Theodore Weld Gillette, his son, writes of his father:

"Oberlin was at that time in the advance of most of the United States, in the advocation of the abolitionism of slavery and my father was one of the action workers in what was known as the Underground Railroad; which was used to help the runaway slaves to get into Canada. I heard him say in after years that he was instrumental in landing 143. He had narrow escapes from being shot by the infuriated owners."

"He was secretary of the first (argenialian) of the Oberlin College, Post Master of the Village and Editor of the Oberlin Evangelist. At the time of his death he was Judge of Monroe County, WI. The war had been going on for some months before he died and I was near Baltimore, MD. There was one of his articles written some twenty years before, in which he says that he had just come up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. On the boat was a man that lived in Mississippi by the name of Jeff Davis. My father predicted a war with the South and that Jeff Davis would be the leader of the South."


Robert E. Gillett came to Oberlin with President Finney and was for some time General Agent or Secretary of the College. He was also postmaster in Oberlin and was connected with the activities of the "Underground railroad" which helped in the escape of slaves to Canada.

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TRUSTEES
Rev. ASA MAHAN,
Rev. JOHN KEEP,
Rev. JOHN J. SHIPHERD,
Rev. JOEL TALCOTT,
Rev. JOHN KEYS,
ADDISON TRACY,
PHILO P. STEWART,
PETER P. PEASE,
JABEZ L. BURRELL
OWEN BROWN, Esq.
LEVI BEEBEE,
ALEX SEYMOUR, Esq.
RIVERIUS BIDWELL, Esq.

ROBERT E. GILLETT, General Agent.
LEVI BURNELL, Corresponding Sec'ry and Treasurer

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TOMAH, WISCONSIN

The town and village of Tomah were named in honor of Chief Thomas Carron, or Tomah as the French pronounced his name, of the Menominee Indians. The first man to acquire title to any portion of the future city was Jesse Norman, who came on foot from Walworth County in 1854. The first permanent settler in the village was Robert E. Gillett, who came from Cleveland, Ohio in 1855. He made a claim, taking in all of the original plat of the village and four forties adjoining in Sec 9. In May 1855, he built a log cabin, containing four rooms, the first building of any kind in Tomah.

The state government offered great inducements to parties in search of land with thirty years being allowed to pay with only seven percent interest. In 1856 Gillett built a steam sawmill in the northern part of the village. It was the only steam mill in the Monroe County. On June 1st, 1857 Mr. Gillett had the village platted and surveyed. Charles W. Kellogg, an elder in the Methodist Church built the first frame house in the village, on the "Knoll" in the western part of the village. On the first Sunday in July 1857 Elder Kellogg delivered the first sermon in the village in a new barn built by Gillett, who said he wished to have it dedicated.

In 1856 the first school was held in a barn. In 1857 a log house was built across from Gillett's house to house the school. Also in 1857 the first grocery and drugstores were established, as well as a blacksmith shop

Robert Gillett had a dream for a city of rare spirit that would endure. Visions of a railroad center faded, but the city became even greater than the dreams. There is still that peculiar kind of charm in the Valley of the Lemonweir that is now Tomah.

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Robert afterwards moved to Tomah, WI (giving that town its name) and again met his old friend Simeon Durand Powers, whom he had known in Ohio. Here his son Theodore Weld first met Laetitia, daughter of Simeon and later they married.

Laetitia's brother Alonzo married Mary Burrell Gillett, Theodore's half sister.

Laetitia often visited the grave of Edward Durand in Desoto, WI. It was the first grave in that town and its location is now unknown to the relatives. It was under a magnificent oak near the Mississippi.

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Newspaper clipping found at Oberlin College Archives (name of publication not found on clipping):
June 28, 1898

DOWN SOUTH IN 1844

Captain R. A. Gillett of Milwaukee is a son of Robert E. Gillett, who was one of the six men who founded Oberlin College.

Robert E. Gillett held high rank among the men connected with the Underground Railroad in Ohio during the last years of slavery, and many a colored man in Kentucky and Virginia owed his freedom to his skill as an Underground Railroad manager.

1835-1837
Mr. Gillett was designated as financial agent or secretary of Oberlin College and consequently it often happened that he was made guardian for colored pupils sent from the south and elsewhere.

A wealthy citizen of Louisiana, the father of two distinct families, one white and the other dark, saw much merit in his half colored children and their mother. When he wrote his will he provided that each one of the mulatto children - four boys and two girls - should receive $10,000 and their mother a like sum. He also sent the seven to Oberlin, where the children were to be educated.

Upon the death of the wealthy man, who was also prominent in various directions, the father of at least one son who has served in the United States senate and held another very high office, besides winning the rank of colonial in the confederate army, the guardian of the Oberlin children and their mother took steps to get the $70,000 that had been provided for them in the will.

He met with bitter opposition at every step and it required six years of hard work and close application. Mr. Gillett visited New Orleans on several occasions, the last time in 1844. That time Captain Gillett, the Wisconsin man who then was 10 years of age, accompanied him. They were stopped at the St. Charles. There were unmistakable signs that Mr. Gillett would win in his fight for the children. This enraged his opponents.

One afternoon, while Mr. Gillett and his boy were in the reading room, a delegation of a dozen or so stalwart, determined-looking men approached and asked: "Are you Robert E. Gillett of Oberlin?"

"That is my name, sir, and there is where I hail from. How can I serve you?"

"Well, sir, we are authorized to come here and tell you that you have until tomorrow morning to take the boat on your way homeward."

Mr. Gillett, whose fixedness of purpose had made him all his life a stanch friend of the colored people, who many times had risked his life in defending their interests, and had also run the risk of imprisonment by aiding them in their efforts to escape from servitude, rose from his chair, and walking up close to the leader of the delegation said to him so that all in the room could hear: "Well, sir, I am authorized to say to you and the balance of your delegation and all men of your stripe, that I am in New Orleans looking after a case in the United States court and that I shall remain here until that business is concluded; and if you, or any of your delegation, or any of your kind lay a hand on me you will do so at your peril."

The delegation apparently had seen and heard enough of Mr. Gillett of Oberlin, because they "about-faced" and left the room and he remained in New Orleans until his work was done, until he had secured judgment for the full amount, with interest, making a sum of nearly $100,000. There was no further trouble. It is evident that he was not regarded as a man it was wholesome to trifle with.

They were right; he was not.

During that visit south, Mr. Gillett and his son had occasion to go to Vicksburg. They put up at a hotel. People there soon discovered who Mr. Gillett was, that he was connected with a "nigger" college and looking after a large sum of southern money that was going north to help educate "niggers" at Oberlin.

In those days Vicksburg was the abode of not a few reckless characters.

Among the men who visited the hotel and looked the northerner over; one of the few who did not scowl at him was a Judge Springer. When no one else was about the judge stepped up to Mr. Gillett and said: "I don't believe you ought to remain here over night."

Gillett wanted to know why. The judge explained that his name, home and mission were known to some rather hard customers, who did not have a very kindly feeling for him. "I will gladly entertain you where I am stopping, at a private residence." said the judge; and he did so, and after the Vicksburg business was concluded he returned to his home.

Keep this judge in mind.

While Mr. Gillett was on that southern tour he went to hear a popular southern orator. I should have added before that Mr. Gillett was editor of the Oberlin Evangelist. In a letter to the Evangelist he spoke of the meeting at which he heard the young orator in 1844. Among the other things this sturdy Ohioan and abolitionist said:

"I have this night heard a remarkable speech, delivered by a member of the Mississippi legislature, Jefferson Davis, and I want to predict, here and now, that within thirty years the south will attempt to establish a southern confederacy and that this Mr. Davis will be at the head of it."

A brother of Captain Gillett (Theodore Weld Gillette) enlisted in 1861 as a private in the Fourth Wisconsin. Later he was commissioned and was assigned to the commissary department.

While his command was at Baton Rouge in 1864, many of the southern loyal people applied for rations. One day a very old man called upon Lieutenant Gillett to say that he had lost his home and that all of his relatives among the boys and men had entered the confederate service, and that he was destitute.

"I see you bear the name of Gillett, " said the old man.

"Yes, sir, Gillett of Wisconsin."

"Did you ever live at Oberlin, Ohio?"

"I did; was born there."

"What was your father's name?"

"Robert E."

"Did he ever visit the south-was he connected with Oberlin College?"

"Yes, sir."

"Do you remember whether he once visited Vicksburg?"

"I cannot tell, sir, but I can find out by writing my brother, who, I remember, went south with my father on one or two occasions."

Without the old gentleman's being obliged to make a request for food the lieutenant gave him a generous supply and told him to come around in the course of ten days or two weeks and he would give him the information he sought. He then wrote his brother, the captain, of whom I have spoken, and asked if he remembered Judge Springer of Vicksburg. The reply went back at once that he did and that the judge had done his father and himself a great kindness by shielding them from what he thought was imminent danger. He closed by requesting his brother to do anything or everything in his power to make it comfortable for the old judge, and the request was complied with.

J.A. Watrous.


More About ROBERT EDWIN GILLETT:
Burial: 1861, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, Monroe, WI

Notes for LUCY KELLOGG:
LUCY, dau. Of Ezra, b. 2 May, 1811; m. (1) 2 May 1838, Robert Edwin Gillette, b. 1809.

He d. Sept., 1861; was editor and publisher of the Oberlin (O.), Evangelist; later engaged in the real estate business and founded and named the village of Tomah, WI; she m. (2) William Austin Lathrop; res. in Cleveland, OH.


Children by first husband

Ruth Kellogg Gillette, b. 24 Feb., 1839; is a teacher in Green Bay, Wis.
Theodore Weld Gillette, b. 23 Oct., 1840; m. 2 May, 1864, Laetitia
Sophronia Powers, of Sparta, Wis., dau. of S. D. Powers, b. in Ferrisburg,
VT.; was a sheep raiser in San Diego, Tex.
Julia King Gillette, b. 22 Nov. 1842; m. 24 Feb., 1875, Dr. Anson
James Adams, of Flint, Mich., b. Nov. 1842, son of Oliver R.
Adams, b. in Homer, N. Y., 12 July 1815, and Harriet James, b.
29 July 1818; he was graduated from Williams College, and from
the Homeopathic College of Cleveland, OH.
Frederick Kellogg Gillette, b. 17 Sept., 1844; was a telegraph operator;
res. in Garrettsville, OH.


More About LOIS ANN (INGRAHAM) WARNER:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, Monroe, WI

Children of ROBERT GILLETT and MARIE (BURRELL) are:
i. ROBERT ARTHUR GILLETT, b. July 08, 1834, Elyria, Loraine, OH; d. December 28, 1907, Fox Lake, Dodge, WI; m. (1) SARAH CAROLINE TURNER, 1862; d. 1872; m. (2) SEREPTA A. ATKINSON, Abt. 1873; d. December 1905, Fox Lake, Dodge, WI.

More About SARAH CAROLINE TURNER:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, Monroe, WI

ii. MARY ANN GILLETT, b. March 21, 1836, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. March 1916; m. ALONZO JOSEPH POWERS; b. September 13, 1840; d. October 1915.

Notes for ALONZO JOSEPH POWERS:
Alonzo had a large dry goods store in St. Paul MN of which he was President, his brother Eugene was VP. His son Fred also was with him in the store.


Children of ROBERT GILLETT and LUCY KELLOGG are:
iii. RUTH K. GILLETTE, b. February 24, 1839, Oberlin, OH; d. Aft. 1921; m. E. H. ELLIS.
iv. THEODORE WELD GILLETTE, b. October 23, 1840, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. April 10, 1921, Bellingham, WA; m. LAETITIA SOFRONIA POWERS, May 02, 1864, Sparta, WI; b. May 04, 1843, Henrietta, OH; d. October 11, 1920, Bellingham, WA.
v. JULIA KING GILLETTE, b. October 20, 1842, Oberlin, OH; d. Aft. 1921; m. K. ADAMS.
vi. FREDRICK KELLOGG GILLETTE, b. September 17, 1844; d. Aft. 1921.

1. Robert Arthur GILLETT b. 8 Jul 1834, Elyra, Lorain, OH; d. 28 Dec 1907, Fox Lake, Dodge, WI; bur. Riverside Memorial Park, Fox Lake, Dodge, WI.
2. Mary Ann GILLETT b. 21 Mar 1836, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. Mar 1916.

1. Ruth Kellogg GILLETTE b. 24 Feb 1839, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. Aft 1921.
2. Theodore Weld GILLETTE b. 23 Oct 1840, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. 10 Apr 1921, Bellingham, Whatcom, WA; bur. 21 Apr 1921, Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom, WA.
3. Julia King GILLETTE b. 20 Oct 1842, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. Aft 1921.
4. Fredrick Kellogg GILLETTE b. 17 Sep 1844, Oberlin, Lorain, OH; d. Aft 1921.

GRISWOLD GILLETT

Our Gillett ancestors lived in the Connecticut River valley for over 170 years until 1801 when Griswold Gillett joined Seth Tracy, a Revolutionary War veteran, and the Tracy family as "a hired man" to manage a team of Tracy’s wagons traveling west to Trumbull County, Ohio. This part of Ohio was known as The Western Reserve. It was a strip of land that Connecticut reserved in 1796 for herself. It lay between the shore of Lake Erie and the forty-first parallel (just south of Youngstown) and ran 120 miles west from the western border of Pennsylvania to a point just beyond Sandusky. This was New Connecticut and a land of opportunity in a new nation.


Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Seth Tracy, who had previously selected his land in Mesopotamia Township, started from Preston, CT to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, with several teams and his family. Unfortunately, Simeon Tracy, Seth's father, died at Pittsfield. Seth's mother, Lois Branch Tracy, continued on. Griswold joined the Tracys at Pittsfield, driving one of the teams. At Whitestown, New York, Seth Tracy procured a boat, and proceeded as far as Niagara Falls. Here the boat and contents were hauled around the Falls on trucks, with cattle, and again committed to the water. After coasting along the south shore of Lake Erie to the mouth of Grand River, they entered the river, and followed up to within one mile of the residence of Judge Griswold, in Windsor, and from thence to Mesopotamia by land, where they arrived May 8, 1801.

When Seth Tracy arrived in Mesopotamia with Griswold, he cleared his land and built his house all with the help of Griswold Gillett. In 1806 Griswold married Tracy’s eldest daughter Clarissa. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride’s father and in addition to "giving away the bride" the father performed the wedding ceremony, having recently been elected justice of the peace. Here in Mesopotamia, Ohio Griswold and Clarissa built a home and raised a family. Their son, Robert Edwin, would later continue our family line.

Record of marriage of Griswold Gillett and Clarissa Tracy

Samuel Forward taught the first school, in 1803, in a room in the house of Seth Tracy.
The first schoolhouse was built on the north part of Seth Tracy's farm, near the center, in 1806.

There were but a few Indians in this town. One old chief, Pauqua, sometimes came around, oftener begging for something to drink than to eat, and it was always a relief to some of the children when he left. After the war of 1812 a small band of Indians visited Grand River to hunt. The inhabitants made their camp a visit, but found the Indians absent. They broke some of their kettles, made the form of an Indian on the bark of a tree, shot a ball into it, and left. The Indians took the hint, and left too.

March 14, 1806, the Commissioners of Trumbull County ordered that Windsor, Mesopotamia, and Henshaw (as Farmington was then called), "should be erected into, and declared, a township district, with all the rights, privileges, and immunities given to, and vested in, townships within this State, by the name of Troy, and the first township meeting shall be held at the house formerly occupied by Dr Clark, in said district."

At a meeting held in the district of Troy and county of Trumbull, on Monday, the 7th day of April, Anno Domini 1806, voted and made choice of Otis Guild, Chairman of said meeting; Hezekiah Sperry and Jonathan Higley, Judges of said meeting; Ephraim Clark, Township Clerk; William Cox, Gager Smith, and Jonathan Higley, Trustees; Skene D. Sacket and Abraham Daley, Overseers of the Poor; Griswold Gillette and Alpheus Sperry, Fence Viewers; Isaac Clark, Appraiser and Lister; Timothy Alderman, Appraiser; Joseph Alderman, Jr., Amadeus Brooks, and William Read, Supervisors of Highways; Griswold Gillette and Samuel Forward, Constables; Ephraim Clark, Treasurer.

Griswold located on the farm where Capt. Aaron Lyman lived (the Howes farm south of Ab. Fauce’s). He made some improvements and sold out to Seth Tracy. He then bought the land at the southeast corner of the road leading to Bloomfield and the Common, later purchased in February 1815 by Dr. L. Newcomb. Griswold built a log cabin east of the Auretus White’s blacksmith shop and started a distillery some 15 rods east to help the farmers get rid of their surplus rye and corn, and made what they called whiskey. It was of such a nature that it would kill at a distance of forty rods, off hand, every time. He found that it was not as profitable as he had expected as he had to gow so far to get the grain ground. Well, he abandoned it before he sold to Dr. Newcomb. After selling out here he moved to Parkman, Geauga County.

It is needless to say that the early settlers had many hardships to encounter. The story of one settlement is in a measure the story of all. The first settlers usually built rude huts of poles and bark, with a cloth of some kind for a door, taking the precaution, however, to roll some logs up before it at night, to keep the bears out. Occasionally a bear would rise upon his haunches, put his fore paws upon the top log, and take a peep within. The sight of the fire usually sent them on their way in a hurry. The huts were soon vacated for the more stately log house, and some new comer would move into the hut until he could build a house of his own. Game was plenty, and it was not many years before provisions were plenty. An old bear and two cubs were killed in this township as late as 1836. Deerskins were tanned, and made into jackets, roundabouts, and pants, and were very serviceable, although liable to chafe after having been wet and left to dry.

After the introduction of sheep and flax, the women carded, spun, and wove their own cloth, using roots and leaves of different kinds for coloring the same; and when the boys had got a suit of homespun, they thought they had arrived at the acme of bliss, and they said, "Now our pants won't be all the time crawling above our knees, and stand alone when we take them off."

Wolves were very plenty, and made frequent depredations upon the flocks, the last that were seen being a pack of five, that killed and wounded some eight or ten sheep for the widow of Elias Sperry, in the north part of the town, as late as 1837.

A military company had been formed under the command of Captain Hill, of Windsor. On the breaking out of the war of 1812 a call was made for volunteers. Linus Tracy, Oliver Guild, Jairus Guild, and Whitney Smith volunteered; and afterward another call was made, when Matthew Laird, Elias Sperry, Griswold Gillette, Ebenezer K. Lamson, Amadeus Brooks, Lucius Sperry, and Isaac Clark went.
Mesopotamia, Ohio, December 14, 1875
C. A. Brigden
Historical Collections of the Mahoning Valley, Vol. 1, page 17
1876 the Mahoning Valley Historical Society

In April of 1806 Griswold was elected fence viewer and constable of Mesopotamia. Griswold was a Presbyterian and was the owner of the Mesopotamia Distillery.

Following are the OH state and US federal censuses where Griswold and his family appear:

1804 GRISWOLD GILLET Trumbull County OH 012 Mesopotamia Tax List OH Early Census Index OHS1a1353174

Name: Gillet, Griswould Year: 1807
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 024 Location:

Name: Gillet, Griswold Year: 1808
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 019 Location: MIXED TWPS

1820 GILLET GRISWOLD Trumbull County OH 263 Mesopotamia Township Federal Population Schedule OH 1820 Federal Census Index OHS2a481001



ROSTER OF OHIO SOLDIERS IN WAR OF 1812

GILLET, GRISWOLD GRISWOLD GILLET
Company: RUSSELL'S BATTALION, OHIO MILITIA.
Rank In: CORPORAL
Rank Out: CORPORAL
Roll-Box: 81 Roll-Rec: 605
GILLET, GRISWOLD GRISWOLD GILLET
Company: 2 REGIMENT (COTGREAVE'S), OHIO MILITIA.
Rank In: SERGEANT Rank Out: SERGEANT
Roll-Box: 81 Roll-Rec: 606


Following are some of Tegan Gillette’s notes:

His grandfather was a farmer. His grandmother's family was considered well off and was an "aristocrat" in the those days.

Griswold lost his father at a young age and was raised by his grandfather, but which side of the family is unclear right now. He was not allowed to work too hard as a boy as his grandfather wanted him to grow big and strong so that when he was mature he would stand 6' tall in his stockings. A good education was tough to come by and his was limited.

Griswold was smitten with grandma who "hazed" have been a beautiful girl, as she was a very handsome old lady. After they arrived on the shore of Lake Erie and were cleaning up the farm the War of 1812 broke out and Griswold enlisted as a soldier. He was a fine shot as he often told his grandson, TW Gillette, of some of his shots at a mark and once of shooting an Indian dog a long distance off just as they were landing on the island of Macinaw. The dog was sitting near one of the wigwams on the brow of a hill, it had a white spot on its breast. He had made the remark that he could kill that dog. The colonel who was Col. Davenport (that the city of Davenport is now named after) told him to try it. He shot the dog and when they landed and passed the hill they found that he had hit the dog in the white spot on his breast.

They had quite a fight with the Indians on their march around the island. The Indians were in cover behind rocks and trees and on all sides of them. When any of the men were wounded and had to be left or fell out they were killed, the Indians would run out after the command had passed and scalp them. One poor fellow had been wounded was trying to keep up when and Indian shot him in the hip then ran out with his hatchet and buried it in the man's head. Grandfather saw him while loading his gun as fast as he could and just as the Indian had raised his arm to pull out the hatchet grandfather took aim at him fired and the Indian fell shot through the body. When they marched around the island and came to that spot again he said that Davenport went over to the two dead bodies and after looking at them said, "I saw Gillette shoot that Indian at a very long range. He is the best shot in the army on the island."

"Grandfather said he shot at Indians a great many times but he did not know that he killed any others and did not want to know." TW remembers

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From Tegan Gillette:

He served his enlistment as well as part of another married man’s who had a family but could not remain away from his home. I think the man was any animal that he knew of. When he was over 80 people would come for miles and take him in their lumber wagons in a rocking chair to doctor their sick animals. He was a great joker and was the life of the neighborhood. He army life got him in the habit of drinking (the army's rations included whiskey and tobacco) so often he would go on a drinking spree. He would not drink socially at the tavern where they always had bums and loafers. He despised them but he would go and get a jug of whiskey and have a lonesome drink by himself. In later years, he would often say that the one thing he had always done was to provide well for his family. According to Mrs. Bakon, an 87 year old lady, he was a noted character when she was girl and his witty sayings were quoted far and near. While he was not educated he was a man of brains and raised a large family of 7 children.

When he was in his cups and after his children were grown up, he would say if it was not for their father, the Gillette girls would be too proud to live on earth. It was necessary to do something to keep them down. "My you're a lot of handsome girls and talented," Mrs Baken said after he had left Ohio and gone to Wisconsin.

Mrs. Baken went to see the place he had picked out for his grave (Tomah, WI). He had planted a thorn tree at the foot as "he had traveled a life of thorns" and a weeping willow which was the emblem of his wife's life. At his head he had planted a crab apple tree, as he had been crabbed. At the left was rose bush which represented his children, the joy of his life.


Tombstone engraving:

The aged pioneer of the west
Has gone down peacefully to rest
Here he lies in silent sleep
No one for him need mourn or weep

1. Caroline GILLETT
2. Mary Ann GILLETT
3. Seth Augustus GILLETT b. 21 Nov 1808, OH; d. 4 Oct 1888, Lawrence, KS.
4. 1. Robert Edwin GILLETT b. 23 Jun 1809, Mesopotamia, OH; d. 28 Sep 1861, Tomah, Monroe, Wi; bur. 1861, Oak Grove Cemetary, Tomah, Monroe, WI.
5. Ransom Addison GILLETT b. 1818; d. 3 Feb 1889, Ravena, Portage, OH; bur. Ravena, Portage, OH.
6. Martha GILLETT b. 1823.
7. Elizabeth GILLETT

Name: Tracy, Seth Year: 1806
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 090 Location: 6TH COLLECTION TERR.
Comments:

Name: Tracy, Seth Year: 1807
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 055 Location:
Comments:

Name: Tracy, Seth Year: 1809
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 016 Location: TREY TWP
Comments:

Name: Tracy, Seth Year: 1808
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 046 Location: MIXED TWPS
Comments:

Name: Tracy, Seth Year: 1810
County: TRUMBULL CO. State: OH
Page: 038 Location: TROY
Record Type: TAX LIST
Comments:

OHIO WILLS INDEX
Tracey, Seth 1829
Trumbull
pr 5 (probate record)
p 246 t

From the Edward R. Knurow Collection Pittsfield Town Records vol 33 page 251 a layout of property near the Ford Tavern shows Edward Robinson at the corner of Barker Road and Stevens corner. The survey states beginning at the SW corner of the little red school house. The diagram also shows property of Seth Tracy and states Seth Tracy ran the tavern 1796 - 1800. Seth then left with his family and mother for the Western Reserve.

1. 3. Clarissa TRACY b. 7 Jul 1783, Mesopotamia, Trumbull, OH; d. 3 Jun 1874, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Fairview Cemetery, Mesopotamia, Warren, OH.
2. Pamela TRACY b. 28 Jun 1785.
3. Sabrina TRACY b. 18 Jul 1790; d. Jul 1872, West Farmington, Warren, OH; bur. West Farmington, Warren, OH.
4. Adeline Marion TRACY b. Abt 1792.
5. Linus TRACY b. 2 Mar 1794; d. 25 Dec 1890; bur. Fairview Cemetery, Mesopotamia, Warren, OH.
6. Addison TRACY b. 24 Aug 1796.
7. Sophia TRACY b. 19 Mar 1799.

From The History of Berkshire County page 325
"From this period until the year 1774 or 1775 (those which are first named, came here in the early part of this period,) viz David Rosseter, from Guildford, Nathan Pierson, from Long Island, Simeon and Elijah Tracy, from Preston, Ezekiel Olmsted, from Norwalk, Ebenezer and Ephraim Welch from Norwich, Eliphalet Redington from Tolland, Silas and Aaron Parmelee, from Guliford, EDWARD ROBINSON and Samuel Fitch, from Stonington," (etc.) A foot note for the page reads *The names of early settlers, and accurate dates, it has been difficult to ascertain, in consequence of the earliest Town records having been destroyed in the burning of the house of Mr. John Slosson, the Town Clerk, about the year 1775.

1. Ziporah TRACY b. 20 Jun 1754, Preston, New London, CT.
2. 6. Seth TRACY b. 18 Oct 1759, Preston, New London, CT; d. 31 Jul 1829, Mesopotamia, Trumbul, OH; bur. Fairview Cemetery, Mesopotamia, Warren, OH.
3. Elam TRACY b. 3 Aug 1761, Preston, New London, CT.
4. Mercy TRACY b. 6 Sep 1763, Preston, New London, CT; d. 25 Apr 1812, Preston, New London, CT.
5. Ascenthia TRACY b. 20 Jun 1766, Preston, New London, CT; d. 12 Feb 1854, Mesopotamia, Trumbell Co, Ohio; bur. Smith Family Cemetary, OH.
6. Simon TRACY b. 27 May 1769, Richmond, Berkshire, MA.
7. Lois TRACY b. 21 Dec 1771, Preston, New London, CT.
8. Jedediah TRACY b. 2 Jan 1777, Preston, New London, CT.
9. Ester TRACY b. 9 Jun 1779, Preston, New London, CT.
10. Sabrina TRACY b. 3 Sep 1784, Preston, New London, CT; d. 19 Feb 1788, Preston, New London, CT.