_Isaac AMSDEN _________________
| (1620 - 1659) m 1654
_Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __|_Frances PERRIMAN OR PERRYMAN _
| (1655 - 1727) m 1677 (1623 - 1728)
_John, Sr. AMSDEN ___|
| (1683 - 1761) m 1704|
| | _John, Sr. RUTTER _____________
| | | (1616 - 1695) m 1641
| |_Jane RUTTER ________|_Elizabeth PLYMPTON ___________
| (1659 - 1739) m 1677 (1619 - 1689)
_John, Jr. AMSDEN ___|
| (1714 - ....) m 1738|
| | _______________________________
| | |
| | _Isaac HOWE _________|_______________________________
| | |
| |_Hannah HOWE ________|
| (1688 - 1773) m 1704|
| | _______________________________
| | |
| |_Frances WOODS ______|_______________________________
|
|
|--Benjamin AMSDEN
| (1740 - 1744)
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________________
| |
| _Benjamin NEWTON ____|
| | |
| | | _______________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________________
| |
|_Abigail NEWTON _____|
(1717 - ....) m 1738|
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________________
| |
|_Abigail KNAPP ______|
|
| _______________________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________________
_Isaac AMSDEN _________________
| (1620 - 1659) m 1654
_Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __|_Frances PERRIMAN OR PERRYMAN _
| (1655 - 1727) m 1677 (1623 - 1728)
_Abraham, I AMSDEN ___|
| (1692 - 1763) m 1722 |
| | _John, Sr. RUTTER _____________
| | | (1616 - 1695) m 1641
| |_Jane RUTTER ________|_Elizabeth PLYMPTON ___________
| (1659 - 1739) m 1677 (1619 - 1689)
_Uriah AMSDEN _______|
| (1725 - 1794) m 1749|
| | _John, I NEWTON _______________+
| | | (1641 - ....) m 1666
| | _John, II NEWTON ____|_Elizabeth LARKIN _____________
| | | (1667 - ....) m 1690 (1641 - ....)
| |_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _|
| (1698 - 1773) m 1722 |
| | _Joseph, III MORSE ____________+
| | | (1637 - 1677) m 1661
| |_Hannah MORSE _______|_Susannah SHATTUCK ____________
| (1674 - ....) m 1690 (1643 - ....)
|
|--Benjamin AMSDEN
| (1751 - ....)
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | | _______________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________________
| |
|_Abigail LULL _______|
(.... - 1786) m 1749|
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________________
| |
|______________________|
|
| _______________________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________________
[82] Benjamin was a Revolutionary War Soldier. DAR Patriot Index.
_Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __+
| (1655 - 1727) m 1677
_Abraham, I AMSDEN ___|_Jane RUTTER ________
| (1692 - 1763) m 1722 (1659 - 1739)
_Uriah AMSDEN _______|
| (1725 - 1794) m 1749|
| | _John, II NEWTON ____+
| | | (1667 - ....) m 1690
| |_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _|_Hannah MORSE _______
| (1698 - 1773) m 1722 (1674 - ....)
_Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ___|
| (1758 - 1843) m 1780|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | ______________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Abigail LULL _______|
| (.... - 1786) m 1749|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN
| (1790 - 1862)
| _Abraham CUMMINGS ___+
| | (1663 - 1755) m 1686
| _Jacob, Sr. CUMMINGS _|_Sarah WRIGHT _______
| | (1695 - 1776) m 1730
| _Abraham CUMMINGS ___|
| | (1733 - ....) |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Eleanor __??__ ______|_____________________
| | m 1730
|_Prudence CUMMINGS __|
(1759 - 1833) m 1780|
| _____________________
| |
| ______________________|_____________________
| |
|_Jerusha BROOKS _____|
(.... - 1812) |
| _____________________
| |
|______________________|_____________________
[148] Brown gives death as Jan. and Warnick as Jun. Both Benjamin andAchsah are buried in Belvidere, Illinois.
_Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN ____+
| (1722 - 1809) m 1750
_Simeon AMSDEN ______|_Sarah BELDEN _________
| (1763 - 1832) m 1787 (1730 - 1770)
_Lyman AMSDEN _______|
| (1794 - 1887) m 1833|
| | _Jonathan, IV WHITNEY _+
| | | (1737 - 1792) m 1760
| |_Abigail WHITNEY ____|_Esther PARKHURST _____
| (1764 - 1853) m 1787 (1741 - 1816)
_Whitney Daniel AMSDEN _|
| (1857 - 1937) m 1883 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_______________________
| | |
| |_Mary WHITMAN _______|
| (1800 - 1885) m 1833|
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_______________________
|
|
|--Benjamin F. AMSDEN
| (1894 - 1973)
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
| _Henry BRASE ________|
| | |
| | | _______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Louisa M. BRASE _______|
(1864 - 1946) m 1883 |
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Caroline WAGNOR ____|
|
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________
[606] Ben and Agnes had 6 daughters.
_John, Sr. AMSDEN ___+
| (1683 - 1761) m 1704
_Ephraim, Sr. AMSDEN _|_Hannah HOWE ________
| (1712 - 1760) m 1748 (1688 - 1773)
_Ephraim, Jr. AMSDEN _|
| (1749 - ....) m 1786 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Sarah PIKE __________|_____________________
| m 1748
_Ephraim, III AMSDEN _|
| m 1816 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | ______________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Betsey WOODWARD _____|
| m 1786 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Benjamin Franklin AMSDEN
| (1823 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| ______________________|_____________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |______________________|_____________________
| |
|_Relief THAYER _______|
m 1816 |
| _____________________
| |
| ______________________|_____________________
| |
|______________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|______________________|_____________________
[162] Benjamin remained unmarried.
_Abraham, I AMSDEN ___+
| (1692 - 1763) m 1722
_Uriah AMSDEN __________|_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _
| (1725 - 1794) m 1749 (1698 - 1773)
_Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ______|
| (1758 - 1843) m 1780 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_Abigail LULL __________|______________________
| (.... - 1786) m 1749
_Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN _|
| (1790 - 1862) m 1817 |
| | _Jacob, Sr. CUMMINGS _+
| | | (1695 - 1776) m 1730
| | _Abraham CUMMINGS ______|_Eleanor __??__ ______
| | | (1733 - ....)
| |_Prudence CUMMINGS _____|
| (1759 - 1833) m 1780 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_Jerusha BROOKS ________|______________________
| (.... - 1812)
|
|--Benjamin Monroe AMSDEN
| (1818 - 1903)
| ______________________
| |
| _Jonathan, Sr. NICHOLS _|______________________
| |
| _Jonathan, Jr. NICHOLS _|
| | (1754 - ....) m 1791 |
| | | ______________________
| | | |
| | |_Mary MCWANE ___________|______________________
| |
|_Achsah NICHOLS ___________|
(1799 - 1871) m 1817 |
| ______________________
| |
| _Jonathan SACKETT ______|______________________
| | (1727 - 1777) m 1748
|_Phene SACKETT _________|
(1764 - ....) m 1791 |
| ______________________
| |
|_Hannah PHELPS _________|______________________
(1729 - 1803) m 1748
[210]
From "History of Chautauqua County" by Young. p. 572 - Mr. BenjaminAmsden is listed as one of the early ministers of the Congregationaland Presbyterian Church, at Stockton, New York. In 1857 he performedthe wedding ceremony when Lavenia Amsden married George Murch atBelvidere, Illinois.
Records show he purchased considerable acreage near Manchester, Iowa,and this is where he and Reliance raised their family of eightchildren.
Two letters written by Benjamin, one to his brother Jonathan, NewYears Day 1891, and another about 10 years later to Jonathan'sdaughter, Alice Amsden, give considerable information about hisfamily. The warm and friendly nature of Benjamin comes through in hiswriting. The letter to his daughter was written 6 months before hisown death, and in it he makes reference to the death of his sonCharles Finney Amsden. He goes on to talk of his other children andof the work of each and of their families. Apparently it had become acustom of Benjamin to write every New Year's Day to each of hisbrothers and sisters.
The date of the second letter is 1900. Evidently it was written inreply to one he had received from his niece Allie Amsden. Benjamin'sletter of several pages, to a girl he had never seen, tells much abouthimself. He writes of a visit to Massachusetts to attended a 50 yearreunion of his college class, and that he was able to spend timevisiting with his daughter, Carrie and her husband William Stanger,and their daughter Margaret.
The letter also refers to Benjamin's other son Avery Monroe Amsden,who had just moved from Iowa to Farmington, New Mexico, for reasons ofhealth and to raise sheep. Avery's son is the renowned archeologiston Indian artifacts Charles Avery Amsden. Ancestors and Descendantsof Jonathan Nichols Amsden & Amelia Jane Smith 1636-1977.Warnick,Bernice Amsden, (Santa Maria, CA. 1978.)
Link with Tony Amsden.
_Abraham, I AMSDEN ___+
| (1692 - 1763) m 1722
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __|_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _
| (1728 - 1772) m 1751 (1698 - 1773)
_Thomas AMSDEN ______|
| (1752 - 1811) m 1772|
| | _Daniel HOWE _________+
| | |
| |_Mary HOWE __________|_Elizabeth JOHNSON ___
| (1726 - 1797) m 1751
_Lewis W. AMSDEN _______|
| (1782 - 1848) m 1809 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| | _Isaac MILLER _______|______________________
| | |
| |_Patience MILLER ____|
| (1749 - 1822) m 1772|
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_____________________|______________________
|
|
|--Benjamin W. AMSDEN
| (1814 - 1882)
| ______________________
| |
| _____________________|______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | ______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|______________________
| |
|_Sophia Dix WELLINGTON _|
(.... - 1850) m 1809 |
| ______________________
| |
| _____________________|______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| ______________________
| |
|_____________________|______________________
[224] Benjamin and Adeline had no children.
_Simeon AMSDEN ______+
| (1763 - 1832) m 1787
_Lyman AMSDEN _______|_Abigail WHITNEY ____
| (1794 - 1887) m 1833 (1764 - 1853)
_Whitney Daniel AMSDEN _|
| (1857 - 1937) m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary WHITMAN _______|_____________________
| (1800 - 1885) m 1833
_Frederick AMSDEN ___|
| (1887 - 1949) m 1912|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Henry BRASE ________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Louisa M. BRASE _______|
| (1864 - 1946) m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Caroline WAGNOR ____|_____________________
|
|
|--Bernice AMSDEN
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _Henry HAGEN ___________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Hilda HAGEN ________|
(1892 - 1975) m 1912|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Caroline E. BALL ______|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
_Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ______+
| (1758 - 1843) m 1780
_Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN _|_Prudence CUMMINGS _____
| (1790 - 1862) m 1817 (1759 - 1833)
_Jonathan Nichols AMSDEN _|
| (1826 - 1891) m 1855 |
| | _Jonathan, Jr. NICHOLS _+
| | | (1754 - ....) m 1791
| |_Achsah NICHOLS ___________|_Phene SACKETT _________
| (1799 - 1871) m 1817 (1764 - ....)
_Frank Sidney AMSDEN _|
| (.... - 1927) m 1896 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| | _Barnabus SMITH ___________|________________________
| | |
| |_Amelia Jane SMITH _______|
| (1835 - 1926) m 1855 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |_Anna CORNWALL ____________|________________________
|
|
|--Bernice Naomi AMSDEN
| (1909 - 1996)
| ________________________
| |
| ___________________________|________________________
| |
| _Griffith EVANS __________|
| | |
| | | ________________________
| | | |
| | |___________________________|________________________
| |
|_Hannah EVANS ________|
(1869 - 1928) m 1896 |
| ________________________
| |
| ___________________________|________________________
| |
|_Naomi DAVIES ____________|
|
| ________________________
| |
|___________________________|________________________
[266]
" Bernice is the writer and compiler of "Ancestors and Descendants ofJonathan Nichols Amsden and Amelia Jane Smith 1636-1977". When I cameacross Bernice's family history at the nearby Family History Center Iwas overjoyed, excited and soon spellbound. She is descended from theIsaac Branch, yet her ancestors travelled , settled and crossed pathswith the John Branch for 150 years, leaving little indication theyknew or socialized with each other. Both families migrated toWestern New York, Ontario County area, from Massacrers, and thenmoved westward to Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa living only a fewmiles apart across state lines. Some of John's Line moved on toSouth Dakota in the 1880's and it is noted in the book "The Amsden'sof Groton" , that another Amsden family lived close by and appearedin the school year book, but were not related. Unless they were fromthe Canadian Amsden immigrants, I can assure you they were related.During this time frame I found a land deed for "Zadie" Amsden in BrownCounty, South Dakota. It was situated close to Arthur TibbetsAmsden's homestead, yet the name "Saddie" does not appear in the JohnBranch anywhere. Could "Zaddie" be a misprint for "Sadie", andperhaps be Sarah Saul Amsden, wife to Otto Benjamin Amsden? She was anative of South Dakota, yet any recorded information concerning her,centers in the Black Hills area.
Bernice's branch were miners, rock hounds and engineers. This isalso true of John's Branch down through Lyman William Amsden to hisgreat grandson Barry Roth, who also attended Colorado School of Mines,and is today an engineer in the San Francisco Bay area. It appearsboth branches have retained the genes of mechanical, inventive,ingenuity abilities with a desire for adventure.
Bernice taught school, much of her career in Santa Maria, California.She and Paul moved there with the development of the Missile and Spaceprogram to which he was transferred, at Vandenberg AF Base in centralcoastal California. She retired in 1969." Lynn Roth.
_Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN ____+
| (1722 - 1809) m 1770
_Consider AMSDEN ____|_Hannah CATLIN ________
| (1778 - 1854) m 1802 (1741 - 1822)
_Timothy Rice AMSDEN _|
| (1808 - 1885) m 1831 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Mary RICE __________|_______________________
| (1777 - 1828) m 1802
_Daniel Webster AMSDEN _|
| (1848 - 1891) m 1866 |
| | _Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN ____+
| | | (1722 - 1809) m 1750
| | _Simeon AMSDEN ______|_Sarah BELDEN _________
| | | (1763 - 1832) m 1787 (1730 - 1770)
| |_Abigail B. AMSDEN ___|
| (1808 - 1899) m 1831 |
| | _Jonathan, IV WHITNEY _+
| | | (1737 - 1792) m 1760
| |_Abigail WHITNEY ____|_Esther PARKHURST _____
| (1764 - 1853) m 1787 (1741 - 1816)
|
|--Bertrand Webster AMSDEN
| (1871 - 1948)
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | | _______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Laurinda WILSON _______|
m 1866 |
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
|______________________|
|
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________