Amos Wheat (1758 - 1820)

Born 4 Aug 1758 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York

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Died 1820 at about age 61 in New York, United States

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Amos Wheat (son of Salmon Wheat) was born August 04, 1758, and died 1833. His mother was Abigail White, (page 11, 1960 book). His father's first wife, Marcy Gale, died between 1751 and 1757. Amos's father married Abigail White on Jan. 13, 1757 at Mendon, Mass. His parents' marriage record lists them as "Salmon Wheat of the Nine Partners so called in York" and "Abigail White of Mendon". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Nine_Partners_Patent

He married Ann on May 03, 1785.

Children of Amos Wheat and Ann are: Timothy Wheat, b. May 14, 1786, d. 1847. married Nelly (Helen, Eleanor) Horton. Delilah Wheat, b. April 14, 1787, d. date unknown. Charles Wheat, b. April 14, 1789, d. date unknown. Jerusha Wheat, b. March 10, 1791, d. date unknown. married Barnabas Horton. William Wheat, b. February 15, 1794, d. Abt. 1835. married Mahala Horton. Polly Wheat, b. August 29, 1795, d. July 01, 1815. married Lemuel Harding. Anna Wheat, b. February 1798, d. date unknown. Thomas Wheat, b. March 16, 1800, d. February 22, 1878. married 3 times. Charles Wheat, b. February 28, 1802, d. 1862. married Maria or Sarah Maria Carpenter. Martha Elizabeth Wheat, b. June 12, 1804, d. September 22, 1805. Martha Wheat, b. July 06, 1806, d. date unknown. married Joseph Harding. Nelson Wheat, b. August 12, 1808, d. date unknown. married Jemima Corwin. Elizabeth Wheat, b. January 11, 1811, d. date unknown. married John Van Cott.

AMOS WHEAT {Salmon, Dr. Samuel, Joshua, Moses), born Aug. 4, 1758; died 1833, between May 14 and Dec. 1.

married 1) May 3, 1785, Ann 2) July 15, 1815, Hannah born July 13, 1773; by tradition a sister of Lorenzo Dow.

In the Revolution Amos is listed as a Private, Apr. 27, 1781 in Capt. John Burnett's Co., Lt. Col.Albert Pawling's Regt. (New York in the Revolution).

1790 census, of Mamakating, Ulster Co., 1 male over 16, 2 under, and 2 females. 1800 census of Deer Park, Orange Co. males 2.3.1.1,0.

(taken from Mamakating 1798) females 3.1.0.1.0.

Feb. 15, 1809, he buys of William Jillet. Jan. 9, 1830, Amos Wheat and wife Hannah of Calhoun sell to Barnabas Horton of Wallkill; wits: Isaac Jillet, Thomas G. Smith.

May 14, 1833. Amos of Mount Hope deeds 90 acres to his son Nelson.

Dec. 1, 1833. Hannah Wheat of Mount Hope, widow of Amos Wheat deceased, deeds to Charles Wheat, son of Amos, for $45. paid yearly by Charles.

All dates prior to 1830 from Amos Wheat's family Bible, from Mrs. Doud of Corning,N. Y. via "Wheat genealogy; a history of the Wheat family in America, with a brief account of the name and family in England and Normandy" https://archive.org/stream/wheatgenealogyhi02whea/wheatgenealogyhi02whea_djvu.txt

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http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/i/e/Roger-A-Field-NY/GENE2-0007.html https://archive.org/stream/wheatgenealogyhi02whea/wheatgenealogyhi02whea_djvu.txt

Possible source: His mother may have been the daughter of Thomas and Margaret White, as her marriage record lists her as "Abigail White of Mendon". "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MFR7 : 13 July 2016), Abigal White, 14 Sep 1723; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 855,377.