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John Padgett ★ was born in South Cave, Yorkshire, England BA31, located on the River Humber,
west of Kingston upon Hull. John married Hannah Wilson in England and
immigrated to New York before the Revolutionary War BA31. He was allegedly a servant for the
Wilson family, and married his master’s daughter, Hannah Wilson BE7. The
Parish Registers of South Cave East Yorkshire with Notes Thereon, by
William Richardson (published by A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. in 1909), did not
have any baptismal or marriage record for John Padgett or Hannah Wilson. The
earliest mention of an individual with the surname “Padgett”, or any of its variants,
was the marriage record of William Padgett to Elizabeth Loncaster
on May 5, 1784, and the earliest mention of an individual with the surname
“Wilson” was the marriage record of Thomas Everrett
to Catherine Wilson on June 25, 1791.
Because he lived in
Troy and Albany during the Revolutionary War, he was very
likely the John Padget who was listed as a
private in Colonel Stephen J. Schuyler’s Sixth Regiment of the County of
Albany, New York, under the command of Major Flores Bancker
(number 37293174) CO6.
Berthold Fernow stated that John Padget
was a corporal in Schulyer’s Regiment, Tillman’s
Company FE4, but John’s service record did not
indicate that he was promoted; it merely stated that he was discharged as a
private CO6. Incidentally, another John Padgett was
listed in a New York muster roll dated September 27, 1781 with Lieutenant Colonel Beverly
Robinson, under Captain Simon Hollock, but this John
Padgett served the Loyal American Regiment and fought under the Union Jack BR4.
Peter Montross served in this same regiment.
The names of John and James Padget
were printed alongside a map in Brunswick: A Pictorial History BR5. This
map was adapted from a portion of John E. Van
Alen’s original survey of Rensselaerwyck Manor, which was created in the
years 1787 through 1790. According to this map, John Padgett’s land was east of
the Hudson River and north of Quakenkill River, and
the parcel of land held by James was southeast of John’s lot BR5. This information does not seem to agree with the data provided
by the New York State Library. Utilizing the Rensselaerwyck
Manor Papers, the New York State Library compiled an alphabetical list of the
tenants of the patroon of Rensselaerwyck NE19. The Rensselaerwyck Manor Papers included
the boundaries and the acreage of each lot, and often information about the
parcel’s succeeding tenant, but the list issued by the New York State Library did
not include any individual with the surname “Padgett”, or any of its variants NE19.
He and
Hannah moved to Oxford, Chenango County, New York circa 1792 BA31. A record dated January 29, 1798 in Oxford stated CH18:
Oxford
January 29th day 1798
Known
all men by these presents that I John Padgett of the town aforesaid do firmly
agree with John Padgett junior to furnish him with a certain place for a
sawmill on my farm being on the lot number seventy four.
I am also to help him make the dam this obligation is
to certify that it is the true entent and meaning that
I do bind my self and my heirs and assigns and
administrators forever unto the said John Padgett jur.
his heirs and assigns forever that the said John Padgett jur.
shall peaceably enjoy this certain mill place with all the priveledges
thereof forever until dissolved by mutual Consent of both parties the said John
Padgett Jur is to draw three quarters of said mill
and the sd. John Padgett is to have the other quarter the parties are to
bear equal proportion according to their right in keeping the mill in repair.
Whereof I do set my hand and Seal.
Oxford
January the 29. 1798
John
Padgett
John
Padgett jur
David
Keyes
Thomas
Haren… [this surname is illegible]
In 1800, John
Padgett, John Padgett, Jr., and James Padgett lived in Oxford, Chenango County,
New York, and ten years later, John, John Padgett, Jr., Robert Padgett, and
David Shaply lived in Oxford. John died in May 1817
in Oxford, Chenango County, New York BA31, PA4. As an elderly woman, Hannah Barstow wrote
an essay about her mother’s ancestors, entitled Memories of John Padget. The essay was dated June 9, 1894, and was
transcribed by her son, Maitland Deforest Barstow, in 1925. A portion of the
essay was lost, but all pertinent information has been rewritten by the author,
A. Boaz, with selected quotes reproduced; note that this is not a facsimile of
the essay, but a reworded, abbreviated version BA31:
Hannah Barstow’s maternal grandmother was
named Hannah Wilson, whose only sibling was a brother named John, and whose
mother’s name may have been Martha, but whose father’s name was unknown to
Hannah Barstow. Hannah Wilson had a wealthy suitor, but she preferred the less
prosperous John Padgett, who was a shepherd who resided in South Cave, England;
the Wilson family was more affluent than the Padgett family. John and Hannah
married and became the parents of three children: John, James, and a daughter
named Hannah who perished at a young age, and was
buried in England. John proposed to immigrate to America, but Hannah was
opposed to the idea, as she was accustomed to a relatively undemanding
lifestyle, which would certainly change in the wilderness of the colonies. John
was determined to set off regardless, even if it meant departing from his
family in England, so Hannah opted to leave with him. The Padgett family
arrived by a sailing ship sometime before the Revolutionary War, and at one
point when they were quite close to land, a storm blew the ship off course,
which delayed their arrival for weeks.
James Padgett, who was Hannah Barstow’s
uncle, married Rebekah Crout. Their daughter, Barbara
Padget Brooksbank, informed
Hannah Barstow that John Wilson, who was Hannah Barstow’s great-uncle, lived in
Hull, England and insured ships. Hannah Barstow
described the goods which were sent overseas to her grandmother from John
Wilson. He sent his late wife’s wedding dress “a very nice
figured silk, with a guinea sewed in the back”, a gold ring, silver
dishes and a silver tankard, a carved ivory tea chest, “sets of china so clear you could almost see through them”, damask
bed curtains, and high post bedsteads.
During the war, the Padgetts
lived in Troy, New York, and John Padgett fought against the British. “The
Tories… would come and kill the sheep in the night and lay the heads… on the
doorstep.” They moved to Albany upon the discovery of a plot by the British to
kill John, and perhaps continued to live in Albany, as Hannah’s mother, Jane,
was born there in 1790. Jane was named after John Wilson’s late wife, Jane
(Furness) Wilson.
In the year 1792 or 1793, the Padgett
family moved again; this time they settled four miles from Oxford in Chenango
County on a brook, which was later known as Padgett Brook. Hannah Padgett was a
doctor who traveled on horseback to patients, some of
whom lived thirty or forty miles from her home. Their house was built mostly of
rocks, but at least one side was made of logs, and it was “covered with some
such material filled in with brush.” In the corner of the house was a rock
which they used as a bedstead. Assuming that Hannah
Barstow used the proper definition of “bedstead”, this indicates that perhaps
John and Hannah placed a straw mattress atop what must have been a flattened or
split boulder. On one side was a fireplace, and ashes were deposited in a
corner. Not far from the house, on the other side of the brook, was a “point of
land” called Stone Robbie, where wolves once killed and devoured a steer.
Three of John and Hannah’s children were
born in England, but William (who died at age twenty-one in a bear trap),
Hannah, Martha, and Robert and Jane were born in the New
World. John Padgett lost his vision in approximately 1805 and died in
1817, and at this time Stone Robbie and some additional
land was inherited by Jane, Hannah’s mother. Hannah Padgett died in 1822.
In a
book entitled Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of
Chancery of the State of New York, by Alonzo C. Page, an extremely lengthy,
complicated court case, Padgett vs. Lawrence and
Others, detailed a lawsuit involving three men named John Padgett: a
grandfather, his son, and his grandson PA4. For
the sake of brevity, the information gleaned from the pages of this report
confirms several details of Hannah Barstow’s essay. Two
selected quotes have been reproduced PA4:
At the
time that deed was dated and acknowledged, in May, 1816, there were three John Padgetts of Oxford in the county of Chenango;
to wit, the complainant, a minor then about eight years old, his father, and
his grand father. The grand father
was then blind and had been so for some years, and
died in May, 1817.
In
addition to these facts, as to which there was no dispute, the bill stated that
the complainant’s father, after he found that he could not pay for the premises
according to his agreement with Walker, made an arrangement with his mother,
Hannah Padgett, by which he agreed that if she would pay to Walker the $40, and
would advance the monies… [This particular sentence
goes on for over 130 more words; the important point is that Hannah was married
to John Padgett].
More
anecdotal evidence about John Padgett can be found in the secondary source Annals
of Oxford, New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Early Pioneers, by Henry
J. Galpin GA2:
John
Padgett and family, English by birth, came to Oxford at a
very early day in the town’s history. Mr. Padgett’s marriage in England
was not pleasing to his wife’s parents, they considering their daughter above
him in rank, therefore the Padgetts emigrated to
America. On their arrival in Oxford they settled near
Walker’s Corners in the east part of town.
Galpin’s account of the
Padgett family listed most of their children and
provided some genealogical information for those children (John, James,
William, Hannah, Mattie, and Jane) but neglected to include Robert Padgett GA2. John Padgett died intestate on May 22, 1817 NE32. The administration of the estate of “John Padgett late of
Oxford in Chenango County” was granted to “James Padgett son of John Padgett
deceased” on June 17, 1822 NE33.
·
1790 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York with two males over sixteen years, two boys under sixteen years of age, and five females.
·
1800 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York with one girl under the age of ten, one boy between ten and sixteen, and one woman between twenty-six and forty-five.
·
1810 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York with one woman over the age of forty-five.
Hannah Wilson ★ was born in Yorkshire, England, perhaps to Martha Wilson,
and she immigrated to New York sometime before the Revolutionary War BA31. Hannah was the mother of nine children,
including an unnamed child who died in England BA31; her children were John Jr. BE7, GA2, BA31, James BE7, GA2, BA31, Hannah BE7, GA2, BA31, William BE7, GA2, BA31, Martha BE7, GA2, BA31, Nancy BE7, Robert BE7, BA31, and Jane BE7, GA2, BA31, and three of those children, Hannah,
Martha, and Robert, married into the Shapley family BE7.
John Padgett, Jr.
was born in England GA2, BA31
in 1768 GA2.
He first married Annie Winchels BA31 and second married Anna Preston GA2 or Abigail Preston, with whom he was
allegedly the father of thirteen children BA31,
including Elizabeth GA2, BA31, NE36,
Erastus GA2, NE36,
Henry GA2, BA31,
Hannah Baxter GA2, BA31, NE36,
Abigail BA31, NE36,
Anna BA31, NE36,
John III GA2, BA31, NE36,
William GA2, BA31, NE36,
Lorenzo D. GA2, BA31, NE36,
Lewis GA2, BA31, NE36,
Mark BA31, NE36,
Maria GA2, BA31, NE36,
and Harvey GA2, BA31, NE36.
Erastus and Polly Padgett were the parents of Simeon Francis Padgett, born in
Oxford on May 2, 1848 SM5.
Simeon’s death three months later on August 6 was
caused by dropsy (edema) SM5.
John’s daughter, Anna Padget, wrote her will on January
11, 1847 which named her nine brothers and sisters
then living: Erastus, John, William, Lorenzo D., Harvey, Lewis Padgett, Hannah
Baxter, Abigal Padgett, and Maria Padget
NE36.
She died sometime before the date her will was proved at the Surrogate Court on
March 19, 1847 NE36.
John Padgett, Jr. was enumerated in the 1800, 1810, and 1830 US censuses in
Oxford, Chenango County, New York UN5, UN6, UN8.
John Padgett of Oxford wrote his will on November 19, 1834 which mentioned his
children, Elizabeth, Hannah, Abigail, Anna, William, Lorenzo, Lewis, Marke, Mariah, and Harvey NE36. He was said to have died in Oxford,
Chenango County, New York in 1834 GA2,
and he was called deceased on December 23, 1839 when his will was proved on
that date NE36.
James Padgett,
the son of John and Hannah, was born in England BA31. He first married Elenor
Bartle and second married Abigail Havens, with whom he was the father of
Eleanor, Beulah, Hannah, Nelson, James Jr., and Peter BA31. James and Abigail Padgett were also said
to have been the parents of Anson and Watson, who died as infants GA5. James Padgett was enumerated in the
1800 and 1840 US censuses in Oxford, Chenango County, New York UN5, UN9. Abigail, the wife of James Padgett,
died at age twenty-six on March 7, 1827 and was buried on the Shapley farm in
Oxford Township, Chenango County, New York GA5. Beulah S. Padgett, the daughter of
“the late James Padgett of Oxford” married Aaron M. Wooster of Guilford on
April 22, 1849 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York DA16. Beulah S. Wooster, the wife of Aaron
M. Wooster, died at age thirty-eight on July 22, 1853 and was buried on the
Shapley farm in Oxford Township, Chenango County, New York GA5. Hannah W. Padgett married Stephen L.
Avery at the Temperance Hotel in Union on March 30, 1851 DA16. James Padgett, Jr. married Samira
Russell on March 25, 1849 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York DA16. James Padgett, age seventy-seven, died
in Oxford on November 24, 1848 DA16, GA2
or November 25, 1848 and was buried on the Shapley farm in Oxford Township,
Chenango County, New York GA5.
Hannah Padgett
was born in America BA31
in about the year 1776, according to her age at the time of her death GA5. She married David Shapley, the son of Thomas
and Joanna Shapley BE5, GA2.
David Shapley’s will,
written on November 27, 1818, named his wife, Hannah, and his children,
William, John, Nancy, Hannah, Loranda, and Mary
Shapley NE34.
David died at age sixty-six on June 23, 1827 and was buried in the same
cemetery as Hannah GA5.
Hannah, the wife of David Shapley, died at age fifty-nine on November 6, 1835
and was buried on an “old abandoned plot on Bliss
Willoughby”, which was called the Hovey Farm at the time of the survey of that
cemetery in 1930 GA5.
William Padgett,
the son of John and Hannah Padgett, was born in America BA31 and died about the age of twenty-one BA31 in sometime in autumn 1800 due to injuries
caused from an accident involving a bear trap GA2, BA31.
Mattie or Martha Padgett, the daughter of John and Hannah Padgett, was
born in America BA31
about the year 1779, according to her age at the time of her death GA5. She married Thomas Garner Shapley GA2, GA5, CH3. Thomas G. Shapley died at age
forty-seven in February 1832 and was buried in the same cemetery as Martha GA5. Martha Shapley was deposed on December
5, 1832 and stated that Thomas G. Shapley of Oxford died “a natural death on
the seventh day of February 1832” intestate CH3. She further stated that she was his widow and his surviving children were Lydia Japhet, the wife
of Alden Japhet, Thomas W. Shapley, Olive Shapley, Sally Shapley, Joseph W.
Shapley, David U. Shapley, Anna Shapley, James Shapley, and John P. Shapley CH3. Their son, Thomas W. Shapley, was born
on November 3, 1806 and died on September 7, 1886; he was buried at Rounds
Cemetery in Oxford Township, Chenango County, New York GA5. Their son, Joseph W. Shapley, married
Frances Allen on April 25, 1852 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York DA16. Joseph W. Shapley died at age
fifty-four on January 7, 1867 and was buried at Rounds Cemetery in Oxford
Township, Chenango County, New York GA5.
Martha, the wife of Thomas G. Shapley, died at age sixty-three on March 22,
1842 and was buried on the farm owned by Bliss Willoughby 1930 GA5 which was “on the road from Oxford to
Guilford” GA2.
Nancy Padgett
may have been also known as Nancy Sherwood, although this is uncertain. Nancy
Sherwood, age sixty-nine, lived in the household of John Padgett (age
thirty-six) and Robert Padgett (age thirty-three) in Oxford, Chenango County,
New York in 1850; her birth location was Connecticut, and the household also
included Sarah Shaply, age twenty-three UN10. Nancy Sherwood remained in the
household of John and Robert Padgett in Oxford, Chenango County in 1860 and
1870 UN11, UN12;
she was born about 1777 UN11, UN12
or 1781 UN10
in New York UN11
or Connecticut UN10, UN12.
The 1855 New York State Census enumerated her as the head of the household; she
was born about 1781 in Albany County, New York and lived with John and Robert
Padgett and her niece, Sarah A. Shapley NE29.
At the time of the 1860 US Census, additional household members included Sarah
Ann Shapley, age thirty, and Maria Wilbur, age forty-four UN11; in 1870, Sarah Shapley was forty-four UN12. She was the head of the household in
the 1865 New York State Census, in which she stated that she was born in Albany
County, New York and was the mother of three children (two of whom, John and
Robert, lived with her) but was widowed NE30.
Sarah Shapley, who was thirty-eight, was called a servant in this census NE30. Nancy Sherwood of Oxford, Chenango
County, New York wrote her will on July 12, 1861, which named her children,
John Padgett, Robert Padgett, and Welthy Stafford;
her will was proved on June 6, 1871 in Chenango County NE34.
Robert Padgett was born about 1782 GA5 or 1783 UN10, NE29, NE30 in New York UN10; census records indicate he was born in
“Trowey” NE29
or “Renslaer” NE30.
He was likely born in Troy, Rensselaer County,
which is near Albany, New York.
Jane Padgett,
the daughter of John and Hannah Padgett, was also called Jinny BA31 and was born in Albany County, New York
about 1791 NE29, NE30
or in New York about 1790 UN10, UN12.
Her birth was said to have occurred on July 8, 1790 GA2. She married James Walker (who was said
to have been born on May 30, 1788) on April 3, 1806 GA2. Their children were Jane, born on June
28, 1807, Lovisa, born on August 6, 1809, Nicholas,
born on July 11, 1811, James, born on June 5, 1814, William, born on December
27, 1816, Sarah, born on April 15, 1819, Hannah, born on December 29, 1821,
Willis, born on April 19, 1824, Daniel, born on April 12, 1827, Julia, born on
August 14, 1829, and Willard, born on March 5, 1832 GA2. James and Jane Walker were enumerated
in Oxford, Chenango County, New York in 1850 with Hannah, age twenty-nine,
Daniel, age twenty-three, Julia M., age twenty, Willard, age eighteen, Celestia
Bingham, age fifteen, Lovisa Bingham, age forty-one,
Jane Miller, age forty-three, Mary J. Miller, age fourteen, and Mitchell Guy,
age six; James was born about 1788 in Vermont, while Jane was born about 1790
in New York UN10.
At the time of the 1855 New York State Census, their household in Oxford
included their children, Willard Walker, age twenty-three, and Hannah M.
Walker, age twenty NE29.
James Walker died intestate on January 17, 1864 NE32, NE33. In 1865, Jane was called the mother of
Julia Lamphire, age thirty-five, when she was
enumerated in Julia’s house in Oxford NE30.
At that time, she stated that she was the mother of eleven children, had been
married once, and was a widow NE30.
Jane Walker, age eighty, lived in the household of Willard (thirty-eight) and
Mary (thirty-six) Walker in 1870 UN12.
Jane Walker died intestate on April 16, 1872 NE32, NE33, GA2.
Hannah
“Padgetts” died intestate on June 1, 1822 NE32. On June 6, 1822, James Padgett
appeared before John Tracy, the Surrogate for Chenango County, regarding his
mother, “Hannah Padgett late of Oxford Chenango County as it is alleged, lately
died intestate” NE18. James went before
John Tracy again on June 17, 1822 regarding his father, “John Padgett late of
Oxford in chenango county as it is alleged, lately
died intestate” NE18. The administration of
the estate of John and Hannah Padgett was granted to their son, James, who
promised to “make a true and perfect Inventory of the Goods chattels and
credits of said deceased… within six calendar months” NE18.
·
1820
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, and recorded as “Hannah Patchet”, with one boy and one girl under the age of ten,
and a woman, in addition to herself, who was over the age of forty-five.