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Descendants of Mercy Unknown Searles


6. LUCINDA ELVIRA2 SEARLES (MERCY UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1805 in New York, and died Unknown. She married DANIEL ELLIS Abt. 1830, son of EDWARD ELLIS and PATTY UNKNOWN. He was born 18 Mar 1808 in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, and died 17 Jun 1882 in Stockton, Chautauqua, New York.

Notes for L
UCINDA ELVIRA SEARLES:
Jemima, wife of David McNitt was probably a sister of Hulda Ellis who married Ezra McNett. Daniel Ellis, son of Edward Ellis born in New York married Lucinda Searles, daughter of Mercy and Peter. (I believe they are all siblings)

Notes for D
ANIEL ELLIS:

1860 census....Stockton, Chautauqua, New York
1870 census....Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York.
     
Children of L
UCINDA SEARLES and DANIEL ELLIS are:
  i.   LUCRETIA3 ELLIS, b. 1836, New York; d. Unknown.
  ii.   EMMA ELLIS, b. 1840, New York; d. Unknown.


7. NAOMI2 SEARLES (MERCY UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1805 in New York, and died 22 Apr 1845 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. She married SIMEON BUGBEE 1825 in Chautauqua County, New York, son of JONATHAN BUGBEE and MARY DEAN. He was born 06 Jan 1795 in Woodstock, Connecticut, and died Feb 1881 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

Notes for N
AOMI SEARLES:
By 1830 moved to Saybrook, Geauga County, Ohio. Naomi died between 1840 and 1850.

Notes for S
IMEON BUGBEE:
In Ashtabula, Ohio in 1850. Naomi not in the household.
     
Children of N
AOMI SEARLES and SIMEON BUGBEE are:
  i.   JAMES3 BUGBEE, b. Abt. 1836; d. Unknown.
  ii.   WILLIAM BUGBEE, b. Abt. 1840; d. Unknown.


8. MARY2 SEARLES (MERCY UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1806 in New York, and died Unknown. She married EBENEEZER GREEN. He was born Abt. 1802 in New Jersey or New York, and died Bef. 1850.

Notes for M
ARY SEARLES:
By 1830, they were living in Madison Township, Geauga County, Ohio; by 1850 in Trenton Township, Delaware County, Ohio; and by 1860 in York Township, Union County, Ohio.
1870 census....Mary is in the home of Jefferson & Harriett Boyd in York, Union, Ohio.

Notes for E
BENEEZER GREEN:

1850 census...........Trenton, Delaware, Ohio, farmer born in New Jersey ?
1860 census...........York Twp., Union County, Ohio, farmer born in New York ?
     
Children of M
ARY SEARLES and EBENEEZER GREEN are:
  i.   AMOS3 GREEN, b. Abt. 1828, Ohio; d. Unknown; m. SARAH COLE; d. Unknown.
  ii.   LAURA ANN GREEN, b. Abt. 1831, Ohio; d. Unknown; m. BENJAMIN C. GAYLORD; d. Unknown.
  iii.   LEWIS GREEN, b. Abt. 1834, Ohio; d. Unknown; m. ABIGAIL BRUCE/BREECE; d. Unknown.
  iv.   MARYETTE GREEN, b. Abt. 1839, Ohio; d. Unknown.
  v.   MARTHA GREEN, b. Abt. 1839, Ohio; d. Unknown.
  vi.   HARRIETT AURELIA GREEN, b. Abt. 1843, Ohio; d. Unknown; m. JEFFERSON BOYD; b. 1841, Ohio; d. Unknown.
  vii.   LOWELL GREEN, b. Abt. 1845, Ohio; d. Unknown.


9. PETER V.2 SEARLES (MERCY UNKNOWN1) was born 11 Sep 1810 in Saratoga County, New York, and died 23 Mar 1880 in Trenton Twp., Delaware County, Ohio. He married JANE LIGHT 1838. She was born 1819 in Virginia, and died 04 Dec 1859 in Delaware County, Ohio.

Notes for P
ETER V. SEARLES:
1850 census......Trenton Twp., Delaware County, Ohio, Farmer, wife Jane and four children, ages 4 mo.to 6 yrs.
1860 census.....same location, a widower. In addition to his five children, also in the household were John Miller, 26, Mary Miller, 20, Emma Miller 7 mo., Harriett Carne, 18. Harriett and Mary may be his daughters.
1870 census......Trenton Twp., land value, $5575., personal property, $1000.Orlinda, 19 and Alonzo, 17 in the household. Warren V. Searles family next household.

Heritage Pursuit
PETER V. SEARLES, farmer; P. O. Van's Valley; is a son of Peter and Mercy Searles, natives of New York; he was born in 1810 in Saratoga Co., same State, and emigrated to Ohio in 1828, settling in Madison Co.; two years afterward moving to Licking Co., and there engaged working by the month; in 1838, he married Jane Light, who was born in 1819 in Virginia; they farmed for awhile near Galena, and then came to Trenton Township; in 1841, he bought fifty acres of land in Licking Co., for which he went in debt $700 ; this he liquidated with money earned by teaming; this he sold in 1843, and subsequently bought the present farm of 111 acres, having rented it for some time prior; they have had seven children; six now survive-Warren V., married Angeline Walker; Theodore P., married three times, to Julia Day, Mary Ford and Ellen Leaks ; Viola A., married William Day, living in Brown Co., Ind.; Adaline, married Henry Ross; Alinda J., married Lud Wright; Alonzo M., was born March 23, 1858; was married to Sarah Boruff Nov. 27, 1877 ; she was born June 30, 1857 ; they have one child, Bessie O., born Sept. 8, 1879 ; they are making their home with his father, the mother having died Dec. 4, 1859.



More About P
ETER V. SEARLES:
Burial: Mar 1880, Sunbury, Ohio Cemetery

More About J
ANE LIGHT:
Burial: Dec 1859, Sunbury, Ohio Cemetery
     
Children of P
ETER SEARLES and JANE LIGHT are:
17. i.   WARREN VAN RANSELLER3 SEARLES, b. 27 Nov 1843, Trenton Twp,. Delaware County, Ohio; d. 18 Sep 1918, Genoa Twp., Delaware County, Ohio.
18. ii.   THEODORE P. SEARLES, b. 31 Jul 1845, Licking Co., Ohio; d. 15 Dec 1925, Trenton Twp. Delaware County, Ohio.
  iii.   VIOLA ANN SEARLES, b. Abt. 1847; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM DAY; d. Unknown.
  iv.   ADELINE J. SEARLES, b. 1849; d. Unknown; m. HENRY M. ROSS, 03 Sep 1868, Delaware County, Ohio; d. Unknown.
  v.   ALINDA J. SEARLES, b. Abt. 1851; d. Unknown; m. MILE LUD WRIGHT; d. Unknown.
19. vi.   ALONZO M. SEARLES, b. 23 Mar 1858; d. Unknown.


10. ASAHEL B.2 SEARLES (MERCY UNKNOWN1) was born 02 Nov 1815 in New York, and died 19 Jan 1897 in Delaware County, Ohio. He married NANCY POTTER 11 Nov 1841 in Licking County, Ohio. She was born Jun 1822 in Ohio, and died Bef. 1897 in Ohio.

Notes for A
SAHEL B. SEARLES:
They lived in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio by 1850. His mother, Mercy McNett was living with him at that time; as well as Laura Ann and Lewis Green, children of his sister Mary Searles Green.
1860 census.... He was in Hartford Township, Licking County, Ohio.
1870 census..........Hartford, Licking County, land value, 5215, personal property, $600. wife Nancy, 47, Charles, 24, Phileta J., 18, Lewis, 8 in the household. Next visit is Alphonzo and Louisa Searles.
1880 census........Same location, farmer, Nancy, 57, Charles, 35, Phileta, 27 (in poor health) in his household.

Delaware County Deed Book Vol. 35, pages 149-50, April 1, 1853.......Asahel B. Searles, Nancy Searles, and Mercy Mcnitt sold 95 1/2 acres to Joseph Patrick for the sum of $2300. Being the west part of lot eight, in the first quarter of the fourth township in the seventeenth range USM Lands.     

More About A
SAHEL B. SEARLES:
Burial: 1897, Trenton Cemetery

More About N
ANCY POTTER:
Burial: Unknown, Trenton Cemetery
     
Children of A
SAHEL SEARLES and NANCY POTTER are:
20. i.   CHARLES L.3 SEARLES, b. 23 Jun 1844, Ohio; d. 05 Mar 1921, Hartford Twp., Licking County, Ohio.
  ii.   PHILETA JANE SEARLES, b. Abt. 1852; d. Unknown.
  iii.   ALPHONZO SEARLES, b. Apr 1847, Ohio; d. Unknown; m. LOUISA UNKNOWN; b. Nov 1843; d. Unknown.
  Notes for ALPHONZO SEARLES:
1880 census......Hartford, Licking County, Ohio farmer, Alphonzo, 34 and Louisa, 37
1900 census....same location, married 31 years, no children.     
1910census........same location, alone Louisa apparently died between 1900 &1910.
1920 census........same location, age 72 living alone

  iv.   JENNIE SEARLES, b. Abt. 1857; d. 30 Oct 1880.
  More About JENNIE SEARLES:
Burial: Unknown, Sunbury Cemetery

  v.   LEWIS SEARLES, b. Abt. 1862, Ohio; d. Unknown.


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