Paris Rathbun (1760 - 1824)

Born 1760 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Rathbun) Phillips — married Jun 1779 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island,

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 64 in New Haven, Oswego, New York,

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Biography

Private Paris Rathbun served with Rhode Island Battalion, Rhode Island State Troops during the American Revolution.

The Rathbun Family Association^[1] and Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian magazine^[2] provide much of the following information unless otherwise footnoted. While it is believed to be well-researched the family association website references the magazine which lacks any sourcing for the information it published. This profile needs additional primary source documentation.

Paris, son of Gideon Rathbun and Dorcas Kenyon, was born about 1760 in Exeter, Rhode Island. Paris married Elizabeth Rathbun, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Clarke) Rathbun in June 1779 at West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. Paris died about 1824 in New Haven, Oswego, New York. Elizabeth, who remarried, died 1850 in German, Chenango, New York.

In 1790 they lived in Exeter, Rhode Island,^[3] in 1800 they lived in Arlington, Vermont,^[4] by 1803 and at least until 1810 they lived in Granville, New York,^[5][6]. About 1811 they moved to Oxford, Chenango, New York where they remained until at least 1820.^[7] Their final move was to New Haven in Oswego County, New York.

The following list of children is given by the 1912 Genealogical and Family History of Central New York:^[8]

1. Charity, b. ca. 1780
2. Esther, b. 10 Oct 1782
3. Paris
4. Amos
5. Lyman
6. Gideon
7. Elizabeth
8. Cynthia
9. Mary Ann, m. ___ Lyon

The following list of children is claimed by the Rathbun family website.

Jedediah RATHBUN
Esther RATHBUN
Gideon Clark RATHBUN+
Charity RATHBUN
Cynthia RATHBUN
Dorcas RATHBUN
Anna RATHBUN
Amos RATHBUN+
Lyman RATHBONE+

The following list of children was published in The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathbun Family Historian

Esther b 10 Oct 1782 m Nathan Kenyon

Clark b abt 1784 m Sarah White

Charity b 1786 m Harrington Wilcox 1 Aug 1802

Gideon b abt 1789 may be the same person as Clark, records are confusing

Cynthia b abt 1791 m Charles Wells Oct 1833

Anna b abt 1795 m ____ Husted (Now documented to be Abraham Husted Jr)

Amos b 1799 m Eliza Hamilton

Lyman b 1802 m Diana ________________

Others, names unknown

Children, based on census records:

1. (Dau., b. 1780-1790) [Charity, b. 1780]
2. (Unk. son, b. 1780-1790)
3. (Unk. son, b. 1780-1790)
4. (Unk. dau., b. 1780-1790)
5. (Unk. dau., b. 1780-1790)
6. (Unk. dau., b. 1780-1790)
7. (Unk. son, b. 1790-1800)
8. (Unk. son, b. 1790-1800)
9. (Unk. son, b. 1790-1800)
10. (Unk. dau., b. 1790-1800)
11. (Son, b. 1800-1810) [Amos, b. 1800]
12. (Son, b. 1800-1810) [Lyman, b. 1802]
13. (Unk. dau., b. 1800-1810)

Sources

1. ↑ Rathbun Family Website Paris Rathbun Link Active 4 Jan 2019
2. ↑ Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian magazine V2:1:14; V2:2:30; V3:1:13; V4:4:8
3. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 140; Image: 86; Family History Library Film: 0568150
4. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Arlington, Bennington, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 51; Page: 180; Image: 106; Family History Library Film: 218688
5. ↑ New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804: Year 1803
6. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Granville, Washington, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 439; Image: 00341; Family History Library Film: 0181384
7. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Oxford, Chenango, New York; Page: 239; NARA Roll: M33_66; Image: 141
8. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, vol. 3, p. 1438

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