonathan, Warren, and Aaron. He purchased two acres of the land and a mill from Joseph Munger for 60 pounds, leased the water rights for the term of 900 years, but in 1803 he transferred his rights to his sons. He then bought some other land in the area and farmed it for the rest of his life. The farm was later acquired by his great-grandson, Henry Ingalls Carver, who built a fine home on it. DAVID CARVER BORN: 05 Jan 1730 in Canterbury, Windham, CT: MARRIED: 13 Mar 1749 in Bolton, Tolland, CT DIED: 1805 in Ludlow, Hampden, MA AMY FYLER BORN: 16 Oct 1728 in Hartford, Hartford, CT DIED: 11 Apr 1794 in Grandby, Hampshire, MA SOURCES: Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939 via FamilySearch.org; Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906 via FamilySearch.org; Hebron Vital Records 0002972, page 25. 1790 Federal Census of the State of Connecticut.
