George Outman (8)

George (John), Johannes), son of John and Isabelle (Williams) Outman, was probably born aftr 27 May 1722 (as he was not included in the baptism of his other brother and sister at that time), and was baptized at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 16 September 1722 (records of Stratford Episcopal Church); he died at Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, 17 July 1793 (gravestone St. James Cemetery, Arlington). He married ca 1745 Ruth Wooster, who died 16 March 1814 at the age of 89 years. George joined the Episcopal Church at Stratford 2 July 1747.

This family removed to Arlington, Vermont, probably about 1765, where George acquired a considerable estate in land and conducted a blacksmithing business.

Following the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1760 and the possession of Canada by the British, thus relieving the menace of frequent incursions by the Indians into this territory, settlers from New England, largely from Connecticut, who as early as 1750 felt themselves to be crowded, flocked into the so-called Hampshire Grants, so that by the outbreak of the War of the American Revolution, the population of Vermont had reached 20,000 or more. Bennington and Addison were settled in 1761; Arlington and Rutland in 1762; Pownal 1763; Poultney, Hubbardtown and Manchester in 1764. The exact date of the remoal of George Outman to Arlington is not known, but he is believed to have been one of the earliest settlers.

The family were prominent members of St. James Episcopal Church of Arlington and many of the Oatman family, representing four generations, are buried in the adjoining cemetery.

Quoted from Aldrich's Bennington County:

"President Hopkins used to say that in the first settlement of Bennington County, the applicants for land were disposed of according to their religious views. Congregationalists were mostly sent to Bennington, Baptists to Shaftsbury, the Episcopalians to Arlington, and those who had no creed were sent to Pownal."

While the town record of Arlington for the period prior to 1790 are meager - many of the records being missing - a list of the members of this family are entered in the records, preparatory no doubt to the settlement of George's estate, the details of which settlement do not appear of record.

George was on the Vermont payroll of Captain Matthew Lyon's Company of Alarm in 1780: No. of Days in Service - 5; No. of miles travel - 50; Amount Pay October Alarm - 0.6.8 - Total, 1.3.4.

Gravestones, St. James Cemetery

In Memory of
GEORGE OUTMAN
who died
July 17, 1793

In Memory of
RUTH OUTMAN
who died
March 16, 1814
in the 89th year
of her age
wife of
George Outman

Note:

In the fourth and succeeding generations, the name is invariably spelled O A T M A N.

Children of George and Ruth (Wooster) Oatman:

19 Daniel

b. 11 May 1747, Strtford, CT; d. 4 Mar 1803; m. Mary Spencer, ca 1768

20 Samuel

b. 1748, Stratford, CT; d. 28 Sep 1825; m. 1) Hannah Wooster, 12 Apr 1769; 2) Susanna __________

21 John

b. 24 Feb 1750, Stratford, CT
It is believed that John died in youth. A gravestone on the family lot at Arlington which cannot be fully deciphered indicates the death of a son. No further record of this John has been discovered.

22 Benjamin

b. 1755, Stratford, CT; d. 1 Mar 1816; m. Bethia Smith

23 Ruth

b. 12 Aug 1753, Stratford, CT

24 George, Jr.,

b. ca 1757, Stratford, CT; m. 1) Ann Terrill; 2) Anna Turner

25 Isaac

b. 17 Sep 1761, probably Stratford, CT; d. 17 Aug 1831; m. Anna Brainerd, 30 Jan 1783

26 Freelove

b. ca 1755-1760, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; Her deth date was earlier reported as 10 March 1830. Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. I, p. 44, gives her death date as 4 January 1806 "in her 51st year". The same entry attributes the original death date to her husband's fourth wife, also named Freelove; bur. Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT; m. Issac Andurs, ca 1772-73.

Captain Isaac Andrus was born in Norwich County, Connecticut, 22 Aprl 1731, died at Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont, 30 June 1824, and is buried in the Shaftsbury Centre cemetery. He Married: 1) ca 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Witter) Tracy, who was born at Norwich, Connecticut, 21 January 1731/32, d. 27 August 1771, Shaftsbury, Vermont; 2) Freelove Oatman (her name was shown as "Truelove" in Genealogiesivid; 3) Mrs. Anna Spencer, widow of Isaac Spencer, who died 27 January 1809, at the age of 58; and 4) Mrs. Freelove (Wilcox) Parks, who died 10 March 1830 in her 71st year. She was the mother of the Mary Parks who married her stepson, David Andrus

Isaac lived for a time at Windham and later at Newent, Connecticut. On 27 February 1765 he sold his farm at Newent and moved to Shaftsbury, Vermont (then a part of Albany County, New York). He was one of the earliest members of the Baptist Church there. He was a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, and served as private, sergeant, lieutenant and captain during the Revolutionary War.

Isaac had the following children by his first wife, Elizabeth:

1) Joseph, b. 16 May 1754; served in Revolutionary War
2) Jeremiah, b. 16 Jan 1756, Windham, CT; possibly d. 29 Dec 1775 in the Revolutionary War
3) Abiah, b. 7 May 1758; d. unmarried 1 Jan 1840 at age 83; bur. No. Fairfield Cem., Herrick, VT
4) Ruth, d. 16 Apr 1803; m. Elijah Bottom, 3 Mar 1785
5) Isaac, m. Clarissa Harris
6) Roswell, b. 1767; d. 11 Sep 1845; m. Lucy Coy

Children of Freelove and Isaac Andrus:

A John, b. 9 Mar 1774, Shaftsbury, VT; m. Amy Coy; Children, surname Andrus (birth order unknown): John, Amy, Mahala, Ruth, Elon, Linus, Truman, Daniel, David, Polly

B Jeremiah, b. 26 Jun 1777, Shaftsbury, VT; m. Mehitable Warren, 12 Mar 1801. Children, surname Andrus, including: Norman

C David, b. 29 Mar 1778/79, Shaftsbury, VT; d. 8 Feb 1861, Castile, NY. He m. 2 Nov 1801, Mary Parks, who was b. Arlington, VT, 9 Jan 1787, d. Castile, NY, 2 Mar 1839, daughter of his father's fourth wife, Mrs. Freelove (Wilcox) Parks. He kept a tavern at Shaftsbury until about 1834, when he moved to Perry, NY, all of his children exept Abia going with him. Children, some born at Arlington, others at Shaftsbury, VT, surname Andrus: Abia, Oretta, Freelove, John Parks, Ephraim Martin, Horatio Nelson, William Merritt, Columbus parks, David Oatman

D Polly, b. 22 Dec 1780; d. 22 Sep 1802

E Benjamin, b. 16 Sep 1783; d. 17 Apr 1861; m. Freelove Milleman, b. 1786. Children,all born Shaftsbury, VT, surname Andrus: Diana, Theodicia, Anna, Jonas, Willard, Loomis, Mary, Merritt William, Palmer, Jordan Grey, Mary

F Jonas, b. 28 May 1792; d. 7 May 1808

27 Desire

b. 1762, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; m. Mr Graves

28 Sarah

b. 26 Feb 1764, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; d. 1820, Dearborn Co., IN; m. George Hill Clark, ca 1788.

George Clark was born ca 1760, VT, and died ca 1819 in Dearborn Co., IN, son of Ebenezer Clark. In the Archives he is described as being of "ye County of New Haven." In the official Rolls of Soldiers from Vermont serving in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, he is named as serving two different "stretches" from the Village of Arlington, Vermont, which marched for the defense of the frontiers of the State in the month of October 1781. In the same militia in December 1781, he was one of the expedition to march westward from Arlington for some three days for which he drew the sum of 11 shillings, 9 pence. Children, surname Clark:

A Phebe Oatman, b. 15 Feb 1791, Shoreham, VT; d. 22 Apr 1872, Cross Plains, Dearborn Co., IN; m. Jacob Levi Winters, 1 Aug 1810, Shoreham, VT. He was b. 1788 in PA, d. 29 Oct 1830, Rising Sun, IN. Levi and Phebe moved to Rising Sun in Dearborn County some time after 1814. Levi was a corporal in the War of 1812, Captain John Phelps' Co., Colonel Henry Bloom's Regiment, and was in the Battle Queenston. His widow Phebe applied for a pension in 1855. Levi and Phebe are both buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery. Seven children.

29 Phoebe

b. 2 Apr 1766, probably Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT; m. Gideon Orton, b. 1759; d. Onodaga Co., NY. Gideon was the fourth son of John of Tyringham (b. 1717) and the first son of second wife, Mary Slaughter. He was born in the same year that his half-brother Gideon (b. 1748, d. 1759) died, and the name was at once transferred. Gideon lived for a time in Fairfield, VT. His father, John, died at hs home. Children, surname Orton: Mary, AAron, Lavinia, Sarah, Truman, Charlotte.


Sources:
Beulah Smith, East Granby, CT
International Genealogical Index
Family Records
Cemetery Records
DAR Application # 313605, and # 313604
New England Historical & Genealogical Society records
1790 census, Bennington Co., VT
Linda L. Jackson, Seminary, MS
Murray W. McEniry, Scarsdale, NY (Family Bible of Hiram Lewis Winters and Elizabeth Jane Schofield; Russell Vermontiana Collection of the Marth Canfield Library, Arlington VT
Historical Southern Families, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, editor, [1976], Vol XXI, pp. 106-117
Family records from Marie Walsh, Alameda, CA
Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. I

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