Robert Wolverton and Elizabeth Wolverton
Husband Robert Wolverton [9429]
Born: 1771 - Hunterdon County, NJ Christened: Died: 1855 - Wolverton, Canada West Buried: - Wolverton Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, ON
Father: Charles Woolverton [9273] (1742- ) Mother: Effie Nailer [9274] ( - )
Marriage: 21 Jul 1798 - Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ [MRIN:3136]
Wife Elizabeth Wolverton [9430]
Born: 13 Jan 1774 - Hunterdon County, NJ Christened: Died: 23 Mar 1863 - London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Wolverton Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, ON
Father: Gabriel Woolverton [9558] (Cir 1750/1755-After 1830) Mother: Catharine (Caty) Murray [12235] ( -After 1791)
Children
1 F Catharine Wolverton [9431]
Born: 1799 Christened: Died: 1818 - Eldridge, Huron County, OH Buried:
2 M Charles Wolverton [9432]
Born: 1801 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sarah Cowdry [9440] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3137]Spouse: Susan Chamberlain [9446] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3139]Spouse: Nancy J. Richmond [9447] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3140]
3 M Asa Wolverton [9433]
Born: 4 Jul 1803 - PA Christened: Died: 1861 - Paris, Canada West Buried:Spouse: Julia Capron [9449] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3141]
4 M John Wolverton [9434]
Born: 1805 Christened: Died: After 1826 Buried:
5 M Silas Wolverton [9435]
Born: 26 Nov 1809 Christened: Died: 1 Aug 1880 Buried: - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, KYSpouse: Angelina (Ann) Lankhard [9450] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:3142]
6 M Enos Wolverton [9436]
Born: 18 Apr 1810 - Burton Twsp., Cayuga County, NY Christened: Died: 14 Nov 1893 - Woodstock, ON Buried: - Wolverton Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, ONSpouse: Harriet Newel Towl [9473] (1817-1856) Marr: 24 Dec 1834 - Princeton, Canada West [MRIN:3147]Spouse: Miriam Neridia Cline [9486] (1840-1861) Marr: 6 Apr 1858 [MRIN:3153]Spouse: Margaret Sabrina Bogart [9487] ( - ) Marr: 1 Jan 1863 [MRIN:3154]
7 F Amy Wolverton [9437]
Born: 1813 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William Dawson [9488] (Cir 1803-1855) Marr: [MRIN:3155]
8 F Elizabeth Ann (Eliza) Wolverton [9438]
Born: 27 May 1816 Christened: Died: 27 Apr 1897 - Wolverton, Canada West Buried: - Wolverton Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, ONSpouse: Thomas Dawson [9500] (Cir 1810-1862) Marr: 17 Apr 1834 [MRIN:3156]
9 M Hiram Wolverton [9439]
Born: 1819 - Eldridge, Huron County, OH Christened: Died: 1821 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Robert Wolverton
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF19506
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
from David Macdonald
From Dr. Newton Wolverton
An intimate anecdotal biography of one of the most colorful characters in Canadian History
By A. N. WOLVERTON:
Robert's father Charles spelled his name with two "o's".
So did Robert's Uncle Gabriel, who later became his father-in-
law. But Gabriel's children, at least some of them, also
dropped one "o", although other collateral branches of the
family did not, and it is traditionally recorded that some
family friction arose later in connection with the matter.
It has been suggested, but without the shghtest authority,
that the dropping of one "o" by certain members of the
family co-incided in time with their breaking away from the
Society of Friends. Robert's grand-father and great-grandfather
were both very prominent Quakers. His father
Charles and his Uncle Gabriel were doubtless brought up in
the Quaker faith, but Gabriel must have resigned from the
Society of Friends before marrying Catherine Murray, because
she suffered expulsion from the Society for marrying
outside. No members of the family can advance any reason
for the dropping of that "o", but there is no doubt that
Robert was born "Woolverton" and died "Wolverton."
Elizabeth, his cousin, later his wife, of course automatically
dropped the second "o" when she married Robert, in 1798.
Robert's grandson, Newton, said (1897) that Robert
dropped one "o" about the time of his marriage.
Elizabeth has always been remembered by her grandchildren,
the last of whom has now passed on the person of
Doctor Newton Wolverton, as a woman of marvelous memory
for details and who loved to talk to her children and
grand-children of the old days in "Jersey" and particularly
of the days of the American Revolution. Before her marriage
in 1798, she had frequently assisted her mother in entertaining
General Washington and his officers, and General Bray,
mentioned in American Fiistory as collecting the boats for
the transport of Washington's army across the Delaware
River at the Battle of Trenton, was a cousin by marriage.
It is not correct, as stated in some records, that this Branch
of the family fled to Canada as United Empire Loyalists at
the time of the American Revolution. One branch did so,
settling in New Brunswick about 1783, but the branches
which became so prominent in Ontario, did not cross the line
until years later. Some of the family of Dennis Woolverton
(that is, his descendants) crossed to Canada West about
1798 and settled near Grimsby in the Niagara peninsula, and
incidentally, that branch always maintained the old spelling
of the name with two "o's".
Robert Wolverton (4) who dropped one "o" from his
name, and his wife, Ehzabeth (Woolverton) Wolverton, had
nine children, (authority, Bible Record) as follows: Catherine,
Charles, Asa, John, Silas, Enos, Amy, Elizabeth,
Hiram. All were probably born in New York State except
the last, Hiram, born in Ohio in 1819.
But little is known of Robert's life from the date of his
marriage in New Jersey, in 1798 (Robert came from Alleghany
County to marry his cousin Elizabeth) but it is on
record that he went to New York State in 1804 and lived
there in 1810. He is said to have worked periodically until
he accumulated a little money, and then to have travelled
about the country as an itinerant Baptist Preacher, and that
is the first record of more than a century's intimate affiliation
with the Baptist Denomination, by most branches of
the family in both the United States and Canada.
Robert moved from New York State about 1817 (one
record says 1807, obviously incorrect) to Eldridge, Huron
County, Ohio. He operated a line of stages from Cleveland
to Sandusky and his son Enos drove one of those stages when
he was a mere boy. Cleveland consisted of a tavern, a blacksmith
shop, one small general store, and two houses. Land
on what is now Superior Street could be bought for a few
cents per acre. Two lots on what is now Euclid Avenue were
offered to Enos for a pair of boots--but Enos only had one
pair to his name, so he did not buy the lots.
Roads were bad, and in the operation of the stage line, also
carrying mail, many streams had to be forded. In fording
one of the streams flowing into the lake, the body of Enos'
stage, with the rear wheels, floated away. The horses succeeded
in reaching the bank and Enos clung to the harness
and was saved with them. He rode the balance of the way
to Sandusky which was merely a fort at that time.
Robert and part of his family, perhaps all of them, moved
to Monroe County, Michigan, early in the spring of 1825.
They crossed the State Line on the 23 rd of March and all had
the Ague. They boiled salt for a time near Saginaw, Mich.
(Other authorities state the salt boiling was done near
Skanateales, New York State, much earlier, but this is probably
incorrect, as Enos told his children that he never took
his clothes off for three months when they were boiling salt--and Enos left New York State at seven years of age). Lima and Loraine County (Ohio?) have been mentioned as places of residence.
Robert and part of his family, including Enos, Asa, Amy
and Elizabeth came to Canada in October, 1826, and settled
on Governor's Road, then called Talbot Street, some miles
east of Princeton, on the line between the Counties of Oxford
and Brant, Canada West (now Ontario). He died at
Wolverton, Canada West, 1855.
http://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Wolverton/6000000009110297492
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Wolverton
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF19507
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
from David Macdonald
From Dr. Newton Wolverton
An intimate anecdotal biography of one of the most colorful characters in Canadian History
By A. N. WOLVERTON:
Elizabeth has always been remembered by her grandchildren,
the last of whom has now passed on the person of
Doctor Newton Wolverton, as a woman of marvelous memory
for details and who loved to talk to her children and
grand-children of the old days in "Jersey" and particularly
of the days of the American Revolution. Before her marriage
in 1798, she had frequently assisted her mother in entertaining
General Washington and his officers, and General Bray,
mentioned in American Fiistory as collecting the boats for
the transport of Washington's army across the Delaware
River at the Battle of Trenton, was a cousin by marriage.
Elizabeth (Woolverton) Wolverton, daughter
of Gabriel Woolverton and Catherine Murray, was born
in Hunterdon County, (New) Jersey, 1774, married her
cousin, Robert Wolverton, 1798, and died March 23rd, 1863,
aged 89 years 3 months, at her daughter Lissa's home, near
London, Canada West.
http://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Wolverton/6000000009110264545
from David Macdonald
Notes: Marriage
FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF5503
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
from David Macdonald
From Dr. Newton Wolverton
An intimate anecdotal biography of one of the most colorful characters in Canadian History
By A. N. WOLVERTON:
Robert Wolverton, son of Charles (3) and Effie Nailer, was born in Hunterdon County, N.J., 1771, married his cousin, Elizabeth Woolverton, daughter of Gabriel Woolverton and Catherine Murray, in 1798 (Marriage registered--Vol. 1, Page 5 3, Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey) died 185 5, at Wolverton, Canada West.
Robert Wolverton who dropped one "o" from his
name, and his wife, Elizabeth (Woolverton) Wolverton, had
nine children, (authority, Bible Record) as follows: Catherine,
Charles, Asa, John, Silas, Enos, Amy, Elizabeth,
Hiram. All were probably born in New York State except
the last, Hiram, born in Ohio in 1819.
from David Macdonald