Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- BIRTH: 13 Apr 1764; Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
- DEATH: 11 Sep 1841; Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA
- BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery; Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA
Father: James EDMUNDS
Mother: Abigail JENCKES
Family 1: Betsey ROBINSON
- MARRIAGE: 10 Oct 1787
- CHILDREN:
- Polly EDMUNDS
- Diana EDMUNDS
- Betsey EDMUNDS
- Ruth EDMUNDS
- Lewis EDMUNDS
- Laura EDMUNDS
- Rosina EDMUNDS (d. bef 1841)
- Hiram EDMUNDS
- James M. EDMUNDS
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Updated October 24, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications via Ancestry.com. Application of Edmunds Lewis CHAPMAN, Descendant of Eliphalet EDMUNDS; December 7, 1928.
"While a resident of Clarendon, Vermont, he [Eliphalet EDMUNDS] served four weeks as a private, as a substitute for his father, James EDMUNDS, in Captain Thomas Sawyer's Vermont Company, dates not stated. He served in the summer of 1777, two weeks as a musician in Captain Elkadah Cook's Company, and later in same year served four months as musician in Captain Thomas Lee's Company, Colonel Warner's Vermont Regiment. He served in the Summer of 1778, four months in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Allen's Regiment, after which he was out until 1781, at various times on alarms amounting to six months, no officers given. While residing at Scituate, Rhode Island he enlisted in the Spring of 1782 and served as a private in Captain Macumber's Company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment until discharged December 20, 1782. He was allowed a pension on his application executed December 3, 1832 while a resident of Brighton, Monroe County, New York."
"I, Edmunds Lewis CHAPMAN being the age of 44 years hereby apply for membership in this Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from Eliphalet EDMUNDS... I was born in the Town of Clarkson, County of Monroe, State of New York on the 26th day of August 1884. I am the son of Adelbert P. CHAPMAN born Aug. 6, 1848, died Sept. 1, 1920, and his wife Evalyn Elizabeth EDMUNDS born May 17, 1859, died ----, married Nov. 8, 1883. (2) grandson of William Jackson EDMUNDS born Oct. 24, 1834, died Dec. 4, 1918, and his wife Luania WADSWORTH born Feb. 26, 1837, died Mch. 3, 1882, married Oct. 8, 1857. (3) great-grandson of Lewis EDMUNDS born Mch. 11, 1799, died Feb. 17, 1893, and his wife Maria LISK born Aug. 10, 1801, died Nov. 10, 1889, married Aug. 14, 1826. (4) great-great-grandson of Eliphalet EDMUNDS born Apr. 13, 1765, died Sept. 11, 1841, and his wife Betsy ROBINSON born May 29, 1767, died June 6, 1843, married Oct. 10, 1787. (5) great-great-great-grandson of James EDMUNDS born 1731, died 1799, and his wife Abigail JENKS, born 1742, died 1813, married 1758."
(2) Daughters of the American Revolution; Genealogical Research System
- Name: EDMANDS, ELIPHALET Ancestor #: A036281
- Service: RHODE ISLAND - VERMONT Rank(s): PRIVATE, FIFER
- Birth: 4-13-1764 PROVINDENCE RHODE ISLAND
- Death: 9-11-1841 ROCHESTER NEW YORK
- Pension Number: *S16781
- Service Description: 1) CAPTS COOK NOBLE,ROBINSON,HURLBUT,LEE,; 2) ALLEN & MACOMBER, COLS ALLEN & OLNEY
Several DAR memberships descend from Eliphalet EDMUNDS via his daughter Laura EDMUNDS, including: Ethel A BANDELIER WELBAUM (Nat'l #: 410856) and Helen WELBAUM MAISONPIERRE (Nat'l #: 475266)
(3) U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records via Ancestry.com
- Name: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Military Date: 30 Oct 1781
- Military Place: Vermont, USA
- Rank: Private
- Military Unit: Lee's Regiment, Vermont Militia
- Notes: Card Number 37209636; Book Mark R.P. 431.636
(4) 1790 United States Census for Vermont, Chittenden Co., St. Albans: Page 159.
- Name: Eliphalet EDMOND
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
- Free White Persons - Females: 2
- Number of Household Members: 4
(5) 1800 United States Census for New York, Oneida Co., Town of Leyden.
- Name of Head of Family: Eliphelet EDMOND
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
- Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
- Number of Household Members: 4
(6) New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates via Ancestry.com
- Name: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Assessment Year: 1801
- Assessment Place: Mexico, Oneida, New York, USA
- Value (House and Farm): Real Estate $400; Personal Estate $100; Tax $1.35
(7) 1810 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Adams.
- Name: Eliphalet EDMONDS
- Free White Male 0 to 9: 2
- Free White Male 16 to 25: 2
- Free White Male over 45: 1
- Free White Female 10 to 15: 1
- Free White Female 26 to 45: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
- Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
- Number of Household Members: 7
(8) 1820 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Adams.
- Name: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
- Total Free White Persons: 9
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
(9) Landon, Harry F.. The north country: a history embracing Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Lewis and Franklin Counties, New York. Indianapolis, Ind.: Historical Pub. Co., 1932.
Page 120: "Further south settlers were establishing themselves on both branches of Sandy Creek. At Adams, sometimes called Louis and sometimes No. 7, a group from Massachusetts early settled... Here also lived Eliphalet EDMUNDS, later to be named a presidential elector at a time when to be a presidential elector meant something."
Page 216: "Adams, as we have seen, was an early town, being erected from Mexico in 1802. The town was named, of course, after John ADAMS and the first town meeting was held at the home of Eliphalet EDMONDS."
(10) Haddock, John A.,. The growth of a century: as illustrated in the history of Jefferson County, New York, from 1793 to 1894. Albany, N.Y.: 1895.
Page 195: "The settlement of Watertown village may be said to have commenced in 1800... Eliphalet EDMUNDS and his brother came down the Black river in the fall of 1798. They were from Clarendon, Vt., and hearing that game was plenty in this section, came in pursuit of it. They built a boat at the High (now Lyons) Falls, and descended the stream without great difficulty until they reached the falls here. Undertaking to get their boat over these, it was upset and the contents, among them two valuable guns, were emptied into the river and lost. The two EDMUNDs then went south, one of them settling near the mouth of Sandy Creek, in Ellisburg, and the other in the town of Adams, one mile north of the present village. The next year, or the one following, Nathaniel and Seyrel HARRINGTON and Joshua PRIEST, who were acquaintances of the EDMUNDs' in Vermont, came on and settled on Dry Hill."
Page 377: "Adams was settled in 1800... Among the early settlers were... Eliphalet EDMUNDS..."
Page 378: "One of the best known farmers was Eliphalet EDMUNDS, who came down Black river in a boat which he made at High Falls, about 1798. He lost his boat at the falls, near Beebee's Island. After losing his boat he followed the river and bay to Ellisburg, where Lyman and Moses Ellis had made a settlement in 1797. Early in the present century he purchased a farm about a mile east of the LISK farm, which, under his supervision, became one of the best cultivated and most admired farms in the town. He was one of the Presidential Electors designated by the Legislature in 1816 "
Page 319: "The Oneida and Jefferson Turnpike Company was incorporated April 8, 1808, for the purpose of making a road from Rome via Redfield and Malta (Lorraine) to Putnam's ferry, on the St. Lawrence. The persons named in the act were [several individuals]... and Eliphalet EDMUNDS; capital, 4,700 shares of $25 each."
Page 241: "The Jefferson County Bank was the first banking institution organized in Jefferson County... the bank was incorporated by an act passed April 17, 1816, on a petition from... Eliphalet EDMONDS... [several individuals plus Eliphalet EDMONDS]... were appointed to apportion the stock and locate the site of the banking house... The directors, elected June 20, 1817, were... Eliphalet EDMONDS..."
Page 137: "On the 9th of Feb. 1821, the Court House and jail were burned... An act was accordingly passed, March 13, 1821, for the separate erection of these buildings, at a cost not exceeding $8000, under the direction of Eliphalet EDMONDS, Henry H. COFFEEN and Jabez FOSTER."
(11) Horton, William H. ed., Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N. Y. 1684-1890. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders, Syracuse, N.Y.: 1890.
Page 210: Town of Adams. "The first town meeting was held at the house of Eliphalet EDMONDS, March 1, 1803."
Pages 52-54: Judges. "October Term, 1812. -- Moss KENT, first judge; Joseph CLARK, Eliphalet EDMONDS, judges... October Term, 1821. -- Richard GOODELL, Joseph HAWKINS, Eliphalet EDMONDS, judges... December Term, 1822 -- E. Ten EYCK, first judge; Hiram STEELE, Joseph HAWKINS, Eliphalet EDMONDS, judges... December Term, 1823 -- Zeno ALLEN, Joseph HAWKINS, Eliphalet EDMONDS, Alpheus S. GREENE, judges."
Page 64: "Eliphalet EDMONDS resided in Adams. It is reported that while he held the office of judge he was indicted for blasphemy in his own court. He successfully defended himself on the ground that it was simply a theological discussion; and that such discussions were free under the constitution giving liberty of speech."
(12) 1830 United States Census for New York, Monroe Co., Town of Brighton.
- Name of Head of Family: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 5
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5
(13) U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files via Ancestry.com
- Name: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Pension Year: 1834
- Application State: New York
- Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
- Archive Publication Number: M804
- Archive Roll Number: 899
- Total Pages in Packet: 52
(14) U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 via Ancestry.com
- Name: Eliphalet EDMONDS
- Rank: Private and Musician
- Age: 69
- Birth Year: abt 1762
- Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831
- Residence Place: Monroe, New York, USA
- Service Description: Vermont militia
(15) Newton, L.H. History of Allen County, Indiana. Chicago, IL.: Kingman Brothers, 1880.
Page 141: Adams Township. Early Settlement. "Jesse ADAMS, William CASWELL, Eliphalet EDMUNDS, Charles WEEKS, Sr., Charles WEEKS, Jr., Martin WEEKS, Israel TAYLOR, Philip FALL, and Capt. HURST, all settle here in 1823... The first election was held at the house of Eliphalet EDMUNDS, on the second Monday in March, 1826... and the election resulted in... Overseers of the Poor, William CASWELL and Eliphalet EDMUNDS."
(16) 1840 United States Census for New York, Monroe Co., Brighton.
- Name of Head of Family: Eliphalet EDMONDS
- Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 3
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
(17) Hovey, C.M., ed., The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs Volume 29. Boston, MA.: Hovey and Co., 1863.
"Dear Sir: -- Since I saw you in Philadelphia, I have ascertained that the pear which I described to you, and of which I sent you specimens to Boston, is a seedling not yet disseminated or named, and the history of it is as follows: -- In the year 1859 we first discovered this fruit on a tree apparently about 20 years old, on a farm occupied by us as a nursery. The tree appeared to be grafted, and we inferred that it was some old kind. Lately, however, we traced it to another farm in the same neighborhood, and there we obtained its history. It appears that Eliphalet EDMONDS, now deceased, sowed some pear seeds obtained from the east some forty years ago, on his farm, in the town of Brighton, near this city. This variety was a part of the product of that sowing. The original tree stood near a hog pen, and was destroyed some 16 or 17 years ago. From the roots a sucker came up, which was transplanted, and is now a tree some 15 years old, standing on a grass plot, on the same farm, now occupied by Mr EDMONDS son of Eliphalet EDMONDS, above named. Previous, however, to the death of the original tree, a neighbor had obtained some scions from it, and grafted the tree which we first discovered. These are the only two bearing trees that are know to be in existence, both in the neighborhood of 20 years old. It is a noble fruit. In my notes of September 27, 1859, I find it rated as a rich melting pear, superior to the Bartlett. "
(18) New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com; Will of Eliphalet EDMUNDS; 23 May 1841.
"Record of Will. In the name of God, Amen. I Eliphalet EDMONDS of Brighton, Monroe County, New York being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, blessed be almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I bequeath unto my beloved wife Betsey EDMONDS the sum of one hundred dollars also one half of my house hold furniture. I also bequeath to my daughter Ruth EDMONDS one hundred dollars, also half of my household furniture. I also give and bequeath to my two sons Lewis and James M. EDMONDS all of my farming utilities such as wagons, plows, drags, chains, sleighs, etc., also all of my stock such as horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, etc. I also give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Rusina SPERRY the sum of fifty dollars. I also give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Betsey fifty dollars. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Polly PRIEST the sum of one hundred dollars. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Diana HARRINGTON the sum of ten dollars. I also give and bequeath to my son Hiram EDMONDS the sum of fifty dollars which several legacies and sums of money I will and order shall be paid to the said respective legaters within six months of my decease. And lastly as to all the rest and remainder of my personal estate, goods and chattels of what kind and nature soever I give and bequeath the same to my beloved wife Betsey EDMONDS... In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 23 day of May in the year of our Lord 1841."
(19) Find a Grave
- Name: Eliphalet EDMUNDS
- Birth: 13 Apr 1764
- Death: 11 Sep 1841 (aged 77)
- Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery; Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
- Plot: Location: 2 Lot/Row: 123
- Memorial ID: 31983583