Jabez OLMSTEAD Jr. [Parents] was born on 7 Mar 1806 in Grandview, Jefferson, New York. He died on 13 Mar 1880 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York. Jabez married (MRIN:745) Orpha KNIGHT-KZ1W-XDM on 23 Dec 1832.

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.geocities.com/cohommel/Doreen_Dolleman_5_1.htm
Doreen  Dolleman’s Research
Jabez (1806 – 1880) was born in Washington County, NY after the return of his parents from Ontario. He married Orpha Knight in 1832 and then moved to Watertown, NY. They had 3 sons. Jabez was a farmer. The connecting of him to the Jabez and Eunice family came through a seven-page hand written document in 1929 by Bessie Olmstead Croft, granddaughter of Jabez and Orpha. It basically outlines the descendants of the Watertown Olmstead’s, tying them to Hiram of Canada (# 1 above). There are some errors, but the real significance is that it confirms that these families were one and the same! In spite of the fact that most lived in NY and some had moved to western states, they had kept in contact with each other, confirmed by the information in the document. It was passed on to me from Peg Johnstone, great-great granddaughter of Jabez and Orpha.

The Daily Journel
Ogdensburgh, N. Y., January 16, 1966
A bear was killed in Martinsburgh, Lewis County, last week, by Jabez Olmstead. He was discovered while in his den, and dispatched by a few shots from a revolver.

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Jabez Olmsted
Age in 1860: 51  
Birth Year: abt 1809  
Birthplace: New York  
Home in 1860: Watertown, Jefferson, New York
Gender: Male  
Post Office: Watertown
Household Members: Name Age
Jabez Olmsted 51  
Opha Olmsted 51  
William Olmsted 25  
Royal Olmsted 21  
Edwin Olmsted 19  
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_762; Page: 735; Image: 743.

Orpha KNIGHT [Parents]-KZ1W-XDM was born on 9 Jun 1809 in Hartford, Washington, New York. She died on 9 Jan 1892 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York. Orpha married (MRIN:745) Jabez OLMSTEAD Jr. on 23 Dec 1832.

Jabez OLMSTEAD [Parents] was born in 1773 in Hebron, Washington, New York. He died in 1827. Jabez married (MRIN:746) Eunice OLMSTEAD.

BIOGRAPHY: Doreen Dolleman’s Research
http://www.geocities.com/cohommel/Doreen_Dolleman_5_1.htm
I will begin with Jabez Olmstead Jr. who is familiar territory with me. He was born around 1773 and was probably the son of Jabez Sr. and Miriam Husse Olmstead of Hebron, NY. He was married first to Eunice and moved to Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario in 1799. The first record is an application for leasing of lot 28 in Marlborough Twp. This family, consisting of Jabez 28, Eunice 27, Hiram 3, and Noah 2, was listed in the early assessment records of Burritt’s Rapids in 1802. Since there has been no further record found of Jabez Jr. and Eunice in Ontario after 1803 my assumption is that they returned to Hebron, NY. The federal and state census records of Hebron confirm that there were at least two Jabez Olmstead’s enumerated from 1790 through 1825. An older Jabez (with a small family) in 1790 and 1800 and a younger Jabez (with a large family) in the years following. My guess based on all evidence collected over the years is that Jabez Jr. returned from Ontario to Hebron by 1803, possibly because his father was ill or had died.

Eunice OLMSTEAD died in 1813. Eunice married (MRIN:746) Jabez OLMSTEAD.

Moses KNIGHT [Parents]-K83G-J8D was born on 24 Jan 1814 in Hartford, Washington, New York. He died on 6 Jun 1888 in Wheatland, Marshall, Illinois. He was buried in Henry Cemetery, Henry, Marshall, Illinois. Moses married (MRIN:747) Phidelia Arzilla SWIFT about 1838.

BIOGRAPHY: Louis Paul Hennefeld
Moses Knight, Jr. is my GG grandfather. He was born 24 Mar 1814 in Hartford, Washington, NY. He is in the 1820 & 1830 census of Hartford living with his parents. His wife Phidelia Arzilla Swift was born 24 March 1822, in the town of Cazenovia, Madison, NY, her parents were Philander Swift & Arzilla Edgbert. Don't know when or where Moses & Phidelia were married. They are in the 1840 & 1850 census of Conesus, Livingston, NY. They had two daughters: Lucinda Knight [my great grandmother] born in Conesus 2 Nov 1840, she married Thomas Frank Wright, 14 Jan 1857, by JP in Henry, Marshall, IL, Orphena Knight born in Conesus, 13 Aug 1847. She never married. Moses & Phidelia Knight, are next found in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census of Wheatland, Bureau, IL. When they died in 1888, they were living in Whitefield Corners, Marshall, IL.

BIOGRAPHY: Moses Knight, Jr died 6 Jun 1888
Phidelia Arzilla [Swift] Knight died 10 Sep 1888
Lucinda [Knight] Wright died 12 July 1912, in Henry
Orphena Knight died 13 Aug 1857, in Henry

BIOGRAPHY: Lucinda & Orphena are buried with their parents, at the Henry cemetery, Henry, Marshall, IL.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Knight
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1813
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Conesus, Livingston, New York
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Conesus, Livingston, New York; Roll: M432_525; Page: 222; Image: 144.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Knight
Age in 1860: 48  
Birth Year: abt 1812  
Birthplace: New York  
Home in 1860: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois
Gender: Male  
Post Office: Lone Tree
Household Members: Name Age
Moses Knight 48  
Deliah Knight 39  
Orphina Knight 12  
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M653_158; Page: 0; Image: 405.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Knight
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Age in 1870: 36  (56)
Birthplace: New York  
Home in 1870: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Post Office: Lone Tree  
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: M593_190; Page: 553; Image: 793.
 
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Knight
Home in 1880: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1814
Birthplace: New York
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Fidelia
Father's birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's birthplace: Rhode Island
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Moses Knight 66  
Fidelia Knight 58  
Orphena Knight 33  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Wheatland, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T9_177; Family History Film: 1254177; Page: 353.4000; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 0713.

MILITARY: Moses Knight  
Residence: Houston, Illinois Occupation:   
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 27 September 1864
Substitute in Company K, 29th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 27 September 1864.
Mustered out Company K, 29th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 04 August 1865

Phidelia Arzilla SWIFT was born on 24 Mar 1822 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York. She died on 10 Sep 1888 in Wheatland, Marshall, Illinois. She was buried in Henry Cemetery, Henry, Marshall, Illinois. Phidelia married (MRIN:747) Moses KNIGHT-K83G-J8D about 1838.

Thomas Frank WRIGHT was born on 2 Dec 1830. He died on 10 Aug 1887 in Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinios. He was buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois. Thomas married (MRIN:748) Lucinda KNIGHT on 14 Jan 1857 in Henry, Marshall, Illinois.

BIOGRAPHY: CHATSWORTH TRAIN WRECK: AUGUST 10, 1887
During the late evening of August 10, 1887, a fifteen-foot trestle bridge on the Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad just outside of Chatsworth, Illinois, caught fire. It is unknown whether careless workers who had been burning weeds along the tracks earlier in the day accidentally started the fire or if sparks from a train had ignited the blaze. Regardless, by midnight the bridge was engulfed in flames, just as an excursion train carrying eight hundred passengers reached the crossing. A popular vacation during the late 19th century, excursion trains typically carried middleclass vacationers from rural locations in the Midwest to popular destinations in the East or West. The train passing by Chatsworth was heading to Niagara Falls, with a round-trip ticket from Illinois costing only $7.50. The low cost for the excursion attracted a large number of vacationers, creating an unusually lengthy train consisting of two locomotive engines pulling over twenty passenger cars. Although the train's engineer spotted the burning bridge on the tracks ahead, he was unable to stop the train in time. The first engine passed over the bridge with no trouble, but the bridge collapsed under the second engine, causing it to break off from the first and tumble into the ditch. The passenger cars followed, crashing first into the overturned engine and then into each other, each car slicing into the one before it. All told, eleven passenger cars careened into the ditch, with only the heavy Pullman sleeper cars staying firmly on the tracks. Eighty-one passengers were killed in the crash and another 372 were injured. L. J. Haberkorn, owner and operator of the only hotel and restaurant in Chatsworth, and his wife had been scheduled to be on the Niagara Falls excursion but they decided to skip the trip at the last minute. When word reached town about the train wreck, Haberkorn led a group of civilian first responders to the site, arriving within an hour of the crash. As there was little water available to extinguish the burning wreckage, the rescuers used their bare hands to scrape up dirt to throw on the flames. Haberkorn asserted years later that the wreck was "not an accident but a case of criminal carelessness on the part of the railroad officials." He believed that, because of the number of passengers on the excursion train, there should have been a smaller pilot engine traveling ahead of it to make sure that the track was passable. Haberkorn lamented, "Had the railroad company done their duty, I would not be seeing in my mind these horrible sights all over again as I saw them that terrible night." Adam Groves,

Lucinda KNIGHT [Parents] was born on 2 Nov 1840 in Conesus, Livingston, New York. She died on 12 Jul 1912 in Henry, Marshall, Illinois. She was buried in Henry Cemetery, Henry, Marshall, Illinois. Lucinda married (MRIN:748) Thomas Frank WRIGHT on 14 Jan 1857 in Henry, Marshall, Illinois.

BIOGRAPHY: Louis Paul Hennefeld
2003-07-25
Lucinda & Orphena are buried with their parients, at the Henry cemetery, Henry, Marshall, IL. Lucinda's husband Thomas Frank Wright was born in NY, 2 Dec 1830. He was known to enjoy the vice of gambling. He was killed in the Chatsworth train wreck, 10 Aug 1887, and is buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL. Thomas Frank Wright and Lucinda Knight had three son's, all born in Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan. Cassius Wright, born October 1860, he died 10 April 1928, and is buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL. Charles Francis Wright, born in 1863, he married Beatrice Benedict Boyle. They had two son's. Charles Wright died 27 June 1936, in Weehawken, Hudson, NJ. My grandfather George 'Grant' Wright, born 1 Sept 1865. He grew up in Henry, Marshall, IL, then moved to Peoria, IL, he married Effie Andrews, had one child who died at birth. Grant Wright and Effie were then divorced, and Grant left Illinois for New York City. He met and married Ethel Jane Woodburn, they married and had three children; one boy and two girl's.
Alice Lucinda Wright [my mother]
Florence Wright
George Grant Wright
Cassius died 10 April 1928, and is buried in Springdale Cemetery with his father.

Abraham SHELDON [Parents] was born in 1690. He died in 1783 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. Abraham married (MRIN:749) Waite RHODES on 13 Jul 1730 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Waite RHODES was born on 16 Dec 1703 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. Waite married (MRIN:749) Abraham SHELDON on 13 Jul 1730 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Colonel KNIGHT [Parents]-LHF6-VGY was born on 21 Aug 1796 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island. He died on 13 May 1879 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island. He was buried in Knight Lot, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island. Colonel married (MRIN:750) Elizabeth WILCOX-LHFD-D6T on 2 Aug 1818 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.

BIOGRAPHY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smithandyoung/Knight.htm#NancyKnight
Curnel (also spelled Colonel) Knight was a Blacksmith in Washington Village in Coventry and later moved to Greenville, R.I. due to poor health. His wife Betsey Wilcox died in Washington Village in 1862. See "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island", J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago 1908, page 1930.

DEATH: Colonel Knight's Gravestone Reads
Colonel Knight
Died May 13, 1879
In the 84th year of his age.
Located in the Knight Lot (GL049)

Name: Colonel Knight
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 14 May 1879
Death Place: Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, Us
Age: 83
Birth Date: 1796
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Reuben Knight
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rachel
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09899-5
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 941851
Reference Number: p29
Collection: Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornell Knight
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Birth Place: Rhode Island
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Smithfield Districts 1 and 4, Providence, Rhode Island
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Angell 27  
Elizabeth Boss 32  
John L Boss 34  
Malichia a Boss 7  
Mary E Boss 6  
Thomas J Boss 14  
Angenette Knight 10  
Betsy Knight 47  
Cornell Knight 20  
Cornell Knight 52  
Dorcas A Knight 24  
Louisa Knight 30  
Benjamin Palmer 35  
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Smithfield Districts 1 and 4, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_843; Page: 384; Image: 569.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Colonel Knight
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1797
Age in 1870: 73  
Birthplace: Rhode Island  
Home in 1870: Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Post Office: Foster  
Household Members: Name Age
Reuben Knight 44  
William H Knight 22  
Betsey Knight 17  
Alzada Knight 14  
George W Knight 10  
Sarah M Knight 12  
Walter B B Knight 8  
Colonel Knight 73  
Louisa Knight 50  
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M593_1475; Page: 238; Image: 477.

BIRTH: Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930
Name: Curnel Knight
Parent 1: Reuben Knight  
Parent 2: Rachel Knight  
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1796
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Elizabeth WILCOX [Parents]-LHFD-D6T was born on 16 Apr 1797 in Newport, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She died on 3 Apr 1862 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island. She was buried in Knight Lot, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island. Elizabeth married (MRIN:750) Colonel KNIGHT-LHF6-VGY on 2 Aug 1818 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.

BIOGRAPHY: From: "Daniel Popek"
To: "William Knight"
Subject: Curnel Knight #650 on your website Information
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:25:56 -0700
The following is some information/corrections on Curnel Knight #650 on your website.  Sorry for the delay.  Curnel is my great-great-great-great grandfather.

Curnel (also spelled "Colonel") Knight died in the town of Glocester in Providence County in Rhode Island(Gloucester in Essex County is in Massachusetts).  He married Elizabeth (also known as "Betsey") Wilcox.  I don't know the source of your birth record for her, but she was the daughter of Stephen Wilcox and Anstress Stone, and she was born about 1799 in West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island instead of Newport.  The Wilcox Family goes back a couple of generations in West Greenwich, R.I.  Elizabeth died on April 3, 1862 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island.

MARRIAGE: Vital Record of Rhode Island
1636 - 1850
Birth, Marriages and Deaths
By James N. Arnold
Vol. XV
Providence, R.I.
Narragansett Historical Publishing Company
Providence Gazette - Marriages
1905 - Page 184
Knight, Curnel, of Coventry, and Betsey Wilcox, daughter of Stephen, Esq., of and at West Greenwich,   Aug. 2, 1818

Vital Record of Rhode Island
1636 - 1850
Birth, Marriages and Deaths
By James N. Arnold
Vol. XV
Providence, R.I.
Narragansett Historical Publishing Company
Providence Phenix - Marriages
1905 - Page 428
Knight, Curnel, of Coventry, and Betsey Wilcox, daughter of Stephen, of and at West Greenwich, by Obadiah Potter, Esq.,  Aug. 1, 1818

Groom's Name: Curnel Knight
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Elizabeth Wilcox
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 02 Aug 1818
Marriage Place: Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09425-7
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 925615
Reference Number: p 4
Collection: Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916

Daniel WILCOX [Parents] was born on 21 Jul 1759 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Daniel married (MRIN:751) Elizabeth BURRINGTON on 6 Jan 1785 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Elizabeth BURRINGTON was born on 15 Dec 1761. Elizabeth married (MRIN:751) Daniel WILCOX on 6 Jan 1785 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Robert Stanton BABCOCK [Parents] was born in 1767 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. He died on 8 Jan 1847 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Isand. Robert married (MRIN:752) Nancy Redwood THURSTON on 15 Jan 1789.

Nancy Redwood THURSTON was born in 1769 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She died on 8 May 1844 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Isand. Nancy married (MRIN:752) Robert Stanton BABCOCK on 15 Jan 1789.

Henry Durant JORDON [Parents] was born on 18 Dec 1807. He died on 4 Mar 1865 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. He was buried in Sarle Lot, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. Henry married (MRIN:753) Sarah Ann KNIGHT-K4KM-9JB.

DEATH: Will dated 5 aug 1850, recorded 16 aug 1850, Horry. Lists wife Judith, daus Mary Ann Alford ( wife of Arthur Alford), Ann Eliza, Elizabeth Caroline, sons John Robeson, Daniel Henry, David Willson, Witness: James J. Kirton. Brother: John O. Jordan wit: James Beaty, James J. Kirton Plantation on Bronson Swamp 1850 Horry census #945, lists Henry, Judith, John R., Eliza, Elizabeth, Daniel and David 1860 Horry census #403 lists Julia 44 and DAniel H. 14

CENSUS: Name: Henry Jordan
Census place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 42 years
Estimated birth year: 1808
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document):
Race or color (expanded):
Death month:
Death date:
Film number: 444809
Digital GS number: 4191658
Image number: 00184
Reference number: 28
Dwelling: 150
Household id: 151
Marital status:
Free or slave:
Collection: United States Census, 1850

Sarah Ann KNIGHT [Parents]-K4KM-9JB was born on 19 Oct 1810 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. She died on 25 Jan 1858 in Providence County, Rhode Island. She was buried in Sarle Lot, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. Sarah married (MRIN:753) Henry Durant JORDON.

John JORDAN was born in 1780. He died in 1839. John married (MRIN:754) Hannah ANDERSON in May 1805.

Hannah ANDERSON was born in 1785. She died in 1843. Hannah married (MRIN:754) John JORDAN in May 1805.