BIOGRAPHY

DANIEL RATHBONE FAMILY

Daniel Rathbone, a native of Stonington, Conn., moved to Richmond, Mass., and thence to Milton, Saratoga County, where he died, at the age of 93 years. He married Sarah Higby, of Stonington, Conn., and their children were Daniel, Jr., Dr. John, William, Valentine, Philander, Solomon, Abigail, Sally, Ruby, Huldah, and Lydia. Daniel, Jr., removed to Milton, N. Y., and died in 1808, aged 49 years. He married Anna Reddington, of Stonington, Conn., and their children were Wightman, Ransom, Laurin, Anna, Phoebe, Amanda, Lucy, Melinda, and Julianne. Laurin Rathbone was born May 19, 1806, in Milton, and March 14, 1833, married Elizabeth Barker, of Oakfield. In 1830 he came to Oakfield and purchased the farm formerly owned by Robert Troup and others, and has since followed farming. His children are Arthur B. Rathbone, a hardware merchant of Oakfield, and Miss Augusta Rathbone, Lewis V. R. Rathbone, of Rochester, is a son of Ransom.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890