Sophia PEMBER

Abt 1786 - Bef 1820  (~ 33 years)

• Name	Sophia PEMBER
  Born	Abt 1786	of Wells, Rutland, Vermont
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 1820	Hannibal, Oswego, N. Y.
  Initiatory (LDS)	25 Sep 1946	IFALL
  _UID	0CEE73B3AD1E484D86321ADAD190E665D88F
  Person ID	I11154	pember-crandall
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John PEMBER,   b. 31 Oct 1751, Norwich, New London, Conn., USA ,   d. 27 Sep 1827, Harmony Hall, Chautaqua, New York, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lucretia BILL,   b. 1752/1754, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
  Married	24 Nov 1774	Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
  _UID	A33204F75F3CE840BBAB13473757C14BED41
  Family ID	F4146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alanson Lonson BLODGETT,   b. 1783, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1865, Hannable, New York, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1805	Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  _UID	DB5EDC6A29E08442915E528B010290600DE9
  Children	1. Alonson BLODGET,   b. 1807, Hannibal, Oswego, N. Y. ,   d. 8 Feb 1886  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2019 00:14:29
  Family ID	F4974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "John Pember, The History of the Pember Family in America" Compiled by Mrs. Celeste Pember Hazen Page 64 - 74 Am. Ancestry Chau. Co. Hist. Wells Hist. & V. R Fam. R; Cem, R. 30. John4 (John3, John2,·Thomas1) b. Oct. 31, 1751, (New Style Calendar?); prob. Norwich West Farms, (Franklin); bapt. Jan. 28, 1753, John Pember, Junr, Chh R. (prob . means his father) . d. Sept. 27, 1827, Harmony Tp, Chautaqua Co., N. Y. m. Nov. 24, 1774, by Rev. Thomas Brockway, Lucretia Bill. (Cong. Ch h R., Columbia, Ct. Columbia Tp was organized 1804, formerly the p art of Lebanon called the Crank, from its shape.) --------- ch. 10 (or 10 who lived?) 56. Lorinda b. Aug. 2, 1775, Lebanon Crank 57. John b. 1777, " " 58. Clarissa b. 1779, " " 59. Frederick b. Apr. 24, 1781, " " 60. Milton b. 1783/4, Wells, Vt. 61. Sophia b. 1786 " -- Betsey b. 1788 " d. 1794 " bur. in large town graveyard north of homestead, now obliterated, where a cousin copied the stone long ago, saving this record. 62. Joseph Seavey b. Aug. 10, 1790, Wells, Vt. 63. Harvey b. 1792, " " 64. Martha (Patty)b. (There may be one ch. omitted here, who d. y.) (This agrees with U. S. Census numbers, 1790 and 1800.) Page 124 61. Sophia5 (John4, John3, John2 Thomas1) b. abt 1786, Wells, Vt. (There may be Rec. in Wells Archives, no t available) d. Hannibal (Lysander) N. Y., prob. before 1820. Tradition says So phia d.y. m. Nov. 10, 1805, Wells, Vt., Lonson Bloget. (Wells V. R. and Vt . Hist. Soc.) ------------ ch. One was Alanson Blodgett. b. Hannibal, 1807 (?) (doubtful on stone) d. Feb. 8,1886, Hannibal, N. Y. (N. Y. V. R. an d stone) ch. Some res. at homestead; gr. ch. still living , but with- out family history. The old graveyard shows no stones of Sophia or her husband . Local historians searched this family with no success. The County Record s of Oswego, (Census, Land, Probate) can at the present time be searche d only by personal visit. A reading of the 1855 U. S. Census (not clear) adds the fo llowing: Alonson Blodgett was b. 1785, Mass., living 1855. Wife Sophiah. (l iving?) ch in household (grandchildren?): Augustus Blodgett b. 1826, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Prudence " b. 1829, Oswego Co., N. Y. Josephine " b. 1836 " Alanson, Jr. " b. 1840, Michigan Also living in his family were Alanson B. Pollay and Marion Pollay . (Was there a dau. who m. (----) Pollay?) The Hist. Onondaga Co. by Johnson, pub. 1877, lists amon g persons who contributed to its publication: In Hannibal; Blodgett, Alanson , farmer and lumbering, b. Onon. Co., sett. 1807 in Hannibal (P.O.) on Lo t 50, first sett. by Artemas Blodgett. This information was probably given by Alanson Blodgett, Jr., himself. In explanation, the town of Lysander, Onondaga Co., was pa rt of the military tract opened to settlement and organized 1794. The townsh ip of Hannibal was set off from Lysander in 1807 and is now in Oswego Co . Sophia's older sister and brother, Lorinda and John, wer e with her here and many other people from Wells, as well as the husband's re latives (see above). Some of the Blodgetts had been living near Wells, per haps in Granville, N. Y. • • • • • • • • • • †¢ • • • • • Blodgett. Ct. V. R. Artemus Blodgett, son of Asa and Irena, b. Dec. 31, 1752, Salisbur y, Ct., m. Aug. 4, 1774, Rebeckah Torner of Salisbury, by Elder Dakins. No birth s of their ch. in Ct.; prob. emigrated very soon.