Family Milestones: December 23rd

My paternal 7th-great granmother, Rebecca WARNER, married on this date in 1767 in Woodbury, Connectictut to Josiah BRONSON.  Her first husband, Moses HURLBUT, had died in 1763.  I do not have dates of birth or death for Josiah.  Rebecca was the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (GILPIN) WARNER.  Rebecca was born December 12, 1715.  Rebecca and Moses had 5 children.  Rebecca died June 5, 1797.

My paternal 7th-great grandparents, Moses HURLBUT and Rebecca WARNER, were married on this date in 1735.  Moses was the son of Joseph and Mary (CASTLE) HURLBUT.  Rebecca was the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (GILPIN) WARNER.  Moses was born August 26, 1714 in Woodbury, Connecticut.  Moses died August 3, 1763 in Roxbury, Connecticut, and Rebecca remarried to Josiah BRONSON, above.

My paternal greatuncle, Stanley Duey LeMASTER, married on this date in 1922 to Anna BEARD.  Stanley was the son of Luman Cooper and Barbara Isabel (WEHRLY) LeMASTERS.  Anna was the daughter of Sumner and Miriam (HUNNICUTT) BEARD.  Stanley was born February 23, 1898 in Jay County, Indiana.  Anna was born October 27, 1901 in Economy, Wayne County, Indiana.  They had 4 children.  Stanley died April 1982.

Family Milestones: December 12th

My paternal 7th-great grandmother, Rebecca WARNER, was born on this date in 1715.  Rebecca was the daughter of Ebenezer and Martha (GILPIN) WARNER.  Rebecca married December 23, 1735 to Moses HURLBUT, the son of Joseph and Mary (CASTLE) HURLBUT.  Moses was born August 26, 1714 in Woodbury, Connecticut.  They had at least 5 children.  Moses died August 3, 1763 in Roxbury, Connecticut.  Rebecca died June 5, 1797.

My paternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Susannah WEHRLY, was born on this date in 1824 in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio.  Susannah was the daughter of Johannes and Barbara (PETRY) WEHRLY, and the older sister of my William P. WEHRLY.  Susannah married February 12, 1844 to Charles PETRY, son of Jacob and Magdalena (MILLER) PETRY.  Charles was born January 27, 1822 in York County, Pennsylvania.  They raised a family of 8 children in Jay County, Indiana.  Charles died March 28, 1893 in Jay County, Indiana.  Susannah died June 23, 1910 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.

Today in my database : Moses Hurlbut (b. August 26, 1714)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 7th-great grandfather, Moses Hurbut.

Moses was born August 26, 1714 in Woodbury, CT, the son of Joseph and Mary (Castle) Hurlbut. He married on December 23, 1735 to Rebecca Warner, daughter of Ebenezer and Martha (Gilpin) Warner. Rebecca was born December 12, 1715 and died after 1747. Moses died August 3, 1763 in Roxbury, CT.

Known children of Moses and Rebecca (Warner) Hurlbut are as follows :
i. Adam Hurlbut bap. October 24, 1736 Woodbury, CT.
ii. Mabel Hurlbut bap. October 8, 1738 Woodbury, CT., m. Elijah Benedict
iii. Israel Hurlbut bap. May 18, 1740 Woodbury, CT., m. Jerusha ________
iv. Rebecca Hurlbut bap. October 4, 1745 Woodbury, CT., m. Josiah Bronson
v. Deborah Hurlbut bap. June 21, 1747 Woodbury, CT.

I descend from Moses and Rebecca (Warner) Hurlbut through their son, Israel, as follows :
Moses Hurlbut and Rebecca Warner
Israel Hurlbut and Jerusha ________
Avis Hurlbut and John Moulton
Selah Moulton and Lydia Fennel
Albert Moulton and Emeline ________
Clara Moulton and John Adam Metzner
Cora Belle Metzner and Eli Weldon Haley (my great-grandparents)