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Jesse Doud (1762-1839) and Lydia Shipman (c.1759-c.1839)
Key words: Jesse Doud, Lydia Shipman Doud, Jesse and Lydia Doud, Jesse and Lydia Shipman Doud
Jesse Doud and Lydia Shipman were probably married in Connecticut shortly before 1790. They are listed in the 1790 and 1800 census records as living in Bristol, CT and in Burlington, CT in 1810. They and members of their family followed their son Alvah and daughter Betsey and her husband Uriah Edgecomb as they moved westward. Uriah and Alva were listed as living in Preston, Chenango Co., New York in the 1810 census and Uriah and Alvah Doud sold land together there in 1815.1 In 1830 Jesse lived in Newton Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio.
The proof of the connections among members of this family comes from the diary of Davis R. Doud. Here are some excerpts:2
"Dec. 31, 1902. I was born in Braceville, Trumbull Co., Ohio in 1926 [sic, should be 1826], June 29. My earliest recollections of my life is of my mother's visit to my Grandfather Jesse Doud with me some two or three miles through a dense forest most of the way south of our home in Newton Township. My Mother was accompanied by one of my Father's sisters - Aunt Lydia Brown, I think.
"A few years later I went to visit my Uncle George Olmstead who lived some four miles from our home near the Mahoning River where he owned a sawmill by which he lost one of his legs.
"At the age of some 5 or 6 I went to stay with my sister Hannah Miller (my oldest sister) who then lived some six miles away in Warren, the County Seat of Trumbull County.
"About the time that I was 6 years old, my uncle George Olmstead and my uncle Uriah Edgecomb by marriage to my Father's sisters moved to Allen County, Ohio, some 200 miles Westward through dense roads the most of the way.
"On our way to and from that sale, my Father and I visited one of my aunts by the name of Rust3."
"Jan 1, 1903. This is a fine morning. I remember of seeing my Father's Father at the age of ten and eleven. I often walked over the fields with my Father's mother [Lydia Shipman Doud] who was then quite old. She died a year or so after my Father's [Alva Doud] death. I with one of my sisters and her husband attended her funeral. She died at her daughter's in Lordstown - Aunt Fanny Lewis."
Based in this information, Jesse died in Newton Twp., Trumbull Co., OH in 18394 and Lydia died about c. 1839-405 at the home of her daughter Fanny Lewis in Lordstown, Trumbull Co., OH6.
Alvah was listed in the 1810 census as living in Preston, Chenango Co., NY12. On 28 Jul 1811 in Preston, NY13, Alvah married Martha "Patty" Rogers, born in Waterford, CT 14 Sep 1788. In 1820, Alvah was listed as living in Braceville, Trumbull Co., OH.31 Alvah's son, Davis Rogers Doud, recalled that as a small boy in eastern Ohio he played with his cousin Mark Edgecomb (Betsy and Uriah's son) before the Edgecombs moved to Allen County, OH.14 The two boys were about the same age and would have been about 5 years old at the time. Alvah died in Braceville, Trumbull Co., OH in 183915 and was buried in the old Braceville Cemetery in Trumbull Co., OH. His son, Alvah, Jr. and father Jesse were in attendance at the sale held 21 May 1839 after his death.16 In 1848, Martha went west to Gardner, Illinois where she died on 3 Jun 186917. She is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery near Gardner. Alva and Martha's son Davis was the father of Florence Margaret Carr and grandfather of Inez L. Eagleton who did much research on the Douds.
Lydia married Lewis Brown who died in Newton Twp., Trumbull Co., OH on 1 Apr 1828.18 Her second marriage was to Stephen Brown who died in Newton Twp. on 18 Sep 1850 and is listed with her on the 1850 census.19 Lydia's third marriage on 26 Jun 1851 was to a Peter Snyder of Milton Twp., Mahoning Co., OH (adjacent to Newton Twp of Trumbull Co).20 It is not known what relationship, if any, this Peter Snyder is to the Peter Snyder who married Clarinda Edgecomb or to the Peter Snyder associated with the Lewis family in Lordstown, Trumbull Co.
Fannie Doud married John Lewis who was born c.1796 in Vermont. They were probably married in Preston or Oxford, NY21. John and Fannie Lewis bought land in section 14 of Bath Township, Allen Co., OH on 15 Sep 1835. This land was across the road from the land bought by Samuel Bassitt in 1834 and next to the land purchased in 1836 by Jonathan Lewis who is believed to have been Elsie (Lewis) Bassitt's brother (and wife of Samuel). It is believed that John Lewis was also the brother of Elsie. Frank P. Edgecomb states that his father, Phineas "took land that was taken up by John Lewis who came with the Edgecombs"22. This insinuates that John and Fanny lived in Allen County at some time, but census records show them living in Lordstown, Trumbull County in 1830 and 1840 and in Warren in 1850. They were in Warren, OH when they sold their land to Phineas in 1842, so if they ever lived in Allen County, it must have been only briefly. John died in 1873 in Warren, OH. Their daughter, Cynthia married Nathan Everett, Jr.
Chloe Doud married George Olmstead (who was born 10 Nov 179723) in Warren, Trumbull Co., OH on 22 Aug 182224. Their children were:25
Chloe and George came to Bath Twp., Allen County, OH in about 1834.28 George died on 19 Aug 1845 and their younger children lived with older siblings. In 1850, Steven and Emeline were living with their sister Esther Everett and Jesse and Olive were living with their oldest sister, Mary Allison. George O. was shown living on his own next to the Allisons.29 However, George Olmstead, age 20, was also reported as living with Alva Doud, Jr. in Newton Twp., Trumbull Co., OH on the census there.30 Chloe later married a Mowen.
This account was taken from History
of the Edgecomb, Bassitt, and Snyder Families of Allen County, Ohio by
Steven J. Bassett Baskauf, 2007.
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References:
1. Notes sent from Inez Eagleton to Steve Bassett (Baskauf) 25 Sep 1981.
2. The diary was in possession of Inez L. Eagleton in 1981, when she wrote to Steve Bassett (Baskauf) giving the quoted excerpts. (The diary was in the possession of Bob Claussen in 2009.) However, excerpts from the diary were used as proof of descendency by several members of the DAR, so photocopies of parts of the diary may exist in DAR records. On page 1, Davis Doud writes "Dec. 30, 1902. In this book I will write something of my childhood days as well as my trials and experiences and incidents in later years of my long and eventful life."
3. According to Inez Eagleton, "this was Esther Rust, daughter of Ezra Doud, who married Aloney Rust and both of them are buried in the Doud Cemetery which was, and is placed on part of Samuel Doud's original land bought in 1822. I've been there several times. Samuel was son of Ezra and brother of my Jesse, also a son of Ezra Doud."
4. DAR application for Florence Doud Carr (No. 530118), Supplemental for Ezra Doud, 5 Apr 1976, mentions Probate Court Record for Alvah Doud, 21 May 1839 which comments that Jesse Doud died shortly after this date.
5. Letter from Susan B. Traffarn to Mr. Schnare, date unknown. Special Genealogical File, Connecticut State Library.
9. These dates are determined from her tombstone in the Sproat Cemetery on Wolfe Rd. in Bath Twp, Allen Co., OH. The inscription is clear and reads "ELIZABETH, Wife of U. EDGECOMB, DIED Jan 11, 1839, AE. 45 Yrs. Unless her birthday occurred in the first 11 days of January, that would place her birth date in 1792.
10. Edward Shipman and His Descendants, p. 31
11. Tombstone of Chloe Mowen, Old Beaverdam Cemetery, Richland Twp., Allen Co., OH. Stone Inscription enhanced
12. Notes Eagleton, Sep 1981. However, in 2009 I was unable to find any listing for Alvah Doud in the Preston U.S. census records for 1810.
13. Letter from Inez L. Eagleton to Kathryn Snyder Geiser, 28 Jul 1978.
14. Letter from Florence M. Carr to Kathryn Snyder Geiser, 14 Mar 1978.
15. Letter Traffarn. DAR application mentions Probate Court Record (Book 10 Warren, OH Probate Court) for Alvah Doud, 21 May 1839.
17. DAR application, mentions History of LeSalle and Grundy Counties, IL, 1900, p. 659.
18. Notes Eagleton Sep 1981, mention administration papers in Warren, OH Probate Court Book 4.
20. Letter Eagleton 28 Jul 1978.
22. Letter from Frank P. Edgecomb to Mrs. John E. Breese, 3 Nov 1944, in Edgecomb notes at Allen County Museum, Lima, OH.
23. Tombstone of G. Olmstead, Sproat Cemetery, Bath Twp., Allen Co., OH. "Died Aug. 19, 1845, AE 47 Yrs. 9 mo. & 9 d. You too must die."
25. Notes Eagleton Sep 1981 notes that Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America, 1632-1912 by Henry K. Olmsted M.D. and Rev. George K. Ward includes information on this family.
26. Their infant son died 11 Jun 1843 and infant daughter died 3 Jun 1846. Both were buried in the Sproat Cemetery, Wolfe Rd., Bath Twp., Allen Co., OH.
27. Family Bible of Elias Everett, in possession of Steve (Bassett) Baskauf
29. United States Census, 1850, Ohio, Allen County, Bath Township, families 199, 200, and 209.
31. U.S. Census of 1820 for Braceville Twp., Trumbull Co., OH p.592. [blank 1820 form]
Letter from Inez L. Eagleton to Steve Bassett, 9 Sep 1981 p. 1 p. 2 (diary excerpts)
Letter from Inez L. Eagleton to Steve Bassett, 25 Sep 1981 p. 1 p. 2
Map of Trumbull County annotated by Inez Eagleton showing where various Douds lived
Map of Vienna Twp., Trumbull Co., 1874 showing location of Doud homestead
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