Consider Law (1760 - 1820)

Born 6 Jan 1760 in Goshen, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Allen) Law — married 1782 in Connecticut, Usa

Husband of Sarah (Grumman) Law — married 1786 in Oneida, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1820 at age 60 in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States

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Birth

• January 6, 1760 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Alternate date and place of birth

Consider Law was born in New Lebanon, N. Y., in 1756. (This date is from DAR Records and is incorrect. He was actually born in 1760 and also in Connecticut and not New York.)

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 6 Jan 1760

Place: Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, Conn

His personal appearance commanded general admiration. He was five feet nine inches in height, well proportioned, with clear complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes, an aquiline nose, and Washingtonian mouth and chin. He had a clear and melodious voice which was heard with pleasure in the Sabbath services. In the various social circles in which he mingled he would often be heard relating some pleasing incident, or singing some song for the amusement of the company.

Event

Event: Engaged at the Battle of White Plains, 28 Oct 1776

Type: Military

Date: Jun 1776

Place: Lebanon, Conn.

He was a soldier and an officer in the Revolutionary War. He fought at Bunker Hill and in various other engagements.

Marriages and Children

He married his first wife, whose maiden name was Martha Allen, about the year 1782; she lived but a short time after the birth of her only child, whose name was also Martha.

He was subsequently married to Miss Sarah Grommon, about the year 1786, who survived him about twenty years, dying March 2nd, 1840, at the residence of her son, George W. Law.

By her he had two sons, Consider, Jr., and George W., and five daughters: Sarah (Sally), Irena, Maria, and the twins, Caroline and Adaline.

Occupation

Occupation: Elected a Town officer and became overseer of highways

Date: 1 Mar 1803

Place: Adams, Jefferson, New York, USA

Residence

Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States Census, 1790^[1]

He was one of the early settlers in the old town of Paris, Oneida County, N. Y. He lived in the town of Paris about eleven or twelve years, having emigrated there about the year 1789 or 1790. ^[2] In the year 1801 or 1802 he moved to Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y. and then moved from there to the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, N. Y. There he remained until the year 1816, when he, with his family, moved to the north part of the town of Westmoreland, in the same county.

Here he and four of his children, Consider, Jr., George, Sally and Maria, on June 20, 1818, helped form the “Second Baptist Church of Christ in Westmoreland,” which was later known as the South Baptist Church, and still later as Bartlett Baptist Church.

This was his last abiding place on earth and on August 4th, 1820, he went to his heavenly home. The earthly remains rest in the burying ground of the above named church. ^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-DFQ : accessed 2 May 2020), Consider Law, Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
2. ↑ Paris, Oneida, New York, United States Census, 1800"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-DW2 : accessed 2 May 2020), Consider Law, Paris, Oneida, New York, United States; citing p. 64, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 23; FHL microfilm 193,711.
3. ↑ Capt. Consider Law and his Descendants" http://oneida.nygenweb.net/misc/law.html
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11580381/consider-law: accessed 22 July 2023), memorial page for Consider Law Sr. (6 Jan 1760–4 Aug 1820), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11580381, citing Bartlett Cemetery, Bartlett, Oneida County, New York, USA; Maintained by Frederick Porter (contributor 48254596).

• "Capt. Consider Law and his Descendants" http://oneida.nygenweb.net/misc/law.html available through the Oneida County N.Y. Gen Web.
• Law, William Consider. Self published approx. 1948. Family history of the Law, Creaser and Coons Families. Passed to his daughter Sarah Law Coons to her granddaughter Kathleen Buckner Morris.
• Consider Law 75th Annual Reunion https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KHCK-JW5

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created through the import of Eldred, Hallock, Hayes, Perrin.ged on 20 February 2011.
• WikiTree profile Law-856 created through the import of Kimpton Paternal Oct 2012.ged on Oct 3, 2012 by Jim Kimpton.
• WikiTree profile Law-192 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe. S