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Descendants of John Deming


134. JOHN6 DEMING (JABEZ5, JOHN4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born January 09, 1792 in PRESTON, New London Co., Ct., and died December 26, 1861 in BENICIA, CA. He married CLARISSA HILLARD September 11, 1817 in PRESTON, New London Co., Ct..

Notes for JOHN DEMING:
CAPT. JOHN DEMING WAS MASTER OF A MERCHANT VESSEL, AND MADE VOYAGES TO TRIESTE, AUSTRIA, AND THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA. HIS HOME WAS IN ALLEN STREET, NEW YORK CITY, WHERE HIS WIFE DIED. IN 1848 HE SAILED IN THE TRANSPORT "IOWA" CARRYING GEN. RILEY AND TROOPS TO CALIFORNIA, BY WAY OF CAPE HORN. ARRIVING IN MONTEREY IN APRIL 1849, THEY WERE RECHARTERED AND SAILED TO BENICIA, WHERE THE SAILORS DESERTED THE SHIP FOR THE GOLD MINES, AND THE SOLDIERS WENT INTO BARRACKS, LEAVING CAPT. DEMING ALONE WITH HIS SHIP. IN A SHORT TIME HE WAS JOINED BY HIS SONS, WHO ALSO BECAME INTERESTED IN MINING. WHILE CAPT. DEMING SETTLED ON A FARM NEAR BENICIA, SERVING PART OF THE TIME AS A GOVERNMENT PILOT ALONG THE COAST. J.K. DEMING

      Children of JOHN DEMING and CLARISSA HILLARD are:
i.   ANN LOUISA7 DEMING, b. July 10, 1821, NORWICH, CT.; d. July 27, 1856, NEW YORK, N.Y.; m. CHARLES EDWARD SHEA, December 25, 1845, ?.
ii.   JOHN FRANCIS DEMING, b. July 09, 1823.
iii.   EDWARD DEMING, b. March 18, 1826.
iv.   CLARISSA JANE DEMING, b. June 19, 1829, NEW YORK, N.Y.; d. June 23, 1830, NEW YORK, N.Y..
v.   CHARLES DEMING, b. October 29, 1832, NEW YORK, N.Y.; d. November 30, 1833, NEW YORK, N.Y..
vi.   CHARLES BENJAMIN DEMING, b. March 29, 1837.


135. HENRY6 DEMING (JABEZ5, JOHN4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Unknown in PRESTON, New London Co., Ct., and died August 1849 in NEW ALBANY, N.Y.. He married LOVICEY O'BRIEN August 23, 1818 in PRESTON, New London Co., Ct..

Notes for HENRY DEMING:
HENRY DEMING WAS A SAILOR, AND SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE ON THE SEA. WHEN A MERE LAD HE WAS WITH COMMODORE PERRY AT TH BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, AND IT IS SAID ACCOMPANIED THAT OFFICR IN THE OPEN BOAT IN WHICH HE TRANSFERRED HIS FLAG FROM THE SINKING LAWRENCE.

HENRY DEMING ALSO FOUGHT UNDER GENERAL BOLIVAR, IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND IT WAS UPON HIS SHIP THAT THE FIRST BOLIVIAN MINISTER CAME TO THE U.S. IT IS SAID THAT HIS WIDOW MARRIED A MAN NAMED CHAMPLAIN. J.K. DEMING

      Children of HENRY DEMING and LOVICEY O'BRIEN are:
i.   ANN7 DEMING, b. June 01, 1823, ?; d. September 17, 1898, ?; m. FREDERIC ALLEN, April 09, 1842, ?.
ii.   GEORGE HENRY DEMING, b. November 19, 1827.
iii.   FREDERIC COURTLAND DEMING, b. April 19, 1840.
276. iv.   ALFRED HOLT DEMING, b. April 30, 1843, Norwich, Ct.; d. Aft. 1923, Middletown, Ct. ?.


136. SIMEON6 DEMING (DAVID5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born May 04, 1763 in WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT., and died July 30, 1850 in WATERTOWN, OHIO. He married LUCY WOLCOTT March 12, 1789 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, daughter of JOSEPH WOLCOTT and ELIZA BOSWORTH.

Notes for SIMEON DEMING:
COL. SIMON DEMING MOVED TO WATERTOWN, OHIO IN 1796 BRINGING WITH HIM HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD SEEN SERVICE IN THE WAR OF THE REV., HAVING ENLISTED IN 1780, WHEN ONLY 18 YEARS OLD, AND AGAIN IN 1781 IN CAPT. HEMAN SMITH'S CO. COL. COLLER'S REG. (MASS. SOLDIERS IN THE REV. P.662. HIST. OF BERKSHIRE CO. P.205) IN THE ALLOTMENT OF OHIO LANDS, HE AND SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS IN SANDISFIELD, HAD DRAWN A TRACT IN WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE "RAINBOW" ALLOTMENT. THEY STARTED ON THEIR JOURNEY IN NOVEMBER, AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF HARD TRAVELING, THEY REACHED SYMRILL'S FERRY, WHERE THE PARTY SEPARATED, COL. DEMING REMAINING THERE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FEBRUARY, WHEN HE STARTED HIS GOODS AND HIS FAMILY DOWN RIVER IN A FLAT BOAT, WHILE HE WENT OVERLAND WITH HIS STOCK. THEY REACHED THEIR DESTINATION ABOUT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND A CABIN WAS SOON ERECTED, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THE OPENING OF SPRING. THE FOLLOWING SEASON AN EPIDENIC OF SMALL-POX SPREAD OVER THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE DEMING CABIN BECAME A PEST-HOUSE, IN WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF THE AFFLICTED SETTLERS WERE CONFINED, AND WHERE THEY WERE ATTENDED BY A PHYSICIAN FROM VIRGINIA.

COL. DEMING WAS A FEDEALIST IN POLITICS, AND PROMINENT IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. J.K. DEMING

      Children of SIMEON DEMING and LUCY WOLCOTT are:
i.   HONOR7 DEMING, b. September 25, 1789, SANDISFIELD, CT.; d. December 13, 1825, ?; m. BENJAMIN HART, July 28, 1805, ?.
ii.   ELIZABETH DEMING, b. June 17, 1791, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. March 25, 1841, ?; m. JUDAH FORD, Unknown, ?.
iii.   DAVID DEMING, b. April 25, 1793.
iv.   SARAH DEMING, b. January 25, 1795, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. January 30, 1885, ?; m. L. J. CONVERSE, Unknown, ?.
v.   SIMEON DEMING, b. July 01, 1801.
vi.   JOEL DEMING, b. February 20, 1803.
vii.   DANIEL DEMING, b. December 01, 1803.
viii.   JULIUS DEMING, b. November 19, 1806.
ix.   LUCY ANN DEMING, b. March 03, 1809, WATERTOWN, OHIO; d. October 02, 1865, ?; m. ANSEL B. FORD, Unknown, ?.
x.   POLLY DEMING, b. January 18, 1811, WATERTOWN, OHIO; d. November 26, 1811, ?.


137. JOEL6 DEMING (DAVID5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born April 04, 1769 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, and died February 04, 1850 in ROCKPORT, OHIO. He married SARAH BUEL Unknown in ?.

      Children of JOEL DEMING and SARAH BUEL are:
i.   BUEL7 DEMING, b. January 25, 1800.
ii.   HANNAH DEMING, b. August 27, 1801, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. February 17, 1846, ?; m. ALFRED MOSHER, May 19, 1836, ?.
iii.   ELIZA DEMING, b. December 12, 1803, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. September 21, 1872, ?.
iv.   CHAUNCEY DEMING, b. June 30, 1805, Newington, Hartford Co., Ct.; d. January 10, 1892, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; m. CORNELIA FOOTE, January 16, 1844, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. (Source: Barbour CollectionHale Coll - Marr. rec. in Ct. newspapers).
v.   JOEL DEMING, b. May 20, 1807, SALISBURY, CT.; d. Unknown, ?.
vi.   SARAH DEMING, b. May 12, 1810, SALISBURY, CT.; d. February 03, 1857, ?; m. BENJAMIN MASTICK, October 03, 1843, ?.


138. SOLOMON6 DEMING (SOLOMON5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born April 29, 1762 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, and died March 23, 1848 in BRUNSWICH, OHIO. He married ROXANA PARSONS Unknown in ?.

Notes for SOLOMON DEMING:
SOLOMON DEMING LIVED IN SANDISFIELD, SOUTHFIELD, AND LEE, ADJOINING TOWNS IN BERKSHIRE CO., MASS. AS LATE AS 1814 HIS WIFE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH IN LEE, BUT SOON AFTER THIS, HE AND HIS FAMILY REMOVED TO BRUNSWICK, MEDINA CO., OHIO. AT THE AGE OF 17 HE JOINED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, AND SERVED FOR NINE MONTHS UNDER CAPT. WALCOTT, IN COL. ASHLEY'S REG. (MASS. SOLDIERS IN TH REV. P.663) UPON THE MUSTER ROLLS, HE IS DESCIRBED AS 5 FT 3 IN. IN HEIGHT, AND OF LIGHT COMPLEXION. AFTER THE WAR HE OBTAINED SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN THE WESTERN RESERVE IN OHIO. IT IS RELATED THAT WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY EMIGRATED TO OHIO, THEY TRAVELED FROM BUFFALO TO CLEVELAND ON THE ICE, BEARING THEIR EFFECTS UPON SLEDGES. CLEVELAND AT THAT TIME NUMBERED ABOUT FIFTY FAMILIES, AND WAS AFFLICTED WITH MALARIA OF A MOST MALIGNANT TYPE, OWING TO THE SURRONDING MARSHES, AND SAND-DUNES. THE LOCATLITY PROVING UNATTRACTIVE TO THE NEW SETTLERS, MR. DEMING AND SOME OF HIS COMPANIONS DETERMINED TO MOVE FARTHER INTO THE INTERIOR AND SO SETTLED IN MEDINA, CO., WHERE FOR YEARS THEY STRUGGLED TO CLEAR THE LAND, WHICH WAS OVERGROWN WITH VERY HEAVY TIMBER. J.K. DEMING

      Children of SOLOMON DEMING and ROXANA PARSONS are:
i.   EUNICE7 DEMING, b. October 04, 1789, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. March 25, 1871, ?; m. PHILO INGERSOLL, November 08, 1815, ?.
ii.   SARAH DEMING, b. February 15, 1791, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. September 14, 1809, SANDISFIELD, MASS..
iii.   FREDERICK DEMING, b. September 17, 1783.
iv.   ERASTUS DEMING, b. October 27, 1795, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. June 02, 1801, SANDISFIELD, MASS..
v.   POLLY DEMING, b. June 09, 1800, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. February 22, 1801, SANDISFIELD, MASS..
vi.   CORREL DEMING, b. June 09, 1802.
vii.   PHIDELIA DEMING, b. August 10, 1805, LEE, MASS; d. Unknown, ?; m. DANIEL STOW.
viii.   CAROLINE DEMING, b. August 05, 1808, LEE, MASS; d. Unknown, ?; m. SAMUEL J. HAYSLIFF, Unknown, ?.


139. JONATHAN6 DEMING (SOLOMON5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born March 11, 1771 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, and died June 16, 1862 in MEDINA, OHIO. He married POLLY SMITH Unknown in ?.

      Children of JONATHAN DEMING and POLLY SMITH are:
i.   RHODA7 DEMING, b. September 11, 1795, ?; d. February 08, 1860, ?; m. NOAH MERRILL, August 01, 1825, ?.
277. ii.   ELIZUR DEMING, b. June 14, 1798, Sandisfield, Mass; d. August 20, 1871, New Britain, Ct..
iii.   JONATHAN DEMING, b. August 22, 1802.
iv.   MARY DEMING, b. June 19, 1805, ?; d. 1886, ?; m. URIEL DENSLOW.
v.   LESTER DEMING, b. May 23, 1809, Sandersfield, Ma..
vi.   RICHARD DEMING, b. February 20, 1811, Sandersfield, Ma..
vii.   HONOR JULIA DEMING, b. March 12, 1813, ?; d. Unknown, ?.
viii.   JANE A. DEMING, b. November 01, 1815, ?; d. January 06, 1875, ?; m. SAMUEL HARMON, October 28, 1835, ?.


140. ANDREW6 DEMING (SOLOMON5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1775 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, and died 1840 in ASHLAND, OHIO. He married ELIZABETH MATHER 1798 in ?, daughter of WILLIAM MATHER and RHODA MARVIN.

Notes for ANDREW DEMING:
ANDREW DEMING, OR, AS HE WAS CALLED, MAJOR DEMING OWNED A FARM ADJOINING HIS FATHER'S IN SANDISFIELD, ALTHOUGH IN 1804, HE WAS CALLED "OF SOUTHFIELD." HE AND HIS WIFE WERE ADMITTED TO THE SANDISFIELD CHURCH IN 1816. THAT SAME YEAR HE AND HIS FAMILY REMOVED TO OHIO, WHERE HIS BROTHER SOLOMON HAD PRECEDED HIM. AFTER SELLING THEIR FARMS, HE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW FITZSTEVENS, PACKED THEIR FAMILIES IN ONE WAGON, AND THEIR GOODS IN ANOTHER, AND STARTED ON THEIR LONG JOURNEY. WITH TWO YOKE OF OXEN AND A TEAM OF HORSES, IT TOOK THEM SIX WEEKS TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION, BURNSWICK, MEDINA CO., OHIO. AT NIGHT THEY SLEPT IN FARM HOUSES ALONG THE WAY, AND BY DAY THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TOOK TURNS IN WALKING. ANDREW DEMING LIVED IN BRUNSWICK, UNTIL ABOUT 1836, WHEN HE MOVED TO ASHLAND, OHIO, AND THERE LIVED WITH HIS SON CHARLES. HE WAS A DEVOTED ATTENDANT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND WAS A STRONG OUT SPOKEN ABOLITIONIST. J.K. DEMING

      Children of ANDREW DEMING and ELIZABETH MATHER are:
i.   MELISSA7 DEMING, b. March 02, 1799, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. October 30, 1864, ?; m. ABRAM FREEZE, October 07, 1819, ?.
ii.   LUCY DEMING, b. March 04, 1801, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. October 20, 1803, SANDISFIELD, MASS..
iii.   WILLIAM MATHER DEMING, b. July 28, 1803.
iv.   CHARLES ROLLIN DEMING, b. October 08, 1804.
v.   LUCY JANE DEMING, b. September 27, 1810, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. October 29, 1887, ?; m. JOHN P. REZNOR, November 10, 1830, ?.
vi.   ELIZABETH DEMING, b. November 27, 1813, SANDISFIELD, MASS.; d. February 27, 1819, BRUNSWICK, OHIO.
vii.   MATILDA ELIZABETH DEMING, b. June 17, 1819, BRUNSWICK, OHIO; d. September 1892, ?; m. SAMUEL MCCLURE, January 1842, ?.
viii.   RICHARD MARVIN DEMING, b. August 12, 1823.


141. DAVID6 DEMING (SOLOMON5, DAVID4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1791 in SANDISFIELD, MASS, and died April 27, 1837 in MADISON, GEORGIA. He married SARAH WHITE PHILLIPS January 04, 1814 in SANDISFIELD, MASS. ?.

Notes for DAVID DEMING:
DAVID DEMING LEFT HIS HOME IN SANDISFIELD EARLY IN LIFE AND MOVED TO GEORGIA. THERE IS A TRADTION IN THE MASS. BRANCH THAT HE MARRIED A MISS LUSK, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. HE WAS A SADDLER BY TRADE, AND CONDUCTED QUITE A LARGE BUSINESS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SADDLES, TRUNKS AND HARNESS IN MADISON, GEORGIA, WHICH HE CONTIUED UP TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE IS WELL REMEMBERED AS A MAN OF HIGH MORAL CHARACTER, AND POSSESSING THE DEMNG SENSE OF HUMOR IN A MARKED DEGREE. AS A MASON HE REACHED PROMINENCE, BUT NEVER HELD ANY CIVIL OR MILITARY OFFICE. IT IS SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE MOVED TO LITCHFIELD, CO., CT. WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1824, AND REACHED MADISON IN JANUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. J.K. DEMING

      Children of DAVID DEMING and SARAH PHILLIPS are:
i.   MARGARET ANN7 DEMING, b. October 25, 1814, SANDISFIELD, MASS; d. January 1855, ?; m. CHARLES WHITING, January 02, 1830, ?.
ii.   LOUISA DEMING, b. June 28, 1816, LITCHFIELD CO., CT. ?; d. January 26, 1845, ?; m. SOLOMON WOODRUFF, December 25, 1836, ?.
iii.   MARIA DEMING, b. October 07, 1818, LITCHFIELD CO., CT. ?; d. June 11, 1901, MADISON, GEORGIA; m. WILLIAM B. WILEY, December 25, 1836, ?.
iv.   SARAH DEMING, b. August 27, 1820, LITCHFIELD CO., CT. ?; d. 1879, ?; m. JOHN PECK, February 12, 1837, ?.
v.   LEANDER CLARK DEMING, b. September 02, 1825.
vi.   CHARLES WHITING DEMING, b. May 27, 1829.
vii.   OVID DEMING, b. September 02, 1831, MADISON, GEORGIA; d. 1839, MADISON, GEORGIA.

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