Thomas Rumsey

Abt 1780 - 1858  (78 years)

• Name	Thomas Rumsey  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1780	Orange Co., New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Feb 1858	Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA   [2, 3]
  		Headstone of Thomas Rumsey
  Notes	Thomas Rumsey served in the War of 1812, and a flag attesting to that was by his gravestone in the East Hill Cemetery at Osseo when I visited there in 1958. It is also noted in Michigan Heritage. His father had settled in the town of Fayette, Seneca Co, NY, and in 1818 John and Mary Rumsey of Fayette conveyed two different but adjoining parcels of land to Simon Rumsey and Thomas Rumsey. Thomas was in the 1820 census of Fayette. He was over 25, his wife was under 25, they had 1 female 10-15, and their three daughters were under 10. In 1823, Thomas Rumsey and his wife Sophia of Fayette sold land there to Simon Rumsey of Fayette . On 27 March 1828 Thomas and Sophia sold, to Nicholas M. Vreeland, land which was next to a lot formerly owned by Simon Rumsey, except for a piece deeded to John and Mary Rumsey for the duration of their natural lives. A week later, on 4 April 1828, Thomas Rumsey of Fayette, Seneca Co, purchased from James and Deborah Weed, land on Bluff Point in the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co, NY, and presumably moved there shortly thereafter. In the 1830 census of Jerusalem, Yates Co, Thomas had 1 boy and 1 girl under 5 (George, Susan), 2 boys and 3 girls 5-9 (Moses, Russell, Ann, Sarah, and ? ), 1 girl 10-14 (Polly), 1 girl 15-19 (Eliza). His wife was in her 30s, and he was in his 40s. When the Presbyterian Church in Branchport, Jerusalem Tp, Yates Co, was formed 24 July 1832, Mrs. Sophia Rumsey was among the original members. There was also a Miss Jane Rumsey who could be Eliza Jane. But the wife of David Rumsey would be "Mrs" Jane Rumsey, and there was another member listed as Mrs. Eliza Rumsey who was more likely Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas, who may have already married her Rumsey cousin. The next deed for Thomas in Yates Co was dated 3 Apr 1835, when he and Sophia sold land in the Bluff Point Survey to John Hoffstatter and on 15 Apr 1835 another piece to Benjamin E. Salisbury . He was still in Yates Co on 25 May 1835 when, for $1000, he purchased 100 acres in Lot 19, Section 2, in the town of New London, Huron Co, Ohio, from John R. Powell, giving him a mortgage for the same. The New York state census of 1835 was taken before Thomas left Jerusalem Tp. In his household were 4 males and 7 females. None of the males was subject to militia duty, and only 1 was eligible to vote. Of the females, one was married and under 45, one was 16-25, and 5 were under 16, one having been born during the past year (Lorinda?). Thomas owned no livestock, perhaps having disposed of all his in anticipation of his move. 17 yards of fulled cloth had been woven within the year in his household, 50 yards of woolen cloth, and 40 yards of "thin" cloth (i.e. linen, cotton etc). Thomas did not stay long in Huron Co, though his brothers David and John raised families and died there. He was still there 29 May 1838 when he and Sophia sold his 100 acres in Lot 19 Section 2 to John Hofstatter, and may have moved about then. His daughter Polly was married the next year in Huron Co. In the 1840 census Thomas "Runsey" was in Vermillion, Erie Co, Ohio, which borders Huron on the north. At that time he had a household of 12, made up of 2 females under 5 (Ursula, Harriet), 2 females 5-9 (Lorinda, Julia), 2 males and 1 female 10-14 (George, Susan or Ann, Moses), 1 male and 1 female 15-19 (Ann, Russell), 1 female 20-29 (Sarah), Sophia 40-49, and Thomas 50-59. In Oct 1841, Thomas and Sophia Rumsey of Erie Co gave a mortgage to Joseph Elson, and in May 1842 Thomas Rumsey was of Florence, Erie Co, when he purchased land there from D. L. Hill (LR 2:310; 3:7). The following month his daughter Sarah Christena was married in Vermillion, just north of Florence. Thomas and Sophia Rumsey sold their land in Florence to William Brooks, on 3 March 1846, and on 16 March bought land in Hillsdale Co, Mich, from Henry C. Gilbert. Leaving his son Russell Thomas to raise his own family in Vermillion, Thomas moved most of his family to Michigan. The town of Jefferson where Thomas settled was originally named Florida. Further Hillsdale Co deeds were not checked, but the index showed that Thomas purchased from Matthew K. Hatch, and that he sold to George Rumsey. In the 1850 census of Jefferson Tp, Thomas gave his age as 66, setting his birth at 1784. But his gravestone in Osseo has 1780. Sophia's age in 1850 was 50 (born in Germany), but in 1860 it was 62 and in 1870 it was 72, which match her death record (born in Prussia) and gravestone in 1875. In 1850, Thomas and Sophia still had with them Moses who was 24, George 20, Julia A. 18, Harriet A. 13, and Ursula 11, the latter two born in Ohio. Thomas had $1500 in real estate. Alzina was living with her older sister, Sarah King, in Vermillion, Ohio. Lorinda has not been located in 1850. Thomas died before the next census, and there is no probate for him in Hillsdale Co, Mich. In the 1860 census, Sophia Rumsey 62 and her daughter "Genette" Henderson 36 were found in Jefferson Tp as a separate family, but living with her son Moses. She was with Moses again in 1870, where she died in 1875. [3]
  Person ID	I5388	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2011

  
  

  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  [4]
  Family ID	F1812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	[First Wife of Thomas Rumsey]   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1813  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Eliza Jane Rumsey,   b. 29 Dec 1813, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1892 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Sophia Dansingburg,   b. Abt 1798, Germany d. 29 Mar 1875, Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1817	Seneca Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Mary (Polly) Rumsey,   b. 17 Sep 1818, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1900 (Age 82 years)   2. Sarah Christina Rumsey,   b. 25 Mar 1820, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1894 (Age 74 years)   3. Russell Thomas Rumsey,   b. 10 Jul 1822, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 9 Jan 1903, Vermilion, Erie Co., Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) + 4. Moses Rumsey,   b. 1 Sep 1824, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. 25 Dec 1897, Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA (Age 73 years)   5. Ann Jeanette Rumsey,   b. 2 Jun 1827, Seneca Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1894 (Age 67 years)   6. Susan Alzina Rumsey,   b. 2 Feb 1829, Yates Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1900 (Age 71 years)   7. George W. Rumsey,   b. 16 Mar 1830, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 30 Oct 1892, Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA (Age 62 years)   8. Julia Ann Rumsey,   b. 20 Apr 1832, Yates Co., New York, USA d. 3 Apr 1904, Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA (Age 71 years)   9. Lorinda B. Rumsey,   b. 6 Sep 1835, Yates Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1894, Utah, USA (Age 59 years)   10. Harriet Elmina Rumsey,   b. 9 Oct 1837, Yates Co., New York, USA d. Aft 1900 (Age 63 years)   11. Ursula Rumsey,   b. 11 Aug 1839, Yates Co., New York, USA d. Between 1880 and 1894 (Age 40 years)   12. Abigail A. Rumsey,   b. 1 Mar 1844, Erie Co., Ohio, USA d. Aug 1849, Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F2011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1780 - Orange Co., New York, USA Marriage - 1817 - Seneca Co., New York, USA Death - 25 Feb 1858 - Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA Burial - - Osseo, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR12-20. [S748] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave, Inc.), 18 Oct 2011, entry for gravestone of Thomas Rumsey (d. 1858). [S121] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR7-11.