Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK

PIONEER ORVIS FAMILY



1. IRA ORVIS (son of WILLIAM & RACHEL (BROOKS) ORVIS) was born 2 Sep 1787 at Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He served as a private in Capt Stephen Gifford's & Lieutenant Joseph Mayo's Company, 76th Regiment, New York militia, for 10 days at Sackets Harbor in Sept 1813, 2 days in May 1813, 30 days in July & Aug 1813, 30 days in Feb & Mar 1814, and 24 days July & Aug 1814. Received bounty land warrants for 40 & 120 acres. He fought in the Battle of Sacket's Harbor. They were in Brownville by 1821, when Samuel was born. In 1823, Horatio was born in Pamelia. According to census records, the family lived in the Town of Orleans in 1830, in Lyme in 1840 and 1850, and in Clayton in 1860 and 1870. He died 23 Oct 1876 at Clayton, Jefferson County, New York

He married Mar 1811 or 1812 at Watertown, NY
SUSAN PHIPPEN, daughter of SAMUEL & RUTH (LANE) PHIPPEN. She was born 1792 in Vermont.

Children, ORVIS:

2 i daughter ORVIS

3 ii WILLIAM ORVIS married (1) AMANDA CLARK; (2) HANNAH (---)

4 iii daughter ORVIS

5 iv ALZINA ORVIS

6 v SAMUEL ORVIS married FOSTINIA DELINDA CHAPMAN

7 vi HORATIO ORVIS married (1) MARIA PETTIT; (2) ELIZABETH PRUYN

8 vii daughter ORVIS

Perhaps the Sarah Ann Orvis of Clayton, who married Girvin Pierce 28 Mar 1849, is one of Ira's daughters.

3. WILLIAM ORVIS (son of IRA & SUSAN (PHIPPEN) ORVIS) was born 1814 in New York State.

He married (1)
AMANDA CLARK

Children, ORVIS:

9 i SUSAN ORVIS

10 ii CLARISSA ORVIS

11 iii ALVERA/ALVIN ORVIS

12 iv AMY ORVIS

13 v WILLIAM J. ORVIS

14 vi AMY ORVIS

15 vii WILLIAM J. ORVIS

16 viii GEORGE ORVIS

17 ix BYRON ORVIS

Married (2)
HANNAH (---)

6. SAMUEL ORVIS (son of IRA & SUSAN (PHIPPEN) ORVIS) was born 12 Mar 1821 Brownville, New York. He died 26 Jun 1902 at Clayton, Jefferson County, New York and was buried St. Lawrence Cemetery, Town of Cape Vincent. Ira b 1883, Julia, Carie & Ida are also children according to Horatio's obituary.

He married
FOSTINIA DELINDA CHAPMAN, who was born 1852.

Children, ORVIS:

18 i HORATIO ORVIS

19 ii ALZINA ORVIS

20 iii IRA ORVIS

21 iv JULIA ORVIS

22 v CARIE ORVIS

23 vi IDA ORVIS

7. HORATIO ORVIS (son of IRA & SUSAN (PHIPPEN) ORVIS) was born 1823-5 at Town of Pamelia, Jefferson County. In the 1850 census he is given as age 23, living with father Ira, grandfather William, and son Byron, in Lyme, Jefferson Co NY. He enlisted in Company C, 110th Regiment, New York Infantry Volunteers. He died 5 Jan 1864 Sandy Creek, New York

He married (1)
MARIA PETTIT

Child, ORVIS:

24 i BYRON ORVIS

He married (2)
ELIZABETH PRUYN

Children, ORVIS:

25 i ALTHESTA ORVIS

26 ii SARAH LOUISE ORVIS

27 iii DEFORREST HORATIO ORVIS

28 iv LETTY ELEANOR

29 v EVRY AMBROSE

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