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If anyone can tell me more about the family of Nathaniel Cahoon and identify his
parentage, that would be great. Here is what I have on his family so far:
Husband: Benjamin S. Miller
Marriage: March 30, 1837, Yates, New York
Age: 26
Parents: John Miller and Sarah Calhoun
Wife: Eleanor Hawkins
Marriage: March 30, 1837, Yates, New York
Age: 20
Parents: Not Listed
Source Information:
Batch Number: 7516104
Sheet: 75
Source Call No.: 0884525 Type: Film
Sarah Calhoun (m. John Miller of Yates Co., New York)
Parents: Nathaniel Cahoon (c.1752 in prob. Kent, CT to 1-1827 in Erie Co., PA, buried in
Mill Creek, PA) and Abiah Stuart (Baptized 8-5-1750 in Wilton, Fairfield Co., CT to
9-18-1803 in prob. Jerusalem, Yates Co., NY) Married: December 29, 1774 in Kent,
Litchfield Co., CT by Zachariah Winegar, J.P.
Children: Jerusha (9-20-1775), Stuart (6-26-1777), Jared (6-13-1779), Polly (10-16-1781),
Sally “Sarah” (4-21-1784), Betsy (8-31-1786), John C. (11-27-1790), Charles W.
(2-17-1794)
Possible Grandparents: John Cahoon and Grace Fuller (Descended from Samuel Fuller, who
came to America on the Mayflower), who married on December 25, 1745 in Kent, Litchfield
Co., CT.
Kent, Litchfield Co., CT Vital Records
CAHOON, CAHOONE
Dimis, had s. Henry WINEGAR, b. June 12, 1782; f. Henry WINEGAR, Jr.
Dimis, m. Henry WINEGAR, Jr., Feb. 25, 1785, by Jedidiah Hubbell, J.P.
Elizabeth, m. Richard LANE, June 16, 1765, by Rev. Joel Bordwell
Jerusha, d. Nathaniel & Abia, b. Sept. 20, 1775
Lydia, d. Apr. 3, 1766
Nathaniel, m. Abia STUART, Dec. 29, 1774, by Zachariah Winegar, J.P.
John Cahoon & Grace Fuller, Dec. 25, 1745
1790 Census in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT
Males Under 16 Males Over 16 Females
Calhoun, John 1 4 4
Note: Service given on page 728, Vol. 3, Mass. Soldiers & Sailors, Nathaniel Cohoon,
(also given "Jr .") of Harwich; Private, Captain Isaiah Higgins' Company,
Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt., service from August 1776 to date of discharge, Dec.
1776, 3 mos. 13 days. - from Soldiers of the American Revolution who at some time were
residents of, or whose graves are located in, Erie County, Pennsylvania, issued by Erie
County, Pennsylvania Chapters, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Soldiers of the American Revolution who at some time were residents of, or whose graves
are located in, Erie County, Penns, Author: D. A. R., Publication: 1929, Source Media
Type: Book, Page: 16.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbiog/boone/oscohoon.htm: Portrait & Biographical Record
Winnebago & Boone Cos., IL. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1892, pp 1207-1208.
Orville S. Cahoon
The paternal grandparents of our subject, Steward and Charity (CULVER) COHOON, were
natives respectively of CT and England. The grandfather moved from his birthplace to the
State of NY at an early day, and was an officer in the War of 1812. He married Miss
Charity CULVER for his second wife, and in March 1820 removed from Yates County, NY, with
ox teams and sleds, and settled with his large family in Erie County, PA, becoming one of
the pioneers of the highlands and dense forests of that county. He remained there until
his death, which occurred at Gospel Hill about 1840. His wife died in Columbia County,
WI, 10 Jan 1855, at the advanced age of 87. The paternal great grandfather of our
subject, Nathaniel COHOON, was born in CT, and tradition says that his parents were
Hollanders. He died and was buried in Mill Creek Township, Erie County, PA, in Jan 1827.
Abiah Stewart
Parents: John Stewart (of Norwalk, Fairfield, CT) and Sarah Hendrick (Baptized 6-15-1707
in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT d. before 1766) Married: May 21, 1739 in Fairfield,
Fairfield Co., CT