Silas Terwilliger (1815 - 1887)

Born 9 Jul 1815 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima Jane (Wilklow) Terwilliger — married 3 Sep 1839 in Ulster Park, Ulster, New York, USA

Died 29 Mar 1887 at age 71 in Ulster Park, Ulster, New York, United States

Biography

Silas Terwilliger was born on 9 July 1815 in Shawangunk^[1]. Jemima Jane Wilklow and Silas Terwilliger were married on 3 September 1839 at Low Dutch Church of Kleyn Esopus in Ulster Park, NY.^[2] He died on 29 March 1887.^[3] Silas was buried at Ulster Park Community Cemetery in Ulster Park, NY.

Jemima Jane Wilklow and Silas Terwilliger had the following children:

1. Rachel C. Terwilliger was born about 1843 in New York State.
2. Huldah J. Terwilliger was born about 1846 in New York State.
3. Hiram S. Terwilliger was born on 1 December 1847 in Esopus, Ulster Co., NY. He was married to Elizabeth Maria Low who was born on 15 March 1844.
4. Abraham T. W. Terwilliger was born on 10 August 1849 in New York State. He died on 20 July 1874. He was buried at Ulster Park Community Cemetery in Ulster Park, NY. He married Susan Terpenning who was born in 1841. She died in 1918. She was buried at Ulster Park Community Cemetery in Ulster Park, NY.
5. Cassandra T. Terwilliger was born in May 1850 in New York State. She died on 4 March 1924 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY. She was buried at New Paltz Rural Cemetery in New Paltz, Ulster Co., NY. Cassandra T. Terwilliger and Robert I. Benjamin were married on 2 October 1865 at New Paltz Reformed Church in New Paltz, NY. Robert I. Benjamin was born in January 1845. He died on 4 March 1930 in Hyde Park, Dutchess Co., NY. He was buried at New Paltz Rural Cemetery in New Paltz, NY.
6. Isaac D. Terwilliger was born about 1852 in New York State.
7. David J. Terwilliger was born about 1854.
8. James P. Terwilliger was born about 1857 in New York State.
9. Martha Ann Terwilliger born about 1859 in New York State. She was married to John J. Dubois

Residence

Date: 1860

Place: New Paltz, Ulster, New York, USA^[4]

Date: 1870

Place: Fly Mountain, Ulster, New York, USA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Worden, Jean D. Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Shawangunk (Shawn-gum), Ulster County, New York (Franklin, OH: J.D. Worden, 1986), p. 126
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index; Certificate Number: 30520
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQQ-HWM : 12 December 2017), Silas Terwilliger, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KY-9FP : 12 April 2016), Silas Terwilliger, New York, United States; citing p. 50, family 390, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,604.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMM-1RM : 4 April 2020), Silas Terwilerger, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States; citing family 955, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67S-9SV : 13 March 2018), Silas Gerwilliger, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. , line #6, family #291, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 842,646.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQQ-HWM : 19 March 2020), Silas Terwilliger, 1860.

"New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-QCXL : 10 March 2018), Silas Terwilegar, District 01, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 5, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KY-9FP : 18 March 2020), Silas Terwilliger, 1870.

"New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT8M-SM6 : 3 April 2020), Silas Terwilge, Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 10, line 33, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 842,650.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZN7-VCN : 20 August 2017), Silas Terwilleger, Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 117, sheet 48D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,939.

Son's marriage record names parents: "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6S8-FWF : 21 January 2020), Silas Terwilliger in entry for Hiram S. Terwilliger, 1910.