Guthrie Family Group 2A – Branch O
AHIEL GUTHRIE 1789 MA – 1851 NY and DIANTHA BULLOCK
of Hampden County, Massachusetts and Wayne County, New York, USA

CONTENTS:
Origin Theories
The Family of Ahiel Guthrie & Diantha Bullock
Historical Highlights
The Guthrie DNA Project
Research and Resources

ORIGIN THEORIES for GFG2A BRANCH O

Like many other adoptees, Ahiel Guthrie’s origins remain cloaked in mystery, but with DNA technology and some luck we have some new clues.

Guthrie Genealogy was informed by an Ancestry user, “According to a cousin, Patta Goodwill presented Ahiel for adoption in Tolland County, Stanford, Conn. in 1793.” No court documentation of this adoption has been found to corroborate the statement. Martha ‘Patty’ Goodwill 1773 MA – 1831MA is presumably the birth mother of Ahiel Guthrie. He would have been about 5-6 years old at the time, not an infant. He reportedly had a sister who died young, but whether that was a biological sister, or one from his adoptive family is unknown. The identities of Ahiel’s adoptive parents are also unknown.

Despite Ahiel’s use of the Guthrie surname, the lack of records led his descendants to question whether the man was indeed biologically a Guthrie, or if his adoptive family provided him with the name. Autosomal DNA testing hinted at some ties to New England Guthrie families. Now there is conclusive evidence. A direct line descendant participating in Y-DNA testing matches the genetic profile for Guthrie Family Group 2A.

Based on birth place and common residences, the most likely family ties within this very large genetic group belong to GFG2A – Branch F: Descendants of John Guthrie and Abigail Coe. Specifically, the line associated with their son James Guthrie Sr (1732CT – 1804NY) and Abigail Betts. This part of the family moved from Connecticut to Berkshire, County, Massachusetts by 1771. The Goodwill family lived in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts. Patty Goodwill was born there on 24 Nov 1773.

Online trees have linked James Guthrie Sr & Abigail Betts’ son, Joseph Guthrie, J.P., as Ahiel’s father, but without noting their reasons for his selection. Joseph Guthrie moved to Sherburne, Chenango, NY about 1792, so he is technically a candidate, but had no direct connection to Hampden, MA. His brother, Dr Samuel Guthrie (1756-1808) has a connection to both Stafford, Tolland, CT and to Brimfield, Hampden, MA. There was also a gap of several years after his wife Sarah’s death about 1784, and his 1789 marriage in Stafford to the widow, Mrs Anna (Bicknell) Wickmal.

Opportunity of time and place would appear to point toward Dr Samuel Guthrie as a more probable candidate than his brother. Further Y-DNA testing may support the Branch F theory, however even if it does, it would probably take the participation of multiple descendants to determine if there is a closer familial relationship to one brother versus the other.

Other candidates to consider:
1.) Abel Guthrie 1764CT-1843 who married Olive Fuller in Berkshire, MA in 1788. He was 24 at the time of his marriage. Ahiel would have been born within a year of that marriage if Abel is the correct father. Abel fought in the Rev War enlisting in NY and moved his family there prior to 1800. Note that we still need a YDNA candidate to verify the placement of Abel’s father, John, in GFG2A-Branch F.

2.) Some online trees add Joseph Guthrie (1733CT-1808OH) as a candidate, but there seems to be no evidence of his presence in MA or NY. Prior to his move to Ohio, he lived in Connecticut, which is true of all of the Branch F men of his generation. Potential, candidates would be his sons Truman (born 1765) and Stephen (born 1768), presumably based on their ages, but it is documented that Truman was physically in Marietta, OH on 3 July 1788 after his father had given him a share in the Ohio Company. He returned home after sowing what is said to be the first wheat sown in that territory, and then the following Spring in 1789 he and his brother Stephen returned to OH where they remained. There does not seem to be any opportunity for Truman or Stephen to be in CT or MA.

If anyone has documentation on Ahiel’s origins, adoption, birth/adoptive family, to contribute, please send it this way.

AHIEL GUTHRIE
Parents: Unidentified Guthrie
Birth: 7 March 1787 (trees) or 1789 (calculated from gravestone) or 1793 (1850 census)
Birth Location: Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation: School Teacher / Farmer
Marriage: Diantha Bullock on 14 March 1818 in Canajohari, Montgomery, NY
Death: 6 March 1851
Death Location: Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA
Burial: Huron Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne County, NY.

DIANTHA BULLOCK
Parents: Reuben Bullock (1758NY – 1827NY) and Anna Bockes (1765 – 1843NY)
Birth: 21 Dec 1782
Birth Location: Dutchess County, New York, USA
Guthrie Children: Sophronia (1819), Caroline (1821), Matilda (183), William Goodwill (1825), Reuben (1829)
Death: 30 January 1873
Death Location: Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA
Burial: Huron Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne County, NY.

Guthrie Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Autosomal DNA Participants: Yes

Notes:

Ahiel Guthrie and Diantha Bullock resided in Canajoharie for the first decade of their marriage. They had 3 daughters and 2 sons prior to settling in Williamson township in Wayne County, New York. He was one of the county’s early school teachers, and at one time had up to 106 students under his charge. By 1840, they were living in Huron, Wayne County, NY where they remained. Ahiel died on 6 March 1851, and his widow Diantha on 30 Jan 1873.

THE FAMILY of AHIEL GUTHRIE & DIANTHA BULLOCK

CHILD 1: SOPHRONIA GUTHRIE
1819NY – 1830NY

Sophronia Guthrie was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York on 27 July 1819. She died at only 11 years of age on 1 August 1830. Her mother also had a newborn to care for, and little Reuben also expired on September 27th, both in Williamson, Wayne, NY. No cause of death is known for either child.

Note: Original Source? Online trees list full DOB/DOD for Sophronia Guthrie without citing a source for the info. If you have info on where the data is documented, please share it.

Guthrie Children: N/A – Died during childhood
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 2: CAROLINE J GUTHRIE
1821NY – 1903NY

Caroline Guthrie was born on 24 March 1821. The family was still in Canajoharie, Montgomery County, NY that year. She was enumerated with the family during the 1830 census, but was married prior to the 1840 census. Caroline was 17 years old at the time of her first marriage. on 30 August 1838 to Amasa Noah Jones. He became a minister. They lived in Sodus, Wayne County, NY.

Rev. Jones died on 2 March 1856 at only 35 years of age leaving Caroline widowed with two children, Judson Guthrie Jones (1839) and Josephine Caroline Jones (1844). Caroline remarried about 1858 or 1859 to widower Rev. Stephen B Dowd (b.1808). His first wife, Sally (Griffin) Dowd had died in 1855, mother to his 5 sons and 4 daughters. Caroline had no additional children with Rev. Dowd. They remained residents of Huron, Wayne, NY. Rev. Dowd died on 26 Sep 1889 at 81 years old. Caroline also reached that age dying on 19 March 1903.

Jones Children: 2
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

CHILD 3: MATILDA B. GUTHRIE
1823NY – 1876NY

Matilda Guthrie was born on 10 Feb 1823 in Sodus, Wayne, NY. She married John Pierce prior to 1846. They had three children: Matilda B Pierce (1846), Eugene H Pierce (1850), and Lyman C Pierce (1858). Matilda was only 53 at her death on 10 May 1876. She left a will naming her husband as her sole executor. John died in 1894.

Pierce Children: 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

CHILD 4: WILLIAM GOODWILL GUTHRIE
1825NY – 1892NY

William Goodwill Guthrie was born on 15 April 1825in Wayne County, NY. He married Sarah Roberts about 1847 in Huron, Wayne, NY and they remained in that township. William was a farmer. He and Sarah were parents to 5 daughters and 2 sons: Caroline Josepha (1848), Louise Diantha (1852), James Reuben (1854), Alice Sophronia (1857), Charles Sumner (1859), Hattie Lizette (1866), and Anna Amelia (1871.). Charles and Anna died in their infancy. William died on 15 August 1892. Sarah survived him by 4 years. Her death is recorded on 23 July 1896.

Guthrie Children: 7
Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

CHILD 5: REUBEN GUTHRIE
1829NY – 1830NY

Reuben Guthrie was born on 4 September 1829 in Williamson, Wayne, NY. . He was just over a year old at the time of his death on 27 Sep 1830.

Guthrie Children: N/A – Died in early childhood
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1784: BIRTH of DIANTHA BULLOCK
Diantha Bullock was born 21 Dec 1784. She was the second of twelve children. Her father was Reuben Bullock, born 20 Apr 1758 in Stanford, Dutchess, NY to Richard and Keziah (Horton) Bullock. He died 2 Feb 1827 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY. Her mother was Anna Bockes, 22 Jan 1765-23 Aug 1843, a daughter of Adam and Mary (Bullock) Bockes.

ABOUT 1789: BIRTH of AHIEL GUTHRIE
The birth year for Ahiel Guthrie is a bit of a moving target. His gravestone indicates that he was 62 at his death on 6 March 1851, which estimates his birth year as 1788 or 1789. The 1850 census lists him as 57, which makes it about 1793. The 1840 census lists him in the 40-49 range, while the 1830 census lists him in the 30-39, range, both indicating his birth was between 1790-1800. Many online trees list the specific date of 7 March 1787 without any source data.

1818: GUTHRIE-BULLOCK MARRIAGE
Ahiel Guthrie and Diantha Bullock married on 14 March 1818 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY.

1819: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – SOPHRONIA GUTHRIE
The first child of Ahiel and Diantha was born on 27 July 1819 in Canajoharie, Montgomery, MY

1820: US FEDERAL CENSUS of CANAJOHARIE, MONTGOMERY, NY
Ancestry’s 1820 census image for Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY is nearly illegible. Transcriptions do not include the name Ahiel Guthrie, however this could be his household listing 1M and 1F 26 – 44 and 1F under 10. This also matches the expected family profile for Ahiel, Diantha, and daughter Sophronia.

1821: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – CAROLINE J GUTHRIE
Caroline was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY on 24 March 1821.

1821: PROPERTY PURCHASE in SODUS, ONTARIO COUNTY, NY
DB 14 – Page 69 – FHL Film # 007128455 – img 38 and 39 of 862 – On 1 Jun 1821. Benjamin Joy, of Boston, MA, by David Hudson, his attorney, by virtue of a letter of attorney bearing the date 17 May 1816 (executed by Joy to the said David Hudson on 1 July 1816) to Ahiel Guthrie, of Canajorry, County of Montgomery. Consideration of $374. Tract of land situated in the town of Sodus, Ontario County being on the southeast quarter of lot number eighty-five in township number thirteen, in the first range of township, in the county of Ontario containing 49 and a half acres.

1823: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – MATILDA GUTHRIE
Matilda was born on 10 Feb 1823 at Sodus Point, Wayne County, NY

1823: FORMATION of WAYNE COUNTY
Originally included lands of Ontario and Seneca Counties. Formation on 11 April 1823.

1825: BIRTH of SON – WILLIAM GOODWILL GUTHRIE
William was born on 15 April 1825, probably in Sodus, Wayne County, NY

1829: PROPERTY SALE in SODUS, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
DB 13 – Page 514 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 589 and 590 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, Wayne County, NY to Isaac Stansell of Sodus, Wayne County, NY. Consideration of $700. A tract in the town of Sodus, Wayne, NY being the southeast quarter of lot number eighty-five in township number thirteen, in the first range of township containing forty nine and a half acres. Signed on 8 June 1829.

1829: BIRTH of SON – REUBEN GUTHRIE
Reuben was born on 4 September 1829, probably in Williamson, Wayne County, NY

1830: PROPERTY SALE in WILLIAMSON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
DB 8 – Page 117 – FHL Film #007128452 – img 61 and 62 of 635 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, NY to Cephas Moody. $500 consideration for land in township of Williamson, Wayne, NY, subdivision number two of lot number twenty five containing 40 acres. Signed on 15 Jan 1830.

1830: PROPERTY PURCHASE in WILLIAMSON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
DB 13 – Page 33 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 341 – On 15 Jan 1830. Cephas Moody and Sally E his wife of Williamson, Wayne, NY to Ahiel Guthrie of same. Consideration of $500. Tract in township number fourteen in the second range of townships in the town of Williamson, Wayne, NY containing 50 acres and 60/100 of an acre.

1830: DEATH of DAUGHTER – SOPHRONIA GUTHRIE
Their eldest daughter died on 1 August 1830 in Wayne County, NY at 11 years of age. Her cause of death is unknown.

1830: US FEDERAL CENSUS of WILLIAMSON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
Household of Ahiel Guthrie (Transcribed as Shell)
1 M 30-39 (Ahiel)
1F 40-49 (Diantha)
2F and 1 M 5-9 (Caroline, Matilda, and William)
1M under 5 (Reuben)

1830: DEATH of SON – REUBEN GUTHRIE
Their 12-month old son, Reuben died on 27 September 1830.

1833: PROPERTY SALES in WILLIAMSON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
DB 13 – Page 34 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 341 and 342 of 664 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, NY to Seth Tucker of same. $900 consideration for land situate in township 14 in 2nd range of township in town of Williamson, Wayne, NY, the west part of the second or middle section of lot number 24 containing 50 acres and 60/100 of an acres. Signed 15 May 1833.

DB 13 – Page 300 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 479 and 480 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, Wayne, NY to John F Snow of same. Consideration of $225. A tract situate in the south east quarter of township number 14 in the second range of township in town of Williamson, Wayne containing 14 acres. Signed 27 Mar 1833.

1833: PROPERTY PURCHASE in PORT BAY, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
DB 18 – Page 478 – FHL Film # 007128456 – img 540 of 622 – On 8 Nov 1833. Isaac and Ann Wilkins of Gloucester County, New Jersey to Ahiel Guthrie of Wayne County, New York. Consideration of $826.80. Tract situated in Port Bay in Wayne County, NY a lot containing 103 acres and 35/100 acre being Lot No. 100 in the town of Port Bay.

1840: US FEDERAL CENSUS of HURON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
Household of Ahiel Guthrie (Transcribed as Ahiel)
1M 40-49 (Ahiel)
1F 50-59 (Diantha)
1F 15-19 (Matilda)
1M 10-14 (William)
1F 5-9 (?)

1850: US FEDERAL CENSUS of HURON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
Household of Ahiel Guthrie on 6 September 1850
Ahiel Guthrie 57 male Farmer, Real Estate: 3500, Birthplace: Massachusetts
Diantha Guthrie 61 female Birthplace: NY
William Guthrie 25 male Farmer, Birthplace NY
Sarah Guthrie 25 female Birthplace NY
Caroline Guthrie 2 female, Birthplace NY

1851: DEATH of AHIEL GUTHRIE
Ahiel Guthrie died on 6 March 1851. His gravestone at Huron Evergreen cemetery lists him at 62 years of age.

1860: US FEDERAL CENSUS of HURON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
Household of John Pierce on 12 October 1860
John Pierce 45 male Farmer Real Estate: 6000, Personal Estate: 1500, Birthplace: England
Matilda B. Pierce 37 female, Birthplace: NY
Matilda Pierce 16 female, Birthplace: NY, attended school
Eugene H Pierce 10 male, Birthplace: NY, attended school
Lyman C Pierce 3 male, Birthplace: NY
Diantha Guthrie 76 female, Personal Estate: 400, Birthplace: NY

1870: US FEDERAL CENSUS of HURON, WAYNE COUNTY, NY
Household of John Pierce
John Pierce 53, male white Farmer RE: 7000, PE: 1500, Born in England
Matilda Pierce 48 female white, Keeping House, born in NY
Matilda Pierce 24 femlae white School Teacher, born in NY
Eugene Pierce 20 male white At home, born in NY, attended school
Lyman Pierce 12 male white At Home, born in MY, attended school
Dianah Guthrie 85 female white Retired House Keeper P: 500, bornn NY

1873: DEATH of DIANTHA (BULLOCK) GUTHRIE
Ahiel’s widow died on 30 January 1873 in Huron, Wayne County, NY and is also buried at Huron Evergreen Cemetery.

THE GUTHRIE DNA PROJECT

Guthrie Family Group: GFG2A
Group Designation: Branch O – (Theorized to be a subset of GFG2A-Branch F)

Haplogroup: R-M269
Confirmed Haplogroup: N/A – Kit Requires Upgrade

Y-DNA Matches: 1
Kit 1002095
Unidentified Guthrie/Martha ‘Patty’ Goodwill > Ahiel Guthrie/Diantha Bullock > William Goodwill Guthrie/ Sarah Roberts > Rev. James Reuben Guthrie/ Carrie Marie Stophel > William John Guthrie / Grace Maude DeVol (2xGGP)

Autosomal DNA Matches: 1
Kit 1012151
Unidentified Guthrie/Martha ‘Patty’ Goodwill > Ahiel Guthrie/Diantha Bullock > William Goodwill Guthrie/ Sarah Roberts > Rev. James Reuben Guthrie/ Carrie Marie Stophel (GGP)

READING and RESOURCES

BOOK: Everts, Ensign, & Everts, (1877). ‘History of Wayne County New York…, 1789-1877‘ Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Digital Repositories: Maryland.Gov; Family Search.
See. p.63 Early Settlers – “Dennis Clark, Henry Parts, who had served in the War of 1812, Jesse Owen, Hiram Soverhill, and Ahiel Guthrie were the early school-masters. The last-named continued five years, and while he bore the reputation of an excellent instructor, he was addicted to the too fee use of liquor. Attendance increased till Guthrie’s roll numbered one hundred and six.”

BOOK: Cowles, George W. (1895). ‘Landmarks of Wayne County New York‘ D. Mason & Company, Publishers, Syracuse, New York. Digital Repository: Google Books.
See p.364 “At Jessup’s Corners the first school house in town was built as early as 1806, and in it a Mr. Olmstead, Martin Root, Jonathan Scott, and Eliza Romeyn were early teachers. Samuel Soverhill donated a sign upon which a log school building was erected in 1810. It contained a fireplace in each end, and among its earliest teachers were Dennis Clark, Henry Parks (who served in the war of 1812), Jesse Owen, Eliza Romeyn, Hiram Soverhill, and Ahiel Guthrie. The latter continued five years and at one time had 106 scholars on his roll. The settlers desired a place to hold religious services, and this school house was enlarged by an addition twenty feet in length, making it 60×24.”

Find-a-Grave Memorials:
Ahiel Guthrie Sr – Huron Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne County, NY.
Diantha (Bullock) Guthrie – Huron Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne County, NY.

Newspaper Arcticle: The Newark Union, Saturday, 7 Sep 1907, Page 2
“The old Mud Mills school building was the first in the town of Arcadia, having been built about 1806. Ahiel Guthrie taught five years, and had, at one time, 106 pupils on his roll. The stone school house, which most of those present remember, was built in 1836 on the site of the present school house. Among the teachers, previous to 1860, were Mr. Brush, “Jessy” Owen, George Sheldon, William Osborne, Otis Robinson, Mary Bryant, Andrew D. Soverhill, Maria Whiting, Harriet Hoag, Jacob Stever, Charles Garlock, Byron Thomas, Thomas Agett and Margaret Osborne.”

PROBATE DATABASE: New York Probate Records 1629-1971 – Wayne County, New York
Index 1823-1904 Vol 1, FHL Database. Image 97 of 582
1870 – James Guttery – File Number 0803
1871 – Eben Guthrie – File Number 0911
1871 – Jane Guttery – File Number 0912.

DOCUMENTS: New York Land Records, 1630-1975 – Index to Grantors Wayne County, NY 1823-1869
p.652, IMG 530 of 706, Digital Repository: Family Search.

DB 8 – Page 117 – FHL Film #007128452 – img 61 and 62 of 635 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, NY to Cephas Moody. $500 consideration for land in township of Williamson, Wayne, NY, subdivision number two of lot number twenty five containing 40 acres. Signed on 15 Jan 1830.

DB 13 – Page 34 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 341 and 342 of 664 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, NY to Seth Tucker of same. $900 consideration for land situate in township 14 in 2nd range of township in town of Williamson, Wayne, NY, the west part of the second or middle section of lot number 24 containing 50 acres and 6/100 of an acres. Signed 15 May 1833.

DB 13 – Page 300 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 479 and 480 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, Wayne, NY to John F Snow of same. Consideration of $225. A tract situate in the south east quarter of township number 14 in the second range of township in town of Williamson, Wayne containing 14 acres. Signed 27 Mar 1833.

DB 13 – Page 514 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 589 and 590 – Ahiel and Diantha Guthrie of Williamson, Wayne County, NY to Isaac Stansell of Sodus, Wayne County, NY. Consideration of $700. A tract in the town of Sodus, Wayne, NY being the southeast quarter of lot number eighty-five in township number thirteen, in the first range of township containing forty nine and a half acres. Signed on 8 June 1829.

DB 58 – Page 568 – FHL Film # 007125691 – img 638 and 639 of 658 – 16 Feb 1853 bet. William G Guthrie and Sarah his wife and Amasa N Johnes and Caroline his wife and Diantha Guthrie wife of Ahiel Guthrie deceased, of Huron county of Wayne, NY to Matilda B Pierce, wife of John Pierce. Consideration of $1200. Tract of land situated in Huron, Wayne, NY being part of lot number 100 containing 40 acres of land.

DB 58 – Page 569 – FHL Film # 007125691 – img 639 of 658 – 16 Feb 1853 – Diantha guthrie wife Ahiel Guthrie deceased, John Milne and Matilda his wife, Amasa N Jones and Caroline his wife of Huron, Wayne, NY tp William G Guthrie of same. Consideration $1800. Tract situated in Huron, Wayne, NY being part of Lot No. 100 containing sixty-five acres and twenty-six rods of land.

DOCUMENTS: New York Land Records, 1630-1975 – Index to Grantees Wayne County, NY 1823-1869
p.652, IMG 223 of 686, Digital Repository: Family Search.

DB 13 – Page 33 – FHL Film # 007128454 – img 341 – On 15 Jan 1830. Cephas Moody and Sally E his wife of Williamson, Wayne, NY to Ahiel Guthrie of same. Consideration of $500. Tract in township number fourteen in the second range of townships in the town of Williamson, Wayne, NY containing 50 acres and 60/100 of an acre.

DB 14 – Page 69 – FHL Film # 007128455 – img 38 and 39 of 862 – On 1 Jun 1821. Benjamin Joy, of Boston, MA, by David Hudson, his attorney, by virtue of a letter of attorney bearing the date 17 May 1816 (executed by Joy to the said David Hudson on 1 July 1816) to Ahiel Guthrie, of Canajorry, County of Montgomery. Consideration of $374. Tract of land situated in the town of Sodus, Ontario County being on the southeast quarter of lot number eighty-five in township number thirteen, in the first range of township, in the county of Ontario containing 49 and a half acres.

DB 18 – Page 478 – FHL Film # 007128456 – img 540 of 622 – On 8 Nov 1833. Isaac and Ann Wilkins of Gloucester County, New Jersey to Ahiel Guthrie of Wayne County, New York. Consideration of $826.80. Tract situated in Port Bay in Wayne County, NY a lot containing 103 acres and 35/100 acre being Lot No. 100 in the town of Port Bay.

Montgomery County NY – Index of Deeds – Grantees
The only Guthrie deed found…
Index: William Guthrie (Grantee) from Phineas Bennet (Grantor) Liber 3 Page 101 Date: 7 Oct 1790.
On 8 March 1790. Phineas Bennet of Hamden, Montgomery, NY to William Guthrie of Benton, Montgomery, NY. Consideration fifty pounds lawful money of New York. Tract in Clinton Township, Montgomery, NY being part of Lot No eighty-five containing one equal fifth part of the above bounded lands, the fifth part to contain 102 acres.
[Note: This man is likely to be William Guthrie – 1790 Census of Chemung, Montgomery, NY – wife Susanna Kirby.]

Montgomery County NY – Index of Deeds – Grantors
None Found.

The 1790 Census of Montgomery County, NY covered a large portion of New York and included the towns of Canajoharie, Caughnawaga, Chemung, Chenango, German Flats, Harpersfield, Herkimer, Mohawk, Otsego, Palatine, and Whites. The town of Chemung covered several present day counties.
Free White Males 16 years and upward including Heads of Families
Free White Males under 16 years
Free White Females including Heads of Families
All other Free Persons
Slaves
Two key households were present in this census:
William Guthrie 20400 (The William Guthrie/Susanna Kirby family; Son of John Guthrie/Abigail Coe)
James Guthrie (William’s nephew, son of James Guthrie/Abigail Betts) 13100
Note that the James Guthrie/Abigail Betts family moved from CT to MA. James’ brother Samuel also lived in Hampden, MA.

WEBSITE: A Bullock Family History from Rehoboth to Holcomb (1643-1957)
The Bullock family history presented herein covers a span of over three hundred years and nine generations from the first mention of Richard Bullock in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1643 to Homer Bullock’s death in Holcomb, New York in 1957.
“Calvin’s aunt and uncle, Nancy Bullock Sours(Sauer) and Philips Sours had moved to Huron earlier as well as another aunt and uncle, Diantha Bullock Guthrie and her husband.”

WEBSITE: Herman Bullock and Drusilla Asenith Finton Descendants and Ancestors, Compiled by Paul David Bullock and Philip Gerald Bullock, December 1999. Latest Edition with Additions and Corrections, May 29, 2013.
p.121 Ahiel Guthrie, Diantha Bullock
p.134 Ahiel Guthrie, Diantha Bullock

Website / Document Transcription: Will of Patience Cash, 1846, Stanford, Dutchess, NY
Mentions heirs of Anna (Bockes) Bullock including Diantha (Bullock) Guthrie.

RECORDS GUIDE: Guide to the Records of the Judicial Department, Office of the Public Records Administrator and State Archives, State Archives Record Group No. 3., Digital Repository: ctstatelibrary.org
Toland County
Superior Court, 1787-1945, p.42
County Court, 1786-1855, p.42-43

DOCUMENT: Last Will and Testament of Matilda B. (Guthrie) Piece (Written: 7 Jul 1875 – Probate: 8 May 1879)
New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Wills, Vol Q – Page 10 – img 329 of 477. Probate Records, 1823-1903; Probate Index, 1823-1964; Author: New York. Surrogate’s Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, New York. Digital Repository: Ancestry.com