Taft, Silas M.

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• Census: 18 Oct 1850, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT
• Census: Jun 1860, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY

Notes:

Silas M. / Son of / Gideon & Elizabeth / TAFT, / Died / Nov. 6, 1860, / In his 18 year. /
From:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~frgen/clinton/ellenburg/ellenburg_corners.html

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• Tombstone Photo: Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY; Ellenburg Corners Cemetery
• Census: 1830, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT
• Census: 1840, Starksboro, Addison Co., VT
• Census: 18 Oct 1850, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT; Farmer
• Census: Jun 1860, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY; Farmer
• Census: 20 Jun 1870, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY
• Census: 02 Jun 1880, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY

Notes:

Tombstone Inscription - Gideon TAFT / Died / Jan. 12, 1884, / AE. 76 Y'rs. / Elizabeth / His Wife / Died / Dec. 18, 1886, / AE. 76 Y'rs. /

Gideon married Huling, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of Huling, John V. and Allen, Lydia) was born on 17 Jan 1810 in Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT; died on 18 Dec 1886 in Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY; was buried in Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Tombstone Photo: Ellenburg Corners, Clinton Co., NY; Ellenburg Corners Cemetery
• Census: 18 Oct 1850, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT
• Census: Jun 1860, Ellenburg Center, Clinton Co., NY
• Census: 20 Jun 1870, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY
• Census: 02 Jun 1880, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY

Notes:

Tombstone Inscription - Gideon TAFT / Died / Jan. 12, 1884, / AE. 76 Y'rs. / Elizabeth / His Wife / Died / Dec. 18, 1886, / AE. 76 Y'rs. /

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• Tombstone Photo: Huntington Center, Chittenden Co., VT; Huntington Center Cemetery
• Census: 1790, Fair Haven, Rutland Co., VT
• Census: 1820, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT
• Census: 1830, Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT
• Census: 1840, Starksboro, Addison Co., VT
• Census: Aug 1850, Starksboro, Addison Co., VT

Gideon married Grandy, Lucinda. Lucinda was born in 1781 in Danby, Rutland Co., VT; died on 13 Feb 1824 in Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT; was buried in Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Tombstone Photo: Huntington Center, Chittenden Co., VT; Huntington Center Cemetery

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• DAR Ancestor Number: A059436
• Military: Revolutionary War Veteran
• Tombstone Photo: Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; Center Shaftsbury Cemetery

Notes:

Revolutionary War Service: Private (possibly Ensign); VT
1776 - 9 months Served on board an armed vessel
1779 Early spring thru winter Capt. Thomas Sawyer Served at Mead's Mills, Rutland, VT
1780 Early spring thru winter
1781 Early spring thru winter Capt. Samuel Stark, Col.. Samuel Fletcher's Rgmt Marched to Castleton, VT

His brother Daniel stated that this sequence of serving from spring thru winter was repeated "until there was peace" and that he is sure he served more than three years

John married Allen, Lydia in 1802. Lydia (daughter of Allen, John and Allen, Mary Havens) was born in 1769 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI; died on 26 Apr 1820 in VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Page 203 of pdf - Allen, Gould, Hill genealogy : descendants of William Allen of Prudence Island, Newport Co., R.I., 1660 : including descendants of Jeremy Gould of Newport, 1638 and Jonathan Hill of Prudence Island, 1657 : with a short history of Quidnesset (1908)

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• Tombstone Photo: Center Rutland, Rutland Co., VT; Center Rutland Cemetery

Notes:

Tombstone Inscription:
This languishing head is at rest,
His thinking and aching are o'er,
This quiet immovable breast
is heaved by affliction no more,
The lids he so seldom could close
by sorrow forbidden to sleep,
Seal'd up in the eternal repose
have strangely forgotten to weep

Phineas married Thompson, Jemina on 22 Sep 1774 in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA. Jemina (daughter of Thompson, David and Darling, Susanna) was born on 26 Jan 1752 in Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA; died on 02 Dec 1837 in Rutland, Rutland Co., VT; was buried in Center Rutland, Rutland Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Tombstone Photo: Center Rutland, Rutland Co., VT; Center Rutland Cemetery

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• DAR Ancestor Number: A059427
• Tombstone Photo: Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; Center Shaftsbury Cemetery

Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=zmottel&id=I1347
Alexander was born January 29, 1737/8 at North Kingstown, Rhode Island. He first married Susannah Brown, prior to April 9, 1762 when as Susannah Huling she gave a receipt for a legacy by the will of her grandfather, Benjamin Congdon, to her Father Ebenezer Brown. She died in 1773, having had one son, John, who was born in October, 1764. Alexander's second wife, Mary Havens [Allen] was the widow of his first cousin once removed, John Allen. They were married at North Kingstown by Elder Phillip Jenkins on March 31, 1777.

Alexander was a private soldier in the French and Indian War, and later the captain of a privateer in that same war. After the war, he was master of the sloop Lucinda, owned by John Brown. In 1777 he moved to Vermont, arriving at Bennington on August 16, 1777, where he and his son John participated in the Battle of Bennington as volunteers. He later served nine days in Captain Jonas Galusha's Company (October, 1780). Thus, however brief his service, he was a veteran of the American War for Independence.

In 1878, our ancestor George M. Huling dictated a letter to his son Edwin, which was addressed to Ray Greene Huling, containing reminiscences of his grandfather Alexander. An excerpt follows:

My father says his first remembrance of Capt. Alex was about the year 1810 or 12 (when) he was living in Shaftsbury, Vt. ... Capt. Alex soon became a cripple after I remember him but with all his suffering...he had a remarkable facility for relating anecdotes and experiences of his early life. He first served as a private soldier in the French war under Johnson. We then find him engaged in the same war as captain of a privateer. One anecdote of the cruise I clearly remember. He says he was cruising off the coast of New England; he being a man of clear eyesight was the first to discover a speck on the water. After sailing on the direction indicated a few hours the rest of the crew were able to discern it; they put on all the sail and made for it when they soon found out it was a large French man-of-war. He told his officers they had better give up the chase as he thought she carried too many guns for them. When they intimated a want of courage on his part; he then resolved to test their own courage, let the result be what it might. Keeping after the stranger, who made no effort to get out of the way, they soon came near enough to convince the whole crew she was too strong for them and they all admitted their inability to cope with them. The captain replied that they were so anxious to get a taste of the enemy's gunpowder that they should now have an opportunity. They sailed close enough to give the Frigate a broadside and receiving one themselves in turn they concluded to change their course and being faster sailer than their enemy they soon got out of reach but not without loss of life, as one of the enemy's cannon balls passed through the kitchen breaking a stone jar and cut a Negro cook in two parts. Afterward they were taken by a large French frigate and made prisoner of war. He lost all his property .... he remained prisoner but a short time when he was exchanged. After peace was declared he engaged in the service of sailing a ship for John Brown of Providence, R. I. He made several successful voyages to the West Indies, New Orleans, and other parts. (He) was engaged in Brown's service several years, but when on a homeward trip from the Indies, he experienced such terrific seas off Cape Hatteras that he expected every moment the ship would be lost. He then resolved if he ever reached port he would forever quit sailing: he kept his promise....

Another incident happened when he was sailing which perhaps would be worth mentioning, when out at sea he picked up a crew of 6 or 7 sailors in an open boat whose vessel had been struck with lightening; they were nearly famished; he kindly took care of them. They being French, fortunately he fell in with a French ship within a few days who received them and took them home in safety. Capt. Alex. being short of provisions, the French captain supplied him freely.

Capt. Alex. was a man of good habits but he would have his quart of rum every week; a habit he got accustomed to when at sea. My father frequently got it for him when a boy. (He was) honest and upright in his deal; a man of small stature but a compact and wirey frame...

Alexander died May 31, 1816 in his 79th year, and is buried in the Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vermont.

Alexander married Brown, Susannah on 09 Apr 1762 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI. Susannah was born in 1740 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI; died in 1773 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Allen, Mary Havens on 17 May 1767 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI. Mary was born about 1742; died on 17 Jun 1818 in Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; was buried in Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Tombstone Photo: Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; Center Shaftsbury Cemetery