Moses Rumsey

1756 - 1816  (59 years)

• Name	Moses Rumsey  [1]
  Birth	Jul 1756	Goshen Precinct, Orange Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1816	Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Notes	In his records, Rev. Silas Constant wrote, just before the marriage of Moses Rumsey to Lydia Ann Miller, "Rode to William Millers." (Roebling, Emily Warren, ed - Journal of The Reverend Silas Constant (1903), p.48) Perhaps William Miller was father of the bride. Moses Rumsey served as Minute Man in Col. John Hathorn's 4th Regiment, New York Militia, during the Revolution. (Roberts: New York in the Revolution, p.166; DAR Lineage Books 12:98; 19:38; 35:129,293). He has not been found in the 1790 census. His brother James Rumsey went to live with Moses in Aurora, Cayuga Co, in 1800 and stayed for five or six years. Deeds in Cayuga Co, or in Onondaga Co from which Cayuga was formed in 1799, have not been checked to determine how soon after the end of the war Moses left Orange Co. It was said to have been 1780, but the war was still going on then. In the 1800 census of Scipio, Cayuga Co, Moses Rumsey's household consisted of 2 males under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 26-44, and 1 male 45 or over. Thus all his daughters were missing, and there was an extra male too young to be his brother James. He was in Scipio again in the 1810 census, having 2 boys and 3 girls under 10 (John H. & ? , Phebe Ann, Jane & ? ), 1 boy and 2 girls 10-15 (Isaac, Mary, Elizabeth), 1 male 16-25 (Moses), 1 female 26-44 (2nd wife Cynthia), and Moses was 45 or over. The extra boy and girl under 10 might be children of Cynthia by her previous marriage. Moses Rumsey of Scipio, Cayuga Co, wrote his will 29 Jul 1816, and Petition for Probate was dated 30 Sep 1816. He left two thirds of his farm to his son Isaac, and the remaining third to his other two sons, Moses and John. It was Isaac's duty to bring up the children. He made bequests to his daughters Elizabeth and Polley, and to his younger daughters Jane, Phebe Ann, Lucey and Marabah when they reached the aged of 21. Witnesses were David Thomas and Moses Kump. Administration was granted to Moses Rumsey. (PR Wills B1:48) The final accounting was not made until 17 March 1836. Moses Rumsey, the Administrator, stated that he had built a house on that part of his father's farm which had been set off to him; that Isaac Rumsey was a resident of Newfield, Tompkins Co, NY; John was also of Newfield; Elizabeth Rumsey lived in Seneca Co; Polly was married, but the name of her husband was unknown to Moses, [which seems unlikely since she married her first cousin and brother of her sister's husband]; Jane Gilmore's residence was Ohio; Phebe Ann, wife of Joseph Patterson was of Ovid, Seneca Co; Nancy, wife of Silas "Dawson", was of Newfield; Lucy, wife of James Ford, lived in Ohio; and Marabah (no married name). (PR Box 4) There was no mention of widow Cynthia in either the will or the final accounting. The only place her name appeared in the proceedings was her signature on the Bond, with those of Moses and Isaac Rumsey and Benjamin Almy. Perhaps she and Moses had made a prenuptual agreement, since she undoubtedly had property from her former husband. "Syntha" Rumsey was in the 1820 census of Scipio, Cayuga Co. Her household had 3 females under 10 (Marabah, Lucy, Nancy), 1 female 10-15 (Phebe), 1 male 16-18 (John) and another 16-25 (Isaac), 1 female 16-25 (Jane), 1 female 26-44, and 1 male 45 or over. In 1836, the year the estate was settled, Moses Jr. was a resident of Big Flats, Chemung Co, NY, and apparently his step-mother joined him there, for Chemung Co deeds of 1837 show a Cynthia Rumsey buying land (LR 4:52,83). And in 1843 Cynthia Rumsey of Veteran, widow, sold land on 22 March to Wessel Vernooy and others (LR 27:197). The contents of these deeds have not been checked. [2]
  Person ID	I4945	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Simon Rumsey,   b. 1728, Southold, Suffolk Co., New York, USA d. 1811, Goshen, Orange Co., New York, USA (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Jemima Knapp   d. 1808, Orange Co., New York, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1748	Orange Co., New York, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F1811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia Ann Miller,   b. Aft 1756   d. Aft 1805, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1785	Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Lydia Rumsey,   b. Bef 1790, Orange Co., New York, USA d. Bef 1808 (Age 18 years)   2. Moses Rumsey,   b. Abt 1793, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 23 Feb 1870, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, USA (Age 77 years) + 3. Elizabeth Rumsey,   b. Abt 1795, Orange Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1875 (Age 81 years) + 4. Mary Rumsey,   b. 1 Apr 1798, Goshen, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 14 Sep 1839, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA (Age 41 years)   5. Isaac Rumsey,   b. 1 Apr 1798, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. 30 Oct 1868, Painted Post, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 70 years)   6. Jane Rumsey,   b. Est 1801, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1860, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA (Age 60 years)   7. John Holden Rumsey,   b. 18 Jan 1805, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. 24 Aug 1883, Alpine, Schuyler Co., New York, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Cynthia Mosher,   b. Aft 1775   d. Aft 1843 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Between 1805 and 1809  [1]
  Children	1. Phebe Ann Rumsey,   b. Est 1809, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1836 (Age 28 years)   2. Nancy Rumsey,   b. Aug 1811, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. 24 Nov 1875, Newfield, Tompkins Co., New York, USA (Age 64 years)   3. Lucy Rumsey,   b. Abt 1812, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age 69 years)   4. Marabah Rumsey,   b. Between 1814 and 1815, Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jul 1756 - Goshen Precinct, Orange Co., New York, USA Marriage - 28 Apr 1785 - Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA Death - 1816 - Scipio, Cayuga Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR7-11. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR21-23. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR1-6.