Person:Hezekiah Gunn (2)

The Hezekiah Gunns are problematic. The relationships are sometimes based on circumstantial evidence. This Hezekiah probably belongs to the group of Gunns in Onondaga. Note that son, also a Hezekiah, in the 1880 census says both his parents were born in Vermont.

1810 Census:
Name: Hezekiah Gunn
Township: Marcellus
County: Onondaga
State: New York
Free White Males Under 10: 2
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females 26 to 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

Hezekiah I would have been 52 in 1810 and Hezekiah II would have been between 26 and 30 years old. Hezekiah III would not yet have been born.

1820 Census [pg 139]:
Name: Hezekiah Gunn
Township: Camillus
County: Onondaga
State: New York
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2

There is a Hezekiah Gunn who appears in the 1830 Census in LeRoy Township of Genesee County, New York. However, the household has 1 male 15-20 yrs (Could be son Hezekiah III; he would have been 16), 2 males 20-30 yrs, and 1 male 30-40 yrs. The problem is that this Hezekiah could not have been born before 1790. So, who is he? The record also includes 1 female 10-20 yrs and 1 female 30-40 yrs.

The following might refer to this Hezekiah: A few years ago E. M. Leslie obtained a ledger which was kept here by John Meeker, merchant in 1806, and from it he gleaned the following names of residents (farmers, unless otherwise noted) of this section at that time. (Hezekiah Gunn is included in this list. He must have been a farmer.) Source: See http://www.alleylaw.net/nyonondaga.html

War of 1812 Service Records [lists two Hezekiah Gunns]:
Name: Hezekiah Gunn
Company: CAPT. PETERSON'S CO., NEW YORK MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: CORPORAL
Rank - Discharge: CORPORAL
Roll Box: 87
Roll Exct: 602

Name: Hezekiah Gunn
Company: 14 REG'T (STONE'S), NEW YORK MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 87
Roll Exct: 602

Source Information: Direct Data Capture, comp.. War of 1812 Service Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.

Marriage:
Name: Hezekiah Gunn
Spouse's Name: Mabel Miller
Event Date: 19 Oct 1800
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch [1]543.