Elihu Sanford

Spouse: Betsy Fisher
Marriage: 15 Apr 1799

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6051956:2495 : accessed 31 May 2024), Belchertown, Births, Marriages and Death (1813), image 420 of 1340; Belchertown town clerk.

1. James Madison Sanford, born 9 Jul 1813, Belchertown, Hampshire Co, MA

Betsy Fisher

Spouse: Elihu Sanford
Marriage: 15 Apr 1799

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6051956:2495 : accessed 31 May 2024), Belchertown, Births, Marriages and Death (1813), image 420 of 1340; Belchertown town clerk.

1. James Madison Sanford, born 9 Jul 1813, Belchertown, Hampshire Co, MA

James Crawford

Spouse: Jane Graves
Marriage: before 1880

• 1880 U.S. census, Arcade, Wyoming County, New York, household of James and Jane Crawford.

Ephraim Morey

Birth: about 1747

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850; Age 86 at death.

Death: 23 Sep 1833, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Burial: Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122698512/ephraim-morey: accessed June 15, 2024), gravestone photo for Maj Ephraim Morey (d. 23 Sep 1833, age 86), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122698512, Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by CNikosey (contributor 46920483).

Spouse: Anna (--?--)
Marriage: about 1772

1. Leonard Morey, born 23 Dec 1773, Orford, Grafton Co, NH
2. Nathan Morey, born 10 Mar 1775
3. Anna Morey, born 15 Sep 1776

Spouse: Hannah (--?--)
Marriage: about 1777

1. Amaziah Morey, born 30 Oct 1778, Orford, Grafton Co, NH
2. Asa Morey, born 23 Jun 1780, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
3. Polley Morey, born 11 Dec 1782, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
4. Simeon Morey, born 13 Nov 1784, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
5. Francis Morey, born 23 Jan 1787, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
6. Levi Morey, born 10 Mar 1789, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
7. Tirzah Morey, born 29 Aug 1790, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
8. Ephraim Morey, born 30 Oct 1792, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

Spouse: Hannah Hobbs
Intention: 24 Jan 1795, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

Marriage: 26 Feb 1795, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA

• Brookfield Vital Records to 1850

Spouse: Abigail Hobbs
Intention: 26 Nov 1796, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Marriage: 21 Jan 1797, Sturbridge, Worcester, MA

• Sturbridge, MA, Vital Records to 1850.

Notes:

In 1800 Ephraim Morey was living in Charlton. In 1810 and 1820 he was living in Sturbridge. In 1830 he was in Brookfield.

On 24 Mar 1832, Ephraim Morey submitted the following announcement to the newspapers, which was published multiple times in April and May 1832:¹

"Whereas, my wife, Abigail, has without any just cause, left me, my bed and board; this is therefore to forbid all persons against harboring or trusting her on my account, for I am determined not to pay any debt of her contracting after this date. EPHRAIM MOREY, Charlton, Mar 24 1832"

Sources:

1. "Caution," Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts), 25 Apr 1832, p. 4, col. 6; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 16 June 2024.

Anna (--?--)

Death: 22 Sep 1776, Orford, Grafton Co, NH

• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2R-M2Z : accessed 7 June 2024), Anner Morey (1776); Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

Spouse: Ephraim Morey
Marriage: about 1772

1. Leonard Morey, born 23 Dec 1773, Orford, Grafton Co, NH
2. Nathan Morey, born 10 Mar 1775
3. Anna Morey, born 15 Sep 1776

Notes:

According to DAR records, her maiden name was Goodell.¹

Sources:

1. Dar Patriot Index Centennial Edition, 2 parts (Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1994), part 2, p. 2072; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/darpatriotindexc0000unse/page/2072/mode/2up : accessed 10 July 2024).

Nathan Morey

Birth: 10 Mar 1775

• "New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/285053:4582 : accessed 7 June 2024), Nathan Morey birth (1775); New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire; Birth recorded in Orford, Grafton Co, NH.
• Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1914), p. 154; at AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB364/i/7180/154/234873734 : accessed 7 June 2024).

Death: 6 Mar 1862

• "North American Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscripts, 1642-1977," database with images, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1675/i/39903/44/1044245191 : accessed 7 June 2024), Nathan Morey, Holland Cemetery, Erie County, New York; Aged 85y 11m 26d.

Burial: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41492195/nathan-morey: accessed June 7, 2024), gravestone photo for Nathan Morey (d. 6 Mar 1862, age indecipherable), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41492195, Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).

Father: Ephraim Morey
Mother: Anna (--?--)

Spouse: Sarah Rich
Intention: 18 Jan 1798, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Marriage: 8 Feb 1798, Thompson, Windham Co, CT

• Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Kathryn Smith Black, "Some Marriages from Records of the First Congregational Church in Thompson, Connecticut, 1796-1850, Including Some Corrections to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 155 (July 2001): p. 298; database with images, AmericanAncesetors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11632/298/23525908 : accessed 4 June 2024).

1. Polly Morey, born about 1812, Otsego Co, NY

Notes:

Nathan's birth is recorded in Woodstock, Connecticut, and Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire.¹

Nathan Morey of Charlton and Sally RIch of Thompson, Connecticut, filed intention to marry in Charlton 18 Jan 1798. The marriage took place in Thompson, 8 Feb 1798.²

Nathan Morey was living in Milford, Otsego County, New York in 1800, and 1810, not found there in 1820. That this is the same Nathan is proven by the tax records and deed below, which show that his brothers were also in Milford.³ Furthermore, many of his children record their birth places in Otsego County, per 1855 New York state census.

In 1803, Leonard, Nathan, Amzi, and Silas Morey were taxed in Milford.⁴ A deed from Leonard Morey and Phebe his wife of Worcester, Otsego County to James Moore Esq of Milford, Otsego County proves that this is the same Leonard Morey who built the Rider Tavern in Charlton, especially since it is signed by Amzi Morey, Nathan's (and Leonard's) half brother.⁵

In 1820 Nathan Morey (indexed at Ancestry as Nathan Maria) was living in Holland, Erie County, New York, aged 45 or above, with 3 females under 10, a female between 10 and 16, a female 17 to 26, and a female 27 to 45 (presumably Sarah); a male under 10, a male 10 to 15, and 3 males 16 to 26. Amzi Morey was also found in the 1820 census living in Holland, on the same page as Nathan, though not indexed correctly at Ancestry nor FamilySearch.

Per 1855 New York state census, Nathan and Sally had been living in Holland, Erie Couny, New York, for 36 years, implying they came there [from Otsego County] around 1819.

In 1830 Nathan Morey was living in Holland, aged 50 to 60, with a male between 10 and 15, and a male between 20 and 30; and a female 50 to 60 (Sarah), a female 5 to 9, another 10 to 14, two 15 to 19, and one 20 to 29 (for a total of 7 possible children). Also living in town were Ephraim Morey, Israel Morey, Amaziah Morey, Chapin Wheelock, and possibly other relatives.⁶

In 1840 Nathan and Sarah were possibly living in Holland with Franklin Morey, age 30 to 39, based on the existence of an older couple in the household.

In 1850, Nathan, 75, born Connecticut, and Sarah, 73, born New York, were living in Holland, with Sally, 33, born New York, Benjamin, 50, born Connecticut, and Miranda, age 25, born New York.

In 1855 Nathan was 81, had been living in Holland for 36 years (i.e. arrived 1819), as had Sully [sic, Sally], age 78, both born in Connecticut. Also in the household: Benjamin Morey, 55, born Conn., and Miranda Morey, 20, born in Erie County.

In 1860, Nathan was 84, born Massachusetts, living in Holland with Jerome B. Morey, 40, B. F. Morey, 60, Maranda Morey, 35, and Polly Morey, 46, all born New York. No Sally.

Neither Nathan nor Sally appear in the 1865 New York state census.

Research Notes:

Per Find A Grave, Sally Rich Morey died 27 Aug 1867, age unreadable, buried in Holland Cemetery, her gravestone inscribed with "Sally Rich wife of Nathan Morey" and is right next to Nathan Morey; Nathan was born 8 Mar 1776, d. 6 Mar 1862, aged 85y 11m 26d, buried in Holland Cemetery.⁷ FamilySearch says she died 5 Aug 1857 in Holland, which is more consistent with census records (since she doesn't appear in the 1860 census), but the gravestone seems to say 27 Aug xxxx.

On 11 Jan 1794, multiple heirs of the estate of Sarah Morey of Charlton, sold to Nathaniel Morey of Charlton a tract of land in Charlton, abutted by land belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel Green, Nathaniel Jones, Jacob Manning. This land was originally deeded by Nath Eustice to his daughter Sarah Morey.

The heirs of the estate of Sarah Morey were: Israel Morey of Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire; John Green and Sarah his wife of Caldrain (in her own right); Zenas Morey [???] and Abigail his wife in her own right; Silas Morey, Nehusta Morey, and Martha Morey. Signed or marked by the grantors, and witnessed by Ephraim Morey, Zenas Morey, Nathan Morey, Eli Wheelock, Leonard Morey, and Ebenezer Green.⁸

Children of Nathan and Sarah (Rich) Morey:

Ephraim Morey first appears in the 1830 census, born 1801 - 1810

Israel Morey first appears in the 1840 census, born 1801 - 1810

Nathan Morey first appears in the 1840 census, born 1801 - 1810

Franklin Morey first appears in the 1840 census, born 1791 - 1800, looks like Nathan, aged 60 - 69 and Sarah, aged 60 - 69, were living with him. This is probably Benjamin F. Morey below, possibly born in Connecticut.

William Morey first appears in the 1840 census, born 1801 - 1810

Vinal L Morey first appears in the 1840 census, born 1801 to 1810

Polly Morey, born about 1812, was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1860

Sally Morey, born about 1817, NY, was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1850

Benjamin, born about 1800, Connecticut, was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1850

B. F. Morey, born 1800, NY (possibly same as Benjamin and Frankline above) was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1860.

Jerome B. Morey, born about 1820 NY, was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1860

Miranda, born about 1825 in Erie County, was living with Nathan and Sarah in 1850, 1855, 1860

Sources:

1. "New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/285053:4582 : accessed 4 June 2024), Nathan Morey birth (1775); also Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1914), p. 154; at AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB364/i/7180/154/234873734 : accessed 7 June 2024).
2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/15318841:2495 : accessed 4 June 2024), Charlton, Births, Marriages and Death, image 97 of 1179; also Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Kathryn Smith Black, "Some Marriages from Records of the First Congregational Church in Thompson, Connecticut, 1796-1850, Including Some Corrections to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 155 (July 2001): p. 298; database with images, AmericanAncesetors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11632/298/23525908 : accessed 4 June 2024).
3. For reference, see Major Ephraim Morey Jr profile, various authors, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MX7S-RJ2 : accessed 10 June 2024).
4. "New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/398960:6771 : accessed 5 June 2024).
5. Otsego County, New York, Deeds, H:291; FHL 1023767, image 156 of 598.
6. The only Morey indexed at FamilySearch is Ephraim. All four are indexed at Ancestry.
7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41492371/sally-morey: accessed June 4, 2024), memorial page for Sally Rich Morey (22 Jul 1817–27 Aug 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41492371, Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).
8. Worcester County deeds, 133:13, FHL 844349, image 373 of 699.

Anna Morey

Birth: 15 Sep 1776

• "New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/284740:4582 : accessed 7 June 2024), Anna Morey birth (1776); New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire; Birth recorded in Orford, Grafton Co, NH.

Father: Ephraim Morey
Mother: Anna (--?--)

Sarah Rich

Baptism: 26 Sep 1779, Thompson, Windham Co, CT

• "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/63103:3032 : accessed 4 June 2024), Sarah Rich baptism (1779).

Death: 25 Aug 1857

• "North American Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscripts, 1642-1977," database with images, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1675/i/39903/44/1044245191 : accessed 7 June 2024), Sally Rich, Holland Cemetery, Erie County, New York, incorrectly identifies as husband of Nathan Rich (should be Nathan Morey); Aged 80y 1m 5d.

Burial: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41492371/sally-morey: accessed June 7, 2024), gravestone photo for Sally Rich Morey (d. 27 Aug 1867, age indecipherable), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41492371, Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).

Father: Israel Rich

Spouse: Nathan Morey
Intention: 18 Jan 1798, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Marriage: 8 Feb 1798, Thompson, Windham Co, CT

• Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Kathryn Smith Black, "Some Marriages from Records of the First Congregational Church in Thompson, Connecticut, 1796-1850, Including Some Corrections to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 155 (July 2001): p. 298; database with images, AmericanAncesetors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11632/298/23525908 : accessed 4 June 2024).

1. Polly Morey, born about 1812, Otsego Co, NY

Israel Rich

Partner: (--?--)

1. Sarah Rich, bapt. 26 Sep 1779, Thompson, Windham Co, CT

Nathan S. Morey

Birth: about 1806, VT

• 1855 NY state census, Chautauqua Counyt, New York, household of Nathan and Jane Morey.

Death: after 1870

• 1870 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, New York, household of Nathan and Jane Morey.

Spouse: Jane Case
Marriage: about 1827, probably Wales, Erie Co, NY

Notes:

Research Notes for Nathan S. Morey:

More research required to identify parents and siblings.

On 13 Mar 1830, Nathan S. Morey with Jane Morey his wife, and Catherine Morey, sold property in Wales, Erie County (township 9 range 5, west part of middle third of lot 39) to John Franciscus and John Carpenter.¹

In 1830, Nathan S. Morey was living in Wales, Erie County, aged 20 to 30, with a wife, aged 15 to 20, and a daughter, under 5.²

He was not found in the 1840 census. The birth of his daughter around 1845 in Pennsylvania suggests the family was living in Pennsylvania during the 40s (see 1855 New York census). Deeds suggest he owned land with Jeremiah Carpenter in Warren County, Pennsylvania.³

In 1850 Nathan S. Morey was a labourer, living in Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, age 44 years, born New York, with Jane Morey, age 37 years, also born New York. The children were: Aloa, 24, Jane, 20, Lucinda, 17, Nathan C., 14, Pardon, 10, and Nancy, 5, all born New York.

In 1855, he was called Nathan Morey in the census, living in Chautauqua, farmer, age 49, born Vermont. His wife, Jane, was 42, born in Madison County, New York. The children were: Nathan Morey, Jr, 19, Pardon, 14, both born in Erie County; Nancy Morey, 10, born Pennsylvania.

In 1860 he was listed as Nathan Morey, again in Chautauqua, labourer, age 54, born New York. Jane was 49, born New York. The children were: Nathan Jr, 24, Pardin, 19, both labourer's born in New York. Also Nancy, 15, born Pennsylvania, and Eliza, 9, born New York.

In 1865, was listed as Nathan S. Morey, farmer, age 59, born Madison County, with his wife, Jane Morey, 52, mother of 6 children, one of who was married. The children were: Lucinda Davis, 32, daughter, born Genesee County, New York, with her son, Wm. U. Davis, 2y 10m; Nathan C. Morey, 29, son, born Erie County, Parden U. Morey, 25, born Erie County, Nancy Morey, 20, born Pennsylvania, and Elisa Morey, 13, born Chautauqua County. Nancy Case, 83, born Rensellear County, New York, mother in law.

In 1870 Nathan and Jane Morey were living in Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, New York, in the home of their presumed son, Parden Morey, age 30, farmer. Nathan was a teamster, age 67, born Vermont. Jane was 56, a housekeeper, born New York. Note that Nathan could not have been the Nathan Sprague Morey Jr., b. 28 Oct 1805, d. 12 July 1867, buried in the Holland Cemetery.⁴

In 1875, Jane Morey was still living with her son, Parden H. Morey, in Chautauqua. Nathan was not present. Per FamilySearch he died 24 April 1871 in Chautauqua.⁵

In 1880 Jane Morey was 67, widowed, living in Chautauqua with her daughter, Lucinda Davis.

In 1892 Jane Morey was 80, again living in Chautauqua. Pardon Morey was the enumerator.

She was not found in the 1900 census. Per FindAGrave, she died 26 Oct 1894, and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Chaugauqua County.⁶ Unfortunately, no obit, death record, or gravestone could be found for Nathan S. Morey, who died in 1871 (per FamilySearch). The hope was that his parents could be identified.

Sources:

1. Erie County deeds, 14:292; FHL 390015, image 154 of 542.
2. FamilySearch.org; Joseph Morey, aged 40 to 50, and family were living nearby.
3. Warren County, Pennsylvania, Deeds, L:186; FHL 895165, image 105 of 387.
4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41492224/nathan_sprague-morey: accessed June 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Nathan Sprague Morey Jr. (28 Oct 1805–12 Jul 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41492224, Holland Cemetery, Holland, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).
5. Nathan S. Morey profile, various authors, FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXQ9-9CL : accessed 4 June 2024).
6. FindAGrave no. 86398659, duplicated 86398563; also "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/968108:61535 : accessed 4 June 2024).

Jane Case

Birth: about 1813, Madison Co, NY

• 1855 NY state census, Chautauqua Counyt, New York, household of Nathan and Jane Morey.

Death: 26 Oct 1894, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co, NY

• "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/968108:61535 : accessed 8 June 2024), Jane Morey death (1894), certificate no. 43413, citing New York State Death Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86398659/jane_case-morey: accessed June 8, 2024), memorial page for Jane Case Morey (1813–26 Oct 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86398659, Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by James Morey (contributor 47745101).

Spouse: Nathan S. Morey
Marriage: about 1827, probably Wales, Erie Co, NY