Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAmariah H. Fenton 
Birth3 Aug 1782, Willington, Tolland Co, CT
Census1810, Argyle, Washington Co, NY
Memoroll#30, pg 465
Census1820, Paris Twp, Oneida Co, NY
Memoroll#73, pg 275
Census1830, Westmoreland Twp, Oneida Co, NY
Memoroll#99, pg 465
Census1840, Westmoreland Twp, Oneida Co, NY
Memoroll#312/315, pg 99
Census1850, Jackson, Washington Co, NY
Memoroll#610/611, pg 327
Census1860, Jackson, Washington Co, NY
Memoroll#874/875, pg 575
Death24 Feb 1866, Erie, Erie Co, PA
BurialOld Clinton Cem, Oneida Co, NY
OccupationCarpenter
FatherAdonijah Fenton (1754-1844)
MotherDrusilla Hinckley (1757-1807)
Misc. Notes
1810 Argyle, NY census lists Armariah and Martha living there with 2 daughters under 10 years old.
Sept 3, 1820, Mormon Genealogical Records, Martha, wife of Ararmah Fenton, was christened in the Congregational Church in Clinton City, town of Kirkland, New York (near Utica).
1821 New York Census indicate Amariah and Betsey were living in Clinton-Kirkland, New York.
Oct 1, 1821, in the same church, the children of Amariah and Martha Fenton were christened.
June 12, 1831 Martha Fenton in Greenwich City, NY (just north of Cambridge), was christened.
Amariah moved to Jackson, New York (just north of Cambridge) after the death of Martha.
1850 Jackson, NY census - Amariah Fenton, carpenter, age 66; wife Zinan, age 66, both born in Connecticut. Her real estate valued at $2000. (There is a conflict in the ages based upon the birth dates)
1855 Jackson, NY is the same as 1850 census record except his age was given as 72 years. (this makes more sense based upon the birth dates)
June 7, 1857 Amariah was christened in The First United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, New York.
1860 Jackson, NY census - Amariah a farmer, age 77; wife Zinan.
No records found for children of Amariah and Zinan.
[Obiturary] date & newspaper unknown - Clipping pasted in 1846 family Bible in poss of Donna Hawks.
”DIED
At Erie, PA. Feb. 24th, suddenly, AMORIAH FENTON, formerly of this place, aged 84 years”.
He is buried in the Clinton Cem with his first wife, Martha.
Sept 3, 1820, Mormon Genealogical Records, Martha, wife of Ararmah Fenton, was christened in the Congregational Church in Clinton City, town of Kirkland, New York (near Utica).
1821 New York Census indicate Amariah and Betsey were living in Clinton-Kirkland, New York.
Oct 1, 1821, in the same church, the children of Amariah and Martha Fenton were christened.
June 12, 1831 Martha Fenton in Greenwich City, NY (just north of Cambridge), was christened.
Amariah moved to Jackson, New York (just north of Cambridge) after the death of Martha.
1850 Jackson, NY census - Amariah Fenton, carpenter, age 66; wife Zinan, age 66, both born in Connecticut. Her real estate valued at $2000. (There is a conflict in the ages based upon the birth dates)
1855 Jackson, NY is the same as 1850 census record except his age was given as 72 years. (this makes more sense based upon the birth dates)
June 7, 1857 Amariah was christened in The First United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, New York.
1860 Jackson, NY census - Amariah a farmer, age 77; wife Zinan.
No records found for children of Amariah and Zinan.
[Obiturary] date & newspaper unknown - Clipping pasted in 1846 family Bible in poss of Donna Hawks.
”DIED
At Erie, PA. Feb. 24th, suddenly, AMORIAH FENTON, formerly of this place, aged 84 years”.
He is buried in the Clinton Cem with his first wife, Martha.
Spouses
BirthAug 1782, Willington, Tolland Co, CT
Death15 Aug 1839, Oneida Co, NY
BurialOld Clinton Cem, Oneida Co, NY
Misc. Notes
Dau of Eliphalet Cushman.
Marriage15 Feb 1806, Willington, Tolland Co, CT
ChildrenElizabeth Thompson (~1807-)
Drusilla Hinckley (~1808-)
Mary Ann Jane (~1814-)
Orrin LeRoy (~1818-1843)
Martha Janett (1820-1915)
Eeanor G. (1822-1890)
Birth24 Dec 1787, Mansfield, Tolland Co, CT
Death12 Feb 1865, Jackson, Washington Co, NY
Burial14 Feb 1865, Woodlands Cem, Cambridge, NY
MemoSect N lot 21
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Nathan Kidder (1756-1788) & Dorcas Eldridge (1760-aft.1850) per births in Mansfield CT Vital Statistics, vol. 1, pg 50. She was first married in 1803 to Amariah’s cousin - Daniel RICE d. 13 Oct 1838 Salem NY, with whom she had 12 children and was widowed. Only 8 of the children survived her. She was later married to Amariah Fenton in 1848, with whom she had no children.
Buried with her first husband.
[Obituary] Washington County Post - Clipping pasted in 1846 family Bible in poss of Donna Hawks.
“DIED
On this 12th ult., Mrs. ZINA RICE FENTON, wife of Amariah Fenton, of Jackson, in the 78th, year of her age. Mrs. Fenton was born in Willington, Ct., Dec. 24th, 1787, and moved into the old town of Cambridge when a little girl. She made the journey on horseback, the quietude of our valley not having been broken by the whistle of the locomotive or the rumble of the stage coach. Since then her residence has been almost without interruption in the town, and consequently, she was familiar with all the changes that have taken place during the passing away of nearly all those who emigrated with her from Connecticut into this valley. In 1803 she was married to Daniel Rice, Esq., with whom she lived happily till his death in 1838. She was married again in 1848 to Mr. Fenton, who survives to mourn her loss. With exemplary care and fidelity she brought up a large family of children, eight of whom are still living, and of whom seven, with twenty seven grandchildren, attended her funeral. She early made a profession of faith in Christ by uniting with the Presbyterian Church in this village in 1818, and she adorned that profession by a consistent and cheerful christian conversation to the close of her life. Mrs. Fenton was noted for great kindness of disposition and sweetness of temper, always receiving the needy, nursing the sick and comforting the afflicted, and never seeming happier than when she was contributing to the happiness of others. Her end was peaceful and happy, cheered as it was by the presence of the Savior, in whom she has so long believed. Among her last words were those she spoke to a friend a few hours before she died, ‘almost home. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord’”.
Buried with her first husband.
[Obituary] Washington County Post - Clipping pasted in 1846 family Bible in poss of Donna Hawks.
“DIED
On this 12th ult., Mrs. ZINA RICE FENTON, wife of Amariah Fenton, of Jackson, in the 78th, year of her age. Mrs. Fenton was born in Willington, Ct., Dec. 24th, 1787, and moved into the old town of Cambridge when a little girl. She made the journey on horseback, the quietude of our valley not having been broken by the whistle of the locomotive or the rumble of the stage coach. Since then her residence has been almost without interruption in the town, and consequently, she was familiar with all the changes that have taken place during the passing away of nearly all those who emigrated with her from Connecticut into this valley. In 1803 she was married to Daniel Rice, Esq., with whom she lived happily till his death in 1838. She was married again in 1848 to Mr. Fenton, who survives to mourn her loss. With exemplary care and fidelity she brought up a large family of children, eight of whom are still living, and of whom seven, with twenty seven grandchildren, attended her funeral. She early made a profession of faith in Christ by uniting with the Presbyterian Church in this village in 1818, and she adorned that profession by a consistent and cheerful christian conversation to the close of her life. Mrs. Fenton was noted for great kindness of disposition and sweetness of temper, always receiving the needy, nursing the sick and comforting the afflicted, and never seeming happier than when she was contributing to the happiness of others. Her end was peaceful and happy, cheered as it was by the presence of the Savior, in whom she has so long believed. Among her last words were those she spoke to a friend a few hours before she died, ‘almost home. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord’”.
Marriage28 Oct 1848, Cambridge Twp, Washington Co, NY
No Children