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The Everett Family in Allen County, Ohio
Key words: Nathan Everett, Nathan Everitt, Nathan and Mary Everett, Nathan and Mary Everitt, Mary Doty Everett, Mary Doty Everitt, Jacob Doty Everett, Abram Everett, Abraham Everett, Bengamin Everett, Alexcina Everett Smith Faunce, Lexcina Everett Smith Faunce, George Everett
The Everetts interacted with the Edgecomb, Bassitt/Bassett families as neighbors or through marriage. They were also members of the Disciples Church as were the Bassitts and Edgecombs. As immigrants who came from New York via Trumbull County, Ohio, it seems appropriate to briefly outline their connection with the Edgecombs and Bassitts.1
The Everetts originated in New Jersey, where the name was typically spelled "Everit". Nathan Everit was born 4 Nov 17802 in Sussex Co., NJ. His mother was Thankful Everit. He married Mary Doty, born on 15 Jan 17893 and daughter of Benjamin and Mary Doty.4 In 1813, Nathan and Mary were living in Chemung Co., New York.5 They may have lived in Solon, Cortland Co., NY in 1826 because Hannah Everett (Edgecomb), their granddaughter through son Jacob D. was born there in that year. That would have placed them in Solon at the same time that Samuel and Elsa Bassitt lived there. Nathan and Mary had the following children:
Abram (or Abraham) 28 Dec 1801 in Sussex Co., NJ - 3 Jun 1878 in
Cortland, OH, m. Mary (Polly) Bush
George
Benjamin m. 3 Mar 1833 Catherine Laramore in Trumbull Co., OH
Jacob Doty 27 Feb 1807 in Erie Co., NY - 30 May 1852 in Monroe Twp.,
Allen Co., OH, m. 30 Dec 1828 to Elizabeth "Betsey" Bush 12 Feb 1806 - 16 Dec
18786 7
Alexcina (or Lexcina) (Smith)(Faunce) c. 1811 in NY - 30 Mar 1860 in
Trumbull Co., OH, m.(2) Robert S. Faunce
Martin
Nathan 22 Jul 1816 in NY - 3 Jul 1901 in Bazetta Twp., Trumbull Co.,
OH, m. 7 Oct 1841 to Cynthia Lewis
Elias 8 May 1817 in NY - 22 Feb 1885 in Bath
Twp., Allen Co., OH, m.(1) 19 Nov 1846 to Esther Olmstead,
m.(2) 13 Oct 1853 to Marellah Lippencott Trumbo8,
m.(3) Mahala Roberts Fields.
Thankful
Mary
Of these children, George, Abram, Benjamin, Jacob D., Alexcina, and Nathan were known to have lived in Trumbull County, OH. It is interesting to note that family members that stayed in Trumbull Co. tended to spell their name "Everitt", while those who came to Allen Co. spelled it "Everett". Tradition says that a misunderstanding between the brothers caused the change in spelling.
George was the first known to have moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio. In 1828, he was the teacher at the first school in Lordstown, which was located on David Lewis' farm. (This school has been noted in the Bassett and Lewis histories as the location where the Disciples church was organized in 1830.) Abram and Jacob D., who married the sisters Polly and Elizabeth Bush, respectively, moved to Lordstown Twp., Trumbull Co. in about 1830. Benjamin may have moved there at about the same time, since he was married there in 1833. He may have later come to Allen Co. Nathan lived with his widowed sister, Alexcina Smith when they came to Trumbull Co. Nathan told a grandson that when he and his brother came on horseback to Ohio, they had to swim the Allegheny River because there were no bridges at that time. After their arrival in Trumbull Co., Lexcina married Robert S. Faunce and on 7 Oct 1841 Nathan married Cynthia Lewis, the daughter of John and Fanny (Doud) Lewis.
In 1835, Jacob Doty and Elizabeth Everett moved to Allen County. "As there was no road within three-quarters of a mile of the property, he had to 'blaze' the trees in order to make his way to and from his home. He became the owner of 280 acres of land, the greater part of which he cleared during his life. The log house which he built for his home is still standing as a reminder of the hardy and enduring character of the brave old pioneer."9 Their daughter, Hannah married Marquis Edgecomb, son of Uriah and Betsy Edgecomb.10
In 1836, Jacob D. and Betsey were followed by Jacob's parents, Nathan and Mary (Doty) Everett, who were said to have moved to Trumbull Co. and spent one winter there before moving to Allen Co., the following spring11. The Everetts settled in southwestern Monroe Township, where Edgecombs and Lewis's from Trumbull Co. were settling.
Mary (Doty) Everett died on 29 Sep 1866 and Nathan died on 18 Jul 1858 and both were buried in the Williams Cemetery on the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) in Section 25 of Monroe Twp., ¼ mi. east of Thayer Rd.
This account was modified from an addendum to History
of the Edgecomb, Bassitt, and Snyder Families of Allen County, Ohio by
Steven J. Bassett Baskauf, 2007. This portion of the book is freely
available under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License provided you give the citation
listed above. On the web, a link to this page would be helpful.
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References:
1. Except as noted, the information in this section come primarily from Sarah M. Grove, directly and from the article "Everit, Everitt, Everett" from the spring 1977 Reporter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
2. Tombstone, Williams Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Allen Co., OH "Nathan Everett, Died July 18, 1858, Aged 82 Yr. 4 Mo. & 20 da.". This would mean that he was born on 4 Nov 1780. The 1850 Census gives his age as 70, which would indicate a birth date of about 1780. Sarah Grove gives his birth date as 28 Feb 1776.
3. Tombstone, Williams Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Allen Co., OH "Mary, Wife of N. Everett, Died Sept. 29, 1866, Aged 77 Yr. 8 Mo. 14 d.". This would mean that she was born on 15 Jan 1789. The 1850 Census gives her age as 63, which would indicate a birth date of about 1787. Sarah Grove gives her birth date as 1778. The 1789 birth date causes some difficulty with the birth date of 1801 for her son Abram. Further research is warranted to resolve this issue.
4. In Mrs. Grove's notes she states that Benjamin Doty was a descendant of Edward Doty who came to America on the Mayflower. However, this has since been found to be in error.
5. Deed Book I2, p.76, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ, 3 Feb 1813. "Nathan Everit and Mary Everit, late Mary Doty, one of the children and heirs of Benjamin Doty, deceased of the Twp. of Oxford and County of Chemung, New York …"
6. Charles C. Miller, History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Chicago, 1906. p. 422-23. Article on Jasper Everett.
7. Tombstone, Williams Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Allen Co., OH "Jacob D. Everitt Died May 30, 1852 Aged 45 y 3 m 3 D, Betsey wife of Jacob D. Everitt Died Dec. 16, 1878 Aged 72 y 10 m 4 d"
8. Information from family Bible of Elias Everett, in possession of Steve Baskauf.
10. Miller, p. 620-21. Article on Madison Edgecomb.
11. Nathan and Mary may have come to Allen Co. as early as 1833
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