Genealogical Society of Vermont

Candace:

I am searching for information about my 3gr-grandfather Franklin Ford, believed to have been born 18 Jan 1801 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont (according to Vermont, US Vital Records, 1870 and Prior). Per this source, his parents were John and Dorcas (Olmsted) Ford. Franklin was the eldest of their 14 children. (Franklin’s father, John, was presumably born in Massachusetts but his family moved to Vermont when he was quite young. Dorcas was born in Benson, Rutland, Vermont 17 Dec 1782.)
I am especially searching for information about my 3gr-grandmother, Franklin Ford’s wife, Oliva/Olivia or Eliza Pitts. She is believed to have been born in 1798 in Vermont, according to various censuses taken in the latter half of the 1800s. From this same source, both of her parents were also born in Vermont. I have no background information on her, who her parents/siblings were or when and where she married Franklin Ford. I presume this to have occurred in Vermont around 1823.
I believe John and Dorcas (Olmsted) Ford’s other 13 children, siblings of my Franklin, were all born in Benson, Rutland, Vermont. They were: John Jr. b. 1802, Richard Falley b. 1803, Huldah Maria b. 1805, Simeon b. 1807, Harriet b. 1809, Lucy b. 1811, Electa b. 1812, Laura A. and Almira Louisa b. 1814, David b. 1817, Harry b. 1819, Rufus Dennis b. 1821 and Barbara b. 1823. Franklin’s parents and many of his siblings then moved around this time (1823/4) to New York then Pennsylvania.
Back to Franklin and Oliva (Pitts) Ford – they had also left Vermont by 1824, having had their first child, my 2nd- gr grandfather George Washington Ford, in Pennsylvania in June of that year. They went on to have three additional children and ultimately Franklin died in Pennsylvania, Oliva following her children on to Michigan where she eventually died.

Again, I am curious as to who Oliva Pitts was, who her ancestors were and whether Franklin and Oliva married in Vermont. This would have likely occurred around 1820-1823.

I have a good understanding of the Olmsted family from which Dorcas hailed (good resource material on the Olmstead family famous for landscape architecture denotes Dorcas is from that line). As well, the Ford family is well documented as they were descended from Mayflower passengers. I have had no success with the Pitts family and Oliva specifically.
I am also interested in the life and times of the Ford and Olmsted families while they lived in Vermont for what appears to be almost two generations. Once identified, I would appreciate information on the life and times of the Pitts family.

Allison Dennis:

I am searching for information about my great-great-grandfather Charles W Royce, believed to have been born 1830 in Irasburg, VT, and his wife Emaline Luce, believed to have been born about 1840 in Stowe or Waterbury, VT.

I have information from the 1860 census from Northfield VT for a Charles Roys and his wife Emeline, and a child named "Willie" on that census. I believe this to be my relatives, misspelled, and their oldest son, Charles W, born 1858.

They had three other sons, my great-grandfather Edward (also sometimes called Edgar) born in 1861 and who died in New Hampshire in 1951, Ephraim, born in 1863 and who died in 1933 in Vermont, and a son Asa who was born in 1867 and died in 1869.

In the 1870 census, I have found Edward and Ephraim living with a Spemira Macoon in Berlin, VT with their occupation shown as "pauper". I am curious as to how Edward and Ephraim came to be in the care of Ms Macoon, and what became of the elder Charles W and his wife Emeline, specifically any further census records, when and where did they die and where their burial place might be.

I also would like any information on Emeline Luce's ancestors, as I have none. Lastly, I would like to be able to confirm that the Charles W Royce born in 1830 is the son of Charles Royce born 1795 and Millie Andrews born 1799, both of Vermont.

Royce is often misspelled Roys or Royer.

Steve Royce:

Robert Benson:

Carol Bacon:

John Wood:

Mary Henderson:

Paula Parker:

John Carpenter:

John Carpenter:

Joanne Hayward:

Samuel SHERMAN married in Rochester, MA, 1777, Olive CLARK. His children were not recorded in Rochester. He was a blacksmith & sold his house & blacksmith shop in Rochester 1789. [Plymouth Co Deeds] History of Woodstock states that he was a blacksmith in Woodstock, VT 1794, but gone by 1799. His inventory was recorded in Waterbury, VT 1803, and his wife Olive was living at that time. Very few vital records for this family have been found.

Probable children: Olive, Avery, Sylvia, Betsey (possibly married Asa MAXHAM), Polly, Ira, & Royal. Avery m. 1) Fannie SHELDON, 2) Mary WALDRON, & d. in Waitsfield, VT 1873. Ira m. in Waterbury Keziah ROBINSON & d there 1856. Royal apparently married several times & d. in Duxbury, VT 1879.

I am interested in further details about any of these people. In particular: Did Olive remarry? None of the children were very old when Samuel died. Where were Samuel & Olive buried? Avery & Ira were buried in Hope (Village) Cemetery, Waterbury, but I didn't find stones for Samuel & Olive.

Diantha Howard:

Shirley Arendt:

Janet Pease:

Louise Throop:

Looking for connections to Hannah Parker, father John Parker, and Jeremiah Parker and Joshua Garfield, possibly Benjamin Garfield. John Hitchcock was my great grandfather who married Hannah Parker, We are related to the Garfield’s but cannot make the direct connection.

Jim York:

Stephanie O'Rourke:

Alan Rogers:

Diantha Howard: