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  1. Minerva’s 5th child William Kelsey may have been named after her side of the family.  May be worth the time to check into the Kelsey name, it may be Minerva’s mother’s maiden name.
  2. Kelsey’s found abt 1800 in Whiting, Addison, VT and Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, don’t know if there is a relation or not.
  3. Ontario Repository, Ontario Messenger, Geneva Gazette, and Geneva Palladium were all newspapers for Ontario county in 1824.  They may contain marriage, births of children, or obituaries
  4. Genealogy.com family finder index for VT marriages.
  5. Check Saxton’s in New York and research wills, land, military, obituaries, etc.  Maybe someone may have a daughter Minerva.
  6. Is there a necrology database for NY counties that goes back to 1824?
  7. Contact historical societies in Ontario, Tioga, counties for suggestions or for list of their collection of resources.
    1. Ontario County Historical Society is in Canandaigua, NY www.ochs.org
    2. Wales Historical Society www.rin.buffalo.edu/c-erie/comm/cult/muse/hist_wale.html
    3. Wayne County Historical Society http://members.aol.com/wchs4943
  8. “Early NY Naturalization: abstracts of naturalization records from feudal, state, and local courts 1792-1840” Scott, Kenneth, FHL 974.7 P4s or public libraries 974.7 SCO may have info on Saxton’s from Wales.
  9. “Denizations, Naturalizations and Oaths of Allegiance” Scott, Kenneth, 974.7 SCO.  May have info on Saxton’s immigration from Wales.
  10. There may be an obituary in the “Ontario Repository” (Canandaigua, NY) OCLC#09817973, Rochester Public Library in new York has the newspaper on microfilm, so does Finger lakes Community College DBCN: 06-0064575.
  11.  Check the Bureau of Military Records for Ira Rice
  12. Land and Property Records in Ontario County during time Ira and Minerva were married.
  13. 1820 census for Ira Rice.
  14. New York state Archives has 5 listings for saxton
    1. Saxton-Rea: an American family and its ancestors / by William Carl Strasser, Jr. at NY State Library(NYSL) 929.21973 qS897 99-14284
    2. Saxton genealogy microform / by C.G. Hurlburt, at NYSL 929.373 G326, 86-24269, G1846
    3. Family of John Saxton (1780-1821) who settled in Westville, NY in 1805. A descendant of George Sexton (Saxton) (1618-1690) immigrant from Ireland (or England?) at NYSL 929.2 S273 76-1744
    4. Diary 1849-1946, 1849 bulk, William M. Saxton at HDI  NYSU 08W-080-0024
    5. Family papers, Saxton, 1807-1969, Port Jefferson Historical Society, at HDI NYSU 711-320-0011