Diana EDMUNDS

Father: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
Mother: Betsey ROBINSON

Family 1: Nathaniel HARRINGTON

(1) Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, "Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson, New York, Volume I." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. Pages 178-179.

  1. Sally HARRINGTON
  2. Betsey HARRINGTON
  3. Eri HARRINGTON
  4. Electa HARRINGTON
  5. Ruth HARRINGTON
  6. Riley HARRINGTON
  7. Nathaniel HARRINGTON
  8. Harry HARRINGTON
  9. Benjamin Franklin HARRINGTON
                                         _James EDMUNDS______
                     _James EDMUNDS_____|
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 _Eliphalet EDMUNDS_|
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|                   |_Abigail JENCKES___|
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|--Diana EDMUNDS
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|                                        _Nathaniel ROBINSON_
|                    _Amos ROBINSON_____|
|                   |                   |_Zilpah DAGGET______
|_Betsey ROBINSON___|
                    |                    ____________________
                    |_Hepsibah WILMARTH_|
                                        |____________________

Notes

Updated October 25, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman: Pages 907-908; July 31, 1850.

Dianna [EDMUNDS] HARRINGTON is married to Nathaniel HARRINGTON, head of household. She is 60 years old and born in Vermont. Children in the household are Harry (age 27; laborer) and Benjamin F. (age 23; laborer). There are also additional (unrelated?) laborers on the farm.

(2) Find a Grave

- Name: Diana EDMUNDS HARRINGTON
- Birth: 1789
- Death: 21 Jun 1854 (aged 64–65)
- Burial: Adams State Road Cemetery; Honeyville, Jefferson Co., New York, USA
- Memorial ID: 65485991

(3) New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com; Will of Eliphalet EDMUNDS; 23 May 1841.

"... I also give and bequeath to my daughter Diana HARRINGTON the sum of ten dollars."

(4) Everts, L.H. and Holcomb, J.M., "History of Jefferson County, New York with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers", Philadelphia: L. H. Everts and Co., 1878. Pages 493-494.

"Nathaniel [HARRINGTON]... In the year 1808 he was married to Miss Diana EDMUNDS, daughter of Judge EDMUNDS, of Jefferson County. Soon after his marriage he built a log house on his location, and commenced clearing up the farmon which he ever afterwards resided. He at first owned 100 acres, but by subsequent purchases he increased it to 300 acres. He became the father of of nine children named as follows: Sally, Betsey, Electa, Ruth, Eri, Riley, Nathaniel, Harry, and Franklin. Of these, three sons and two daughters are at this time living and have families. Mr. Nathaniel HARRINGTON died, at the advanced age of eighty-five year, in 1870. His wife died at the age of sixty-four."

(5) Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, "Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson, New York, Volume I." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. Pages 178-179.

"Nathanial HARRINGTON married Diana EDMONDS, July 4, 1808. She was born in 1789, a daughter of Eliphalet EDMONDS, a native of Vermont, whence he migrated to the vicinity of Boonville, New York, later coming to Jefferson county, where he served as judge of the county for many years. Nine children were the issue of this marriage, eight of whom attained years of maturity, namely: Sally, born in 1809, became the wife of Howard BEARD, a cooper of Rodman, later a merchant, and for several years a justice of the peace. Betsey, born October 24, 1810, became the wife of Daniel FOX, second, a carpenter of Adams Center. Eri, born April 1, 1813, a resident of Adams, New York, having attained the advanced age of ninety-one years. Electa, born April 23, 1815, became the wife of Volney AYERS, a farmer of Adams. Riley, born September 27, 1820, a farmer, died December 30, 1862. Nathaniel, born August 5, 1822, died at the age of twenty-two years. Harry, born September 16, 1824, a farmer of Rodman, and Benjamin F. mentioned herinafter ['born on the farm in Rodman, where he now resides, May 18, 1827']. The father of these children died June 4, 1890; he survived his wife many years, her death occurring June 4, 1854."

(6) "Nathaniel Harrington House in Rodman": Watertown (NY) Daily Times; November 29, 1952.

"Seven miles from this city on the Dry Hill road is this large farm house, the upright and lower part of the east wing of which are said to have been built in 1816 by Nathaniel HARRINGTON, a pioneer Rodman settler... On July 4, 1808 he married Diana, daughter of Eliphalet EDMONDS, also a Vermont native who came first to Boonville and then to this county. Mrs. Diana EDMONDS HARRINGTON died on June 4, 1854 and her husband on June 4, 1870. Next in line of owner­ship of the farm was their son, Benjamin Franklin HARRINGTON, born May 18, 1827... On Jan. 22, 1852 he married Miss Jennette A. Sweet. His death occurred June 3, 1920 and the third HARRINGTON then to come into possession of the farm was his son, Ellano. Ellano, son of Benjamin F. and Jennette SWEET HARRINGTON, was born Jan. 15, 1855 and died on March 26, 1923, but on Oct. 16, 1920 he and his wife, Susan P. HARRINGTON conveyed the homestead farm to their son and daughter-in-law, Frank E. and Ruth W. BIRD HARRINGTON, the present owners."