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Lydia Parmelee Webb
Full name : Lydia Parmelee
Alternate
spellings, aliases : Parmele, Parmale, Parmely
Putative Parents1 :
Father
: Ozias Parmelee
Mother
: Lydia Pierson
Notes
: From Killingworth Town Record, “Lydia, m Ozias PARMELEE, Dec
24, 1767”
Putative Parents2 :
Father
: Amos Parmely
Mother
: Lucia, nee : ?
Notes
: Very little is known about this family; originally I suspected she was the
daughter of Ozias Parmele and Lydia Pierson of Killingsworth. Now, after a careful examination of the
Records of the First Congregational Church of Westmoreland, Oneida
County, New York, I am working on the theory that she is possibly a
child of Ozias Parmele & Lydia Pierson or of Amos & Lucia Parmely (also
spelled Parmelee).
Vital stats :
Date of Birth : 24 October 1776
Place
of Birth : Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Note
: The 1776 date is an unverified date from the notes of Webb Hester; …from
Killingworth town records, as abstracted by Barbour lists, “Lydia, dau Ozias
& Lydia, b Jan 13, 1772”
Date of Death : 1 or 2 March 1845
Place
of Death, and or Burial : Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Notes
: She is probably not buried in Webb Cemetery (Lot 7, Section 2, Ridgefield),
but that is unclear. Her broken
gravestone was found in a roadside ditch by 4-H volunteers in Huron County,
Ohio and given to David Hester, her great-great grandson.
[click here to see an image of the stone]
Spouse :
Name
: David Webb
Date of Marriage : 3 January 1798
Place of Marriage : First Congregational Church, Westmoreland, Oneida County,
New York
Died : November 1865
Notes : At this early date (1790’s), Westmoreland and Whitestown were names
both used for the same general locale in Oneida County, one being the township
the other the town proper, then later the township name also was used for a
town. Both names were mutually
used during the early history of Oneida County.
Occupation(s) : wife, mother, keeping house
Religion : She
was married under the auspices of the First Congregational Church
(Westmoreland, Oneida County, NY), but does not appear to have joined that
particular church as a member.
Later she was a Free Will Baptist, evidence of which is condensed from
‘History of the Firelands’, by W.W. Williams : Lydia Webb is among the eighteen
signatories, 6 June 1836, who united in Monroeville, (Huron County, Ohio) to
form a religious conference. Out
of this grew the local Baptist Church, which adopted the ‘Philadelphia
articles’ for its organization and worship.
Property : She is named along with her husband as defendants in a
suit filed in the County Clerk’s Office in Utica, New York; 29 March 1841, book
99, page 286 – partition action in Court of Chancery, sale of property in
Whitestown, New York by the master of the Chancery Court. Unfortunately the abstract from which
this information was culled fails to describe the nature of the property.
Complainants included : Danforth
Parmelee, Sylvia Parmelee, Hannah Parmelee, Edwin Parmelee, Adeline Parmelee,
Luman Parmelee, Luther Parmelee, Sylvester Parmelee; Stephen & Sabrina
Nichols; Timothy, Almira, & Davis Bailey; and Redd & Arsavilla Daniels.
Defendants included : Erastus Parmelee, Jason Parmelee, Amanda Parmelee, Helen
Parmelee, Charlotte Ann Parmelee, Alva Parmelee; David & Lydia Webb; (many
others of the surnames Baker, Williams, Wilson, Allen, Cooper, Collar, Young,
de Moine, Davis, and Hinkston or it could be Inkston).
Family
: Her background is clouded.
Originally, it seemed that she was one of the children of Ozias Parmelee
& Lydia Pierson of Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut based on two
sources, albeit unreliable without corroborative evidence :
(1) The notes of Webb Hester
(her great-great-grandson) & a bible record he published in the journal of
the Firelands Historical Society (Firelands Pioneer, T.S. Vol XII, page 15)
purport to show Lydia’s date & place of birth; - the note of Hester has the
date of 24 October 1776 and the place as Killingworth and the bible record
stating the same date, sans the place.
(2) Barbour’s compilation of
Connecticut town records showed – Ozias Parmelee (born 11 January
1741/42, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut,; died circa 1814) married
24 December 1767 Lydia Pierson (born 23 September 1746). Their children included : Miriam
Parmelee (born 12 September 1768 Killingworth, married Israel Isbell, 23 July
1786); Electa Parmelee (born 10 May 1770 killingworth, married Nathaniel Davis,
15 August 1790); Lydia Parmelee (born 13 January 1772 Killingworth, died 3
November 1776); Sylvester Parmelee (born 16 January 1774 Killingworth, married
Hannah Barnard 7 April 1796 in Whitestown); Sabrina Parmelee (born 30 July 1780
Killingworth); Luther Parmelee (born 6 July 1783 Killingworth, married Betsey
Bennett); Danforth Parmelee (born 18 October 1789 Killingworth); Zadah Parmelee
(born 4 July 1791 Oneida County, New York, married Lansing Bailey 2 March 1809,
died 15 August 1813).
From
this information it was surmised that perhaps Lydia (wife of David Webb) was
born to Ozias & Lydia Parmelee after the early death of the infant Lydia
born in 1772, but failed to be recorded.
Although it is remotely possible, it is hardly tangible, because the
first Lydia died in 3 November 1776 and the second Lydia was born 24 October
1776. It is not likely that Ozias
& Lydia would have nemed two children Lydia at the same time. Incidentally, Lydia & Electa are
names common in David & Lydia Webb’s family in subsequent generations.
(3) Careful examination of Records of the First
Congregational Church of Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York, seem to
indicate that she may be one of the children of Amos Parmely & his wife
Lucia, as evidenced by several circumstantial entries in the church record
(arranged chronologically) :
Members admitted to the Church
(page 23) – 14 October 1792 – Lucia Parmely.
Baptisms (page 5) – 14 October 1792 – Eunice, Amos & Jiles Hull, Children
of Amos Parmely.
Deaths (page 12) – 9 May 1793 – Tyrannus Parmeley, aged 20.
Baptisms (page 5) – 13 October 1793 – Jerusha, daughter of Amos & Lucia
Parmely.
Marriages (page 1) – 3 October 1796 – Joseph Inkston to Jerusha Parmelee.
Marriages (page 2) – 3 January 1798 – David Webb to Lydia Parmelee.
It should be stated that the
family of Ozias Parmelee and wife Lydia (Pierson) Parmelee also lived in
Whitestown, Oneida County, New York concurrently with the family of Amos,
making identification of Lydia in relation to either family quite
troublesome. In these
circumstances, it appears that at the least, Ozias Parmelee and Amos Parmely
were probably related, either as siblings or cousins; the both had daughters
named Jerusha, and daughters named Lydia (if the theory is true) and they were
both from Killingworth.
(4) It appears that after careful examination of records.
1800 Federal Census. Whitestown,
Oneida County, New York
Head, Free Males <10, 10-16, 16-26,
>45, Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, >45, Others, Slaves
David Webb, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
1810 Federal Census. Pompey
Township, Onondaga County, New York
Head, Free Males <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45,
>45, Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45, Others, Slaves
David Webb, 3, 1, 0,
1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0
1820 Federal Census. Town of Riga,
Genesee County, New York
Page#, Head, Free Males <10, 10-16,
16-26, 26-45, >45, Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45,
Foreign, Agriculture, Free, Slaves
251, David Webb, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3 in agriculture
1830 Federal Census - Ridgefield
Township, Huron County, Ohio
Head of Family, Free White Males <5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40,
40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100, 0ver 100
Free White Females <5, 5-10,
10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100, 0ver 100
David Webb, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
1840 Federal Census. Webb
Settlement, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Head of Family, Free White Males
<5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90,
90-100, 0ver 100
Free White Females <5,
5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100,
0ver 100
David Webb, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
0, 0, 0, 0
Son : Harvey Webb
Date of Birth : 1 October 1798
Place of Birth : Whitestown, Oneida County, New York
Married : Sophronia Frost, 3 January 1821, Riga, Genesee County, New York
Died : August 1827, Riga, Genesee County, New York
Notes : Sophronia Frost was the daughter of Deacon John Frost; after
Harvey’s decease she remarried to Reverend Ezra Leonard, a Free Will Baptist
preacher. Harvey and Sophronia had
two children - Edward H. Webb, born 1823 in Ohio, Edwin Webb, born 1825 in
Ohio. Ezra had three children by a
previous marriage : David Leonard, Abigail Leonard, Eda Leonard.
Daughter : Electa Webb
Date of Birth: 23 October 1800
Place of Birth : Whitestown, Oneida County, New York
Married : Ephraim W. Herrick, 30 March 1825, Huron County, Ohio by Zebediah
Morse, Esq.
Died : 28 April 1876, Bronson Township, Huron County, Ohio
Notes : E. W. Herrick born 21 January 1799 in Charlestown, New York; Children -
Charles S. Herrick born 6 February 1826 in Bronson, Cyrus B. Herrick born 29
August 1829 in Bronson, Emeline Herrick born 29 April 1832 in Bronson, Mary
Herrick born 2 July 1835 in Bronson, and Electa Jane Herrick born 23 October
1841 in Bronson.
Son : Samuel Pierce Webb
Date of Birth : 28 August 1802
Place of Birth : his military service record states he was born in 1805 in
Cortland County, New York
Married1 : Maryann Smith
Married2 : Cordelia Brown
Died : 1892, Valparaiso, Indiana
Notes : Tough, stubborn old SOB; Civil War cavalry trooper, company Wagoner at
age 65, in the 9th Regiment Illinois Cavalry & 12th Regiment Indiana
Cavalry.
Son : Oliver Webb
Date of Birth: 1 September 1804
Place of Birth : Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Married1 : Louisa Ellis, 8
March 1827, Huron County, Ohio
Married2 : Sally Anne Lawrence Druse Dana, c. 1863, near Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minnesota
Died : 12 June 1897, Yakima County, Washington
Son : Salmon Webb
Date of Birth: 10 or 18 November 1806
Place of Birth : Onondaga County, New York
Married : not married
Died : on or about 14 August 1822
Notes : Died of slow fever and ague (probably malaria); probably buried in Webb
Cemetery
Son : Fidelia Webb
Date of Birth : 25 September 1808
Place of Birth : Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Married : Martin S. Ruggles 16 September 1827, Huron County, Ohio
Died : 9 January 1894, Green Creek, Sandusky Township, Ohio; buried in
Jacobsburg Cemetery
Notes : A excerpt from the Scrapbook of Alonzo Ruggles states that Fidelia was
born in Pompey. Their children
include – Edward Ruggles (born 1828, died 15 July 1832, buried Webb Cemetery),
Lester Ruggles (born February 1831, died 16 October 1832, buried in Webb
Cemetery), Chester L. Ruggles, born 1833 in Ohio; Moses Ruggles, born 1835 in
Ohio; Carlton Ruggles, born 1838 in Ohio; Comfort Heber Ruggles, born 1842 in
Ohio; Emily Tamar Ruggles, born 1843 in Ohio; Isabella Ruggles, born 1847 in
Ohio.
Son : David F. Webb
Date of Birth : 25 September 1811
Place of Birth : near Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Married : Elizabeth 'Betsey' Geisler, 5 September 1830, Huron County, Ohio
Died :
Notes : What does the ‘F.’ mean in his middle name..? Elizabeth Geisler was sister of Jacob Geisler &
John Geisler (married to Eliza Webb).
Their children - Electa, born 1834 in Ohio; Lewis, born 1835 in Ohio;
Nathan, born 1841 in Ohio. Lived
in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio in 1860.
Daughter : Eliza Webb
Date of Birth : 7 October 1815
Place of Birth : near Pompey, Onondaga County or near Riga, Genesee County, New
York
Married : John Geisler (brother of Jacob Geisler & Elizabeth Geisler)
Died : c. 1835
Notes : buried in Webb Cemetery; image of headstone.
Sources, bibliography :
Harvey Hayes Webb family bible
transcript, typed transcript, drafted in the 1950's; courtesy Hazel Skelly Webb
Webb, Loren. Diary of Captain
Loren Webb, 1861 - 1863, Firelands Historical Society, 1995. Transcribed by
Matthew L. Burr.
Written communication with Vinton
Phillips and David L. Hester, New London, Huron County, Ohio, January 2001-
ongoing. Images of Webb gravestones courtesy of Elizabeth and Vinton
Philips.
Douglass, Nina C. (Editor). Records
of the First Congregational Church of Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. The Bookworm Project. Claremore,
Oklahoma, 1991.
Smallwood, D. H. (editor). Parmelee
Data. Genealogy & Vital
Records of Parmelee Family (nearly 200 spellings of the name). Wherever members are found, however
name was acquired : by legal act, adoption, or by inheritance. Washington,
DC. (Volume 8, Page 2288) [Ed note
: Quite coincidently, (circa 1950’s) the editor of this book lived at the same
address where the author of this web page resided from 1999 thru 2004 – @ 3200
16th Street NW, Wash, DC.]
Copyright Jonathan Webb Deiss
http://www.webbdeiss.com/
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