CHILDREN. 428 STEPHEN,6 b. 1778; m. Esther died April 27, 1848. who died Dec. 16, 1854, aged 76. He 429 ISAAC,6 m. Dec. 21, 1802, Sarah Farrand, who died June 15, 1810, aged 54 years, 8 months, and 27 days. LINE OF ICHABOD, ICHABOD, FRANCIS.2 137 ICHABOD 5 SAYRE, a farmer of Southampton, L. I.; married He lived west of Watermill in 1776. In the census of 1776 his household consisted of one male between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, three males under sixteen, two females over sixteen, and two under sixteen years. His will, dated August 12, 1783, probated May 26, 1785 (Liber XXXVIII, folio 79), named two sons, Ananias and Francis. Mentioned "my wife" (name not stated) "all my land to be equally divided" when two sons arrive at twentyone years. It named two daughters, Eunice and Martha. Executors: brothers Joshua and Stephen. CHILDREN. 430 ANANIAS.6 His will, dated June 9, 1823, probated Sept. 18, 1824, left his property to his brother and to his brother's children. 431* FRANCIS,6 b. 1771; m. Hannah 432 MARTHA,6 m. 433 EUNICE.6 Brown. 139 STEPHEN 5 SAYRE born in Southampton, September 9, 1749; married Elizabeth who was born March 29, 1754. They removed early in this century to Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y., where he died in May, 1823. His will, dated May 6, 1822, was recorded at Goshen in Liber G, folio 93. CHILDREN. 434 ELIZABETH,6 b. Aug. 12, 1783. 435* STEPHEN,6 b. June 12, 1785; m. Dec. 8, 1808, Anna Little. 436 HANNAH,6 b. Oct. 22, 1786; m. Jan. 16, 1808, John Fanning, of Riverhead. 437 (POLLY) MARY,6 b. October, 1788. 438 NATHAN,6 b. March 19, 1790. 439 NANCY,6 b. April 30, 1793. 142 JOSHUA 5 SAYRE, of Southampton, L. I., probably married first, Martha Halsey, daughter of Joshua Halsey and his wife Martha Williams, daughter of Abraham Williams, who died prior to 1754, when Halsey's children divided the land. He married second, Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Cooper. His will, dated June 19, 1806, probated June 1, 1816 (Liber D, folio 33), reads as follows: In the Name of God, Amen. I Joshua Sayre of the town of Southampton, in the County of Suffolk and State of New York Husbandman being weak in body but of sound mind and memory thanks be to God therefor, but calling to mind the mortality of my body do make this my last will and testament, and principally and first I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I dispose of it the manner following - Imprimis, I will that all my just debts and the legacies be paid in the manner hereafter mentioned. Secondly. I give to my sons Joshua, Caleb, Silas, and Enoch twelve dollars and fifty cents to each of them. I give to my son Thomas twenty five dollars and to my grandson James Sayre twenty five dollars. Thirdly. I give to my son Rufus Sayre and to his heirs and assigns forever the one equal half of my Ocabogue meadow, also give to him twelve acres of land to be taken off the North east corner of wood close adjoining the lane and so to extend so far southward as to make a straight line with the ditch which runs east and west also give to him the one equal half of that woodland which I bought of George Herrick dec'd lying near seven ponds. Fourthly. I will that my movable estate be sold together with that piece of land called the manor and that lot of land known by the name of Cowpasture lying adjoining John Bishop with my mill that the same be sold by my executors and the money arising from the said sales to go towards paying my just debts and the legacies above mentioned. Fifthly. The residue and remainder of all my buildings lands woodlands meadows and commonage (not above demised) I give to my grandson Rufus Sayre to him his heirs and assigns forever but in case of his decease before he come of age then my will is that it go to his brother Rogers or in case of his decease then to his brother James their heirs and assigns forever. Provided however and it is my will that my daughter in law Huldah live in my house and have a home there so long as she remain my sons wife or widow as the case may be. Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my son Rufus Sayre and my friend William Herrick joint executors to this my last will and testament and I do hereby invest them with full power to sell the lands above mentioned and ordered to be sold and conveyance of the same to make, and I do hereby utterly disannul and revoke all and every other will or wills testament or testaments by me before made and do ratify and confirm this and none other to be my last will and testament. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six and the thirtieth of our Independence. Signed sealed and declared in the presence of us, JOSHUA SAYRE. (L. S.) JOHN FOWLER. WILLIAM FORDHAM. ISAAC COOK. CHILDREN. 442 SARAH,6 m. Daniel Gantley. 144 ANNANIAS5 SAYRE, JR., born about 1728; married first, Hannah who died in 1769, aged 38 years; second, Hannah who died in 1771, aged 24 years. died in 1772. He lived at Stow Creek, Cumberland County, N. J., where he 1772, and recorded at Trenton (Liber XV, folio 409). 454 PHEBE.6 CHILDREN. 455 HENRY,6 died at age of 17 years. 456* LEONARD,6 m. 1st, Margaret Potter; 2d, Mrs. Hannah Thompson Anderson. 457 MARY,6 m. David Mulford, of Roadstown. CHILDREN. I HANNAH MULFORD,7 b. Feb. 9, 1776; d. in childhood. 2 EPHRAIM MULFORD,7 b. Oct. 8, 1778; m. 1st, Ruth Wheaton; 2d, Rhoda Luning, who was born Nov. 18, 1787. He died at the age of 92 years. CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE. I Annanias Mulford.8 2 William Mulford.8 3 Isaac Mulford.8 4 David Mulford.8 BY SECOND MARRIAGE. 5 Ruth Mulford.8 6 Alford Mulford.8 7 Ellen Mulford.8 8 Alfred Mulford.8 3 MARY MULFORD, b. Oct. 27, 1780; m. Dr. Charles Hannah, of Han cock's Bridge. Ichabod, CHILD. James M. Hannah.8 4 THOMAS MULFORD,7 b. Dec. 19, 1782; m. 1st, Phebe Butcher; 2d, Mrs. Rachel Evan Scudder. 5 NANCY MULFORD,7 b. 1785; d. in childhood. 7 SARAH MULFORD,7 b. 1790; d. in childhood. 8 WILLIAM MULFORD,7 b. 1792; m. Grace Carll. 9 REBECCA MULFORD,7 b. 1794; m. Asa Couch.. 10 JOHN MULFORD,7 b. 1796; d. unmarried, aged 26 years. 458 THEODOSIA,6 b. Jan. 19, 1758; m. July 30, 1778, Moses Remington, of Greenwich. He died in 1787. His will, dated March 5, 1784, was probated in Cumberland Co., N. J., April 9, 1787. It mentions his wife and the three children named below. 459 RACHEL,6 m. Oct. 21, 1782, Job Tyler, of Mannington, Salem Co., who subsequently bought a farm at Quaker Neck. He was a man of great energy, and one of the best farmers of his time in Salem Co., being especially noted for his skill in breeding and raising cattle, sending the fattest stock to the Philadelphia market. 2 JOB TYLER,7 m. Elizabeth Dunham. He inherited his father's farm, and afterwards moved to Salem, where he died childless. Ichabod, 4 3 MARY TYLER,7 m. John Bacon, and died shortly after her marriage. RICHARD TYLER,7 died unmarried in 1819. "He was said to be one of the most promising young men of his time in the county." 460 HANNAH,6 b. Feb. 14, 1764; m. Oct., 1788, Richard Coles, of Salem. I CHARLES COLES.7 2 RICHARD COLES.7 3 SARAH COLES.7 461 LYDIA,6 b. 1767, d. 1773. 462 RHODA.6 CHILDREN. LINE OF ABRAHAM, ICHABOD, FRANCIS.2 5 149 ABRAHAM SAYRE, born in Cumberland County, N. J., in 1750; married first, January 15, 1779, Rachel Meeker, who died January 13, 1815, aged fifty-one years; and second, Phebe He was in Capt. James Ewing's Company of Deerfield Militia in the Revolution. In 1805 he was a member of the Senate of New Jersey, the body at that time being known as the "Legislative Council." He lived at the north end of the town of Bridgeton. Elmer's "History of Cumberland County," page 42, states that "Goose Hill got its name from a story that the owner of the farm opposite accused his neighbor, Abraham Sayre, of plucking feathers from his geese; and afterwards, when some of his pigs went astray, he put up a poster, offering a reward, and hoping that Squire Sayre had n't mistaken them for geese, and pulled off the hair." A libel suit followed, which was afterwards settled by arbitration. This was in 1810. In 1814 he sold part of his farm on the east side of the main stream in Cohansey to parties who erected a dam for water-power. This land was subsequently reconveyed to Mr. Sayre, who built a flour-mill upon it. He died October 24, 1819. |