Descendants of Henry Balcombe

Fifth Generation

88. Jonathan Rice was born on 7 Mar 1764 and died on 3 May 1834 in Auburn, MA aged 70.

Jonathan married Mary Stevens on 12 Mar 1786 in Auburn, MA. Mary was born in Auburn, MA and died on 19 Feb 1848 in Auburn, MA.

Children from this marriage were:

220 M i. John Rice was born on 4 Jan 1787.

John married Senta Richardson.

221 M ii. Israel Rice was born on 5 Apr 1789.

Israel married Charlotte Campbell.

222 M iii. Peter Rice was born on 24 Aug 1791.

Peter married Sally Moore.

223 M iv. Timothy B. Rice was born on 12 Apr 1795.

Timothy married Mary Moore.

224 F v. Mary Rice was born on 27 Mar 1798 and died on 29 Jun 1798.

225 F vi. Mary Rice was born on 13 Apr 1799.

Mary married Col. William Emerson. William was born in Hollis, NH.

226 F vii. Sally Rice was born on 30 Oct 1803.

Sally married John Clark Jr.

227 M viii. Samuel Rice was born on 7 Mar 1809.

Samuel married Mary S. Pond.

89. Darius Rice was born on 2 Nov 1766 in Worcester, MA, USA and died in 1799 in Barre, VT aged 33.

Darius married Anna Stevens about 1790. Anna was born about 1770 in Auburn, MA and died on 26 Jun 1824 in Millbury, MA aged about 54.

Death Notes: Burial in Dwinnell Cemetery.

General Notes: It has been suggested that Anna was born circa 1785. With her first born entering the world in 1790 the previous date is not reasonable.

Children from this marriage were:

228 F i. Nancy Rice was born on 7 Oct 1790.

Nancy married Joseph White.

229 M ii. Clark Rice was born on 2 Apr 1793.

General Notes: Clark Rice settled in New York state, married and had children.

+ 230 M iii. Chester Rice was born on 31 May 1796 in Auburn, MA.

+ 231 M iv. Comfort Rice was born on 11 May 1798 in Worcester, MA, USA and died on 9 Sep 1869 aged 71.

+ 232 M v. Darius Rice was born on 29 Jul 1800.

98. Mehitable Rice was born on 27 Mar 1754 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and died on 30 Dec 1830 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA aged 76.

Mehitable married Rand White on 16 Nov 1775 in Leicester, Worcester Co, MA. Rand was born on 15 Oct 1751 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and died on 16 Apr 1809 in Leominster, Worcester Co, MA aged 57.

General Notes: Marriage information -"FTM" CD#231, Marriage Index: MA 1633-1850.

Children from this marriage were:

233 F i. Poly White .

General Notes:
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234 M ii. Rand White was born on 17 Aug 1776 in Spencer, Worcester, Mass., USA and died before 1783.

235 M iii. Francis White was born on 15 Jul 1778 and died in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, USA.

Francis married Ester Horton.

+ 236 M iv. James White was born on 31 Jul 1780 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and died on 13 Jun 1834 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, USA aged 53.

237 M v. Darius White was born on 21 Sep 1782 and died in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, USA.

Darius married Elizabeth Brown.

+ 238 M vi. Rand White was born on 7 Jul 1784 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and died after 1829.

239 M vii. John White was born on 17 Sep 1789.

+ 240 F viii. Mehetable White was born on 28 Jan 1791 and died on 7 Sep 1837 aged 46.

241 F ix. Sibbilah White was born on 20 Feb 1795.

107. Silas Rice was born about 1762 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{¹⁸^,19} and died on 17 Feb 1855 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^²⁰ aged about 93.

Death Notes: at age 93.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: 1786, Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁴⁶

Silas married Sarah Kniffen, daughter of George Kniffen and Sarah Baker, about 1785.³¹ Sarah was born about 1766,^¹⁹ was christened in 1766,^⁴⁷ and died in 1856 in Annapolis Co., NS^³² aged about 90.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 1786, Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁴⁶

Children from this marriage were:

+ 242 M i. John Rice was born about 1786 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁴⁸^,49} and died in 1877^⁵⁰ aged about 91.

+ 243 F ii. Sarah Rice was born about 1790 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁵¹^,52} and died in 1865^⁵⁰ aged about 75.

+ 244 F iii. Elizabeth "Betsy" Rice was born on 15 Jul 1794 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^⁵³ and died in Feb 1877 in Nova Scotia, Canada^⁵⁴ aged 82.

+ 245 M iv. Capt. George Rice ⁵² was born on 25 Dec 1794 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{⁵⁰^,55} and died on 13 Mar 1878^⁵⁰ aged 83.

+ 246 M v. Joseph Rice was born in 1798 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁵⁶^,57} and died in 1871^⁵⁴ aged 73.

+ 247 F vi. Mary "Polly" Rice was born after 1798 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.

+ 248 M vii. Henry Allaine Rice was born in 1803 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁵³^,58^,59^,60} and died in Sep 1892^³² aged 89.

+ 249 F viii. Dorothy Rice was born on 2 Nov 1806 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁶¹^,62} and died in 1892^⁶¹ aged 86.

+ 250 F ix. Charlotte Rice was born on 3 Feb 1808 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada and died on 25 Dec 1869 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 61.

+ 251 M x. Aaron Rice was born on 22 Dec 1813 in Hillsburgh District, Digby Co, Nova Scotia and died in Aug 1900^⁶³ aged 86.

110. Mary Rice was born before 1768 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada,^{²¹^,22} died on 7 Mar 1849 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS,^{²³^,24} and was buried in Goat Island Meetinghouse Cemetery, Upper Clements, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^²⁵

Birth Notes: The 1768 census for Annapolis lists 3 males and 3 females in John Rice's household. This suggests that Mary was born before the census was taken. Ms McCormick has Mary's birth year as 1765.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: Between 1794 and 1838, Clements, Annapolis Co., NS. ³²

Mary married Rev Israel Potter,²² son of Joseph Potter Jr and Zebudah Hayden, on 7 Jan 1786.⁶⁴ Israel was born in Jul 1763 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA,^³² died on 17 Aug 1847 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^⁶⁵ aged 84, and was buried in Goat Island Meetinghouse Cemetery, Upper Clements, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁶⁶

General Notes: In 1780 he was in a company of "six-months' men" in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, to reinforce the Continental Army, and marched from Springfield with Lieut. Taylor of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, July 6. After the war he went to Nova Scotia and settled on his father's estate, called Potter's Point, in Clements, where he carried on farming and fishing. He was Captain of militia in the war of 1812 and served through the last reign of George III into the reign of George IV. He married Mary, daughter of Capt. John Rice Jan. 7 1786 and they lived together over 61 years.

Don't know what he was converted and joined the Baptist Church but he wrotte a letter to Dr. T. Baldwin (1753-1826), of Boston, in 1810 telling of a "powerful reformation" in Clements, when about 200 were converted to the Lord; and the glorius work spread away "up the river" to Bridgetown and elsewhere. He was called to preach about this time, and was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1822, and continued a faithful minister of Jesus Christ to the end. [Source: A genealogy and history of the Hute (i.e. Chute) family in America.]

Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Between 1794 and 1838, Clements, Annapolis Co., NS. ³²

2. Will: 21 Jul 1843. ⁶⁷

Children from this marriage were:

+ 252 M i. Aaron Potter was born on 3 Sep 1786 in Nova Scotia, Canada,^{⁶⁸^,69} died on 21 Sep 1860^³² aged 74, and was buried in Clementsvale Baptist Cemetery, Clementsvale, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.^⁶⁶

+ 253 F ii. Zebudah Potter was born on 22 Mar 1788 in Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁶⁸^,69} and died on 11 Jan 1816 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{⁷⁰^,71} aged 27.

+ 254 M iii. Rev. Israel Potter ⁷² was born on 7 Jan 1790 in Nova Scotia, Canada,^{⁶⁸^,69} died on 26 Jun 1860^⁷³ aged 70, and was buried in Clementsvale Baptist Cemetery, Clementsvale, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.^⁷⁴

+ 255 M iv. John Potter was born on 17 Jan 1792 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^{⁶⁹^,73} and died on 15 Mar 1878 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^⁷⁵ aged 86.

+ 256 M v. Joseph Potter was born on 31 Jan 1794 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^⁷³ and died on 19 Oct 1829^⁷³ aged 35.

+ 257 F vi. Mary Rice Potter was born on 16 May 1796 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^{⁶⁹^,76} and died on 2 Oct 1880^⁷⁶ aged 84.

+ 258 F vii. Sarah Potter was born on 17 Dec 1798 in Nova Scotia, Canada,^{⁶⁹^,76} died on 14 Jul 1885 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^⁷⁷ aged 86, and was buried after 14 Jul 1885 in Goat Island Baptist Church Cemetery, Clements, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁷⁸

259 F viii. Fanny Potter was born on 11 Jan 1800 in Nova Scotia, Canada^³² and died on 23 Mar 1875^³² aged 75.

Death Notes: unmarried.

+ 260 M ix. James Manning Potter was born on 7 Apr 1802 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS,^{³²^,69} died on 27 Dec 1888 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^³² aged 86, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁶⁶

+ 261 M x. Jacob Potter was born on 10 Feb 1804 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^{³²^,69} and died on 8 Jun 1866^⁷⁹ aged 62.

+ 262 F xi. Susannah Potter was born on 10 Feb 1806 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^{³²^,69} and died in Nov 1866^⁸⁰ aged 60.

+ 263 F xii. Anna Potter was born on 15 Nov 1808 in Clementsvale, Annapolis Co., NS^{³²^,69} and died on 12 Aug 1890 in Bridgewater, ME^⁸¹ aged 81.

+ 264 M xiii. Josiah Spurr Potter was born on 22 Feb 1810 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^{³²^,69} and died on 25 Nov 1890 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA^{³²^,82} aged 80.

+ 265 F xiv. Zeuriah Potter was born on 24 Dec 1812 in Nova Scotia, Canada^{³²^,69} and died on 9 Mar 1840^⁸³ aged 27.

+ 266 M xv. Isaiah Shaw Potter was born on 9 Oct 1814 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^{³²^,69} and died on 7 Jan 1885^⁸⁴ aged 70.

112. William Rice was born in 1774 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{²²^,26} and died on 27 Nov 1833 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^²⁷ aged 59.

Death Notes: the Rice Gen'l Register says the family resided on the east
side of Bear River, NS. The Chute genealogy says that they
resided in Clements, on the east side of Bear River

William married Anna Hardy, daughter of Aaron Hardy Jr. and Lydia Wood, on 25 Oct 1795 in Annapolis Co., NS.²².^,31 Anna was born about 1777 and died on 11 Oct 1845 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^⁶⁹ aged about 68.

Marriage Notes: All Saints Anglican Church, Granville, NS.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 267 M i. Stephen Rice was born in 1797 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{³¹^,85^,86} and died on 3 Mar 1881 in Robbinston, Washington Co, ME^⁸⁷ aged 84.

268 F ii. Nancy "Ann" Rice was born in 1800 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^⁶⁹ and died in 1820^⁶⁹ aged 20.

+ 269 M iii. William Rice was born about 1801 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁸⁶^,88^,89} and died on 1 Jun 1869 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^⁸⁸ aged about 68.

270 M iv. James Rice was born about 1806 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^³⁰

James married Eliza McMullin 4 Oct !832 in Trinity Anglican Church, Digby, NS.³¹

+ 271 M v. Captain John Rice ⁸⁶ was born about 1808 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^{⁸⁶^,90}

+ 272 F vi. Mary Rice was born about 1810 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^⁹¹ and died on 4 Apr 1888 in Victoria Beach, Annapolis Co, NS^⁹¹ aged about 78.

113. Thomas Rice was born on 23 May 1779 in Annapolis Co., NS^{²⁸^,29} and died on 10 Dec 1861^³⁰ aged 82.

General Notes: Ms McCormick notes: He erected a mill at the Head of the Tide, Bear River, after having lived first in Clements, and in Smith's Cove in 1808. He was the first settler at the Head of
the Tide, and built the first bridge across the River there. In addition to his Mill on the West Branch, he built vessels, made brick, burned lime. He built the 'Temperance' which sailed with Capt Leonard Troop as Master, Asa Goodwin, mate. The ship was never heard from again. He owned a great deal of land, much of it still in the possession of his descendants.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: After 1808, Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ²⁸ ^,30

Thomas married Martha Potter, daughter of Joseph Potter Jr and Mary Farnsworth, about 1799 in Nova Scotia, Canada.³⁰.^,92 Martha was born on 9 Apr 1783^⁹³ and died on 12 Oct 1847^³² aged 64.

Marriage Notes: In the probate record for her father's estate, dated 15 April 1799, she was listed as Martha Rice the wife of Thomas Rice

General Notes: In the probate record for her father's estate, dated 15 April 1799, she was listed as Martha Rice the wife of Thomas Rice.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Baptism: 16 Oct 1788, Clements, Annapolis Co., NS. ⁹⁴

2. Residence: After 1808, Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ²⁸ ^,30

Children from this marriage were:

+ 273 M i. David Rice was born in 1801 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada,^{³¹^,95^,96} died on 12 Jan 1881 in Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁹⁷^,98} aged 80, and was buried after 12 Jan 1881 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁹⁸

+ 274 M ii. Deacon Israel Rice ⁹⁶ was born on 2 Dec 1802 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{⁹⁶^,99} and died on 18 Feb 1866^{⁹⁷^,99} aged 63.

+ 275 F iii. Mary Rice was born in 1805 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^{³⁰^,31}

+ 276 F iv. Zebudah Rice was born about 1807 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada and died in 1877 aged about 70.

+ 277 F v. Diadama Rice was born about 1809 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{³¹^,96^,100} and died in 1874 aged about 65.

+ 278 M vi. James Franklin Rice was born in 1811 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada,^{³¹^,101^,102^,103} died in 1900^⁶⁶ aged 89, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁶⁶

+ 279 F vii. Jane Rice was born on 25 Oct 1813 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{³¹^,102^,104} and died in Dec 1893^¹⁰⁵ aged 80.

+ 280 F viii. Esther Ann Rice was born on 25 Nov 1816 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{³¹^,105^,106} and died on 3 Dec 1863^¹⁰⁶ aged 47.

+ 281 F ix. Martha Rice was born on 19 Apr 1819 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, died on 22 Feb 1899^²⁵ aged 79, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.^²⁵

+ 282 F x. Catherine Rice was born on 18 Mar 1822 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^{³¹^,107^,108}

+ 283 M xi. Silas Rice was born on 11 Feb 1823 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada,^{³¹^,108^,109} died on 20 Nov 1866^¹⁰⁹ aged 43, and was buried in St Johns Church Cemetery, Bear River, Digby Co, NS.^⁶⁶

284 F xii. Cynthia Rice was born about 1826 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada^{³⁰^,31^,110} and died in 1868^¹¹⁰ aged about 42.

Cynthia married Alexander Ross ____________.¹¹⁰ Alexander was born about 1821 in Ireland.^¹¹¹

Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: a farmer., 11 Apr 1891. ¹¹¹

2. Residence: 11 Apr 1891, Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. ¹¹¹

115. James Rice was born on 9 Nov 1790 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^³³ and died on 14 Feb 1886^³⁰ aged 95.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Baptism: 6 Mar 1791, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. ¹¹²

James married Dorothy Tupper, daughter of Miner Tupper and Margaret Van Horne, on 11 Feb 1813 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada.¹¹³ Dorothy was born in 1797 and died on 16 Apr 1816 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^¹¹⁴ aged 19.

Marriage Notes: by Rev Cyrus Perkins

Children from this marriage were:

285 M i. John L. Rice was born on 9 Dec 1814 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada and died on 11 Apr 1882 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada aged 67.

286 F ii. Mary Dorthea Rice was born on 10 Feb 1816 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada and died in 1857 aged 41.

287 M iii. John L Rice was born on 9 Dec 1813-1814 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^¹¹⁵ and died on 11 Apr 1882 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,116} aged 68.

John married Rice ____________.³⁰ Rice was born in 1821.^³⁰

288 F iv. (Young) Rice was born on 10 Feb 1816 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^¹¹⁷ and died in 1857^³⁰ aged 41.

(Young) married Stephen Young ____________.³⁰

James next married Ann Evans on 18 Jun 1818 in St Lukes Anglican Church, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Co, NS By Rev John Millidge. Ann died in Dec 1873.^³⁰

Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 18 Jun 1818, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. ¹¹⁸

Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Death: Alt. Death, 14 Feb 1886. ⁹³

Children from this marriage were:

+ 289 F i. Elizabeth S. Rice was born on 21 Apr 1819 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada.^{¹⁰⁸^,114^,119}

290 F ii. Charlotte Ann Rice was born on 14 Jul 1821 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,114} and died after 1912.^¹²⁰

Death Notes: as she was mentioned in her sister Harriet's estate settlement

General Notes: Charlotte died after 1912 as she was mentioned in her sister Harriet's estate settlement. She and Harriet Alexis Rice resided on 6 April 1891 at Lequille District, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia.

+ 291 F iii. Sarah D. Rice was born on 5 May 1823 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada,^{¹²¹^,122} died on 20 Feb 1909^⁷³ aged 85, and was buried in Clementsvale Baptist Cemetery, Clementsvale, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.^¹²³

292 F iv. Esther R. Rice was born about 1824 in Annapolis Co., NS and died in 1826 aged about 2.

293 M v. Willaim E. Rice was born on 20 Nov 1825 in Annapolis Co., NS and died in 1833 aged 8.

+ 294 M vi. Henry James Rice was born on 20 Jan 1829 in Annapolis Co., NS^{³⁰^,31^,124} and died on 4 Apr 1897 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^¹²⁵ aged 68.

295 F vii. Rebecca Wilkins Rice was born on 27 Nov 1830 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,126} and died about May 1917 in Annapolis Co., NS^¹²⁷ aged about 86.

General Notes: As no offspring were mentioned in Rebecca's will, it is likely that there were no children of this marriage. She left a will on 13 November 1908 at Mount Hanley, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia which was recorded 22 May 1917. Mentioned in the will: "wife of Harvey B Henniger."

Rebecca married Harvey B. Henniger ____________.³⁰.^,127

Marriage Notes: As no offspring were mentioned in Rebecca's will, it is likely
that there were no children of this marriage

296 M viii. Arthur Strong Rice was born on 13 Oct 1832 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,126} and died in 1833 in Annapolis Co., NS^³⁰ aged 1.

297 F ix. Catherine Rice was born in 1835 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,31} and died in 1837 in Annapolis Co., NS^³⁰ aged 2.

298 F x. Harriet Alexis Rice was born on 10 Apr 1837 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,31} and died on 16 Oct 1912 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^¹²⁰ aged 75.

General Notes: She and Charlotte Ann Rice resided on 6 April 1891 at Lequille District, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia. She left a will on 19 September 1910 at Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia; which was recorded 2 November 1912. The will mentioned sister Charlotte Rice and nephew James William Rice.

299 F xi. Esther R Rice was born in 1825 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,31} and died in 1826^³⁰ aged 1.

300 M xii. William E Rice was born on 20 Nov 1825 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁰^,128} and died in 1833^³⁰ aged 8.

122. Sarah Balcom ² was born in 1762 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1824 aged 62.

Birth Notes: (Reel 10998 Parish of Clements indicates she was born in 1776.)

Death Notes: Buried 1824 in Paradise Cemetary.

Sarah married George Starratt ³⁴ about 1785 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS. George was born in 1747 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., ME and died on 20 Apr 1820 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 73.

Death Notes: Buried April 1820 in Paradise Cemetary.

General Notes: Three generations of Starratt descendants provided by Luella Marshall. (l.marshall@ns.sympatico.ca) SOURCE: Barry Hall Latter Day Saints Records.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Farmer.

2. Will:

Children from this marriage were:

+ 301 F i. Elizabeth Starratt was born on 28 Nov 1785 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 20 Jun 1851 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 65.

302 F ii. Mary Starratt was born on 17 Dec 1787 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 21 Sep 1851 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 63.

Death Notes: Buriel September 1851 in Paradise Cemetary.

+ 303 M iii. Simon Starratt was born on 13 Nov 1790 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 24 Dec 1871 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 81.

+ 304 M iv. Joseph Starratt was born on 4 May 1793 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 27 Nov 1872 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 79.

305 M v. Benjamin Starratt was born on 4 May 1793 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 23 Jul 1870 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 77.

Benjamin married Christina Rowland.

306 F vi. Anna Starratt was born on 31 Aug 1796 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 1 Jul 1877 in Bellisle, Annapolis Co., NS aged 80.

Death Notes: Buried July 1877 in Paradise Cemetary.

Anna married Rufus Bent in 1820. Rufus was born in 1793.

123. Jonas Balcom ² was born in 1763 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 6 May 1840 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada aged 77.

Birth Notes: Philip Hartling's book, 'Where Broad Atlantic Surges Roll.' "Jonas was
born in 1763. Jonas moved across the province to Sheet Harbour about 1795."

Death Notes: Headstone

General Notes: In the census of 1827 Jonas was eunmerated at Sheet Harbour as a Presbyterian farmer working ten acres and heading a family of three males and one female. In the census of 1838 he was enumerated at Beaver Harbour as a farmer heading a family of himself, wife and one male between 6 and 14 years old. Jonas was buried in the Church Point Cemetery, Sheet Harbour.

Jonas married Mary (Polly) Bushell, daughter of Rev. John Bushell and Elizabeth Woodbridge, on 1 Dec 1787 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary was born circa 1771 and died on 28 Dec 1838 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada aged about 67.

Marriage Notes: Hartling writes, p.111, "One of the marriages recorded in St. Paul's
Anglican Church, Halifax, is that of James Walkham who married Polly Bushel on 1 December, 1787. Although the marriage bond of the same date also states that the groom's name is Walkham, the signature of the groom indisputably reads "Jonas Balcom."

Death Notes: Died this date at age 67, as per death notice in the Colonial Churchman, 24 January 1839 edition.

General Notes: Source: Roger L. Gerard <rgerard@ibm.net> provided names of Mary's parents via email dated 05 Jan 1999.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 307 F i. Sarah Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1788 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada and died on 15 Jun 1856 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada aged about 68.

+ 308 F ii. Ann "Nancy" Elizabeth Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1789 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada and died after 1871.

+ 309 M iii. Samuel Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1800 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada, was christened on 19 Oct 1800 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada, and died on 3 Nov 1882 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada aged about 82.

+ 310 M iv. Henry Jonas Balcom ³⁴ was born on 20 Oct 1804 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada and died on 14 Jul 1882 in Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada aged 77.

+ 311 F v. Mary Ester Balcom was born before 1807.

312 F vi. Lydia Balcom was born in 1807 in Sheet Harbour, NS, Canada.

Lydia married Studley (Stanley?) Horton on 18 Jul 1825.

124. Lydia Balcom ² was born 1764 OR 1766 and died in 1824 aged 60.

Lydia married Obijah Parker,³⁴ son of Abijah Parker ³⁴ and Miriam Ricketson,³⁴ in 1789. Obijah was born on 11 Dec 1766.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 313 M i. Steven Parker was born in 1790.

+ 314 F ii. Amelia Parker was born in 1791.

315 F iii. Sarah Parker was born about 1793 in Granville Center, Annapolis County, NS.

Sarah married George Harris.

316 M iv. Samuel Parker was born in 1795.

Samuel married Mary Messenger. Mary was born in 1806.

317 F v. Abijah Parker was born in 1798.

318 M vi. Abednego Parker was born in 1800.

Abednego married Sarah Brennan. Sarah was born before 1818.

319 M vii. Marsden Parker .

Marsden married Maria Halliday. Maria was born in 1810.

320 F viii. Mary Parker .

Mary married Jacob Stark.

321 F ix. Elizabeth Parker was born about 1810 in Granville Center, Annapolis County, NS.

Elizabeth married John Carter.

125. Henry Balcom ² was born in 1768 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 28 Aug 1850 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 82.

General Notes: Married by Rev. Handley Chipman. In the year 1807 he was a claimant for bounty, having cleared seven and three-quarter acres of land. Dr Allen Marble's Cemeteries of Annapolis Co: Paradise Cemetary - Headstone -> Henry Balcom, d Aug 28, 1850, aged 82 years.

Henry married Anna Morse,³⁴ daughter of Abner Morse Jr. ³⁴ and Elizabeth Saunders,³⁴ on 24 Mar 1796. Anna was born about 1775 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 31 Aug 1860 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged about 85.

General Notes: Dr Allen Marble's Cemeteries of Annapolis Co: Paradise Cemetary - Headstone -> Annie, wife of Henry Balcom d Aug 31, 1860, aged 84 yrs.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 322 M i. Jonas Balcom was born on 26 Feb 1797 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^¹²⁹ and died on 4 Nov 1870 aged 73.

323 F ii. Ann (Nancy) Balcom ³⁴ was born on 23 Jan 1799 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

Ann married Silas Parker.³⁴

Ann next married Joseph Wade.³⁴

324 F iii. Elizabeth Balcom ³⁴ was born on 29 Mar 1803 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

Elizabeth married Edward M. Parker,³⁴ son of Nathaniel Parker Jr. and Diadama Morse, about 1828. Edward was born on 5 Aug 1802 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 29 Dec 1876 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 74.

325 F iv. Lucy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Mar 1805 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 29 Jun 1874 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 69.

General Notes: Allan Marble's "Cemeteries of Annapolis County", pg. 562, Balcom entries for Paradise Cemetery.

+ 326 M v. John Henry Balcom ³⁴ was born on 23 Apr 1807 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in Jan 1883 aged 75.

327 F vi. Mercy Balcom was born on 20 Apr 1809 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 20 Mar 1839 aged 29.

Death Notes: Died unmarried.

General Notes: Allan Marble's "Cemeteries of Annapolis County" Balcom entries for Paradise Cemetery.

328 M vii. James Edwin (Or_edward) Balcom was born on 3 Jul 1811 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 19 Jan 1882 aged 70.

James married Prudence Neal.

James next married Sarah Baetty.

329 F viii. Lovicia (Or_louisa) Balcom was born on 27 Jun 1813 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1860 aged 47.

Lovicia married George Henry Harris.

+ 330 F ix. Mary Ann Balcom was born on 6 Oct 1818 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

126. Reuben Balcom ² was born about 1771 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 26 Apr 1831 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged about 60.

Death Notes: Dr. Allen Marble's Cemeteries of Annapolis Co. - Paradise Cemetary: Headstone -> Reuben Balcom, d. Apr 26, 1831, aged 60 years.

General Notes: In 1807 he received a bounty for clearing five and three-quarter acres.

Reuben married Phoebe Messenger,³⁴ daughter of Ebenezer Messenger and Margaret Hooper, on 17 Mar 1796 in Annapolis Co., NS. Phoebe was born in 1772 and died on 11 Apr 1859 aged 87.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b
!SOURCE: History of the County of Annapolis FHL book 971.633/H2c
BIRTH: Richard Messinger, Yarmouth, MA.
DEATH: Richard Messinger, Yarmouth, MA.
!SOURCE: The Descendants of Henry Messinger of Boston, 1637 FHL film 1698112.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 331 F i. Lydia Balcom ³⁴ was born on 22 Apr 1797 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1881 aged 84.

332 F ii. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born on 27 Apr 1799 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1888 aged 89.

Mary married Rev. Obediah A. H. Parker.³⁴ Obediah was born on 24 Nov 1803 and died on 1 Jul 1890 aged 86.

+ 333 M iii. Samuel Elder Balcom Sr. was born on 2 Jan 1801 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., NS and died on 18 Mar 1875 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 74.

+ 334 M iv. Ebenezer Balcom ³⁴ was born on 13 Nov 1803 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 8 Dec 1875 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 72.

335 F v. Mariah Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Sep 1806 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1806.

+ 336 M vi. Reuben Balcom Jr. was born on 30 Jun 1811 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in Aug 1903 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 92.

337 F vii. Lucy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Jun 1814 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 10 Aug 1863 aged 49.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

338 F viii. Eliza Balcom ³⁴ was born on 15 Sep 1816 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

Eliza married Obediah Neily.³⁴

+ 339 M ix. William Elder Balcom was born on 26 Sep 1819 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada, died on 1 Dec 1901 in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA aged 82, and was buried on 1 Dec 1901 in Santa Paula Cemetery, Ventura Co., Santa Paula, CA.

127. Joseph Brigham Balcom ² was born in 1774 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 30 Oct 1841 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 67.

Death Notes: Extract from the Christian Messenger: "Died at Wilmot, near Lawrence Town (sic.), on Saturday the 30th October 1841, Mr Joseph Balcom, aged 63 years - having a large family of children, who had been deprived of an affectionate mother but a few months before."

General Notes: Marriage and births from the Wilmot Township Records (1749-1853).

Joseph married Phoebe Tufts, daughter of William Ellery Tufts and Hannah Whitman, on 13 May 1801 in Annapolis Co., NS. Phoebe was born on 9 Sep 1783 in Annapolis, NS, Canada and died in 1840 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 57.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 340 M i. Silas Balcom was born on 7 Aug 1802 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^¹³⁰ and died on 16 Oct 1889^¹³⁰ aged 87.

+ 341 M ii. Major Parker Balcom ² was born on 10 Mar 1804 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 1 Nov 1886 aged 82.

+ 342 F iii. Lavinia Balcom ² was born on 30 Jan 1806 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

343 F iv. Amelia Balcom ² was born on 23 Feb 1808 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

General Notes: Died unmarrried.

344 M v. William Balcom ² was born on 26 May 1810 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1829 aged 19.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

+ 345 M vi. David Harris Balcom ² was born on 29 Aug 1812 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 21 Feb 1849 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 36.

346 F vii. Seraphina Ann Balcom ² was born on 4 Feb 1815 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in Jul 1879 aged 64.

Seraphina married Paul Amberman.,² son of Douwe Amberman and Rebecca Gilliatt. Paul was born on 28 Jan 1805 and died on 4 Nov 1875 aged 70.

347 F viii. Phillis Balcom ² was born in 1816.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

348 F ix. Lydia Theresa Balcom ² was born on 24 Jun 1819 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in 1845 aged 26.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

349 F x. Leonora Balcom ² was born on 28 Aug 1821 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

Leonora married Jacob Durland Jr..,² son of Jacob Durland ³⁴ and Lydia Balcom,.³⁴

+ 350 M xi. Joseph Allen Balcom ² was born on 4 Sep 1823 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

351 F xii. Hannah A. ? Balcom ² was born in 1825 and died in 1853 aged 28.

General Notes: Not on the list of births in Wilmot Township Records (1749-1853).

+ 352 M xiii. Judson Samuel Balcom ² was born on 9 Jun 1827 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 16 Mar 1910 aged 82.

+ 353 M xiv. William Jonas Horton Balcom ³⁴ was born on 13 Oct 1839 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^³⁴ and died on 13 May 1901 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^³⁴ aged 61.

129. Lucy Balcom ² was born in 1780 in Paradise, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

Lucy married Abednego Parker, son of Abijah Parker ³⁴ and Miriam Ricketson,³⁴ in 1803. Abednego was born in Apr 1780.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 354 M i. Deacon Wilbur Parker was born on 30 Jul 1810.^{⁶¹^,131}

131. Micah Balcom ² was born on 30 Jul 1758 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 5 Jul 1858 in Methuen, Middlesex Co, MA aged 99.

General Notes: A soldier in the Revolution. He enlisted, August 17, 1777, for service in the northern army and was a private in Capt. Jonathan Rice's company of Col. Samuel Bullard's Regiment.

Micah married Betty Cutter ² on 22 Jun 1780 in Stow, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA.

Children from this marriage were:

355 F i. Naby Balcom was born on 7 Aug 1780.

Naby married John Priest in Bolton, MA.

356 M ii. Jonas Balcom was born on 24 Nov 1782 and died on 14 Aug 1867 in Tewkesbury, MA aged 84.

Jonas married Mary Richardson.

357 F iii. Sally Balcom was born on 10 Aug 1785 and died on 23 Mar 1803 aged 17.

Sally married Allen Stone.

358 M iv. Silas Balcom was born in 1789 and died about 1789.

359 F v. Lucinda Balcom .

360 M vi. Joseph Balcom was born on 18 Jan 1792.

Joseph married Mary (Balcom).

Joseph next married Lydia Temple.

Joseph next married Mary Sampson.

361 F vii. Dorcas Balcom was born on 8 Aug 1794 and died on 17 Sep 1835 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA aged 41.

Dorcas married Samuel Howe on 25 Jan 1814.

362 M viii. Henry Balcom was born on 22 Sep 1797.

Henry married Sally Temple.

133. Joel Balcom ² was born Sept 1764 (?) in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 27 Sep 1840 in Ashby, MA aged 76.

Joel married Lucy Brown,² daughter of Samuel Brown and Mary (Brown), on 13 Jan 1791 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Lucy was born on 27 Feb 1772 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 27 Mar 1841 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA aged 69.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 363 M i. Varnum Balcom was born on 24 Mar 1792 and died in 1859 aged 67.

364 F ii. Sylvia Balcom was born on 3 Jul 1794 and died in 1875 aged 81.

Sylvia married Henry Stratton.

365 M iii. Joel Balcom was born on 3 Jul 1797 and died in 1845 aged 48.

Joel married Almira Flagg.

366 F iv. Lucy Brown Balcom was born on 2 Mar 1800.

Lucy married Joseph Brigham.

367 M v. Cortus Balcom was born on 6 Feb 1804 and died on 25 Dec 1892 aged 88.

Cortus married Phoebe Temple.

368 F vi. Mary Ann Balcom was born in 1808.

Birth Notes: Twin.

Mary married Henry Alden.

369 F vii. Grace Ann Balcom was born in 1808.

Birth Notes: Twin.

370 F viii. Caroline Balcom was born in 1812.

Caroline married Jonathan Vose on 3 Nov 1839.

135. Silas Balcomb ³⁴ was born about 1761 in Annapolis Co., NS and died in Aug 1832 in New York City, NY aged about 71.

General Notes: Family tradition reports that he ran away from home at about 19. From 1804 until his death his name appears in the New York city directory as a blacksmith. He reportedly had 16 children, however only 12 are recorded here.

Silas married Rachel Bogardus.³⁴

Silas next married Mary Valentine.³⁴ Mary was born in New York City, NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Children from this marriage were:

371 M i. Joseph Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

372 F ii. Sarah Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Sarah married Elisha Kingsland.

373 M iii. William Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

374 M iv. John Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

John married Sarah E. Merritt.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

375 M v. Abram Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Abram married Margaret Morrell.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

376 M vi. Charles Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Charles married Ann Hall.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

377 M vii. Henry Balcomb was born in New York, , NY and died on 23 May 1876.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Henry married Harriet Raye.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

378 F viii. Eliza Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Eliza married James Hyatt.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

379 F ix. Mary Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Mary married James Ellison.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

380 M x. Ann Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

Ann married Elijah Soper.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

381 F xi. Harriet Balcomb was born in New York, , NY.

382 M xii. James Silas Balcomb was born on 30 Oct 1824 in New York, , NY and died in 1899 aged 75.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

James married E. Cottrell.

General Notes: !SOURCE: A First Book of The Balcombe Family FHL book 929.273/B1895b

137. John Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 29 Aug 1763 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 14 Jan 1809 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA aged 45.

Death Notes: Buried at Copp's Hill Cemetary, Boston, MA.

General Notes: In 1798 he was a member of Annapolis Royal Lodge , No. 25, A.F. & A.M. He received a bounty for clearing five and one-quarter acres in 1805. He was a fisherman-farmer-builder.

He built ships, houses and bridges. His work included the old Annapolis bridge. In his last letter , dated 12 Dec 1808, he spoke of his voyage of 24 days passage delivering a cargo of fish to Boston, during which he contracted a fatal illness. He died at 15 Centre Street, Boston, MA.

John married Helen Gilmore,³⁴ daughter of Robert Gilmore, on 24 May 1791 in Annapolis Co., NS. Helen was born on 21 Oct 1772 in Edinburgh, , Scotland and died on 19 Jul 1853 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 80.

Death Notes: Buried in Clementsport Cemetary.

General Notes: A news article in the Digby paper dated March 19, 1897: Salem MA Reunion of the Balcom family --- "The Balcoms are a family known through out Digby and Annapolis. Considerable history in (?) and a number of the descendents still call Digby home. HELEN GILMORE of Edinboro, was the mother of Sarah Ann Balcomb, of Clementsport. Sarah Ann Balcomb married Jesse K. Warne of Digby Ridge. Of that union there were eight children, five daughers and three sons, of whom three are now living: Mrs. E.J. Dowling (this would be Ermalinda J. Warne Dowling) of North Cambridge Mass. whose youngest daughter bears the name of her great grandmother, HELEN GILMORE, Mrs. E.M. Bacon of Hill Grove, and John Edmund Warne of Charlottetown, PEI."

Children from this marriage were:

383 M i. William Balcomb ³⁴ was born in Jan 1792 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

General Notes: Died young.

+ 384 M ii. James Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 8 Jan 1794 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^¹³² and died between 1884 and 1888 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS.^¹³³

+ 385 F iii. Mary Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 20 Apr 1796 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^¹³² and died on 6 Jun 1852^¹³⁴ aged 56.

+ 386 F iv. Margaret Ann Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 19 Dec 1798 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada^{³¹^,76^,135} and died in 1853 aged 55.

387 F v. Susanna Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 4 Apr 1801 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

General Notes: No Children.

Susanna married Ambrose Bent. Ambrose died on 12 Jul 1870.

+ 388 M vi. John Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 12 Aug 1803 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 24 Jul 1861 aged 57.

+ 389 F vii. Ellennor Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 26 Aug 1805 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 2 Nov 1891 in Weymouth, Digby Co., NS, Canada^¹³⁶ aged 86.

+ 390 F viii. Sarah Ann Balcomb ³⁴ was born on 6 Apr 1808 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada.

139. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1767 in Annapolis Co., NS.

Mary married John Hardwick,³⁴ son of John Henry Heinrich Hardwick ³⁴ and Katherine Hartman,³⁴ before 1800. John was born about 1763 in Annapolis Co., NS.

General Notes: Family info provided by Belinda 'Lynn' (Atwell) Hardwick & Richard Hardwick - June 2001.

Children from this marriage were:

391 F i. Mary Hardwick was born on 20 Feb 1800 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 9 May 1880 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 80.

Mary married William Barteaux on 26 Feb 1824 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. William was born on 3 Mar 1800 in Annapolis Township, NS, Canada and died on 20 Feb 1861 in Nictaux, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 60.

+ 392 M ii. Henry Hardwick was born about 1801 and died on 19 Oct 1880 in Annapolis Co., NS aged about 79.

393 F iii. Elizabeth Hardwick was born in 1802 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 11 Mar 1883 in Bentville, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 81.

Elizabeth married Elias Bent on 17 May 1827 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. Elias was born in 1798 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 20 Sep 1867 in Bentville, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada aged 69.

Elizabeth next married Miner Tupper before 1827. Miner died on 6 Jul 1885.

394 F iv. Susan Maria Hardwick was born about 1803 in Nova Scotia, Canada and died about 1881 in Nova Scotia, Canada aged about 78.

Susan married Jacob Troop Starratt on 24 Dec 1835 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. Jacob was born about 1797 in Newport Township, NS, Canada and died on 1 Mar 1883 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada aged about 86.

Marriage Notes: by Rev. Edward Gilpin.

+ 395 M v. John Hardwick .

396 M vi. James W. Hardwick was born about 1808 and died on 14 Feb 1889 aged about 81.

James married Catherine T. Starratt in 1834 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada. Catherine was born about 1802 and died on 17 Nov 1884 aged about 82.

397 M vii. Josiah Hardwick was born in 1811 and died on 23 Dec 1875 aged 64.

Josiah married Henrietta Starratt. Henrietta was born in 1816 and died on 10 Jun 1881 aged 65.

144. Isaac Balcom ³⁴ was born in Annapolis Co., NS and died after 17 Oct 1838 in Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Death Notes: Isaac's will (file # A-177) was filed in Digby Co. and proved 16 Jan 1839.
In the Name of God Amen, I Isaac Balcom in the township of Digby and the County of Digby and the Province of Nova Scotia, farmer, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, Calling unto mind and the mortality of my body and knowing that it is Appointed for all men once to die, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to Almighty God that gave it and my body I Recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing douteing (sic) but at the general resurection I shall have the same again by the Almighty power of God. And as touching such earthly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life. I give and dispose in the following manner and form - -
First I Order all my just and lawful Debts and funeral expenses to be paid - - -
I give and bequeath to each of my children to Witt: My Sone Joseph Balcom, my sone Jones, My Daughter Elizabeth, my daughter Martha (my daughter, crossed out) My son William to my Daughter Mary five Shillings cash of good and lawful Money of the said Province to be paid out of my movable Estate I also give and bequeath to my Dearly Beloved wife Mary all my landed property together with what may be left after paing the above During her natural life or as long as she remains my Widow that is to say as soon as she enters into Matromony Connection after my decease my land and other remaining property then and at that time to be delivered in Equal to my to sons John and Silas Balcom - - - -
Lastly I also give to my two sons in equal possession John and Silas Bolcom that half lot of land lying in Broad Cove well known as No. 14 Lot I do hereby Constitute make and Ordain and ordain my dearly Beloved wife Mary my Executor also James Adams my executor of this my last will and Testament and I hereby utterly disallow revoke all and every other former Testament and a Signs and Exectors by me in anny wise before Named I do Confirm this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. To witness whereof I have hereunto set on my hand and seal this Seventeeth Day of October in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight.

Signed Sealed Published And Delivered by the Said Isaac Balcom To be his Last Will and Testament In Present of thease witness
Alexander Campbell
James Adams Isaac Balcomb(crossed out)
Isaac Blcomb

Probate office for the County of Digby

The foregoing will being presented for Probate by James Adams and Mary Balcomb Executor and Excutrix of the said Will and Alexander Campbell having been duly sworn on the Evangelists of Almighty God saeth upon his oath that he saw the Testator Isaac Balcomb sign seal and deliver this foregoing instrument as for his last Will and Testament and that when he so did he was of sound and disposing mind and memory to this deponent best discerning and that he subscribed his name thereto at the request of the said Testator in his presence and in the presence of James Adams the other attesting witness.
Sworn January 16th 1839 Alexander Campbell

E. Morrson J.P.

Isaac married Mary A. Unknown.³⁴ Mary was born circa 1776 and died on 18 Apr 1865 in Malahide Twp, Elgin Co., Ont aged about 89.

Children from this marriage were:

398 M i. Joseph Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1793.

Joseph married Sarah Wright ¹³⁷ in 1813 in Trinity Church, Digby, Nova Scotia.¹³⁸

+ 399 M ii. Jones Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1794 in Nova Scotia.

+ 400 F iii. Elizabeth Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1795 in Digby Co, Nova Scotia, died on 29 Mar 1856 in Malahide Twp, Elgin Co., Ont aged about 61, and was buried in Luton Cemetery, Malahide Twp, Elgin Co. Ont.

401 F iv. Martha Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1798 in Digby Co, Nova Scotia.

Martha married John Adam Ship ¹³⁷ on 10 May 1820 in Granville Parish, Digby Co., Nova Scotia.¹³⁹

+ 402 M v. William Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1802 in Digby Co, Nova Scotia,^{¹⁴⁰^,141^,142} died on 1 Apr 1882 in Malahide Twp, Elgin Co., Ont^¹⁴² aged about 80, and was buried on 2 Apr 1882.^¹⁴²

+ 403 M vi. John Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1805 in Nova Scotia.

+ 404 F vii. Mary Balcom ¹³⁷ was born about 1807 in Nova Scotia, died on 17 Jun 1858 in Malahide Twp, Elgin Co., Ont^¹⁴³ aged about 51, and was buried in Luton Cemetery, Malahide Twp, Elgin Co. Ont.

+ 405 M viii. Silas Balcom ¹³⁷ was born on 1 Sep 1813 in Nova Scotia^¹⁴⁴ and died in Ont.

145. Sarah Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1779 in Annapolis Co., NS.

Sarah married George Pickup, son of Samuel Pickup and Mary Brown, in 1797. George was born in 1775 in Annapolis Co., NS.

Children from this marriage were:

406 F i. Susan Pickup was born in 1798 and died in 1833 aged 35.

407 F ii. Mary Pickup was born in 1800.

408 F iii. Elizabeth Pickup was born in 1803.

409 M iv. George Pickup .

General Notes: Unmarried.

Sarah next married Abraham Lowe,³⁴ son of John Lowe and Unknown (Lowe), on 9 May 1824. Abraham was born in 1770 and died about 1840 aged about 70.

General Notes: From the Annapolis County Probate records: #323. Page 338, R: 26 May 1840: LWT of Abraham Low of Township of Clements dated 18 Apr 1840. Son: John Low, and his daughter Susannah Low. Daughter: Catherine the wife of John BALCOMB and her daughter Phoebe Ann Balcomb. Grandson: Abraham Balcomb. Estate Folio L34 (1840).

146. Joseph Balcom ³⁴ was born in Annapolis Co., NS. Another name for Joseph was Joseph Balkam.

General Notes: Family info provided by: Pamela Holmes/Douglas, MA <ontarget@net1plus.com> July 2003.

The Eastport, ME census for 1850 lists Joseph as age 59 and Sarah as age 60. This would put their births at 1791 and 1790 respectively. (Off by 10 years??)

Joseph had other sons Joseph Allen, James S. and John who were also listed and had
families in Eastport, ME.

Joseph married Sarah Wright ³⁴ in 1808 in Annapolis Co., NS.

Children from this marriage were:

410 F i. Emmaline Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1809 in Annapolis Co., NS.

411 M ii. William Henry Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1811 in Annapolis Co., NS. Another name for William was William Henry Balkam.

412 M iii. James Stanley Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1813 in Annapolis Co., NS.

413 M iv. John M. Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 May 1816 in Clementsport, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada and died on 22 May 1874 in Eastport, Washington Co., ME aged 58.

John married Marsha Porter.³⁴

John next married Helen Marr Simpson.³⁴

414 M v. Jonas Balcom ³⁴ was born after 1816 in Annapolis Co., NS.

Jonas married Ann Rice.³⁴

415 M vi. Joseph Allen Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1820 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 4 Nov 1884 in Eastport, Washington Co., ME aged 64.

Joseph married Susannah Shaw.³⁴

Joseph next married Katherine Parker.³⁴

416 F vii. Henrietta Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1822 in Annapolis Co., NS.

417 M viii. Edward W. Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1826 in Annapolis Co., NS and died on 17 Dec 1889 in Saint John, NB Canada aged about 63.

Edward married Henrietta Melvin.³⁴

+ 418 M ix. Sidney Balcom ³⁴ was born in May 1827 in Annapolis Co., NS and died in Feb 1892 in Robbinston, Washington Co, ME aged 64.

151. Francis Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 Jul 1767 in Southborough, MA and died on 8 Aug 1850 in Oxford, NY aged 83.

General Notes: While at Rochdale, NY in 1789, he met General Benjamin Hovey who had recently secured title to lands situate on the Chenango River. With three others he contracted to build a road through the forest to this tract. The village on the tract was named in honor of the former Massachusetts residence of General Hovey (Oxford).

Francis married Priscilla Kinney,³⁴ daughter of Didymus Kinney, in 1797 in Oxford, NY. Priscilla was born on 1 Jan 1776 in Columbia County, NY and died on 26 Sep 1866 in Oxford, NY aged 90.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 419 M i. Henry Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 Jan 1798 in Oxford, NY and died on 26 Jan 1878 aged 80.

420 M ii. Joseph Balcom ³⁴ was born on 18 Oct 1799.

Joseph married Lucretia Warren.³⁴

421 M iii. Samuel Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 May 1801 in Oxford, NY and died about 1824 in PA aged about 23.

422 F iv. Leafa Balcom ³⁴ was born on 14 Dec 1802 in Oxford, NY and died on 9 Dec 1860 in Watertown, NY aged 57.

Leafa married Benjamin Corey ³⁴ in Sep 1827.

423 M v. Hiram Balcom was born on 2 Dec 1804 in Oxford, NY.

General Notes: Died young.

424 F vi. Fanny Balcom ³⁴ was born on 11 Mar 1807 in Oxford, NY.

Fanny married Zeb Larned ³⁴ in Watertown, NY.

425 F vii. Ann Beziah Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 Mar 1809 in Oxford, NY and died Decemer 11, 1889 aged 80.

Ann married Hubbard Randall.³⁴

426 M viii. Charles Austin Balcom ³⁴ was born on 31 Jul 1811 in Oxford, NY.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

427 F ix. Polly Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 Nov 1813 in Oxford, NY and died in Oct 1851 aged 37.

Polly married Daniel Troop.³⁴

428 M x. Stephen Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 Apr 1816 in Oxford, NY and died on 25 May 1863 aged 47.

Stephen married Margaret Healey.³⁴

429 M xi. William Otis Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Jul 1818 in Oxford, NY and died on 17 Oct 1902 aged 84.

General Notes: Ward V. BALCOM (AFN: 1GS7-SNP)
Birth: 27 Oct 1865 Oxford, Chenango, N.y.
Spouse: Stella A. ARNOLD (AFN: 1GS7-SPW) Marriage:11 Sep 1889

Parents:
Father: William BALCOM (AFN: 1GS6-540) b. Abt. 1818 Oxford, Chenango, N.Y.
Mother: Rody Selinda LEWIS (AFN: 1GS6-556)
Marriage: ca 1847 Oxford, Chenango, N.Y.

Census: 1880 Oxford, Chenango, New York
Ward V. D. BALCOM - Household Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1863>
Birthplace NY
Age 17
Occupation At School
Marital Status S <Single>
Race W <White>
Head of Household William BALCOM
Relation Son
Father's Birthplace NY
Mother's Birthplace NY
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I am looking for a link to my Great Grandmother:

Helen Van Der Lyn Balcom (SSN: 551-40-0837)
B: 11-24-1892 in Fitchburg, MA
M: Common Law in MA to Albert David Houser
D: 1976

Her Father: Ward V. Balcom born in Oxford, NY
Her Mother: Stella A. Arnold born in Fitchburg, MA

Helen would not tell us anything about herself. She wouldn't give us her birth date until 1955 when she applied for Social Security. At that time, she was living in Deer River, MN with her common law husband, Albert David Houser, and her 4 children (Tom, Mary, Fran and Marian - all "Houser"). According to a copy of my Grandmother's (Marian) birth certificate, she also had 2 other children prior to her life with Albert Houser. I am trying to find these other children or her previous spouse. Any help or direction would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Kristina (Moore) <jeffnkris@sbcglobal.net>

William married Melinda Lewis.³⁴

152. Samuel Balcom ³⁴ was born on 31 Dec 1772 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 27 Aug 1847 in Oxford, NY aged 74.

Samuel married Polly Knapp ³⁴ on 8 Mar 1800 in Oxford, NY. Polly was born on 1 Dec 1780 and died on 7 Oct 1852 aged 71.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 430 M i. Lyman Balcom ³⁴ was born on 29 Nov 1800 in Oxford, NY and died on 19 May 1887 aged 86.

431 F ii. Eliza Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Nov 1802 in Oxford, NY and died on 1 Jun 1883 aged 80.

Eliza married William Pearsall.³⁴

432 M iii. Luke Balcom ³⁴ was born on 29 Nov 1804 in Oxford, NY and died on 15 Feb 1842 aged 37.

General Notes: Died unmarried.

433 F iv. Fayette Balcom ³⁴ was born on 12 Jul 1807 in Oxford, NY and died on 1 Apr 1879 aged 71.

Fayette married Calvin Cole.³⁴

434 M v. Benjamin F. Balcom ³⁴ was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Oxford, NY and died on 20 Dec 1879 aged 69.

Benjamin married Eliza Ann Root.³⁴

435 F vi. Harriet Balcom ³⁴ was born on 15 Feb 1812 in Oxford, NY.

Harriet married William Rhodes.³⁴

436 M vii. Uri Tracy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 May 1815 in Oxford, NY and died on 1 Nov 1893 in Chicago, IL aged 78.

General Notes: He was a lumber merchant and banker at Oconto, Wis. He retired from service in the Civil War with the rank of colonel. They had no children but adopted a niece who became the wife of W. C. D. Grannis.

Uri married Jane Besley ³⁴ in 1841 in Campbelltown, NY.

437 M viii. Ransom R. Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 Apr 1818 in Oxford, NY and died on 6 Jan 1879 aged 60.

General Notes: There are copies of three letters in the U.S. Library of Congress written by a Ransom Balcom, a Supreme Court Justice from New York; two of them are written to President Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
web site at: http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Once there, try the new beta search; type in "Ransom Balcom +Abraham Lincoln"

Ransom married Susan E. C. Farnham.³⁴
+ 438 M    ix. George Farnham Balcom ³⁴ was born on 6 Feb 1823 in Oxford, NY and died on 21 Dec 1879 in Cawker City, Ka aged 56.

156. Anna "Ann" Rice was born before 1771 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada^{³⁷^,42} and died on 8 Apr 1827.^⁴³

Birth Notes: The Rice Gen'l Register gives her year of birth as 1783. With a marriage year of 1791, she must have been born before 1775. The 1770 census for Annapolis shows her parents with three in the household, two American and one Acadian. It is very likely that she was born in 1769 or early 1770

Anna married Michael Spurr, son of Michael Spurr and Jane Shippey, on 3 Dec 1791 in Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada.³⁷.^,145 Michael was born on 1 Feb 1756 in Canton, Norfolk Co, MA^¹⁴⁶ and died on 16 Nov 1840 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^⁴³ aged 84.
Marriage Notes: in St. Lukes Anglican Church, Annapolis Royal, NS.

Noted events in his life were:
1. Will: 25 Oct 1837, Clements, Annapolis Co., NS. ¹⁴⁷
2. Divorce:

Children from this marriage were:
   439 M    i. John Spurr died in 1822.^⁴³

+ 440 M    ii. Elijah Spurr .

   441 F    iii. Diadama Spurr was born about 1796 in Annapolis Co., NS,^{¹⁴⁸^,149} died on 23 Jan 1878^¹⁴⁹ aged about 82, and was buried after 23 Jan 1878 in Parkers Cemetery, Granville, Annapolis Co., NS.^¹⁴⁹

Death Notes: single at age 82

   442 M    iv. James Spurr was born about 1800 in Annapolis Co., NS.^¹⁴⁸

Death Notes: single. Spurr notes: went South and was never more heard from.

+ 443 F    v. Ann Spurr was born in 1804,^⁴³ died on 4 Sep 1865 in Clements, Annapolis Co., NS^¹⁴⁹ aged 61, and was buried after 4 Sep 1865 in Clementsvale Cemetery, Clementsvale, Annapolis Co, NS, Canada.^¹⁴⁹

   444 F    vi. Susan Spurr was born about 1805^¹⁵⁰ and died on 4 Feb 1867 in Granville, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^¹⁵⁰ aged about 62.

Death Notes: Her gravestone says age 64 but the NS Vital Records says age 62.

Susan married James M Gilliatt, son of Michael Gilliatt and Amelia Parker, on 4 Nov 1844 in Granville, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹⁵¹ James was born on 13 Feb 1819,^¹⁵² died on 4 Jan 1914 in Granville, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^¹⁵⁰ aged 94, and was buried after 4 Jan 1914 in Parkers Cemetery, Granville, Annapolis Co., NS.^¹⁵⁰
Marriage Notes: by Rev Smithson

Death Notes: at age 95

Noted events in his life were:
1. Baptism: 1819, Cornwallis Methodist Circuit, Annapolis Co., NS, Canada. ¹⁵²
2. Occupation: a farmer, Apr 1901. ¹⁵³
3. Residence: Apr 1901, Granville Ferry District, , Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. ¹⁵³
4. Residence: 1891, Granville Ferry District, , Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. ¹⁵⁴
157. Jonas Rice was born about 1779 in Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁴⁴

Noted events in his life were:
1. Baptism: Dec 1783, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. ¹⁵⁵
2. Residence: Abt 1805, Smith's Cove, Digby Co, NS, Canada. ¹⁴⁸
Jonas married Dorothy Balser, daughter of Peter Balser and Catherine Zeiglar, in 1801 in Nova Scotia, Canada.⁴⁴ Dorothy was born in 1782^¹⁵⁶ and died on 1 Dec 1861 in Smith's Cove, Digby Co, NS, Canada^{¹⁵⁶^,157} aged 79.
Death Notes: Died at age 79.

Noted events in her life were:
1. Residence: Abt 1805, Smith's Cove, Digby Co, NS, Canada. ¹⁴⁸

Children from this marriage were:
+ 445 F    i. Hannah Rice was born in 1804.^¹⁵⁸

   446 M    ii. Deacon Samuel Rice ¹⁵⁸ was born about 1806 in Smith's Cove, Digby Co, NS, Canada.^¹⁵⁹

Samuel married Eliza A. Strong, daughter of Deacon Abel A Strong, on 30 Oct 1872 in Digby, NS Canada.¹⁵⁹ Eliza was born about 1825 in Cornwallis, Kings Co., NS, Canada.^¹⁵⁹
Marriage Notes: Samuel declared age 67, widower and Eliza declared age 48, spinster.

Samuel next married Martha Watt.
   447 M    iii. John Rice was born in 1806^¹⁵⁸ and died before 1810.^¹⁵⁸

+ 448 M    iv. John Balser Rice was born in 1810^¹⁵⁸ and died on 14 Jun 1852 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada^¹⁶¹ aged 42.

+ 449 M    v. Captain Ebenezer Rice ¹⁵⁸ ^,162 was born in 1812,^¹⁵⁸ died on 9 Dec 1854^¹⁶³ aged 42, and was buried after 9 Dec 1854 in Smith's Cove, Digby Co, NS, Canada.^¹⁶³

+ 450 F    vi. Elizabeth Rice was born in 1816^¹⁵⁸ and died in 1866^¹⁶² aged 50.

   451 F    vii. Caroline Rice was born in 1818.^¹⁶²

Caroline married Miles Chesley Woodman on 22 Jan 1846 in Hillsburgh, Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹⁶⁴
158. Levi Rice was born in 1781 in Nova Scotia, Canada.^⁴⁴

Noted events in his life were:
1. Baptism: 5 Jun 1786, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. ¹⁶⁵
2. Occupation: a farmer at the time of children's baptisms, Between 1816 and 1846. ¹⁶⁶
Levi married Margaret Robinson, daughter of John Robinson and Maria Marshall, ____________.⁴⁴ Margaret died on 25 Apr 1864.^¹⁶⁷
Death Notes: at age 67

Noted events in her life were:
1. Baptism: 8 Jun 1787, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada. ¹⁶⁸

Children from this marriage were:
+ 452 M    i. John S. Rice was born between 1810 and 1813 in Lake Larose, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, Canada,^{¹⁵⁶^,169} died on 7 Aug 1894,^¹⁵⁶ and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada.^¹⁶³

+ 453 M    ii. Abner James Rice was born on 15 Feb 1816^¹⁶⁷ and died on 30 Mar 1880^¹⁶⁷ aged 64.

+ 454 M    iii. William Rice was born about 1816^¹⁷⁰ and died before 11 Mar 1891 in Annapolis Co., NS.^¹⁷¹

+ 455 M    iv. Benjamin Rice was born about 1818 in Nova Scotia, Canada^¹⁶⁹ and died in 1895^¹⁷² aged about 77.

+ 456 F    v. Lucy Ann Rice was born on 15 May 1820 in Nova Scotia, Canada.^¹⁷³

+ 457 M    vi. Jonas Rice was born on 25 Dec 1827 in Nova Scotia, Canada,^{¹⁷⁴^,175} died on 20 Nov 1897 in Nova Scotia, Canada^{¹⁷⁴^,176} aged 69, and was buried on 22 Nov 1897 behind St John Anglican Church, Bear River, NS, Can.^¹⁷⁷

+ 458 F    vii. Diadema Rice was born on 7 Feb 1837 in Nova Scotia, Canada^¹⁷⁸ and died in 1921^¹⁷⁶ aged 84.

   459 F    viii. Susan Rice .

Death Notes: unmarried.

+ 460 M    ix. Levi Rice was born about 1840.^¹⁷⁹

160. Jacob Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1770 in Framingham, MA.

General Notes: Deeds show that he was at Leon, NY in 1845. He is also reported to have lived at Gowanda, NY.

A book-- Early History of Gowanda and the beautiful land of the Cattaraugus Gowanda, N.Y. by Clara Davis Kirby 1976 147 pages.

Page 31--In 1817 Jacob Balcom and family came to Hidi and the next year moved onto land known as the Darby flats, two miles above on the Cattaraugus Creek. There were evidences that civilization had predeced them, as they found apple trees growing there, planted by unknown hands years before. The settlers thought that some white man had planted them but it is more logical to think the trees were planted by Indians, as the Senecas had large orchards in the Genesee Valley a the time of Sullivans raid in 1779.

Jacob married Sarah (Balcom).³⁴

The child from this marriage was:
+ 461 M    i. Augustus Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1804 in Randolph, Orange, VT and died in Iowa.

161. Isaac Balcom ³⁴ was born on 22 Oct 1771 in Framingham, MA and died on 10 Apr 1858 aged 86.

Isaac married Anna Burr,³⁴ daughter of Ebenezer Burr, on 9 Dec 1790 in Norfolk, Conn. Anna was born on 22 Oct 1774 in Norfolk, Conn. and died on 17 Feb 1847 aged 72.

Children from this marriage were:
   462 F    i. Sarah Phelps Balcom ³⁴ was born on 10 May 1792 in Norfolk, Conn.

   463 M    ii. Daniel Allenson Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1794 in MA.

   464 M    iii. Ratia Brainard Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Jul 1800 in MA and was christened on 21 Sep 1800 in Norfolk, Litchfield, CT.

General Notes: SOURCE: Dianne dh@paclink.com (April 10, 2001)
From a family bible it looks like he married sisters: Mary Ann Hyde b. Feb 16, 1819 m. Sep 05, 1837 d. 1861 Don't know if there are any children; and Eunice Narceni Hyde b. Aug 20, 1835 m. Aug 10, 1850 Mifflin, Iowa, WI d. Mar 26, 1925 Ratia was her second husband. She had been married to Edward P. Waters.

Sylvia Lucena Waters is my great great grand mother. I believe she is the daughter of Eunice and Edward but she must have taken the surname of Balcom. I don't know if he adopted her or not. Eunice died in Oakland, CA in 1925.

   465 F    iv. Anna Balcom ³⁴ was born on 3 Apr 1803 in MA.

Anna married John Johnson.³⁴
   466 M    v. Isaac Burr Balcom ³⁴ was born on 21 Jun 1805 in MA and died on 6 Sep 1885 in Owasco, NY aged 80.

Isaac married Clarinda Noyes.³⁴
Isaac next married Harriet Degroff.³⁴
   467 F    vi. Sophia Sophrona Balcom ³⁴ was born on 24 Dec 1807 in MA.

   468 F    vii. Sally Maria Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 Dec 1811 in MA.

   469 F    viii. Lucia Minervia Balcom ³⁴ was born on 21 Jul 1814 in MA.

Lucia married Pitts B. Ellis.³⁴
   470 M    ix. Bradley Phelps Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Jul 1816 in MA and died on 16 Aug 1900 in Wisconsin aged 84.

Bradley married Patience P. Fitch ³⁴ in Perrysburg, NY. Patience was born circa 1820.
163. Stephen Balcom ³⁴ was born on 27 Feb 1769 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died in 1821 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA aged 52.

General Notes: They lived at Ashby and Sudbury in MA, and Mason and Ipswich in New Hampshire.

Stephen married Lucy Wright ³⁴ about 1791.

Children from this marriage were:
   471 F    i. Lucy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 12 Mar 1792 in Ashby, MA and died on 9 Oct 1880 aged 88.

Lucy married Ebenezer Howe,³⁴ son of Luther Howe ³⁴ and Elizabeth Watson,³⁴ on 26 Aug 1813 in New Ipswich, NH. Ebenezer was born on 18 Dec 1784 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA.
   472 F    ii. Susanna Balcom ³⁴ was born on 18 Jan 1794.

Susanna married Joseph Rice ³⁴ on 26 Feb 1818.
   473 M    iii. Stephen Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1797.

General Notes: Died in infancy.

   474 M    iv. Stephen Ward Balcom ³⁴ was born on 9 Oct 1799 in Mason, NH and died on 10 Jul 1891 in Cambridge, MA aged 91.

Stephen married Alice Carlisle.³⁴
   475 F    v. Almira Balcom ³⁴ was born on 30 May 1802 in New Ipswich, NH.

Almira married Joseph Willoughby.³⁴
   476 M    vi. Thomas Wright Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1804.

General Notes: Died in infancy.

   477 F    vii. Lucinda Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1805 and died on 13 Aug 1871 aged 66.

Lucinda married William Carlton.³⁴
   478 F    viii. Love Wright Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 Jun 1811.

Love married Levi Hooper.³⁴
   479 M    ix. James Wright Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1812.

General Notes: Died in infancy.

165. Levi Balcom ³⁴ was born on 7 Aug 1773 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 12 Feb 1847 aged 73.

Levi married Betsey Howe ³⁴ on 9 Dec 1802 in Chester, VT. Betsey was born in Jul 1785 and died on 3 May 1855 aged 69.
General Notes: Maybe a sister to Adam Howe who married Jerusha Balcom.

Children from this marriage were:
   480 F    i. Eliza Balcom ³⁴ was born on 24 Jun 1808 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 24 Sep 1859 aged 51.

Death Notes: Died unmarried.

   481 F    ii. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born in Jul 1811 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 19 Oct 1838 aged 27.

Death Notes: Died unmarried.

+ 482 M    iii. Lyman Howe Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 Sep 1819 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 26 Oct 1895 aged 76.

167. Jerusha Balcom ³⁴ was born on 28 Apr 1767 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 4 Apr 1842 aged 74.

Jerusha married Adam Howe ³⁴ on 3 Dec 1795.
General Notes: Maybe a brother to Betsey Howe who married Levi Balcom.

The child from this marriage was:
   483 M    i. Lyman Howe .³⁴

General Notes: Lyman's parents owned the "Red Horse Tavern" or "Wayside Inn" which was immortalized by the poet Henry W. Longfellow. Lyman, the last landlord of the inn, is the poet's character of a landlord.

168. Rebecca Balcom ³⁴ was born on 22 Nov 1768 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 29 Aug 1865 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 96.

Rebecca married Daniel Puffer,³⁴ son of Daniel Puffer ³⁴ and Mary Balcom, on 15 Dec 1802 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA. Daniel was born on 15 Jul 1779 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 7 Jul 1864 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 84.
General Notes: First cousin to Rebecca.

Children from this marriage were:
   484 M    i. Winthrop Freeman Puffer was born on 21 Oct 1803 and died on 28 Feb 1882 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 78.

   485 M    ii. James Freeman Puffer was born on 25 Feb 1806 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 17 Jan 1865 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 58.

169. Asa Balcom ³⁴ was born on 18 Jul 1771 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 15 Apr 1855 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA aged 83.

General Notes: Adopted grandson Asa Balcom Stanley and his name was changed to Asa Stanley Balcom.

Asa married Adah Balcom,³⁴ daughter of John Balcom and Anna Haynes,³⁴ on 28 Dec 1803. Adah was born on 13 Mar 1783 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 16 Dec 1862 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 79.

Children from this marriage were:
   486 F    i. Clarissa Balcom ³⁴ was born in Nov 1810 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 29 Apr 1820 aged 9.

   487 M    ii. Hollis Balcom ³⁴ was born on 30 May 1811 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 24 Jun 1885 in Maynard, Middlesex Co, MA aged 74.

Hollis married Lucy Gerry, daughter of George Gerry ³⁴ and Elizabeth (Gerry),³⁴ on 30 May 1835 in Grafton, MA. Lucy was born in 1819 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 10 Aug 1884 aged 65.
+ 488 M    iii. Asahel Balcom ³⁴ was born on 9 Aug 1815 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 15 Apr 1891 in Maynard, Middlesex Co, MA aged 75.

+ 489 F    iv. Jerusha Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 Oct 1817 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA.

   490 F    v. Harriet Balcom ³⁴ was born in Feb 1819 and died on 13 Aug 1820 aged 1.

171. Gideon Balcom was born on 27 Dec 1771 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 30 Aug 1823 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA aged 51.

Gideon married Anna Hale ³⁴ on 28 Feb 1797 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA. Anna was born on 22 Jun 1772 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 8 Apr 1828 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA aged 55.

Children from this marriage were:
   491 M    i. Joseph Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Jul 1798 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 10 Nov 1822 aged 24.

   492 F    ii. Abigail Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Jun 1800 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 20 Sep 1810 aged 10.

   493 M    iii. Martin Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 Feb 1804 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 30 Sep 1805 aged 1.

   494 F    iv. Lucy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 27 Jul 1806 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 12 Sep 1810 aged 4.

   495 M    v. Nelson Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 Oct 1808 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 8 Sep 1819 aged 10.

   496 F    vi. Sabrina Balcom ³⁴ was born on 11 Sep 1811 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 18 Oct 1885 aged 74.

Sabrina married Christopher Columbus Alger.³⁴
   497 M    vii. Lincoln Balcom ³⁴ was born on 17 Dec 1813 in Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA and died on 20 May 1885 aged 71.

Lincoln married Abigail Raymond.³⁴
180. Daniel Puffer ³⁴ was born on 15 Jul 1779 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 7 Jul 1864 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 84.

General Notes: First cousin to Rebecca.

Daniel married Rebecca Balcom,³⁴ daughter of Asahel Balcom and Jerusha Willis,³⁴ on 15 Dec 1802 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA. Rebecca was born on 22 Nov 1768 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 29 Aug 1865 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 96.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 168)
181. Achsah Puffer was born on 6 Mar 1782 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died before 1882.

Achsah married Abel Gibson on 4 Dec 1808 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA. Abel was born on 28 Jan 1784 in Lake Champlain Settlement, VT and died before 1828.

The child from this marriage was:
   498 M    i. John Abel Gibson was born on 29 May 1811 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 27 Oct 1874 in Rindge, NH aged 63.

Achsah next married Benjamin Brown on 17 Aug 1828 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA. Benjamin was born on 10 Dec 1774 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA.
182. Jacob Puffer was born on 26 Oct 1784 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 15 Apr 1826 in MA aged 41.

Jacob married Mary M. Lovering about 1814 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA. Mary was born on 5 Sep 1796 and died on 14 Feb 1869 in Somerville, Middlesex Co, MA aged 72.

The child from this marriage was:
+ 499 M    i. Alvin Davis Puffer ³⁴ was born on 14 Nov 1819 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA and died on 22 Dec 1906 in Medford, Middlesex Co, MA aged 87.

184. Anne Puffer ³⁴ was born on 17 Jan 1792 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 8 Oct 1882 in Hamilton, ON Canada aged 90.

Anne married Villeroy Balcom,³⁴ son of Lieut. Joseph Balcom and Catherine Haynes,³⁴ on 17 Aug 1816 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Villeroy was born on 25 Jul 1791 in Templeton, Worcester Co., MA and died on 2 Feb 1868 in Villanova, NY aged 76.
General Notes: He was one of the original purchasers of land at Villanova, NY in the year 1816.

Copied from "The Cherry Creek News" by Clayton C. Greene, May 25, 1925, Ellicottville, NY
Recopied 1928 by C. C. Greene
Recopied 1928 by Ruth Greene
[Unable to validate copies]

A notable gathering was held in Buffalo, NY. The first reunion of the Balcom Family which was held August 7, 1901. An afternoon reception was held in the New York Building on the Pan-American grounds, and in the evening a meeting was held at Balcom Hall (music rooms) on Main Street.
The late Villeroy Balcom from whom our neighboring town was named was represented by his grand-daughter, Miss Nisbet (or Nesbet-Ms. Minnie J. Nesbet) of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, an only daughter of Mrs. Robert Nesbet nee Catherine Balcom, who is well known to many readers of the News.
Two brothers (Balcombes) came from Balcombe, England, near the end of the 17th century, and settled in Mass., and all the American Balcombes (or Balcoms) are descendants, the final "be" having been dropped from that name (by the American Balcoms)….About one hundred were present at the reunion, and L. Frank Balcom (spelled S. Frank Balcom in another record), Indianapolis, Ind, who planned the gathering presented greetings from Balcombe (England) connections. Also, handsome views of the town, church, Balcombe Castle, etc.
Miss Nesbet then presented a copy of "The Cherry Creek News" for which Mrs. Nesbet has been a subscriber for many years, giving the correspondence from our American Balcom, and he was asked to forward a copy to Balcombe, England.
Charles Balcom of Salem, Mass., produced a few apples picked last week from a tree growing on the site of the original Balcom homestead in Mass., and Frank Balcom placed them in a fruit dish brought over from England by the first Balcombes. It was voted to send a portion of the apples to Mrs. Nesbet, who is at present visiting at Burlington, Ontario, Canada, as the daughter of the man from whom our American (town of) Balcom was named.
Charles Balcom also exhibited a number of views of Sudbury, Massachusetts, showing the site of the original home, also the home where Villeroy Balcom's father and grandfather were born, also "The Wayside Inn", which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet, made famous by his "Tales of a Wayside Inn", also views of the pioneer Balcoms in the Old Sudbury burying ground. Mr. Balcom took these pictures especially for this reunion.
Adam Howe married Jerusha Balcom, a cousin of Villeroy Balcom, and her sister, Rebecca, married Daniel Puffer, a brother of Mrs. Villeroy Balcom. When Lyman Howe, the landlord of the Wayside Inn died a bachelor, the (ownership of the) property went to his aunt, Mrs. Puffer, as his nearest relative, she being then in her 96th year.
Interesting speeches were made by the Reverend Royal Balcom of Jackson, Michigan, and G. Balcom of Macon, Georgia, Stephan Balcom of Boston, Mass., Hon. M. Balcom, Chicago, Ill, and H. Tracy Balcom, Buffalo.
The "News" was especially complimented, as being an excellent and an exceptionally good weekly newspaper both in general arrangement, type, news, and so forth.
Mrs. Orton James of this place is a grandneice of the late Villeroy Balcom, whose name figured so prominently at the Balcom Reunion mentioned.

[My great-grandfather, Joseph Balcom, Templeton, Mass, father of Villeroy and Fidelia (a wealthy man) was Captain of the Guard that executed Major Andre.
My great-grandmother, wife of Joseph Balcom, mother of Villeroy and Fidelia was buried at Zanesville, Wisconsin.
Balcoms have been connected with different Christian churches: one Balcom was a Congregational minister in Boston; another Balcom was an Episcopal minister in South Carolina etc.
(notes of Clayton C. Greene and Elmer A Greene.-copied by Ruth H. Greene Aug 4, 1964.)]

[My Great-grandmother, wife of Joseph Balcom, mother of Villeroy and Fidelia, lived (in later life) with her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Nisbet, mother of Minnie J. Nisbet, the newspaperwoman (an unusual occupation for a woman in her day, and one which was not approved of by all her relatives.) Ruth Greene 1964.]

Villeroy Balcom's father, Joseph Balcom, served all through the Revolutionary War. He was in the Concord fight. He was Captain of the Guard when Major Andre was hanged, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Although quite young, he rose to be lieutenant. He formed an intimacy with Count deVilleroy, a French officer, and when his oldest son was born, he named him for his former companion in arms. (C.C. Greene & Elmer A. Greene as given to Ruth Greene)

[Buffalo Evening Times, July 26, 1903 as copied by R. Greene in 1920s]
Villeroy Balcom, for whom the town of Balcom in Chautauqua County was named, was one of the few Democrats who held office continuously for years under all changes of administration. He was born in Templeton, Mass., and came to Villenova in Chautauqua County when quite young, and took up his first land in 1816, when there were only eleven families in town. He was appointed postmaster, Dec 14, 1826, and held the office more than thirty years. He carried the first mails one year from Fayette (now Silver Creek) to Cherry Creek on horseback.
In 1831, he was commissioned by Governor Troop as Captain of a rifle company. He organized the first in town. He served for a long time as Justice of Peace, and was elected supervisor eight times.
His farm of over eight hundred acres joined Cherry Creek. Part of it he bought on the Holland Land Company, and part from the late William H. Seward (famous in anti-slavery movement-US senator 1849-59-Secretary of State to Lincoln and Andrew Jackson (1861-69) ---persuaded USA to purchase Alaska). Seward met Villeroy Balcom in Buffalo for the transfer of the deeds etc. Mr. Balcom did most of the land business for that section, drawing up the transfer of the deeds etc. In the Registry office at Mayville (Chautauqua County) are hundreds of deeds written by him.
He was a staunch Democrat, and was in correspondence with Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic candidate for presidency in 1876 against Hayes; Tilden lost by one vote only) and other leaders of the party. He was urged to run for congress, but had no desire for public life. After his death his widow went to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Nesbet, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The Balcom family came from Balcombe in Sussex, England, toward the close of the 17th century, and settled in Charleston, Mass. Last winter Mrs. Nesbet received a letter from Balcom England asking if she could furnish a picture of her father, Villeroy Balcom, as a history of Balcom was in the course of preparation, and having heard that a town in America was named for him they would like to include a picture of the man who was a link between the home of his ancestors and America.

Children from this marriage were:
+ 500 F    i. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born on 28 Mar 1818 in Villanova, NY and died on 9 Nov 1895 aged 77.

+ 501 F    ii. Catherine Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Dec 1820 in Villanova, NY and died on 7 Dec 1903 aged 82.

+ 502 F    iii. Annie Balcom ³⁴ was born on 13 May 1822 in Villanova, NY and died on 7 Jul 1904 aged 82.

+ 503 M    iv. Villeroy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 12 Feb 1824 in Villanova, NY and died on 23 Nov 1892 aged 68.

   504 M    v. Joseph Balcom .³⁴

General Notes: Died in infancy.

+ 505 F    vi. Sophronia Balcom ³⁴ was born on 29 Jan 1829.

+ 506 F    vii. Caroline Balcom ³⁴ was born on 30 Jan 1830.

+ 507 F    viii. Fidelia Balcom ³⁴ was born on 3 Nov 1832 and died on 5 Oct 1919 aged 86.

185. Thaddeus Maynard was born on 12 Jan 1773.

Thaddeus married Elizabeth (Maynard).

Children from this marriage were:
   508 F    i. Chrystia Maynard .

   509 F    ii. Sophia Maynard .

   510 M    iii. William Maynard .

191. Polly Maynard was born on 17 Apr 1792.

Polly married Edward Spencer in 1814.

Children from this marriage were:
   511 M    i. Darius Spencer .

   512 F    ii. Nettie Spencer .

195. Villeroy Balcom ³⁴ was born on 25 Jul 1791 in Templeton, Worcester Co., MA and died on 2 Feb 1868 in Villanova, NY aged 76.

General Notes: He was one of the original purchasers of land at Villanova, NY in the year 1816.

Copied from "The Cherry Creek News" by Clayton C. Greene, May 25, 1925, Ellicottville, NY
Recopied 1928 by C. C. Greene
Recopied 1928 by Ruth Greene
[Unable to validate copies]

A notable gathering was held in Buffalo, NY. The first reunion of the Balcom Family which was held August 7, 1901. An afternoon reception was held in the New York Building on the Pan-American grounds, and in the evening a meeting was held at Balcom Hall (music rooms) on Main Street.
The late Villeroy Balcom from whom our neighboring town was named was represented by his grand-daughter, Miss Nisbet (or Nesbet-Ms. Minnie J. Nesbet) of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, an only daughter of Mrs. Robert Nesbet nee Catherine Balcom, who is well known to many readers of the News.
Two brothers (Balcombes) came from Balcombe, England, near the end of the 17th century, and settled in Mass., and all the American Balcombes (or Balcoms) are descendants, the final "be" having been dropped from that name (by the American Balcoms)….About one hundred were present at the reunion, and L. Frank Balcom (spelled S. Frank Balcom in another record), Indianapolis, Ind, who planned the gathering presented greetings from Balcombe (England) connections. Also, handsome views of the town, church, Balcombe Castle, etc.
Miss Nesbet then presented a copy of "The Cherry Creek News" for which Mrs. Nesbet has been a subscriber for many years, giving the correspondence from our American Balcom, and he was asked to forward a copy to Balcombe, England.
Charles Balcom of Salem, Mass., produced a few apples picked last week from a tree growing on the site of the original Balcom homestead in Mass., and Frank Balcom placed them in a fruit dish brought over from England by the first Balcombes. It was voted to send a portion of the apples to Mrs. Nesbet, who is at present visiting at Burlington, Ontario, Canada, as the daughter of the man from whom our American (town of) Balcom was named.
Charles Balcom also exhibited a number of views of Sudbury, Massachusetts, showing the site of the original home, also the home where Villeroy Balcom's father and grandfather were born, also "The Wayside Inn", which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet, made famous by his "Tales of a Wayside Inn", also views of the pioneer Balcoms in the Old Sudbury burying ground. Mr. Balcom took these pictures especially for this reunion.
Adam Howe married Jerusha Balcom, a cousin of Villeroy Balcom, and her sister, Rebecca, married Daniel Puffer, a brother of Mrs. Villeroy Balcom. When Lyman Howe, the landlord of the Wayside Inn died a bachelor, the (ownership of the) property went to his aunt, Mrs. Puffer, as his nearest relative, she being then in her 96th year.
Interesting speeches were made by the Reverend Royal Balcom of Jackson, Michigan, and G. Balcom of Macon, Georgia, Stephan Balcom of Boston, Mass., Hon. M. Balcom, Chicago, Ill, and H. Tracy Balcom, Buffalo.
The "News" was especially complimented, as being an excellent and an exceptionally good weekly newspaper both in general arrangement, type, news, and so forth.
Mrs. Orton James of this place is a grandneice of the late Villeroy Balcom, whose name figured so prominently at the Balcom Reunion mentioned.

[My great-grandfather, Joseph Balcom, Templeton, Mass, father of Villeroy and Fidelia (a wealthy man) was Captain of the Guard that executed Major Andre.
My great-grandmother, wife of Joseph Balcom, mother of Villeroy and Fidelia was buried at Zanesville, Wisconsin.
Balcoms have been connected with different Christian churches: one Balcom was a Congregational minister in Boston; another Balcom was an Episcopal minister in South Carolina etc.
(notes of Clayton C. Greene and Elmer A Greene.-copied by Ruth H. Greene Aug 4, 1964.)]

[My Great-grandmother, wife of Joseph Balcom, mother of Villeroy and Fidelia, lived (in later life) with her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Nisbet, mother of Minnie J. Nisbet, the newspaperwoman (an unusual occupation for a woman in her day, and one which was not approved of by all her relatives.) Ruth Greene 1964.]

Villeroy Balcom's father, Joseph Balcom, served all through the Revolutionary War. He was in the Concord fight. He was Captain of the Guard when Major Andre was hanged, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Although quite young, he rose to be lieutenant. He formed an intimacy with Count deVilleroy, a French officer, and when his oldest son was born, he named him for his former companion in arms. (C.C. Greene & Elmer A. Greene as given to Ruth Greene)

[Buffalo Evening Times, July 26, 1903 as copied by R. Greene in 1920s]
Villeroy Balcom, for whom the town of Balcom in Chautauqua County was named, was one of the few Democrats who held office continuously for years under all changes of administration. He was born in Templeton, Mass., and came to Villenova in Chautauqua County when quite young, and took up his first land in 1816, when there were only eleven families in town. He was appointed postmaster, Dec 14, 1826, and held the office more than thirty years. He carried the first mails one year from Fayette (now Silver Creek) to Cherry Creek on horseback.
In 1831, he was commissioned by Governor Troop as Captain of a rifle company. He organized the first in town. He served for a long time as Justice of Peace, and was elected supervisor eight times.
His farm of over eight hundred acres joined Cherry Creek. Part of it he bought on the Holland Land Company, and part from the late William H. Seward (famous in anti-slavery movement-US senator 1849-59-Secretary of State to Lincoln and Andrew Jackson (1861-69) ---persuaded USA to purchase Alaska). Seward met Villeroy Balcom in Buffalo for the transfer of the deeds etc. Mr. Balcom did most of the land business for that section, drawing up the transfer of the deeds etc. In the Registry office at Mayville (Chautauqua County) are hundreds of deeds written by him.
He was a staunch Democrat, and was in correspondence with Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic candidate for presidency in 1876 against Hayes; Tilden lost by one vote only) and other leaders of the party. He was urged to run for congress, but had no desire for public life. After his death his widow went to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Nesbet, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The Balcom family came from Balcombe in Sussex, England, toward the close of the 17th century, and settled in Charleston, Mass. Last winter Mrs. Nesbet received a letter from Balcom England asking if she could furnish a picture of her father, Villeroy Balcom, as a history of Balcom was in the course of preparation, and having heard that a town in America was named for him they would like to include a picture of the man who was a link between the home of his ancestors and America.

Villeroy married Anne Puffer,³⁴ daughter of Daniel Puffer ³⁴ and Mary Balcom, on 17 Aug 1816 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Anne was born on 17 Jan 1792 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 8 Oct 1882 in Hamilton, ON Canada aged 90.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 184)
201. Adah Balcom ³⁴ was born on 13 Mar 1783 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 16 Dec 1862 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 79.

Adah married Asa Balcom,³⁴ son of Asahel Balcom and Jerusha Willis,³⁴ on 28 Dec 1803. Asa was born on 18 Jul 1771 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 15 Apr 1855 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA aged 83.
General Notes: Adopted grandson Asa Balcom Stanley and his name was changed to Asa Stanley Balcom.

(Duplicate Line. See Person 169)
202. Reuben Balcom ³⁴ was born on 5 Dec 1785 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 20 Oct 1842 in Shirley, MA aged 56.

Reuben married Elizabeth Hartwell,³⁴ daughter of Amasa Hartwell ³⁴ and Lydia Morris,³⁴ on 27 Nov 1806 in Shirley, MA. Elizabeth was born in 1788 in Shirley, MA and died on 5 Jan 1864 in Shirley, MA aged 76.

Children from this marriage were:
   513 M    i. Amasa Hartwell Balcom ³⁴ was born on 6 Feb 1808 in Shirley, MA and died on 8 Jan 1847 aged 38.

Amasa married Margaret S. Chapman.³⁴
   514 F    ii. Adaline Balcom ³⁴ was born on 25 Sep 1809 in Shirley, MA and died on 25 Oct 1894 aged 85.

Adaline married J. Chapman.³⁴
   515 M    iii. Thaddeus Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 Mar 1811 in Shirley, MA and died on 25 Aug 1900 aged 89.

Thaddeus married Rebecca Frothingham.³⁴
Thaddeus next married Eliza G. Puffer.³⁴
Thaddeus next married Harriet A. Sawtell.³⁴
   516 M    iv. Reuben Balcom ³⁴ was born on 18 Jan 1813 in Shirley, MA and died on 30 Aug 1875 aged 62.

Reuben married H. Hunt.³⁴
   517 M    v. Horace Longely Balcom ³⁴ was born on 23 Jan 1815 in Shirley, MA and died on 21 Jun 1891 aged 76.

Horace married Lucy Ann Kibling.³⁴
Horace next married Janette D. Ketchum.³⁴
   518 F    vi. Elizabeth Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 Oct 1817 in Shirley, MA and died on 5 Jan 1864 aged 46.

Elizabeth married A. F. Holden.³⁴
+ 519 M    vii. John Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 May 1819 in Shirley, MA and died on 13 Nov 1895 aged 76.

+ 520 F    viii. Lydia Pierce Balcom ³⁴ was born on 26 Jun 1820 in Shirley, MA and died on 29 Nov 1903 aged 83.

   521 M    ix. Abel H. Balcom ³⁴ was born on 10 Dec 1827.

Abel married Sarah E. Stevens.³⁴
Abel next married Jennie V. Bullard.³⁴
   522 U    x. Unknown Balcom ³⁴ was born on 6 Nov 1827 in Shirley, MA.

General Notes: Probably died young.

   523 F    xi. Hannah Maria Balcom ³⁴ was born on 20 Dec 1830 in Shirley, MA and died on 18 Aug 1892 aged 61.

Hannah married N. Hershom.,³⁴ son of John Hershom. N. was born in 1828 in Lebanon, ME.
   524 F    xii. Mary Ann Balcom ³⁴ was born on 20 Oct 1833 in Shirley, MA and died on 27 Sep 1847 aged 13.

203. Thaddeus Balcom ³⁴ was born on 1 Jun 1787 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 1 Jun 1838 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA aged 51.

General Notes: A soldier of the War of 1812. He served at Boston in Lieut. Col. S. K. Chamberlain's regiment in September and October 1814.

Thaddeus married Mary Melvin ³⁴ on 11 Jan 1813 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary was born in 1795 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 29 Apr 1834 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA aged 39.

Children from this marriage were:
   525 M    i. William Mercer Balcom ³⁴ was born on 16 May 1813 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.

   526 F    ii. Louisa Melvin Balcom ³⁴ was born on 1 Sep 1815 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.

Louisa married David E. Chase.³⁴
   527 F    iii. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born on 5 Apr 1818 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA and died in May 1818.

   528 M    iv. Abel Haywood Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 Sep 1819 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 2 Aug 1822 aged 2.

   529 M    v. Thaddeus Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1821.

Thaddeus married Eliza Ann Gerry on 14 May 1846 in Tewkesbury, MA. Eliza was born in Dec 1806 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA and died on 12 Jul 1857 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA aged 50.
+ 530 F    vi. Sarah Mercer Balcom ³⁴ was born on 3 Apr 1825 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 11 Feb 1860 aged 34.

+ 531 M    vii. Thomas M. Balcom ³⁴ was born in 1827 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 6 Jan 1898 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA aged 71.

205. John Balcom ³⁴ was born on 10 Jun 1792 and died on 7 Apr 1878 in Pepperell, MA aged 85.

John married Rhoda Pierce ³⁴ on 30 Jul 1820 in Groton, MA. Rhoda was born on 12 Mar 1800 in Shirley, MA and died on 24 Sep 1863 in Pepperell, MA aged 63.

Children from this marriage were:
   532 M    i. John Alvin Balcom ³⁴ was born on 25 Jan 1821 in Groton, MA.

John married Caroline E. Holden.³⁴
John next married Mary Marvin.³⁴
   533 F    ii. Rhoda Ann Balcom ³⁴ was born on 11 Apr 1822.

Rhoda married Samuel Souther ³⁴ on 15 Oct 1846 in Pepperell, MA.
   534 M    iii. Edward Streeter Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 Mar 1823 in Harvard, MA and died on 29 Oct 1877 aged 54.

Edward married Sarah Beckwith.³⁴
   535 M    iv. Josiah Abner Balcom ³⁴ was born on 23 Jul 1825 and died on 14 Sep 1905 aged 80.

Josiah married Ann Anstriss Clement.³⁴
   536 M    v. Clark Simon Balcom ³⁴ was born on 29 Oct 1827 in Groton, MA and died on 14 Jun 1865 aged 37.

Clark married Hannah A. Adams.³⁴
   537 M    vi. Gilman Parker Balcom ³⁴ was born on 19 Sep 1829 in Pepperell, MA and died on 2 Mar 1863 aged 33.

   538 F    vii. Susan Ellen Balcom ³⁴ was born on 21 Sep 1833 in Pepperell, MA.

Susan married C. Robertson.³⁴
   539 M    viii. Joseph Payson Balcom ³⁴ was born on 15 Oct 1835 and died on 14 Apr 1904 aged 68.

Joseph married Eliza A. Reynolds.³⁴
   540 M    ix. Charles Henry Balcom ³⁴ was born on 7 May 1841 and died on 6 Jan 1863 in Suffolk, VA aged 21.

General Notes: Twin to George Henry. Died in the Cival War.

   541 M    x. George Henry Balcom ³⁴ was born on 7 May 1841 and died on 20 Apr 1899 aged 57.

General Notes: Twin to Charles Henry.

George married Hannah A. Adams.³⁴
Marriage Notes: Married the widow of his brother Clark.

   542 F    xi. Mary Jane Balcom ³⁴ was born on 10 Mar 1843.

Mary married Francis L. Jenks,³⁴ son of Harvey Jenks ³⁴ and Mary Unknown,³⁴ on 3 Apr 1861 in Natick, Middlesex Co, MA. Francis was born in West Shetford, VT.
215. Caleb Balcom ² was born on 27 Jul 1774 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 24 Mar 1841 in Hague, Warren Co., NY aged 66.

Caleb married Esther Slocumb,³⁴ daughter of Samuel Slocumb ³⁴ and Miriam Richardson,³⁴ in 1795 in Hubbardston, MA. Esther was born on 5 Jul 1773 in Hubbardston, MA.

Children from this marriage were:
   543 M    i. Caleb Balcom ³⁴ was born about 1796 in Hubbardston, MA and died on 8 Jul 1799 aged about 3.

+ 544 M    ii. Samuel Slocumb Balcom ³⁴ was born in May 1800 in Hague, Warren Co, NY and died on 4 Oct 1878 in Fort Edward, Washington, NY aged 78.

216. Isaac Balcom ² was born on 26 Aug 1776 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 26 Dec 1826 in Hague, Warren Co., NY aged 50.

Isaac married Sarah Green,³⁴ daughter of Joseph Green ³⁴ and Hepzibah Heald,³⁴ about 1796 in Hubbardston, MA. Sarah was born on 23 Dec 1777 in Hubbardston, MA and died on 22 Apr 1869 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 91.
General Notes: More About SARAH GREEN:
Census 1: November 12, 1850, Hague, Warren Co., NY - Age 73- Listed as Sally
Census 2: November 14, 1850, Hague, Warren Co., NY - Age 72 - Listed as Sally
Residence 1: November 12, 1850, With Joel and Cynthia Rising
Residence 2: November 14, 1850, With Richard and Sally Wallace

Children from this marriage were:
+ 545 M    i. John Balcom ³⁴ was born on 7 Jul 1797 in Hubbardston, MA and died on 18 Mar 1849 aged 51.

+ 546 F    ii. Hannah Balcom ³⁴ was born on 4 Mar 1800 in Newfane, VT and died on 14 Apr 1877 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 77.

+ 547 M    iii. Stephen Balcom ³⁴ was born on 23 Jan 1802 in Hague, Warren Co, NY and died on 10 Jan 1885 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 82.

+ 548 M    iv. Curtis Balcom ³⁴ was born on 12 Jan 1804 in MA and died on 11 May 1880 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 76.

+ 549 M    v. Caleb Balcom ³⁴ was born on 12 Mar 1806 and died on 11 Mar 1862 aged 55.

+ 550 M    vi. Uriah Balcom ³⁴ was born on 8 Apr 1809 in Hague, Warren Co, NY and died on 27 Jun 1864 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 55.

   551 F    vii. Matilda Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 Feb 1810.

Matilda married William Jones.³⁴
+ 552 F    viii. Roxanna Balcom ³⁴ was born on 2 Dec 1813 in Hague, Warren Co, NY and died in 1846 aged 33.

+ 553 F    ix. Sally Balcom ³⁴ was born on 18 Nov 1815.

   554 M    x. Chauncey Balcom ³⁴ was born on 13 Jun 1818 and died on 18 Feb 1903 in Rosedale, Wis. aged 84.

Chauncey married Mary Ann Cook.³⁴
   555 F    xi. Betsey Balcom ³⁴ was born on 11 Jun 1820.

General Notes: Twin to Joseph G.

   556 M    xii. Joseph G. Balcom ³⁴ was born on 11 Jun 1820 and died on 10 Sep 1891 aged 71.

General Notes: Twin to Betsey.

Joseph married Maria L. Holland.³⁴
+ 557 F    xiii. Mary Balcom ³⁴ was born on 9 Sep 1823 and died on 29 Mar 1904 aged 80.

217. Uriah Balcom was born on 11 Sep 1778 in Stow, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA and died on 1 Nov 1832 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 54.

General Notes: Update 31 March 2017: Source Bruce W. De Larm; Although Uriah's first born child, Caty (Catherine) is not listed in the Frank W. Balcomb's Genealogy nor in the family history written by William Henry Balcom, however, she is listed in the WASTE family records.

Bruce has found, within the Hague Town records, hand written by Uriah Balcom, Town Clerk, references to the births of his children.

Hague Town Minutes Check out pages 14, 15, & 33.

Pg 14 Hague Town Minutes
Pg 15 Hague Town Minutes
Pg 33 Hague Town Minutes

The 1820 Census lists only four daughters for Uriah, but since she (Catherine) was reported to have been married to a George Phillips, and died 10 Jan 1821 she would not have been recorded in Uriah's household.

Uriah, his father, and his brothers were in Vermont in 1800. He probably met and married Patience while there.

The Uriah Balcom family is listed in the Warren Co, NY Census records in 1820; and the children of the now deceased couple are listed in the household of William Henry Balcom in the Census of 1840.

By about 1843 Uriah's family had migrated to Carroll Co, IL.

Uriah married Patience West, daughter of Bazaleel West and Joanna Cannon. Patience was born on 14 Nov 1782 in Wilmington, VT and died on 16 Apr 1839 in Hague, Warren Co, NY aged 56.
General Notes: Patience's surname is seen in some records as Waist.Patience's surname is seen in some records as Waist.

Children from this marriage were:
   558 F    i. Catherine 'Caty' Balcom was born in Apr 1800 and died on 10 Jan 1821 aged 20.

Death Notes: Probably died in NY.

Catherine married George Phillips.
+ 559 M    ii. Ebenezer W. Balcom was born on 30 Dec 1801 in NY, died on 5 Oct 1881 in York Twp, Carroll Co, IL aged 79, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 560 F    iii. Betsey Balcom was born on 12 Apr 1807 in Washington Co, NY, died on 1 Apr 1886 in Thomson, IL aged 78, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 561 F    iv. Lucy Balcom was born on 18 Feb 1809 in Warren Co, NY, died on 7 Feb 1853 in York Twp, Carroll Co, IL aged 43, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

   562 M    v. William Henry Balcom was born on 24 Nov 1810 in Washington Co, NY, died on 1 Feb 1898 in York Twp, Carroll Co, IL aged 87, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

General Notes: William never married. He was a veteran of the Civil War. In 1893 he owned 30 acres in section 1 and 40 ajoining acres in section 11 of York Twp. He may have written a Balcom family history that is on file with the Hague, NY Historian.

+ 563 F    vi. Sarah C. (Sally) Balcom was born on 27 Nov 1812 in Washington Co, NY, died on 6 Aug 1863 in Carroll Co., IL aged 50, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

   564 M    vii. Hiram C. Balcom was born on 20 Oct 1814 in NY, died on 23 May 1843 near Savanna, IL (Powder Works Blew Up) aged 28, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

General Notes: Hiram worked in a "powder works" near Savanna, IL and was killed when it blew up on 23 MAY 1843.

He is one of the first known burials in the "Argo", (now known as the Upper York), Cemetary.

   565 F    viii. Patty Balcom was born on 18 May 1816 in NY and died on 27 Mar 1830 in NY aged 13.

+ 566 F    ix. Elvira D. Balcom was born on 1 Oct 1818 in NY, died on 26 Nov 1855 in Carroll Co., IL aged 37, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 567 F    x. Patience Minerva Balcom was born in May 1821 in Hague, Warren Co, NY, died on 1 Feb 1866 in Carroll Co., IL aged 44, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 568 M    xi. Elliott Riley Balcom was born on 28 Apr 1823 in Hague, Warren Co, NY, died on 15 Aug 1867 in Carroll Co., IL aged 44, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 569 F    xii. Eltha Etta Balcom was born on 25 Jun 1825 in Hague, Warren Co, NY, died on 26 Apr 1895 in Thomson, IL aged 69, and was buried in Upper York Cem, York Twp, Carroll Co, IL.

+ 570 F    xiii. Catherine 2Nd Balcom was born on 1 May 1827 in Hague, Warren Co, NY and died on 11 Oct 1870 in Carroll Co., IL aged 43.

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