Puffer Genealogy
FORSYTH, Elisha
1773 - 1857 (83 years)
1. FORSYTH, Elisha was born on 10 Sep 1773 in Wyalusing, PA (son of FORSYTH, Jonathan and JOHNSON, Esther); died on 1 Mar 1857 in Owego, NY; was buried in Flemingville, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
He spent the greater part of his life lumbering and farming
FindaGrave:
GRID=91705580Elisha married PARK, Freelove in 1794 in Choconut, NY. Freelove was born on 19 Sep 1775 in Albany County, NY; died on 21 Oct 1862 in Owego, NY; was buried in Flemingville, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- FORSYTHE, George Francis was born on 2 Jul 1798 in Union, NY; died on 5 Oct 1876 in Owego, NY; was buried on 7 Oct 1876 in Owego, NY.
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FORSYTH, Jonathan was born on 14 May 1720 in Groton, CT (son of FORSYTH, James and LESTER, Hannah); died on 13 Dec 1801 in Geneva, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
He purchased land in the Wyoming Valley of PA under the CT title, and who in the Wyoming massacre lost everything he owned, escaping with his own life and the lives of his family. The family subsequently returned to Wyoming, where they remained until peace was declared. Then they removed to Towanda, PA, and thence up the Susquehanna river to Choconut, NY, which was a little distance above the present village of Union on the easterly side of the river. The Forsyths afterward removed to Geneva, where Jonathan Forsyth died in 1788.
Jonathan married JOHNSON, Esther. Esther was born in 1747; died on 1 Nov 1831 in Avon, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. JOHNSON, Esther was born in 1747; died on 1 Nov 1831 in Avon, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 1. FORSYTH, Elisha was born on 10 Sep 1773 in Wyalusing, PA; died on 1 Mar 1857 in Owego, NY; was buried in Flemingville, NY.
Generation: 3
4. FORSYTH, James was born about 1680 in Hartford, CT (son of FORSYTH, Gilbert and WATSON, Lillias); died in 1768 in Groton, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
A farmer and a shoemaker
James married LESTER, Hannah on 19 Sep 1708 in Groton, CT. Hannah was born on 19 Jul 1685 in Stonington, CT; died in 1769 in Groton, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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LESTER, Hannah was born on 19 Jul 1685 in Stonington, CT; died in 1769 in Groton, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 2. FORSYTH, Jonathan was born on 14 May 1720 in Groton, CT; died on 13 Dec 1801 in Geneva, NY.
Generation: 4
8. FORSYTH, Gilbert was born on 15 Apr 1659 in Ballindollach, Scotland; died after 1731 in Hartford, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
He was a shoemaker and farmer coming from the Highlands of Scotland to the United States in CT before 1670. He first lived around Boston, MA and was in "King Philip's" war between 1675-1677. During his service, Gilbert Forsyth participated in the "Great Swamp Fight" which occurred on 19 Dec 1675 near present day S. Kingston, RI. The battle, which was actually a "preemptive strike," was carried out by colonial militias from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut against a fortified town occupied mainly by "neutral" Narragansett Indians. During the battle, over 300 Indians and 70 militiamen were killed. The town was burned and the defeated Indians were forced to maintain their neutrality for the remainder of the war. As a result of his service in the militia, Gilbert Forsyth received a "land grant" on the Connecticut River near present day Hartford, CT. He was still residing in Hartford in 1731.
Gilbert married WATSON, Lillias on 1 Jul 1670 in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. Lillias was born in 1650 in Midlothian, Scotland; died on 19 Jul 1680 in Groton, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. WATSON, Lillias was born in 1650 in Midlothian, Scotland; died on 19 Jul 1680 in Groton, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 4. FORSYTH, James was born about 1680 in Hartford, CT; died in 1768 in Groton, CT.