Family History by Tamerson Carlisle Binns, 1960. Part 1

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Amanuensis Monday, hosted by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

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The original of this document contains information about living people which I have removed. I prefer to transcribe items as I find them but in this case I felt the need to correct certain items and have therefor taken the liberty of highlighting in red information I believe to be incorrect. I have highlighted in blue items that I have reason to question. My corrections or questions appear [in brackets].

Because this was transcribed line by line the word wrap may make it difficult to read online. Also due to online formatting I have replaced ditto marks with the word they indicated.

I would be happy to share the original with other descendants. This is Part 1 of 3.

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Family History, typed by Tamerson Carlisle Binns and sent to her niece, Vivian Carlisle LaValle, with a letter dated Oct. 13, 1960.

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William Hall born London [obit says Lyme], England 1735 [c. 1740] was a ship builder & rope maker X settled
in Conway, Mass. He was a soldier in Revolutionary War, see Vol. 6 & 7 Mass. Sol-
diers & Sailors in Rev. War. Was married to Rhemhamah Andremer [others say Andrus or Andrews] born Wales 1735. [her last child was Christened in 1795]

David Glover Sr. born in England 1735. [Henry Glover born 1732, Milton, MA] trade blacksmith was a Captain in Revolu-
tionary War. [Private] He married Hannah Lewis born in Mass. in 1740.[1732, Dedham, MA]

The two above couples are given as the Grand Parents of David Glover Jr. and
Tammerson Hall listed just below. Note the difference in spelling of the
name Tamersonas Tammerson and was also spelled Tamisen some place back.

David Glover Jr. born in 1775 in Dedham, Mass. married to
Tammerson Hall born 1778 [1779 on headstone] & had 10 children.

1.Eveline A. Glover born 1800. Died 1897.[1896 per cemetery records]
2.Louisa Lambert Glover born 1801. Died 1851.
3.Orville B. Glover born 1804 Died 1852.
4.Lewis E. Glover Born 1805 Died 1863.
5.Malvina F. Glover born 1807 Died ----
6. William H. Glover born 1809 Died 1863.
7.Rheuhamah A. Glover born 1811 Died 1885. [found on 1892 census, death date unknown]
8.Ruban Glover 1815 Died 1887
9.Mentoria Glover born 1818 Died 11 mo. old.
10.Milton Glover born 1820 Died 1898. [other family records say 1897]
11.Hannah Lewis Glover born 1823 Died 1906.

2.Louisa Lambert Glover married Daniel Carlisle. She died from conegstive chills
(common in those days) at a neighbors funeral. [possible but doesn't ring true]

3.Orville B. Glover married Julia --- and had 5 children. [Julia Ann Carr]
1. Lowell Glover married Henrietta --- & had 5 children. [Maryette Harper]
2. Harrison Glover married Ellen Gates [Bates]& had 1 Ellen [Marian Elma?] who married Albert Stev-
ens [Stephens]who had Hugh & Georgia.
3. William H. Glover married Ann Simmons and had Orville. all dead
4. Jay Glover married Eliza Alexander and had Jay M. who married Belle Haslett
5. Tamerson Glover married George Merrill & had 2 sons. George died as a baby
7 Harrison married Lillie Shultz [alternate Shults]and had Lillie Tamerson.

5.Malvina F Glover married David Baily & had David & Mantoria.

7. Rheuhamah A. Glover married Mr. [Elijah] Smith & had Edgar & Frank. [Benjamin Franklin]

11.Hannah Lewis Glover married Daniel Carlisle as his 2nd wife in 1852. She was
a sister of his first wife Louisa Lambert Glover.

2. Louisa Lambert Glover was first wife of Daniel Carlisle and had 7 children.
1. Francis David Carlisle born 1832 was accidently killed working on railroad
& was buried beside the tracks in 1854.
2. Orville Daniel Carlisle born 1835 died 1900.
3. William Dwight Carlisle born 1833 died 1852. not married
4. Tamerson Zipporah Carlisle born 1837 died 1874.
5. Mary Elizabeth Carlisle born 1840 died 1925.
6. Isaac Ashley Carlisle born 1842 died 1929.
7. Fannie Louisa Carlisle born 1845 died 1905.

2. Orville Daniel Carlisle married Lydia Bartlett & had 3 daughters.
1. Clara Belle married Isaac Sewell. No children. Died 1946

2. Lilly May married Thomas Ghrist & had 1 girl died a baby & 2 boys Glenn
and John. Tom Ghrist died & Lillie married Chas. Burdisk. both died.

(born 1879 [1877]) 3. Mary Frances married Francis Ashley Carlisle & had 6 children. Frances,
Sewell, Dorothy, Dorothy, Richard, Raymond.

(born 1902) Frances married Edgar A. Mayes. They had Edgar Atterson who died day born 1923
(born 1926) and Albert Carlisle who married [living] & had [living]

(born 1904) Sewell Barlett Carlisle married Dorothy Wallace & had [may be living], [may be living] & Donald Canfield. [info removed]. Sewell married again.

(born 1908) Dorothy Jeanne Carlisle married Charles Omar Caster and had [living] who married [living] --- & they have one [living].

(born 1910) Raymond married Florence Jenerick & had [living].

(born 1915) Richard Carlisle Carlisle married Dawn & had no children.


Binns, Tamerson Carlisle. (Buchanan, Michigan) to “Dear Vivian” [Vivian Carlisle LaValle]. Letter. 13 October 1960. Digital Image 2 of 4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Orlando, Florida. 2011.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Genealogical Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Ruhamah Andrews Hall's Intemperance

Ruhamah Andrews Hall was my 4th great-grandmother and I know woefully little about her. She was supposedly born in Wales c. 1745. She married William Hall c. 1767 in Massachusetts. It is possible that her maiden name was Andrus rather than Andrews.

I can place her in Conway, Hampshire (now Franklin) County, Massachusetts in May 1774 at which time two of her children were baptized. She had 12 or 13 children that I know of. (Her daughter, Sophia, was baptized in 1790 and I have found nothing further about her. Then there was daughter, Ruhamah for whom there was no baptism record. Were they one daughter or two?)

The family relocated to Phelps, Ontario, New York, along with many others families from Conway, in 1798 or 1799. At age 50+ I can only imagine how difficult life would have been.

While I have found many references to the family in the history and records of Phelps, nothing specifically referenced Ruhamah until I started looking at the history of the Church at Oaks Corners. (Sessional Records of the Church at Oaks Corners that appeared in The Phelps Citizen, May 1889.)

In 1804 it was decided that there was a need for a real church rather than holding services in barns or inns as the community had been doing. On 9 January 1804 Ruhamah's son, Joseph Hall, was chosen as one of the first trustees of the church. Construction began later that year.

In 1808, Ruhannah Hall was admitted to the church. There is no way to know for certain that this is the elder Ruhamah. It is certain that she was a member of the church. History of Oaks Corners Church, by Mabel E. Oaks, 1954 gives a good overview of the church's history. From the section titled, The Church Judicial:

The next examples of the church's authority have to do with intemper­ance. In 1834, the church body put itself on record with a lengthy resolution declaring its disapproval of "the traffic in ardent spirits and the use of them as a drink." It had already proved this disapproval many times. In 1817, Ruhannah ______________, living on the Naham Cobb farm, Lester Road, received a summons to appear before the session, as common fame charged her with having been " for a long time in the intemperate use of ardent spirits." She sent word she was sorry, promised to reform and to come to the next session meeting. When she still did not appear after two more citations, she was suspended and later excommunicated, put outside the pale. The Interesting thing about this is that her son was then a trustee of our church, which fact must have made this performance of duty most embarrassing for all concerned.

The author left out the surname Hall but there is no doubt that this section referred to my ancestor. Interesting to me are the terms "common fame" and "ardent spirits." The first says to me that she did not attempt to hide her drinking. I'm not quite sure which ardent spirits she may have partook but the area was later know for its hard cider. Assuming she was born c. 1745 she was in her 70's when she was excommunicated from the church.

Family records indicate that Ruhamah died in 1821. I have yet to confirm that and I do not know her burial location. 

So now I have new questions. Why was she living on the Cobb farm? Was her husband living with her? Why did she drink? Was she shunned by her neighbors? What was her relationship like with her children and grandchildren?

Tamesin Hall Glover

Tamesin is one of my favorite ancestors to daydream about. I really know very little about her life. I don’t even know for certain what her name was. Her headstone and christening record say Tamesin but all of the granddaughters named for her are Tamerson.

She was born in Feb 1779 in Conway, Franklin Co, MA to William and Ruhamah (Andrews) Hall., the 5th of 13 children. Her parents were both immigrants trying to make their way in this country. She was born at a time when western Massachusetts was relatively undeveloped country. I have no idea if the family was rich or poor; no idea how they lived but I imagine that it was a hard life.

She met and married David Glover in 1800. Family history says that they returned to David’s home town of Dedham, MA for two years where she gave birth to two daughters, Evaline in 1800 and Louisa in 1801. With two babies they packed up and moved to Upton, back in western Massachusetts were Orville was born in 1804. They moved again to Milford where Lewis was born in 1805 and Malvina was in 1807. By 1809 they had moved yet again, to Northhampton where William was born. I have always hated moving so I wonder how she felt about moving so many times. Did she see it as an adventure; a path to something new and better or was it really the burden that I imagine?

In 1810 or 1811 they packed up their belongings and six children to join her father in Phelps in Ontario County, New York. The trip would have been made in the late winter as travel by sleigh over frozen ground was much faster and easier than fording rivers and streams or bypassing boggy ground at other times of year. Can you imagine traveling with six children in the winter? I do not know if they had the means to stay at inns along the way. I imagine them building large fires and camping along the way as many settlers did.

They remained in Phelps for at least 13 years where she had five more children; Ruhamah - 1811, Reuben – 1815, Mentoria – 1818, Milton – 1820 and Hannah – 1823.

I have never learned what trade occupied David but I do know that when Tamesin’s brother, Joseph, died in 1822, they owed money to the estate that was listed as uncollectable. I cannot imagine raising 11 children (all were still living in 1820). I do not know if they had their own home or if they lived with her father; they are listed on the same page on the 1820 census. They would have had to tend a large home garden. Combine that with the cooking, laundry, cleaning , education and care of young children and I see Tamesin as exhausted all of the time, even though the older children would have been expected to help. I wonder what made her happy. Did she attend quilting bees? Did she have time to visit with other women? Did she own more than two dresses at a time? How important was the church to her?

Sometime between 1823 and 1830 the family packed up and moved further west to Gaines, Orleans County, NY, as did many other family members. They must have done a little better financially here as they were able to purchase a one acre home lot in 1838. She saw the marriages of most of her children and the births of many grandchildren. She also said goodbye to several of her children as they pressed on further westward to Michigan.

She passed away July 1, 1843 at the age of 64 and is buried in Gaines Cemetery. The headstone has been broken by vandals. David left soon after her death to join his children in Michigan. I’ve only been to the cemetery once but I think of her often.


This originally appeared at The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree on 11 October 2006.