David Rumsey

1771 - 1840  (69 years)

• Name	David Rumsey  [1, 2]
  Birth	5 Jul 1771	Monroe Twp., Orange Co., New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jul 1840	New London, Huron Co., Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Huron Co., Ohio, USA   [2]
  		Headstone of David Rumsey
  Notes	In the 1810 census of Fayette, Seneca Co, NY, David Rumsey headed a household containing 2 males and 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25, and 1 male 26-44. In 1820 there were 4 males under 10, 2 males and 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44, and 1 male 45 or over. In 1827, David Rumsey and the widow Elizabeth Rumsey were executors of the estate of his brother Moses Rumsey, and in that capacity they conveyed property from the estate in Seneca Co. On 26 Feb 1829, David Rumsey and his wife Jane of Fayette conveyed land to John Lambert (LR U:192). David received a payment from his father's estate which was probated in Seneca Co in August 1829. "David moved from Fayette, N.Y. to Jerusalem twp, Yates Co, N.Y. near Bluffs point in 1828. William Knowland (husband of Elizabeth)[his sister #67] sold the farm to David and moved to Wayne Co., Mich. In 1835 David moved to Huron Co., Ohio. Most of his children came by boat from Canandaigua to Buffalo to Fairfield, Ohio, arriving on Oct. 16, 1835. David was injured on the trip from Northumberland, up the Susquehana to Fayette when he was caught between a shire pole and a barrel of flower." (JSR, derived from Mrs. Sanford's notes and those of Spencer B. Rumsey, [son of Caleb C.6 & uncle of JSR].) In the 1830 census of Jerusalem, David "Rusey" had 1 girl under 5 (Eliza Jane), 2 boys and 1 girl 5-9 (Caleb, George, Elizabeth), 2 boys 10-14 (Jacob, Adam), 1 boy and 1 girl 15-19 (David or Hiram, & a domestic?), 2 males 20-29 (John, & a farm laborer?), his wife in her 40s and he in his 50s. (Baby Charles is missing; perhaps he was born Jan 1831 instead of 1830.) The Presbyterian church in Branchport, Jerusalem Tp, Yates Co, was organized 24 Jul 1832, and David Rumsey was chosen one of two Ruling Elders. The 18 original members included Mrs. Sophia Rumsey (wife of Thomas), and Mrs. Eliza Rumsey (probably wife of David's son John, who was also John's first cousin). There was also a "Miss" Jane Rumsey listed, who probably should be "Mrs." Jane, the wife of David Rumsey (HDY). The original church records have not been examined to verify the marital status of these two. In the NY state census of 1835, David Rumsey was still in Jerusalem Tp, with a total of 7 males and 3 females in the household. Two of the males were subject to militia duty (Hiram & Adam), and two were eligible to vote (John Sr & Hiram). One of the females was married, and two were under 16 (Elizabeth & Eliza Jane). David had 75 acres of improved land, 17 neat cattle, 5 horses, 42 sheep, and 24 hogs. Within the past year the family had produced 45 yards of fulled cloth, 46 yards of woolen cloth, 85 yards of linen, cotton or other thin cloths. His sons David and John had their own households in Jerusalem, as did his younger brother Thomas. His old brother John had just left for Huron Co, Ohio. The first deed in Huron Co, Ohio, recorded to David Rumsey Sr was dated 25 Oct 1835, for 87 acres in Lot 19, Section 2, New London, from William and Philinder Blackman of New London, for which he paid $872 (LR OS-10:471). (His son David "Ramsey" Jr had a deed dated 22 May 1835, for land in Fairfield Tp. And his brother Thomas "Ramsey" had one dated 25 May 1835, for land in New London Tp (LR OS-9:516, 520). In the 1840 census David Rumsey was in New London Tp, Huron Co, Ohio. In his household were 1 male 5-9, 1 female 10-15, 2 males and 1 female 15-19, 2 males and 1 female 20-29, and David and his wife both in their 50s. David died in July of that year, and Letters of Administration were granted 12 Oct 1840 to David Rumsey Jr. (PR OS-153,158). On 22 May 1846 there was a quit claim for $175, from Caleb C. Rumsey and his wife Phebe to Adam Rumsey, for 87 acres in New London formerly conveyed to David Rumsey dec'd by Wm. Blackman on 25 Oct 1835, and deeded to sd David by E. Lane and P. Latimer 8 Nov 1836 (LR OS-20:174). Between 1846 and 1848, the following heirs of David gave quit claims to John Hoffstatter: William and Betsey Gates, Adam Rumsey, John and Eliza Rumsey, Hiram Rumsey, Jacob B. and Esther Rumsey, and George Rumsey (LR OS-19:101; OS-20:249,587; OS-22:176,177). On 15 April 1848, Ebenezer Lane and Pickett Latimer gave a deed to the Heirs of David Rumsey Dec'd, for $538.50. They were named as: David, John, Hiram, Adam, Jacob, George, Caleb and Charles Rumsey, Mary Hoffstitter (wife of John Hoffstitter), Elizabeth Gates (wife of William Gates), and Jane Rumsey. Later there was a quit claim from Eliza J. (or Jane) Rumsey to John Hoffstatter, and another to Hoffstatter from Charles "Ramsey", heir of David Rumsey (LR 1:85; 4:91). Most of these deeds were taken from the index only and not checked. In the 1850 census his widow Jane aged 64, and her daughter Jane Rumsey aged 22, were living in New London with her daughter and son-in-law, John and Mary Hofstatter, the Hofstatters having apparently taken over the old home-stead. George 28 and Charles 19 (i.e. b 1831) were in Hartland Tp with their older brother Jacob Rumsey. George was still in Huron Co in 1860, at age 38 working as a farm laborer in Fitchville for Joseph C. Washburn and his wife Debby Ann, both in their 50s. He was probably the George Rumsey in Fitchville in 1870, whose age was given as 35, though should have been 49, a farm laborer for John and Elizabeth Townsend. Though the military record on his gravestone does not match, he is the only George Rumsey in Erie or Huron Co who could have been a member of the 55th Inf., Co.E, recruited largely from three townships in Erie Co, but partly from Huron Co; a private, a substitute, and mustered out with his company 11 July 1865. (History of Erie Co, Ohio by Lewis Cass Aldrich (1889), p.139) George P.6 (#60-1) would have been in his 60s during the Civil War. One of the early pioneers in the town of Fayette, Seneca Co, NY, formed 1800, was an Adam Hofstetter. He was among a group of Pennsylvania-German families who migrated up to Fayette. It seems significant that David and Jane (Hofstatter) Rumsey had a son named Adam. Among the founding members of the Branchport church in Yates Co, there was a Mrs. Betsy Hoffstrater (HDY). There was an Adam Huffstater in the 1800 census of Tyrone Tp, Cumberland Co, Pa, whose household consisted of 3 males and 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15 who could be Jane, 1 female 16-25, and both parents over 45. [2]
  Person ID	I5384	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	John Rumsey,   b. Abt 1749, Goshen Precinct, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 10 Aug 1829, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary Russell   d. 26 Jul 1826, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA
  Marriage	Bef 1770  [3]
  Family ID	F1812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Hofstatter,   b. 26 Aug 1786, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Sep 1854, New London, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1805	Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. John Rumsey,   b. 6 Mar 1805, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 23 Oct 1853, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 48 years) + 2. Mary Rumsey,   b. 11 Mar 1808, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 23 Aug 1897, New London, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)   3. David Rumsey,   b. 25 Oct 1810, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 10 Mar 1883, New London, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age 72 years)   4. Hiram Rumsey,   b. 18 Oct 1812, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 1 May 1887, Hartford, Washington Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 74 years)   5. Adam Rumsey,   b. 1 Sep 1815, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 19 Mar 1893, New Boston, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 77 years)   6. Jacob Barker Rumsey,   b. 17 Mar 1818, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 17 Feb 1907, Fitchville, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age 88 years)   7. George Rumsey,   b. 29 Aug 1820, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 22 Dec 1873 (Age 53 years)   8. Nancy Rumsey,   b. 15 Aug 1822, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Infant   9. Elizabeth Rumsey,   b. 15 Aug 1822, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Jul 1854 (Age 31 years)   10. Caleb C. Rumsey,   b. 24 Dec 1824, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 2 May 1898, Berlin, Green Lake Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)   11. Eliza Jane Rumsey,   b. 29 Jun 1827, Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 21 Dec 1895, Egg Harbor, Door Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 68 years)   12. Charles Rumsey,   b. 15 Jan 1830, Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 15 Jul 1863, Hartford, Washington Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F2008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Jul 1771 - Monroe Twp., Orange Co., New York, USA Marriage - Bef 1805 - Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA Death - 24 Jul 1840 - New London, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Burial - - Huron Co., Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR12-20. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR51-61: 61. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR7-11. [S530] Assumption.