Person:Amos Wetmore (1)
Amos Wetmore
b.14 Oct 1740 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
d.28 Jul 1808 Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Jun 1733
  1. Abigail Wetmore1734/35 -
  2. Ann Wetmore1737 - Est 1738
  3. Joseph Wetmore, III1738/39 - 1814
  4. Amos Wetmore1740 - 1808
  5. Ethe Wetmore1742 - 1792
  6. Ebenezer Wetmore1744 - 1777
  7. Timothy Wetmore1746 - Aft 1810
  8. Nathaniel Wetmore1748 - Bef 1759
  9. Anna Wetmore1749/50 - 1832
  10. Lydia Wetmore1753 -
  11. Sarah Wetmore1755 -
  12. Nathaniel Wetmore1759 - 1776
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Nov 1765
  1. Grace Wetmore1766 - 1836
  2. Parsons Wetmore1768 - 1852
  3. John WetmoreAbt 1769 - 1772
  4. Rachel Wetmore1770 -
  5. Amos Wetmore, Jr.1772 - 1845
  6. Asher Wetmore1774 - 1828
  7. Jesse WetmoreAbt 1776 - 1779
  8. Eunice Wetmore1779 - 1820
  9. Ezra Wetmore1782 - 1849
  10. Jehial Wetmore1785 -
  11. a son Wetmore1787 - 1787
  12. Abigail Wetmore1790 - 1794
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Amos Wetmore
Gender Male
Birth[2] 14 Oct 1740 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 11 Nov 1765 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States to Rachael Parsons
Will[5][9] 16 Oct 1806 Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States
Death[3] 28 Jul 1808 Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States
Burial[4][8] Whitesboro, Oneida, New York, United States Grandview Cemetery

Amos was born in Middletown, probably in the Middlefield parish, the second son of Joseph and Abigail (Roberts) Wetmore. He served as a captain in the Militia, in Col. Comfort Sage's regiment, which turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven. In 1785-86, Amos and his family, along with the families of General George Doolittle (Amos' son-in-law, husband of his eldest daughter, Grace) and Lemuel Leavenworth, moved to Whitestown, New York, there joining the founder of this town, Judge Hugh White. "Whitestown became a county center, for court and legal business in 1791, in the newly established Herkimer County, of New York state. These 1791 court sessions were held then, in Hugh White's barn! Hugh White and Amos Wetmore had been designated as judges --however, there was no requirement in that day, for a county judge to be a lawyer. To be a respected citizen was enough.

References
  1. ↑ Wetmore, James Carnahan. The Wetmore Family of America and its Collateral Branches with Genealogical, Bigraphical and Historical Notice. (Munsell & Rowland, Albany, 1861)
    p. 513.
  2. ↑ Compiler: Carole Magnuson. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 27, Middletown, Part II, K-Z and No Surname 165. (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2000)
    p. 299, citing 1, p. 69, son of Joseph & Abigail.
  3. ↑ The Holy Bible, J. Holbrook's Stereotype Copy, Family Info: Amos and Rachael Wetmore, Present Owner: Kevin J.. (J. Holbrook, Battleborough, VT, 1818).
  4. ↑ Findagrave postings for Grandview Cemetery, Whitesboro,NY: Whitesboro, Cemetery: Grandview, State: New York, C
    Amos Wetmore marker.
  5. ↑ Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835., (Online database: NewEnglandA
    p. 38, Utica, New York Surrogate Court.
  6.   Editor: Henry P. Johnson. The Record of Conneciticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. (Hartford, 1889)
    Vol IV, Militia Regiments, p. 547.
  7.   Exploring 200 Years of Oneida County (N.Y.) History.
  8. ↑ Died Jul 28 1808, AE 67 yr. DAR marker on grave.
  9. ↑ Amos' will left "to my wife Rachel use of 1/2 of all my lands while she continues my widdow and 1/3 of household goods, furniture & utinslies. To my son Parsons, $20. To my sons Amos, Asher, Ezra and Jehiel equal part of my estate. Asher and Jehiel to have the grist mill and Amos and Ezra the saw mill. To my daughters, Grace, Rachel and Eunice .... " He appoints his sons Amos and Asher to be exexutors, "directing them to pay and adminsiter justice to the widow and fatherless." Will witnessed by Luther Woodruff, Phineas Parker and Stephen Parsons. A codicil, dated 16 October 1806 directs that "in a dry season if not sufficient water for both saw and grist mill, the grist mill to have the preference."
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