Children with Millicent Guernsey Cross: Eleazer and Lucretia
Children with Anna Payne Cross:
Abraham, Myrabo, Lucy, Moulton, Calvin, Electa, Anna, Rebecca, Amelia, Welthy, & William O.
Revolutionary War Veteran
(Courtesy of David Wegman's FTM page)
First Marriage - Uriah Cross and Millicent Guernsey:
Uriah married first, August 3, 1771 to Millicent Guernsey (petition for divorce dated August 5, 1778, Conn. State Archives, Ref Group #3, Box 3 18), daughter of Beriafi and Mabel (Yoemans) Guernsey. Millicent was born August 23, 1753 at Tolland, then Windham County-now Tolland County, Conn. (Starr, Edward C., History of Cornwall, CT, (New Haven Conn. 1926).
Millicent was granted a divorce from Uriah in February 1779 by the Superior Court of Lichfield County, Conn., on the grounds of desertion and adultery. Milicent's petition in the record of the Court states that Uriah deserted her in March 1777, "the said Uriah instigated by his own wicked mind, without any provocation given him by your petitioner, did publicly and willfully renounce your petitioner and her bed and did go off at said time from Cornwall and during his desertion has been frequently guilty of adultery." Uriah's desertion of Millicent in 1777 was to be considered an outrageous deed since it occurred only six weeks before the birth of their daughter Lucretia in April 1777.
Additional depositions in the file to support Millicent's claims of adultery provide a graphic description of Uriah cohabitating (sic) with "Anna Paine (sic) reported daughter of Abraham Paine of Cornwall." The depositions also state that Uriah claimed to be "lawfully married to Anna" and/or represented her (Anna) as his wife" (Conn. State Archives)
Notes for Uriah Cross:
From Ginther Family Page, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET%db=kerrysimi&id=132357
Quote:
Sources differ about the parentage of Uriah because there was another Uriah born about the same time. John P. Granger, a noted genealogist of Cross lineage, had done some work for the Vermont Historical Society in 1989. He determined that Uriah's parents were Noah and Mary Cross. His findings are published in "Vermont Families in 1791".
A second source citing Noah Cross and Mary Chamberlain the parents of Uriah is the book titled, "The Paynes of Hamilton," by Augusta Francelia Payne White (Tobias Wright, publisher, New York, 1922). On page 35, the book lists the fourth child of Abraham Paine and Rebecca Freeman; Anne, b. at Amenia 1752; baptized there August 11, 1754; died at Stafford; Genesee County; New York, 1825; m Uriah Cross b. at Coventry, Tolland County; Connecticut,April 3, 1750; d. at Georgetown; Madison County; New York, April 4, 1835. Mr Cross served in the Revolution and was a son of Noah and Mary (Chamberlain) Cross (La Crosse).
A third source was received from Mildred Hammond who copied the following information from the Prodigy bulletin board:
Posted by Phyllis Briggman
" Abel was a brother of Uriah Cross. Abel's father was Noah Cross, b. April 17, 1720 m. January 10, 1738 at Tolland; Mansfield County; Connecticut to Mary Chamberlain b. Nov 10, 1714. "Noah's father, Steven Cross b. May 15, 1681 at Norwich, Connecticut m November 30, 1703 to Mary Fuller, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Fuller (Eliz. b October 10, 1682). Steven was the son of Peter Cross b January 3, 1650 in Windsor, Connecticut married to Mary Wade, d April 9, 1739. Peter Cross was the son of Peter Cross who apparently was an adult when he came to America with his father. He married Mary De Peister and died in 1659. One genealogist says his father was William and another says Robert...
" Abel went from Bennington to New York and settled in Stafford where my Uriah Cross lived with his wife Anne Payne Cross...
The genealogist on Uriah Cross was John P. Granger and was for the Society's Vermont Families in 1791"
MILITARY SERVICE:
(continuing with Phyllis Briggman's posting):
Uriah and his four brothers all served in the Revolutionary War. The service of Uriah Cross in the Revolutionary War is documented in his application for a pension on January 27, 1828. Uriah enlisted in May 9, 1775, with Ethan Allen, whom he knew. He took part in the taking of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain. He served for a month under Col. Benedict Arnold in a navy arm of the forces and was severely wounded in the knee during a skirmish with British forces.
Later he was a sergeant to Capt. Robert Cochrane's Company in Col. James Easton's Massachusetts regiment. He participated in the siege against St. John and with Ethan Allen in the attach on Montreal and in the battle of Quebec. After being discharged, he served again under Col. Brown in the battle of Benington. He enlisted for another three months in Col. Increase Mosely's Connecticut regiment, and again for three months as a substitute in Capt. Tanner's Company.
His full statement, with considerable increasing detail, is in the family file and also in the D.A.R. Library in Washington, D.C. (DAR Volume 137-1938).
Other military notes:
during the Revolutionary War, Uriah served four enlistments with various units, including the fourteen months with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Early in his first enlistment he served under Col. Benedict Arnold as a marine on the sloop Enterprise in the Lake Champlain campaign of 1775. Uriah's service in numerous campaigns is well documented in a Narrative he dictated in late 1827 or early 1828 to his grandson, Angell Mathewson. This narrative, sworn to before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Oswego County, New York in January 1828, contains an informative and detailed summary of his experiences in the services from 1775-1778 (see Vermont Quarterly). The Vermont Historical Society, July 1947, 177-187. and New York Historical Association, July 1982 pp 279-294.
Uriah originally applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818, but his petition was rejected. He reapplied about 1830 with his Narrative as supporting evidence, only to have his petition rejected a second time. It was not until the laws governing eligibility for Revolutionary War pensions were revised in 1832 that his third application for a pension was approved. Uriah received a pension of $90. per year until his death in 1835. Prior to the Revolutionary War, according to his deposition dated August 28, 1832 in the pension files, Uriah lived in Cornwall, Connecticut.
"In the fall of 1774, then being a resident of Cornwall in Connecticut I went to labor for a time at a place called Orford (Grafton County, New Hampshire) about 28 miles above Dartmouth College". A distant cousin, Daniel Cross II, his family and Daniel's brother, Experience Cross, were then living in New Hampshire, near Oxford."
Uriah continues his deposition: "I left there (Oxford) in May 1775 with the intention of looking at...buying land at Otter Creek in the State of Vermont on my way hither. I passed through Rutland (Rutland County, Vermont) where I found Col. Ethen Allen with whom I had been formerly acquainted in Connecticut, just about to set out on his expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point." Uriah goes on to state that he "joined the expedition as a volunteer under Col. Arnold." Uriah's 1828 Narrative and his 1832 Petition for a pension give information about his residences during the War years. After his discharge in 1776, Uriah having served more than fourteen months in Connecticut as he says in his Narrative and also in his 1832 petition: "in February 1777 I moved my family to Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont". Then, "in April 1777, while residing in Sunderland I volunteered to aid in beating back the army of General Burgoyne". Narratives say "October 1777". After his service against Burgoyne, Uriah took his discharge and says in his Narrative, "I was now under necessity of removing my family to Cornwall in Connecticut." "In June 1778 then residing in Cornwass I enlisted in the company of Capt. John Ensign of Canaan, Connecticut...for three months" When summarizing his residences after the War, as was required for the 1832 pension application, Uriah states, "at the close of the war I lived in Cambridge, Washington County, New York for two years and then at Rutland County, Vermont for a period of time."
The earliest proved residence of Uriah was in 1785 at Rutland (Town of Rutland Deed. 2:25, 84, 96, 371, 392).
Uriah remained in Luzerne for about a year.
By 1798 he and his family, then consisting of a wife and nine children, established themselves in Chenango County, New York, close by the town of Hamilton, in what is now Madison County, New York. Hamilton was then the home of his father-in-law, Abraham Payne. (US Federal Census record for Chenanago County, New York, Family number 856) (Also US Federal Census record for Madison County, New York).
Uriah and his family remained in Hamilton County for a number of years, "12 to 14 years" as quoted in his 1832 deposition for a Revolutionary War pension, before moving to Stafford, Genesee County, New York about 1820 where his wife Anne died in 1825. (US Federal 1829 Census for Genesee County, New York)
After the death of Anna, Uriah moved frequently in New York State, probably living in the homes of his children at Georgetown and Hamilton, Monroe County, Richland, Oswego County, Batavia and Alba in Genesee County and finally returning to Hamilton to reside with his son Calvin, where he died in 1835 at the age of 85 years. Uriah is buried at Georgetown Baptist Church Cemetery.
"The Paynes of Hamilton" says that after Abraham and Rebekah Payne moved to Cornwall, Connecticut, "...all his daughters but the youngest one, Mary, found husbands were married."
No doubt Uriah Cross and Anna Payne met and were married there.
In this same document, Uriah's brother-in-law, Elisha Payne, states that when Uriah joined the army, he left his wife and child in the Abraham Payne household. No mention of this child is made in the records. Perhaps the child died or perhaps Elisha Payne is remembering one of Uriah's later hitches, in which case the child would be Moulton.
Uriah and Anna lived in many places, usually on farms. In 1777 they were at Sanderland, Bennington County, Vermont, and in 1785 at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. The Vermont census of 1790 shows Uriah Cross in Pittsford. Joel Cross lived there also. Uriah and his family moved in 1791 to Hamilton, New York. After a number of years, they moved to Staford in western New York where Anna died. Uriah returned to the area around Hamilton and died near there in Georgetown. "The Payne's of Hamilton" by Augusta F. Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, 1912.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VERMONT
Cross, Uriah pp 42
Pittsford, Rutland County
Uriah Cross was born April 3, 1750, at East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and died April 4, 1835 at Georgetown, Madison County, New York (Rev War pension file)
All descendants of Uriah and Anna Payne have a Mayflower ancestry. Anna Payne was a seventh generation descendant of Stephen Hopkins through the Paine or Payne, Snow and Hopkins line.
Children with Anna Payne Cross:
Abraham, Myrabo, Lucy, Moulton, Calvin, Electa, Anna, Rebecca, Amelia, Welthy, & William O.
Revolutionary War Veteran
(Courtesy of David Wegman's FTM page)
First Marriage - Uriah Cross and Millicent Guernsey:
Uriah married first, August 3, 1771 to Millicent Guernsey (petition for divorce dated August 5, 1778, Conn. State Archives, Ref Group #3, Box 3 18), daughter of Beriafi and Mabel (Yoemans) Guernsey. Millicent was born August 23, 1753 at Tolland, then Windham County-now Tolland County, Conn. (Starr, Edward C., History of Cornwall, CT, (New Haven Conn. 1926).
Millicent was granted a divorce from Uriah in February 1779 by the Superior Court of Lichfield County, Conn., on the grounds of desertion and adultery. Milicent's petition in the record of the Court states that Uriah deserted her in March 1777, "the said Uriah instigated by his own wicked mind, without any provocation given him by your petitioner, did publicly and willfully renounce your petitioner and her bed and did go off at said time from Cornwall and during his desertion has been frequently guilty of adultery." Uriah's desertion of Millicent in 1777 was to be considered an outrageous deed since it occurred only six weeks before the birth of their daughter Lucretia in April 1777.
Additional depositions in the file to support Millicent's claims of adultery provide a graphic description of Uriah cohabitating (sic) with "Anna Paine (sic) reported daughter of Abraham Paine of Cornwall." The depositions also state that Uriah claimed to be "lawfully married to Anna" and/or represented her (Anna) as his wife" (Conn. State Archives)
Notes for Uriah Cross:
From Ginther Family Page, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET%db=kerrysimi&id=132357
Quote:
Sources differ about the parentage of Uriah because there was another Uriah born about the same time. John P. Granger, a noted genealogist of Cross lineage, had done some work for the Vermont Historical Society in 1989. He determined that Uriah's parents were Noah and Mary Cross. His findings are published in "Vermont Families in 1791".
A second source citing Noah Cross and Mary Chamberlain the parents of Uriah is the book titled, "The Paynes of Hamilton," by Augusta Francelia Payne White (Tobias Wright, publisher, New York, 1922). On page 35, the book lists the fourth child of Abraham Paine and Rebecca Freeman; Anne, b. at Amenia 1752; baptized there August 11, 1754; died at Stafford; Genesee County; New York, 1825; m Uriah Cross b. at Coventry, Tolland County; Connecticut,April 3, 1750; d. at Georgetown; Madison County; New York, April 4, 1835. Mr Cross served in the Revolution and was a son of Noah and Mary (Chamberlain) Cross (La Crosse).
A third source was received from Mildred Hammond who copied the following information from the Prodigy bulletin board:
Posted by Phyllis Briggman
" Abel was a brother of Uriah Cross. Abel's father was Noah Cross, b. April 17, 1720 m. January 10, 1738 at Tolland; Mansfield County; Connecticut to Mary Chamberlain b. Nov 10, 1714. "Noah's father, Steven Cross b. May 15, 1681 at Norwich, Connecticut m November 30, 1703 to Mary Fuller, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Fuller (Eliz. b October 10, 1682). Steven was the son of Peter Cross b January 3, 1650 in Windsor, Connecticut married to Mary Wade, d April 9, 1739. Peter Cross was the son of Peter Cross who apparently was an adult when he came to America with his father. He married Mary De Peister and died in 1659. One genealogist says his father was William and another says Robert...
" Abel went from Bennington to New York and settled in Stafford where my Uriah Cross lived with his wife Anne Payne Cross...
The genealogist on Uriah Cross was John P. Granger and was for the Society's Vermont Families in 1791"
MILITARY SERVICE:
(continuing with Phyllis Briggman's posting):
Uriah and his four brothers all served in the Revolutionary War. The service of Uriah Cross in the Revolutionary War is documented in his application for a pension on January 27, 1828. Uriah enlisted in May 9, 1775, with Ethan Allen, whom he knew. He took part in the taking of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain. He served for a month under Col. Benedict Arnold in a navy arm of the forces and was severely wounded in the knee during a skirmish with British forces.
Later he was a sergeant to Capt. Robert Cochrane's Company in Col. James Easton's Massachusetts regiment. He participated in the siege against St. John and with Ethan Allen in the attach on Montreal and in the battle of Quebec. After being discharged, he served again under Col. Brown in the battle of Benington. He enlisted for another three months in Col. Increase Mosely's Connecticut regiment, and again for three months as a substitute in Capt. Tanner's Company.
His full statement, with considerable increasing detail, is in the family file and also in the D.A.R. Library in Washington, D.C. (DAR Volume 137-1938).
Other military notes:
during the Revolutionary War, Uriah served four enlistments with various units, including the fourteen months with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Early in his first enlistment he served under Col. Benedict Arnold as a marine on the sloop Enterprise in the Lake Champlain campaign of 1775. Uriah's service in numerous campaigns is well documented in a Narrative he dictated in late 1827 or early 1828 to his grandson, Angell Mathewson. This narrative, sworn to before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Oswego County, New York in January 1828, contains an informative and detailed summary of his experiences in the services from 1775-1778 (see Vermont Quarterly). The Vermont Historical Society, July 1947, 177-187. and New York Historical Association, July 1982 pp 279-294.
Uriah originally applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818, but his petition was rejected. He reapplied about 1830 with his Narrative as supporting evidence, only to have his petition rejected a second time. It was not until the laws governing eligibility for Revolutionary War pensions were revised in 1832 that his third application for a pension was approved. Uriah received a pension of $90. per year until his death in 1835. Prior to the Revolutionary War, according to his deposition dated August 28, 1832 in the pension files, Uriah lived in Cornwall, Connecticut.
"In the fall of 1774, then being a resident of Cornwall in Connecticut I went to labor for a time at a place called Orford (Grafton County, New Hampshire) about 28 miles above Dartmouth College". A distant cousin, Daniel Cross II, his family and Daniel's brother, Experience Cross, were then living in New Hampshire, near Oxford."
Uriah continues his deposition: "I left there (Oxford) in May 1775 with the intention of looking at...buying land at Otter Creek in the State of Vermont on my way hither. I passed through Rutland (Rutland County, Vermont) where I found Col. Ethen Allen with whom I had been formerly acquainted in Connecticut, just about to set out on his expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point." Uriah goes on to state that he "joined the expedition as a volunteer under Col. Arnold." Uriah's 1828 Narrative and his 1832 Petition for a pension give information about his residences during the War years. After his discharge in 1776, Uriah having served more than fourteen months in Connecticut as he says in his Narrative and also in his 1832 petition: "in February 1777 I moved my family to Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont". Then, "in April 1777, while residing in Sunderland I volunteered to aid in beating back the army of General Burgoyne". Narratives say "October 1777". After his service against Burgoyne, Uriah took his discharge and says in his Narrative, "I was now under necessity of removing my family to Cornwall in Connecticut." "In June 1778 then residing in Cornwass I enlisted in the company of Capt. John Ensign of Canaan, Connecticut...for three months" When summarizing his residences after the War, as was required for the 1832 pension application, Uriah states, "at the close of the war I lived in Cambridge, Washington County, New York for two years and then at Rutland County, Vermont for a period of time."
The earliest proved residence of Uriah was in 1785 at Rutland (Town of Rutland Deed. 2:25, 84, 96, 371, 392).
Uriah remained in Luzerne for about a year.
By 1798 he and his family, then consisting of a wife and nine children, established themselves in Chenango County, New York, close by the town of Hamilton, in what is now Madison County, New York. Hamilton was then the home of his father-in-law, Abraham Payne. (US Federal Census record for Chenanago County, New York, Family number 856) (Also US Federal Census record for Madison County, New York).
Uriah and his family remained in Hamilton County for a number of years, "12 to 14 years" as quoted in his 1832 deposition for a Revolutionary War pension, before moving to Stafford, Genesee County, New York about 1820 where his wife Anne died in 1825. (US Federal 1829 Census for Genesee County, New York)
After the death of Anna, Uriah moved frequently in New York State, probably living in the homes of his children at Georgetown and Hamilton, Monroe County, Richland, Oswego County, Batavia and Alba in Genesee County and finally returning to Hamilton to reside with his son Calvin, where he died in 1835 at the age of 85 years. Uriah is buried at Georgetown Baptist Church Cemetery.
"The Paynes of Hamilton" says that after Abraham and Rebekah Payne moved to Cornwall, Connecticut, "...all his daughters but the youngest one, Mary, found husbands were married."
No doubt Uriah Cross and Anna Payne met and were married there.
In this same document, Uriah's brother-in-law, Elisha Payne, states that when Uriah joined the army, he left his wife and child in the Abraham Payne household. No mention of this child is made in the records. Perhaps the child died or perhaps Elisha Payne is remembering one of Uriah's later hitches, in which case the child would be Moulton.
Uriah and Anna lived in many places, usually on farms. In 1777 they were at Sanderland, Bennington County, Vermont, and in 1785 at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. The Vermont census of 1790 shows Uriah Cross in Pittsford. Joel Cross lived there also. Uriah and his family moved in 1791 to Hamilton, New York. After a number of years, they moved to Staford in western New York where Anna died. Uriah returned to the area around Hamilton and died near there in Georgetown. "The Payne's of Hamilton" by Augusta F. Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, 1912.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VERMONT
Cross, Uriah pp 42
Pittsford, Rutland County
Uriah Cross was born April 3, 1750, at East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and died April 4, 1835 at Georgetown, Madison County, New York (Rev War pension file)
All descendants of Uriah and Anna Payne have a Mayflower ancestry. Anna Payne was a seventh generation descendant of Stephen Hopkins through the Paine or Payne, Snow and Hopkins line.
Children with Millicent Guernsey Cross: Eleazer and Lucretia
Children with Anna Payne Cross:
Abraham, Myrabo, Lucy, Moulton, Calvin, Electa, Anna, Rebecca, Amelia, Welthy, & William O.
Revolutionary War Veteran
(Courtesy of David Wegman's FTM page)
First Marriage - Uriah Cross and Millicent Guernsey:
Uriah married first, August 3, 1771 to Millicent Guernsey (petition for divorce dated August 5, 1778, Conn. State Archives, Ref Group #3, Box 3 18), daughter of Beriafi and Mabel (Yoemans) Guernsey. Millicent was born August 23, 1753 at Tolland, then Windham County-now Tolland County, Conn. (Starr, Edward C., History of Cornwall, CT, (New Haven Conn. 1926).
Millicent was granted a divorce from Uriah in February 1779 by the Superior Court of Lichfield County, Conn., on the grounds of desertion and adultery. Milicent's petition in the record of the Court states that Uriah deserted her in March 1777, "the said Uriah instigated by his own wicked mind, without any provocation given him by your petitioner, did publicly and willfully renounce your petitioner and her bed and did go off at said time from Cornwall and during his desertion has been frequently guilty of adultery." Uriah's desertion of Millicent in 1777 was to be considered an outrageous deed since it occurred only six weeks before the birth of their daughter Lucretia in April 1777.
Additional depositions in the file to support Millicent's claims of adultery provide a graphic description of Uriah cohabitating (sic) with "Anna Paine (sic) reported daughter of Abraham Paine of Cornwall." The depositions also state that Uriah claimed to be "lawfully married to Anna" and/or represented her (Anna) as his wife" (Conn. State Archives)
Notes for Uriah Cross:
From Ginther Family Page, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET%db=kerrysimi&id=132357
Quote:
Sources differ about the parentage of Uriah because there was another Uriah born about the same time. John P. Granger, a noted genealogist of Cross lineage, had done some work for the Vermont Historical Society in 1989. He determined that Uriah's parents were Noah and Mary Cross. His findings are published in "Vermont Families in 1791".
A second source citing Noah Cross and Mary Chamberlain the parents of Uriah is the book titled, "The Paynes of Hamilton," by Augusta Francelia Payne White (Tobias Wright, publisher, New York, 1922). On page 35, the book lists the fourth child of Abraham Paine and Rebecca Freeman; Anne, b. at Amenia 1752; baptized there August 11, 1754; died at Stafford; Genesee County; New York, 1825; m Uriah Cross b. at Coventry, Tolland County; Connecticut,April 3, 1750; d. at Georgetown; Madison County; New York, April 4, 1835. Mr Cross served in the Revolution and was a son of Noah and Mary (Chamberlain) Cross (La Crosse).
A third source was received from Mildred Hammond who copied the following information from the Prodigy bulletin board:
Posted by Phyllis Briggman
" Abel was a brother of Uriah Cross. Abel's father was Noah Cross, b. April 17, 1720 m. January 10, 1738 at Tolland; Mansfield County; Connecticut to Mary Chamberlain b. Nov 10, 1714. "Noah's father, Steven Cross b. May 15, 1681 at Norwich, Connecticut m November 30, 1703 to Mary Fuller, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Fuller (Eliz. b October 10, 1682). Steven was the son of Peter Cross b January 3, 1650 in Windsor, Connecticut married to Mary Wade, d April 9, 1739. Peter Cross was the son of Peter Cross who apparently was an adult when he came to America with his father. He married Mary De Peister and died in 1659. One genealogist says his father was William and another says Robert...
" Abel went from Bennington to New York and settled in Stafford where my Uriah Cross lived with his wife Anne Payne Cross...
The genealogist on Uriah Cross was John P. Granger and was for the Society's Vermont Families in 1791"
MILITARY SERVICE:
(continuing with Phyllis Briggman's posting):
Uriah and his four brothers all served in the Revolutionary War. The service of Uriah Cross in the Revolutionary War is documented in his application for a pension on January 27, 1828. Uriah enlisted in May 9, 1775, with Ethan Allen, whom he knew. He took part in the taking of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain. He served for a month under Col. Benedict Arnold in a navy arm of the forces and was severely wounded in the knee during a skirmish with British forces.
Later he was a sergeant to Capt. Robert Cochrane's Company in Col. James Easton's Massachusetts regiment. He participated in the siege against St. John and with Ethan Allen in the attach on Montreal and in the battle of Quebec. After being discharged, he served again under Col. Brown in the battle of Benington. He enlisted for another three months in Col. Increase Mosely's Connecticut regiment, and again for three months as a substitute in Capt. Tanner's Company.
His full statement, with considerable increasing detail, is in the family file and also in the D.A.R. Library in Washington, D.C. (DAR Volume 137-1938).
Other military notes:
during the Revolutionary War, Uriah served four enlistments with various units, including the fourteen months with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Early in his first enlistment he served under Col. Benedict Arnold as a marine on the sloop Enterprise in the Lake Champlain campaign of 1775. Uriah's service in numerous campaigns is well documented in a Narrative he dictated in late 1827 or early 1828 to his grandson, Angell Mathewson. This narrative, sworn to before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Oswego County, New York in January 1828, contains an informative and detailed summary of his experiences in the services from 1775-1778 (see Vermont Quarterly). The Vermont Historical Society, July 1947, 177-187. and New York Historical Association, July 1982 pp 279-294.
Uriah originally applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818, but his petition was rejected. He reapplied about 1830 with his Narrative as supporting evidence, only to have his petition rejected a second time. It was not until the laws governing eligibility for Revolutionary War pensions were revised in 1832 that his third application for a pension was approved. Uriah received a pension of $90. per year until his death in 1835. Prior to the Revolutionary War, according to his deposition dated August 28, 1832 in the pension files, Uriah lived in Cornwall, Connecticut.
"In the fall of 1774, then being a resident of Cornwall in Connecticut I went to labor for a time at a place called Orford (Grafton County, New Hampshire) about 28 miles above Dartmouth College". A distant cousin, Daniel Cross II, his family and Daniel's brother, Experience Cross, were then living in New Hampshire, near Oxford."
Uriah continues his deposition: "I left there (Oxford) in May 1775 with the intention of looking at...buying land at Otter Creek in the State of Vermont on my way hither. I passed through Rutland (Rutland County, Vermont) where I found Col. Ethen Allen with whom I had been formerly acquainted in Connecticut, just about to set out on his expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point." Uriah goes on to state that he "joined the expedition as a volunteer under Col. Arnold." Uriah's 1828 Narrative and his 1832 Petition for a pension give information about his residences during the War years. After his discharge in 1776, Uriah having served more than fourteen months in Connecticut as he says in his Narrative and also in his 1832 petition: "in February 1777 I moved my family to Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont". Then, "in April 1777, while residing in Sunderland I volunteered to aid in beating back the army of General Burgoyne". Narratives say "October 1777". After his service against Burgoyne, Uriah took his discharge and says in his Narrative, "I was now under necessity of removing my family to Cornwall in Connecticut." "In June 1778 then residing in Cornwass I enlisted in the company of Capt. John Ensign of Canaan, Connecticut...for three months" When summarizing his residences after the War, as was required for the 1832 pension application, Uriah states, "at the close of the war I lived in Cambridge, Washington County, New York for two years and then at Rutland County, Vermont for a period of time."
The earliest proved residence of Uriah was in 1785 at Rutland (Town of Rutland Deed. 2:25, 84, 96, 371, 392).
Uriah remained in Luzerne for about a year.
By 1798 he and his family, then consisting of a wife and nine children, established themselves in Chenango County, New York, close by the town of Hamilton, in what is now Madison County, New York. Hamilton was then the home of his father-in-law, Abraham Payne. (US Federal Census record for Chenanago County, New York, Family number 856) (Also US Federal Census record for Madison County, New York).
Uriah and his family remained in Hamilton County for a number of years, "12 to 14 years" as quoted in his 1832 deposition for a Revolutionary War pension, before moving to Stafford, Genesee County, New York about 1820 where his wife Anne died in 1825. (US Federal 1829 Census for Genesee County, New York)
After the death of Anna, Uriah moved frequently in New York State, probably living in the homes of his children at Georgetown and Hamilton, Monroe County, Richland, Oswego County, Batavia and Alba in Genesee County and finally returning to Hamilton to reside with his son Calvin, where he died in 1835 at the age of 85 years. Uriah is buried at Georgetown Baptist Church Cemetery.
"The Paynes of Hamilton" says that after Abraham and Rebekah Payne moved to Cornwall, Connecticut, "...all his daughters but the youngest one, Mary, found husbands were married."
No doubt Uriah Cross and Anna Payne met and were married there.
In this same document, Uriah's brother-in-law, Elisha Payne, states that when Uriah joined the army, he left his wife and child in the Abraham Payne household. No mention of this child is made in the records. Perhaps the child died or perhaps Elisha Payne is remembering one of Uriah's later hitches, in which case the child would be Moulton.
Uriah and Anna lived in many places, usually on farms. In 1777 they were at Sanderland, Bennington County, Vermont, and in 1785 at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. The Vermont census of 1790 shows Uriah Cross in Pittsford. Joel Cross lived there also. Uriah and his family moved in 1791 to Hamilton, New York. After a number of years, they moved to Staford in western New York where Anna died. Uriah returned to the area around Hamilton and died near there in Georgetown. "The Payne's of Hamilton" by Augusta F. Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, 1912.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VERMONT
Cross, Uriah pp 42
Pittsford, Rutland County
Uriah Cross was born April 3, 1750, at East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and died April 4, 1835 at Georgetown, Madison County, New York (Rev War pension file)
All descendants of Uriah and Anna Payne have a Mayflower ancestry. Anna Payne was a seventh generation descendant of Stephen Hopkins through the Paine or Payne, Snow and Hopkins line.
Children with Anna Payne Cross:
Abraham, Myrabo, Lucy, Moulton, Calvin, Electa, Anna, Rebecca, Amelia, Welthy, & William O.
Revolutionary War Veteran
(Courtesy of David Wegman's FTM page)
First Marriage - Uriah Cross and Millicent Guernsey:
Uriah married first, August 3, 1771 to Millicent Guernsey (petition for divorce dated August 5, 1778, Conn. State Archives, Ref Group #3, Box 3 18), daughter of Beriafi and Mabel (Yoemans) Guernsey. Millicent was born August 23, 1753 at Tolland, then Windham County-now Tolland County, Conn. (Starr, Edward C., History of Cornwall, CT, (New Haven Conn. 1926).
Millicent was granted a divorce from Uriah in February 1779 by the Superior Court of Lichfield County, Conn., on the grounds of desertion and adultery. Milicent's petition in the record of the Court states that Uriah deserted her in March 1777, "the said Uriah instigated by his own wicked mind, without any provocation given him by your petitioner, did publicly and willfully renounce your petitioner and her bed and did go off at said time from Cornwall and during his desertion has been frequently guilty of adultery." Uriah's desertion of Millicent in 1777 was to be considered an outrageous deed since it occurred only six weeks before the birth of their daughter Lucretia in April 1777.
Additional depositions in the file to support Millicent's claims of adultery provide a graphic description of Uriah cohabitating (sic) with "Anna Paine (sic) reported daughter of Abraham Paine of Cornwall." The depositions also state that Uriah claimed to be "lawfully married to Anna" and/or represented her (Anna) as his wife" (Conn. State Archives)
Notes for Uriah Cross:
From Ginther Family Page, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET%db=kerrysimi&id=132357
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Sources differ about the parentage of Uriah because there was another Uriah born about the same time. John P. Granger, a noted genealogist of Cross lineage, had done some work for the Vermont Historical Society in 1989. He determined that Uriah's parents were Noah and Mary Cross. His findings are published in "Vermont Families in 1791".
A second source citing Noah Cross and Mary Chamberlain the parents of Uriah is the book titled, "The Paynes of Hamilton," by Augusta Francelia Payne White (Tobias Wright, publisher, New York, 1922). On page 35, the book lists the fourth child of Abraham Paine and Rebecca Freeman; Anne, b. at Amenia 1752; baptized there August 11, 1754; died at Stafford; Genesee County; New York, 1825; m Uriah Cross b. at Coventry, Tolland County; Connecticut,April 3, 1750; d. at Georgetown; Madison County; New York, April 4, 1835. Mr Cross served in the Revolution and was a son of Noah and Mary (Chamberlain) Cross (La Crosse).
A third source was received from Mildred Hammond who copied the following information from the Prodigy bulletin board:
Posted by Phyllis Briggman
" Abel was a brother of Uriah Cross. Abel's father was Noah Cross, b. April 17, 1720 m. January 10, 1738 at Tolland; Mansfield County; Connecticut to Mary Chamberlain b. Nov 10, 1714. "Noah's father, Steven Cross b. May 15, 1681 at Norwich, Connecticut m November 30, 1703 to Mary Fuller, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Fuller (Eliz. b October 10, 1682). Steven was the son of Peter Cross b January 3, 1650 in Windsor, Connecticut married to Mary Wade, d April 9, 1739. Peter Cross was the son of Peter Cross who apparently was an adult when he came to America with his father. He married Mary De Peister and died in 1659. One genealogist says his father was William and another says Robert...
" Abel went from Bennington to New York and settled in Stafford where my Uriah Cross lived with his wife Anne Payne Cross...
The genealogist on Uriah Cross was John P. Granger and was for the Society's Vermont Families in 1791"
MILITARY SERVICE:
(continuing with Phyllis Briggman's posting):
Uriah and his four brothers all served in the Revolutionary War. The service of Uriah Cross in the Revolutionary War is documented in his application for a pension on January 27, 1828. Uriah enlisted in May 9, 1775, with Ethan Allen, whom he knew. He took part in the taking of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain. He served for a month under Col. Benedict Arnold in a navy arm of the forces and was severely wounded in the knee during a skirmish with British forces.
Later he was a sergeant to Capt. Robert Cochrane's Company in Col. James Easton's Massachusetts regiment. He participated in the siege against St. John and with Ethan Allen in the attach on Montreal and in the battle of Quebec. After being discharged, he served again under Col. Brown in the battle of Benington. He enlisted for another three months in Col. Increase Mosely's Connecticut regiment, and again for three months as a substitute in Capt. Tanner's Company.
His full statement, with considerable increasing detail, is in the family file and also in the D.A.R. Library in Washington, D.C. (DAR Volume 137-1938).
Other military notes:
during the Revolutionary War, Uriah served four enlistments with various units, including the fourteen months with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. Early in his first enlistment he served under Col. Benedict Arnold as a marine on the sloop Enterprise in the Lake Champlain campaign of 1775. Uriah's service in numerous campaigns is well documented in a Narrative he dictated in late 1827 or early 1828 to his grandson, Angell Mathewson. This narrative, sworn to before a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Oswego County, New York in January 1828, contains an informative and detailed summary of his experiences in the services from 1775-1778 (see Vermont Quarterly). The Vermont Historical Society, July 1947, 177-187. and New York Historical Association, July 1982 pp 279-294.
Uriah originally applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818, but his petition was rejected. He reapplied about 1830 with his Narrative as supporting evidence, only to have his petition rejected a second time. It was not until the laws governing eligibility for Revolutionary War pensions were revised in 1832 that his third application for a pension was approved. Uriah received a pension of $90. per year until his death in 1835. Prior to the Revolutionary War, according to his deposition dated August 28, 1832 in the pension files, Uriah lived in Cornwall, Connecticut.
"In the fall of 1774, then being a resident of Cornwall in Connecticut I went to labor for a time at a place called Orford (Grafton County, New Hampshire) about 28 miles above Dartmouth College". A distant cousin, Daniel Cross II, his family and Daniel's brother, Experience Cross, were then living in New Hampshire, near Oxford."
Uriah continues his deposition: "I left there (Oxford) in May 1775 with the intention of looking at...buying land at Otter Creek in the State of Vermont on my way hither. I passed through Rutland (Rutland County, Vermont) where I found Col. Ethen Allen with whom I had been formerly acquainted in Connecticut, just about to set out on his expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point." Uriah goes on to state that he "joined the expedition as a volunteer under Col. Arnold." Uriah's 1828 Narrative and his 1832 Petition for a pension give information about his residences during the War years. After his discharge in 1776, Uriah having served more than fourteen months in Connecticut as he says in his Narrative and also in his 1832 petition: "in February 1777 I moved my family to Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont". Then, "in April 1777, while residing in Sunderland I volunteered to aid in beating back the army of General Burgoyne". Narratives say "October 1777". After his service against Burgoyne, Uriah took his discharge and says in his Narrative, "I was now under necessity of removing my family to Cornwall in Connecticut." "In June 1778 then residing in Cornwass I enlisted in the company of Capt. John Ensign of Canaan, Connecticut...for three months" When summarizing his residences after the War, as was required for the 1832 pension application, Uriah states, "at the close of the war I lived in Cambridge, Washington County, New York for two years and then at Rutland County, Vermont for a period of time."
The earliest proved residence of Uriah was in 1785 at Rutland (Town of Rutland Deed. 2:25, 84, 96, 371, 392).
Uriah remained in Luzerne for about a year.
By 1798 he and his family, then consisting of a wife and nine children, established themselves in Chenango County, New York, close by the town of Hamilton, in what is now Madison County, New York. Hamilton was then the home of his father-in-law, Abraham Payne. (US Federal Census record for Chenanago County, New York, Family number 856) (Also US Federal Census record for Madison County, New York).
Uriah and his family remained in Hamilton County for a number of years, "12 to 14 years" as quoted in his 1832 deposition for a Revolutionary War pension, before moving to Stafford, Genesee County, New York about 1820 where his wife Anne died in 1825. (US Federal 1829 Census for Genesee County, New York)
After the death of Anna, Uriah moved frequently in New York State, probably living in the homes of his children at Georgetown and Hamilton, Monroe County, Richland, Oswego County, Batavia and Alba in Genesee County and finally returning to Hamilton to reside with his son Calvin, where he died in 1835 at the age of 85 years. Uriah is buried at Georgetown Baptist Church Cemetery.
"The Paynes of Hamilton" says that after Abraham and Rebekah Payne moved to Cornwall, Connecticut, "...all his daughters but the youngest one, Mary, found husbands were married."
No doubt Uriah Cross and Anna Payne met and were married there.
In this same document, Uriah's brother-in-law, Elisha Payne, states that when Uriah joined the army, he left his wife and child in the Abraham Payne household. No mention of this child is made in the records. Perhaps the child died or perhaps Elisha Payne is remembering one of Uriah's later hitches, in which case the child would be Moulton.
Uriah and Anna lived in many places, usually on farms. In 1777 they were at Sanderland, Bennington County, Vermont, and in 1785 at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. The Vermont census of 1790 shows Uriah Cross in Pittsford. Joel Cross lived there also. Uriah and his family moved in 1791 to Hamilton, New York. After a number of years, they moved to Staford in western New York where Anna died. Uriah returned to the area around Hamilton and died near there in Georgetown. "The Payne's of Hamilton" by Augusta F. Payne White, Tobias A. Wright Publisher, 1912.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VERMONT
Cross, Uriah pp 42
Pittsford, Rutland County
Uriah Cross was born April 3, 1750, at East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and died April 4, 1835 at Georgetown, Madison County, New York (Rev War pension file)
All descendants of Uriah and Anna Payne have a Mayflower ancestry. Anna Payne was a seventh generation descendant of Stephen Hopkins through the Paine or Payne, Snow and Hopkins line.
Gravesite Details
Stone shows date of death as April 1.
