Person:John Ransom (3)

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John Ransom
b.14 Mar 1784
m. Bef 1783
  1. John Ransom1784 - 1830
  2. Augustus or Augustine RANSOMAbt 1785 -
  • HJohn Ransom1784 - 1830
  • WAmea AMES1789 - 1882
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
Facts and Events
Name John Ransom
Gender Male
Birth[1][6] 14 Mar 1784
Marriage 12 Dec 1805 Caledonia, Ontario, New Yorkto Amea AMES
Census[2] 1810 Avon, Ontario, New York
Census[3] 1820 Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Residence[4] 1828 Geauga County, OhioGeauga Co OH
Census[5] 7 Aug 1830 Concord, Leroy twp, Geauga, Ohio [now Lake Co]
Death[1] 7 Sep 1830 Concord, Leroy twp, Geauga, Ohio [now Lake Co]
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 1810 US census.

    1810 Census, Ontario County NY; All on page 603, image 9of10@Ancestry
    RANSOM, John 00010-10100
    RATHBURN, Zebulon 10100-00100
    BLAKESLEE, Ozi 00100-20100
    This appears to be John RANSOM b c1784 [age 26] and Amea AMES, and daughter Elizabeth b 29 Apr 1810. Cyrus and John were already dead.

  3. 1820 US census.

    on page 100, image 2of3@Ancestry; "as of" 7 Aug 1820:
    RANSOM, John 200010-40010
    This appears to be John RANSOM b c1784 [age 36] and Amea AMES [age 31], sons John H [4] and Giles T [7 mo], with daughters Elizabeth [10], Sarah [8], Amea [6½], and Julia [2].

  4. County Clerk's Record books and microfilmed documents.

    From clerk's office, Livingston Co NY:

    7 Mar 1828, L5, p660: John Ransom and Amy, his wife (late Amy Ames), of Geauga Co, Ohio, sold to Horace W. Bronson 50 acres in the NW corner of Livonia Lot #2 [same boundaries as Eliz AMES RANSOM PEASE] for $30.
    Signed by John Ransom and Amy Ransom (X her mark); witnessed by Mosher Ames, James Hathaway & Lewis W. Brown in Geauga Co, Ohio.

  5. 1830 US Census.

    OH Geauga Concord p 247, "as of" 1 June 1830:
    John RANSOM,
    2 males under 5, -- Sandrus, Eliakim F
    2 males 10-15 -- Giles and John
    1 male 40-50 -- John, age 46
    2 females 5-10 -- Mary Ann and Tamar
    1 female 10-15 -- Julia Ann or Amea --which one is missing? Julia is 12, Amea is 16
    [but see Harvey MINKLER, Painesville, who has a 10-15F in his household]
    1 female 40-50 -- Amea (AMES) age 41

  6. In the "Unplaced", "Eliakim" folio 1: Correspondence from Eliakim Fields RANSOM and his sister, Mrs THAYER, report a possible brother of John RANSOM 1784-1830. No further information.