Descendants of Edward Steenrod

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

 

Edward Steenrod

 

Notes for Edward Steenrod:

served in 1760 as a private in the 7th company of Militia in the Upper Battalion of Westchester County, NY under Col. William Willet, Lieut. Col. James Verplanck, Maj. Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Capt. Joshua Lobdell

       

Probable children of Edward Steenrod are:

                          i.    Solomon Steenrod, born before 1760; died after 1820; married (name unknown) c. 1788.

                         ii.    Amy Steenrod, born between 1755 and 1760; died May 30, 1844 in Monroe Township, Wyoming Co, PA; married Valentine Wilson February 07, 1779 in Church of Christ, Salem, Westchester Co, NY; born 1754 in Kakiat (now Ramapo) Rockland Co., NY; died July 04, 1833 in Fallsburgh, NY (or North Morland Township PA, now in Wyoming Co.).

                        iii.    Mary Steenrod, born c. 1760; married Daniel Ward September 01, 1779 in Church of Christ, Salem, Westchester Co, NY.

                        iv.    Elizabeth Steenrod, born c. 1750; married Simeon Fuller December 19, 1771 in Church of Christ, Salem, Westchester Co, NY.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

        Solomon Steenrod, born before 1760; died after 1820.  He is generally supposed to be the son of Edward Steenrod.  He married  about 1788 but his wife’s name is unknown. She was born about 1765 and died after 1820. Census records support the children listed below but there is no direct proof of the connection; there were also two other unnamed daughters. Solomon Steenrod was a private in the Westchester Co. Militia in 1779. Between 1788 and 1790 he lived in  Frederickstown, Dutchess County (later South East Township, now in Putnam County); between 1800 and 1803 in Colchester Township, Delaware County, NY; in 1810 in Romulus Township, Seneca County, NY; in 1820 in Gainsville, Genesee (now Wyoming) County, NY

       

Children of Solomon Steenrod are:

                          i.    Stephen Steenrod, born August 19, 1789 in SE Township, Dutchess County, NY (now Putnam County); died May 06, 1866 in Reed's Creek, Hancock, Delaware County, NY; married 1) Phoebe Appley 1815; married 2) Sylvania Clark September 25, 1844.

                         ii.    Phoebe Steenrod, born c. 1793; died between 1855 and 1859 in Cussewago Township, Crawford Co., PA; married Isaac B. Hall before 1827; born 1793 in Windsor, CT; died December 1860 in Cussewago Township, Crawford Co., PA.

                        iii.    Solomon Steenrod, born May 05, 1807 in Colchester Township, Delaware Co., NY; died June 06, 1859 in Aetna Township, Logan Co., IL; married Jane Brooks before  June 1828; born betweem 1805 and 1807 in NY; died between 1860 and 1870 in Aetna Township, Logan Co., IL.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

        Stephen Steenrod, born August 19, 1789 in SE Township, Dutchess County, NY (now Putnam County); died May 06, 1866 in Reed's Creek, Hancock, Delaware County, NY.  He was the son of  Solomon Steenrod. His mother’s name is unknown.  He married Phoebe Appley 1815.

        Phoebe Appley, born February 20, 1798 in Reed's Creek, Hancock, Delaware Co.,  NY; died December 22, 1843 in Reed's Creek, Hancock, NY.  She was the daughter of Asa Appley and Hannah Read. Stephen Steenrod served in the War of 1812. He was listed in the Census of 1860 in Fremont, NY

       

Children of Stephen Steenrod and Phoebe Appley are:

                          i.    Stephen Steenrod

                         ii.    Anson Appley Steenrod, born June 24, 1821 in Hancock, Delaware Co., NY; died March 21, 1872 in Freemont, Sullivan Co., NY; married Eliza (unknown); born 1826. He was a minister.

                        iii.    Susan Steenrod, born July 08, 1824; died March 23, 1879 in Freemont, Sullivan Co., NY.

                        iv.    William Doll Steenrod, born May 04, 1828 in Hancock, NY; died January 20, 1882 in Liberty, NY; married 1) Charlotte P. (unknown); married 2) Cordelia Darbee September 22, 1868. See below for more information.

                         v.    Levi Tucker Steenrod, born May 20, 1830 in Hancock, Delaware Co., NY; died January 13, 1865. Alternate death date given as August 06, 1856, Hancock, Delaware Co., NY

                        vi.    Laura Diantha Steenrod, born May 14, 1833 in Hancock, Delaware Co., NY; died August 09, 1835 in Hancock, Delaware Co., NY.

                       vii.    Edward Ruthwin Steenrod, born July 16, 1835 in Hancock, Delaware Co., NY; died February 07, 1912 in Cooks Falls, NY; married Elizabeth Polina Misner December 04, 1869 in Fremont, NY; born 1843; died September 10, 1916. Edward was also known as Edwin Steenrod. Elizabeth Polina Misner was called Aunt Paulina by her Misner nephews

                      viii.    Charles H. Steenrod, born 1840; died in Sharon, WI.; he brought up his brother William Doll Steenrod's son Edwin Darbee Steenrod in Sharon, WI

 

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

 

 

        2.  William Doll Steenrod, born May 04, 1828 in Hancock, NY; died January 20, 1882 in Liberty, NY.  He was the son of Stephen Steenrod and Phoebe Appley.  He married 1) Charlotte P. (unknown) d. November 16, 1867 2) Cordelia Darbee September 22, 1868.

        Cordelia Darbee, born April 03, 1833 in Liberty, NY; died May 16, 1906 in near Liberty, NY.  She was the daughter of William Tremper Darbee and Abigail Dodge.

 

William Doll Steenrod settled in Stevensville (now Swan Lake), NY by 1875; part of Bethel, but listed in Liberty Directory; had a farm of 159 acres in Liberty in 1872; Listing in the 1880 census: Steenrod, W.D., 52;  Cordelia, 47; Amos G., 21; Julius G., 17; Edwin D., 6; Cordelia, 4; Jennie A., 9/12; Darbee, Abigail, 83. Cordelia Darbee converted to "Wesleyan Church" in 1854.

 

Children of William Steenrod and Charlotte P. (unknown) are:

                       i. Jason F. Steenrod, b.1850

                       ii. William A. Steenrod, b. 1852

                       iii. Fanny R. Steenrod (1854-1924)

                       iv. Levi Tucker Steenrod (1857-19187); had son Roy

                       v.  Amos G. Steenrod (1859-1924)

                       vi. Lucy A. Steenrod (1862-1909)

                       vii. Julius G. Steenrod      , b. 1863

Children of William Steenrod and Cordelia Darbee are:

                          i.    Minnie Steenrod, born January 15, 1870; died February 09, 1870.

                         ii.    Abigail Steenrod, born November 25, 1870; died June 26, 1873.

                        iii.    Edwin Darbee Steenrod, born April 22, 1874; died November 05, 1956; married 1) Carrie Harmon; died 1946; married 2) Mary Cluttenburg; married 3) Mary Jones.

                        iv.    Daisy Cordelia Steenrod, born June 11, 1876 in Stevensville (now Swan Lake), NY; died August 30, 1958 in Liberty, NY; married Fred S Gorton June 25, 1901 in Liberty, NY.; sons Edwin Leslie and William Russell married and had offspring

                         v.    Jennie Abigail Steenrod, born August 27, 1879; died August 24, 1881.

 

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

        Daisy Cordelia Steenrod, born June 11, 1876 in Stevensville (now Swan Lake), NY; died August 30, 1958 in Liberty, NY.  She was the daughter of 2. William Doll Steenrod and 3. Cordelia Darbee.  She married (1) Fred S Gorton June 25, 1901 in Liberty, NY.  He was born September 17, 1878 in Strongtown, NY, and died November 26, 1973 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT.  He was the son of Nathaniel Gildersleeve Gorton and Lucy Misner.

 

 

 

 

If you have any further information about any of these Steenrods, I’d appreciate hearing from you. Please contact Kathy at emerson@megalink.net. I’m Daisy Cordelia Steenrod’s granddaughter.