Erie County (PA) Genealogy
Springfield Township Revolutionary War Veterans
Contributed by Evelyn Baker
REVOLUNTIONARY WAR VETERANS
SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY INTERMENTS
BATCHELDER, ISAIAH ... Came from New Hampshire
b. 1750 ... d. in the spring of 1823
Mother: ELIZABETH HILL
Father: PAGE BATCHELDER
Military: 1 - Committee of Saftey
2 - Pvt. in Capt. JAMES OSGOOD's Co.
of Rangers, Northern Continental Army.
July 1775 - December 1775
3 - Pvt. in Capt. JOHN HOUSE's Co.,
Colonel BALDWIN's Regiment
[Accepted D. A. R. records]
Spouse: MARY MOLLY COPPS
m. June 4, 1778
Mother: SARAH POORE
Father: JOSHUA COPPS
b. July 15, 1759
Children: SAMUEL b. circa 17880
m. JANE WILSON
SUSANA m. 1 - JOHN LAMB
m. 2 - CALEB TURNER
SALLY .. b. circa 1784
m. JAMES LEACH
b. 1779 ... d. July 25, 1814
killed in Battle of Lundy's Lane
BETSY ............ never married
ABIGAIL ........ m. ASA LAMUNYON
HANNAH ........ m. JAMES WILLSON
JONATHAN .. m. BETSY
MARY ... b. 1797 ... d. 1877
.............. m. RUFUS KENDALL
ISAIAH died young
JOSHUA died young
ELMIRA ........... m. ELAM MEEKUM
Last know residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
BLACK, THOMAS ............. Came from North Cumberland, Connecticut in 1795
b. 1736 ... d. 1822
Spouse: ELIZABETH
Brother: WILLIAM
Children: JOHN R.
b. August 29, 1795
1st white child born Erie Co., Pa.
[ LeBouf Township ]
CHEESMAN, BENJAMIN ... b. Sept. 20, 1756 Baintree, Massachusetts
d. March 20, 1852 Springfield Township, Pa.
Military: 1 -1774 enlisted as a Minuteman, Pvt.
2 - Pvt. in Colonel Greaton's Mass. Regiment
3 - served 1774 - 1777
Applied for pension Aug. 6, 1832 at age 75
residence listed as Springfield Township, Pa.
Spouse: SARAH HOWE m. December 1778
In the lot at the Springfield Cemetery, next to
Benjamin is the grave of DUREN CHEESMAN
who died Sept. 10, 1859, & of ELLA F., his wife, who
died February 1, 1865.
Children: Records from Hampshire Co., Massachusetts
No mother's name given
BENJAMIN
ISAAC
NABBY
PEGGY
RUTH
THANKFUL
.............. All baptized on November 1, 1795
THANKA ..... baptized September 28, 1801
CLARISSA ....... baptized August 31, 1803
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
ELLIS, DAVID ...................... b. 1763 at Ashfield, Massachusetts
d. October 9, 1843
Mother: MEHITABLE SCOTT
Father: REUBEN ELLIS
Father: RICHARD ELLIS
b. 1704 in Ireland .. d. 1797 in Ashfield
m. EXPERIENCE PHILLIPS
Military: Enlisted in the Continental Army, June 5, 1780
Discharged December 18, 1780
[ Accepted D. A. R. records ]
Spouse: SARAH WASHBURN
m. July 8, 1784 at Ashfield, Massachusetts
b. August 1764 ... d. May 15, 1848
Children: MELINDA .. b. 1785 ... d. 1862
m. JOHN WING
WILLIAM ... b. 1787 ... d. 1873
m. RHODA FLOWER
DAVID .. b. circa 1793 ... d. Feb. 1, 1866
m. RHUANNAH FLOWER
SARAH .. b. circa 1791 ... d. Dec. 3, 1851
m. July 5, 1810, Ashfield, Mass.
CAPT. JAMES FLOWER
REBECCA .. b. circa 1799
m. JONATHAN TAYLOR
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
GERRED, JOHN ................. b. 1758 ... d. May 17, 1850
Military: Pvt. in Washington County, Pa.
Militia Continental Line
[ Pa. Archives - Vol. 4 - page 400 ]
Spouse: SARAH
............ b. 1755 .. d. December 11, 1847
Children: LEVI ..... b. 1797 ... d. Sept. 27, 1863
m. LUCY .. b. Jan. 14, 1786
d. Jan. 5, 1862
HOLLIDAY, SAMUEL ......... Came from Franklin County, Pa.in 1796
b. circa November 26, 1755 ... d. November 10, 1846
Mother: ELIZABETH McDOWEL
Father: JAMES HOLLIDAY
b. Ireland ... d. June 9, 1757 killed by Indians
Military: Pvt. 6th Class, 7th Company, 4th
Battalion, Cumberland Co. Militia
listed Aug. 19, 1780
[ D. A. R. records - Pa. Archives 5th Series
Vol. 6, page 272 ]
Spouse: JEANNETTE CAMPBELL
m. Franklin County, Pa. circa 1797
b. 1770 ... d. June 27, 1851
Occ: farmer - North Springfield, Pa.
Children: ELIZABETH
b. May 14, 1798 ... d. Oct. 17, 1834
1st white female born in Springfield Twsp.
m. EDWARD WARD
JANE
LUCINDA
JOHN ... 1803 - 1872
SAMUEL, Jr. b. September 27, 1805
m. ELIZABETH PORTER
WILLIAM b. November 7, 1808
m. FANNIE E.
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
LYBARGER, NICHOLAS, JR. .. Came from Bedford County, Pa. in 1798
b. 1754 in Frederick County, Maryland
d. February 16, 1836
Mother: MARY ANN
Father: NICHOLAS LYBARGER, SR.
Military: 1775 - 1779 enlisted in Londonderry
Twsp., Beford County, Pa.
Applied for pension on Aug. 6, 1832
[ Accepted D. A. R. records ]
Spouse: CHRISTINA REID
m. May 1783 in Cumberland Valley,
Bedford County, Pa.
Children: ELIZABETH
b. 1784 .. d. March 16, 1867
m. JOHN DeVORE .. d. Oct. 16, 1838
JOHN
MARY or ANN MARY
b. Oct. 28, 1867
m. WILLIAM GUTHRIE
HENRY m. NANCY
CORNELIUS
RACHEL m. SAPPER
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
McKEE, ROBERT ................ Came from Cumberland County, Pa. in 1801
b. circa 1756 ... d. May 4, 1842
Military: Pvt. 4th Class, 4th Battalion of
Cumberland County Militia, 5th Co.
[ Pa. Archives, 5 Series, Vol. 6, page 269 ]
Spouse: ELIZABETH LOWRY
b. circa 1761 ... d. February 1, 1835
Occ: farmer
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
REA, SAMUEL, SR. .............. Came from Franklin County, Pa. in 1804
b. Dec. 27, 1762 ... d. March 5, 1813
Military: Pvt. in Capt. JOHN REA's Co.,
1st Battalion, Cumberland County
Militia, Pa.
[ Pa. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 6 ]
Spouse: MARGARET EATON
b. 1776 ... d. Nov. 10, 1832
Children: SAMUEL, Jr.
b. Oct. 27, 1792 in Washington, Pa.
d. Sept. 8, 1883
m. ELIZABETH FERGUSON
... d. 1855
Mother: ISABELLA SHARON
Father: GEORGE FERGUSON
A SON - name unknown
m. MARGARET FERGUSON
sister of ELIZABETH
JOHNSTON b. August 2, 1805
m. SUSANNA PORTER
... Father: ROBERT PORTER
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
SILVERTHORN, WILLIAM . Came from Fayette County in 1797
b. 1748 believed to be near Red Stone, New Jersey
d. March 15, 1813 in Springfield Township, Pa.
Military: Teamster in the Continenntal Army,
Quarter Master General Dept. &
Commissary General Dept.,
Trenton, New Jersey
Spouse: JANE BARTLOW
d. March 7, 1829
Children: ABRAHAM .. b. 1780 ... d. Jan. 4, 1854
.......... m. JANE HUNTER
.......... b. 1790 ... d. November 4, 1875
.. they came in 1798 & had 12 children
ISAAC b. ... Aug. 1, 1788 at Red Stone,
New Jersey
d. September 29, 1846
Military: War of 1812
Capt. 117th Pa. Regiment
m. MARGARET MILLER
..... on July 22, 1813
b. circa 1790 .. d. Oct. 9, 1874
JAMES .....................................................
ELIZABETH
by Preponderance of Evidence.
Spouse:
THOMAS R. MILLER
a Soldier in the War of 1812
JOHN .. by Preponderanc of Evidence
Spouse: HANNAH
Early settlers of Fairview, Pa.
Occ: miller
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
SMITH, OLIVER ................... aka: DALTON SMITH [ land record data ]
Came from Massachusetts in 1800
b. April 24, 1761 at Mansfield, Connecticut
d. May 19, 1838
Mother: RACHEL HODGES
Father: OLIVER SMITH
Military: Pvt. in General WATERBURY's
State Brigade, Connecticut
Spouse: BETSEY LATHROP
b. 1775 ... d. Dec. 21, 1861
believed to be a 2nd wife.
Children: Believed to be from 1st marriage:
HARRIET
MARIA
Children: 2nd marriage:
CHESTER never married
LYMAN ... b. 1798 ... Sept. 3, 1875
m. MARIA
CHARLES F.
... b. March 20, 1803 ... d. Feb. 17, 1886
... m. EMILY LEACH
Mother: SALLY BATCHELDER
Father: JAMES LEACH
OLIVER ... b. 1805 ... d. Sept. 29, 1861
m. JANE
Occ: farmer
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
THOMAS, JACOB ................. Came from Vermont in 1813
b. 1761 ... d. Feb. 19, 1848
Mother: LYDIA
Father: REUBEN THOMAS
Military: Col. MOSELEY's Regiment
of Militia Guarding Horseneck;
under command of Lt. Col. CANFIELD
Connecticut
Spouse: DORCAS HURD
b. 1765 ... d. May 10, 1855
Mother: DORCAS JUDSON
Father: AMOS HURD
Children: ZACHARIAH
b. March 26, 1790 ... d. Dec. 2, 1861
m. CYNTHIA RAYMOND
b. 1802 ... d. Feb. 8, 1875
JACOB ... d. 1849
Spouse: RHONDA
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
WELLS, EZEKIAL ................ b. May 12, 1750 at Goffstown, New Hamsphire
... d. 1833
Military: Pvt. in Col. JOHN STARK's
New Hampshire State Troops - enlisted.
Mother: PRUDENCE SIMMONS
Father: AARON WELLS
Came to Erie County in about 1818
Spouse: ALICE COLLINS m. Dec. 11, 1775
b. circa 1760 ... d. April 14, 1852
Children:
POLLY ..... b. Dec. 29, 1777 ... d. Oct. 13, 1799
POLLY ..... b. June 29, 1780
EUNICE .... b. June 23, 1783
SALLY ....... b. Oct. 31, 1786
MEHITABLE .. b. Nov. 25, 1788
ALICE ........ b. Oct. 1, 1791
AARON ..... b. April 11, 1796 .. d. Sept. 15, 1877
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
WHEELER, RANDALL ........ b. 1758 at Greenwich, Massachusetts
Military: enlisted 1775 - 1779
in Greenwich Hampshire County, Mass.,
in Militia.
Spouse: EXPERIENCE ALDEN
Came to Erie County in 1826
Last known residence: Springfield Township, Pa.
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