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Re: Elias Welton, son of Nathaniel and Martha (Tuttle) Welton; and Hannah VanPelt, dau of Gerret and Mary (Naphew) Van Pelt.
We can not locate Elias and Hannah in the 1800 census, but they should have been in the vicinity of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. One reference says they were married that year but does not provide a location; and the source is unknown. [DAR application of Eva Sieck has Hannah m. Elias Welton 10 Apr 1800]. Gerret Van Pelt apparently moved from Somerset County, New Jersey to Rensselaer County, New York before 1800 because there is a reference to Hannah Van Pelt marrying William Springer at the Troy, NY Presbyterian Church on 21 Jun 1794. [http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB/index-28.html MARRIAGES 1st PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of Troy, NY, researched and compiled by Barbara Jeffries]. William must have died shortly thereafter, because in Gerret Van Pelt’s will, written sometime before 1805 [Debby Staley research, copy of Testamentary Letter for will of Gerret Van Pelt], daughters Hannah and Polly were unmarried but Hannah had a son Gerret/Gerrit, surname not given. We have found references to Gerrit Van Pelt, Gerrit Welton and Gerrit Springer but the Van Pelts are another challenge. 1795-1798 is an approximate date for the birth of young Gerrit.
In 1810, Elias and Hannah Welton were at Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont, indexed as Wilton. Their family included three sons and two daughters (21010 20010): Gerrit, b. 1795-1804; Hezekiah B., born 1804/05; and Elias, b. 1807/08; Mary B., b. 28? Jun 1802, and Sarah H., b. 28? Mar 1803.
By 1820, they were at Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, indexed as Silas Welton, [many thanks to the volunteers in Tompkins County who put that particular census online!; http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytompki; Elias name and information confirmed by Kathleen Carr research] and enumerated next to Hannah’s brother, Walter (as Willis) Van Pelt. Their official family now included five sons and five daughters (130101 21110) but one son and one daughter appear in this one census only and could easily be a copy error; while the daughter born 1811-1815 and with Hannah in 1840 is still unknown. We can identify Gerret, Hezekiah B. and Elias. Then there is a mystery son b. 1805-1810 who is not found in 1810 or after 1820. The youngest is Walter V.P. Welton, who was born 1818/19, died Oct/ Nov 1829, and was buried at Bath, Steuben County, New York. [Bowman, Fred Q. 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York; Geneva Gazette 4 Nov 1829]. The two? daughters b. 1810-1820 are not yet known, but might be named Hannah and/or Loret or Loretta according to information from the Welton Wheel [received third or fourth hand; and not accurate for the sons’ names]. Also note that Sarah was in the wrong column so copying errors in the filmed version are quite possible.
In 1830, Elias and Hannah (Van Pelt) Welton had moved on to Sheldon, Genesee County, New York, near his eldest brother [i.e. Hezekiah and Hannah (Welton) Welton]. One son (b. 1801-1810 and presumably Elias) and one daughter (b. 1811-1815, name unknown) were still at home (00001001 00010001), while Hezekiah B. and Hezekiah’s sons Jarvis, Josiah and Zaphna were all nearby with their families.
Elias apparently died in the 1830s [1832 per one reference, source unknown] and probably at Sheldon. In 1840, we find Hannah and the one daughter, b. 1811-1820 (00000000 000010001) next to Elias (Jr.) and one name from Hezekiah B. (as H. B.) at Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York.
By 1850, Hannah and Hezekiah B. had returned to Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, while Elias (Jr.) had continued west to Wisconsin. Hannah was found enumerated with Leonard and Adeline Egleston and their infant son, George, and Adeline is almost certainly Hezekiah B.’s daughter and Hannah’s granddaughter. In the 1850 census, Hannah’s age indicates a birth year of 1775 or 1776 in New Jersey.
As for their children, here is the brief version. All the known children were born in Vermont between 1800 and 1810, an important clue in following this family through the later census records.
Mary B. Welton married John Beers, a carriage builder and son of Henry and Katherine (unk) Beers, probably in 1827/28. In 1830, they were at Southport, Tioga County, New York, near his father and brother, with one son, William Henry Beers, b. 28 Nov 1828 at Blossburg, Tioga County, Pennsylvania [Cole, Rev. David, D.D., Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catherine Serven…their descendants complete to May 1, 1876]. In 1840, they were found [not indexed] at Southport, Tioga (now Chemung) County, New York, next to his cousin, John N. Beers, with children William Henry, Angeline, Elias P. (1830-1838) and Silas H. Beers. Mary B. Beers was widowed by 1850, and found back at Dryden with children Angeline, Silas H. (listed or copied as Sarah), and Candice. In 1855, Mary B. was living near William Henry’s widow at Sugar Hill, in the Town of Orange, Schuyler County, New York, with Silas and Candice. In 1860, she was a seamstress at Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (near her husband’s family) with Silas, Candice as Catherine C. and an unknown child, James, b. 1848 (but not in the 1850 or 1855 census). After 1860, she lived with Silas and his family, at Charleston, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1870, and at Duncan, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1880. She died 8 Jul 1889 at Antrim, Tioga County, Pennsylvania [http://www.genexchange.com/pa/tioga/index.cfm. Tioga Co PAGenExchange; County Coordinator, Wendy Marani; Death/Obituary registry. Obituary published in Wellsboro Gazette, 18 Jul 1889].
Sarah H. Welton married William A. Carr, son of John and Amy (Armstrong) Carr, before 1830 and they settled at Scipio, Hillsdale County, Michigan by 1850, with four sons, all born at Southport, Tioga/Chemung County, New York: Miles A[llen] Carr, born 1828/29; Arnott W. Carr, b. 1831/32; Simeon D. Carr, b. 1836/37; and Garret W[elton] Carr, born 1841/42. Two daughters also fit in the census numbers, Mary L. and Charlotte H. (Carr) Drake, b. 1832/33 who died young. In 1860, the household included William, a farmer; Sarah; Mary L., born NY in 1839/40; Garret W. and his wife; and grandson Walter Carr -- plus Peter A. Drake and his two sons, William A. and Alonzo. In 1850, Albert E. Carr, b. 1834/35 in NY, was with the Drakes and he could be another son, or possibly an adopted nephew, but he, too, is in the 1840 census with William and Sarah and on his own by 1860. By 1870, Sarah was widowed and in 1880 she was living at Scipio with grandson, Walter Carr, a wagon maker born 1851/52 at Michigan. Sarah Carr died 29 Dec 1882, aged 79y 9m 1d [Kathleen Carr research].
Hezekiah B. Welton married 1. Caroline Goodrich, before 1830 and probably in Genesee County, New York, as they were at Sheldon, Genesee County, in 1830 with one daughter, b. 1825-1830 and almost certainly Adaline Egleston, b. 1827/28 [1850 census]. Caroline (Goodrich) Welton died 3 Mar 1843 aged 34y 5m 7d [Sue Young research: "The Goodrich Family of America"] Her parents were Abner Goodrich and Deborah Wilson and Caroline married H. Welton. The use of initials for Hezekiah B. almost drove us to distraction because son Walter’s Civil War pension file gives his father as Henry Welton and his birthplace as Rochester, New York. There was no Henry Welton anywhere near Rochester, but Hezekiah is often abbreviated in census records in a way that could easily be mistaken for Henry and we think this is what happened in copying the military records, too. It should also be noted that while we have placed Jarvis, Josiah and Zaphna as sons of Hezekiah Welton and they were all living near Elias and Hezekiah B. in 1830, Effron (as Wilton) and George S. Welton, although in the same county in 1830, do not seem to be related to the Nathaniel line.
In 1840, H. B. Welton was located one household from Hannah who was next to Elias (Jr.) in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York. Their family had grown to include two sons and three daughters (020001 20101), identified in 1850 as Walter Barnes, b. 1830/31; Charles, b. 1831/32; Annee (or Aimee?) b. 1835/36; Mary, b. 1838/39; and (probably) Adaline, b. 1827/28, Mrs. Leonard Egleston in 1850. Hezekiah B. and Hannah must have returned to Tompkins County soon after that census, because Caroline Welton, wife of H. B., was buried in the Old Cemetery at Dryden in 1843. [Sue Young research, “Old Cemetery of Dryden” pub. 1970, probably by Charles M. Sandwick, Sr.; now also online at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/jmgencon/cem/drycem.html, by JanMarie, where Sandwick is credited]. By the 1850 census, Hezekiah B. (indexed Wetton), shoemaker, was married to Sophia (unk) Benjamin and there were three Benjamin children in the household, in addition to those named above, while Charles was actually with James Hurd, cabinet-maker, on the same page. He may be the Charles Welton, cabinet maker of the same age and born NY who was at Kalamazoo, MI in 1860.
Hezekiah (no B.) Welton died February, 1853, while visiting his brother, Elias, and is buried with that family at Eden, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. [see references below] How long he was married to Sophia Benjamin or how many of his children might have gone with him to Michigan and/or Wisconsin between 1850 and 1853 is not known.
The final piece of the family puzzle (to date) is Elias Welton, and he fits thanks to the work of Tracy Reinhardt at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu. Once we found an Elias Welton indexed at Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1860, we were finally able to locate “Elias Netton” there in 1850, but be warned that this gets a little complicated. Back in New York in 1840, Elias Welton (000001 010001) was married with one daughter, born 1831-1835. In 1850, he was apparently married to the same wife, Amanda, but with a slightly different daughter (or son?). The Fond du Lac County web pages include several references to E. and Elias Welton, but the records of the Rohlf Family Cemetery at EdenTownship, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, seem to make sense of it all. Buried there are Hezekiah Welton who died February 1853, ae 47 years (see above; Hezekiah also stood as godfather to one of Sarah’s grandchildren in Michigan at this time); Elias Welton, who died 27 Feb 1871, aged 63 years; Amanda Welton, wife of Elias, who died 21 Dec 1870, aged 66 years; and Eleanor, “only daughter of Elias and Amanda,” who died 25 Nov 1849, aged 16 years 4 months and 16 days. Luckily, there is also a note that the headstone was “erected by Elmer Welton.” So, the 1840 New York census obviously includes Elias, Amanda and Eleanor. However, the 1850 census for Ashford, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin includes Elias Welton (indexed Elias Netton), 44 (born 1805/06?), farmer, born New York (actually ditto marks carried from above); Amanda, 40, (ditto) and Elinor, 6, born Ohio (and I double-checked that it does say Elinor, female). The 1855 Wisconsin State Census may also shed more light on this, but it makes no sense for them to give a second daughter the same name as the first daughter, and to do so only five or six years before Eleanor dies young is macabre in retrospect. Thankfully, in 1860, Elias Welton was born at Vermont in 1807/08, Amanda was born at New York in 1803/04, Elmore Welton (m) was born at Ohio in 1844/45 and a Selina Bump, born at Ohio 1843/44, is also part of the household, as was Julius Kopnick, 30, and female but a farm laborer, born at Prussia (or Russia). Elias was not located in the 1870 census, despite reading through three adjacent townships, but E. Welton is mentioned as having been the first settler in the northwestern portion of the town and one of the first postmasters at Ashford, which is adjacent to Eden Township [online reference to the "History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," 1880]. Also mentioned elsewhere is that Eleanor Welton, age 16, was the first burial at the Rohlf Cemetery in 1849. There is one RootsWeb hit for an Elmore Welton, but it is bare bones “information” and says that his father was Eli Welton and his mother was Rhoda Wilson, so perhaps Amanda (Wilson) Welton is correct but nothing was found to confirm or deny this possibility.
31 Aug 2003: Jo Ann Kaufman, Kathleen Carr and Sue Young
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