Levi Tomlinson & Amelia Beard (Parents of Lucy)

by Catherine Sevenau on May 21, 2011

Levi Tomlinson

Third child of Capt. John Tomlinson and Deborah Bassett
Born: Feb 15, 1752, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Died: Mar 4, 1831 (age 79), Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Occupation: Deacon of his church, town collector (tax)
Military: Revolutionary War, Ensign 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Militia, commanded by Col. Thompson
Religion: Congregational Church (Deacon, 1789 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut; Deacon, 1817 in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio)
Married: Dec 29, 1774, Amelia Beard, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (by Rev Daniel Humphreys)
Twelve children: Betsey Tomlinson, Amelia Tomlinson(#1), Ruth Tomlinson, Deborah Tomlinson, Levi Tomlinson, Jr., LUCY TOMLINSON, Phebe Tomlinson(#1), Urania Tomlinson, Amelia Tomlinson(#2), Alice Tomlinson, Phebe Tomlinson(#2), Elizabeth “Eliza” Tomlinson

Amelia Beard

Daughter of James Beard, Jr. & Ruth Holbrook
Born: Mar 21, 1756, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Apr 8, 1832 (age 76), Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Married: Dec 29, 1774, Levi Tomlinson, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Twelve children: Betsey Tomlinson, Amelia Tomlinson(#1), Ruth Tomlinson, Deborah Tomlinson, Levi Tomlinson, Jr., LUCY TOMLINSON, Phebe Tomlinson(#1), Urania Tomlinson, Amelia Tomlinson(#2), Alice Tomlinson, Phebe Tomlinson(#2), Elizabeth “Eliza” Tomlinson

1. Betsey Tomlinson

Born: Nov 30, 1775, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Aug 29, 1844 (age 68), Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Married: Oct 27, 1796, (Captain) Eleazer Patchin, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Eleven children*: Levi Patchin, Linson T. Patchin, Abigail Patchin, David Patchin, George Patchin, George S. Patchin, Horatio Patchin, Daniel Tomlinson Patchin, Betsy Amelia Patchin, Augustus Eleazer Patchin, John Patchin, *Sarah Hamilton (adopted)*

2. Amelia Tomlinson(#1)

Born: Dec 3, 1777, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Sep 29, 1794 (age 16), New Haven, Connecticut; prob Scarlet or Yellow Fever
Buried: Methodist Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut

3. Ruth Tomlinson

Born: Mar 11, 1780, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Mar 9, 1807 (age 27), New Haven, Connecticut
Buried: Methodist Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut
Married: bef 1801, Chauncey Johnson, prob New Haven, Connecticut
One known child: Lois Amelia Johnson

4. Deborah Tomlinson

Born: Nov 20, 1782, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: May 20, 1868 (age 85), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Ohio
Buried: unkn, possibly Locust Grove Cemetery in Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio
Married: Sep 3, 1817, James W. Herrick, Geauga County, Ohio
Seven children: James T. Herrick, Eliza Marthen Herrick, Mary Herrick, Elizabeth “Betsey” P. Herrick, Sarah D. Herrick, Ezra S. Herrick, Almrya Herrick

5. Levi Tomlinson, Jr.

Born: Feb 23, 1785, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Sep 23, 1794 (age 9 yrs, 7 mo), New Haven, Connecticut; prob Scarlet or Yellow Fever
Buried: Methodist Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut

6. LUCY TOMLINSON

Born: Mar 20, 1787, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Aug 20, 1872 (age 85), North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
Buried: Ridgeville Cemetery in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio
Married (1): 1806, ISAAC CHATFIELD, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Eleven children: Lucius Napoleon Chatfield, Lucy Almira Chatfield, Albert Alonzo Chatfield, LEVI TOMLINSON CHATFIELD, Nathan Stoddard Chatfield, Ruth Ann Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield(#1), Charlotte Ann Chatfield, Marie Antoinette Chatfield, Gilbert Lafayette Chatfield, Georgianna A. Chatfield
Married (2): Mar 1870, James W. Herrick, North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio (James Herrick m.1 Deborah Tomlinson, Lucy’s sister)

7. Phebe Tomlinson(#1)

Born: Jun 19, 1790, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: May 11, 1794 (age 3 yrs, 10 mo), New Haven, Connecticut; prob Scarlet or Yellow Fever
Buried: Methodist Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut

8. Urania Tomlinson

Born: Oct 28, 1792, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Oct 1, 1794 (age 1 yr, 11 mo), New Haven, Connecticut; prob Scarlet or Yellow Fever
Buried: Methodist Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut

9. Amelia Tomlinson(#2)

Born: Feb 23, 1795, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Feb 27, 1820 (age 25), Ohio
Buried: unkn
Married: Feb 19, 1817, Myron M. Hutchinson, Geauga County, Ohio
Children: unkn

10. Alice Tomlinson

Born: Nov 7, 1797, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Nov 9, 1894 (age 97); 1889 resided with son Lazarus in Buckeye, Hardin County, Iowa
Buried: Buckeye Cemetery in Buckeye, Hardin County, Iowa
Married: Nov 27, 1819, (Deacon) Fabian Beard, Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio
Five children: Martha Ann Beard, Mary Maria Beard, Lazarus Tomlinson Beard, David A. Beard, Ruth Elizabeth Beard

11. Phebe Tomlinson(#2)

Born: Jun 23, 1799, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Sep 20, 1851 (age 51), (prob Boon Township), Warrick County, Indiana
Buried: Old Boonville Cemetery in Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana
Married: Jul 23, 1818, Henry Hewins, Chardon Township, Geauga County, Ohio
Ten children: William Henry Hewins, Levi Tomlinson Hewins, Julia Mary Hewins, Daniel Augustin Hewins, Phebe Minerva Hewins, Susan Elizabeth Hewins, Emeline Sophronia Hewins, Laura Melissa Hewins, Charles Storrs Hewins, John Seward Hewins

12. Elizabeth “Eliza” Tomlinson

Born: Dec 28, 1802, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Sep 5, 1843 (age 42), Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Buried: Fairview Park Cemetery in Fairview Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Married: Jun 6, 1821, Benjamin Mastick, Jr., Burton, Geauga County, Ohio
Nine children: Cynthia Ann Mastick, Edwin Baird Mastick, Seabury Lucius Mastick, Henry Algernon Mastick, Levi Benjamin Mastick, Lavinia Ella Mastick, Laura Jeanette Mastick, Cornelia “Nellie” Mastick, Caroline Emily Mastick

Levi Tomlinson & Amelia Beard

History, Notes, Letters, etc.:

	Book Excerpt	Census Record	Letter, Family Note, Diary
	Military Record	Newspaper	Voter Record, Land Record, City Directory
Note: The spelling and punctuation in the following census records, certificates, newspaper articles, documents and letters have been copied as written (though periods were added in some letters to have them make sense). However, you won’t remember this and will send me notes wanting to correct them.

Congregational Ecclesiastical Society

Nov 3, 1789: The first Congregational Ecclesiastical Society was formed to support the religious community in Derby (near Bladen Brook) New Haven County, Connecticut, of which Levi Tomlinson was a founding member. The first church was built in 1789 on present day Pearl Street where the United Methodist Church now stands. Capt Timothy Baldwin and Levi Tomlinson were appointed deacons.

Source: www.seymourcongregation.org/istory.dsp

Congregational Church 1789, Derby, Connecticut⇒

1790: Federal Census for Derby, New Haven, Connecticut:

Levi Tomlinson: I male over 16, I male under 16, 8 females

Note: Listed on same page are a number of Tomlinson and Chatfield’s

1792: Levi Tomlinson came to Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio in 1792, according to Descendents of Henry Tomlinson 1606 – 1681 and His Wife Alice c. 1608 – 1698, by Ellwood Count Curtis, Galactic Press, Cedar Falls, Iowa, pub 2001.

1798: Levi Tomlinson arrived in Geauga County, Ohio in 1798 and was in the survey and clearing work, according to History of Geauga County, Ohio, by the Historical Society of Geauga County, published in 1880.

As Levi’s last five children are born in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut in 1792, 1795, 1797, 1799, and 1802, he must have come without the family and travelled back and forth. Four of his children (Amelia, Levi, Phebe & Urania) died in Derby, New Haven Connecticut in 1794, probably of Scarlet and Yellow Fever.

Methodist Cemetery Records (221-5) for Derby, New Haven, Connecticut (pg 86):

Yellow Fever in New Haven, 1794

Sometime in 1792 and 1793, the Scarlet Fever, or Ulcerous Sore Throat, made its appearance in the towns in the vicinity of New-Haven; and raged with great mortality. It was computed that 750 persons had the disease, and it appeared in almost every family in town, indiscriminately.
In Sep and Oct 1793, many of the inhabitants of this town were affected with a slight Influenza, sinking pains in their jaws and limbs, soreness in muscles of the neck, with a light Fever. In Nov and Dec following, several children were affected with the Ulcerous Sore Throat. The symptoms were not alarming; and in every instance it terminated favorably. In Jan 1794, the disease assumed a more malignant appearance. In Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun and Jul, it was highly putrid; and many fell victims to its malignity.On the 10th of Jun 1794, the Pestilential, or Yellow Fever, appeared. There were about a hundred and sixty persons who had the Yellow Fever. Three persons recovered who vomited matter like coffee-grounds; but none recovered, that I remember, who vomited matter resembling port wine. Some vomited a viscid, tough mucus, similar to the white of eggs; others, matter like chocolate; which were as fatal as the black vomit.

The Yellow Fever was attended with specific contagion in every instance, and proved equally mortal in every part of the town, in proportion to the number that were sick. No age, nor sex, were exempted from it’s ravages. All descriptions of people were alike susceptible of receiving the contagion.

In the month of Sep, the Yellow Fever raged with the greatest violence.Source: Bob Arnebeck, http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/newhaven.html

BURTON

1798. Levi Tomlinson—has been mentioned with the men coming (now Burton, Guilford, Connecticut) in 1798, and in the survey and clearing work. He was, without doubt, the first owner of the lot where the majority of business was done for many years, as his clearing was between that of Umberfield’s and Beard’s. The county records show that the lot given to Mrs. Beard was bounded on the south by the lands of Lydia Umberfield and Levi Tomlinson, and east by Tomlinson and the highway.In 1817 he was chosen deacon of the Congregational church, and was an earnest worker for the upbuilding of Zion. He died in 1831. His first location was on lot 2 he purchased of Captain E. Patchin, and lived there until his death. Captain Patchin’s wife was his daughter.

Source: History of Geauga County, Ohio, by W.J. Ford, pub 1880, (pgs 434, 434)

Email from Ruthie Brown:

Catherine (Sevenau) & Steve (Smith),The headstones for the Tomlinson children are by carver Thomas Gold (Gould) of New Haven, Conn.

The church in Seymour has had the graveyard altered over time. The Tomlinson pieces for the other child of Levi are pieces I picked up when I visited, oh goodness, over a year ago… as they were scattered about the lower part of the hill on the parking lot side. I have some information that I researched at that time on the Tomlinson’s who were among the first settlers in that area.

I’ll check my files as I also have the rest the missing inscription on the broken one as well as their family line listed; I think the date is July 11th. The children obviously died from the same illness.

Ruthie Brown, CGNRuthie and Steven Smith are fellow FInd A Grave researchers

SKETCHES of the LIFE OF JOHN PATCHIN

October 27, 1796 (My father, Eleazer Patchin), was married to Betsy Tomlinson, daughter of Deacon Levi Tomlinson, of Derby, Connecticut. The Tomlinsons were formerly the possessors of considerable wealth, but lost heavily by Spanish privateers in the time of the revolution. The government of the U.S. preferred claim against Spain for damages done to our citizens. These claims were allowed and quite a sum was apportioned to the company with which grandfather (Levi Tomlinson) was connected. But court expenses and lawyer’s fees reduced the amount, and the heirs being numerous, no one of them received a very large portion.My grandfather (Levi) Tomlinson was a man of sterling principles and of decided piety. His kindred, of whom I knew quite a number, were men and women of similar character. My mother was his eldest daughter. She was born November 30, 1775. She was twenty years of age when she and father were married in 1796.

Mother was a woman of superior worth. She became a Christian in youth and a spirit of earnest piety was manifest ever after in her life. She remained steadfast in the faith as taught by her father and continued a member of the orthodox church to the day of her death. I remember hearing her say when I was a boy that it was her earnest prayer that she might live to see all her children become Christians, a prayer which was answered, though she waited for the answer many years. In 1832 Father and four of my brothers were hopefully converted in a protracted meeting held in Clarendon, conducted by Rev. Lucius Foote. The rest of us professed religion at various times.

Mother was remarkable for her industry and for the amount of work she accomplished. For many years she carded the wool and tow, hatcheled the flax, spun the yarn and thread, wove the cloth to clothe her large family. My sister Abagail, my only sister who lived to maturity, was married young, so she could not have aided mother much in household work. The principal help mother had in the house was a girl, Sarah Hamilton, adopted by our folks when she was quite young. With her help mother managed to get along with the work required in our large family. Three meals a day for eight hearty boys required no little work. The husband and eight boys must have shirts, pants, vests, coats, and overcoats, woolen in winter, linen in summer, all from cloth woven by her own hand on her own loom. “She took wool and flax and worked willingly with her hands. She rose also while it was yet night and gave meat to her household.” During the short days, she had breakfast by candlelight. “She laid her hands to the spindle and her hand held the distaff. She looked well to the ways of her household and ate not the bread of idleness. Her children rose up and called her blessed, her husband also and he praised her.”

“She was truly a virtuous woman and her price was far above rubies.”Note: Author, John Patchin, the youngest child of Betsey Amelia Tomlinson & Eleazer Patchin; http://www.patchin.us/shel/genealogy/txt/jp.txt

John Patchin

Youngest child of Betsey Amelia Tomlinson & Eleazer Patchin
Born: Dec 8, 1820, Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio
Died: Dec 11, 1901 (age 81), North Olmstead, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Married: Elizabeth P. Wakeley
Six children