2A-F: Lydia Guthrie
Guthrie Family Group 2A · Branch F · Child Page
Lydia Guthrie & Eleazer Ingraham
Lydia: born 1746 · Eleazer: 1742/3–1834
From Judea, Connecticut, to the Friends’ settlement in New York
The youngest child of John Guthrie and Abigail Coe, Lydia married Eleazer Ingraham and became part of a family closely associated with the Society of Universal Friends. Their nine children connect this Branch F household with the Finger Lakes, Ohio, and Illinois.
Family at a Glance
Lydia Guthrie
- Parents
- John Guthrie (1700–1756) and Abigail Coe (1702–1747).
- Birth
- 16 July 1746, Woodbury, Connecticut. The supplied Barbour index identifies her parents as John and Abigail.
- Place in the family
- Youngest daughter and eleventh child in the Branch F reconstruction.
- Death
- Unresolved. No secure death date or place has been established. The 1831 notice for a woman formerly of Norwich is not adopted as her death record; see the research discussion below.
- Burial
- Reported at Friends’ Burying Ground, Jerusalem, New York. The cemetery compilation lists Eleazer’s wife without a death date or surviving marker.
Eleazer Ingraham
- Birth
- 15 January 1742/3, Woodbury, Connecticut. The Barbour transcription preserves this double year and cites LR6, p.2.
- Parents
- Henry Ingraham and Rachel, surname unknown. Both parents are explicitly named in the Barbour birth transcription.
- Community
- An early settler associated with the Society of Universal Friends at Jerusalem, New York.
- Death & burial
- Reported 1834 at Torrey, New York, with burial at Friends’ Burying Ground. Original death or estate evidence is still wanted.
Marriage: 6 August 1765, Judea, now Washington, Connecticut. Both the Barbour Collection and Early Connecticut Marriages, p.97, give the sixth. This date is adopted from those transcriptions; an original register image has not been examined.
Nine children: Daniel, Philo, Eleazer, John, Abigail, Lydia, Rachel, Lament, and Patience. Cleveland’s history lists the sons first and then the daughters; that sequence does not establish birth order.
The Children
The following reconstruction preserves the Research Tree and legacy descendant lines while identifying conflicts. Approximate years are not evidence of twins or triplets. Grandchildren listed below remain subject to record-by-record confirmation.
Daniel Ingraham (1766–about 1845)
The tree gives 13 September 1766, Connecticut. Cleveland says Daniel transported the Barnes family to the Friends’ settlement but did not settle there permanently. He married Huldah Sweatland on 25 October 1795, then reportedly Esther, surname unknown, about 1802. His family lived in Pennsylvania and later Geauga County, Ohio. Death is reported about 1845 at Hambden.
The legacy’s “1866” birth is a typographical error. Huldah’s reported 1799 birth requires checking against the first wife’s death and the second marriage. Several younger children have differing years in the tree and legacy; these are retained as ranges.
Children & descendant lines
- With Huldah: Henry (1796–1864), married Angeline Barney in 1822; and Huldah (1799–1864), reported unmarried.
- With Esther: John P. (born about 1802–1804), married Sarah Snell in 1827; Caroline (1804–1875), married Daniel Sawyer in 1824, later divorced; Esther (1805–1849), married Rev. Amasa Clark Manley in 1830.
- Lydia (born about 1808), married Julius Seymour in 1845; Maria (about 1809–1830/31), married William Henry Manley in 1830; Samantha (1811–1878), married Caleb Winterstein in 1829.
- Nathaniel H. (1815–1890), married Nancy M. Whemple, then Louisa A. Lacy; Barton H. (about 1817/18–1877), married Lucinda B. Scribner; Susan Ann (about 1820/22–1904), married John T. Carpenter, then Joshua Arnold.
Abigail Ingraham (birth and death dates unresolved)
Abigail is named as Eleazer’s daughter in Cleveland’s family list and Aldrich’s account of women associated with the Friends. “After 1765” is a working estimate, not a documented birth date. No marriage or children are securely established.
Her previously assigned death date has been removed from this reconstruction. No independent death evidence for Abigail has been established. A proposed marriage to Richard Godfrey remains unverified and is not adopted.
Philo Ingraham (1768–1842)
Born 28 June 1768, reportedly Connecticut. He married Arvilla / Arvillah Barney (1782–1854) about 1800. The Illinois county history places him near William Barney in section 20, later moving to Clay County in 1840. The tree gives death 21 April 1842 and burial at Ingraham Cemetery, Clay County.
The supplied census attachments place the household in Edwards County in 1820, Wabash County in 1830, and Clay County in 1840. County-boundary changes should be considered alongside actual moves. The broad claim that Philo and Arvilla were the first white people buried in all of Clay County is not adopted without checking its original context.
Children & descendant lines
- William (1801–1881), married Mary White, then Mary Utterback.
- Daniel (1804–1866), married Rebecca White, then Nancy Kenley.
- Amanda (1806–1844), married Asa Pixley.
- John (1808–1879), married Eliza Besley.
- Harrison (1812–1876), married Elizabeth Ann Turner.
- Eliza (1815–1866), married Wesley Wood.
- George W. (1825–1848), married Lydia A. McKnight.
Eleazer Ingraham Jr. (about 1772–1858)
He married Dorcas Gardner (about 1779–1860) about 1799. The family moved from Jerusalem to Pulteney, Steuben County, New York, where the tree records him from 1820 onward. He died 11 June 1858; Dorcas reportedly died 15 June 1860. Both are associated with the Old Presbyterian Cemetery at Pulteney.
The legacy’s 1799 birth year for Dorcas conflicts with the marriage and children; the current tree gives 1779. Cleveland additionally mentions a daughter married to John Sisson. Her identity is not established, so she is not added as a separate child or assigned to a named daughter.
Children & descendant lines
- John R. (1800–1854), married Annis Brewster.
- Mary Ann “Polly” (1801–1896), married Rowland G. Champlin Jr.
- Abigail (1802–1875), married Alfred Pelton.
- George (born about 1805 in the tree), identity and later history unresolved.
- Rhoda (1810–1879), married Otis Harris.
- Rachel (about 1812–1875), reported unmarried; Sementha (born about 1812), later history unresolved.
- Nancy (1822–1894), married Collins Pelton; no children reported.
Lydia Ingraham (about 1780–1850)
The Friends’ Burying Ground transcription gives death 18 November 1850, aged 70 years and 22 days. That age calculates to approximately 27 October 1780, conflicting with the tree’s 1776 birth. No spouse or descendants are documented.
The calculated date is a research aid, not a replacement for a birth record. Retaining the Ingraham surname at death alone does not prove she never married.
Rachel Ingraham (about 1781–1873)
Rachel remained closely associated with the Friends’ community. The cemetery compilation gives death 16 January 1873, aged 91 years, 8 months, and 2 days, implying a birth about 14 May 1781. Davis describes her as one of the last surviving members of the colony and says her brother John conveyed 26 acres to her. No spouse or descendants are documented.
The tree places her death at Pulteney; the cemetery compilation identifies burial at Friends’ Burying Ground, Jerusalem. A death notice or original vital record should confirm where she died.
Lament / Lamenta “Menty” Ingraham (about 1785–1862)
Cleveland and Davis identify Lament or Menty as the daughter who married Samuel Davis. The tree gives birth 27 May 1785 and death 31 December 1862. Their family lived in the Jerusalem–Branchport area.
The tree’s 1805 marriage conflicts with the attributed son born in 1800; the legacy estimates marriage before 1800. Neither is treated as proved. Memorial links naming “Martha Davis” require identity checking. Do not merge this woman with cousin Lament Ingraham, daughter of Elisha, who married William Pierce/Pearce and Daniel Sutton.
Children & descendant lines
- George Washington Davis (1800–1895), married Loretta Rose; his birth and placement require review against the marriage date.
- Rachel Davis (1806–1901), married Samuel Wheeler Shattuck.
- Lydia Ann Davis (1807–1885), married Samuel Cornelius Striker.
- Rebecca Davis (1808–1897), married Elias Chase.
- Joseph N. Davis (1809–1890), married Rachel Corwin.
- Eliza Davis (1816–1869), married Henry Lewis.
- Jesse Harrison Davis (1816–1903), married Polly Maria Corwin.
Patience A. Ingraham (reported 1783–1850)
Patience married Asa Brown (1781–1877). She died 21 March 1850. The supplied Find a Grave index reports birth 16 August 1783 at Woodbury, Connecticut. That year is consistent with the cemetery transcription’s age 66. The exact birth date and place remain attributed to the memorial pending a supporting original record.
Children & descendant lines
- Abigail Brown (birth reported as 1803 or 1806; lived to at least 1880), married John B. Harris.
- Robert W. Brown (1805–1844), married Jemima Maiden.
- Rachel Brown (born about 1808), later history unresolved.
- Alfred G. Brown (1810–1904), married Jane Harris.
- Chester S. Brown (born about 1810), married Julia Ann Sage; children unconfirmed.
- Rebeca / Rebecca Brown (born 1814; lived to at least 1880), reported unmarried.
John Ingraham (birth unresolved–1849)
John married Anna / Anne “Nancy” Updegrove / Updegraff. His tree gives death 13 February 1849 and probate 24 April 1849. Davis says John inherited his father’s 116-acre property and conveyed part to Rachel. The family’s generational placement needs further work.
John’s estimated 1785 birth conflicts with Davis’s age 72 at death in 1849, implying about 1776/77. The conflicting generations remain unresolved. An estate petition naming heirs, distribution records, and the continuation of the 1850 household are priorities. The supplied administration-register image has not been securely identified as John Ingraham’s estate and is not used as relationship evidence.
Children & descendant lines
- The histories report one son who married Esther Boyd. Davis names him Eleazer and says he died before John. His identity and dates require original-record confirmation.
- The supplied 1850 Jerusalem census image shows Nancy Ingraham, 81; Elisha, 27; Mary A., 13; Semantha, 11; Rachel, 9; and Eleanor, 7. These are household members, not stated relationships. The index reports seven people, but the supplied image shows six before the page break; the continuation remains to be checked.
- Elisha’s name is confirmed by the census. The 54-year age difference between Nancy and Elisha, together with the history’s account of a son who married Esther Boyd and raised a family, supports a possible grandchild generation. Elisha is not securely identified here as Nancy’s son or Esther’s husband.
Historical Highlights
Lydia’s family story joins the Connecticut Guthries to the early settlement of the Finger Lakes. The most useful accounts connect named family members with land, community life, and later migration, while leaving several vital dates unresolved.
1746 · The youngest Guthrie child
The Barbour index records Lydia’s birth at Woodbury on 16 July 1746, naming John and Abigail as her parents.
1756 · Named in her father’s will
John called Lydia his youngest daughter and provided livestock, four sheep, a bed and bedding, cooking and hearth equipment, a chest, and a warming pan. The supplied transcription’s “two year old heifers” should be checked against the original before assigning a precise number of animals.
1765 · Marriage at Judea
Lydia married Eleazer Ingraham on 6 August 1765, aged nineteen. Both supplied marriage transcriptions support that date. Judea is the historical locality associated with the later town of Washington.
1794 · Seeking secure land titles
Aldrich reproduces a petition dated 13 January 1794, addressed to Charles Williamson. Eleazer, Daniel, Philo, Solomon, and Elisha Ingraham appear among the signers seeking deeds for land they occupied at the Friends’ settlement. This establishes a dated community connection without proving that every signer settled there permanently.
1800–1810 · The senior Jerusalem household
The indexed 1800 household of Eleazar Ingram contains a man and woman aged 45 or older, one male aged 16–25, and three females aged 16–25. In 1810, Eleazer Ingraham’s Jerusalem household contains a man and woman aged 45 or older and one boy under ten. These entries fit the senior couple; the unnamed woman is inferred to be Lydia, and the boy’s identity is unknown. The 1820 and 1830 Pulteney age patterns instead fit Eleazer Jr. and Dorcas.
Early nineteenth century · Families disperse
Daniel’s family moved through Pennsylvania to Ohio. Philo’s household joined the Barney connections in Illinois. Eleazer Jr. settled at Pulteney, while other family members remained associated with Jerusalem.
1831 · A death notice kept separate
The Connecticut Mirror of 5 November 1831 reports a Mrs. Lydia Ingraham, aged 87, who died at Clinton, New York, on the seventeenth of the previous month and had formerly lived at Norwich, Connecticut. This means 17 October 1831 for the woman named in the notice. Lydia Guthrie would have been 85. The separate 1810 Norwich household of Lydia Ingraham, a woman aged 45 or older living alone, adds to the identity concern. The notice is not adopted as Lydia Guthrie’s death record.
1834 and afterward · Community memory
Eleazer’s death is reported in 1834. Later histories preserve his children’s names and Rachel’s long association with the Friends. Their accounts are valuable leads, but disagreements over John’s family show why original deeds and probate records remain essential.
Family Tidbits · The Friends and Two Jerusalems
The Society of Universal Friends was the community led by the Public Universal Friend. It should not automatically be equated with every Quaker meeting or with the wider Religious Society of Friends. Aldrich names Lydia, wife of Eleazer, and their daughters Abigail and Lydia among the community’s women; Rachel appears among its devoted unmarried adherents.
Jerusalem, New York, is the setting of this Ingraham family’s settlement story. Jerusalem, Connecticut, was a separate village in the Rocky River valley whose former lands were flooded when Candlewood Lake was created in 1928. The shared name is an interesting regional connection, not evidence that Lydia and Eleazer lived in the submerged village.
Robert Porter St John’s Jerusalem the Golden offers a literary view of the Finger Lakes setting. It is a historical novel, so its mention of Eleazer should be read as fiction rather than evidence for his actions or conversations.
Explore the Records
Records and research findings
- Barbour birth and marriage indexes: the supplied screenshots identify Lydia’s birth on 16 July 1746 and Eleazer’s birth on 15 January 1742/3 to Henry and Rachel (Woodbury, Barbour p.174, citing LR6, p.2). The marriage date of 6 August 1765 is also printed in Early Connecticut Marriages, Washington section, p.97. These are transcriptions; original register images have not been examined.
- John Guthrie’s 1756 will: names youngest daughter Lydia. See the Branch F Family Hub for the parental estate.
- Yates County Cemetery Project: Friends’ Burying Ground: distinguishes Lydia, wife of Eleazer, from daughter Lydia, who died in 1850. The mother has no death date in this compilation. Daughter Lydia’s age conflicts with the tree’s 1776 birth; Rachel’s and Patience’s entries provide additional age evidence. Historical spellings include “Gutheridge.”
- 1831 mortuary notice: The Connecticut Mirror, Hartford, 5 November 1831, vol. XXII, issue 1166, p.3, supplied via GenealogyBank. Retain in the identity discussion, without assigning its death date or place to Lydia Guthrie. The 1810 Norwich entry records a woman living alone, while the senior Jerusalem household includes an unnamed older woman consistent with Lydia Guthrie. The Hale index screenshot instead gives 2 November 1831 and Clinton, Connecticut; those indexed fields should not override the newspaper wording or be treated as an independent death confirmation.
- John Ingraham’s probate: the tree lists 24 April 1849 in Yates County. Obtain the complete file to distinguish his son from grandchildren, identify Nancy, and test the histories’ conflicting accounts.
Books and local histories
- Laurence R. Guthrie, American Guthrie and Allied Families, pp.542–543, “The Ingrahams”. Retained reference; the subscription image was not accessible in this review. Its reported child list must be compared with original records.
- History of Jerusalem, pp.21–22. Reviewed text names the nine children and discusses John’s land and Rachel. It gives John’s son as Eleazer and reports that son predeceased him—details needing reconciliation with the tree. Ancestry copy.
- Stafford C. Cleveland, History and Directory of Yates County (1873), pp.136–137. Reviewed text distinguishes Eleazer’s family from Elisha’s and Nathaniel’s. It identifies Lament’s marriage to Samuel Davis and Patience’s to Asa Brown, and preserves the conflicting passage about John’s descendants.
- Lewis Cass Aldrich, ed., History of Yates County, New York (1892), pp.83–84, 93–95. Reviewed text reproduces the 1794 Williamson petition and identifies several Ingraham women in the community.
- Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois (1883). Reviewed text identifies Philo as William Barney’s son-in-law and describes his residence in section 20 before his 1840 move to Clay County.
Further reading · Context and research leads
- Charles Frederick Holder, The Quakers in Great Britain and America (1913). Broader religious context; no specific proof of this household is claimed from it here.
- Jerusalem and the Society of Universal Friends, Upstate Historical. Retained contextual link; unavailable during this review.
- Robert Porter St John, Jerusalem the Golden (1926), p.207. Historical fiction, not a genealogical source.
- Candlewood Lake Authority: History of the Lake. Reviewed account of the Connecticut village and 1928 reservoir creation.
- Lying Deep Underneath Connecticut’s Largest Lake Is an Entire Village. Popular account of Jerusalem, Connecticut; not evidence of Ingraham residence there.
- Daniel Ingraham CT–OH, Beverly Golden reply (2005). Message-board research lead; the post was unavailable during this review.
- Lydia Guthrie legacy family study and Research Tree. Preserve descendant leads while comparing the conflicts identified on this page.
Most Wanted Documents
- Original marriage register supporting the adopted 6 August 1765 date.
- Evidence connecting—or separating—the 1831 Clinton/Norwich death notice from Lydia Guthrie.
- The original entry behind Eleazer Sr.’s Barbour birth transcription (LR6, p.2), plus estate and burial records; any original evidence supporting the legacy’s Revolutionary service claim.
- Original land and tax records establishing the family’s arrival. The legacy’s 25 May 1792 tax reference needs a complete citation and image.
- John’s 1849 estate petition and distributions, the deed to Rachel, and the full 1850 census household resolving Elisha/Eleazer and the next generation. Marriage, census, or estate evidence naming the daughter of Eleazer Jr. who married John Sisson of Branchport.
- Independent death evidence for Abigail, and original cemetery readings for daughter Lydia, Rachel, and Patience.
- Marriage and birth records for Lament’s Davis family, especially the attributed son born before the tree’s marriage date.
DNA Participation
No autosomal participant is currently documented for these child lines in the legacy study or supplied screenshots. Descendants of Daniel, Philo, Eleazer, John, Lament, and Patience are welcome to contribute documented lineages and autosomal comparisons. Abigail’s descendants remain unknown; none are documented for Lydia or Rachel.
Guthrie paternal-line Y-DNA does not pass through Lydia to her children. An Ingraham male-line test would investigate the Ingraham paternal line; Branch F’s Guthrie Y-DNA representation is discussed on the Family Hub.
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