GOTHAM, Robert

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Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821, N.Y. State of New York, 1901-02, 3042 pgs. (p.1918).
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In 1818 Robert was a lieutenant in the 108th Regiment, Jefferson Co., Infantry.
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1820 Census:
Pamelia, Jefferson Co., New York.
Males:
1, age 18-26
Females:
1, age <10
1, age 16<18 (b. 1802-1804)

Note Abel Rice was enumerated next door. He was over 45. (Rise was Cynthia's maiden name, very likely her father).
Also a Sardius Rice nearby (perhaps her brother??)
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1830 Census:
Depeau, Saint Lawrence Co., New York.
Males:
1, age < 5
2, age 5<10
1, age 30<40 (Robert)
Females:
1, age 5<10
1, age 10<15
1, age 30<40 (Cynthia)

NOTE: there was an Abel Rice age 60<70 living nearby.
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Robert was appointed a Commissiner of Schools in Herman in 1830.
(History of St. Lawrence Co., New York, p. 436)
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The 1840 census finds Robert living in Hermonj, St. Lawrence Co., Vermont:
Males:
1, age <5
1, age 10<15
1, age 15<20
1, age 40<50
Females:
1, age <5
2, age 5<10
1, age 40<50
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Robert and his brother Daniel seemed to have had a close relationship as they appear living near each other over the decades, through 1840 in Hermon, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
Daniel also married a sister (Samantha) of Robert's wife (Cynthia).
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Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1894, 1218 pgs. (p.678).
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The first town meeting was held at the school house near Nathaniel Kent's, May 4, 1830, and the following named officers were elected: Wm. Teall, Supervisor; Benj. Healy, Town Clerk; Wilkes Richardson, Isaac C. Pool and Silas Williams, Assessors; Martin L. Cook and John Matoon, Overseers of the Poor; Simeon Peterson, Jesse Worden and Shubael Parker, Commissioners of Highways; Wilkes Richardson, Robert Gotham and Harry Tanner, Commissioners of Common Schools; Benj. Healy, Aaron Teall and C. D. Morehouse, Inspectors of Schools; Charles C. Redfield, Collector; Ariel Wrisley and Charles C. Redfield, Constables.

Robert married RICE, Cynthia Abt 1819. Cynthia (daughter of RICE, Abel) was born Between 1800 and 1810; died Abt 1844, Hermon, Saint Lawrence County, New Yor. [Group Sheet]

1. GOTHAM, Maranda was born 22 Apr 1821; died Yes, date unknown.
2. GOTHAM, Salina was born Abt 1822, New York; died 20 Feb 1878, Hermon, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
3. GOTHAM, Charles was born Abt 1823; died Yes, date unknown.
4. GOTHAM, George was born Between 1827 and 1830; died Yes, date unknown.
5. GOTHAM, Sarah was born 1833; died Yes, date unknown.
6. GOTHAM, David was born 1838; died Yes, date unknown.
7. GOTHAM, Alma was born 1838; died Yes, date unknown.

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From Pioneers of Jefferson Co., New York
GOTHAM, JOHN WATERTOWN
JOHN GOTHAM
Buried in Gotham Street Cemetery, Watertown
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The real estate of Henry Gotham was assessed at $206 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY. June 7, 1809.
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Henry was appointed town clerk of Pamelia, Jefferson Co., NY, about Marh 7, 1820.
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Service:
Henry Gotham enlisted in 1776 in Capt. Joseph Pettengill's Co., Col. Weston's regiment. Served until Feb. 1777 when he was discharged at Cherry Valley, N.Y. Enlisted again in Capt. Dustin 's company, Col. Millum's regiment of N.H. Line, and served until February 1778. Discharged at Kingsbury, N.Y. Cert. No. 2450, Issued 9/16/1818, File No. W. 1755, B.L. Wt. 6444-160-55
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Pension Record File No. W1753
BLWT 6444-16055
Cert. No. 2450
Issued 9-16-1818 Agency NY
Act of 3-18-1818 Service NH
At $8.00 per mo. Rank Pvt
App. for Pension 4-17-1818 Age 56
Res .at date of App. Watertown, NY
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Remarks:
Henry Gotham, in his application for a pension Apr. 17, 1818, states he is 56 yrs. old, residence Watertown N.Y. and that he enlisted at Salem, Massachusetts.
In October 1820 he made another application in which he mentions his wife (Unknown, aged 57), himself aged 58 years and three daughters, Hannah, aged 20;
Merriam aged 19, and
Lucina who is healthy.
The place of burial is unknown, but in Betsy Wilson Gotham's application for bounty land she states that Henry Gotham died in Pamelia, which is just across Black River from Watertown, N.Y.

Henry married ROWELL, Mary Between 1781 and 1782, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of ROWELL, Enoch and CONVERSE, Miriam) was born 29 Jan 1763, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died Between 1820 and 1823, Jefferson County, New York. [Group Sheet]

John married RHYMES, Dorothy 25 Nov 1753. Dorothy was born 1732, Nottinghamshire, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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History of the town of Candia, Rockingham County, N.H. : from its first settlement to the present time.
Manchester, N.H.: G.W. Browne, 1893, 575 pgs. (p. 528).
Enoch settled in Candia, Chester Co., New Hampshire in about 1743. Being the first to settle at the corner on lot 87, 3d division.
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Enoch was a Sergeant in Captain Coggswell's Company of Colonel Loammi Baldwin's Regiment of Massachusetts.
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Enoch was appointed tax collector in Candia in 1765.
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Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England
(pp. 254-255.)
Enoch Rowell Sr. and Enoch Rowell Jr. both served in the Revolutionary War. When their term of enlistment expired, they were discharged and, as was the custom, were left to get home as they could. They traveled on foot together many a weary mile, mostly through woods, with here and there a small settlement. Before reaching their home in Candia, N. H., the elder man's strength failed him, weakened as he was by the hardships and privations of his military service, and his son went forward to procure help. On returning with assistance, the son found his father sitting on a log where he had left him, with his cane between his knees, both hands on top of the cane, his head on his hands--dead.
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Full Context of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
Rowell, Enoch, Candia, N. H.Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Cogswell's (2d) co., Col. Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 24, 1775; service, 99 days; also, Capt. Cogswell's (2d) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Samuel Gerrish's) 38th regt.; company return dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Sept. 27, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Nov. 9, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Thomas Cogswell's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstracts for Feb.-May, 1776; also, Capt. Cogswell's co.; pay abstract for travel allowance from the army home, sworn to at Haverhill, Jan. 28, 1777; said Rowell credited with allowance for 16½ days (330 miles) travel.

Enoch married CONVERSE, Miriam Abt 1746. Miriam was born Abt 1716; died 12 Dec 1813, Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Unites States. [Group Sheet]

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John was of Salisbury in 1708, of Amesbury in 1716, and later remopved to Chester New Hampshire, where in 1729 he bought land.
His death must have occured about 1744, because in that year his estate was being sold off.

John married COLBY, Elizabeth 2/02 Mar 1714/1715, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of COLBY, Samuel and AMBROSE, Dorothy) was born 7 Dec 1694, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died Aft 1748, Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet]

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(SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury, listed as Colbey.) She was living in 1741 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She died after 1748 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. SOURCES: (1). "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2). "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.