Rosina Lown (1781-1881) is #107 on my Ahnentafel List, my 4th great-grandmother, who married #106 Isaac Lanfear (1777-1851) in 1809 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York.
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #53 One of the children of Isaac and Rosina (Lown) Lanfear, who had a child by an unknown person, who was adopted by Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith.
* their son, #26 Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894), married Abbie Vaux (1844-1931) in Dodge County, Wisconsin in 1861.
* their daughter, #13, Abbie Ardell "Della" (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944), who married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Rosina Lown[1]
* Alternate Name: Rosanna Lanfear[2]
* Alternate Name: Rozanna Lamfear[3]
* Alternate Name: Rosanna Lamphear[4]
* Alternate Name: Rosannah Lanfear[5]
* Alternate Name: Rosina Lanfear[6]
* Alternate Name: Roseannah Lowen Lanfear[7]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Georg Laun 1730-1810
* Mother: Susannah Schumacher 1730-1831
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 3 December 1781, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States[1]
* Christening: 20 January 1782 (age 0) Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States[1]
* Census: 1 June 1850 (age 68), Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[2]
* Census: 1 June 1860 (age 78), Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[3]
* Census: 1 June 1870 (age 88), Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[4]
* Pension: 7 November 1879 (age 97), pension admitted; Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[5]
* Census: 1 June 1880 (age 98), Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[6]
* Death: 1 May 1881 (age 99), Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[7]
* Burial: after 1 May 1881 (after age 99), Lorraine Rural Cemetery, Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States[7]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Isaac Lanfear 1777-1851
* Marriage 1: 10 October 1809 (age 27), Claverack, Columbia, New York, United States[5]
* Child 1: Anna Lanfear 1807-1898
* Child 2: Elizabeth Lanfear 1809-1900
* Child 3: Susan B. Lanfear 1812-1849
* Child 4: Latham Lanfear 1814-1878
* Child 5: Nancy C. Lanfear 1816-1898
* Child 6: Polly Lanfear 1817-1908
* Child 7: Eleanor Lanfear 1818-1902
* Child 8: Malinda Lanfear 1823-1905
* Child 9: John Lanfear 1824-1893
* Child 10: Sarah Lanfear 1828-
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Rosina Lown was born 3 December 1781 in Dutchess County, New York, and was baptized on 20 January 1782 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Poughkeepsie, New York[1]. She was the daughter of Georg Lown and Susannah Shoemaker. Martinus Wilham and Rosina Shoemaker witnessed the baptism.
She was also known by the first names Rosanna, Rosannah, Rozanna, Roseannah and by the surnames Laun, Lowen, Lanfear, Lamfear, Lamphear,
Rosina married Isaac Lanfear (1777-1851), the son of Latham and Anna (Wilbur) Lanphere, on 10 October 1809 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York[5]. They had ten children, all probably born in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York:
* Anna Lanfear (1807-1898), married before 1831 William Shelmadine (1806-1861).
* Elizabeth Lanfear (1809-1900), married before 1837 Chester Clark Rose (1812-1900).
* Susan B. Lanfear (1812-1849), married circa 1844 Orlando Kellogg (1807-1872).
* Latham Lanfear (1814-1878), married circa 1859 Nancy A. Middleton (1835-1888).
* Nancy C. Lanfear (1816-1898), married 1834 Walter Risley Brown (1815-1891).
* Polly Lanfear (1817-1908), married (1) 1846 Nelson Muzzy (1806-1865); (2) 1870 Francis Cornwell (1818-1887).
* Eleanor Lanfear (1818-1902), married circa 1843 Lester Loveland (1815-1888).
* Malinda Lanfear (1823-1905).
* John Lanfear (1824-1893), married before 1850 Rhoda Mariah Parsons (1827-1888).
* Sarah Lanfear (1828-????).
Isaac Lanfear served in the War of 1812, volunteering at Lorraine on 9 September 1812 and was honorably discharged on 25 August 1814 at Sackets Harbor, New York. Isaac's wife, Rosannah Lanfear applied for a Widow's pension in 1871 and was granted a pension and 160 acres of Bounty land in 1879[1]. There is more information about Isaac's service from the Pension file (201 pages!) transcribed below.
The Isaac Lanfear family was enumerated in Lorraine, Jefferson county, New York in the 1850 United States Census[2]. The person in the household included:
* Isaac Lanfear - age 73, male, a farmer, has $2000 in real property.* Rosanna Lanfear - age 65, female.* Latham Lanfear - age 36, male, a farmer.* Melinda Lanfear - age 27, female.
Isaac Lanfear died intestate on 3 May 1851 in Lorraine. Rosina denied taking letters of administration.
In the 1860 United States Census, the Rozanna Lamfear household was enumerated in Lorraine, New York[3]. The household included:
* Rozanna Lamfear - age 76, female, born in New York.* Malinda Lamfear - age 36, female, housework, born in New York.
The family of her son, Latham Lamfear, was enumerated just before her, and the family of her daughter, Ann Shelmidine, was enumerated just after her.
In the 1870 United States Census, the Rosanna Lamphear household was enumerated in Lorraine, New York[4]. The household included:
* Rosanna Lamphear - age 86, female, white, born in New York.* Melinda Lamphear - age 46, female, white, farming, born in New York.
The family of her son, Latham Lamphier, was enumerated just before her.
Rosannah Lanfear applied under the Act of 1871 for a Pension based on Isaac's military service in the War of 1812, but initially it was denied. She reapplied in 1876, and received the pension and bounty land warrant for 160 acres in 1878. This pension file contains 201 pages[5]. The Bounty Land and Widow's Brief (pages 179-180) transcription is:
CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR BOUNTY LAND.State of New York } SS:County of Jefferson }On this Twenty fourth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and Seventy Eight, personally appeared before me, Erwin F Ramsdell, the same being a member of a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Rosannah Lanfear aged 94 years, a resident of Lorraine , in the State of New York , who,being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Isaac Lanfear deceased, who was the identical Isaac Lanfear , who served under the name of Isaac Lanfear as a Private in the company commanded by Captains Gould Wilcox and Goodell, the 55th regiment of Militia, commanded by Clark Allen , in the war of 1812; that her said husband Volunteered at Lorraine aforesaid on or about the Ninth day of September , A.D. 1812 , for the term of the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of sixty six days , and whose services terminated, by reason ofhonorable discharge at Sackets Harbor , on or about the 25th dau of August , A.D. 1814 . She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of enlistment, viz: Occupation farmer age 35 years hight 5 feet 6 nches Complection light Blk hair & blue eyes & was born at Hillsdale, N.Y. She further states that she was married to the said Isaac Lanfear , at the city (or town) of Claverack , in the county of Columbia , and in the State of New York , on the Tenth day of October, A.D. 1809 by one David Wager, who was a Justice of the Peace; and that her name before said marriage was Rosannah Lown ; and she further states that deponent has not remarried since the deathof her said husband. and that her said husband Isaac Lanfear , died at Lorraine , in the State of New York, on the Third day of May , A.D. 1851; and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence for herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: Lorraine County of Jefferson and State of New York.She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land (or the additional bounty land) to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855; and she further declares that she has heretofore made an application for a pension under the act of February 14'th 1871 which application was dated about March 08'th 1876 which pension No. is 11,838.BOUNTY LAND WIDOW'S BRIEFCase No. 333149, Act of March 3'd 1855, Warrant No. 114282Rosannah Lanfear , widow of, ExaminerApproved July 15, 1878Charles H. Sawyer, Reviewer.
In the 1880 United States Census, the Rosina Lanfear household was enumerated in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York[6]. The household included:
* Rosina Lanfear - white, female, age 96, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in New York* Melinda Lanfear - white, female, age 53, farmer, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in New York.
Roseannah Lanfear died 1 May 1881 in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York at the age of 99 years, and is buried in Lorraine Rural Cemetery in Lorraine[7]. Her gravestone transcription is:
"RoseannahWife ofIsaac LanfearDied May 1st 1881Ae. 97 years 6 mo's."
5. SOURCES
1. "U.S. Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1639-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), New York > Poughkeepsie (The Flats) > Book 39 (image 313 of 417), Rosina Lown birth and baptism entry.
2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York, Lorraine, Page 358 (stamped), Lines 4-7, Isaac Lanfear household, online database with record image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432 (1009 rolls).
3. 1860 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York, population schedule, Lorraine, page 179 (stamped, image 37 of 44), line 4, Rozanna Lamfear household, indexed record with record image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); Original record in National Archives Microfilm Publication M653.
4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York, population schedule, Lorraine, page 10 (penned, image 10 of 36), line 33, Rosanna Lamphear household, indexed record with record image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); Original record in National Archives Microfilm Publication M593.
5. "War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files," digital image, Fold3.com (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 27 May 2019), W.O. Pension No. 11,838, Rosannah Lanfear, widow of Isaac Lanfear, 201 pages; citing NARA RG15-1812PB-Bx2071.
6. 1880 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, New York, population schedule, Lorraine, ED 130, page 4 (penned, image 4 of 28), line 43, Rosina Lanfear household, indexed record with record image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); Original record in National Archives Microfilm Publication T9.
7. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), Lorraine Rural Cemetery, Lorraine, N.Y., Roseannah Lowen Lanfear memorial #79896131.
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