Molly (Dee) Post (1772 - 1860)

Born 4 Feb 1772 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Post — married 12 Jul 1795 in Westbrook, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1860 at age 87 in Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Molly Dee was born on February 4, 1772 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Mark Davol and Mehitable Stannard. She married Joshua Post on July 12, 1795 in Westbrook, Connecticut. They had thirteen children during their marriage: Joshua, Polly, Deborah, Emily, Dianah, Jerusha, Mercy, Belinda, Sallie, Hettie A., Hannah, Juliet and Philo.

Molly and Joshua purchased land in Ohio and, about 1820, moved from Saybrook, Connecticut to Northfield, Summit (then Portage County), near the Brandywine River. Joshua died two years later, on September 19, 1822 in Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio. Molly died much later, on January 4, 1860, in Twinsburg

From Molly Dee’s obituary on 6 Feb 1860 in the Adams Centinel:

Mrs. Post was left to raise 13 children by herself, two sons and eleven daughters. At the time of his death, little of the land they had purchased was improved. However, with her industrial energy, she overcame all difficulties. She not only cared for her own household but others less fortunate than herself. All thirteen of her children married and raised families of their own. At the time of her death, she was survived by eleven of her children, seventy-five grandchildren and fifty-seven great grand-children.

Molly Dee later moved to Liberty Street in Twinsburg; she purchased 50 acres of land. She died 4 Jan 1860 and was buried next to her husband in the Locust Grove Cemetery, Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio.

From Perrin, W. Henry., Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams). (1881). History of Summit County: with an outline sketch of Ohio. Chicago: Baskin & Battey.

PHILO POST, farmer; P.O. Twinsburg; was born June 29, 1817, in Saybrook, Conn., to Joshua and Mollie (Dee) Post. His grandfather's name was also Joshua Post. The father of Mollie Dee was Marcus. To Joshua and Mollie (Dee) Post were born thirteen children, viz., Joshua, Polly, Deborah, Emily, Dianah, Jerusha, Mercy, Belinda, Sallie, Hettie A., Hannah, Juliet and Philo.

Philo came to this county with his parents when 4 years of age; the family located in the southern part of the township, near Brandywine, upon land which his father purchased before leaving Connecticut. Joshua died about two years after his arrival.

Records

Year: 1795. Marriage in Saybrook, Connecticut. Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Name: Molly Dee; Gender: Female

Spouse's Name: Joshua Post 2nd; Spouse Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1795; Marriage Place: Saybrook, Middlesex

Year: 1850; Census Place: Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio; Roll: M432_732; Page: 369B; Image: 211

Name: Molly Post; Age: 77

Birth Year: abt 1773; Birthplace: Connecticut; Gender: Female

Family Number: 61

Household Members:

Philo Post 33

Molly Post 77

Martha Weathursby 16

Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Name: Molly Dee; Gender: f (Female)

Birth Date: 28 Mar 177); Birth Place: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Death Date: 4 jan 1860; Death Place: Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States

Death Age: 86

Father: Mark Davol Dee; Mother: Mehitable Bushnell (Stannard)

Spouse: Joshua Post

Children: Jerusha Post, Hannah Post , Deborah Post, Belinda Post, Juliette Post, Joshua Post, Philo Post, Sally Maria Post, Mercy Post, Polly Post, Hetta Ann Post, Diana Post, Emily Post

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/family-tree-fountaine-fontaine-fountain-lafontaine/P10554.php

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Name: Molly Post

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1772

Death Date: 4 Jan 1860

Cemetery: Locust Grove Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Mother: Mehitable Dee

Spouse: Joshua Post

Children: Philo Post, Polly Pratt, Mercy Clark, Emily Hull, Jerusha Parmalee, Juliette Parmelee, Deborah K Tucker, Joshua Post, Sally Maria Lusk

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36795699/molly-post

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Sources

• Year: 1795. Marriage in Saybrook, Connecticut. Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio; Roll: M432_732; Page: 369B; Image: 211

• Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/family-tree-fountaine-fontaine-fountain-lafontaine/P10554.php

• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36795699/molly-post

• "Another Family Reunion". The Summit County Beacon. Akron, Ohio. September 20, 1866, Thu. Page 3

• "Reunion of Descendants of Stephen Post". The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. August 30, 1902, Sat. Page 9

• Dee, O. Augustus. (1954). Davol-Dee genealogy: descendants of William Davol-Dee. Chicago. Pages 12-13.

• Richardson, E. 1987. Descendants of William Arnold of Hingham, Mass. & Providence, Rhode Island. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Genealogical Books.. Page 32.