1. TRUMAN KILBORN, (son of Captain JOHN and ANNA (SMITH) KILBORN) was born in Adams, MA. He removed to Brownville NY in 1804; TRUMAN KILBURN was a taxpayer in the Town of Orleans in 1824. He died 6 Sep 1831 at (Twp Orleans?) Brownville, Jefferson Co. This family was probably one of those who originally settled in what is now the Town of Orleans, but appeared to have moved because of the moving boundaries as Orleans was set off from Brownville.
He married in 1801 at Plainfield, Otsego Co NY
POLLY COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 18 Apr
1786. She d 16 May 1857 and is buried in Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Jefferson
Co.
Children, all but first born Brownville; KILBORN:
2 i ANNIE KILBORN
3 ii WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN
4 iii MARY KILBORN
5 iv TRUMAN KILBORN
6 v FREDERICK KILBORN
7 vi JOHN KILBORN
8 vii DANIEL KILBORN
2. ANNIE KILBORN, daughter of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born (est) 6 Oct 1801 in Plainfield, Otsego Co NY. Other possible children are: Lucy A. Merrills bp 25 Jun 1848, Clayton Baptist Church, and Emmett Merrills, bp 3 May 1858, Grindstone Island. They had 8 children in all, according to Payne Kenyon Kilborn. In the 1880 census, the widowed Anna lived with daughter Caroline Cummings. Clayton Vital Records say she was 85y, 6m, 6d. She died 12 Mar 1887 on Grindstone Island, Town of Clayton, Jefferson Co NY and was buried in Thurso Cemetery there.
She married
RANSOM MERRILLS who was born c1798 in Oneida Co. NY (or in Vermont...no birth record) and died 18 Apr 1879. He was buried in Thurso Cemetery on Grindstone, also. Ransom Merrill of the town of Lyme, 20 Jan 1834, bought or sold land on Point Peninsula. In 1853, of the town of Clayton, he bought land on Grindstone Island. Emmet Dodge (Grindstone Island, Hawn Library, Clayton) said they "came from Cape Vincent and settled on Grindstone in 1853 at what is known as Grindstone Point, the rocks being of sandstone, thus its name." Ransom & Anna "of the town of Lyme" bought land in 1836.
Children of ANNIE KILBORN and RANSOM MERRILLS:
9 i ANGELINE MERRILLS b 9 Dec 1830; m (---) SWARTOUT
10 ii MERINDA MERRILLS b 1835 d 1854
11 iii TRUMAN K. MERRILL b 25 Jul 1837, d 19 Feb 1907, m SARAH ELMIRA JOY
12 iv CAROLINE MERRILLS b c1841, d 7 Mar 1890
13 v LESTER MERRILL
14 vi EMARETTA MERRILLS b c1845, d 3 Oct 1882
15 vii LUCY A. MERRILLS bp 25 Jun 1848
16 viii EMMETT MERRILLS bp 3 May 1858
3. WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN, son of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS , was born 11 July 1807 in the Town of Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co. NY. He was born near the village on the St. Lawrence River. He was on the rolls of St. Lawrence Methodist Church by 1861. Dismissed before 1871. Is this St. Lawrence Corners? He moved to Marsilles, LaSalle Co. IL after 1860 but before 1874 because this is where his wife died. He moved to Petoskey, Emmet Co. MI 1877 (Probably with his son WILLIAM RILEY. He remarried in Petoskey on 29 June 1880 to MARY E. WALLACE who was then 43 years old. MARY outlived her husband and died some time before 6 Dec 1905. WC died at his home at the corner of Grove Street and Waukazoo Avenue. His funeral took place from his residence and his body was taken on the evening train to Marseilles, IL and buried next to HARRIET.
He died 30 May 1887 in Petoskey
He married (1) 1830 in Clayton, Jefferson Co NY
HARRIET HAYES, who was born 27 Apr 1810 and died 6 Feb 1874 in Marseilles, IL. and is buried there.
Children of WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN and HARRIET HAYES:
17 i ANGELINE KILBORN b 9 Dec 1830, d 7 Jan 1833
18 ii CHARLES KILBORN b 27 Oct 1833, d 27 Oct 1833
19 iii WILLIAM KILBORN b27 Apr 1835, d Dec 1835
20 iv ISABELLE KILBORN b 23 Nov 1836, d 1887/1905, m GEORGE P. KENNEY. She died between Nov 1887 and 6 Dec 1905; married between 1860 and 1880. She lived in Antwerp 1887.
21 v JULIA KILBORN b 1837/1840, d 1844/1850
22 vi EDWARD CLINTON KILBORN b 27 Nov 1840, d 26 Apr 1872
23 vii FREDERICK KILBORN
24 viii WILLLIAM RILEY KILBORN
25 ix MARY ELLEN KILBORN
He married (2) in Petoskey on 29 June 1880 to MARY E. WALLACE
4. MARY KILBORN, daughter of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born c1810. William Rouse, in his letter to Sanford Collins, called her Polly Keys. Listed in Town of Clayton Cemetery Records as Polly Keys She died 25 August 1847 and was buried in Depauville Cemetery, Depauville, NY.
She married
KIMBALL KEYES (KYES), son of AARON & SALLY (---) KEYES. Kimball appears to have been a JP in Depauville; see Jeff Co VR marriages, Twp Clayton, will of Aaron Keys, census NYS Oswego Co Albion, 1850, 1860. Also Keyes Notebook RPF Genealogy Room
and Keyes, Asa: Genealogy of Robert Keyes of Watertown MA p303.
Children of MARY (POLLY) KILBORN and KIMBALL KEYES:
26 i THOMAS KYES b 14 Nov 1833, d 25 Mar 1912
27 ii DANIEL KEYES b c1837
28 iii GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES b 1841
29 iv child KEYES d 23 Aug 1847
5. TRUMAN KILBORN, son of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born c1812 in Brownville, NY. He was a farmer.
He married (1)
ADELIA MOODY
He married (2)
JANE SPERRY, daughter of STEPHEN and FANNY (BRADLEY) SPERRY
Children (unsure of mother)
30 i MINERVA KILBORN b c1843
31 ii GILES KILBORN b 27 Aug 1849, d 23 Feb 1923
32 iii TRUMAN KILBORN b Feb 1854, d 14 Apr 1928
33 iv SUELLA KILBORN b c1856
34 v EUGENE KILBORN b c1859
35 vi MARY KILBORN b c1859
Census NYS Jeff Co Clayton, 1860 p477
Kilborn Notebook RPF Genealogy Room
Source: History and Antiquities of the name and family of Kilbourn:
Truman Kilbourn Jr b Brownville NY; m 1)Adelia Moody; 2)Jane Sperry - had three children
6. FREDERICK KILBORN son of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born 1815, Cape Vincent NY. He died 1839.
TRITHENA SPENCER.
Child of FREDERICK KILBORN and TRITHENA SPENCER.
36 i ALONZO KILBORN
(Source: Kilborn Notebook at RPF Genealogy Room)
7. JOHN KILBORN, son of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born c1820.
He married
MARY ANN NOBLE, b c1820. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Scriba, NY.
Children of JOHN KILBORN and MARY ANN NOBLE:
37 i FRANKLIN P. KILBORN b 14 Sep 1828
38 ii SARAH E. KILBORN
39 iii TRUMAN KILBORN b est 1832, d 1843
40 iv MARY KILBORN b c1837
41 v NANCY MARIA KILBORN
42 vi ADALINE KILBORN b c1840
43 vii FRANCES KILBORN b c1852
44 viii JOHN KILBORN b c1854
45 ix FREDERICK KILBORN b c1856
8. DANIEL KILBORN, son of TRUMAN KILBORN and POLLY COLLINS was born c1824.
He married
ANGELINE HILL
DANIEL married twice, another wife being CATHARIN (---). There is no way to determine which wife had which children.
Children of DANIEL KILBORN:
46 i EDWARD KILBORN
47 ii TRUMAN KILBORN
48 iii GERTRUDE KILBORN
49 iv FREDERICK KILBORN
50 v CHARLES KILBORN
11. TRUMAN K. MERRILL, son of ANNIE KILBORN and RANSOM MERRILLS was born 25 Jul 1837 in NYS. He attended Clayton Center School, District # 17, Twp Clayton, Jeff Co NY, in 1847 and 1850. An unnamed Merril also attended in 1850. The 1880 census says he was b NY, father VT, mother NY. George Fisher said he lived at 1033 Emmet St., Petoskey, MI. He first appears in Michigan after 1880. His death certificate says he was married at age 20, and fathered 9 children, of which 6 were living at the time of his death. Occupation listed as boatbuilder in MI. He died 19 Feb 1907 in Petosky, MI. and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Petosky.
He married c1857
SARAH ELMIRA JOY, daughter of TRUXON (?) JOY and (---) WALSWORTH. She was born 3 Feb 1839 in Ontario, Canada. The 1875 census gives her birthplace as Ontario. Living with them is Mrs. Hutchinson, born in Essex Co. Perhaps her mother?
George Merrill Fisher, in an email of 13 Sep 2000, stated that her son Lyman listed his mother as Sarah Joy. She died 19 Feb 1907 and she is buried with Truman Merrill, in the family plot (grave 5).
Children of TRUMAN K. MERRILL and SARAH ELMIRA JOY:
51 i DELMER MERRILLS 1875 census gives birthplace as Ontario. Jefferson County Poorhouse records, found in Flower
Library, give "Merrill, Delmore; DOE 26 Oct 1874; age 17; Prior res: Clayton, son of Freeman Merrill, Disc: 15 Feb 1875. From Gary
Fisher: aka Delbert. Died some time bef 1902, and is buried with sister STELLA in Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey.
52 ii ANNA MERRILLS b est 1860, m 5 Oct 1881 in Emmet Co. MI WILLIAM RANDALL; d bef 1938
53 iii LYMAN R. MERRILL b 1863, d 17 Sep 1938
54 iv AMARETTA MERRILL b 1865
55 v RANSOM T. MERRILL b 19 Feb 1868, d 21 Oct 1940
56 vi LILLIAN MAY MERRILLS b est 1872
57 vii CORA MERRILL b est 1874
58 viii STELLA MERRILLS b est 1879
59 ix WILLIS MERRILL d bef 1902
12. CAROLINE MERRILLS daughter of ANNIE KILBORN and RANSOM MERRILLS was born c1841 in New York State. She died of tuberculosis at age 49, according to the Vital Records.
She married 28 Feb 1859
PHILANDER CUMMINGS, son of THOMAS and SARAH CUMMINGS, who was born 1821. Rexford Ennis compiled a genealogy of Grindstone Island, and found this information: Philander died aged 77 y 8m, a widowed farmer, of Rheumatoid arthritis, and was buried on Grindstone Island. Emmet Dodge, in his short history of Grindstone Island (Hawn Library genealogy room) "Philander Cummings married twice, his first wife being a Merrill girl".
He died 9 Apr 1900 and was buried in Thurso cemetery, Grindstone Island
Children of CAROLINE MERRILLS and PHILANDER CUMMINGS:
60 i BYRON CUMMINGS b est 1853
61 ii MILO CUMMINGS b 5 Sep 18 1860, d 21 Jul 1931
62 iii JESSE CUMMINGS b est 1874
13. LESTER MERRILL
He married
CHLOEY (---)
63 i CYNTHIA M. MERRILL b 24 Aug 1847
14. EMARETTA MERRILLS daughter of ANNIE KILBORN and RANSOM MERRILLS was born c1845, and died 3 Oct 1882. She was buried in Grove Cemetery, LaFargeville, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County NY.
She married
SAMUEL PATTERSON, a farmer who was born 1839. He died 7 Sep 1887 and was also buried in Grove Cemetery.
Children of EMARETTA MERRILLS and SAMUEL PATTERSON:
64 i ELSIE PATTERSON b est 1868
65 ii HATTY PATTERSON b est 1869, d 1872
66 iii HARRIET M. PATTERSON b est 1871
67 iv CARRIE M. PATTERSON b est 1871, d 10 Aug 1887
68 v BERTHA C. PATTERSON b 1874, d 11 Feb 1904
69 vi ANNIE PATTERSON b 4 Feb 1878, d 21 Dec 1917
70 vii EDNA PATTERSON b est Oct 1879
71 viii LAURA PATTERSON b 1882, d 24 Dec 1882
22. EDWARD CLINTON KILBORN, son of WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN and HARRIET HAYES was born 27 Nov 1840. He served during the Civil War in Battery H of the 1st Regiment of the NY Light Artillery. He was a farmer at Cape Vincent NY.
He died 26 Apr 1872 at Cape Vincent and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cape Vincent, Jeff Co NY
He married in 6 Feb 1866 Cape Vincent
FRANCES CHARITY ESSELSTYNE, daughter of WILLIAM ESSELSTYNE and MARIA HALLENBECK. She was born 15 Nov 1846 at Cape Vincent and died 23 Nov 1884. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cape Vincent.
Children of EDWARD CLINTON KILBORN and FRANCES CHARITY ESSELSTYNE:
72 i JOHN RILEY KILBORN b 19 Aug 1868, d 9 Jul 1944
73 ii CLINTON WILLIAM KILBORN b 22 Dec 1869, d 18 Apr 1960
74 iii CLARENCE HENRY KILBORN b 22 Apr 1869, d 25 Apr 1958
75 iv MARY KILBORN
24. WILLLIAM RILEY KILBORN, son of WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN and HARRIET HAYES was born 16 Feb 1845 according to the Kilborn notebook. He was baptized 1861, and died 27 Oct 1907 in Detroit, MI.
He married 25 Aug 1870 in LaSalle Co. IL
ANJEANETTE (Nettie) ELIZABETH MOREY, daughter of VIVALDIA MOREY and ELIZABETH BROWN, who was born 23 Mar 1849 in Newark, IL. She died 21 Feb 1932 in Ann Arborn, MI.
Children of WILLLIAM RILEY KILBORN and ANJEANETTE (Nettie) ELIZABETH MOREY:
76 i FRED RILEY KILBORN b 7 Jan 1872 Marseilles, IL
77 ii CHESTER VIVALDIA KILBORN b 23 Dec 1873, d 20 Jan 1893
78 iii KENNETH EDWARD KILBORN b 17 Jul 1877
79 iv ESTHER BELLE KILBORN b 2 Jan 1888
25. MARY ELLEN KILBORN, daughter of of WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN and HARRIET HAYES was born 27 Dec 1849 in Jefferson County NY and died 18 Mar 1869 in Marseilles, IL. She was buried in Marseilles.
She married ARTHUR RYALL
Child of MARY ELLEN KILBORN and ARTHUR RYALL:
MARY E. RYALL b 27 Dec 1869.
26. THOMAS KYES, son of MARY (POLLY) KILBORN and KIMBALL KEYES was born 14 Nov 1833 Town of Clayton, Jefferson County NY. Keyes, Asa: Genealogy of Robert Keyes of Watertown MA c1880 p303: Thomas, son of Kimball, still carries on the [coopers] trade in Watertown.
He died 25 Mar 1912 in Petosky, Emmet Co. MI. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Petosky.
He married 30 Jun 1859 in Harrisburg, Lewis Co. NY
MARY E. SHERWIN, who was born 4 May 1823 Harrisburg and died 3 Jul 1912. She was also buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Children of THOMAS KYES and MARY E. SHERWIN:
77 i LUCY A. KYES.
28. GEORGE WASHINGTON KEYES b 1841
78 i
79 ii
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