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Descendants of Peter Oman

Generation No. 4

6. OTHENIEL⁴ OMANS (JONATHAN³ OMAN, SIMEON², PETER¹) was born 1789¹³⁸, and died February 17, 1877. He married SILIVINIA ELLIS¹³⁹ October 29, 1812 in Sandwich, MA¹³⁹. She was born WFT Est. 1774-1797¹³⁹, and died WFT Est. 1820-1886¹³⁹.

More About OTHENIEL OMANS and SILIVINIA ELLIS:
Marriage: October 29, 1812, Sandwich, MA¹³⁹

Children of OTHENIEL OMANS and SILIVINIA ELLIS are:

	i.		CAROLINE⁵ OMANS¹³⁹, b. August 29, 1815¹³⁹; d. WFT Est. 1816-1909¹³⁹.
	ii.		JONATHON ALBERT OMANS¹³⁹, b. July 23, 1817¹³⁹; d. WFT Est. 1818-1907¹³⁹.

7. THOMAS GIFFORD⁴ OMANS (JONATHAN³ OMAN, SIMEON², PETER¹)^140,¹⁴¹ was born May 2, 1792 in Eastern NY¹⁴², and died September 2, 1881 in Oakland Co., MI¹⁴². He married POLLY STEVENS 1818 in Kent Co., MI ^143,^144,¹⁴⁵, daughter of ??? STEVENS and DORCAS DODGE. She was born August 5, 1798 in MA ^146,^147,¹⁴⁸, and died October 27, 1873 in Cannon Twp, Kent Co., MI^149,¹⁵⁰.

Notes for THOMAS GIFFORD OMANS:
Flagg, Charles A. Pioneers from Massachusetts written by Flagg, Charles A. The Salem Press. Massachusetts. 1915. lists:
"OMANS, Thomas G., 1812 soldier; set. N. Y., Mich., 1830. Kent [Kent History of Kent County, Michigan; together with ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. Chicago,
C. C. Chapman & co., 1881. 1426 p. (D., L., L. C., N. Y. S.) ], 687."
List of Michigan county histories, giving the abbreviations used in this work and libraries reporting the
books in their collections. B=Boston Public Library; D=Detroit Public Library; L=New York Public
Library (Lenox branch); L. C.=Library of Congress; Mass.=Mass. State Library, Boston;
Mich.=Michigan State Library, Lansing; N. Y. S.=New York State Library, Albany; New Eng.=New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; Univ. M.=University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Kent Co., MI -- General Land Office Records - 1807-1907
listed on USGENWEB at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/mi+index+208966169614+F
OMANS THOMAS G 28 8 N 10 W 80.00 07 12280 1855/12/15
OMANS THOMAS G 27 8 N 10 W 40.00 07 12797 1857/07/01
OMANS THOMAS G 34 8 N 10 W 40.00 07 12798 1857/07/01
Not sure if this is our Thomas G Omans.

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Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
http://www.genealogy.com/
lists:

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 12280 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 80.0000 Accession number: MI2780__.073
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 2780 Page number: 73
Land office: Ionia Aliquot part reference: E½SE
Section number: 28
Township: 8 North Range: 10 West
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Dec. 15, 1855
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 12797 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI2830__.397
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 2830 Page number: 397
Land office: Ionia Aliquot part reference: SWSW
Section number: 27
Township: 8 North Range: 10 West
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Jul. 1, 1857
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 12798 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI2830__.398
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 2830 Page number: 398
Land office: Ionia Aliquot part reference: NWNW
Section number: 34
Township: 8 North Range: 10 West
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Jul. 1, 1857
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 14355 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI2780__.380
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 2780 Page number: 380
Land office: Ionia Aliquot part reference: SWSW
Section number: 36
Township: 10 North Range: 11 West
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Dec. 15, 1855
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 14688 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI0300__.200
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 300 Page number: 200
Land office: Detroit Aliquot part reference: SESW
Section number: 27
Township: 4 North Range: 13 East
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Apr. 10, 1837
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

Omans, Thomas G.
Document number: 16657 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI0640__.170
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Thomas G.
State name: Michigan
Volume: 640 Page number: 170
Land office: Detroit Aliquot part reference: NESW
Section number: 27
Township: 4 North Range: 13 East
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: May 1, 1837
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

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Genealogical Death Indexing System for Michigan
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.idc?UniqueID=445546
reports:
OMANS, Thos.G.
Date of death: 2-Sep-1881 Ledger Page: 414 Record Number: 249 Place of death: Brandon County of Death: Oakland Sex: Male Race: White Marital Status: Divorced Age: 88 years 4 months Cause of Death: Dysentery Birthplace: Mass. Occupation: Miller Father's Name: Omans, Jonathan Father's Residence: Mass. Mother's Name: Omans, Prudence Mother's Residence: Not Recorded Date of record: 30-May-1882

The birth and death dates match what I have. However, the birth place information is inconsistent, as well as the mother's name. Most disturbing is his marital status is listed as divorced. He was a widow at the time of his death, according to my records.

More About THOMAS GIFFORD OMANS:
Date born 2: May 2, 1793¹⁵¹
Military service: War of 1812¹⁵²
Moved: 1830, Set out from NY to Macomb Co.Mich.^153,¹⁵⁴

Notes for POLLY STEVENS:
*** SEE OMANS LINE FOR MORE DESCENDANTS ***

WHAT TO NAME YOUR BABY, by Maxwell Nurnberg & Morris Rosenblum, Collier Books, New York, NY says for the girls name Polly: "Pet name; see MARY. Derived as follows: Mary to Mally to Molly to Polly.

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Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907
http://www.genealogy.com/
lists:

Omans, Polly
Document number: 25631 Description number: 1
Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI0810__.486
Patentee Surname: Omans Patentee given name: Polly
State name: Michigan
Volume: 810 Page number: 486
Land office: Detroit Aliquot part reference: NWSW
Section number: 27
Township: 4 North Range: 13 East
Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries
Combined signature date: Aug. 18, 1837
Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N
Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N
Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

More About POLLY STEVENS:
Burial: Oakwood Cemetary, Kent County, MI, grave O-031-5, broken marker, 77y2m22d, wife of TG Omans, "mother"¹⁵⁵
Misc. Info. 12: grandfather's name was Dodge & he was a clergyman

Marriage Notes for THOMAS OMANS and POLLY STEVENS:
James David Omans writes:
"They were married in 1818 and went to live on land in Murray, Genesee Co., N.Y. which is south of Niagara Falls, new York.
In 1830 they left Genesee Co., N.Y. by ox cart and came to Macomb Co., Mich."

More About THOMAS OMANS and POLLY STEVENS:
Marriage: 1818, Kent Co., MI^156,^157,¹⁵⁸

Children of THOMAS OMANS and POLLY STEVENS are:

DORCAS⁵ OMANS^159,¹⁶⁰, b. June 5, 1820 ^161,¹⁶²; d. August 19, 1860, Macomb County, MI ^163,¹⁶⁴; m. PARKER HART¹⁶⁵ ¹⁶⁶; b. November 30, 1816 ^167,¹⁶⁸; d. November 6, 1884, Macomb County, MI ^169,¹⁷⁰.

Notes for DORCAS OMANS:
*** SEE FAMILY PHOTOS LINK; OMANS FAMILY ***

More About DORCAS OMANS:
Date born 2: August 19, 1820 ¹⁷¹

More About PARKER HART and DORCAS OMANS:
Marriage: ¹⁷²

12.	ii.	JONATHAN OMANS, b. July 4, 1822, Murray Co., NY; d. January 6, 1895.
13.	iii.	LEVI OMANS, b. June 30, 1824, Murray, Genesee Co., NY; d. November 27, 1910.
14.	iv.	REV. ANSON OMANS, b. June 8, 1826, Murray Co., NY; d. November 20, 1899, his home in Spring Arbor, Mich.
15.	v.	REV. THOMAS GIFFORD OMANS II, b. February 8, 1831; d. September 24, 1883, Spring Arbor, Jackson, MI.
	vi.	MARY B. S. OMANS¹⁷³, b. January 1, 1834¹⁷³; d. November 1, 1870¹⁷³; m. LAFAYETTE REEVES¹⁷³, WFT Est. 1848-1851¹⁷³; b. WFT Est. 1817-1837¹⁷³; d. WFT Est. 1851-1923¹⁷³.

More About MARY B. S. OMANS:
Date born 2: June 1, 1834 ¹⁷⁴
Burial: Oakwood Cemetary, Kent County, MI ¹⁷⁵

More About LAFAYETTE REEVES and MARY OMANS:
Marriage: WFT Est. 1848-1851 ¹⁷⁶

16.	vii.		ELON C. OMANS, b. February 5, 1837; d. September 3, 1863, Battle of New Albany in the Civil War.
	viii.		ROSINA M. OMANS, b. April 21, 1841; d. WFT Est. 1842-1935¹⁷⁶; m. JOHN WADLEY¹⁷⁷.

More About ROSINA M. OMANS:
Date born 2: April 27, 1841 ¹⁷⁸

More About JOHN WADLEY and ROSINA OMANS:
Marriage: ¹⁷⁹

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