Nehemiah LOUNSBERRY

Birth:
23 Dec 1717
Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Death:
26 Sep 1790
Bedford, Westchester Co., New York
Marriage:
8 Feb 1744
Notes:
                   Marriage year could be 1745.  His epitaph on his gravestone reads:  Death is a debt / To Nature due / Which I have paid / And so must you.    Nehemiah served in the Second Regiment (Land Bounty Rights), Westchester County Militia.

In the distribution of his brother's (Jonathan) estate in 1791, his legal representatives were listed as Jeremiah Lounsberry, Phineas Lounsberry, Stephen Lounsberry, Mary Lyon, Prudence Elliot, Sarah Holmes, Lydia Lounsberry and Elizabeth Lounsberry.  The identity of Mary is uncertain, as Nehemiah did not name a daughter by the name of Mary in his will, which was written 23 Mar 1780.

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
Sarah WEBB
Birth:
12 Dec 1725
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
Aft 1798
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Sarah (Webb) Lounsberry was also the step-daughter of Deborah LOCKWOOD.   On 27 Sep 1793, Sarah Lounsberry, widow of Bedford, conveyed land there to Jeremiah and Stephen Lounsberry.  In a list of the members of the Presbyterian Church, dated 1798, her name appears as "Sarah Lounsberry, widow of Nehemiah."

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
Children
Marriage
1
Jeremiah LOUNSBERRY
Birth:
1746
Death:
12 Apr 1820
Bedford, Westchester, New York
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Died unmarried.

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
3
Stephen LOUNSBERRY
Birth:
3 Feb 1758
Death:
3 Dec 1839
Sally RAYMOND 
Marr:
Nov 1783
 
Notes:
                   He served as a private in teh Revolutionary War an dhis widow applied for a pension on 9 May 1833, whcih was granted.  His enlistments are thus stated in the reocrds of the Bureau of Pensions:  Dec 1776 for three months under Capt. Marcus Moseman, Col. Thomas;  Sept 1777 for one month under the same, and three months under Capt. Olmstead, Col. Thomas;  Feb 1779 for two months under Capt. John Thomas, Col. Thomas; in 1779 for eighteen months under Catp. Moseman, Col. Thomas; and in 1782 for six months under Capt. Thomas Hunt, Col. Weisenfeldt.

He is buried along with his wife on a farm, situated on the raod from Bedford to Mt. Kisco, NY.  The inscriptions on their gravestones read:  "Stephen Lounsbery died December 3, 1839, aged 81 yrs 10 months"  and  "Sarah, wife of Stephen Lounsbery, died February 27, 1852, aged 87 yrs."   His will was dated 11 Sep 1834 and proved 27 Jan 1840.

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
4
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   In the will of her brother, Jeremiah, in 1818 she is identified as the widow of Robert Elliott.
5
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Married surname probably HOLMES; named in her father's will and in the distribution of her Uncle Jonathan's estate in 1791.

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Named in her father's will and in the distribution of her Uncle Jonathan's estate in 1791.

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
7
Betsey LOUNSBERRY
Birth:
5 Apr 1769
Death:
14 Sep 1855
Notes:
                   Her gravestone reads:  "Betsey, widow of John Haight, died September 14, 1855, aged 86 yrs, 5 mos, 9 days"

Source:  "One Branch of the Miner Family with Extensive Notes on the WOOD, LOUNSBERRY, ROGERS and Fifty Other Allied Families of Connecticut and Long Island" by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck.  Published by:  Donald Lines Jacobus, New Haven, Conn 1928.  Information obtain at the Genealogical Society of Utah, Date Microfilm:  2 Jul 1974, Item on Roll:  2, Camera No.:  Sec-18, Catalogue No.: 962366.  (Lillian is descended through Richard (b. 1634) Lounsberry's son, Michael).
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Nehemiah Lounsberry - Sarah Webb

Nehemiah Lounsberry was born at Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 23 Dec 1717. His parents were Michael Lounsberry and Sarah Lockwood.

He married Sarah Webb 8 Feb 1744 . Sarah Webb was born at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut 12 Dec 1725 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Jeremiah Lounsberry born 1746.
Blocked
Stephen Lounsberry born 3 Feb 1758.
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Blocked
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Betsey Lounsberry born 5 Apr 1769.

Nehemiah Lounsberry died 26 Sep 1790 at Bedford, Westchester Co., New York .

Sarah Webb died Aft 1798 .