Historical Wyoming County April 1957 - Old Fulton History

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A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Thomas, who came to Sheldon in 1805 from Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N. Y. He died here, June 6, 18I+8, aged 86 years. His name
appears on the 1833 pension list for service as a Private in the New
York Militia, and is carried on the 1835 and l8)|.0 records that are
available.
Rev. Conrad TenEyck
The Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery, carefully ^reserved by the
Village, has a marble stone to the memory of the Rev. Conrad Ten-
Eyck, who died Sept. 30, l8l|5, aged 87 years. His name was first
placed on the pension roll of Cayuga County, N. Y. in 1833 for service
as a Private and Sergeant in the New Jersey Militia, his native
state. His wife was Elizabeth Thompson, and among their children
was a son, Conrad Jr. (1788-1826), who married Rebecca Thalimer
(1791-1876) and thev had a daughter, Elizabeth (1817-185D who married
Delos M. Keller (1815-1868).
It is assumed that the Rev. TenEyck came to Silver Springs,
then East Gainesville,as pastor of the East Gainesville Presbyterian
Church which probably met in private homes from a very early day.
Its first deacon was Daniel Kellogg, who died Oct. 21]., l833» aged 6l
years. His widow, Mary, married the Rev. TenEyck, but she preceded
him in death at the age of 62 years 11 months, Feb. 2, l8I|_2. She
and her first husband are buried near Route 19A south, of Silver
Springs.
.Elias Thomas , Wyoming
Wyoming Village Cemetery is also the place of interment of
Elias Thomas, a Vermont scout during the Revolution. Born in 17^7
at Middleboro, Mass., he subsequently moved to Woodstock, Vt., and
then in 1819 to Middlebury where he died soon thereafter, leaving a
widow and a son, Dr. Alden Thomas, head of a family of five sons and
six daughters. Elias's wife was Sylvia Thompson who died July 7>
1821+, aged 6I|_ years. She was buried beside him at a spot marked by
a large marble stone which states that he passed away Feb. 2l_(-, 1820,
aged 71+ years. Elias and Sylvia Thomas had a son, Elias Jr., a
daughter Polly (Mary), born 1785 and died in i860, who married in
1803 Phineas Stanton (1780-18142), a Major General of the State Militia,
hero of the War of 1812; another daughter, Persis, who married
Seth Gushing (be died in 1839), lived until Aug. 30, 1878. Persis
Thomas Cushing said her father's Revolutionary service was in Massachusetts,
and that he moved, to Vermont afterwards. This does not
agree with records placed in the DAR archives by a descendant.
Attica's Forest Hill Cemetery is the oresent resting place of
the remains of Amos Tolles, born in 17i(-3> who died in 1805 in the
Town of Bennington,where he had been one of the very first settlers.
His body was brought to Attica many years later.Born in Connecticut,
he served in the French & Indian War, and later served in the 17th
Regiment of the Albany County Militia during the Revolution. In
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