Eunice (Sherman) Lapham (abt. 1797)

Born about 1797 in New York, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Arioch Lapham was the son of Thomas and Thankful (Smith) Lapham, He married Eunice Sherman and they had at least two children:

1. Charles married Olivia Winship of Eden, New York
2. Arioch married Sylvia Smith, daughter of Humphrey and Deborah (Kniffen) Smith.^[1]

Arioch Lapham, Sr., was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, moved with his parents to Cayuga County, New York and married Eunice Sherman about 1815. They had three sons,

1. Charles, a farmer in Iowa, married Olivia Winship
2. George was a farmer of | Erie county, New York, living in Eden. He married first, Lurena Newell and second, Mrs. Mary A. Rogers.
3. Arioch, born posthumously

Eunice's father was Charles Sherman, a native of Massachusetts. He moved from Dartmouth about 1800 and settled in the town of Venice, Cayuga county, where he owned a farm. He died about 1820. Her mother was Lois West. There is a statement here that I believe refers to Eunice:

"Many years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Lapham married Deacon Benjamin Seamons, and died in 1868." ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Laphams in America compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp30, 54, 64-65
2. ↑ "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York" published by John M. Gresham & Co.; 1891 pg 192-3