William C. Sabin: Son of Josiah or William?
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William C. Sabin: Son of Josiah or William?
 Lynn Sabin
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Posted: 13 Sep 2005 8:24PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: SABIN BENNETT CADY
Background
Beginning with queries submitted to the Boston Evening Transcript in 1927 and 1931, the ancestry of William C. Sabin (b. 25 Apr 1787) was attributed to William Sabin (b. 10 May 1754) and Maria Cady (b. 1761). More recently, an August 1979 edition of the Orange County (New York) Genealogical Society Quarterly featured a purported abstract from the Bible of William Sabin, which was submitted by Mrs. Betty Ordway. It too reported William and Maria (Cady) Sabin as the parents of William C. Sabin.
For many years I sought documentary evidence supporting these reports; however, when I could not locate such evidence, I began looking for other possibilities as to the ancestry of William C. Sabin. My first step was to conduct a survey of possible parents using census indices and images available on the Internet via Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com; and later, census information acquired from the Steuben County Clerk.
Census Documents
As I had previously located census data for William C. Sabin in Steuben County, New York, I logically turned to this locale as a lead into the mystery of his parents. I found a Josiah Sabin living in Steuben County for state and federal census years 1820, 1825, and 1830. William C. Sabin is reported on state and federal census years in Steuben County for 1820, 1825, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1850, 1855, and 1860.
Finding parallel places of residence for Josiah Sabin and William C. Sabin led me to learn more about Josiah Sabin and his wife Lydia Cady. Happily, where there is little documentation available for William and Maria Sabin, quite the opposite is true for Josiah and Lydia Sabin. For instance, in a transcript of information provided by Josiah Sabin 16 October 1832 to the Steuben County Court of Common Pleas in pursuit of his pension application, Josiah states he was born in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, 15 April 1747. He further states that since the Revolution he was a resident of Stephens town, Columbia County, New York; Bennington, Vermont; Otego, New York; Cazenovia, New York; and, finally, Steuben County, New York. This transcript is supported by census records showing a Josiah Sabin residing in Bennington, Vermont, in 1790 and in Cazenovia, New York, in 1800. Cazenovia town records report Josiah’s residence in Cazenovia as early as 1804.
Probate Documents
Armed with the foregoing information, I requested property and court records from Cazenovia, New York. I received a probate record for Josiah’s son, Josiah D. Sabin. Therein, Josiah Sabin gives “my full consent to William C. Sabin†to take over administration of the estate of Josiah D. Sabin. This document was signed 14 April 1813. Consent for William C. Sabin’s administration of the estate was also given by Josiah’s other available children, Nathaniel, Zilpha, and Avis. The first indication of William C. Sabin’s residence in Steuben County occurs in 1819, when he is listed on the tax roll for Howard Township (Howard Town Library, Steuben County, New York). I posit William C. Sabin was named administrator of Josiah D. Sabin’s estate because he was then the only remaining family member in Cazenovia.
Finally, within Lydia (Cady) Sabin’s probate records, first dated 31 December 1846, in Howard, Steuben County, New York, William C. Sabin is listed first among Lydia’s children as an heir.
The So-called Bible of William Sabin
But this leaves researchers in something of a quandary because of information provided to the Boston Evening Transcript and Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly. Inevitably, I was compelled to travel to the LDS Family History Library, in Salt Lake City, to view the Boston Evening Transcript articles. These can be dismissed because they do not provide evidentiary sources and, indeed, do not furnish the name of the individual submitting the information. The reputed Bible of William Sabin is somewhat more troubling, thus I have provided the abstract here as it was printed in the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly. During my research in Steuben County, I came upon typewritten copies of this document as well.
SABIN Bible RECORD
"Original copy taken from William Sabin’s Bible, handed down to William Cady Sabin and copied by Stephen A. Gillchrist in 1859, just before we left for Iowa."
Frank D. Gillchrist, Britton, S. Dakota, Jan. 25, 1927
William Sabin, b abt 1755, near Boston, Mass.; m abt 1784 "lived to 60 and was in Revolutionary war."
Maria Cady, b near Boston, Mass., m abt 1874
William Cady Sabin, b near Boston, Mass., Apr 25 1787, m in Steuben Co., NY Feb 18 1812; d Towlesville, Steuben Co., NY abt 1868.
Hannah Briggs m in Steuben Co., NY Feb 18 1812 d Jan 14 1814 in Steuben Co., NY.
Anna Jane Sabin b. Dec 22 1812 Steuben Co., NY (adopted by family 15 miles west Jan 12 1814 to ...... Barnes, d at Fowler, Trumball Co., Ohio (date not known)
William Cady Sabin m Jan 5 1820 Steuben Co., NY (2nd wife) Jerusha Bennett b 1795 d July 6 1861, Towlesville, Steuben Co., NY.
Children, all b Steuben Co., NY:
Maria Sabin b Sept 27 1821 m Oliver H. Swezey, Steuben Co., NY d Merengo, Iowa;
Jacob Bennett Sabin b Aug 31 1823 m Janette Crandal d at Kansas City, Kansas, "hurt in cyclone, lived few days, 1879";
Hannah Sabin b Mar 12 1825 m Joel Swezey d Apr 9 1857, Steuben Co., NY;
William Jerome Sabin b Jan 2 1827 m Mary ......, Steuben Co., NY d Marengo, Iowa Nov 1 1886;
John Winfred Dinwiddie Filmore Sabin b Sept 2 1828 m Nov 1 1868 Marengo, Iowa, Mary Curtwright;
Lydia Adaline Sabin b Apr 26 1830 m Dec 1853 Stephen A. Gillchrist d July 1 1893 New Hampton, Iowa;
Daniel W. Sabin b May 31 1833 m Delphina Dunham Steuben Co., NY d July 28, 1891 Pickford, Mich;
Orren Sabin b Nov 15 1836 m Steuben Co., NY Maryette Crandall d Apr 16 1883;
Warren Sabin b Nov 15 1836 m Toledo, Iowa Mar 1 1878 Angeline Jackson d at Toledo, Iowa;
George Harrison Sabin b June 17 1840, single, Civil War, 1862 Aug to Mar 1865, dis. "Quick consumption", started for Steuben Co., NY but got only to Toledo, Iowa & was bur. There Apr 1865.
Two questions about this supposed transcript plague me. First, why are no other children of William and Maria (Cady) Sabin listed? And, second, several dates have been added subsequent to 1859. The latter proves this transcript is not as it was taken in 1859; and I posit the same editor added additional information about the parents of William C. Sabin. In any event, the transcript and its provenance are compromised sufficiently to make its evidentiary value of little use.
Name Comparisons
As an aside, some researchers maintain that the names of William C. Sabin’s children bode for some connection to William and Maria Sabin. However, I would argue quite the opposite. The verifiable names of children of William C. Sabin and Jerusha Bennett were:
Maria Sabin
Jacob Bennett Sabin
Hannah Sabin
William Jerome Sabin
John W.D.F. Sabin
Lydia Adeline Sabin
Daniel William Sabin
Orrin Godfrey Sabin
Warren G. Sabin
George Harrison Sabin
From the will of Jerusha’s father, Jacob Bennett (Steuben County Historian), we know the names of Jerusha’s siblings. At least three could be attributed to the names of William C. Sabin’s children; these being Mariah Bennett, Adeline Bennett, and John W.D.F. Bennett.
A number of Internet sites and printed genealogies list the names of the children of William and Maria Sabin; however, not one among them validates these names with credible documentation. I posit that some middle names for these children have been subjectively added in an attempt to forward a genealogical connection with William C. Sabin. Thus, until credible documentary evidence concerning the names of William and Maria Sabin’s children can be located I am compelled to disregard any attempt to compare names.
Two William C. Sabins?
The only remaining scenario is the unlikely possibility that William, a son of William and Maria Cady moved to Steuben County and that historical documents have somehow become commingled between he and William C. Sabin. To this, I must counter that no census document from 1790 to 1860 reflects the coexistence of two William Sabins proximate to one another. The only exception is William Jerome Sabin (b. 2 Jan 1827), a documented son of William C. Sabin and Jerusha Bennett.
Conclusion
Census documents show William C. Sabin residing proximate to Josiah or Lydia Sabin from 1819-1846, when Lydia passed away; William C. Sabin is assigned as administrator of Josiah D. Sabin’s estate by Josiah Sabin and other family members; and William C. Sabin is listed first among Lydia Sabin’s children as an heir to her estate. Contrariwise, no known primary sources indicate a familial connection from William C. Sabin to William Sabin and Maria Cady. Moreover, no geographic connectivity is evident from William C. Sabin to William Sabin and Maria Cady.
Given the foregoing, I have concluded sufficient evidence exists to prove William C. Sabin was the son of Josiah Sabin and Lydia Cady, late of Steuben County, New York.
I invite comment.
Lynn Sabin
Website: http://www.sabin-clary.com
Beginning with queries submitted to the Boston Evening Transcript in 1927 and 1931, the ancestry of William C. Sabin (b. 25 Apr 1787) was attributed to William Sabin (b. 10 May 1754) and Maria Cady (b. 1761). More recently, an August 1979 edition of the Orange County (New York) Genealogical Society Quarterly featured a purported abstract from the Bible of William Sabin, which was submitted by Mrs. Betty Ordway. It too reported William and Maria (Cady) Sabin as the parents of William C. Sabin.
For many years I sought documentary evidence supporting these reports; however, when I could not locate such evidence, I began looking for other possibilities as to the ancestry of William C. Sabin. My first step was to conduct a survey of possible parents using census indices and images available on the Internet via Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com; and later, census information acquired from the Steuben County Clerk.
Census Documents
As I had previously located census data for William C. Sabin in Steuben County, New York, I logically turned to this locale as a lead into the mystery of his parents. I found a Josiah Sabin living in Steuben County for state and federal census years 1820, 1825, and 1830. William C. Sabin is reported on state and federal census years in Steuben County for 1820, 1825, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1850, 1855, and 1860.
Finding parallel places of residence for Josiah Sabin and William C. Sabin led me to learn more about Josiah Sabin and his wife Lydia Cady. Happily, where there is little documentation available for William and Maria Sabin, quite the opposite is true for Josiah and Lydia Sabin. For instance, in a transcript of information provided by Josiah Sabin 16 October 1832 to the Steuben County Court of Common Pleas in pursuit of his pension application, Josiah states he was born in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, 15 April 1747. He further states that since the Revolution he was a resident of Stephens town, Columbia County, New York; Bennington, Vermont; Otego, New York; Cazenovia, New York; and, finally, Steuben County, New York. This transcript is supported by census records showing a Josiah Sabin residing in Bennington, Vermont, in 1790 and in Cazenovia, New York, in 1800. Cazenovia town records report Josiah’s residence in Cazenovia as early as 1804.
Probate Documents
Armed with the foregoing information, I requested property and court records from Cazenovia, New York. I received a probate record for Josiah’s son, Josiah D. Sabin. Therein, Josiah Sabin gives “my full consent to William C. Sabin†to take over administration of the estate of Josiah D. Sabin. This document was signed 14 April 1813. Consent for William C. Sabin’s administration of the estate was also given by Josiah’s other available children, Nathaniel, Zilpha, and Avis. The first indication of William C. Sabin’s residence in Steuben County occurs in 1819, when he is listed on the tax roll for Howard Township (Howard Town Library, Steuben County, New York). I posit William C. Sabin was named administrator of Josiah D. Sabin’s estate because he was then the only remaining family member in Cazenovia.
Finally, within Lydia (Cady) Sabin’s probate records, first dated 31 December 1846, in Howard, Steuben County, New York, William C. Sabin is listed first among Lydia’s children as an heir.
The So-called Bible of William Sabin
But this leaves researchers in something of a quandary because of information provided to the Boston Evening Transcript and Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly. Inevitably, I was compelled to travel to the LDS Family History Library, in Salt Lake City, to view the Boston Evening Transcript articles. These can be dismissed because they do not provide evidentiary sources and, indeed, do not furnish the name of the individual submitting the information. The reputed Bible of William Sabin is somewhat more troubling, thus I have provided the abstract here as it was printed in the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly. During my research in Steuben County, I came upon typewritten copies of this document as well.
SABIN Bible RECORD
"Original copy taken from William Sabin’s Bible, handed down to William Cady Sabin and copied by Stephen A. Gillchrist in 1859, just before we left for Iowa."
Frank D. Gillchrist, Britton, S. Dakota, Jan. 25, 1927
William Sabin, b abt 1755, near Boston, Mass.; m abt 1784 "lived to 60 and was in Revolutionary war."
Maria Cady, b near Boston, Mass., m abt 1874
William Cady Sabin, b near Boston, Mass., Apr 25 1787, m in Steuben Co., NY Feb 18 1812; d Towlesville, Steuben Co., NY abt 1868.
Hannah Briggs m in Steuben Co., NY Feb 18 1812 d Jan 14 1814 in Steuben Co., NY.
Anna Jane Sabin b. Dec 22 1812 Steuben Co., NY (adopted by family 15 miles west Jan 12 1814 to ...... Barnes, d at Fowler, Trumball Co., Ohio (date not known)
William Cady Sabin m Jan 5 1820 Steuben Co., NY (2nd wife) Jerusha Bennett b 1795 d July 6 1861, Towlesville, Steuben Co., NY.
Children, all b Steuben Co., NY:
Maria Sabin b Sept 27 1821 m Oliver H. Swezey, Steuben Co., NY d Merengo, Iowa;
Jacob Bennett Sabin b Aug 31 1823 m Janette Crandal d at Kansas City, Kansas, "hurt in cyclone, lived few days, 1879";
Hannah Sabin b Mar 12 1825 m Joel Swezey d Apr 9 1857, Steuben Co., NY;
William Jerome Sabin b Jan 2 1827 m Mary ......, Steuben Co., NY d Marengo, Iowa Nov 1 1886;
John Winfred Dinwiddie Filmore Sabin b Sept 2 1828 m Nov 1 1868 Marengo, Iowa, Mary Curtwright;
Lydia Adaline Sabin b Apr 26 1830 m Dec 1853 Stephen A. Gillchrist d July 1 1893 New Hampton, Iowa;
Daniel W. Sabin b May 31 1833 m Delphina Dunham Steuben Co., NY d July 28, 1891 Pickford, Mich;
Orren Sabin b Nov 15 1836 m Steuben Co., NY Maryette Crandall d Apr 16 1883;
Warren Sabin b Nov 15 1836 m Toledo, Iowa Mar 1 1878 Angeline Jackson d at Toledo, Iowa;
George Harrison Sabin b June 17 1840, single, Civil War, 1862 Aug to Mar 1865, dis. "Quick consumption", started for Steuben Co., NY but got only to Toledo, Iowa & was bur. There Apr 1865.
Two questions about this supposed transcript plague me. First, why are no other children of William and Maria (Cady) Sabin listed? And, second, several dates have been added subsequent to 1859. The latter proves this transcript is not as it was taken in 1859; and I posit the same editor added additional information about the parents of William C. Sabin. In any event, the transcript and its provenance are compromised sufficiently to make its evidentiary value of little use.
Name Comparisons
As an aside, some researchers maintain that the names of William C. Sabin’s children bode for some connection to William and Maria Sabin. However, I would argue quite the opposite. The verifiable names of children of William C. Sabin and Jerusha Bennett were:
Maria Sabin
Jacob Bennett Sabin
Hannah Sabin
William Jerome Sabin
John W.D.F. Sabin
Lydia Adeline Sabin
Daniel William Sabin
Orrin Godfrey Sabin
Warren G. Sabin
George Harrison Sabin
From the will of Jerusha’s father, Jacob Bennett (Steuben County Historian), we know the names of Jerusha’s siblings. At least three could be attributed to the names of William C. Sabin’s children; these being Mariah Bennett, Adeline Bennett, and John W.D.F. Bennett.
A number of Internet sites and printed genealogies list the names of the children of William and Maria Sabin; however, not one among them validates these names with credible documentation. I posit that some middle names for these children have been subjectively added in an attempt to forward a genealogical connection with William C. Sabin. Thus, until credible documentary evidence concerning the names of William and Maria Sabin’s children can be located I am compelled to disregard any attempt to compare names.
Two William C. Sabins?
The only remaining scenario is the unlikely possibility that William, a son of William and Maria Cady moved to Steuben County and that historical documents have somehow become commingled between he and William C. Sabin. To this, I must counter that no census document from 1790 to 1860 reflects the coexistence of two William Sabins proximate to one another. The only exception is William Jerome Sabin (b. 2 Jan 1827), a documented son of William C. Sabin and Jerusha Bennett.
Conclusion
Census documents show William C. Sabin residing proximate to Josiah or Lydia Sabin from 1819-1846, when Lydia passed away; William C. Sabin is assigned as administrator of Josiah D. Sabin’s estate by Josiah Sabin and other family members; and William C. Sabin is listed first among Lydia Sabin’s children as an heir to her estate. Contrariwise, no known primary sources indicate a familial connection from William C. Sabin to William Sabin and Maria Cady. Moreover, no geographic connectivity is evident from William C. Sabin to William Sabin and Maria Cady.
Given the foregoing, I have concluded sufficient evidence exists to prove William C. Sabin was the son of Josiah Sabin and Lydia Cady, late of Steuben County, New York.
I invite comment.
Lynn Sabin
Website: http://www.sabin-clary.com