Dumbleton genealogy Hiams Genealogy Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams

Alpheus Dumbleton and Family

(At g mail dot com I am emersonj. Page to the bottom for HIAMS information).

Update: Here's more geneological material from a different descendant of Alpheus Dumbleton:
http://www.smithselfgen.com/Self/DumbletonHistory.Htm

In the course of my investigations of my ancestor Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams (b. 1837, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY), I discovered that one Alpheus Dumbleton (b. ~1790, probably at Grafton, Vermont) lived in Rensselaer County at the time of my ancestor’s birth. I concluded that my ancestor had been named for Alpheus Dumbleton, since the name "Alpheus" is rather rare, and the name "Dumbleton" very rare. Through quite a lengthy investigation I learned that Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams' mother was Anna Dumbleton, b. 1775, sister of Alpheus Dumbleton, wife of Nathaniel Niles Hiams, and daughter of Nathaniel Dumbleton and Anne Ferre.

Dumbleton genealogy back to sixteenth century (with one key break): http://www.smithselfgen.com/Self/DumbletonNotes.Htm

In the process of my investigations, I've found out a lot about the Dumbleton family (whose name is often spelled "Dumbolton", and once "Dumpleton".)

Dumbleton is a small village (~500 pop.) in Gloucestershire England near Grafton. The name "Dumbleton" is fairly common in neighboring areas, though not in Dumbleton itself; perhaps "Dumbleton" was a name taken by out-migrants, or perhaps the village was at some point depopulated and resettled. The significance of the British village is that the earliest Dumbleton in the family I'm tracking, Alpheus' father Nathaniel, was a native of Grafton, Vermont, and one of the founders of Grafton, NY. (Grafton, Michigan on Lake Erie may have a connection to early Dumbletons in the area. Grafton, Massachusetts showed no immediate evidence of a Dumbleton connection, though it seems to be important in Polish-American history, Native American history, and as the site of the Ethan Allen gun factory. There is also a large Grafton County in New Hampshire, bordering Vermont, with no obvious Dumbleton connection. As I understand, New Hampshire was frontier territory at the time of the Revolutionary War, and Grafton may not have had much of a history before then. Grafton, Vermont was incorporated in 1754.)

Dumbleton was a fairly common name in early New England but seems to have become less so after about 1720. This could have been because of the birth of girls, high mortality, or low fertility. John and Nathaniel Dumbleton are known to have fought in the Revolutionary War. John came from Albany county, NY, bordering Rensellaer County. There is no way to know whether this Nathaniel was Alpheus' Dumbleton's father Nathaniel (married to Betsy Bisbee); it is certainly possible, but there was probably a different, younger Nathaniel Dumbleton (married to "Phebe".) A possibility that has occurred to me is that the family I'm tracing might be from a more recent migration from England, rather than from the old colonial family, which would explain the references back to the place of origin, Grafton.

Nathaniel Dumbleton, a native of Grafton New Hampshire, born about 1750, and possibly a veteran of the Battle of Saratoga, had three sons, Alpheus (~1790-), Samuel (~1784-?), and Aaron (1808-1864). (The dates suggest a second marriage, or perhaps the existence of at least two Nathaniel Dumbletons; there is a record of the deaths of three children of one Nathaniel Dumbleton and his wife Phebe in Hamburg, NY, near Buffalo, around 1818. A Nathaniel Dumbleton came from Michigan to fight in the War of 1812 and bought land in Michigan in 1839.It is just barely possible that Alpheus' father married twice and was still active in 1839 at the age of more than eighty.)

Alpheus Dumbleton came from Oswego Country NY (perhaps from Scriba where many Dumbletons lived in 1830) to fight in the War of 1812. Alpheus and Samuel Dumbleton married the sisters Betsey and Zerviah Bisbee in 1816, though a child had been born to Betsy in 1812. (A child credited to Alpheus and Betsey in 1838 has to be questioned). Alpheus and Aaron were buried in Grafton, NY. The 1870 census listed several Dumbletons in Grafton, NY, and Dumbleton wills were executed in Oswego County after 1865 and after 1892.

A pattern of migration can be seen, from Vermont to Grafton in the Try-Albany area (which was the head of the Erie canal, on which at least one Dumbleton worked), to Scriba up north in Oswego County (on a spur of the Erie canal connecting to Lake Ontario) to Lake Erie (Nathaniel and Phebe) and then to Michigan (Alpheus from before 1812, and Nathaniel as late as 1839).

UPDATE: I have now found that Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams' grandmother, the mother of his father Nathaniel Niles Hiams, was Anna Dumbleton, b. 1775, daughter of Nathaniel Dumbleton and Anne Ferre. I still don't know how many Nathaniel Dumbletons there were, but it seems likely that there were at least two, and that Anna D was Alpheus D's sister.

Dumbleton

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/gene/bios2_spfld.html

Samuel Dumbleton, married to Mercy Towsley, b. 1713. Many backward connections to old Dumbleton line, but not forward.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysarato/batldo.htm

A Nathaniel Dumbleton at Saratoga

http://www.fortklock.com/nymilitiaalbany13.htm

John Dumbleton of Albany County in Revolutionary War

http://www.virtualvermonter.com/Grafton.htm

Grafton Vt. Incorporated 1754

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/grafton.htm

Grafton N.Y (near Troy, Rensselaer County): first supervisor Nathaniel Dumbleton of Grafton, Vt., 1807; a Josiah Church and an Alpheus Ford also lived there. Charles Dumbleton killed in Civil War. Town settled shortly after Revolutionary War but organized in1807

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/1812/a-ea/drake-dunbar.html

One "Alpheus Dumbleton" of Granby, Oswego County, fought in the War of 1812, as well as one "Nathaniel Dumbolton", of Howard Township, Michigan.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/1812/

Home for above link

*http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

Alpheus b. Vermont ~1790, d. Grafton NY., father Nathaniel

BAD LINK: text copied below

http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/ancestry/E.SMITHCeme.html

Hamburg, New York (near Buffalo) three children of Nathaniel D. and his wife Phebe died young around 1819

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/census/1830scribacen.html

5 Himes and 2 Dumbolton in 1830 Scriba, Oswego Co., NY Census

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/cass/multiple/land/cass.txt

In 1839 Nathaniel Dumbleton, bought 400 acres of land in Cass County (registered at Kalamazoo, called "Michigan-Toledo strip"). Incidentally there is a Grafton, Michigan near the W. end of Lake Erie near Toledo -- but this is not near the land Dumbleton bought.

http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB/fifth.html

Troy NY 5^th Ward (includes Grafton), 1870 census: 3 Himes (not in Grafton) and 4 Dumbleton (all Grafton) listed.

http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ny/nyoswego2.htm

Dumbleton (3 spellings) wills in Oswego County ca. 1865, ca. 1892

http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafloyd/riversidecem.html

John and Harriet Dumbleton, b. 1806 and 1813, in Rockford Iowa cemetery (near Mason City).

http://www.graftonhistory.org/Genealogy.html

Grafton Vermont Historical Society: the name Dumbleton listed.

http://members.shaw.ca/panthers5/Dumbleton51.html

Dumbleton a 500 pop. village in Gloucestershire not far from Wales; no Dumbletons live there

http://www.uk.laterooms.com/en/E66569.html

Dumbleton is near Grafton in Gloucestershire, rather near Wales.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~history/grafton/graftonnames.html http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~history/grafton/graftoncemeteries.html

Apparently no Dumbletons in Grafton, MA

NEW:

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/spfld/hist2/p411-450.html

A lot of stuff on Dumbletons of Springfield, MA.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/spfld/hist2/index.html

Index to above

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/spfld/hist2/p76-110.html#77

John Dumbleton was in Springfield in1664.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/gene/bios2_spfld.html

Springfield Dumbleton genealogy.

 ID: I12701

 Name: Nathaniel C Dumbleton

 Given Name: Nathaniel C

 Surname: Dumbleton

 Sex: M

 Birth: 175 ? in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, USA

 Death: Y

 Change Date: 26 Aug 2004 at 14:06

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

ID: I12695

 Name: Alpheus Dumbleton

 Given Name: Alpheus

 Surname: Dumbleton

 NPFX: Esquire

 Sex: M

 Birth: Abt 1787-1792 in , , VT

 Death: 12 Apr 1866 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Burial: West Grafton (Red Schoolhouse), Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Change Date: 26 Aug 2004 at 14:06

http://www.macksshack.com/

 ID: I12700

 Name: Betsey Bisbee

 Given Name: Betsey

 Surname: Bisbee

 Sex: F

 Birth: 17 Jun 1798 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

 Death: 25 Feb 1879 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Burial: West Grafton (Red Schoolhouse), Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Change Date: 26 Aug 2004 at 14:06

Father: Gideon Bisbee b: 27 Jul 1755 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Mother: Betty Bryant b: 2 Jun 1759 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage 1 Alpheus Dumbleton b: Abt 1787-1792 in , , VT

· Married: 14 Feb 1816 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

· Change Date: 26 Aug 2004

Children

1. Lorinda Dumbleton b: Abt 1812 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

2. Hiram Dumbleton b: Abt 1822 in , , NY

3. Oscar C Dumbleton b: Abt 1838 in , , NY

 ID: I12696

 Name: Samuel Dumbleton

 Given Name: Samuel

 Surname: Dumbleton

 Sex: M

 Birth: Abt 1784 in , , VT

 Death: Y

 Change Date: 18 Apr 2004 at 12:11

Father: Nathaniel C Dumbleton b: 175 ? in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, USA

Marriage 1 Zerviah Bisbee

· Married:

· Change Date: 17 Apr 2004

 ID: I12712

 Name: Aaron Dumbleton

 Given Name: Aaron

 Surname: Dumbleton

 NPFX: Esquire

 Sex: M

 Birth: Abt 1808

 Death: 28 Feb 1864 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Burial: West Grafton (Red Schoolhouse), Grafton, Rensselaer, New York, USA

 Change Date: 18 Apr 2004 at 11:43

Father: Nathaniel C Dumbleton b: 175 ? in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, USA

Marriage 1 Sarah E ? b: Abt 1808

· Married:

· Change Date: 18 Apr 2004

Hiams

My grandfather Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams was born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY on Mar. 4, 1837; his parents were Nathaniel Niles Hiams, b. 1809, and Irena Godfrey Hiams, b. 1811. Nathaniel Niles Hiams' mother was Anna Dumbleton (b. 1775), sister of Alpheus Dumbleton and daughter of Nathaniel Dumbleton and Anne Ferre.

Nathaniel Niles Hiams, his wife Irena Godfrey Hiams, and her mother Elsie Braman Godfrey all travelled to Iowa together along with their son Alpheus Dumbleton Hiams.

John J. Emerson

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