In previous posts I wrote about two other troublesome female ancestors, Ruth Dyer and Sally Church. A third Roadblock in my research is Abigail Price, the wife of John Goodrich. They are my 6th great grandparents. A future post will provide more information about John but for now I'll just give his basic information. John was born August 21, 1754 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony and was the son of Sarah Dewey and Benjamin Goodrich. While living in Hartford County, this John Goodrich was known as John Goodrich 3rd because he was the youngest of three men with the same name in the same area. When one of the older John's died, this John then became John Jr.
When I first started researching my Goodrich line I was told that the wife of John Goodrich was Abigail Price. And I have no reason to doubt that since one of their children, Bela Goodrich, named one of his children Price and another (my 4th great grandmother) was named Abigail. Obviously named after Bela's mother. Also, on October 1, 1776 (according to Records of Wethersfield as published in the New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 18, p 53-59) John Goodrich and Abigail Price were married. But none of the other Goodrich family researchers I was in contact with knew any maore about Abigail or her parents.
The earliest record that I have found of Abigail was in August 1776 when the town of Newington, Connecticut as well as other towns in New England, recorded all the persons living in the town as recommended by the Continental Congress on December 26, 1775 so that taxes could be levied based upon population. This would be the forerunner of the United States Federal Population Census.
The 1776 Newington Census can be found online at Jane Devlin's website. It shows Abigail Price living in the household of Benjamin and Sarah (Dewey) Goodrich. Also in the household is their son John Goodrich, as well as their daughter Rhoda and other son David. In addition, there is a Mary, Elizur and Hannah Goodrich. I have no idea who they are and for now, it doesn't matter. The point is that Abigail Price was living in their household. Was she just living with them or was she a servant, or what?
There are currently 16 databases on WorldConnect that include Abigail Price with John Goodrich as her husband. Three of those have Abigail's parents as Rufus Price and Martha Grant and one just has her father as Rufus Price. Source information is pretty much non-existant. About three years ago I attempted to contact the submitters of those four databases but never received a reply.
A little over 2 years ago, a distant cousin and Goodrich researcher (whom I've never met but had worked with previously) and I decided to see what we could find out about old Rufus.
On September 17, 1750 Rufus Price and Martha Grant were married at Coventry, in Windham County, Connecticut Colony. And they did have a daughter, Abigail. Actually, they had two daughters named Abigail. The first Abigail was born June 21, 1753 and died March 29, 1755. The second Abigail was born August 29, 1757 at Coventry, which would put her at about the right age be the wife of John Goodrich.
We kind of got sidetracked for a week or so following the Grant lines. The Lathrops, Huntingtons, Rockwells, Minors, and Palmers. All early New England immigrant families. Impressive, indeed. But we came to our senses and realized we first needed to find out if Abigail, daughter of Rufus, was the Abigail Price that married John Goodrich.
We didn't really find out a lot about Rufus Price himself but through his sons, Rufus Jr. and Elijah we would find the evidence we needed. If nothing else, this provides a very good reason why siblings of ancestors (or siblings of supposed ancestors) should also be researcherd. Rufus Price Jr. served in the Revolutionary War from Tolland County, Connecticut and eventually attained the rank of Colonel in the New York militia. His pension record has been posted online by one of his descendant. It's detailed and interesting, but didn't really help us in our quest though it did put his family in the right place and time.
I had recently become a member of the Godfrey Library and at that time they still had remote access to HeritageQuest Online. For some reason, one late night, I decided to see if there was a pension record for Elijah Price, brother of Rufus. Still on dial-up internet access, it took forever to search and even longer to load the pages once they were found. Even though it didn't provide the information we'd hoped for, it was worth the wait.
What I found was an eight-page Pension File (R8462) for Elijah Price from Connecticut and New York with a widow Beulah. The second and third pages are the affidavit of Abagail Rose of the Town of Stephentown in the State of New York, Rensselaer County. It's rather lengthy and wordy so I'll just give a summary: Abagail Rose states that "she was well acquainted with Elijah Price late of Town of Owasco in the County of Cayuga & State of New York Deceased that she is Sister to the Said Elijah Price who was about two years and a half older than her self that on the commencement of the revolutionary War that they both resided at their fathers house in Tolland Ct.... That in 1778 this deponent moved from Tolland aforesaid to Stephentown aforesaid where she now resides that the year after 1779 their Father removed from Tolland to Stephentown & her Brother the Said Elijah Price came to Stephentown with her Father...." It continues on to the next page... dated the 21st day of June 1837 and it has the signature of Abigail Rose.
On another page in the file is the affidavit of Ruth Price that states "she was married to Rufus Price, brother of the said Elijah Price…." So, with that statement and that of Abagail Rose, I think it is pretty safe to say that Abigail, daughter of Rufus Price, Sr. did not marry John Goodrich.
John and Abigail Price left Wethersfield, Connecticut about 1805 and moved to Franklin County, Ohio. Along with them came their 9 children, 8-28 years of age. The three oldest children were already married and had started families of their own.
The only other record we have on Abigail is the St. John's Church Cemetery transcription found online at Worthington Memory. From what I've been told, the gravemarkers no longer exist.
Mrs. Goodrich born March 1754, died January 18, 1827. Cause of death was Dropsy.
Griswold burial list: Mrs Goodrich wife of Deacon John Goodrich died the 18th & was buried the 20th Jan. 1827 (of Dropsy) in tier next east of Dr Calvin H. Case & near it. age 72 years I believe.
There was also an entry for her husband:
Griswold burial list: Deacon John Goodrich died the 29th & was buried the 30th July 1834 in tier next east & near the foot of Calvin H. Case grave.
Research was pretty intense for several months back in '06. Nearly two years later, we're not any closer to finding the parents of "our" Abigail Price. We haven't given up. But we moved on to other research when we realized that the information we needed most likely wasn't going to be found on the internet or in any published books. It is probably going to require on-site research in Connecticut and Ohio.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Roadblock - Sally Church
Last month I wrote about one of my troublesome ancestors in Roadblock - Ruth Dyer and Jonas Joslin. Another roadblock is the wife of my 5th Great Grandfather, Bela Goodrich, whom I wrote a little bit about in Gravestones don't lie? When did Bela die?
The only "clue" we have of Bela's wife's name is in a biography of his son, Price Goodrich, published on page 316 in "Counties of Whitley & Noble, Indiana (Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882): "Price Goodrich was born in Hartford, Conn., December 17, 1799, the son of Bela and Sally (Church) Goodrich, both natives of Connecticut." (Sally is a common nickname for the given name of Sarah.)
Price Goodrich was still living when that biography was written, so it is probably a safe assumption that he or one of his children provided the information. There is no death record for Price who died October 30, 1891 and his obituary does not give his parents. There is a death record for Eunice Goodrich James that gives her father as Bela Goodrich but does not give the name of her mother. Actually, when you get right down to it, there is no concrete "proof" that Bela is my ancestor, but there is a preponderance of evidence that leads to that conclusion but I'll leave that discussion for a future post!
Bela Goodrich was born on February 4, 1777 at Wethersfield, Connecticut. The Barbour Collection of Wethersfield Vital Records 1634-1868 (online at Jane Devlin's site and Ray's Place) does not include a marriage record for Bela nor any birth records for his children. Was Sally Church born at Wethersfield or even in Hartford County?
There are 10 Church families listed in the 1790 Federal Census for Hartford County, Connecticut with only one being in Wethersfield. That was Joseph Church who had 2 males age 16 and over and 3 females in his household. By 1800 this Joseph is gone from Wethersfield. There are no other Church families in Wethersfield in 1800. There was also a Joseph Church in Hartford in 1790 and it appears that he is still there in 1800, or perhaps the Joseph from Wethersfield moved to Hartford. Hard to say one way or the other as there simply is not enough available information.
One online database gives Sally's parents as Ebenezer Church and Eunice Carney but doesn't give any further information or sources. It is possible that Sally is a descendant of John and Sarah Beckley Church who were early settlers of Hartford County. They had a large family; ten children, including four sons named in John's 1691 will. But getting from the 1690's to the 1790's is somewhat problematical.
It is also possible that Bela and Sally were not married at Wethersfield. However, it does appear that they were living there in 1800. The Federal Census for that year for Wethersfield (page 311) has the following entry for Bela Goodrich. The film/image was a bit difficult to read, but I interpret it as 11100-00100-00
one free white male under 10 [Price...1799, age 1]
one free white male 10-16 [????]
one free white male 16-26 [Bela...1777, age 23]
one free white female 16-26 [Sally...about 1780, age 20]
About 1807, a large group of settlers left Wethersfield and moved to Franklin County, Ohio. Amongst those were Bela Goodrich, his young family, his siblings and their families, and his father, John Goodrich.
It is presumed that Sally was still living and moved with Bela to Ohio. Three children would have been born to Bela and Sally prior to the move to Ohio; Price in 1799, Lucinda about 1802, and Abigail about 1805. There is record of another daughter, Eunice, born in 1822. Given the large "gap" between Abigail and Eunice it is likely that there were other children. In fact, there is a James Goodrich, born 1817 and Ralph Goodrich born 1820 that show up in Whitley County, Indiana at the same time as Bela and Price arrive there, in 1838, and in the same township. They were neighbors. Bela even sells some of his land in Whitley County to Ralph in 1841. But I digress.
Back in Ohio, now in Delaware County, we find Bela Goodrich enumerated in the 1820 Federal Census in Orange Township. And, in 1830, listed as head of household is Sally Goodrich. I'll forgo the details of the listings but they show additional youngsters in the households that could indicate that Bela and Sally had more children than we are aware of. The fact that Bela was not listed in the 1830 census could be resolved in part by one of the stories handed down to descendants of Price Goodrich, which states "Price Goodrich lived with his parents and indeed was their main support, as the father loved rather to trap, fish and hunt than to till the soil. . . . while Price was on a trip to New Orleans about 1831, his mother (back on the farm in Ohio) sickened and died."
No record of Sally's death. No tombstone record. So, what's next? Alas, I'll probably leave poor Sally on the back burner for a while and return to her later, when I can devote my undivided attention to her.
The only "clue" we have of Bela's wife's name is in a biography of his son, Price Goodrich, published on page 316 in "Counties of Whitley & Noble, Indiana (Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882): "Price Goodrich was born in Hartford, Conn., December 17, 1799, the son of Bela and Sally (Church) Goodrich, both natives of Connecticut." (Sally is a common nickname for the given name of Sarah.)
Price Goodrich was still living when that biography was written, so it is probably a safe assumption that he or one of his children provided the information. There is no death record for Price who died October 30, 1891 and his obituary does not give his parents. There is a death record for Eunice Goodrich James that gives her father as Bela Goodrich but does not give the name of her mother. Actually, when you get right down to it, there is no concrete "proof" that Bela is my ancestor, but there is a preponderance of evidence that leads to that conclusion but I'll leave that discussion for a future post!
Bela Goodrich was born on February 4, 1777 at Wethersfield, Connecticut. The Barbour Collection of Wethersfield Vital Records 1634-1868 (online at Jane Devlin's site and Ray's Place) does not include a marriage record for Bela nor any birth records for his children. Was Sally Church born at Wethersfield or even in Hartford County?
There are 10 Church families listed in the 1790 Federal Census for Hartford County, Connecticut with only one being in Wethersfield. That was Joseph Church who had 2 males age 16 and over and 3 females in his household. By 1800 this Joseph is gone from Wethersfield. There are no other Church families in Wethersfield in 1800. There was also a Joseph Church in Hartford in 1790 and it appears that he is still there in 1800, or perhaps the Joseph from Wethersfield moved to Hartford. Hard to say one way or the other as there simply is not enough available information.
One online database gives Sally's parents as Ebenezer Church and Eunice Carney but doesn't give any further information or sources. It is possible that Sally is a descendant of John and Sarah Beckley Church who were early settlers of Hartford County. They had a large family; ten children, including four sons named in John's 1691 will. But getting from the 1690's to the 1790's is somewhat problematical.
It is also possible that Bela and Sally were not married at Wethersfield. However, it does appear that they were living there in 1800. The Federal Census for that year for Wethersfield (page 311) has the following entry for Bela Goodrich. The film/image was a bit difficult to read, but I interpret it as 11100-00100-00
one free white male under 10 [Price...1799, age 1]
one free white male 10-16 [????]
one free white male 16-26 [Bela...1777, age 23]
one free white female 16-26 [Sally...about 1780, age 20]
About 1807, a large group of settlers left Wethersfield and moved to Franklin County, Ohio. Amongst those were Bela Goodrich, his young family, his siblings and their families, and his father, John Goodrich.
It is presumed that Sally was still living and moved with Bela to Ohio. Three children would have been born to Bela and Sally prior to the move to Ohio; Price in 1799, Lucinda about 1802, and Abigail about 1805. There is record of another daughter, Eunice, born in 1822. Given the large "gap" between Abigail and Eunice it is likely that there were other children. In fact, there is a James Goodrich, born 1817 and Ralph Goodrich born 1820 that show up in Whitley County, Indiana at the same time as Bela and Price arrive there, in 1838, and in the same township. They were neighbors. Bela even sells some of his land in Whitley County to Ralph in 1841. But I digress.
Back in Ohio, now in Delaware County, we find Bela Goodrich enumerated in the 1820 Federal Census in Orange Township. And, in 1830, listed as head of household is Sally Goodrich. I'll forgo the details of the listings but they show additional youngsters in the households that could indicate that Bela and Sally had more children than we are aware of. The fact that Bela was not listed in the 1830 census could be resolved in part by one of the stories handed down to descendants of Price Goodrich, which states "Price Goodrich lived with his parents and indeed was their main support, as the father loved rather to trap, fish and hunt than to till the soil. . . . while Price was on a trip to New Orleans about 1831, his mother (back on the farm in Ohio) sickened and died."
No record of Sally's death. No tombstone record. So, what's next? Alas, I'll probably leave poor Sally on the back burner for a while and return to her later, when I can devote my undivided attention to her.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Roadblock - Ruth Dyer and Jonas Joslin
There are several of my female ancestors that are problematic. We don't know where they were born or the names of their parents. In fact, we know nothing of them prior to their marriage. I wouldn't necessarily call them "Brick Walls" since I consider "Brick Walls" to be people that you can't find even though you've investigated all available records. So, since it has been a while since I've done any searching for them (local history books as well as the obvious places online have been checked), I'm going to call them "Roadblocks" for now.
One of these women that we have found nothing on beyond her marriage and death is my 5th great-grandmother, Ruth Dyer Joslin. She was born about 1771 and would have been about 23 years old when she married Jonas Joslin on February 6, 1794 in Franklin County, Vermont (copy of index card of Vermont marriage records microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah). There are 10 Dyer families in Vermont in the 1790 census but it is not really any help since it doesn't provide names of those in the household or even give a breakdown of ages. We don't even know for sure if Dyer is Ruth's maiden name. She was about 23 years old when she married Jonas, which is a little old for a first marriage for that time, perhaps she was married previously?
Jonas was the son of Joseph and Sarah Tarbell Joslin and was born March 1, 1769 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. For whatever reason, Jonas left his home in Massachusetts and went to Canada. On page 72 in his book, Nathaniel & Sarah Joslin And their Descendants in America, Donald A. Joslin describes a record of Jonas living in Canada - - An original manuscript of the Book of Aliens, 1794-1795, Mo. 43, Ottawa, Canada, includes the following in Jonas' own handwriting: "I Jonas Joslin, do hereby declare that I am a native of the United States of America from the state of MA in the town of Leominster. My age is twenty-four years. My trade or occupation is that of a farmer, that for this six months last past, I have resided in the Seignory of St. Armand in Mississkuoi Bay, and came into this Province of Lower Canada, by land, on the East Side of Lake Champlain on the 18th day of March 1793, and now reside on the aforesaid Seignory of St. Armand as witness my hand at Mississquoi Bay this 9th day of January 1795. Signed: Jonas Joslin".
Missisquoi Bay is located at the northern tip of Lake Champlain and is just north of the American Canadian border not far from Franklin County, Vermont. An online record of Early St. Armand Deeds found in 2001, lists Jonas Joslin on July 3, 1793 with 105 acres in half of lot 19.
All kinds of questions arise at this point. Why did Jonas go to Canada? How and where did he meet Ruth Dyer? Did she move to Vermont with her parents or was she born there? Could she and Jonas have known each other before he left Massachusetts? Did they actually live in Canada for a while?
Some online records for their oldest known child, James, show that he was born in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont which borders Franklin County on the south, but Lamoille county was not formed until 1835. (His birthplace in the 1850 Census for Whitley County, Indiana, page 472, has previously been interpreted as "S. C." but if you look closely at some of the names that begin with "L", such as Lorin Loomis, it could easily be interpreted as "L. C." instead, which makes sense if it is an abbreviation of Lower Canada.)
Ruth and Jonas had at least four children. It is likely that there were other children born to them. Those known are James, mentioned above; Elizabeth born about 1803 in "Canada West" (according to the 1870 census); Jonas Jr. born 1807 born in Canada, Ohio, or Vermont depending upon which census you look at, though Canada is listed as his birthplace in 1850 and 1880; and Fanny born about 1810 in Canada according to the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records.
The family lived in Vermont for a while, at least they were there when the census was taken in 1800 and 1810. Jonas Joslin was listed as head of household in the 1800 federal census in Cambridge, Franklin County, Vermont (page 70) and in 1810 he was listed as Jonas Joshlyn in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont (page 220). Whether they lived in Vermont continuously during those years is not known. It's possible they went back and forth across the border and lived wherever it was convenient.
Sometime between 1810 and 1820, Ruth and Jonas Joslin moved their family to Delaware County, Ohio.
In the late 1700's and early 1800's, Vermont towns had a policy of "Warning Out" those persons who might seem to have no visible means of support and were judged to be a burden to the town. They were given notice to leave. Some left at the warning, while others remained. The rules and enforcement of warnings varied by town. Two volumes of these warnings were published in "Vermont Warnings Out" by Alden M. Rollins (Picton Press, 1995). In Volume 2, an entry for the Town Records for Charlotte (Crittenden County, VT) includes the name of Jonas Joslin on March 1, 1814. Did they leave at that time or did they suffer through 1816, which was known as the year that had no summer. According to some accounts in Vermont, every month in that year had a frost, and nearly every month had a snow-fall; in June snow was 10" deep and July saw freezing rain and ice; consequently most of the crops were ruined. Had Ruth and Jonas already moved their family south to Ohio? Or were they still in Vermont?
The first record of Jonas Joslin in Ohio is his purchase of 100 acres of land on April 1, 1819 in Liberty Township, Delaware County. The 1820 census for Liberty Township (page 94a) shows the Jonas Joslin family living there. The 1826 Tax List for Liberty Township shows that Jonas owned 105 acres of land valued at $308, including the house. His personal property consisted of one horse valued at $40 and six head of cattle with a value of $48.
Ruth died on August 27, 1830 in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. A record of her death was found in "Delaware County, Ohio Genealogical Abstracts", compiled by Carol Willsey Bell, 1980, p51: "September 16, 1830. Died in Liberty Tp. on 27th ult, Mrs. Ruth Joslin, w/o Jonas, age 59 years." [ult refers to the previous month, so she would have died on August 27th.]
According to one family researcher, Ruth's tombstone reportedly resides within the confines of the Delaware County Historical Museum. The inscription was transcribed by a cousin as "Ruth wife of Jonas Joslin died Aug 27, 1830 aged 59 Years."
Jonas is in the 1850 census where he is listed in Liberty Township (page 208) as Jonas Gloslin, age 81. Residing with him was his daughter Fanny, his son Jonas Jr. along with Jonas' wife Lucy and their eight children. It is presumed that Jonas Sr. died prior to 1860 since he is not listed in the census records for that year.
Frank Dyer has a website called Dyer Families of New England with the objective of tracking down all of the Dyer families in New England and placing them into their proper trees. Frank has identified five primary Dyer families in New England in the 17th century. With 38,000+ people in his databases you'd think there would be a connection, but no such luck.
One of these women that we have found nothing on beyond her marriage and death is my 5th great-grandmother, Ruth Dyer Joslin. She was born about 1771 and would have been about 23 years old when she married Jonas Joslin on February 6, 1794 in Franklin County, Vermont (copy of index card of Vermont marriage records microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah). There are 10 Dyer families in Vermont in the 1790 census but it is not really any help since it doesn't provide names of those in the household or even give a breakdown of ages. We don't even know for sure if Dyer is Ruth's maiden name. She was about 23 years old when she married Jonas, which is a little old for a first marriage for that time, perhaps she was married previously?
Jonas was the son of Joseph and Sarah Tarbell Joslin and was born March 1, 1769 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. For whatever reason, Jonas left his home in Massachusetts and went to Canada. On page 72 in his book, Nathaniel & Sarah Joslin And their Descendants in America, Donald A. Joslin describes a record of Jonas living in Canada - - An original manuscript of the Book of Aliens, 1794-1795, Mo. 43, Ottawa, Canada, includes the following in Jonas' own handwriting: "I Jonas Joslin, do hereby declare that I am a native of the United States of America from the state of MA in the town of Leominster. My age is twenty-four years. My trade or occupation is that of a farmer, that for this six months last past, I have resided in the Seignory of St. Armand in Mississkuoi Bay, and came into this Province of Lower Canada, by land, on the East Side of Lake Champlain on the 18th day of March 1793, and now reside on the aforesaid Seignory of St. Armand as witness my hand at Mississquoi Bay this 9th day of January 1795. Signed: Jonas Joslin".
Missisquoi Bay is located at the northern tip of Lake Champlain and is just north of the American Canadian border not far from Franklin County, Vermont. An online record of Early St. Armand Deeds found in 2001, lists Jonas Joslin on July 3, 1793 with 105 acres in half of lot 19.
All kinds of questions arise at this point. Why did Jonas go to Canada? How and where did he meet Ruth Dyer? Did she move to Vermont with her parents or was she born there? Could she and Jonas have known each other before he left Massachusetts? Did they actually live in Canada for a while?
Some online records for their oldest known child, James, show that he was born in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont which borders Franklin County on the south, but Lamoille county was not formed until 1835. (His birthplace in the 1850 Census for Whitley County, Indiana, page 472, has previously been interpreted as "S. C." but if you look closely at some of the names that begin with "L", such as Lorin Loomis, it could easily be interpreted as "L. C." instead, which makes sense if it is an abbreviation of Lower Canada.)
Ruth and Jonas had at least four children. It is likely that there were other children born to them. Those known are James, mentioned above; Elizabeth born about 1803 in "Canada West" (according to the 1870 census); Jonas Jr. born 1807 born in Canada, Ohio, or Vermont depending upon which census you look at, though Canada is listed as his birthplace in 1850 and 1880; and Fanny born about 1810 in Canada according to the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census records.
The family lived in Vermont for a while, at least they were there when the census was taken in 1800 and 1810. Jonas Joslin was listed as head of household in the 1800 federal census in Cambridge, Franklin County, Vermont (page 70) and in 1810 he was listed as Jonas Joshlyn in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont (page 220). Whether they lived in Vermont continuously during those years is not known. It's possible they went back and forth across the border and lived wherever it was convenient.
Sometime between 1810 and 1820, Ruth and Jonas Joslin moved their family to Delaware County, Ohio.
In the late 1700's and early 1800's, Vermont towns had a policy of "Warning Out" those persons who might seem to have no visible means of support and were judged to be a burden to the town. They were given notice to leave. Some left at the warning, while others remained. The rules and enforcement of warnings varied by town. Two volumes of these warnings were published in "Vermont Warnings Out" by Alden M. Rollins (Picton Press, 1995). In Volume 2, an entry for the Town Records for Charlotte (Crittenden County, VT) includes the name of Jonas Joslin on March 1, 1814. Did they leave at that time or did they suffer through 1816, which was known as the year that had no summer. According to some accounts in Vermont, every month in that year had a frost, and nearly every month had a snow-fall; in June snow was 10" deep and July saw freezing rain and ice; consequently most of the crops were ruined. Had Ruth and Jonas already moved their family south to Ohio? Or were they still in Vermont?
The first record of Jonas Joslin in Ohio is his purchase of 100 acres of land on April 1, 1819 in Liberty Township, Delaware County. The 1820 census for Liberty Township (page 94a) shows the Jonas Joslin family living there. The 1826 Tax List for Liberty Township shows that Jonas owned 105 acres of land valued at $308, including the house. His personal property consisted of one horse valued at $40 and six head of cattle with a value of $48.
Ruth died on August 27, 1830 in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. A record of her death was found in "Delaware County, Ohio Genealogical Abstracts", compiled by Carol Willsey Bell, 1980, p51: "September 16, 1830. Died in Liberty Tp. on 27th ult, Mrs. Ruth Joslin, w/o Jonas, age 59 years." [ult refers to the previous month, so she would have died on August 27th.]
According to one family researcher, Ruth's tombstone reportedly resides within the confines of the Delaware County Historical Museum. The inscription was transcribed by a cousin as "Ruth wife of Jonas Joslin died Aug 27, 1830 aged 59 Years."
Jonas is in the 1850 census where he is listed in Liberty Township (page 208) as Jonas Gloslin, age 81. Residing with him was his daughter Fanny, his son Jonas Jr. along with Jonas' wife Lucy and their eight children. It is presumed that Jonas Sr. died prior to 1860 since he is not listed in the census records for that year.
Frank Dyer has a website called Dyer Families of New England with the objective of tracking down all of the Dyer families in New England and placing them into their proper trees. Frank has identified five primary Dyer families in New England in the 17th century. With 38,000+ people in his databases you'd think there would be a connection, but no such luck.