Tilley Pearsall Genealogy Database

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L. S. Weatherwax

M, #7751

Family:

DaughterLena Weatherwax+ (b. 28 January 1834, d. 29 April 1911)
Last Edited19 January 2018

Henrietta "Nettie" Garnsey

F, #7752, b. 1864

Parents

FatherEzra Nicholas Garnsey (b. 12 October 1824)
MotherLena Weatherwax (b. 28 January 1834, d. 29 April 1911)

Family: William Lewis Dewey (b. 1868)

DaughterElsie Dewey
DaughterMildred Dewey+ (b. 2 February 1885, d. 3 September 1955)
DaughterFlorence Dewey+ (b. 4 December 1893, d. 19 April 1964)

Biography

Birth1864Henrietta "Nettie" Garnsey was born in 1864 in Olcutt, Niagara County, New York.
Marriage1884William Lewis Dewey and she were married in 1884 in Iowa1
Residence18 October 1938As of 18 October 1938 Henrietta lived in Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey, when she signed an Affidavit of Birth of her daughter Florence.
Last Edited11 June 2019

Citations

  1. [S80] , 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com.

James B. Garnsey

M, #7753, b. 1868

Parents

FatherEzra Nicholas Garnsey (b. 12 October 1824)
MotherLena Weatherwax (b. 28 January 1834, d. 29 April 1911)

Family: Grace Lynn Griffith (b. 1869)

Biography

Birth1868James B. Garnsey was born in 1868 in New York.
Marriage8 October 1905He and Grace Lynn Griffith were married on 8 October 1905 in Perry, Black Hawk County, Iowa,1
Last Edited19 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S802] Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940, Online database Ancestry.com, 1905-1906, 420 (Calhoun - Dubuque) p. 25-555. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940.

Grace Lynn Griffith

F, #7754, b. 1869

Family: James B. Garnsey (b. 1868)

Biography

Birth1869Grace Lynn Griffith was born in 1869 in Lockport, Illinois.
Marriage8 October 1905James B. Garnsey and she were married on 8 October 1905 in Perry, Black Hawk County, Iowa,1
Last Edited19 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S802] Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940, Online database Ancestry.com, 1905-1906, 420 (Calhoun - Dubuque) p. 25-555. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1940.

William Lewis Dewey

M, #7755, b. 1868

Family: Henrietta "Nettie" Garnsey (b. 1864)

DaughterElsie Dewey
DaughterMildred Dewey+ (b. 2 February 1885, d. 3 September 1955)
DaughterFlorence Dewey+ (b. 4 December 1893, d. 19 April 1964)

Biography

Birth1868William Lewis Dewey was born in 1868 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Marriage1884He and Henrietta "Nettie" Garnsey were married in 1884 in Iowa1
Census20 April 1910He appeared in the census 20 April 1910 at 324 Allen Street in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. William is listed as: William L. Dewey (age 42, first marriage, married 26 years, b. Iowa, father Pennsylvania, mother Pennsylvania, Janitor, Post Office, rents home)
Nettie (age 40, 3 children, 3 living, b. New York and parents also)
Florence (age 16, daughter,single, b. Iowa)
Garnsey, Lena J. (mother-in-law, age 76, widowed, 2 children, 2 living, b. New York and parents also)
Robert Cobert (Roomer, age 7, born in Iowa and parents also)
Last Edited26 April 2019

Citations

  1. [S80] , 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com.

Florence Dewey

F, #7756, b. 4 December 1893, d. 19 April 1964

Parents

FatherWilliam Lewis Dewey (b. 1868)
MotherHenrietta "Nettie" Garnsey (b. 1864)

Family: Frank L. Novak

DaughterDaughter Novak
SonRichard F. Novak+ (b. 5 June 1925, d. 7 August 2020)

Biography

Birth4 December 1893Florence Dewey was born on 4 December 1893 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Birthdate from Iowa Delayed Birth Records collection, ancestry.com
Marriage4 September 1918Frank L. Novak and she were married on 4 September 1918 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa,
Death19 April 1964She died on 19 April 1964 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey,
Obituary21 April 196421 April 1964, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, The Courier Obituary:. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Frank L. Novak of East Orange, N.J. Sunday. Mrs. Novak, who was Florence Dewey before her marriage, was a graduate of Waterloo West High School and was on the Waterloo Public Library staff for many years. Surviving are her husband, two children, Mrs. Fred Pamp, Glen Ridge, N.J., and Richard Novak, Gloucester, Mass.; also a sister, Mrs. Herbert H. Wood, of Clearfield, U.
Last Edited27 April 2019

Norman Bailey

M, #7757, b. 1816, d. 10 November 1857

Family: Maria Lois Barnes (b. 1813, d. 3 August 1892)

Biography

Birth1816Norman Bailey was born in 1816 in Connecticut.
Marriage5 August 1832He and Maria Lois Barnes were married on 5 August 1832 in Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, She was married first to a Mr. Bailey, based on her obituary.

There is a marriage recorded in Watertown, for a Norman Bailey of Bristol, marrying a Lois Maria Barnes, of Watertown, 5 Aug 1832, by Rev. D. O. Griswold. In her will, 1860 and 1870 censuses, and her death notice, she is called Maria L.

Since she married James Garnsey in 1859, this Norman Bailey would have died before 1859. There is a Norman Bailey in the Spencerport Cemetery, date of death 10 Nov 1857.
Death10 November 1857He died on 10 November 1857 in Spencerport, Monroe County, New York,1
Burial12 November 1857He was buried on 12 November 1857 at Fairfield Cemetery in Spencerport, Monroe County, New York.1
Last Edited19 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S287] Find a Grave Website, online www.findagrave.com, Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, NY

Henry Wells Garnsey

M, #7758, b. 1837, d. about 1907

Parents

FatherJames Bennett Garnsey (b. 30 August 1812, d. 23 May 1889)
MotherFidelia W. (b. 20 July 1815, d. 29 July 1858)

Biography

Birth1837Henry Wells Garnsey was born in 1837 in New York.1
Marriageabout 1863He and Elizabeth A. Curtis were married about 1863 in New York2
Census2 June 1880He appeared in the census 2 June 1880 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York. Henry is listed as: Harry W. Garnsey (age 43, married, Postmaster, born in New York and parents born in Connecticut)
Elisebeth (age 41, wife, Keeping House, born in New York, father Vermont, mother N.Y.)
H. Curtis (age 16, son, single, Asst. Post Master, born in Ohio, parents in New York)
Fibela A. [Fidelia] (age 15, daughter, at home, born in Ohio)
Property Record11 January 1895Henry was involved in a property transaction on 11 January 1895 in Monroe County, New York, Real Estate Transfers. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of 12 Jan 1895, p. 12, lists the following transfer:
Henry W. Garnsey, by guardian, to James Coddington and others, property in Ogden, $165.

Does this refer to some other Henry W.? He was 57 years old, why would he have a guardian?
Deathabout 1907He died about 1907
Last Edited19 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S605] , 1850 Federal Census (.)
  2. [S112] Eva Garnsey Card and Howard Abram Guernsey, compiler, Garnsey-Guernsey Genealogy An Account of Thirteen Generations of Descendants from Henry Garnsey (-- - 1692) of Dorchester, Mass., and Joseph Guernsie-Garnsey (-- -1688) of Stamford, Conn. with revisions by Judith L. Young-Thayer (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 1963, 1979), p. 483. Hereinafter cited as Garnsey-Guernsey Genealogy.

Elizabeth A. Curtis

F, #7759

Family: Henry Wells Garnsey (b. 1837, d. about 1907)

Biography

Marriageabout 1863Henry Wells Garnsey and Elizabeth A. Curtis were married about 1863 in New York1
Last Edited19 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S112] Eva Garnsey Card and Howard Abram Guernsey, compiler, Garnsey-Guernsey Genealogy An Account of Thirteen Generations of Descendants from Henry Garnsey (-- - 1692) of Dorchester, Mass., and Joseph Guernsie-Garnsey (-- -1688) of Stamford, Conn. with revisions by Judith L. Young-Thayer (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 1963, 1979), p. 483. Hereinafter cited as Garnsey-Guernsey Genealogy.

Nathan Olmsted

M, #7760, b. 27 April 1678, d. about 1716

Parents

FatherJames Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)
MotherPhebe Barlow

Family 1: Sarah Keeler

Family 2: Mercy Comstock (b. 12 November 1676)

DaughterMercy Olmsted+ (b. 17 January 1710)

Biography

Birth27 April 1678Nathan Olmsted was born on 27 April 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Marriageabout 1706He and Mercy Comstock were married about 1706 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Nathan and Mercy had at least five children:
Samuel
James
Mercy
Hannah
Lydia1
Deathabout 1716He died about 1716 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1,2
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S797] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930), p. 454; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48014 : accessed
  2. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 193; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

Mercy Comstock

F, #7761, b. 12 November 1676

Parents

Family: Nathan Olmsted (b. 27 April 1678, d. about 1716)

DaughterMercy Olmsted+ (b. 17 January 1710)

Biography

Birth12 November 1676Mercy Comstock was born on 12 November 1676.1
Marriageabout 1706Nathan Olmsted and she were married about 1706 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Nathan and Mercy had at least five children:
Samuel
James
Mercy
Hannah
Lydia1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S797] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930), p. 454; digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48014 : accessed

James Olmsted

M, #7762, b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731

Parents

FatherRichard Olmsted (b. about 1612, d. after 5 September 1684)

Family: Phebe Barlow

SonJames Olmsted (b. 17 April 1675)
SonJoseph Olmsted (b. 10 March 1676/77)
SonNathan Olmsted+ (b. 27 April 1678, d. about 1716)
SonSamuel Olmsted (b. 13 May 1683)
SonJohn Olmsted (b. 14 August 1692)

Biography

Birthabout 1650James Olmsted was born about 1650 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1
Deathbefore 28 April 1731He died before 28 April 17311
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 192; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

Richard Olmsted

M, #7763, b. about 1612, d. after 5 September 1684

Family:

SonJohn Olmsted (b. about 1649, d. about 1705)
SonJames Olmsted+ (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)

Biography

Birthabout 1612Richard Olmsted was born about 1612 in Fairsted, Essex, England.
Baptism20 February 1612He was baptized on 20 February 1612 in Fairsted, Essex, England. The Olmsted Genealogy states that Richard was the son of Richard, who was the son of James and Jane (Bristow) Olmsted, of Great Leighs, Essex, England.1
Immigration16 September 1632He immigrated on 16 September 1632 to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with his uncle James and other family members, on the ship Lyon, Capt. Pierce, carrying 123 passengers, of whom 50 were children, after a voyage of 12 weeks from Braintree, England.2
Relocation1636In 1636, Richard Olmsted moved to Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1
Relocationabout 1650About 1650, Richard Olmsted moved to Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Marriage1 May 1673He was married on 1 May 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut,3
Will5 September 1684He signed a will on 5 September 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Deathafter 5 September 1684He died after 5 September 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut,
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 187; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed
  2. [S804] Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America, p. 5
  3. [S804] Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America, p. 192

John Olmsted

M, #7764, b. about 1649, d. about 1705

Parents

FatherRichard Olmsted (b. about 1612, d. after 5 September 1684)

Biography

Birthabout 1649John Olmsted was born about 1649 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1
Baptism30 December 1649He was baptized on 30 December 1649 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1
Deathabout 1705He died about 1705 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 192; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

Phebe Barlow

F, #7765

Family: James Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)

SonJames Olmsted (b. 17 April 1675)
SonJoseph Olmsted (b. 10 March 1676/77)
SonNathan Olmsted+ (b. 27 April 1678, d. about 1716)
SonSamuel Olmsted (b. 13 May 1683)
SonJohn Olmsted (b. 14 August 1692)
Last Edited20 January 2018

Joseph Olmsted

M, #7766, b. 10 March 1676/77

Parents

FatherJames Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)
MotherPhebe Barlow

Biography

Birth10 March 1676/77Joseph Olmsted was born on 10 March 1676/77 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 193; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

Samuel Olmsted

M, #7767, b. 13 May 1683

Parents

FatherJames Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)
MotherPhebe Barlow

Biography

Birth13 May 1683Samuel Olmsted was born on 13 May 1683 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Died young.1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 192; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

John Olmsted

M, #7768, b. 14 August 1692

Parents

FatherJames Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)
MotherPhebe Barlow

Biography

Birth14 August 1692John Olmsted was born on 14 August 1692 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 193; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

James Olmsted

M, #7769, b. 17 April 1675

Parents

FatherJames Olmsted (b. about 1650, d. before 28 April 1731)
MotherPhebe Barlow

Biography

Birth17 April 1675James Olmsted was born on 17 April 1675 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Died young.1
Last Edited20 January 2018

Citations

  1. [S804] Henry King Olmsted and George K. Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted (New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co, 1912), p. 192; (section on richard starts on p. 186), archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029843244#page/n10/mode/1up : accessed

Sarah Keeler

F, #7770

Family: Nathan Olmsted (b. 27 April 1678, d. about 1716)

Last Edited20 January 2018

James St. John

M, #7771

Family: Mary Comstock

SonMoses St. John+ (b. 1705, d. 29 March 1785)
Last Edited20 January 2018

Mary Comstock

F, #7772

Family: James St. John

SonMoses St. John+ (b. 1705, d. 29 March 1785)
Last Edited20 January 2018

Christopher Comstock

M, #7773

Family:

DaughterMercy Comstock+ (b. 12 November 1676)
Last Edited20 January 2018

Matthias St. John

M, #7774

Family:

DaughterMercy St. John (b. about 1641)
Last Edited4 February 2021

Joseph Garnsey

M, #7775, b. 23 April 1695

Parents

FatherJoseph Garnsey (b. 30 June 1662, d. 1709)
MotherMary Lockwood (b. about 1678, d. 1709)

Biography

Birth23 April 1695Joseph Garnsey was born on 23 April 1695 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Last Edited20 January 2018