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     He married Amelia Goodale.¹

     Daniel T Goodrich The list of children and spouses comes from lookup volunteer J A Childers, Genweb, Angola County, IN. Daniel was born at Washington, Pennsylvania, USA, on 13 June 1811.² He married Abigail Parrott in 1831.³ Daniel died on 18 October 1885 at Metz, Steuben, Indiana, USA, at age 74.²

     She married John Richard Hargreaves Jr in April 1987.¹

     He married Kimberly "Kim" Hargreaves at Rockport, Aransas, Texas, USA, on 2 August 1991.¹

     Hattie was born at Edon, Williams, Ohio, USA, on 22 July 1886.^1,2 She married Clifford "Peck" Maxwell on 16 September 1911.³ Hattie died on 1 February 1916 at Edgerton, Williams, Ohio, USA, at age 29.^2,1 Her body was interred on 3 February 1916 at Edgerton, Williams, Ohio, USA, at Edon Cemetery.^2,1

     SAMUEL DURAND [Du139] DURAND Family, p 77, item 139:

"Samuel Durand, 3Ebenezer, 2Ebenezer, 1Dr. John
b. Apr. 4, 1793 [Apr. 4, 1794 in Beach manuscript]
d. 1870
m. , Phoebe Barnes

Children
374. George Harvey b. 1815
375. Silas
376. Lydia
377. Sophronia
378. Sarah b. 1824

M (2nd) Illinois

Children
379. Minerva
380.
381.
382. Orson
383.
384.

Note: This family did not communicate much information."

See also p 40, item 48 for Ebenezer Durand (see text for EBENEZER DURAND (2)).

The Beach manuscript version of this item, p 122, is informative:

"139 [underlined in red ink]. SAMUEL DURAND. SON OF EBENEZER. SON OF EBENEZER. SON OF DR
BORN. APRIL 4. 1794.
DIED. 1870.
MARRIED. PHOEBE BARNER.

CHILDREN.
374. GEORGE HARVEY. BORN. 1815.
375. SILAS.
376. LYDIA.
377. SOPHROHIA.
378. SARAH. ["Born 1824" added in pencil handwriting]

MARRIED. 2d.
ILLINOIS.
CHILDREN.
379. MINERVA.
380.
381.
382. ORSON.
383.
384.
..."
Mr Durand got PHOEBE BARNER's surname misspelled in his "transcription" of the manuscript (to BARNES). I was almost convinced her name was BARNER (or BERNER) and not BARNES. Now I am convinced. Even Durand Family has her name as BARNER in its index!

See father Pvt EBENEZER DURAND text for argument that birthplace is Derby CT.

In "Schoharie County, N.Y. Cemetery Records," Volume 6, by Gertrude A Barber, 1932, under Seward Cemetery, Seward, NY, pp 58-9:

"Durand Phebe Aug 10 1796 Dec 20 1874"

See text for PHOEBE BARNER for additional information about her and daughter Lydia (b 20 Feb 1827)

The 1820 Census for Derby, New Haven Co, CT (taken 25 Sep 1820):

"Samuel Durand 2 1 _ _ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ 2"

or 2M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 26-44, 1F 0-9, 1F 16-25, 1F 45+ (the final 2 is the number of persons engaged in agriculture).

From Durand Family data, we would have for SAMUEL in 1820 the following:

Samuel Durand 1 _ _ _ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ _
or 1M 0-9, 1M 26-44, 1F 0-9, 1F 16-25

where SAMUEL at 27 is the 1M 26-44, and PHOEBE at 24 is the 1F 16-25. George H at about 5 is 1M 0-9. SILAS, Lydia, and Sarah are not yet born in 1820. Sophronia is the 1F 0-9. We can make sense of the census by assuming that there was an older female relative living with the family. But we are still missing 1M 0-9 and 1M 10-15. This might be Noah's son Samuel rather than our SAMUEL, son of EBENEZER.

Here is a better candidate for SAMUEL in 1820:

1820 NY Census Schoharie Co, "Cobles-kill":

Samuel Dureau [Durean? Listed as Dureau in the census index book] 1 _ _ _ 1 _ , 1 _ 1 _ _, _ 1

The last 1 means this Samuel was engaged in agriculture. The other numbers may be read as follows:
1M 0-9, 1M 26-44, 1F 0-9, 1F 16-25.
So this fits, with Sophonia the 1F 0-9 (implies she b 1811-1820). It is also consistent with the births of the several children in Schoharie Co.

IN County Histories, 1898, v 1, p 49:

"... Samuel Durand, was a native of New England, descending from an early family of Connecticut, in which state he was born. The family is of French origin. It is related that three brothers named Durand emigrated from France to America, from whom all bearing that name in this country have descended. The Durand family still traces living representatives across the sea to France, the land of its forefathers."

pp 50-1:

"Samuel Durand emigrated from his native state, Connecticut, to the state of New York, where he married Sarah Barner, a native of Schoharie county, that state. He removed thence to Ohio and in 1841 came to Peru, on a tour of investigation, and decided to locate here. The following year he returned to Ohio and brought out his family, and he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives here, which were useful and happy. The wife and mother passed away in the year 1868, and the husband and father in 1872.

Orson Durand is one of the six children born in the family of his parents, -- three sons and three daughters. The eldest, Sylvester, is a resident of Minnesota; Orson is the next in order of birth; Orange is also a resident of Minnesota; Minerva is the wife of John H. Hinsey, of St. Louis, Missouri; Hattie is the wife of Samuel Reynolds, of Minnesota; and Dessa is Mrs. G. M. Webb, of St. Louis. Samuel Durand was twice married, and by his first wife had several children, of whom two daughters are living and are residents of Schoharie county, New York."

See text for his 2d wife Sarah for more information on that family.

History of Miami Co IN, 1896, p 241:

"Early Settlers [of Pipe Creek Township]

Very little is known of the early settlers of this township prior to its organization. Some say that Samuel Durand, who built a cabin in 1838, on land now belonging to Isaac Wissinger, was the first white man to live in the present limits of the township. Others say that the honor of being the first settler belongs to John Wilson, who built a cabin in 1838, on land belonging Joseph Shepler. ... In 1843, the settlers and their locations were as follows: ... Samuel Durand, where Isaac Wissinger now lives ..."

1850 IN Census, Pipe Creek Township, Miami Co, enumerated 1 Nov 1850:

"1710/1780 Samuel Durand 56 M Far 2500 Ct
Sarah 38 F NY
Sylvester 18 M NY
Orson 13 M O
Orange 11 M O
Minerva 7 F O
Harriet 1F In
Maria(?) Long(?) 20F Pa"
The History of Summit Co OH evidence, p 698:

"SILAS DURAND ... was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., March 7, 1822, and is the third child of a family of five children born to Samuel and Phoebe (Barner) Durand; his father was a farmer ..."

This differs slightly from The Durand Family, by making Silas the third child, rather than second. It also makes his mother's surname BARNER rather than BARNES. This supports the interpretation that BARNES is a transcription error introduced by Durand in the Durand Family. Interestingly, his father's second wife was Sarah Barner.

1860 IN Census Index, p 3154:

"Durand, Orrin, IN, Miami Co., Pipe Creek Twp, 307, 1860
Durand, Samuel, IN, Miami Co., Pipe Creek Twp, 307, 1860
Durand, Sarah, IN, Miami Co., Pipe Creek Twp, 307, 1860"

Reynolds, Durand posting 29 Sep 1999:

"... It is possible that Samuel and Sarah Durand lived in Bartholomew County at some point around the same time -- their children were Orson, Sylvester, Orange, Harriet, Minerva and America. Samuel Reynolds married Harriet Durand in Minnesota in the 1860s."

Minerva, America? Cf, Moria, Amanda above in the census listing.

So America/Amanda must be the same as Dessa? Curious.

Mays Cemetery, Pipe Creek Twp, Miami Co, IN (entrance in Cass Co) has these two stones:

"DURAND Samuel, 4? May? 18(70?) A 79y 3m; large badly broken slab
DURAND Sarah (Mrs. Samuel), 30 May 1863 A 50y 8m 12d"

If we assume the Beach manuscript is correct with SAMUEL b 4 Apr 1794, then age 79y 3m implies he d 4 Jul 1873. If we instead assume 4 May 1870 is his death date (hard to do with all the question marks), then his birth would be 4 Feb 1791.

Sarah's b is 18 Sep 1812 by the tombstone calculator, which agrees with the Census evidence.

See PHOEBE BARNER for 1830 census data which shows that SAMUEL DURAND was no longer with that family by mid-1830 when that census was taken.

Samuel's Will, Logansport IN, was made 27 Aug 1870, a codicil was added 28 Oct 1870. The will was proved 23 Nov 1870, and the codicil was proved 15 Nov 1870. Samuel's death is sworn to in these documents as 4 Nov 1870.

Now, assuming the 79y 3m from his gravestone is accurate, then he was born.


SAMUEL was born at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 4 April 1794. Listed as 1794 on p 40 of Durand Family. 4 Apr 1793 in Durand Family, but 4 Apr 1794 in Beach manuscript, which I will take as definitive and assume a transcription error into Durand Family.

His will gives his death as 4 Nov 1870. His tombstone apparently says he died at 79y 2m. This implies a birthday of 4 Sep 1791.

See father EBENEZER DURAND text for argument that Derby CT is the birthplace.

We know from deeds that EBENEZER was in Huntington (now Shelton) in 1793 (deed there in Jan 1793 and Jan 1794) and perhaps, therefore, Samuel was born in Huntington (across river from Derby).
.^10,2,11,12 He married PHOEBE BARNER circa 1813. Their firstborn was b 1813 (although this is not a particularly strong number, supported in two sources but unsupported by census data). PHOEBE was b 1794. So she would have been 16 in 1812.

The marriage place is very likely Schoharie Co, NY, where the first child was born..¹⁰ He married Sarah Barner at New York, USA, before 1830. Durand Family claims IL for 2d marriage; the IN Co Histories gives NY.

Abt 1830 is birthdate for 1st son Sylvester.

Also aft 20 Feb 1827, last known birthdate for child of first wife..^1,13 He moved before 25 December 1837 at Ohio, USA. 2d son Orson's birthdate; after 1832, 1st son Sylvester's birthdate in NY..⁶ He resided at Pipe Creek Twp, Miami, Indiana, USA, in 1838.¹⁴ He moved in 1842 at Miami, Indiana, USA.⁶ SAMUEL was listed as the head of a family on the in 1850 Census at Pipe Creek Twp, Miami, Indiana, USA.¹¹ SAMUEL was listed as the head of a family on the in 1860 Census at Pipe Creek Twp, Miami, Indiana, USA.⁸ He made a will at Cass, Indiana, USA, on 27 August 1870. Codicil added 28 Oct 1870.¹² SAMUEL died on 4 November 1870 at Cass, Indiana, USA, at age 76. Durand Family gives date as 1870, place unknown. IN Co Histories gives 1872, Peru, IN. Gravestone evidence gives 4? May? 18(70?) 79y 3m. Will gives 4 Nov 1870..^10,15,9,12 His body was interred at Pipe Creek Twp, Miami, Indiana, USA, at Mays Cemetery. This cemetery lies in one county with an entrance in the other (Miami and Cass Cos.).^9,12 SAMUEL's will was probated at Cass, Indiana, USA, on 23 November 1870. Codicil proved 15 Nov 1870.¹²

     PHOEBE BARNER William Barker's Schoharie Families CD, 53: "1067: PHEBE b LYR 10 Aug 1796 (sp. [sponsors] Geo. Kilmore & w. Salome)", LYR="Lawyerville (N.Y.) Reformed Dutch Church records"

IGI christening record for "PHEBE BARNER: Christening: 25 Oct 1796, German Reformed Church, New Rhinebeck-Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York; Father: George BARNER, Mother: Sarah OMSTED", Batch no C511241. Full title of referenced work: "Records of the German Reformed Church in New Rhinebeck near Dorlach (or Sharon), now the Reformed Church of Lawyersville in the town of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y; also record of the Union Reformed Dutch Church of Cobleskill, 1827-1855."

In "Schoharie County, N.Y. Cemetery Records," Volume 6, by Gertrude A Barber, 1932, under Seward Cemetery, Seward, NY, pp 58-9:

"Brown J J Oct 2 1821 Feb 6 1901
      Lydia Durand w Feb 20 1827-

Durand Phebe Aug 10 1796 Dec 20 1874

Brown Nelson s J J & L July 31 1867 20-3-2
      Willie s 1865 1-4-27"

An alternative reading from the Schoharie website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyschoha/cemzion.html:

"BROWN
     ...
     J. J. Oct. 2, 1821 Feb. 6, 1901
     Lydia Durand, his wife Born Feb. 20, 1827
     Nelson M., son D. July 31, 1867 Ae 20 yr. 3 mo. 2 da.
     Willie, son D. Aug. 30, 1865 Ae 1 yr. 4 mo. 27 da."

and

"DURAND Phebe Born Aug. 10, 1786 Died Dec. 20, 1874"

which is off by 10 years from the other reading.

This shows that PHEBE DURAND is buried next in her son-in-law's plot, J J Brown husband of Lydia Durand, PHEBE's daughter with SAMUEL.

Note that the PHEBE DURAND birthdate from the cemetery records matches exactly the Lawyersville birth records for PHEBE BERNER (BARNER). This gives further credence to PHOEBE being the wife of SAMUEL DURAND (and having daughter Lydia).

Note on p 58 of this reference: "Seward Cemetery. New Section. Seward, New York. Cemetery is in good condition. Adjoining Methodist Church and located at Janesville."

This is puzzling since Janesville is not Seward, but it is nearby.

Since SAMUEL DURAND proceeded to have another family with a second wife, presumably he and PHOEBE divorced.

Her name is given as PHOEBE BARNES in the Durand Family, p 77 (but PHOEBE BARNER in the index to that book). But in the History of Summit Co, OH, p 698, it is given as PHOEBE BARNER, curiously the same surname as SAMUEL DURAND's second wife, Sarah Barner.

The Beach manuscript, on which Durand Family is based, has her name PHOEBE BARNER, so Durand made a transcription error here.

See husband's text for evidence that her surname definitely was BARNER, not BARNES.

Partridge's Transcript of the 1830 Schoharie Co, NY census, 99:

This is listed just after the families of Simeon, Silas, and Joshua BARNEY (ie, Barner) and just before the family of David G. BARNEY (ie, Barner), thus implying strongly that she is a Barner too, since these would be her brothers:

"COB-148-12 DURAND Phebe [no male numbers], 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [Comments] 40-68.10 ? m/o Philip"

meaning 1F<5 1F5-10 1F10-15 1F30-40. So SAMUEL DURAND is out of the picture by the time of this census, mid 1830. By our records thus far (Nov 2001), in Jun 1830, PHOEBE would have been 34, her son George Harvey about 17, dau Sophronia 10, son SILAS 8, dau Sarah 7, and dau Lydia 3, or equivalently: 1M5-10 1M15-20 1F<5 1F5-10 1F10-15 1F30-40. So what happened to the males? Are they not with her? With SAMUEL? Illegible entries in the census?

The final question in the listing above is whether PHOEBE DURAND is mother of Philip Durand in the 1840 Schoharie Co census. This is interesting because we do not have a record of him yet (Nov 2001) in this family. He appears in the 1840 census just before David G and Joshua Barner families (brothers of PHOEBE) and very near Simon Barner's family (another of her brothers). Here is his listing (same reference as above), 55:

"CBL-068-10 DURAND Philip 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 [Comments] 30-148.12 ? s/o Phoebe"

which shows 1F40-50 and 1F60-70 (plus 1M15-20 1M20-30 1F10-15 1F15-20 1F20-30). If this IS PHOEBE's son then she would be the 1F40-50 in 1840. So who is the 1F60-70? George H would be, by our records, about 27 and gone, Sophronia 20, SILAS 18, Sarah 17, and Lydia 13. Presumably Philip and his wife would be the 1M20-30 and 1F20-30. Our records would add 1F10-15 1F15-20 1F20-30 and 1M15-20, so perhaps Philip was not married after all, since Sophronia takes up that slot. So everything fits - EXCEPT PHILIP! One theory is that he should be George Harvey, but since George Harvey is married by 1840 that theory would introduce another female to the list. It certainly appears that there is a brother near George Harvey in age named Philip, unmarried head of the household. And, of course, some older female relative, age 60-70 is living here too. Another theory would bring a cousin Philip into Schoharie to head the family in SAMUEL's absence, but who would he be?

The Vital Records of Lawyersville Reformed Church give the baptism of PHOEBE BARNER on the same day (25 Oct 1796) as Ezekial Livingston, son of William Livingston and Elizabeth Dykeman (Harriet Livingston's parents, she married SAMUEL DURAND's brother Philo M Durand). Here is PHOEBE's record, from this source:

6, 1796: "25 Oct George Barner, Sarah Omsted, [94] Phebe b 10 Aug 1796, sponsors: George Kilmore, Salomy, ux"

Vosburgh's version of these same records has the one for Phebe on p 11 and explains that ux=uxor=wife.

Right next to it, on the same day is:

William Livingston, Elizabeth Dykman, Ezechiel b 18 Sep 1796

Ezechiel is the brother then of Harriet Livingston who would marry Philo M Durand, SAMUELs brother. PHOEBE was born at Lawyersville, Schoharie, New York, USA, on 10 August 1796.^{1,6,7,8,9,10,11} She was baptized at Reformed Church, Lawyersville, Schoharie, New York, USA, on 25 October 1796. Religion: (an unknown value). The christening record gives town name as New Rhinebeck-Cobleskill.^6,4,7,8,10 She married SAMUEL DURAND [Du139] circa 1813. Their firstborn was b 1813 (although this is not a particularly strong number, supported in two sources but unsupported by census data). PHOEBE was b 1794. So she would have been 16 in 1812.

The marriage place is very likely Schoharie Co, NY, where the first child was born..¹² PHOEBE was listed as the head of a family on the in 1830 Census at Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA.¹³ PHOEBE died on 20 December 1874 at New York, USA, at age 78.^14,15 Her body was interred at Seward, Schoharie, New York, USA, at Seward Cemetery.¹

     Rev George Harvey (Henry) Durand [Du374] Durand Family, p 141:

"George Harvey Durand, 4Samuel, 3Ebenezer, 2Ebenezer, 1Dr. John
b. 1813 [1815 on p 77]
d. Nov. 19, 1895, Saginaw, Michigan
m. , Margaret McMillan, Flint, Mich.
      d. 1880

They removed from Morehouseville, Hamilton Co., N. Y. to Genesee Co., Mich., and in 1863 to Saginaw Co., Mich.

Children
721. George Henry b. 1838
722. Margaret b. 1844
723. Lorenzo Thurston b. Dec. 9, 1849

Ref. 'Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan, 1892', page 699"

The Beach manuscript, p 231, differs slightly:

"139. 374. [both numbers underlined with one red ink line].
GEORGE HARVEY. DURAND. SON OF SAMUEL. SON OF EBENEZER. SON OF EBENEZER. SON OF DR. JOHN.
BORN. 1815.
DIED. NOVEMBER 19. 1880. FLINT. MICH.
MARRIED. MARGARET McMILLAN. FLINT. MICH.
CHILDREN.
721. GEORGE HENRY. BORN. 1838.
722. MARGARET. BORN. 1844.
723. LORENZO THURSTON. BORN. 1850."

This differs in several ways from the Durand Family: (1) Durand made a transcription error in the birthyear, substituting 1813 for Beach's 1815 (note that Durand has it 1815 on p 77). (2) Beach has the full death info of 19 Nov 1880, Flint MI. (3) Beach has less info on Lorenzo Thurston Durand's birth year (only 1850 vs 9 Dec 1849).

1860 MI Census, Genesse Twp, Genesse Co, enumerated 4 Aug 1860:

"1360/1354 George H Durand 44M Farmer 2100 100 New York
Margaret 43F New York
Margaret A 16F New York 1 [= attended school this yr]
Lorenzo 11M New York 1"

History of Saginaw Co (Cooke), p 210:

"His [Lorenzo Thurston Durand's] parents were George H. and Margaret McMillan Duran, who were born and reared in Schoharie County, New York. Their antecedents were of English and Scotch descent, and settled in New York State before the Revolutionary War. The family came to Michigan in 1858 and settled for a time on a farm in Genesee County, near the City of Flint. In 1860 they moved into the city, and shortly after came to Saginaw, where the mother died in November, 1880. The father died in November, 1895, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. There were three children in this family - Mrs. John P. Williams, of Chicago; George H. Durand, of Flint; and Lorenzo T. Durand, of Saginaw."

History of Saginaw Co (Chapman), p 658:

"[L T Durand] is a son of George H. Durand, of Saginaw, Mich., who was a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y. The family removed to Michigan in 1856 and settled on a farm in Genesee county near the city of Flint, from which they removed to Flint in 1860, and from there in 1863 to Saginaw."

Szumowski Genealogy:

"Harvy DURAND married Margaret on 1836.
Margaret married Harvy DURAND on 1836.
Other marriages:
LAWYER, Johannes [John L]"

Also

"She had the following children:
F i Mary Jane (Maria) LAWYER"

Vital Records, Hamilton Co NY, 1849-1851:

"Morehouse
Births
Name of child - Name of Parents - Date
...
Durand, Lorenzo Thurston - George Henry and Margaret Durand - 9 Dec 1849
...
Marriages
Groom/Bride - Notes /- Date
Becraft, Francis Freeman, age 25/Rickard, Elisabeth, age 19 - married by George H. Durand - 1 Mar 1851
Hoffman, Augustus, age 22/Muller, Fredericka, age 16 - married by George H. Durand - 13 Jun 1850
...
Schall, Gustavus C., age 42/Wessen, Mary, age 30 - married George H. Durand - 16 Sep 1851"

Flint Genealogical Society Cemetery Index, for the Glenwood (Tupper) Cemetery, Flint, Flint Twp, Genesee Co, MI, Cemetery Volume III:

"DURAND, ALONZA
DURAND, CHARLES A.
DURAND, ELIZABETH A.
DURAND, GEORGE H.
DURAND, GEORGE HARMON
DURAND, MARGARET M.
DURAND, MARTIE A.
DURAND, SARAH A." George was born at Schoharie, New York, USA, circa 1813. 1813 on p 141, 1815 on p 77 of Durand Family. 1860 Census supports abt 1816. History of Saginaw Co says he died at 82, implying b 1813, in Schoharie Co, NY.
.^8,9 He married Margaret McMillan at Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA, in 1836.^10,3,5 He resided at Morehouseville, Hamilton, New York, USA, in 1844. Vital records cover 1849-1851; Chapman 1844-1852.^6,11 He moved circa 1853 at Livingston, New York, USA.¹¹ He moved in 1858 at Genesee, Michigan, USA. The Chapman history gives 1856.^3,12 He moved in 1863 at Saginaw, Michigan, USA.¹³ George died on 19 November 1895 at Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA. The Beach MSS gives the birth year as 1880, the year Margaret died..^14,15,16 His body was interred at Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA, at Glenwood (Tupper) Cemetery. Cemetery index gives burial date as 19 May 1895, so some problem here..^7,17

     Lydia Durand [Du376] See text for mother PHOEBE DURAND. Note that no death date is given in this evidence. This might mean that she had not yet died when the stone was set - and that therefore she was buried somewhere else (since reading was taken in 1932). I will assume she is buried in this plot.

Beach manuscript, p 232: "I CAN FIND NO RECORD."

There is a Lydia Durand m William Simon, 28 Sep 1806, in Schoharie Co Early Records, 102. She doesn't fit of course, but the name Durand in Schoharie Co stands out. Who could she be? Lydia was born on 20 February 1827.^4,1,5 She married Johann Jost Brown before 18 April 1847. Birthdate of youngest known son.^1,5 Her body was interred at Janesville, Schoharie, New York, USA, at Zion Rural Cemetery.^1,5 Lydia died after 31 July 1867. Birthdate of eldest known child.^1,6

     Sophronia Hortense Durand [Du377] Beach manuscript, p 232: "CAN FIND NO RECORD."

Sophronia Durand email, 20 Jun 2001:

"I was estimating Sophronia's age from the 1870 Census record I found for Ottawa County, Michigan. It list her age as 42 and that she was born in New York. It also list her husband as William VanRheeden (may be spelled VanReeden also) age 35, Frances Meeker age 14, Thomas Meeker age 15, and Nancy VanRheeden age 8."

Also:

"Frances Meeker Smith Frink's death certificate list her mother as Sophronia Durand and her father as Mr. Meeker."

Frances Meeker Smith Frink's death certificate list her mother as Sophronia Durand and her father as Mr. Meeker."

Here is the actual census data, 1870 MI, Ottawa Co, Polkton Twp:

"177 180 Van Rheeden William 35 M W Farmer 2000 425 Holland 11, 12, 19
------ Sophrona 42 F W Keeping house New York
Meeker Thomas 15 M W Farm laborer Michigan 16, 17
------ Frances 14 F W At home Michigan 15
Van Rheeden Nancy 8 F W At School Michigan 11, 15"

where 11 = father of foreign birth
12 = mother of foreign birth
15 = attended school within the year
16 = cannot read
17 = cannot write

So this appears to fit our Sophronia except that her birthdate is ca 1828 instead of the 1811-1820 interval expected from census data (see SAMUEL DURAND text).

However, Georgia Weir (who sent the email above) has forwarded to me a pointer to the Van Valkenburg evidence which features a Sophronia Durand who fits our data much better than the one described above. I shall keep the Meeker and van Rheeden family in the database but will remove the pointers from our Durands to them. Thus, for now, the Sophronia Durand above must remain a mystery.

The Van Valkenburg source gives this:

"Van Valkenburg, Hiram
Birth: 25 MAY 1825 Fulton, Schoharie Co, NY
Death: 31 AUG 1904 Cobleskill, Schoharie Co, NY
Gender: Male
Parents:
Father: Van Valkenburg, John Jr
Mother: WAGGONER, Phoebe
Family:
Marriage: Abt 1846 in , Schoharie Co, NY
Spouse:
Durand, Sophronia Hortense
Birth: 18 FEB 1820
Death: 27 FEB 1860 Cobleskill, Schoharie Co, NY
Gender: Female
Parents:
Father: Durand, Samuel
Mother: Barnes, Phoebe [yes, Barnes]
Children:
Van Valkenburg, Orcelia
Birth: 6 AUG 1848 Fulton, Schoharie Co, NY
Death: 6 FEB 1849
Gender: Female
Van Valkenburg, Mary Jane
Van Valkenburg, Lydia Hortense or Lily
Family:
Spouse:
, Eva Ann
Birth 28 OCT 1838
Death: 20 NOV 1904 Cobleskill, Schoharie CO, NY
Gender: Female"

This appears to be a strong fit, although we as yet do not have sources, including the 1820 birthdate that fits the census arguments referred to above. Sophronia was born on 18 February 1820. See argument in father's text, assuming she is second child, for an est birth of 1816-1820..^5,6,7,8 She married Hiram van Valkenburg at Schoharie, New York, USA, circa 1846. Cady (not very trustworthy) has "Hiram Van Valkenburg, b. 1825 "Sharon" married Sophronia Decker, b. 1821: Mary Jane, b. 1850 Lydia H. 1855, Amanda, b. 1815, "Boarder" " Amanda is an unknown boarder, Decker is certainly not Durand or even close..^9,8,10 Sophronia died on 27 February 1860 at Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA, at age 40.^7,8 Her body was interred at Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA, at Cobleskill Rural Cemetery.⁸

     Sarah Durand [Du378] Durand Family, p 142:

"Sarah Durand, 4Samuel, 3Ebenezer, 2Ebenezer, 1Dr. John
b. 1824
d.
m. , Gabriel Lawyer

Children
Mary m. Rev. Thomas C. Mayham, Rahway, N. J.

M(2) Oscar Snyder

[No children.]"

The Beach manuscript is virtually the same as the Durand Family (except the address 11 West Milton Ave is added to the info for dau Mary Lawyer's husband).

Schoharie Co NY Cemetery Records, vol 3, p 30, under Cobleskill Rural Cemetery, Cobleskill, NY:

"Lawyer Gabriel Mar 20 1818 May 6 1892
      Sarah Durand w Oct 4 1824 Sept 27 1910
      Oscar D Mar 16 1858 Aug 7 1901"

The D is for Durand.

Sarah Durand's father-in-law, Nicholas Lawyer, is second cousin to John Lorentz Lawyer who married Margaret McMillan, who also married George Harvey Durand, father of George Harman and Lorenzo Thurston Durand. Sarah was born on 4 October 1824. Durand Family gives only 1824; Schoharie Cemetery Records gives full birthdate.^4,5,6 She married Gabriel Lawyer before 1844. Birth of dau 1844.^7,2,8,9 She married Oscar Snyder after 21 November 1889. After his first wife's death 21 Nov 1889.^10,11 Sarah died on 27 September 1910 at age 85.² Her body was interred at Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA, at Cobleskill Rural Cemetery.²

     Minerva Durand [Du379] I believe the Beach manuscript says KINSEY for her husband, p 232 - not BINSEY or HINSEY. The problem is that all three of KBH have similar left sides. By comparing B's elsewhere in BEACH with this character, it is clear that it is not a match, and similarly for H. This leaves K, and KINSEY is certainly a more familiar name than the other two possibilities. And the K here matches other K's in Beach. I therefore believe the correct transcription from BEACH is KINSEY.

"139. 379.
MINERVA DURAND. DAU OF SAMUEL.
BORN. NO RECORD.
DIED. NO RECORD.
MARRIED. 1858 KINSEY.
Has One Son - W. A. KINSEY. ADDRESS 2012 RUTGER ST. ST LOUIS. MO."

For what it's worth: In the listing of the Mays Cemetery in Peru IN there are several Kinsey's. One of them is: "Kinsey (-?)ina [d.] 22 Aug 1870 [section] A son of J.H. & M." Could this be John H and Minerva? There is also the line for "Francis M [d.] 7 Aug 1859 A son of J H & (H?)" Could this last be an M? Wild guessing at this point, but SAMUEL and Sarah DURAND are buried in this cemetery.

However, the History of Cass, Miami ... Counties, IN, 51:

"Minerva is the wife of John H. Hinsey, of St. Louis, Missouri." Minerva was born at Ohio, USA, circa 1843.^4,5 She married John H Kinsey in 1858. Durand says Binsey, 1858; IN Co Histories says John H Hinsey, no date..^1,6

     Hon Orson Durand [Du382] IN Co Histories, v 1, p 49:

"Orson Durand, the present mayor of Peru and a well known citizen of Miami county, dates his coming to this place in 1842. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 25, 1837. His father, Samuel Durand, was a native of New England ..."

p 51:

"Orson Durand is one of the six children born in the family of his parents -- three sons and three daughters. ... Orson is the next [second] in order of birth ...

Mr. Orson Durand was about five years of age when he came with his parents to Peru, and here he grew to mature years, passing a number of years in the occupation of farming in the township of Peru; but he finally located permanently in the city, that his children might have the advantages of the public schools. Since his location in the city he has been for eight years street commissioner, and for an equal length of time was deputy sheriff of Miami county. In his political creed he is a Democrat, and he is an honored member of the orders of Odd Fellows and Elks, and also of the National Union; socially he is highly esteemed, and his administration of the city government is popular.

His wife, before marriage Elizabeth Davis, is a native of Peru and a daughter of Jonathan Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Durand have four children, viz: Adele, widow of Clarence Holt, of New York city; Maud, the second daughter is a well known actress; and Dessa and Edna are at home."

See text for daughter Dessa for further details on this family.

1860 IN Census Index, p 3154:

"Durand, Elizabeth, IN, Miami Co., Peru Twp, 072, 1860
Durand, Orson, IN, Miami Co., Peru Twp, 072, 1860." Orson was born at Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA, on 25 December 1837.^3,4,5 He married Elizabeth Hiatt Davis.¹ Orson was listed as the head of a family on the in 1860 Census at Peru Twp, Miami, Indiana, USA.²

     Pvt EBENEZER DURAND [Du48] From the Derby CT Vital Records, certified copies:

"Ebenezer Son of Ebenezer & Hannah Durand
was born Febuary 24: AD 1755"

DURAND Family, p 40, item 48:

"Ebenezer Durand, son of Ebenezer., son of Dr. John
b. Feb. 24, 1755, Derby, Conn. (Vital Records)
d, Jan. 31, 1826, Benton, Iowa
m. Oct. 4, 1784, Polly, dau. of Treat and Abigail (Curtiss) Mills; granddaughter of Jedediah and Abigail (Trent) Mills

Children
134. Mary b. July 12, 1785
135. Andrew b. 1787
136. Philo M. b. 1789
137. David b. Dec. 28, 1790
138. Isaac P. b. 1792
139. Samuel b. 1794 [which disagrees slightly with his own entry]
140. Ebenezer b. 1797
141. William b. 1800
142. Hiram b. 1803

m. (2nd) June 1, 1810, Polly Williams of Litchfield, Conn.

[she] Died in Benton, Iowa.

Ebenezer Durand served 3 years as a private in Captain Leavenworth's Company of Derby in the Revolutionary War, 1778 to 1781. In 1781 he served in the 4th Regiment of the Connecticut Line. He received a Bounty Land Warrant #13202 of 160 acres for service in the Continental Army."

See also p 19, item 11 for Ebenezer Durand (see text for EBENEZER DURAND (1)).

Here is the Frederick Durand Beach manuscript version, p 69:

"48. [11- precedes the 48 in handwritten red ink and the combo 11-48 is underlined in red] EBENEZER DURAND. SON OF EBENEZER. SON OF DR. JOHN.
BORN FEBRUARY. 24. 1755.
DIED JANUARY 31. 1826.
MARRIED. [October 4, 1784 handwritten here in red ink] POLLY, DAUGHTER OF TREAT AND ABIGAIL CURTISS, MILLS, GRANDDAUGHTER OF REV, JEDEDIAH AND ABIGAIL TREAT, MILLS. [CURTISS is underlined in red ink as is the last occurrence of TREAT.]

CHILDREN.
134 MARY. BORN JULY 12. 1785.
135. ANDREW. BORN 1787.
136. PHILO M. BORN. 1789.
137. DAVID. BORN DECEMBER 28. 1790.
138. ISAAC P. BORN 1792.
139. SAMUEL. BORN 1794.
140. EBENEZER. BORN 1797.
141. WILLIAM. BORN 1800.
142. HIRAM. 1803.

MARRIED 2d JUNE 1. 1810 POLLY WILLIAMS. OF LITCHFIELD. CONN.
DIED BENTON. IOWA."

The major difference of this MSS with the Durand Family is that Beach does not have a marriage date for EBENEZER to POLLY, and he does not (incorrectly) give EBENEZER's death place as Benton IA, and he does not have EBENEZER's Revolutionary War service. In this analysis I am assuming that the red ink additions were done by a later hand, probably Prof William Frederick Durand, who donated the manuscript to NHCHS in 1952 and indexed it.

Threre is a problem with POLLY MILLS being the daughter of Treat Mills and Abigail Curtiss. The carefully documented genealogy of the Mills family (Peter Mills of Windsor, Connecticut, by H S Ullmann) does list a daughter, to Treat and Abigail Mills, named Mary Ann, p 58:

"Mary Ann, b. ca 1761; d. 10 Sep. 1786 [11]; m. at Shelton 27 Jan. 1780 Ebenezer Leavenworth (ShtnCh), son of James and Jehodah (Moss) Leavenworth [11]; res. Stratford 1782 (StD)."

(Reference [11] above is "Leavenworth, E. W. Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family. Syracuse, N.Y., 1873." [ShtnCh] = Shelton CT church records. [StD] = Stratford CT deeds.)

Mary Ann's birthyear is about right (cf EBENEZER's of 1755), but her death in 1786 makes it impossible for her to be the mother of the eight children listed in Durand Family born between 1787 and 1803 to POLLY MILLS.

Treat Mills, however, did own land in Derby, according to the Ullmann reference. There is probably some connection to the Treats or Mills because EBENEZER had a son named Philo M, common in the Mills family (could the M even stand for Mills?) and Philo M has a son named Treat. Note that Treat Mills has a brother Philo Mills.

Derby Records contains evidence that Treat Mills and Abigail Curtiss lived in Derby at the same time as EBENEZER. See the appendix to that book. p 475: "April 22. 1764 also was baptized Sarah the daughter of Treat Mills & Abigail his wife." Cf EBENEZER's birth in 1755 in Derby. Treat's brothers Philo and Jedediah were also having children about the same time in Derby (qv). Derby Records has Abigail Elizabeth Ann, bp 1756, Betty Riggs, bp 1760, and Elizabeth, bp 1765, for Philo Mills; and Samuel Frederick (1), bp 1757, Samuel Frederick (2), bp 1760, and Sally Hawley, gp 1762, for Jedediah Mills.

Helen Schatvet Ullman is convinced that POLLY MILLS is not of the Treat and Abigail (Curtis) Mills family.

An obscure connection, perhaps not important, is that Gov Robert Treat's 3d wife was also married (3d wife too) to RICHARD BRYAN, father of ELIZABETH BRYAN, wife of Dr JOHN DURAND. She, however, had no progeny with either, I believe. This might explain why Treat Durand was so named, rather a connection to the Treat Mills family.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS

DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition:

"DURAND:DUREN
...
Ebenezer: b c 1760 FR d 1-31-1826 CT m Polly (Stow) Williams Pvt CT"

Beach letter, 23 Nov 1898:

"Your great grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in Jan. 16 1778, Capt. Leavenworth, Co. Disch. April 1780. He was in the Sixth Regiment, served on the Hudson in Parsons Brigade under Putnam and engaged in all movements made in consequence of enemy's move against Fort Montgomery, etc.

"January 1./81. He then joined the Fourth Regiment, Col. Butler, and served to end of War. Discharged Sept. 1 1782.

"He owned a beautiful farm on the hill called "Sentinel Hill", situated in the town of Derby, but sold it when his children were small. ..."

From CT Military Service evidence:

p 210, under Privates for the 6th Regiment:

"Name. Residence. Company. Date of Enlistment. Term. Remarks.
...
Durand, Ebenezer, Derby, Leavenw'th, Jan. 16, '78, 3 yrs., Disc. Sept. 1, '82"

p 205:
Sixth Regiment, "Connecticut Line."
Formation of 1777-1781.

"Regiment raised for "Continental Line" of '77 to continue through the war. Recruited mainly in New Haven Co; rendezvous at New Haven. Went into camp at Peekskill in summer of '77, but frequently detached on expeditions or outpost duty on the lines above King's Bridge. Served in Aug.-Oct. on the Hudson, in Parsons' Brigade, under Putnam, and engaged in all movements made in consequence of enemy's move against it Ft. Montgomery, etc. Wintered '77-'78 at West Point, and assisted in constructing permanent fortifications, "Meigs' redoubt," etc; also redoubts opposite on east side. In summer of '78 encamped with the main army under Washington, at White Plains. Wintered '78-'79 at Redding. In operations of '79 served with Conn. Division on east side of Hudson in Heath's wing; its Light Co., under Capt Champion, detached to Meigs' Light Regt. and engaged at storming of Stony Point July 15, '79. Wintered '79-'80 at Morristown huts, N. J., and in movements of '80 served with the Division on both sides of Hudson. On discovery of Arnold's treason, Meigs' Regt. was ordered, with other troops, to repair forthwith to West Point, in anticipation of advance of the enemy. Wintered '80-'81 at camp "Connecticut Village," near the Robinson House, opposite West Point, and there consol[idated for formation of '81-'83. [See text, heading C.]"

p 337:
Fourth Regiment, "Connecticut Line."
Formation of 1781-1783.

"[Fourth Regt. in the second formation of the "Line," serving from Jan. 1, 1781, to Jan. 1, 1783; composed of the enlisted men of the Sixth regiment of the previous formation. Its record for the two years appears in the text preceding, under heading D. Regiment consolidated in Dec., '82, for third formation, Jan. to June, 1783. The following rolls of non-commissioned officers and privates represent the state of the command on Jan. 1, 1782, as per pay accts., Comptroller's office, Hartford. The record of the commissioned officers is brought down to Jan. 1, '83.]"

p 338:
"Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates
...
Name and Rank. Paid from. Paid to.
Privates
...
Ebenezer Durand. Jan. 1, '81. Dec. 31, '81"

p 648:
"Invalids Residing in Middlesex County
Name. Rank. Regiment.
...
Ebenezer Durand. Priv. 4^th Regt."

Also, p 40:

"Ebenezer Durant", Pvt, Time enlisted: May 15 [1775], When discharged, &c. Dec 20 [1775]. This might be our EBENEZER. He is listed under the 1st Regiment (Gen Wooster's) formed in 1775, in the 3d Company (which served at the Siege of Boston), and which was raised in New Haven Co. This fits but it is not mentioned anywhere in EBENEZER's pension files.

Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners, p 54, under DURAND:

"Ebenezer, wid. Polly, BLWt. 13202-160-55, W 25547"

p2: "S means survivor's file; W, widow's file; and R, rejected file."

"BLWt. means bounty land warrant. Those issued before 1804 are marked first with the number of the warrant; then with the number of acres granted. Those issued later are marked first with the number of the warrant, second with the number of acres, third with 55, indicating that the act under which the warrant was issued was passed in 1855. This act allowed children as well as pensioners to obtain land."

Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts, pp 1049-1050, under DURAND:

"Ebenezer, Polly, W25547, BLW #13202-160-55, CT Line; sol lived in Litchfield Cty, CT at enl [enlistment], in 1823 sol was living at Barkampsted in Litchfield Cty CT & sol d in Litchfield Cty, CT on 31 Jan 1826 & sol had m there to Polly Stow Williams on 1 Jun 1810, wid appl 20 Apr 1854 Benton Cty IA aged 79, sol & wid only had 1 child; George W.who of Benton Cty in 1854 aged 43"

The following several items were obtained from microfilm records in the State Library, Hartford, CT. These are records of actual Revolutionary War documents. They are listed together as the source Rev War Microfilm, Hartford State Library:

Two of them are the actual lists of the Connecticut Line, 6th and 4th Regiments, already given above:

The first such list is entitled, so far as I can read it:

"A List of all who are to be allowed the De... wages in the Continental Service by the State of [presumably Connecticut] ... year 1780 ... alphabetically by Regiment"

The second is entitled:

"An alphabetical List of the Connecticut Line of the Army returned for the year 1781, from Jan 1781 to Jan 1782"

A third list is entitled:

"A Pay Abstract of a Guard over the Robbers that Robbed M^r Ebenezer Dayton's & Carrying the Villains to Hartford Gaol"

Ebenezer Durand is listed here for 2 days of service and the pay of 0 .. 6 .. 0 [pounds, shillings, pence].

A fourth list is headed:

"At a Lawfull Town Meeting December 28^th 1778 the Town by their Voate give to Each Soldier in the Continental Army that Counts for the Town of Derby Ten Pound Money Each in Lieu of the Linnin [overhauls], Linnin Shirts and Shoes that was Voated to them Last Year as a Bounty.
A True Copy of Record [?] Charles French Clerk"

Although I found Ebenezer's name on this list, I am unable to read the remainder of the notation by his name.

A final list is headed:

"Pay Roll of the 4^th Conn^t Reg^t of the Commifsioned Noncommifs Officers and Privates Omitted in Pay Rolls for the Three Months 1782"

Ebenezer's name appears on this list ["Eben Durand Prvt"] but the details of his entry are in the crack between the pages that have been microfilmed. I believe it says that he was payed for the 1 month commencing May 1, the amount of 6.60 [dollars]. The reason is lost in the crack, but the remarks for the entries directly above and below contain the expressions "returned Deserted" or "Deserted".

Helen Ullmann's research on EBENEZER yielded the following further references, in her words:

"See also "Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society," Vol. VIII, "Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783" (Hartford: CHS, 1901), 107, 110, and Vol. XII, "Lists and Returns of COnnecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783" (Hartford: CHS, 1909), 47-48, 151. The last reference shows him among seven men counted for Derby in the 2nd Regiment in 1779."

The microfilmed Revolutionary War Pension File for EBENEZER DURAND contains 58 pages of material (I have looked at them at the NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) in Seattle WA. The most succinct summary of his service there is the following:

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: "Jany. 16, 1778 to Sept. 1, 1782"
Rank: "Pri."

Served Under
Captain: "Leavenworth" Colonel: "Return J.[for Jonathan] Meigs" Outfit: "Conn."
Captain: "Elijah Humphrey" Colonel: [no entry] Outfit: "Conn."
Captain and Colonel: "officers not stated" Outfit: "4 Conn."

Battles engaged in: "none stated"
Residence at enlistment: "Litchfield Co., Conn."
Date of application for pension, "certificate; Oct. 17, 1823" [This means that he was required to get a new certificate and this is the date of his application for the new certificate]
Residence at date of application: "Barkhampsted, Litchfield Co., Conn."
Age at date of application: "not stated"
[The portion here is verbatim that of the Rev War Abstract for him.]

"Sol. was an Invalid Pens. at $60 & $96 per annum.
(1835 list Inv. Pens. Middlesex Co. Conn shows pens. at $5 per mo. for Sept. 1, 1783 etc)"

Other evidence from this file:

"...was allowed pension for disability from Sep1 1783"

which would be exactly one year after his discharge.

Much of the evidence were documents from Polly Durand, her son George W Durand and his wife Laura, justifying that Polly (2d wife) should be allowed a pension for her marriage to EBENEZER.

One affidavit was by Harriet H Bacon, resident of Sturgis Twp, St Joseph Co, MI, 6 May 1854. Harriet states that she was present at the marriage of Ebenezer to Polly Williams, that they were married at her father's house (Harriet's father), that Polly moved 20 yrs ago [c1834] to Branch Co MI and then 2 yrs ago [c1852] to Benton IA, and that EBENEZER is buried in Litchfield Co CT.

Another affidavit is by Ahira Brooks on 6 May 1856 who states "...that the said Polly was the only wife the said Ebenezer Durand ever had [with this inserted above the line at this point: "to my knowledge"] that she resided with him as such at his death .... [that she] is a sister to my wife." He also states that her maiden name was Polly Stow.

The following very interesting letter is also in the pension file:

"By His Excellency George Washington Esq. General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America

Ebenezer Durand Soldier in the fourth Connecticut Regiment, being from various causes afsigned in a Certificate under the hand of the Inspector of the Army of the United States, unfit for any further duty either in the field, or in Garrision, and having applyed for a discharge, I do hereby discharge the the [sic] said Ebenezer Durand from the Service of the United States and do certify that he is entitled to the provision made by Congrefs in such cases, agreeable to their Act of the 23^rd of April 1782

George Washington

By His Excellencys command
Jon^a Trumble J^r Sec^r

The forgoing is a True Copy of the original Certificate as on record in this Office.

Certified
Comp^t Office Hartford By John Porter Comp^t
March 7^th 1798"

I have inspected the service record of EBENEZER DURAND in the NARA archives building in Seattle. There are muster roll records for his tenure in the 6th CT Regiment for the three years 1778 through 1780. As indicated above, the men of the 6th then became men of the 4th CT Regiment. The NARA records do not contain evidence for the year 1781. This year is covered by the Records of Service of Connecticut Men, p 338. Then the NARA records have muster roll evidence for April 1782 to Sep 1782, indicating quite a bit of sickness, leading to his honorable discharge by Gen George Washington in Sep 1782. The one gap in this record is Jan-Mar 1782. I believe he was AWOL during this period because the muster roll record for Apr 1782 has the notation "Join^d from Desertion Apl 20 '82". Also there is the dock in pay, mentioned above with reference to records in Hartford, which might be due to desertion. I could not tell because the information was in the cracks but the item just above EBENEZER's was about desertion. If I have misread the May 1 - perhaps it is Mar 1 - then that would explain the month Mar 1782, leaving only Jan-Feb 1782 unaccounted for.

CENSUS RECORDS

The 1790 Census (the first one), Derby CT:

Durand, Ebenezer 1M 16+, 4M 0-15, 2F

From the Vital Records data, we would have for this census (using 2 Aug 1790 as the 1790 Census date of record):

EBENEZER 35
POLLY ?
Mary 5
Andrew 3
Philo M ~1

implies 1M 16+, 2M 0-15, 2F

which differs slightly from the actual listing but does not contradict it. Perhaps two young sons died. At any rate, this census item could not refer to the father Ebenezer, who died, according to Durand Family and Beach manuscript, in 1789.

1800 Census New Haven Co, Derby Town, CT:

Eben. Duran 5M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 16-24, 1M 25-44, 1F 16-24, 1F 26-44

From Derby Vital Records, we would have (using 1800 Census date of record 4 Aug 1800):
     
EBENEZER 45
POLLY ?
Mary 15
Andrew 13
Philo M ~11
David 9
Isaac P 8
SAMUEL 6
Ebenezer 2
William -4/12

implies (counting William)
5M 0-9, 2M 10-15, 1M 45+, 1F 10-15, 1F ? 26-44. There are a few minor discrepancies here, but the count and sexes and approximate ages match the known ones. From this we can conclude that all these children were most probably born in Derby, CT.

I could not find an 1810 CT entry for Ebenezer, but found the following 1820 CT Census entry for Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co (NB, this matches the Rev War Pension Abstracts for him):

"Ebenezer Duran 1 _ 1 2 _ 1 _ _ 1 _ 1 _ 1"
     
where the first six columns are for males, the second five for females, and the last two for other information. For example, the final "1" is the number of persons engaged in agriculture. The columns are read as follows 1M 0-9, 1M 16-18, 2M 16-25 [yes, they overlap], 1M 45+, 1F 16-25 1F 45+.

Our assignment using known data would give this entry for 1820 (using the 7 Aug 1820 date of record for this Census):

Ebenezer Durand 1 _ 1 2 _ 1 _ _ _ _ 1

for Ebenezer 65, Polly (Williams) 45, William 19, Hiram 16, George W 9, and assuming all older children have left home. The one puzzle is 1F 16-25, missing from our count. Possibly, Polly Williams came to the marriage with a girl child (but we hear nothing about her in the extensive pension records).

DEEDS

This research was performed by Helen S Ullmann. I quote her findings which include the appropriate references.

"On 26 February 1794 Ebenezer Durand bought three acres of land with a house in the Great Hill Society at Derby from Eli Hawkins. This he sold to Benjamin Davis about ten days later, on 7 March 1794 [12]. Then on the same day he bought a half acre with a house "at the Neck" from Benjamin Davis and mortgaged it to Eli Hawkins [13]. This was probably the same land that he leased to Isaac Smith on 20 February 1793. He sold it to Seviah Smith for L40 on 7 June 1798 [14]. A few days earlier, on 29 May 1798, he bought land near the south end of Great Hill with a dwelling house on it from Philo Bassett for L509, mortgaging it back to Philo on the same day [15]."

("12. Derby Deeds, 13:264, 267. 13. Derby Deeds, 13:268-69. 14. Derby Deeds, 13:503; 15:255. 15. Derby Deeds, 15:252, 261.")

Also:

"On 7 August 1801 Ebenezer Durand of "Freehold," Greene Co., N.Y., quitclaimed on the land he had bought from Philo Bassett back to Philo for $100, this time describing it as an acre with a building [17]. The quitclaim was probably releasing whatever equity he held in the property above and beyond what he owed on the mortgage to Philo.

On 2 September 1808 he was again called "of Derby" when he sold for $5 an undivided third part of 1/4 acre at the Neck, subject to the [dower] of his mother [18]. However, he may have only been back in Derby on a visit at that point. He has not been located in the 1810 census in either Connecticut or New York. While he was on the Revolutionary War pension rools, he was at some point living in Middlesex Co., Connecticut, [19] probably in or near Middletown as he attempted to draw his pension from a bank there in 1823.

On 31 July 1817 Ebenezer Durand of Barkhamsted bought three acres and a house at Barkhamsted from Eli Wood for $400. On the same day he mortgaged it back to Wood. Then on 23 May 1819 he sold (mortgaged?) it for the same sum to Laura Wood and Isaac Kellogg, administrators of the estate of Eli Wood.[20]"

("17. Derby Deeds, 16:441. 18. Derby Deeds, 18:266. 19. Adjutant General, Connecticut Men, 648. 20. Barkhamsted Deeds, 8:376; 9:40; 12:29, the latter recorded 14 Nov. 1831.")

Also:

"However, I did find Ebenezer in those Shelton land records! On 26 January 1793 Joseph Nichols French of Huntington (the old name for Shelton) sold four pieces of land, including a dwelling house and barn, to Ebenezer Durand of Darby (you can tell how they pronounced Derby) for L90. On the same day Ebenezer mortgaged it back to French for L90 (1:388, 406). Six months later Ebenezer was evidently in serious trouble. He was "of Huntington" and mortgaged to Eleazer Durand of New Haven one white mare and "all the crop now on the land that I occupy" for L40 (1:550). On 27 January 1794 he sold the land back to Joseph French for L70 (2:143).

I looked at Middletown, Torrington and Oxford deeds also. Found nothing for Ebenezer ...[see continuation in text for Philo M Durand]"

OTHER RECORDS

Old Town of Derby, p 718:

"9. Ebenezer, son of Doct. John and Elizabeth (Bryan) Durand, m. Hannah White, Dec. 17, 1754. Child:

30. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 24, 1755."

EBENEZER appears to have died intestate and insolvent by his probate file from the Barkhamsted Probate District now on file at the CT State Library in Hartford, which includes a bond dated 17 Apr 1826 binding Selah Whiting, administrator, and Hiram Driggs; an inventory of his estate dated 22 Apr 1826; and a list of other fees dated 3 Oct 1827. The inventory mentions "Amt. of Inventory 59.37" and "Amt. Collected Pension 38.93", and the list of other fees mentions "personal property sent to widow 59.37" - undoubtedly, his remaining property from the inventory. Apparently, the pension was divided up among estate administrators and creditors. The widow is not named and the bonded persons are not known to be relatives. The pension is not further described.

EBENEZER's baptism record, Derby CT:

"In the year 1755
...
Ebenezer Son to Ebenezer Durand June 22^nd."

Here is another baptism record that bears some scrutiny, also from St James Church in Derby, CT:

"1791
...
Three Children of Eben^r Durand [June] 20"

These must be three of EBENEZER's first four children - Mary 1785, Andrew 1787, Philo M 1789, and David 1790 - since the fifth child Isaac P was b 1792. This lends further credence to the birthplace of at least these 4 children being Derby CT. (It is unlikely that they are 3 additional unbaptized children of EBENEZER "Sr". See the baptism discussion in his text.)

Wetmore Genealogy, pp 508-9:

"Mr. [Treat] Durand's grandfather was Ebenezer Durand, who came from France in 1768, had Polly, Andrew, Philo M., Isaac Philander, David, Ebenezer, William, Samuel, Hiram."

The EBENEZER b in France tradition seems to have been a popular one. I have seen it several places. He was born in Derby CT of course.

CT Archives, Insolvent Debtors, IX:78, microfilm no. 79: Hiel[?] Hine absolves Naboth Osborn of debt in Derby, New Haven Co., 26 Sep 1793, witnessed by EBENEZER DURAND and David Blake.





      EBENEZER was born at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 24 February 1755.^{19,20,21,22,23} He was baptized at St James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 22 June 1755. Religion: (an unknown value).^24,13 He married POLLY ANN MILLS at Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 22 May 1774. Beach gives this date as 4 Oct 1784 (actually it is handwritten in red ink into the Beach manuscript, perhaps by Prof William Frederick Durand). Durand Family gives it as 4 Oct 1784. Harvey Durand gives it as 22 May 1774, Huntington CT..^1,15,23 He was inducted into the military at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 16 January 1778.²⁵ He served in the military during war time in 1778 at CT and NY. See main text for Ebenezer.^1,2,5,26 EBENEZER reported for active duty at Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, in February 1779.²⁷ EBENEZER was ill at Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA, on 29 September 1779.²⁸ EBENEZER was ill at Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA, on 16 June 1782.²⁹ EBENEZER was ill at Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA, on 6 August 1782.³⁰ He was released from active duty at New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA, on 1 September 1782. A list dated 16 Oct 1782, for the month of Sep 1782, said he was discharged by General Washington on 1 Sep 1782. The muster roll for the preceding month of Aug 1782, dated 10 Sep 1782, has him in New Windsor Hospital. Hence he is presumably here at the time of the discharge..^31,32 EBENEZER was ill at New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA, on 10 September 1782.^33,34 He resided at Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, on 1 September 1783. An invalid, also listed in the actual files backing his Rev War pension.³⁵ EBENEZER was listed as the head of a family on the on 2 August 1790 Census at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.⁷ He bought property at Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 26 January 1793.³⁶ He bought property at Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 27 January 1794.³⁷ He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 26 February 1794.³⁸ He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 29 May 1798.^39,40 EBENEZER was listed as the head of a family on the on 4 August 1800 Census at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.⁴¹ He bought property at Durham, Greene, New York, USA, on 7 August 1801.⁴² He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 2 September 1808.⁴³ He married Polly Stow at Harriet Bacon's father's house, Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, on 1 June 1810. "Ebenezer's pension file contains depositions by Ahira Brooks and Harriet H Bacon... Taken together with census records for Sturgis, MI, it seems that the marriage must have taken palce in Ahira's house in Barkamsted." Helen Schatvet Ullman's draft re EBENEZER..^44,5,45 He bought property at Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, on 31 July 1817.⁴⁶ EBENEZER was listed as the head of a family on the on 7 August 1820 Census at Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.⁸ He resided at Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, in 1823.^5,47 EBENEZER applied for a military pension at New Hartford, CT, on 12 January 1824.⁴⁸ EBENEZER died on 31 January 1826 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, at age 70. Durand Family gives Benton IA as deathplace, but Abstracts of Rev War gives Litchfield. The latter also says that his wife died in Benton Co, so I suspect she moved there to be with her son after her husband's death. NB Benton IA is not in Benton Co IA.

He probably died in Barkhamsted but no gravestone has been found. In fact, Harvey Durand's affidavits give Barkhamsted as deathplace..^1,5,23 His body was interred at Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. File contains an affidavit from a Harriet H Bacon stating that EBENEZER was buried in Litchfield Co..⁴⁹ EBENEZER's will was probated at Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, on 17 April 1826. Bond 17 Apr 1826; inventory 22 Apr 1826; final accounting 3 Oct 1827..^12,50

     EBENEZER DURAND [Du11] DURAND Family, p 19, item 11:

"Ebenezer, son of Dr. John

b. Dec. 7, 1724, Derby, Conn. Vital Records
d. Nov. 16, 1789
m. Sept. 16, 1751, Hannah Johnson, dau. of Joseph and Margaret (Harger) Johnson
b. Feb 16, 1729/30, Derby, Conn.
d. July 26, 1752, Derby, Conn.

Child

48A. Eunice, b. New Milford, Conn.

m (2). Dec. 17, 1754, New Milford, Conn., Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer White
b. 1721
d. 1811

Children

48. Ebenezer b. Feb. 24, 1755, Derby, Conn.
bp June 22, 1755, St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, Conn.

48B. Hannah bp Jan. 26, 1758, St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, Conn.

49. Andrew bp Mar. 29, 1767, St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, Conn.

(Possibly more children.)"

See also pp 8-9, item 1, for Dr John Durand (see text for Dr JOHN (JEAN) DURAND).

In Beach letter of 23 Nov 1898:

"According to my record, Ebenezer Durand, your great grandfather, was born Feb. 24 1755. He was the son of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Durand. Ebenezer and Hannah White were married March 17 1754. Ebenezer, your great, great, grandfather, was the youngest child of Dr. John and Elizabeth (Bryan) Durand. He was born in Derby, Conn. December 7 1724." [Note that this marriage date does not accord with the 17 Dec 1754 date from "Durand Family".]

From The Durand Family: "In the Town Records of Derby it is recorded that she [Elizabeth Bryan Durand] deeded lands to her son, Ebenezer, in 1756 ..."

From the Derby CT records, certified by the Town Clerk on 28 Sep 2000:

"Ebenezer Son of Mr John & Mrs Elizabeth Durand born Decem^r 7^th 1724"

"Ebenezer Durand and Hannah White was
Married December the 17^th AD 1754"

Old Town of Derby, p 718:

"1. DURAND, Doct. JOHN ... Children: 9. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 7, 1724.

...

9. Ebenezer, son of Doct. John and Elizabeth (Bryan) Durand, m. Hannah White, Dec. 17, 1754. Child:

30. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 24, 1755."

Dr JOHN DURAND's will (in abstract, New Haven Probate Records, 5:393, 4 Sep 1727): "... John Durand of Derby is appnt'd guardian of Ebenezer Durand another son of dec'd. ... The family were John and Andrew (full age) Noah 20 1/2. Joseph 18. Samuel 15. Ebenezer 3. Abigail 12. Elizabeth 9. Mary 6," [see text for Dr JOHN for full citation].


Old Town of Derby, pp 186-8:

"In 1777, Congress provided that in order to pledged fidelity to the United States, persons should take an oath of fidelity in addition to the freeman's oath to the state. It was this oath of fidelity that was accepted by the following persons; and in it Derby showed a noble list of loyalty to the new nation. During several years thereafter two oaths were administered, the freeman's oath and the oath of fidelity.

"Derby, Sept. 16, 1777. The persons hereafter named, had the oath provided by law for freemen administered to them in open freemen's meeting, viz.:
...
Joseph Durand
...

April 13, 1778.
...
Isaac Durand
...
Noah Durand, jun.,
...
Ebenezer Durand
..." "

I believe this to be Ebenezer (1) since Ebenezer (2) was living in Litchfield Co at this time.

Early CT Marriage, 108-111:

"New Milford
Litchfield County.
Incorporated in October, 1712. The Congregational Church was organized November 2, 1716. Rev. Daniel Boardman, first pastor; Rev. Nathaniel Taylor, 1748; Rev. Stanley Friswold, 1790. The following are all the marriages recorded.
...
[p 111]
Ebenezer Durand & Hannah White, both of Darby, Dec. 17, 1754"


Now here is a puzzle. The St James baptism record of Derby CT contains the following:

"1785
...
two Children of Eben^r. Durand & one of Jeremiah Durand June 16"

These cannot be children of EBENEZER's son EBENEZER since "Junior" was married for the first time, according to the Durand Family, 4 Oct 1784. "Senior" was still alive in 1785 and so was his second wife. He would have been about 61, and she about 64, in 1785, so these would have been baptisms way after the births. "Senior" had one daughter by his first wife; we have no baptismal record for her, Eunice. We have baptismal records for the three known children he had with his second wife. So, either (1) EBENEZER "Sr" and second wife Hannah White had two other children, or (2) one of the two 1785 baptisms is Eunice by the first wife and the other is an unknown child by the second wife.

Curious, either way, since the children were probably both born in the 1750s at the latest (Hannah #2 would have been 40 in 1761). But there is already a history of late baptism established by this family with son Andrew, baptised in 1767. If they were baptised as adults, it is curious that they weren't named.

Added 4 May 2002: I now believe that Ebenezer Jr was married earlier than Durand Family indicates and that these two baptisms are for his children. Jeremiah Durand would have been his peer and fellow soldier in the Rev War.

See text for first wife Hannah Johnson for interesting intermarriage facts about the Durand and Johnson families.

CT Archives, Towns and Lands, 1629-1789, VIII:317abc: (index has this entry: "Durand, Ebenezer, far western town petition VIII:317bc"):

"To ye honourable ye General Assembly now convened at Hrtford in he Colony of Connectticut[sic] May 1752 -
     The Memorial of [list of names] all of ye Colony of Connectticut & Subcribers[sic] hereaf[torn out] and ye rest of ye Subcribers hereunto humbly beg leave to observe and shew to this honourable assembly that we are informed and do suppose that there is a considerable tract of land lying to ye westward of Hudson River and included within ye boundarys & limits of ye Charter of this his Majesties[sic] Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, and yt ye [sd?] land is nor never hath been granted to any persons or disposed of in any other way by this Governmt thereupon your Honours Memorialst humbly pray yt this honourable assembly would grant to ye Memorialst and there[sic] asosiates[sic] some of ye vacant (or ungranted) lands lying at or near ye place called Deleweare River so much thereof as shall be by your Honours thought suffition[sic] for your townships at least on such terms & conditions ... Dated at Hartford this 20th day of May AD 1752 followed by 2+ pages of signatures in three columns, including, on the second page, 317b: Elijah Durand, Noah Durand, and Ebenr Durand, and on the third page, 317c, Ebenr Durand (again), Elijah Durand (again), and Jno Durand." EBENEZER was born at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 7 December 1724. Durand Family gives pob as New Milford, Litchfield, CT but this is at odds with the birth certificate..^{9,2,10,4,11,12,13} He was listed as a ward at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 4 September 1727.⁷ He sold property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 22 March 1751.¹⁴ He married Hannah Johnson on 16 September 1751.^15,16,17 He married HANNAH WHITE at Congregational Church, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, on 17 December 1754. The Durand Family gives New Milford as the place, but the vital record of the event I obtained is from Derby CT. Nevertheless, the church record is from New Milford. Note that this marriage is "just in time" for the birth of son EBENEZER 24 Feb 1755. Harvey Durand gives the marriage as 17 Mar 1754, Middletown, CT which has the advantage of plenty of time for the EBENEZER pregnancy but unfortunately disagrees with the marriage records in both place and time..^{18,2,3,19,20,21,13} He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in 1756.²² EBENEZER died on 11 June 1789 at Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, at age 64. Durand Family says 16 Nov 1789, no place given. Harvey Durand gives 11 Jun 1789, Derby CT [the part that is now Seymour].^1,13

     Dr JOHN (JEAN) DURAND [Du1] Several items from the "Durand Family: Descendants of Dr. John Durand, a Huguenot, Born 1664, La Rochelle, France" (the index [Du1] means item number 1 in this book):

1. Introduction to the book:

"DR. JOHN DURAND
A Huguenot
Born 1664, La Rochelle, France
     
Among the number of Huguenots who took refuge in foreign lands after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685 was Dr. Jean (or John) Durand, his uncle, Noah Durand, and two cousins, George and Louis Durand. Their home was in La Rochelle, France.
     
Upon arriving in America, Dr. John left his uncle and cousins and went to South Carolina, remaining there, however, but one year. Returning to New York, he lived in New Rochelle for several months and then settled in Connecticut. He lived first at East Haven, where he applied himself diligently in acquiring a knowledge of the English language. It is said, however, that the accent of his 'mother tongue' remained throughout his life.
     
About 1696, Dr. John settled in Milford, Connecticut. He received a license to be married on September 10, 1698, in New York, to Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Richard Bryan. Elizabeth's father was not living at the time of her marriage to Dr. John Durand, for it is recorded in a deed executed May 24, 1693 on page 56 of the Derby, Connecticut, Records that Alexander Bryan and Samuel Bryan are appointed administrators of the estate of Richard Bryan, deceased. On March 11, 1699, a conveyance of property to John Durand and Elizabeth, his wife, is recorded. In this year they removed to Derby, Connecticut, where their first child, John Durand was born on November 10, 1700.

Dr. John Durand's practice extended to Woodbury and to Wallingford. He was called and known as 'the little French doctor.' He regarded punctuality as the soul of business and never violated the most trivial engagement. In every relation of life he exhibited in an eminent degree the qualities of a gentleman. It is told of him, that upon every call for his services, day or night, he was never known to refuse when it was in his power to comply. Often he would ride
many hours in the cold and storms, knowing that it was doubtful if he received compensation, but his kindness of heart would not allow him to refuse.

Much has been lost that would throw light upon Dr. John Durand's habits, his ways of thinking, and upon his observations of things. The relentless paper mills that devoured so many papers and books with records of untold value during the war of 1861-65 have much to answer for as destroyers of history. The Bassett Paper Mill at Seymour, Connecticut, tore into shreds a book belonging to Dr. John Durand that would have been highly prized today. It was a diary giving a description of the army and what they encountered in the expedition against Canadain 1709. Dr. John Durand was the surgeon of a Connecticut regiment on this expedition. Mr. Sylvester Smith, one of the proprietors of the mill, informed Mr. Frederick Durand that he had rescued from a pile of refuse a very old and quaint diary book belonging to a Dr. John Durand, which was written in the early part of 1700. He asked Mr. Frederick Durand to call for this book at his office if he wanted it, but the latter, not knowing it belonged to his great-great-grandfather, and not being interested in antiquities, neglected to call for it and onsequently the book is lost.
     
There are many traditions regarding Dr. John Durand which have come down in various branches of the family. One tradition that he had two brothers who came with him to America is erroneous; the two brothers--George and Louis--were cousins of Dr. John Durand, sons of his uncle, Charles Durand.

Dr. John Durand was the only member of his father's family who came to America. His father's name was Jean Durand who and, from tradition and reports, it is believed that there were three children: Jean (John), Joseph, and Maria.

Dr. John Durand was educated as a young man to be a physician. After he came to America, he maintained a correspondence with his relatives in La Rochelle, France, and letters written to him were to be found as late as 1861.

His grave can be found in the Colonial Cemetery at Derby,
Connecticut. In the early 1900's, this cemetery was well taken care of by the Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The grave is marked with a rough blue stone, the inscription being nearly obliterated. It reads
     
Here lyes ye body of
Doct. John Durand
Died
March ye 29TH, in ye year 1727
AG'D 60

Dr. John Durand was recognized as a man of marked ability. The energy and nobility of character which he possessed was transmitted to each and every one of his children, and they all possessed in a high degree the more solid traits of character.

There are many references to Doctor John Durand in the Colonial Records of Connecticut and in the Derby Town Records. There are also references to his uncle, Noah Durand, notably one recorded in the 'Hist. Col.', 192, 200 [1 footnote: 'Connecticut Historical Collections' by John Warner Barber, 1836, pages 199 and 200.] regarding the early settlement of Humphreyville, in which Noah Durand, while hunting deer, accidentally killed an Indian named John Sunk. One of the two cousins of Dr. John Durand who came with him from France, George Durand, settled near Middletown, Connecticut.

Dr. John Durand's wife, Elizabeth Bryan, was a daughter of Richard Bryan, and a grand-daughter of Alexander Bryan. Alexander Bryan was a son of Thomas Bryan. In March 1605/06, Alexander Bryan married Anne Baldwin, daughter of Robert and Joan Baldwin of North Church, Hertfordshire. Robert Baldwin was the son of Henry and Alice (King) Baldwin of Dundridge, in the parish of Aston Clinton, Buckinghampshire, adjoining Aylesbury.

Alexander Bryan and his son, Richard, were great merchants in New England. They bought and sold lands in almost every town from New London to New York. They furnished goods to pay the Indians for nearly all the townships in this region. Their vessels traded not only in American ports but in England, Holland, and Spain. Their bills passed in exchange in all parts of the country, and particularly in England. It is doubtful if there was another merchant, out of Boston on the American coast, who did as large a business as Alexander Bryan from 1639 to 1670.

Richard Bryan married first, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Pantry. After her death, he married second, on July 15, 1679 (Vital Statistics, Milford, Connecticut), Mary, baptized May 21, 1648 (1st Congregational Society of New Haven), and daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Heaton (widow) Wilmont, granddaughter of Benjamin and Ann Wilmot of New Haven, Connecticut. Mary (Wilmot) Bryan was sometimes called Mercy. Their child, Elizabeth Bryan, was born on April 19, 1680, Milford, Connecticut, and baptized April 25, 1680. She outlived her husband, Dr. John Durand. In the Town Records of Derby it is recorded that she deeded lands to her son, Ebenezer, in 1756 and, in an old memorandum book dated 1763, there is reference made of her living, at which time she would have been 83 years old. In the last years of her life, she made her home with her daughter. The Johnson families lived in the northern part of Derby (now called Seymour), and she was probably buried in this part of the town."

2. "ARMS IN BOOKPLATE USED BY DR. JEAN DURAND:
Durand - sa a fess dancettee or and in chief 3 fleurs-de-lis of the 2nd. Crest: a griffin's head erased, pierced with a spear"

3. p 8, item 1:

"Dr. John Durand
b. Dec. 26 1664, La Rochelle, France
Registre des Baptemes au Temple de la Ville Neuve depuis 1 Janvier 1660 jusqu'an 13 Juin 1668, p. 195.
d. March 29, 1727, Derby, Conn, aged 63
m. Sept. 10, 1698, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard and Mercy (Wilmot) Bryan
b. April 19, 1680, bp. April 25, 1680, Milford, Conn.
d.

Children
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. Ebenezer b. Dec. 7, 1724

It is recorded in the old books of record in the Surrogate's office, New York City, under Marriage Licenses, V:302 '1698 - Durand, Dr. John--Eliza Bryan 10 Sept.'

After their marriage, they lived, apparently, in Milford, Connecticut for a year (Milford Land Records 2:109, Feb. 27, 1698/9) prior to settling in Derby, Connecticut. All their children were born in Derby.

Administration of the estate of Dr. John Durand was granted September 4, 1727 to Elizabeth and John Durand. (New Haven Probate Records 5:393). The burial notice of Dr. John Durand is listed in Derby Records as published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 84, 1930, page 135.

His wife outlived him by about thirty years for, in a land conveyance made by his children June 20, 1757, mention is made to 'our mother Elizabeth Durand.' (Derby Deeds 7:295).

Some land records about Dr. John Durand in the Derby Town records are:

Nov. 3, 1704, Sylvester Wooster for L[=pounds]12 sells to John and Elizabeth Durand land in Derby on Grassy Island, one and on-half acres.

June 12, 1712, Ebenezer Johnson, for L40 paid by John Durand and Elizabeth, his wife, sold twenty acres of meadowland in Derby.

Sept. 29, 1704, it was voted to sue Dr. Durand for ye town's highway, it being for a surrender of the highway where carts can pass.

Jan. 1, 1704/5, Dr. Durand made a proffer to the town to leave it to two indifferent men to settle, etc., which was finally arbitrated and satisfactorily settled.

Dec. 15, 1707, he was chosen by the town to be collector of the 'minister's race.' It was also voted that Dr. Durand and John Davis and their wives shall sit in the third row of seats facing the pulpit.

Dr. Durand owned the homestead of Edward Wooster, the first settler of Derby, and resided in it just opposite where the road from the bridge enters the river road at the old town of Derby. Dr. Durand claimed damages for encroachment on his land after the bridge was built.

In the records he was recorded as a chirurgeon or surgeon."

NY Gen & Bio Record 98:10, 1698, "Durend, Dr. John - Eliza. Bryan - 10 Sept. V:302"

From the autobiography of William F Durand:

"...my first paternal ancestor in the New World being Dr. Jean Durand, a Huguenot, trained as a doctor in France. He came from Rochelle, France, to this country about 1690, stopping first at New Rochelle, New York, and then moving on to Milford, Connecticut, where he married Elizabeth Bryan, the daughter of an English colonist.

They moved soon to Derby, Connecticut, situated some ten miles back from Milford and at the junction of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers, as above noted. There they were allotted certain lands in the new community and Dr. Durand took up the practice of his profession. Ten children were born to the union."

Old Town of Derby, p 718:

"1. DURAND, Doct. JOHN, m. in Stratford Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Bryan, and grand dau. of Alexander Bryan, and came to Derby about 1685, his residence being near Edward Wooster's at Derby village. He possessed considerable property, and his wife inherited quite an estate from her father and grandfather. Children:
2. John, b. Nov. 10, 1700: m.
3. Elizabeth, b. July 19, [out]; d. young.
4. Noah, b. Aug. 27, 1707; m.
5. Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 1709; m.
6. Samuel, b. July 7, 1713; m.
7. Abigail, b. June 2, 1716; m. Abner Johnson.
8. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1719; m. Joseph Johnson, Jr.
9. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 7, 1724.

...

9. Ebenezer, son of Doct. John and Elizabeth (Bryan) Durand, m. Hannah White, Dec. 17, 1754. Child:

30. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 24, 1755."

General Register of the Society of Colonial Wars 1899-1902, p 622:

"DURAND, DR. JOHN, 1667-1727, Derby, Conn. Surgeon in expedition to Canada, 1709.
Durand, Harvey"

http://www.lymanjohnson.com/WebCards/PS01/PS01_140.HTM:

"An abstract of Dr. John Durand's will of Derby. (New Haven Probate Records, vol. 5, pp. 393.) "Sept. 4-1727. Elizabeth, widow and John Durand appointed administrators on his estate. Elizabeth appt'd guardian to Elizabeth, Abigail and Mary three minor children daughters of the dec'd, and Samuel Durand another minor child of dec'd, having his desire of Rev. Joseph Moss of Derby should be his guardian. John Durand of Derby is appnt'd guardian of Ebenezer Durand another son of dec'd. The inventory mentions "3 1/2 acres above the Long Lot. 1 cerurgeons knife, Physick and other Cirurgeons and barbers Instruments." "The family were John and Andrew (full age) Noah 20 1/2. Joseph 18. Samuel 15. Ebenezer 3. Abigail 12. Elizabeth 9. Mary 6," as given in the will [573]"

where the reference is

" Mabel P. Stivers, Lineage of Albert L. Johnson, Ansonia, CT 1926." JOHN was born at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, on 26 December 1664. In an introductory note on p 7 by the author, Samuel R Durand:

"In April 1970 and again in June 1971, I visited La Rochelle, France, and searched through many volumes of the original handwritten records of the Huguenot Church. These records are in the city record office.
"In a volume entitled 'Registre des Baptemes fait au Temple de la Ville Neuve depuis l'Janvier 1660 jusqu'au 13 Juin 1666' on page 195, I found what appears to be a record of the baptism and birth of Dr. John Durand. It reads 'Le Dimanche 18 Janvier 1665 on ete Baptiser par Monsieru De Landcharacts, Jean, fils de Jean Durand et d'Anne Morand, - P. Gustave Gombauld, M: Francois Mater. Il es ne le 26 Decembre dernier.' No other record is to be found between the years 1650 and 1675 in the 'Registres de la Religion Pretendre Reformee de cette ville de La Rochelle' of any other baptism of a child by the name Jean Durand.".⁸ He was baptized at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, on 18 January 1665. Religion: (an unknown value). See birth evidence text..⁹ JOHN immigrated, circa 1690. Destination: (an unknown value).^10,2 He moved at South Carolina, USA.¹⁰ He moved at New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, USA.² He moved at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.² He married ELIZABETH BRYAN at New York City, New York, New York, USA, on 10 September 1698.^11,12,7 He moved in 1699 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.¹⁰ He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 11 March 1700. The text of the deed appears in Beach's MS, citing p 56 of Derby Records..^10,13 He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 12 June 1700. Quotes the text of the deed, citing p 55 of the Derby Records..¹³ He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 3 November 1704.¹⁴ He bought property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 12 June 1712.¹⁴ JOHN died on 29 March 1727 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, at age 62. Abbott gives Oct 1727; Durand 29 Mar 1727.^15,16 His body was interred at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, at Colonial Cemetery.¹⁷ JOHN's will was probated at New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 4 September 1727.¹⁸

     ELIZABETH BRYAN From p 5 of "Durand Family":

"Dr. John Durand's wife, Elizabeth Bryan, was a daughter of Richard Bryan, and a grand-daughter of Alexander Bryan. Alexander Bryan was a son of Thomas Bryan. In March 1605/06, Alexander Bryan married Anne Baldwin, daughter of Robert and Joan Baldwin of North Church, Hertfordshire. Robert Baldwin was the son of Henry and Alice (King) Baldwin of Dundridge, in the parish of Aston Clinton, Buckinghampshire, adjoining Aylesbury.

Alexander Bryan and his son, Richard, were great merchants in New England. They bought and sold lands in almost every town from New London to New York. They furnished goods to pay the Indians for nearly all the townships in this region. Their vessels traded not only in American ports but in England, Holland, and Spain. Their bills passed in exchange in all parts of the country, and particularly in England. It is doubtful if there was another merchant, out of Boston on the American coast, who did as large a business as Alexander Bryan from 1639 to 1670.

Richard Bryan married first, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Pantry. After her death, he married second, on July 15, 1679 (Vital Statistics, Milford, Connecticut), Mary, baptized May 21, 1648 (1st Congregational Society of New Haven), and daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Heaton (widow) Wilmot, granddaughter of Benjamin and Ann Wilmot of New Haven, Connecticut. Mary (Wilmot) Bryan was sometimes called Mercy. Their child, Elizabeth Bryan, was born on April 19, 1680, Milford, Connecticut, and baptized April 25, 1680. She outlived her husband, Dr. John Durand. In the Town Records of Derby it is recorded that she deeded lands to her son, Ebenezer, in 1756 and, in an old memorandum book dated 1763, there is reference made of her living, at which time she would have been 83 years old. In the last years of her life, she made her home with her daughter. The Johnson families lived in the northern part of Derby (now called Seymour), and she was probably buried in this part of the town."

Bryan, p 20 [paraphrase]:

Elizabeth bp Nov 1685 m Dr. John Durand. Children:
...
[last] Ebenezer 7 Dec 1724 who had a son Ebenezer.

Savage, although well-respected, appears to have got ELIZABETH wrong, 1:180 (under BRYAN):

"...RICHARD [BRYAN], Milford, s. of first Alexander, b. in Eng. by w. Mary had Alexander ... Sarah, 1670. He m. 1678, Eliz. wid. of Richard Hollingworth, d. of Michael Powell of Boston, wh. d. 1698, had Eliz. b. 1679...His wid. m. John Durand, and, fourth h. a Treat, and d. 1706."

This describes ELIZABETH BRYAN's father's wife Elizabeth Powell who married 3 times (qv). ELIZABETH was born at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 19 April 1680.^5,2 She was baptized at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 25 April 1680. Religion: (an unknown value). Bryan says Nov 1685; so does Harvey Durand..^5,2,6,7 She married Dr JOHN (JEAN) DURAND [Du1] at New York City, New York, New York, USA, on 10 September 1698.^8,9,10 She sold property at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in 1756.¹ ELIZABETH died after 1763 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.¹¹

     RICHARD BRYAN From p 5 of "Durand Family":

"Richard Bryan married first, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Pantry. After her death, he married second, on July 15, 1679 (Vital Statistics, Milford, Connecticut), Mary, baptized May 21, 1648 (1st Congregational Society of New Haven), and daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Heaton (widow) Wilmot, granddaughter of Benjamin and Ann Wilmot of New Haven, Connecticut. Mary (Wilmot) Bryan was sometimes called Mercy."

Bryan, p 16 [paraphrase]:

Richard bought 13 Nov 1684 Eaton's Neck (east of Oyster Bay) part of Huntington, Long Island. He married Mary Pantry.³ He married MARY "Mercy" WILMOT at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 15 July 1679.^4,5,6 He married Elizabeth Powell. Stiles: "His [Robert Treat's] first wife d. 1703; and he m. at age of 83 (2) 22 Oct., 1705, Elizabeth (wid. of Richard) Bryan, of Milford. She d. 12 July, 1706.".⁷

     MARY "Mercy" WILMOT See text for husband RICHARD BRYAN. MARY was born on 16 February 1647.² She was baptized at 1st Congregational Society, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 21 May 1648. Religion: (an unknown value).³ She married RICHARD BRYAN at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 15 July 1679.^4,2,5

     JEAN (JEHAN) DURAND In an introductory note on p 7 of the "Durand Family" book by the author, Samuel R Durand:

"In April 1970 and again in June 1971, I visited La Rochelle, France, and searched through many volumes of the original handwritten records of the Huguenot Church. These records are in the city record office.

In a volume entitled 'Registre des Baptemes fait au Temple de la Ville Neuve depuis l'Janvier 1660 jusqu'au 13 Juin 1666' on page 195, I found what appears to be a record of the baptism and birth of Dr. John Durand. It reads 'Le Dimanche 18 Janvier 1665 on ete Baptiser par Monsieru De Landcharacts, Jean, fils de Jean Durand et d'Anne Morand, - P. Gustave Gombauld, M: Francois Mater. Il es ne le 26 Decembre dernier.' No other record is to be found between the years 1650 and 1675 in the 'Registres de la Religion Pretendre Reformee de cette ville de La Rochelle' of any other baptism of a child by the name Jean Durand.

Since this baptismal record gives the names of Jean Durand's father and mother, I searched in earlier volumes for their baptismal records. The 'Registre de Baptismes Novembre 1632 jusque'an Juillet 1638' revealed, on page 78 for 1635, a baptismal record for 'Jehan fils de Jehan Durand et d'Elizabet Arnaud demeurant a St. Martin, Isle de Re, - P: Francis Jehan Antguum, marriane: M. Isobel Durand. Il est ne le 12 du mois aout 1635.' in this same register there is recorded, on page 44, the baptism on June 11, 1634, of another son named Jehan to these same parents who lived in St. Martin, a town on the Isle de Re, a large island just off the coast near La Rochelle, France. It would appear that this first son named Jehan died, and a second son, born August 12, 1635, and also named Jehan, lived and became the father of Dr. John Durand. No other Jean or Jehan Durands were found in the Huguenot church records between 1625 and 1645." JEAN was born at St-Martin-de-Re, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, on 12 August 1635.² He married ANNE MORAND at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, before 21 October 1661.^2,3

     JEHAN was born. He See text for son JEAN (JEHAN) DURAND. He married ELIZABET ARNAUD.²