Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf

Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."

Nathan Lee was born 23 August 1738 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to Stephen Lee and Mercy Bentley. On 10 August 1757, Nathan was listed as a part of a group of men assembled by Captain Joshua West in Goshen, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut “to march with the Soldiers if thereto required.”

Nathan married Sarah Metcalf 7 October 1763 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. Sarah was born 10 December 1738 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to Benjamin Metcalf and Sarah Abell.

Nathan was listed on the 27 December 1779 tax list for Albany county, New York. In 1790, Nathan lived in Canaan, Columbia, New York. He mortgaged property at Fort Ann, Washington, New York 29 July 1791, in Granville, Washington, New York 14 November 1794, in Hartford, Washington, New York 8 February 1798, and again in Hartford 9 March 1798. In 1800, Nathan was living in Otsego, Otsego, New York and in 1810, he was in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York.

On 14 January 1812, Roger Metcalf of Otsego, wrote to the selectmen of Lebanon to tell them “that Mr. Lee has gone to live with his children” on 10 January. Apparently, he had moved back and forth between Connecticut and New York and had been receiving support from the town of Lebanon.

Nathan and Sarah’s children are:

1 John Abel Lee, born 10 Aug 1764 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, baptized 25 Sep 1768 at Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, living in Otsego, Otsego, New York in 1800, 1810, and 1820. From information in the censuses, he was most likely married with a daughter (born about 1794).
 
2
 Cynthia Lee, born 8 Jul 1766 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, baptized 25 Sep 1768 at Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
 
3 Sarah Lee, sometimes called Sallie (a common diminutive of Sarah), baptized 2 Dec 1770 at Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, married Hill Richardson, living in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York in 1850.

Husband: Hill Richardson, born about 1775, a private in the War of 1812 and a farmer

Children: Ammi Richardson, Nathan Richardson, Cynthia M. Richardson, Freeman Richardson, William Richardson, Arunah Richardson, John Richardson, and Louisa Richardson.
 
4 Stephen Lee, baptized 13 Nov 1774 at Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
 
5 Probably Benjamin M. Lee, born about 1775, was listed on the 1800 Otsego, Otsego, New York census living near Nathan. living in Chautauqua, Chatauqua, New York in 1820 and in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York in 1830, he served in the 55th Regiment (Allen’s), New York Militia as a private in the War of 1812. From information in the censuses, he was most likely married with a number of children.

 

Summary of Sources

  1. Boyd, Darryl, "Sarah Lee's Parents are Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf," Boydhouse.com, http://www.boydhouse.com/richardson/1800otsegocensus.html, retrieved 26 Jun 2016.
  2. Brett Burrowes (brettdb), Burrowes and Lee Family Tree, ancestry.com (post written 23 May 2011, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/41280533/person/19605439096/mediax/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum).
  3. Norwich [Bozrah], CT: Records of the First Church, 1739-1824. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Abstracted by Jennie Tefft Gallup, typescript. "Records of Baptisms, marriages, deaths, and church admissions of the First Church of Norwich, Conn. from 1739 to 1829." Date unknown; acquired 1929).
  4. Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
  5. Goshen Congregational Church (Lebanon, Connecticut), Church records, 1728-1895, FHL Microfilm 4726 Items 4-5.
  6. Schott, Nancy E. (comp.), The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records Vital Records, Lebanon, vol. 1 & 2, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999.
  7. Brown, Barbara W., New London County CT Archives History, Lebanon, Miscellaneous Town Financial Records, USGenWeb Archives, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ct/newlondn/history/other/lebanonm89gms.txt, contributed August 9, 2008.
  8. Ancestry.com. Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Bowman, Fred Q. Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
  9. Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, Vol. 9, Connecticut Historical Society, 1903, pgs. 256-7.
  10. Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
  11. Bunce, Bonnie (bmbunce@juno.com), TAX LIST KING'S DISTRICT (1779), ALBANY CO., NY, transcribed 1999, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/columbia/taxlists/albanytax.txt
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  14. Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
  15. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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  18. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.


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Goshen Congregational Church, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Christening records of John Abel Lee and Cynthia Lee
Christenings,
John Abel, son, and
Cynthia, daughter
of Nathan Lee
25 Sep 1768
Christening record of Sarah Lee
Christening,
Sarah, daughter of
Nathan Lee,
2 Dec 1770
Christening record of Stephen Lee
Christening,
Stephen, son of
Nathan Lee
13 Nov 1774

Source: Goshen Congregational Church (Lebanon, Connecticut), Church records, 1728-1895, FHL Microfilm 4726 Items 4-5.



Norwich [Bozrah], CT: Records of the First Church

Original Text               Start Date          Record Type
Hathan [sic] Lee        Oct 7, 1763        Marriage
Sarah Metcalf

Source: Norwich [Bozrah], CT: Records of the First Church, 1739-1824. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Abstracted by Jennie Tefft Gallup, typescript. "Records of Baptisms, marriages, deaths, and church admissions of the First Church of Norwich, Conn. from 1739 to 1829." Date unknown; acquired 1929).



Early Connecticut Marriages

Norwich-Bozrah.
New London County.
Nathan Lee & Sarah Metcalf,            Oct. 7, 1763

Source: Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.


The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records Vital Records

                                                                                               Vol.        Page
LEE
Cynthia, d. [Nathan & Sarah], b. July 8, 1766                  1             190
John Abel, s. [Nathan & Sarah], b. Aug. 10, 1764            1            190
Nathan, [s. Stephen & Mercy], b. Aug. 23, 1738              1            171
Nathan, m. Sarah METCALF, b. of Lebanon, Oct. 6,
    1763, by Rev. Mr. B. Throope                                          1             190

METCALF, METCALFE
Sarah, d. [Benjamin & Sarah], b. Dec. 10, 1738               1            197

Source: Schott, Nancy E. (comp.), The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records Vital Records, Lebanon, vol. 1 & 2, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999.


Lebanon, Miscellaneous Town Financial Records.

The following are abstracts concerning town poor and other items of
interest…
Jan. 14, 1812: Letter, Roger Metcalf of Otsego, N.Y., to Selectmen of Lebanon:
...inform you once more that Mr. Lee has gone to live with his children...Asked for $10.00 due him for past support of Lee to Oct. 10 (date of the end of term of the agreement) and $1.00 per week to Jan. 10 following, the day Mr. Lee left this house.

Source: Brown, Barbara W., New London County CT Archives History, Lebanon, Miscellaneous Town Financial Records, USGenWeb Archives, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ct/newlondn/history/other/lebanonm89gms.txt, contributed August 9, 2008.


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1790

Canaan, Columbia, New York

Household of Nathan Lee in 1790
Household:
Nathan Lee;
Year: 1790;
Census Place:
Canaan, Columbia,
New York;
Series: M637;
Roll: 6;
Page: 225;
Image: 258;
FHL Film: 0568146

Name:    Nathan Lee
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):    Canaan, Columbia, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:    2
Free White Persons - Females:    4
Number of Household Members:    8

Source: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1800

Otsego, Otsego, New York

Household of John Lee in 1800
Household:
John Lee;
Year: 1800;
Census Place:
Otsego, Otsego,
New York;
Series: M32;
Roll: 25;
Page: 595;
Image: 37;
FHL Film: 193713
Households of Nathan Lee, Hill Richardson, and Benjamin M. Lee in 1800
Household:
Nathan Lee,
Hill Richardson,
Benjamin M. Lee;
Year: 1800;
Census Place:
Otsego, Otsego,
New York;
Series: M32;
Roll: 25;
Page: 596;
Image: 38;
FHL Film: 193713

Name:    John Lee
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    1
Number of Household Members Over 25:    2
Number of Household Members:    3

Name:    Nathan Lee
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:    1
Number of Household Members Over 25:    3
Number of Household Members:    4

Name:    Hill Richardson
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    3
Number of Household Members Over 25:    2
Number of Household Members:    5

Name:    Benjn M. Lee
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    1
Number of Household Members:    3

Source: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1810

Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York

Household of Nathan Lee in 1810
Households:
Nathan Lee;
Year: 1810;
Census Place:
Ellisburg, Jefferson,
New York;
Roll: 28;
Page: 549;
Image: 00044;
FHL Film: 0181382
Household of Hill Richardson in 1810
Households:
Hill Richardson;
Year: 1810;
Census Place:
Ellisburg, Jefferson,
New York;
Roll: 28;
Page: 543;
Image: 00041;
FHL Film: 0181382

Name:    Nathan Lee
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):    Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :    1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    3
Number of Household Members Over 25:    5
Number of Household Members:    8

Name:    Hill Richardson
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):    Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    7
Number of Household Members Over 25:    2
Number of Household Members:    9


Otsego, Otsego, New York

Household of J. A. Lee in 1810
Households:
J A Lee;
Year: 1810;
Census Place:
Otsego, Otsego,
New York;
Roll: 34;
Page: 211;
Image: 00117;
FHL Film: 0181388

Name:    J A Lee
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    1
Number of Household Members Over 25:    2
Number of Household Members:    3

Source: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1820

Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York

Household of Hill Richardson in 1820
Household:
Hill Richardson;
1820 U S Census;
Census Place:
Ellisburg, Jefferson,
New York;
Page: 402;
NARA Roll: M33_72;
Image: 220

Name:    Hill Richardson
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):    Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York
Enumeration Date:    August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:    4
Free White Persons - Under 16:    4
Free White Persons - Over 25:    2
Total Free White Persons:    8
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:    8


Otsego, Otsego, New York

Household of John A. Lee in 1820
Household:
John A Lee;
1820 U S Census;
Census Place:
Otsego, Otsego,
New York;
Page: 100;
NARA Roll: M33_74;
Image: 111

Name:    John A Lee
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):    Otsego, Otsego, New York
Enumeration Date:    August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Over 25:    2
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:    2


Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York

Household of Benjamin M. Lee in 1820
Household:
Benjamin M Lee;
1820 U S Census;
Census Place:
Chautauqua,
Chautauqua,
New York;
Page: 41;
NARA Roll: M33_66;
Image: 35

Name:    Benjamin M Lee
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):    Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York
Enumeration Date:    August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:    3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:    1
Free White Persons - Under 16:    7
Free White Persons - Over 25:    2
Total Free White Persons:    11
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:    11

Source: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1830

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Household of Hill Richardson in 1830
Household:
Hill Richardson;
Year: 1830;
Census Place:
Stockton, Chautauqua,
New York;
Series: M19;
Roll: 86;
Page: 460;
FHL Film: 0017146
Household of Benjamin M. Lee in 1830
Household:
Benjamin M Lee;
Year: 1830;
Census Place:
Stockton, Chautauqua,
New York;
Series: M19;
Roll: 86;
Page: 463;
FHL Film: 0017146

Name:    Hill Richardson
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:    2
Total Free White Persons:    5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    5

Name:    Benjamin M Lee
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:    2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:    1
Free White Persons - Under 20:    5
Total Free White Persons:    8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):    8


Source: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1840

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Households of Elijah Woods, Freeman Richardson, Hill Richardson, and Ami Richardson in 1840
Households:
Hill Richardson;
Year: 1840;
Census Place:
Stockton, Chautauqua,
New York;
Roll: 272;
Page: 245;
FHL Film: 0017182

Name:    Hill Richardson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):    Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:    1
Persons Employed in Agriculture:    1
Total Free White Persons:    2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:    2


Source: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


1850

Stockton, Chautauqua, New York

Household of Freeman Richardson in 1850
Households:
Hill Richison;
Roll: M432_485;
Page: 259B;
Image: 520;
Township: Stockton

Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.



Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802

4104.    7/29/91      mor    Lee, Nathan (w. Sarah), yeoman; Westfield, WAS; Provincial Pat., WAS; co-mors 7859, 7860; mee 4092.    (A:307)
4105.    11/14/94    gor     Lee, Nathan, farmer; Granville, WAS; gee 3376.     (B-2:494)
4106.    2/8/98        mor    Lee, Nathan, farmer; Hartford, WAS; mee 1483.    (B:283)
4107.    3/9/98        mor    Lee, Nathan (w. Sarah), farmer; Hartford, WAS; Hartford, WAS; mee 1488.    (B:285)

Source: Ancestry.com. Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Bowman, Fred Q. Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.


Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War

CAPT WEST'S RETURN.
To Coll. Jonathan Trumble Coll. of the 12th regiment In the Coloney of Connecticutt     Sir in obediance to your orders of the 8th and 9th instant on the ninth instant I Called together the Company under my Command and have Detached twenty five men out of Sd Company for the service expresed in sd orders which is the fourth part of my sd Company and have them here present armd and acquiped according to Sd orders at the house of Mr obediah Horsford in Hebron the under the officers in my Sd Com are also here present the fourth Part of them armd and acquiped in readiness to march with the Soldiers if thereto required

from your Humble servant at Command
Joshua West Capt of ?e military
Company in Goshen in Lebanon

Dated August ?e 10: 1757


...Nathan Lee...

Source: Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, Vol. 9, Connecticut Historical Society, 1903, pgs. 256-7.



War of 1812 Service Records

Name:                Benjamin M Lee
Company:            55 Reg’t (Allen’s), New York Militia.
Rank – Induction:        Private
Rank – Discharge:        Private
Roll Box:            124
Microfilm Publication:        M602

Source: Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.


Dec. 27, 1779 Tax List for King's District Albany Co., New York

A Tax List of Kings District --- Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York ______(?) ________(?) [a word was crossed out and another one written above it] an act for raising the Sum of Two Million and Five Hundred Dollars by Tax within this State passed 23 of October 1779.

[Page 14]
                           Value of Real Estate    Value of Personal Estate     Tax Sum         Tax
Nathan Lee      45.0.0                              8.0.0                                      53.0.0              10.12.0
...
Ezra Lee            30.0.0                              7.0.0                                      37.0.0              7.8.0

Source: Bunce, Bonnie (bmbunce@juno.com), TAX LIST KING'S DISTRICT (1779), ALBANY CO., NY, transcribed 1999, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/columbia/taxlists/albanytax.txt

Note: All values in pounds


Sarah Lee's Parents are Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf

By Darryl Boyd (original page)

I knew Sarah was born around 1871 in Connecticut from the 1850 census and also from a biography of one of her grandson's John Lee Richardson.
So I set out to try to eliminate about 4 Sarah Lee's born in Connecticut around that time. I had done two of the 4 when I got to this Sarah Lee. Records showed her Father as Nathan Lee and Mother as Sarah Metcalf and suddenly a bell rang out.
I remembered on the 1800 Census of Otsego New York where Hill and Sarah is living, on each side of her is Nathan Lee on one side and a Benjamin M. Lee. Also on that same page is a bunch of Metcalfs.

After studing the records for Lebanon, CT, I realized:
1)  Nathan Lee was the father of a Sarah Lee born in 1771
     (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living next door to them and not on the 1810 Lebanon census, so he moved to Otsego NY)
2)  Her mother was Sarah Metcalf
3)  They had a son named Benjamin Metcalf Lee  (Benjamin got his name from Sarah's father, Benjamin Metcalf)
      (Benjamin M. Lee on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living next door to them )
4)  Hill and Sarah Lee have children named
     Nathan - after her father
     Cynthia - after her sister
     John - after her brother
5)  They had a son named John Lee (brother to Sarah Lee)
      (John is a few farms away from Hill and Sarah on the 1800 Otsego, NY )
6)  Sarah Lee's Father had a brother named Stephen Lee
     (Stephen is a few farms away from Hill and Sarah on the 1800 Otsego, NY )
7)  Sarah Lee's mother Sarah Metcalf had a brother named Zebulon Metcalf
     (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census Zebulon Metcalf is living 12 farms down from Hill and Sarah)
8)  Zebulon Metcalf had several sons all born in Lebanon
     Abel Aur Metcalf  
     Tracey Metcalf     
     Roger Metcalf      
     Charles Metcalf   
     (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living 12 farms down from Hill and Sarah on seperate farms around Zebulon Metcalf)

All these people were born in Lebanon, Connecticut and moved to Otsego, New York

_____________

Layout of the 1800 Census of Otsego, Otsego County, New York
All of these people were originally from Lebanon, Connecticut

Page 15
John Lee    Brother to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife), (a few farm away from Hill , see page 16)

Page 16
Nathan Lee    Father in law to Hill Richardson (next door to Hill)
Hill Richardson (with wife Sarah Lee and family)
Benjamin M. Lee   Brother to Sarah Lee, Brother in law to Hill Richardson (next door to Hill on other side from Nathan)

about 8 farms away (same page) is Joel     ???Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)

Page 17
about 12 farms down from Hill on seperate farms are:
Zebulon Metcalf     Uncle on Mothers side to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)
Abel Aur Metcalf   Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)
Tracey Metcalf      Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)
Roger Metcalf       Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)
Charles Metcalf     Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)

another couple farms more and there is:
Stephen Lee        Uncle (and family) on Fathers side to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife)

Source: Boyd, Darryl, "Sarah Lee's Parents are Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf," Boydhouse.com, https://www.boydhouse.com/darryl/richardson/1800otsegocensus.html, retrieved 19 Sep 2021.


The Father of Nathan Lee Jr.

Since there is no birth record of Nathan Lee (ca. 1768-1835), it is not absolutely certain who his father was. In the 1800 census, Nathan Lee is called Nathan Lee Jr., but in this era Jr. only signified that he was the younger Nathan Lee in the town, not necessarily the son of Nathan Lee. Of greater significance, however, is the fact that Nathan Lee Jr. is right after Nathan Lee in the 1800 census record (page 2 of the Lebanon census), which probably indicated a familial relationship between the two. In addition, two spaces below Nathan Lee Jr. is Dan Bliss, who married Nathan Sr.'s eldest daughter Eunice (her second husband; she was the widow of Calvin Newcomb when she married Daniel Bliss). All the other Lees are clustered together in another part of Lebanon: Solomon, Israel, Israel Jr., Dan(iel) are on page 12, and Charles appears on page 13 of the census record, and thus all are on the completely other side of town. In the absence of any direct evidence, therefore, it is most reasonable to conclude that, since Nathan Jr. is next to Nathan Sr. in the census, and since all the other Lees live in Goshen society, on the south side of Lebanon, that Nathan Lee Sr. is the father of Nathan Lee Jr.

It appears, however, that there were two Nathan Lees who were alive in Lebanon during the period 1740-1800 (not including Nathan Lee Jr.). Either one of these Nathans could potentially be the father of Nathan Lee Jr. One Nathan Lee was born in 1738 and married Sarah Metcalf in 1763. This Nathan had children John Abel, Cynthia, Sarah, Stephen, and Benjamin. This Nathan went with his children to Canaan, Columbia, New York by 1790 and to Otsego, New York before 1800, and then to Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York by the 1810 census, in which Nathan appears as over 45.

The other Nathan Lee was probably born a little earlier, 1730-1736, and married Eunice Porter, daughter of Nathaniel Buell Porter by 1758, in which they appear in a property deed together, selling land inherited from her father to Daniel Vaughan (Lebanon Deeds Book 9, p. 228). Nathan & Eunice Lee also transfer land in Lebanon for £60 to Jonathan Trumbull: "Mr. Nathan Lee & Eunice Lee his wife the grantor of the within written instrument personally appearing acknowledged the same to be their due act & deed / before me." This Nathan Lee was probably the one who fought in the French and Indian Wars (though the other one possibly may have as well.) This Nathan had a child Eunice, born 21 Oct 1766, died 1 Feb 1852. Since the other Nathan had a daugher Cynthia born 8 Jul 1766, it is therefore highly likely that there were two different Nathans living in Lebanon at the time. At first I thought that the two Nathans were one and the same, and that Eunice Porter was his first wife, but the conflict of birth dates of Cynthia and Eunice in 1766 has convinced me otherwise.

So which Nathan is the father of Nathan Jr.? I cannot be certain at this point in time, but the fact that Nathan named his first daughter Eunice, leads me to think that he is the son of the older Nathan Lee and Eunice Porter and not the son of Nathan Lee and Sarah Metcalf. In addition, although Nathan Jr. does have a daughter Sarah Elizabeth, he does not name any of his children John, Cynthia, Stephen, or Benjamin. Finally, Nathan Jr. appears next to a Nathan Lee Sr. in Lebanon at the same time as the Nathan Lee who married Sarah Metcalf appears in Otsego, Otsego, New York in the 1800 census. So Nathan Jr. is the son of Nathan Lee and Eunice Porter.

The age and birth date of Nathan Lee Jr.:

He is age 26-45 in the 1800 census, and therefore born between 1755 and 1774.
He is age 26-45 in the 1810 census of Colchester, and therefore born between 1765 and 1784.
He is age 60-70 in the 1830 census, and therefore born between 1760 and 1770.

Thus he must have been born between 1765 and 1770.  Nathan's sister Eunice was born in 1766, so I think it most likely that Nathan was born in about 1768 or 1769.

Source: Brett Burrowes (brettdb), Burrowes and Lee Family Tree, ancestry.com (post written 23 May 2011, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/41280533/person/19605439096/mediax/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum).



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