Annable Ephraim

Notes:

Date and place of Ephraim's birth is found in his application for pension which he filed in 1832.
He is the father of William and James and others. William's son, William H., named his first son, Ephraim, after his father, which was common.

(From a microfilm of the handwritten manuscript:)

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, Passed June 7, 1832

State of New York, County of Saratoga.

On this sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred thirtytwo personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Courtof Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting, Ephraim Annable a resident of the town of Stillwater in the county and state aforesaid, aged sixty seven years the third day of March last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

That in the year 1781 the United States and French troops having been called from Rhode Island to the southern States, several companies of State troops were raised by the State of Massachusetts where he then resided.

That he enlisted as a volunteer for six months starting in the month of June, 1781 for eight dollars per month, that he left the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, marched to a place called Smiths Mills and joined a company commanded by Captain Gifford. This Company marched from there across Howland's Ferry to a fort on Butt's [?] Hill on the north end of Rhode Island. There were three companies there. The United States and French troops had all but left the fort a few days after he got there. Of the companies, one was commanded by Captain Discards [?], the other by Captain Elliot [?]. His Colonel was named Turner and the Major's name, Claggon. The Lieutenant to his company was named Bosworth [?], the Order Sargeant's name was Dean.(He does not recollect the names of any officers of the regular troops.) He staid (sic) at the fort during his term of service, engaged in guarding the fort and any little service about it. He received a regular discharge from Colonel Turner and returned home some time in the month of December, 1781.

While he was at the fort, news of Cornwallis's defeat was received and the regiment celebrated the occasion.

He has no documentary evidence [?] of his service. He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

To the interrogations propounded by this court the applicant made thefollowing answers:

1. He was born at Nova Scotia on the third day of March, 1765.
2. He has a record of his age in his family Bible at home which he took from his father's family Bible .
3. When he entered the service he resided in the town of Dartmouth (that part now called Fairhaven) in the county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, resided in that neighborhood and was on several voyages at sea till 1789. He then relocated to the town of Stillwater the County of Saratoga, State of New York where he has continued to reside ever since -- where he now resides.
4. He entered the service as a volunteer.
5. He recollects the names of no others except those above stated, neither can he state the general circumstances of his service any more fully than above set forth.
6. He received a regular descharge from Colonel Turner. He took it home with him and it was put with his father's papers since which time he has never seen it.
7. Thomas Hunt, David Benedict, Judge Geo. Palmer, Rev. Elnathan Finch, John Wilson, Charles Neilson.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any State.

Subscribed and sworn in open court this 6th day of September 1832
(Signed) Ephraim Annable

Mr. Elnathan Finch, a clergyman presiding in the town of Wiltonin, the County of Saratoga and State of New York and George Palmer, residing in the town of Stillwater in the same County, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Annable who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
(Signed)
Elnathan Finch
George Palmer


Time Line: Ephraim Annable
Born 3 March 1765
Enlisted June 1781 age 16
Discharged 16 Dec 1781
Sailor 1789 Age 24
Reloc. Stillwater, N.Y. Abt 1789 Age 24
1790 Census 1790 Age 25
(Males over 16 --
under 16 -- 1
Females - - - - - - - -5 )
William's birth ** 1802/0337
Apply Pension 6 Sept. 1832 67
** Assuming that William was a son of this family. Ephraim's age would seem to preclude an intervening generation, and the geographics are appropriate.



According to The Home Book of the Darius Myer's Family, it states that he was a half brother to Isaac, Jr. Isaac, his father was married to Margaret Coffin prior to his marriage to Lydia Peckham Delano.

Date and place of Ephraim's birth is found in his application for pension which he filed in 1832.
He is the father of William and James and others. William's son, William H., named his first son, Ephraim, after his grandfather, which was common.

(From a microfilm of the handwritten manuscript:)

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, Passed June 7, 1832

State of New York, County of Saratoga.

Ephraim married Delanee Lydia D. about 1789 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. Lydia was born on 06 Jul 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Annable, Joseph, [no date given], age 89, Windham Herald Sept. 29, 1808, page 54
This may not be the correct Annable.

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This daughter, name unknown, was bound out to Cornelius Esmond whose wife was a Caldwell.

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A petition to the Surrogate of the county of Saratoga by James's father, Ephraim, reads thus:

To George Palmer, Surrogate of the county of Saratoga of the Saratoga. The petition of Ephraim Annable of the town of Stillwater in the county of Saratoga in Stillwater, that James Annable, a son of the said Ephraim, and son-in-law of Jacob Esmond, lately and without making any last will and testament, having his wife, Mercy, and leaving Elizabeth Annable, his only child and heir at law, of the age of nine years, the 18th of April past.
And the said infant by the death of her said father is entitled to certain real and personal estate, but being unable to manage her own concerns because of her minority, the said Ephraim requests you re-appoint the said Jacob, her guardian during her minority. Dated August 21, 1829.


Signed: Ephraim Annable

Ephraim Annble the above named petitioner, being duly sworn says that the above petition is true in substance and matter of fact.

Signed: Ephraim Annable

Declared this 21st day of April, 1829, before me.
George Palmer



The bond posted was signed by Jacob Esmond, William Annable (brother to James) and Ephraim Annable, the father of James.

In the Federal Census of 1820 for Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY, James is listed as a resident of that town. Page 199, ID# NY32028836.

In a handwritten statement, it says James was late of Vatervliet, Albany County, NY.

James married Mercy) Mary ( about 1819 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. Mary was born on 05 Sep 1800 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; died on 20 Oct 1821 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary, sister of Cynthia, was the second of wife Seth Burgess Caldwell after her sister died.

Mary married Caldwell Seth Burgess about 1825 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. Seth was born on 23 Jul 1798 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; died on 01 Dec 1872 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; was buried in Caldwell Cemetery, Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of August 10, 1994, the first that Sarah E. is found as the wife of William Annable is the record of the deed of some property transmitted to William Henry Annable. The record of the deed is located in the Saratoga County Clerk's Office at Ballston Spa, New York, in Deed Book # 58, page 168, dated March 11, 1850. Wm. H. was 21 years old and his brother, Charles M., was 19 (see note from Census of 1850).

On March 25, 1852, Willaim and wife, Sarah, sold land in Saratoga, Sartoga County, NY to Ezra Munger of Stillwater. It was 34 1/4 plus 73 acres for $3500. or 200 pounds. The property was located in Stillwater, NY SCDB62; p. 476.


William Annable to Ezra Munger. Stillwater,
SCDB 62, page 476, 1852

This Indenture made this twenty fifthe day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty two (1852) between William Annnable and Sarah, his wife of the Town and County of Saratoga, and the state of New York of the first part and Ezra Munger of the town of Stillwater and state aforsaid of the second. WITNESSETH that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand five hundred ($3500) dollars current lawful money of the state of New York to have in hand paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents by the said party of the second part the receipt where of the said party of the first [art dp jereu lmpw;edge amd tjerepf release the said party of the second part his heirs, executors and administators forever have granted, bargained, sold, aleined,remised,released, enfeoffed and confirnmed and by these presents hereunto do grant bargain, seel, remise, release, enfeoff and confirm unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever Allthat certain farm or parcel of land situate in the town of Stillwater aforesaid and is bounded and described as follows (viz) Beginning at the Cedar post at the ground at in the ground at the southwest corner of David Benedicts farm and running thence South thirty -one (31) degrees west twenty-five (25) chains and fifty (50) links to the north line of land of Nathaniel Arnold thence north twenty nine (29) degrees and thirty (30) minutes west twenty-eight (28) links to the South east corner of land of John Hart, thence north twenty-two (22) degrees east, twenty one (21) chanins and fifty-eight (58) links to the south line of lands of Alvah W. Hart thence south seventy-six degrees east thirty-two chains and seventy-six links to the place of beginning Containing seventy-three (73) acres, three rods and five rods of land be the same more or less. Also one other piece or parcel of land within the Town of Stillwater coner of David Benedict's farm running north 13 degrees 50 minutes East nineteen (19) chains 50 links along the west line of said Benedict's farm to a cedar post sit in the ground thence eight-nine (89) degrees west twenty (20) chains to won't to the cedar post at in the ground thence south seventeen (17) degrees and fifty three (53) minutes west fourteen (14) degrees east twenty(20) chains and fifty nine (59) links to the place of beginning Containing thirty (34) acres and one fourth (1/4) of an acre of land to the same more or less together with all singular the hereditaments and apperterances nto the said premises in any wise appertaining or belonging.

The U. S. Census of 1850 of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York lists Sarah living with William Annable. The 1855 Census, State of NY, lists the family of William Annable, but Sarah is not included. Since she had not died, and she is still absent at the 1860 Census, it may be that she had divorced Wiliam. Since her Will did not name either William H. Annable or his brother, Charles as heirs or nex of kin, it may be supposed that she was not their mother, but rather, probably, a step-mother. Isaac C. I. Barber may have been a son born of a previous marriage. Also in th 1850 census, it says that William is insane. Perhaps this is the reason Sarah left him.

In the 1855 New York Census, William is reported to have been born in Saratoga Co. and was 53 at the time of census.

There were several families of Anable/Annable (etc.) in the townships of Saratoga and Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY at the turn of the nineteenth century. It would appear that they were all related, but how is difficult to ascertain. Two masculine names predominate; Ephraim and Willaim.

Ephraim # 1 was born 3 March 1765 in Nova Scotia, entered the Service as as
revolutionary soldier in 1781 and relocated to Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY in or shortly after 1789; in September 1832, he applied for a pension.

Ephraim # 2 was born in 1782 and died June 1842 at the age of 59. His wife was Charlotte, born July 1788 and died January 1868 at 79 years, eight months. Some of their children were Elizabeth, b. January 1822, d. July 22, 1839, age 17 yr. 7 mos. Horace, b. February 1818, died August 14, 1838, age 20 yr. 7 mos. (Information from Card File, Saratoga County Historian's Office, Ballston Spa, NY)

Other descendants, listed in a deed recorded in Saratoga Co. Deed Book # 63, page 233 and dated June 15, 1850, when the heirs of Ephraim Annable disposed of some inherited property, are; Abner H. Annable and Sally Annable, his wife; Levi Annable and Loretta Annable, his wife; and James Inman and Lucy Ann Inman, his wife.

Ephraim # 3 had a wife named Mary A. who was born about 1849 and died July 21, 1887, and was buried in Joseph Roger's Cemetery, Saratoga, NY. This Ephraim is probably the son of the William Henry. Annable, who died in Ottowa County, Michigan in 1885; William H's probate file lists his son, Ephraim aged about 36 living in Saratoga County, NY in 1886.

In March 1865, William h. and Mary H. sold some property; Deed recorded in Deed Book 106, page 87. Mary H. died on May 5, 1865. (Sarah Hughes, Mary's mother had died in 1861.)

Williaim H. Annable moved his family to Ionia co., Michigan, where he had already purchased property (transaction recorded at Ionia Co., MI Land Office in Libr #49, p. 463 and Libr 56, p. 77.)

Ephraim # 4 as Ephraim "Anebal" is listed in Heads of Families 1790 Census District of Saratoga County, NY..
His household consisted of ; 1 male 16 yrs.and older, (including head of house) 1 male under 16yr. 5 females (including wife)

Ephraim # 3 was the firstborn son of William Henry Annable and his wife, Mary H. Hughson. He was born in 1848/49 at Dean's Corners, Saratoga, Saratoga Co.NY.

The records of the Greenfield Congregational Church contain the record of the marriage of " Annaball, Leonard, married at Stillwater on January 4, 1795 to Miss Rebecca Jacobs".

William # 1, was a contemporary of an Ephraim who ws a witness to a land transaction recorded in Saratoga County., Deed Book V, p. 80, dated September 23, 1831. he married Sarah E. Barber, (nee Esmond) widow of isaac Barber who died in 1827, and was the father of William Henry and Charles M. Annable. (Sarah E. Annable left her estate to Isaac C. I. Barber, her nearest of kin (Saratoga Co. Court Archives, Book 22, p. 169.)

William # 2 was William W. Annable, who, according to the 1850 Census of Stillwater, NY was 23 years old in 1850, placing his birth in 1826/27. He was the husband of Deborah___, who was born 1828 and died Sept. 26, 1847; and then Mary E. ____, born, 1829 and died May 5, 1865.

William W. and Mary E. Annable buried an infant son and a young daughter, Orlina, in the Joseph Rogers Cemetery. It is unknown if any children of this marriage survived to adulthood.

William # 3 was William Henry Annable, born around 1828. He married Mary H. Hughson and was the father of Ephraim and Estella Annable.

James Annable wa also a contemporary of Ephraim #1 and William #1 and is named as a witness to a land transaction by Ephraim Annable dated Sept. 29, 1827 and recorded in Saratoga county. Deed Book O, p. 307.
It is possible that James, Ephraim and William were brothers.

There is a possiblility that William moved to Steuben county, NY and died there.

Birth:
1802/1803

William married Esmond Sarah M. about 1828. Sarah was born on 24 Jun 1798 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; died on 20 Oct 1869 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY; was buried in Viele Lodewecus Cemetery, Saratoga Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cynthia married Caldwell Seth Burgess after 10 Apr 1827 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. Seth was born on 23 Jul 1798 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; died on 01 Dec 1872 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; was buried in Caldwell Cemetery, Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth was the only child of James and his wife, (?) Esmond Annable. This is mentioned in the petition for her guardianship by her grandfather, Ephraim Annable after the death of James, her father.

Elizabeth married Hager Charles Luther in 1839 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY. Charles was born in 1819 in Middlebury, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Caldwell Cemetery, Saratoga Town, Saratoga County, New York StateMark T. Caldwell, 1826 - 1902Sally H. Caldwell, 1833 - 1923, wife of Mark T. CaldwellJoseph H. Caldwell, Aug. 7, 1853 - May 16, 1936Amelia Mott Caldwell, Sept. 24, 1856 - July 14, 1937, wife of Joseph H. CaldwellMary Emily Appleman died Sept. 2, 1879 ae 1 yr. & 23 days, dau of J.M. & S.L. ApplemanIndex to vital records for the Town of Saratoga, listed under deaths, Town of Saratoga, 1902:Mark T. Caldwell died 24 Nov 1902, age 75y 11m 23d, farmer, buried Caldwell Cemetery.born Town of Saratoga, parents Seth B. Caldwell & Mary Anable.Saratoga County Surrogates's file 199 - 22Mark T. Caldwell died 24 November 1902, Town of Saratoga.Petition for proof of will filed March 2, 1903. Letters to Jos. H. Caldwell & Sally Caldwell on April 1, 1903.widow: Sally Caldwell, Town of Saratogadau: S. Libbie Appleman, Shushan, NYson: Joseph H. Caldwell, Saratoga, NY1860 June, Town of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New YorkMark Caldwell, 33, farmer, NYSallie H. Caldwell, 27, NYJoseph H. Caldwell, 7, NYSallie E. Caldwell, 3, NY

Mark married Hill Sally about 1852. Sally was born in 1833 in Saratoga County, NY; died in 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wm. Henry Annable came to Michigan after Millie's birth, after Mary's death in May 1865 and before the 1870 Census. However, he had purchased 460 acresof land in Ionia Co. on June 5, 1858. (Per Register of Deeds Ionia County, Michigan; "William H. Annable of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York", paid $4200 legal money for 460 acres in Sections 26 and 27 in Township 7 R 7.)

Census References Year State Co. Vol. E. D.
Line Name Age Rel. (Born:Yr. & Pl.)
_____________________________________________________________________________
1850 Census New York

Annable, Wm. H. 1829 NY
(see note for William Annable)

1860 Census New York

Anable, William 58 Head 1802 New York
Anable, William H. 31 Son 1829 New York

1870 Census Michigan Ionia County
1880 Census Michigan Ottowa 22 247

17 Annable, Wm. H. 49 Head 1829 New York
18 Annable, Louisa 30 Wife 1850 Michigan
19 Annable, Wesley 20 Son 1860 New York
20 Annable, Mary 19 Dau 1861 New York
21 Annable, Millie 16 Dau 1864 New York
22 Annable, Nellie 9 Dau 1871 Michigan

Info from Ottowa County Death Records, book 2, p. 34, line 30.
He is listed as William W. (sic) Annable, died in Jamestown, age 56, married. He is said to have died of "Exzemia". All particulars are correct except middle initial. To ascertain that this was william H. Annable, a copy of the Probate Record of the estate was obtained. The record left no doubt that this was the father of Estella Annable Sprague, for she is named in the record. The contents of the Probate Record state that William H. Annable died on the 11th day of September, 1885.

William married Hughson Mary H. about 1847 in Saratoga County, Ny. Mary was born on 15 Jun 1828 in Saratoga County, NY; died on 05 May 1865 in Dean's Corners, Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY; was buried in Joseph Roger's Cemetery, Saratoga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Unknown Louisa about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles is shown living with his brother, William Henry in the 1855 Saratoga Census. Also living with him is his father.

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In the 1900 census, her son, Wiliam W. Brown says his mother was bornin Vermont. However, in the 1850 census, is says she was born in NY.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles died of a head injury, while trying to commit suicide according to the historian's office in Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY.

Charles married Hill Lucy J. on 07 Jan 1863 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. Lucy was born in Of Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1870 Federal Census for Sebawa, Sebawa Twp, Ionia County, MI:

Ephraim is 20 years old, a farm laborer, born NY and Mary, as 20 years old, born in Indiana. Living with them is Seth Wright , age 20 years., a book peddler born in MI.

Ephraim married Miller Mary A. about 1869. Mary was born about 1849 in IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ephraim married Dunham Margaret R. on 31 Dec 1888 in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, MI. Margaret was born on 27 Aug 1869 in DeWitt, Clinton County, MI; died on 25 Sep 1936 in DeWitt, Clinton County, MI; was buried in Gunnisonville Cemetery, De Witt Township, Clinton Co., MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860 New York Dean's Corners, Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York Residence No. 4211
(The spelling in this record is mostly phonetic or guesswork)

William Anable Age 58 Farmer R. E. $6000. P. P. $ Born, NY
William H. " " 31 Farmer $3000. $1500. NY
Mary " 31 NY
Ephraim " 11 NY
Estella " 5 NY
Idah " 3 NY
Westlay " 1 NY
Sally (sic) Hewson 59 NY
Eliza Newland 21 Servant Ireland
Ruben Cooper 21 Farm Laborer NY


Died of carcinoma of the uterus.

Estella married Sprague Melvin L. on 23 Dec 1875 in Easton Township, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information of his death in the Ottowa County, Michigan Vital Records says he died at 24 years of age from pneumonia. He was a single farmer.