Person:Amea Ames (1)

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Amea AMES
b.17 Apr 1789
d.28 Sep 1882 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1782
  1. Tamer AMESAbt 1782 -
  2. Amea AMES1789 - 1882
  3. Daniel AmesAbt 1790 -
  4. Betsy AMES1795 -
  5. Robert B AMES1798 -
  6. Mosher AMES1800 - 1837
  7. Roswell AMES1802 -
  8. Marian AMESAbt 1806 -
  9. Emeline AMESAbt 1808 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 Dec 1805
  1. Cyrus RANSOM1806 - 1808
  2. John RANSOM1808 - 1809
  3. Elizabeth RANSOM1810 - 1897
  4. Sarah RANSOM1812 - 1847
  5. Amea RANSOM1814 - 1858
  6. John Ransom1816 - 1888
  7. Julia Ann RANSOM1818 - 1903
  8. Giles Turner RANSOM1819 - 1862
  9. Tamar Louise RANSOM1821 - 1908
  10. Mary Ann Ransom1823 - 1831
  11. Sandrus Ransom1825 - 1849
  12. Eliakim Fields Ransom1829 - 1905
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Facts and Events
Name Amea AMES
Gender Female
Birth[1] 17 Apr 1789
Marriage 12 Dec 1805 Caledonia, Ontario, New Yorkto John Ransom
Census[3] 1810 Avon, Ontario, New York
Census[9] 1820 Claridon Twp, Geauga, Ohio
Census[10] 1 Jun 1830 [[Place:Concord, Leroy twp, Geauga, Ohio [now Lake Co]|Concord, Leroy twp, Geauga, Ohio [now Lake Co]]]
Census[11] 1 Jun 1840 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Census[4] 16 Aug 1850 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Census[5] 1 Jun 1860 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Census[6] 1 Jun 1870 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Residence? 1 Jun 1870 Avon Twp, Livingston, New Yorkwith grandchildren Giles Turner RANSOM and Ellen Loraine FERRIS
Census[7] 1 Jun 1880 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
Residence? 1 Jun 1880 Avon Twp, Livingston, New Yorkwith daughter Tamer THAYER
Death[2][8] 28 Sep 1882 Avon Twp, Livingston, New York
References
  1. ↑ Carrie Belle (CHAPPELL) VARY, RANSOM REGISTER 1902 (furnished by Mrs James VARY to JER/Buffalo in Nov 1902, the only direct record in existen.
  2. ↑ Carrie Belle (CHAPPELL) VARY, RANSOM REGISTER 1902 (furnished by Mrs James VARY to JER/Buffalo in Nov 1902, the only direct record in existen.
  3. ↑ 1810 US census.

    1810 census, Avon twp, Ontario County, New York, on page 603 original census, [ image 9of10@Ancestry] - with husband - see details in his entry.

  4. ↑ 1850 US census.

    1850 NY Livingston Avon, page 66 or 336B, family #453
    Zebulon RATHBONE 64 MA, farmer, RE Value $3360
    Amy RATHBONE 60 CT [should be 61 VT]
    Ellen FERRIS, 11 OH
    Thomas MATTHEWS, 16 England, laborer

  5. ↑ 1860 US census.

    NY Livingston Avon page 54, dwelling #392
    Zebulon RATHBUN 77 MA, farmer, RE value $3360
    Amy RATHBUN, 70 MA [should be 71 VT]
    Ellen FERRIS, 18, housework [grandaughter, should be 21]

  6. ↑ 1870 US census.

    NY, Livingston, Avon, page 6, line 8 [with grandchildren Giles T RANSOM and Ellen FERRIS]
    Amey RATHBONE, 79 VT, RE value $4000 [should be 81]

  7. ↑ 1880 US census Transcript on CD and online (LDS Church).

    with daughter Tamer, and showing earlier birth year:
    1880 Census Place:, District 1, Avon, Livingston, New York
    Source:, FHL Film 1254858 National Archives Film T9-0858 Page 35C
    NAME, Relation, Sex, Marr, Race, Age, Birthplace
    Emory THAYER, Self, M, M, W, 63, NY, Occ: Farmer, Fa: ---, Mo: MA
    Damer L. THAYER, Wife, F, M, W, 56, OH, Occ: Keeping House, Fa: RI, Mo: MA
    Charles THAYER, Son, M, S, W, 21, NY, Occ: Musical Instument Agent, Fa: NY, Mo: OH
    Amy RATHBON, MotherL, F, W, W, 97, MA, Occ: At Home, Fa: FRA, Mo: MA [previously claimed VT, age 91]
    Margaret QUIRK, Other, F, S, W, 15, NY, Occ: Servant, Fa: IRE, Mo: IRE
    Ida J. WILLS, Dau, F, S, W, 15, NY, Occ: At Home, Fa: NY, Mo: NY

  8. ↑ Obituary: Amea AMES RANSOM RATHBON [provided from a record in the THAYER family; transcribed by Sandi STOKLOSA; original: NY newspaper clipping found in family papers of Scott and Wendy Gifford Bush, descendants; transcribed by Scott Bush.] <birth date here is questionable; in all previous censuses, her reported age matched better with a birth in late 1790. Her daughter, Tamer THAYER, tended to exaggerate many things, including her mother's age [census 1880: age 97, not 90/91; telling JER she was "100"]

    Title: Death of a Centenarian

    Mrs Amy Ransom Rathborn, born April 17th, 1782, died Sept 28th 1882. The
    daughter and first child of Robert and Elizabeth Ames of Massachusetts, she
    survived to be the last of that large family of fifteen children.

    Her first husband was John Ransom of Caledonia, to whom she was married in the year 1805. In this union, she became the mother of 12 children, five of whom are living and are well known in this county. By her second husband, Mr Rathbon, she had no children.

    For eleven years past, she had her home with her daughter, Mrs Emery Thayer of South Lima. Here she was tenderly and lovingly cared for, her last days made comfortable and happy, until on Thursday, September 28th, she sweetly fell to sleep, as "the candle burnt low in the socket." Nearly all of her long life was spent in the communion with the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of eleven years. The funeral services were on the following Saturday afternoon from the house of Mr E Thayer, and were performed by the Rev N J Conklin of Lakeville.

    "A shock of corn fully ripe:"
    The pains of death are past,
    Labor and sorrow cease;
    Her life's long warfare closed at last,
    Her soul is found in peace.
  9. ↑ 1820: with husband, John RANSOM, Claridon, Geauga, Ohio
  10. ↑ 1830: with husband, John RANSOM, Cocord, Geauga, ohio
  11. ↑ 1840: with Zebulon RATHBONE; shows F in 50-60 range; Amea was 51.
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