David Culver (abt. 1736 - 1801)

Descendants

Died 1801 at about age 65 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont

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Biography

David is thought to have been born about 1736. He passed away in 1801.

The Historical Society of Windham County, Vermont has provided the following information in correspondence to T Stanton dated 31 Aug 2018 and 21 Sep 2018.^[1]

David Culver (Colver) owned 280 acres in Guilford. Among these in the plan of Guilford drawn by the surveyor of 1765, David is shown owning all of the 100 acre lot number 187, and 100 acre lot number 194 jointly with David Gates and Phineas Crumb. Both lots are nearly adjacent to Leyden, Massachusetts.^[1] In 1781 the 100 acre lot number 181 (directly on the Massachusetts border) was deeded to David Culver by Squire How. He, David Culver, deeded 10 acres of this lot to Joshua Culver in 1787 and the remaining 90 acres in 1790 to Sanderman Culver. Sanderman conveyed to David in 1795. In 1830 Joshua Culver deeded to David D. and Royal Culver, 122 acres. Joshua conveyed his homestead of two acres and buildings in 1863 to Achsah A. Culver.^[2]

David Culver was a member of the Guilford Militia and had been voted highway surveyor several years. In 1790 there were two members in his household.^[3]

David’s will was probated 1801. In it he names his wife Margaret, son Joshua, sons David, James, William and R. Sanderman; daughters Mary Chester and Sarah Bigelow. Son Joshua is the sole executor.^[4] The name Culver does not appear in the records of the Guilford Congregational Church which date from the 1770s. A census taken 1770 of Cumberland (Windham) County does not list any Culver in Guilford, the Bigelows are there.

A search of Guilford cemetery records listed no Colver/Culver from any period. This is very strange as the Guilford History lists twelve men/families of this name. It may be only fieldstones were used as grave markers or stones were destroyed. Given property ownership very close to the border with Massachusetts; perhaps burial was there. The 1790 census of Massachusetts does list Culvers in Hampshire and Berkshire counties. One of Josiah and Sarah’s sons, Josiah Jr., did go to Massachusetts after the parent’s death.

Married

Margaret^[1] last name unknown, date unknown

Children^[4]

• Joshua - b abt 1755^[5][6] - married Irene, son Joshua Jr b 1790 in Guilford^[7]
• Sarah - b about 1758^[8][1]. m Josiah Bigelow
• Mary - m _________ Chester
• David
• James
• William
• Robert Sanderman (in various records he is seen both as R Sanderman or Robert S). He moves to Pompey, Onondaga, New York by 1800^[9] where his sister Sarah and husband lived.

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Historical Society of Windham County, PO Box 246, Newfane, VT 05345
2. ↑ Official History of Guilford Vermont 1678-1961, Published by the Town of Guilford and Broad Brook Grange No. 51, 1961, Page 337
3. ↑ First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1790; Census Place: Jamaica, Windham, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 102; Image: 103; Family History Library Film: 0568152
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Probate Abstract, Vermont State Archives, Montpelier, Vermont, Windham County Probate, Book 2, Page 251
5. ↑ Early Vermont Settlers Index Cards, 1750-1784. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). From source materials for Legacy of Dissent : Religion and politics in Revolutionary Vermont, 1749-1784. Worcester, Mass. : D.A. Smith, 1980. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2767/i/56492/358/1425784205. Note: it is uncertain if all information on this card file is verified or correct and the DOB is an estimate.
6. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Jamaica, Windham, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 102; Image: 103; Family History Library Film: 0568152
7. ↑ State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ White, Almira Larkin, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Mass, Chase Bros., 1900, pp 520 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce02whit1900
9. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Pompey, Onondaga, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 24; Page: 146,147; Image: 157; Family History Library Film: 193712