Reuben TOBEY

                   BIRTH:
    R.B. Tobey & C. H. Pope Tobey Genealogy (Charles H. Pope, Boston, Massachusetts) pg. 62

MARRIAGE:
    R.B. Tobey & C. H. Pope Tobey Genealogy (Charles H. Pope, Boston, Massachusetts) pg. 147

DEATH:
    R.B. Tobey & C. H. Pope Tobey Genealogy (Charles H. Pope, Boston, Massachusetts) pg. 147

    BIOGRAPHY: Have deed of land in Pawlett. Bought with Elezer 19 dec. 1803. Have
    deed  giving land to Pawlet, Vt to son Reuben 12 Feb. 1844

    Letter of Margaret Vandervolgen to Royal Tobey (Believed to be Angelica's 
    Aunt) Toby Ruben from Falmouth, MA 1783 married Rebecca Weeks and settled 
    near timothy Ablens. He was noted for industry and economy and acquired a 
    handsome property. He was one of the deacons of the second Baptist Church.  He
    removed to Pittsford NY 1848 and died in 1851 aged 83. His wife a few  days
    after aged 82. They raised six children Auther, Zenas, Rueben, Sally,  Rebecca
    and Emily. Auther married Abigail daughter Seth Blossom and  removed to
    Pittsford NY. Zenas Married Ruth daughter of Jacob Putnam and  moved to
    Mendon, NY Reuben married Betsey daughter of Jacob Putnam who  died in 1843
    aged 33 leaving 3 children. Next he married Salina Rogers  of Pittsford NY.
    Sally married Seth P Stiles of Auburn NY died in 1851  aged about 63. Emily
    married Joel Simonds and died in 1852 aged 43. I saw  this book out here and
    thought I would copy it and send it to you and did  not know weather you had
    it or not.  Margaret VanderVolgen

    Newspaper Article  The Tobey and Putnam families are joined by double 
    relationship, two Tobey brothers having married two Putnam sisters, Rueben 
    Tobey Jr. married Betsey Putnam and Zenas Tobey married Ruth Putnam. The  Tobey
    and Putnam families originally embarked from England sometime in  1604. The
    Jacob Putnam family located at Wilton, NH. The Tobeys settled in  the Cape Cod
    country. Rueben Tobey, Sr., was born at Sandwich, Barnstable  county, MA in
    1766. Rebecca Weeks was born in the same county in 1770.  They were married 13
    Dec 1796. As there were no railroads, automobiles,  they saddled their horses
    and followed Indian trails 'cross country and  arrived at Pawlet, VT. They
    settled on a farm among the Green Mountains.  They had three sons and three
    daughters; Arthur, Zenas, Reuben Jr.,  Rebecca, Sally and Emily. The Putnam
    families located in different places.  Jacob Putnam, the 3rd came to Andover,
    VT west of the Connecticut river.  After several years, he settled in Pawlett,
    VT and was connected with a  cotton mill. Next we find him in Chautauqua
    county, NY where he built a  saw mill. He had a family of fourteen children.
    Zenas Tobey, when a young  man, left Pawlet, VT, to find a home in Western NY.
    He located in Mendon,  and in 1833 he went to Westfield, Chautauqua county and
    married Ruth  Putnam and brought her back to Mendon to live. They had three
    children;  Reuben, Squire, and a daughter Harriett. In 1834, Reuben Tobey,
    Jr.,  journeyed by horse and buggy from Pawlet, VT to Westfield, NY and
    married  Betsey Putnam. They returned to Pawlet. They owned a large farm and 
    manufactured many pounds of cheese each year. In 1843, Betsey Tobey died, 
    leaving three children; Julia B. Newcomb, Royal H. Tobey and Merritt P.  Tobey.
    In due time Rueben Tobey, Jr., married a second time, to Miss Flora  Selina
    Rogers of Henrietta, NY. She went to live in Pawlet, VT and after  five years
    Reuben Tobey Sr., and Reuben Jr., sold their 300 acre farm and  all came by
    the Erie canal to Pittsford, NY arriving May 1848. Their first  effort that
    winter was to go into the woods and get out material for a new  house, which
    was finished by Thanksgiving Day 1849. The children of Reuben  Tobey, Jr., by
    his second marriage were Charles R. Tobey, Mar