The Weaver Family Tree

The Weaver Family Tree

Updated March 11, 2011
Terry Lewis Weaver
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The Weavers of Western NY are descendants of Clement Weaver of Glastonbury England, who came to Boston Massachusetts, about 1630. His family was of Welsh and English lineage. In 1637, a party of settlers, including the Weavers, left Boston because of religeous persecution by the Puritons. They went by boat to Rhode Island and were invited by Roger Williams of Providence to make settlements near his group. They accordingly started building homes and organizing a government of thier own. Clement Weaver married Mary Freeborn, daughter of one of the leaders of this Rhode Island settlement. For almost two hundred years the Weaver families remained in or near Rhode Island and were land holders in Newport, Providence, East Greenwich, and other villages some of which later became large cities. One William Weaver, born in East Greenwich in 1742 was mariner and owned a trading vessel with headquarters in Newport. In 1776, his ship was siezed by the British. He then joined forces with John Paul Jones and made one cruise with his fleet. Later, while in the service of a privateer ship, William Weaver was captured by the British and died of smallpox on a prison ship. William Weaver Jr, eldest son of the mariner, left Rhode Island about 1800, and lived in central New York State a few years. In 1825, He and His Sons Joseph and Benjamin, came to Rushford New York and bought a tract of land in what is now Podonque NY. Two other sons William and Peter had settled a few years earlier in Centerville and Hume NY. In 1830 William Weaver and his son Joseph manufactured on thier farm in Podonque the first dairy cheese to be sent to the city market from the town of Rushford.
Hoops used in making cheese at the farm were made of pine staves bound with iron. The cheeses were turned each day and greased with butter made by churning the cream that rose on the whey. The seasons make was kept until fall and then packed in cask and hauled to Rochester with horses. When the Genesee valley canal was completed to Cuylerville, the cheese was loaded there on boats. The selling price delivered in Rochester was four to six cents per pound. The following was a quote from the Rochester paper dated Sept 1847: "Cheese as handsome a lot of cheese as we have ever seen was delivered at Witherspoon's Grocery on Saturday from the dairy of Joseph Weaver of Rushford."
In 1869 William Weaver of Centerville sold his farm and moved to Podonque. He married Maplyt Lyon and they had ten children, of whom Edwin and Lorenzo were the only ones to remain in Rushford, although Isaac returned here after many years spent in Iowa and points west. Two sons of William served in the Civil War - James Harvey enlisted August 9, 1862 in the 1st N.Y. Dragons. He fought in all the battles in which his command was engaged and was a non-commissioned officer when he mustered out in June 30 1865. Milton was enlisted in CO A 11th Illinois volunteers and died of fever in the service. The three Weaver families who remained in Rushford are as follows: Edwin Weaver who married Cornelia Woods. They had three Children, Mary Charles and Florence. The families of Charles didnot remain in Rushford.Mary married Mark Bliss and they had nine children. The eldest son, Edwin Bliss was the only one of his family to remain in Rushford. He married Edith Hawkins and they had one child, Alton who lived in Podonque. Alton Married Gertrude Williams of Rushford. They had five children Beulah, married R.J.Shafer. They had four children Judith, Theodore, jane and Richard. Frank married Onalee Parker and they had two children: Charles and Rebecca. Malcom married Majory Speta. They had two sons: Duane and Bruce.
Charles the only son of Edwin and Cornelia (Woods) Weaver married Kate Buell and they had three children Carroll, Ruth and Earl. Carroll married Jennie Parks and they had six children: May, Edward, Clarence, (twins) Ella & Uella and Marie. Edward married Lillian Mae Bell and they bought a tract of land of

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