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Solomon Story (abt. 1760 - 1815)

Solomon Story
Born about in Norwich, New London, Connecticutmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married about 1780 in Republic of Vermontmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 55 in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Upper Canadamap
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Biography

Solomon Story, son of Amos Story and Hannah Reynolds, was born about 1760 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut and moved with his family to Salisbury, Addison, Vermont after the death of his father Amos Story in Oct 1775. [1]

The children of Amos Story [2] were identified in Salisbury land records pertaining to shares of a 100 acre grant in the Salisbury second division to heirs of the late Amos Story: [3] in a deed dated 07 Dec 1785, Solomon Story sold his share in a quit-claim deed to his brother Samuel Story, [4] and then in a deed dated 30 Jun 1787, Samuel Story, Ephraim Story, and Hannah Story sold their shares to Isaiah Golding; with the exception of the share of their "honored mother, widow Hannah Story." [5] Susanna Story was not named in these deeds, and there is no known further record of her.

Amos Story Children Land Deeds (1785-1787)

Solomon married Mary Stevens, daughter of Roger Stevens and Mary Doolittle, [6] in about 1780 in Vermont, where they had 4 sons and 1 daughter born 1781-1790. [7] They then relocated to Upper Canada with her parents, [8] [9] where 1 son and 2 daughters were born 1793-1799. [10] Namesakes for their 8 children included 2 from Story family (Hannah, Solomon), 5 from Stevens family (Roger, Abel, Diadema, Moses, Mary) and 1 from both Story and Stevens family (Ephriam).

Apparently having left Vermont soon after his widowed mother married Benjamin Smalley on 13 Dec 1792 at Middlebury, Vermont, [11] Solomon Story; "late from the state of Vermont," first petitioned Grenville County, Upper Canada for 200 acres of land, to become a new subject and settler of the province, on 10 Nov 1794. [12]

Three years later Solomon petitioned the Eastern District (subdivided into Leeds County in 1800), Upper Canada for 600 acres of land on 23 Jun 1797, [13] and wife "Mary Stevens alias Story" petitioned for 200 acres of the Eastern District at Elizabethtown on 12 Oct 1797. [14] The 12 Oct 1797 petition was granted 13 Nov 1797. [15]

Later in the Township of Bastard, Leeds, Upper Canada, wife Mary Story petitioned for the lease of its Lot 22 on 03 Dec 1800; [16] the day Solomon Story petitioned for the lease of its Lot 10. [17] Son Solomon Story Jr. petitioned to lease Lot 16 in Crosby Township on 12 Aug 1801, [18] and on 28 Mar 1804 brother Ephraim Story petitioned for Lot 16 of Bastard Township. [19]

A positive identification of Solomon Story and his wife Mary (Stevens) Story can be made using his 10 Nov 1794 petition (see photo), her 12 Oct 1797 petition for 200 acres at Elizabethtown (see photo), [20] and a deposition of character by their son-in-law William Buell at Brockville on 03 May 1822 (see photo). [21]

Solomon Story; "late from the state of Vermont," petitions for 200 acres in Ontario; Formerly Upper Canada (10 Nov 1794)
Solomon and Mary (Stevens) Story in Ontario; Formerly Upper Canada (12 Oct 1797, 03 May 1822)

Solomon Story (age 43), Mary Story (age 41), Abel Story (age 13), Diadama Story (age 10), Moses Story (age 7), and Mary Story (age 4) appeared in the 1804 Canada Census of Bastard Township, Leeds, Upper Canada, where a 200 acre lot on which the family was living as of Feb 1798 [22] was patented to Solomon on 17 May 1802. [23] The last record of Solomon Story was the sale of this 200 acre lot to Samuel Weatherhead on 24 Nov 1811. [24]

According to a deposition at Brockville dated 03 May 1822 (see photo) on behalf of widow Mary (Stevens) Story of Elizabethtown by son-in-law William Buell; who married Mary Angelica Story (1799-1823) on 02 Nov 1817, [25] Solomon Story had died in Aug 1815.[26] His brother Ephraim Story; conversely, was last attested in Leeds, Upper Canada; "being far advanced in years" at the time, on 13 Sep 1837 in requesting that a patent deed be granted to him, [27] for a 200 acre property (Lot 28 in Bastard Township) granted to Ephraim in 1795. [28]

His widow Mary; attested at Elizabethtown on 03 May 1822 by son-in-law William Buell (see photo), is purported to have died there in 1832; [29] in what is now Brockville, Leeds-Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Name

Name: Solomon /Story/[30][31]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 1761
Place: Vermont[32]

Marriage

Husband: Solomon Story
Wife: Marian Stevens
Marriage:
Date: 13 Nov 1797
Place: Kingston, , Ontario, Canada[33]
Husband: Amos Story
Wife: Hannah Ann Reynolds
Child: Moses Solomon Story
Child: @P394@
Child: @P395@
Child: @P398@
Child: @P397@
Child: @P396@
Marriage:
Date: 17 Sep 1755
Place: Preston City, New London, Connecticut, United States[34]

Sources

  1. John M. Weeks, History of Salisbury, Vermont (1860), pp 219-222
  2. John M. Weeks, History of Salisbury, Vermont (1860), p 222
  3. Grant to Heirs of Amos Story in Salisbury, Vermont Second Division, 29 Mar 1786
  4. Salisbury, Vermont Land Records (07 Dec 1785; Solomon Story to Samuel Story; 1:111).
  5. Salisbury, Vermont Land Records (07 Dec 1785; Samuel, Ephraim, Hannah Story; 1:111-112).
  6. Deposition of William Buell on behalf of his mother-in-law Mary (Stevens) Story on 03 May 1822
  7. Children of Solomon Story in Salisbury, Vermont Births-Marriages-Deaths 1786-1858, page 2
  8. Robert L. Pratt, M.D., The Descendants of William Story (2000), pp 140-141.
  9. Glenn J. Lockwood, The Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, page 34
  10. Children of Mary Stevens #692 and Solomon Story in Descendants of Abraham Doolittle
  11. Marriage of Benjamin Smalley and Hannah Story in Middlebury, Vermont Land Records, (1:46)
  12. Solomon Story petitioned for 200 acres of land at Grenville County, Upper Canada (10 Nov 1794)
  13. Solomon Story petitions for 600 acres of the Eastern District at Elizabethtown (23 Jun 1797)
  14. Mary Stevens alias Story petitions for 200 acres of the Eastern District at Elizabethtown (12 Oct 1797)
  15. Mary Stevens, m. Solomon Story 13 Nov 1797, William D. Reid, The Loyalists in Ontario (1973), p 308
  16. Mary Story petitioned for the lease of Lot 22 of Bastard Township, Leeds (03 Dec 1800)
  17. Solomon Story petitioned for lease of Lot 10 of Bastard Township, Leeds (03 Dec 1800)
  18. Solomon Story Jr. petitioned for lease of Lot 16 of Crosby Township, Leeds (12 Aug 1801)
  19. Ephraim Story petitioned for lease of Lot 16 of Bastard Township, Leeds (28 Mar 1804)
  20. Mary (Story) Stevens petitions for 200 acres at Elizabethtown, Leeds, Upper Canada (12 Oct 1797)
  21. Deposition of William Buell on behalf of his mother-in-law Mary (Stevens) Story on 03 May 1822
  22. Glenn J. Lockwood, The Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, page 568
  23. Robert L. Pratt, M.D., The Descendants of William Story (2000), page 141.
  24. Robert L. Pratt, M.D., The Descendants of William Story (2000), page 141.
  25. http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/brockvll.htm
  26. Solomon Story died in Aug 1815 according to an 03 May 1822 statement by son-in-law William Buell
  27. Ephraim Story requests a patent deed for a 200 acre grant in Bastard Township he received in 1795
  28. Ephraim Story recounts a grant of 200 acres (Lot 28) in Bastard Township in the year 1795
  29. Mary (Stevens) Story on FamilySearch.org: K2VP-QPS
  30. Source: #S-2050284530 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=1809302&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1760 Birth place: Vermont APID: 1,3599::1809302
  31. Source: #S-2050303213 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ilmarriages_ga&h=77000&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 1 Nov 1841 Marriage place: Shelby, Illinois APID: 1,7851::77000
  32. Source: #S-2050284530 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=1809302&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1760 Birth place: Vermont APID: 1,3599::1809302
  33. Source: #S-2050303213 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ilmarriages_ga&h=77000&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 1 Nov 1841 Marriage place: Shelby, Illinois APID: 1,7851::77000
  34. Source: #S-2050303337 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=580833&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 17 Sep 1755 Marriage place: Preston APID: 1,1062::580833
  • Source: S-2050249773 Repository: #R-2139271190 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14417861&pid=179
  • Repository: R-2139271190 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S-2050284530 Repository: #R-2139271190 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea Note: APID: 1,3599::0
  • Source: S-2050303213 Repository: #R-2139271190 Title: Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, or available through Family Histor Note: APID: 1,7851::0




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