This may be the ancestor who has eluded me for thirty years. Can anyone please add any additional information?

Found the following CHAUTAUQUA County reference to what may be my g-g-grandfather:

"1825 Census The Town of Villenova, Chautauqua Co., NY

A. B C D E F G H I
Vinton, John 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 - 50"

Also from my own files:

JOHN STEDMAN VINTON6, fourth son of David and Persis Vinton, b. May 4, 1796 in Stafford Twp, Tolland Co., CT; m. Catherine ______, about 1815. He d. c. 1826 age 30 near Skaneateles, Onondaga County, NY.

Children-

3577.* Porter7, b. ______, 1817 near Skaneateles, NY; d. Nov. 7, 1891 Alpine, MI.

Supplementa

John Vinton [764] was m. and had three or four sons, and lived and d. about 1826, near Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., NY .
Comments

The preceding genealogies and Supplementa were extracted from The Vinton Memorial published in 1858 by Rev. John Adams Vinton. It contains thousands of entries including genealogies of some families that married Vintons.