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Amos Rathburn

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Amos Rathburn

Birth
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 Sep 1823 (aged 61)
Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Burial
Venice Center, Cayuga County, New York, USA Add to Map
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He moved with his parents about 1765 to Richmond, Mass. He served a short period in the local militia toward the end of the Revolution, and about 1790 married Polly. Amos was described by Cooley as "a large powerful man of great courage."

Although he strongly opposed his father's membership in the Shaker Society he once broke up a mob seeking to disrupt a meeting. He moved to Troy, New York and went into business with his uncle, Wait Rathbone, selling drugs and medicines. In 1798 he was in the Rensselaer County, New York militia. About 1799, he moved to Scipio, New York and became a wheat farmer. He was a Grand Juror in 1800, served as township supervisor form 1800 to 1802, and was elected to four terms of the New York State Legislature from 1804-7. He enlisted July 18, 1779 in Capt. Ambrose Hill's Company of Lt. Col. Miles Powell's Berkshire Massachusetts Regiment. He marched to New Haven, Connecticut and was discharged August 22, 1779. He is buried with his wife, Polly, in the Rathbun and Chase Cemetery, Venice, Cayuga County, New York (located on the Amos Rathbun Farm one mile east of Poplar Ridge on Venice Center Road.) His estate was sold at public auction on October 28, 1841.

Biography # 1: January 1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 12
Burial: Rathbun and Chase Cemetery on Amos Rathbun's Farm, Venice, New York
Estate Auction Sale: October 22, 1823, Cayuga Republican Page 2
Federal Census 1810: Cayuga County, New York
Federal Census 1820: Scipio, New York 110
Will: Cayuga County, New York Probate Book B 1 Page 162 A
He moved with his parents about 1765 to Richmond, Mass. He served a short period in the local militia toward the end of the Revolution, and about 1790 married Polly. Amos was described by Cooley as "a large powerful man of great courage."

Although he strongly opposed his father's membership in the Shaker Society he once broke up a mob seeking to disrupt a meeting. He moved to Troy, New York and went into business with his uncle, Wait Rathbone, selling drugs and medicines. In 1798 he was in the Rensselaer County, New York militia. About 1799, he moved to Scipio, New York and became a wheat farmer. He was a Grand Juror in 1800, served as township supervisor form 1800 to 1802, and was elected to four terms of the New York State Legislature from 1804-7. He enlisted July 18, 1779 in Capt. Ambrose Hill's Company of Lt. Col. Miles Powell's Berkshire Massachusetts Regiment. He marched to New Haven, Connecticut and was discharged August 22, 1779. He is buried with his wife, Polly, in the Rathbun and Chase Cemetery, Venice, Cayuga County, New York (located on the Amos Rathbun Farm one mile east of Poplar Ridge on Venice Center Road.) His estate was sold at public auction on October 28, 1841.

Biography # 1: January 1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 12
Burial: Rathbun and Chase Cemetery on Amos Rathbun's Farm, Venice, New York
Estate Auction Sale: October 22, 1823, Cayuga Republican Page 2
Federal Census 1810: Cayuga County, New York
Federal Census 1820: Scipio, New York 110
Will: Cayuga County, New York Probate Book B 1 Page 162 A

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