The Resseguie Family (Alexander Resseguie of Norwalk)

William Resseguie. (Xo dates can be found.) He married near Albany, X. Y., Catharine Secor. They lived in the town of Fishkill, N. Y., where he died when his children were young. His widow married Clark Stone, as his second wife, and died in Stormville, town of Fishkill. • CHILDREN. [Fifth Generation.) iSS. 1. Susan, b. about 1797; d. Feb. 1S34; m. Gilbert Sutton, who d. 1826. m. (2d) William Rozell, who d. about 1857. 1S9. 11. John, m. ; had no children. 190. in. Lyman, d. unmarried. 191. iv. Ann, m. Edward Poole, a sea captain. No children. 192. v. Noah, b. Dec. 10, 1S09; m. Ellen Vredenburg, b. Feb. 19, 1S11 ; d. July 15, 1S82. He spells his name Rusky, and resides (1SS6) at Crafts, N. Y. *93- . VI- William, b. 1S11; d. Aug. 16, 1839; m. Aug. 28, 1S34, Lydia Dentors, who m. (2d), Dec. 8. 1S43, John Dyson. She resides in Reedsburgh, Wis. 194. vii. Charlotte, b. April 6, 1S12; d. Jan. iS, 1S63; m. Jan. 2, 1826, John MacKinnon, b. May 4, 1800; d. Aug. iS, 1864. 195. vin. Mary Amelia, b. April 6, 1S12 ; d. Nov. 1S51 ; ra. 1830, Charles Louis Gereaux, b. 1815; d. April 19, 1847. 197- 11. '9s- in. 199. IV. 200. V. FOURTH GENERATION. *x 41. Stephen Resseguie, born in 1774; died Nov. 13, 1S63. He married Sarah Barrett, who was born in 1776, and died Sept. 6, 1834. He married (2d) Nancy Barrett, who is not now living. Stephen Resseguie settled in the town of Kent, Putnam County, N. V., on the east shore of White Pond, about two miles from the village of Farmers Mills, formerly known as " Mill town." He was a farmer. CHILDREN. {Fifth Generation.) 196. 1. Isaac, b. March 2S, 1S0S ; d. Aug. 4, 1877 ; m. Sept. 3, 1S2S, Mary Robinson (239), b. 1S12 ; d. Aug. 31, 1SS5. Belden, m. and "went west." Melissa, d. young. Laura, m. Caleb Davis. Both dead. Samuel, b. April 1, 1S19; m. Feb. 1, 1846, Semantha Patrick. Resides in Farmers Mills, X. Y. 201. vi. Deborah, b. Nov. 22, iS2i ; m. Jan. 16, 1S39, Elvin Mead, b. Sept. 16, 1S19. They reside at Farmers Mills, N. Y. 202. vii. Mary, d. young. 203. viii. Noah, b. May S, 1S2S: d. May 12, 1S67 ; m. Dec. 20, 1S53, Esther M. Carpenter, who d. ?>fay 2S, 1S73. 204. ix. William, b. 1S41 ; m. 1S56, Sarah Jane Worden. They reside at Farmers Mills, N. Y. 205. x. Alexander, d. in childhood. 42. Noah Resseguie. He removed to Susquehanna County. Pennsylvania, remaining there but a short time, however, when he went to New York State and settled in Mile, Yates County. He married Mary Reynolds. About 1S40 the family removed to Bloom, Logan County, Ohio. The dates of death of Noah and his wife have not been ascertained, but he is said to have i£ died suddenly one day while in the milk-yard." CHILDREN. (Fifth Generation.) 206. 1. Malinda, m. about 1S33, Thomas Lee. 207. 11. Jesse, b. about 1819; d. May 11, 1S40. 43- Samuel Resseguie, born in Ridgefield, March 12, 1776; died in South Gibson, Pa., Sept. 12, 1858. He married in West- 42 SESSEGU/E} GENEALOGY. port. Conn., Nov. 2, 1797, Freelove Disbrow, daughter of Justus* and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Disbrow of that place. She died in South Gibson, April 2S, 1830, aged 49 years. He married (2d) in Clifford, Pa., June 22, 1S31, Nabby Pickering Miller, widow of David Miller and daughter of Jothamf and Elsie (Pickering.) Pickering of Clifford. She was born May 4, 1786, and died in Lenox, Pa., March 27, 1S67. Samuel Resseguie resided in several different places in the vicinity of Fishkill, N. Y., until about 1S06, when he purchased a farm near what is now called Farmers Mills, Putnam County, where he remained until his emigration to Pennsylvania, where he arrived May 8, 1813. He settled in what is now South Gib- son in Susquehanna County, on wild land situated in the valley of the Tunkhannock, one of the principal tributaries of the Sus- quehanna River. Here he endured the hardships and suffered the privations of a pioneer life, in common with the early settlers of Gibson township (the principal part of whom originally came from Connecticut). His wife, Freelove, is described as possess- ing a small, lithe figure, energetic, industrious, and in every way a prudent helpmate, manufacturing with her own hands from the raw flax and wool the wherewithal to clothe her family. After the lapse of seventeen years, when the log cabin had been supplanted by the " framed house," and the wilderness was fast receding before the approach of civilization, at the dawn of better days, she was summoned to lay down her life work. * Justus Disbrow was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. While absent from his home, engaged in the defense of his country, his wife, who was left with eight children to provide for, heard that " the Tories were coming." and carried her beds, clothing, and provisions and hid them in the swamp, but they were discovered and burned together with the house and all it contained. The affrighted mother and children sought refuge behind a stone hogpen, which was battered by the bullets of the enemy, who, on discovering the hidden fam- ily, tore the clothing off the children's backs and cast it into the fire. t Jotham Pickering emigrated with his family in 1793, from Mendon, Mass., to New Milford, Fa., "and removed to Gibson in 179S, that he might unite his family of children with those of another to establish the first school in Gibson township." It is related in the history of Susquehanna County that the first teacher in Gibson did not know how to write. Mr. Pickering and his family figure largely in the history of the county. The youngest son of Mrs. Miller, Dr. A. P. Miller, became an efficient school teacher and practitioner of medi- cine, and was the first postmaster of South Gibson, which position he retained until his death. Her daughter married a son of Samuel Resseguie (Lewis 213) and her son Henry's children have married into the Resseguie family. FOURTH GENERATION. . a In personal appearance Samuel Resseguie was a type of for- eign blood, his father being of French and his mother of Irish descent. He possessed perfect health, never being obliged to call a physician until his last sickness. His sanguine tempera- ment, florid complexion, and great obesity rendered him fair, fat, and funny. Physically he bore a striking resemblance to Sir John Falstaff. His corpulence and longevity were transmitted to near- ly all his children. That he had strength of character is evi- denced by the fact of his signing the pledge during a Washing- tonian temperance movement, which he preserved inviolate to the day of his death, which occurred some twenty-five or thirty years later. Politically he was a Democrat, until the formation of the Republican party, the slavery question causing him to for- sake the one and embrace the other. The history of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his old family Bible (weighing eighteen pounds'), were his chosen library and chief companions during his declin- ing years. , CHILDREN. {Fifth Generation.) 20S. i. Betsey Elizabeth, b. July 12, 179S; d. Nov. 30, 1S76; m. 1S17, George Conrad, L. Dec. 22, 1794; d. Nov. 5, 1S56. 209. 11. Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1S00; d. Jan. iS, 1S76; m. Aug. 1S50, Wal- ter Dickey, who d. May, 1S61. 210. in. Cynthia, b. Dec. 12, 1S02; d. July 25, 18S3; m. June 23, 1S34, George Washington Starks, who d. Nov. 26, 1875. 211. iv. FlTCH Patrick, b. Feb. 13, 1S05; m. Oct. 23, 1S32, Mary Tewksbury, b. Aug. 17, 1S13 ; d. April 2S, 1S7G. He resides in South Gibson, Pa. 212. v. Aaron, b. Aug. 17, 1S07; m. Jan. 23, 1831, Betsey Ann Denney, who d. March 3, 1S84. He resides in South Gibson. 213. vi. Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1S10; d. Jan. 13, 1S79; m. Nov. 15, 1S31, Nabby Ann Miller, who d. June 11, 1S53; m. (2d), Aug. 21, 1S53, Mary Elizabeth Martin, who d. March 1, 1S55; m. (3d), April 29, 1S55, Mrs. Abigail (Lathrop) Graves, who resides in Berlin, Wis. 214. vii. Harrison, b. Feb. 1, 1S13; resides at South Gibson, Pa., unmarried. 215. viii. William, b. Oct. 2S, 1S16; d. Sept. 24, 1S44; m. March 4, 1S36, Jemima Comstock, who d. July 19, 1SS4. 216. ix. Nelson Manley, b. Feb. 21, 1S21 ; m. Oct. 25, 1846, Eliza Ann Tripp. They reside in Clifford, Pa. 44- Sarah Resseguie. (Xo dates can be found.) She is said to have been married (1st) to Riley Ganung, by whom she had 44 RESSEGUIE GEXEALOGY. children. They removed from Connecticut to the " Lake coun- try " of New York. She married (2d) David Coon. There were no children by this marriage. She married (3d) William Botsford, and lived with him at Little Falls, also at Quality Hill, Madison County, X. Y. She died in Canada. Mr. Botsford was formerly a sea captain and afterwards a shoemaker. He died at Quality Hill. CHILDREN. (Fifth Generation.) 217. 1. Henry Botsford, b. Jan. 9, 1S00; d. May 14, 1S41 ; m. Feb. 12, 1S23, Charlotte Thayer, b. Oct. 17, 1S05; d. Feb. 15, 1SS6. 21S. 11. Eliza Botsford, b. Nov. 9, 1S00; d. May 25, 1S69; m. July 16, 1S19, Simon Allen, b. Dec. 2S, 179S. Resides in Lyndonville, N. Y. 45- Susan Resseguie, born in Ridgefield, Conn., April 18, 1796; died in Greenwood, Steuben County, N. Y., April 30, 1878. She married in Fishkill, N. Y., Aug. 7, 18 12, Jeremiah Whitney, who was born in Fishkill, June 17, 1787, and died at Chatham, Pa., Aug. 4, 1S67. Mr. Whitney was a shoemaker. They lived in various places, including Fishkill, Milo, Beekman, Reading, and Tyrone, all in New York, and Bingham and Chatham in Penn- sylvania. (See Whitney Genealogy.) CHILDREN. [Fifth Generation.) 219. 1. Joyce, b. May 18, 1S13; d. April 10, 1S72; m. May 28, 1S33, Hiram Merrick. He resides in West Bingham, Pa. 220. 11. Minerva, b. July 6, 1S14; d. March 10, 1S24. 221. in. William Lewis, b. Sept. 29, 1S16; m. Dec. 21, 1S42, Adeline Cook, b. March 17, 1826; d. April 15, 1S84. He resides in Middlebury, Pa. 222. iv. Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 29, 1S17 ; m. Dec. 21, 183S, Dahyler Brown. Residence, Hayes City, Kan. 223. v. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 10, 1S19; m. June 9, 1S44, Sarah Goodwin, b. May 27, 1S24. They live in Andover, N. Y.