HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiographies of Revolutionary War Veterans of Tompkins Co James Rumsey
Name:James Rumsey
Date of birth:April 4, 1759
Birthplace:Goshen, Orange, NY
Parents: Simon RumseyIII and Jemima Knapp
Spouse:Martha Horton b. Nov. 26, 1765 Goshen, Orange, NY, d. June 11, 1827 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Marriage date:Sept. 13, 1784
Place of marriage: Orange County, NY
Date of death:Aug. 22, 1842
Place of death:Enfield, Tompkins
Place of burial:Rumsey Family Cemetery
Children:
Isaac Rumsey b. Nov. 23, 1784 d. July 20, 1802
Jonathan Rumsey b. Nov. 23, 1784 Orange Co., NY d. Dec. 10, 1872 Enfield, Tompkins, NY m. Sarah Doolittle b. Apr. 5, 1784 CT d. Jan. 19, 1846 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Elizabeth Rumsey b. April 23, 1787 d. Jan. 30, 1864
John Rumsey b. June 27, 1789 Orange Co., NY d May 20, 1814
James Rumsey, Jr. b. April 20, 1792 d. Feb. 11, 1869Enfield, Tompkins, NY m.Polly Burd b. 1799, NY d. Oct, 20, 1825 m. 2) Sarah LimiraPelton
Joshua Rumsey b. July 18, 1794 d. April 12, 1862 m. Charlotte Rumsey b.Jan 22, 1799 d.Feb. 8, 1886 dau. of Isaac Rumsey and Jane Keene of Goshen, Orange, NY and Enfield, Tompkins, NY
(Brother of James Ramsey)
Hannah Ramseyb. March 17, 1800 Aurora, Cayuga, NY m.Nov. 13, 1815 Enfield, Tompkins, NY
Squire J. Nobles, son of John and Elizabeth Nobles of Enfield
Solomon Rumsey b. June 11, 1797 Aurora, Cayuga, NY d. Dec. 26, 1860 m. Saphrona Butler b.1797 d. Feb. 27, 1883
Horton Rumsey b. Sept. 28,1802 Aurora, Cayuga, NY d. May 23,1824Enfield, Tompkins, NY
George Rumsey b. July 31, 1808 Enfield, Tompkins, NY d. Feb. 5, 1898 Enfield, Tompkins, NY m. abt. 1840 Elizabeth Sutphen 2) Eliza Wilkin
Pension File #:None listed
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Notes:
John Nobles and his family arrived in Enfield in 1810, there was only one other family in the vicinity of the Nobles property. In 1806, James Rumsey, a Revolutionary War soldier and
carpenter purchased about 100 acres of land about one-half mile east of the Nobles property. He cleared a small plot of land, built a log ,house and moved his family into it in 1807.
One of his nine children was a daughter, Hannah Rumsey, born Mar. 17, 1800 in Aurora, New York, a previous home of the Rumsey family.
On Nov. 3, 1815, Hannah Rumsey, then 15 years of age, married Squire J. Nobles, aged 23. Their first child, Anson C. Nobles, was born Feb. 24, 1817. About this time, Squire J. built
a house on the land later deeded to him by his father, John, on the site now occupied by the Arthur S. Nobles homestead. It is possible that John and Elizabeth Nobles lived in this house
with Squire J. and his family in the last years of their lives. This house was removed in 1893 by Anson Nobles (son of Arthur S. Nobles) to make way for the present old Homestead structure.
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