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MOSHER Family History, Part III

Abigail (MOSHER) CORNELL (1769->1794)

1DBD.Abigail Mosher was born on November 10, 1769, presumbly in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^{[Birth 1769]} She married Elihu Coleman Cornell, a native of Westport, Bristol County, on or about December 25, 1784.^{[Mar 1784]} They had at least two sons:

1DBD1.	Jedadiah Cornell	(9) Apr 1785	13 May 1865	(80)
1DBD2.	Elihu Cornell (Jr.)	5 Apr 1794	15 Jun 1866	(72)

Abigail and Elihu filed their intentions of marriage on December 25, 1784, with the town clerk of Dartmouth.^{[Mar 1784]}

Son Jedadiah was reportedly born in Rhode Island, and from there the family moved to Cayuga County, New York, where son Elihu was born.

It is not yet known when and where Abigail (Mosher) Cornell died.

Elihu Cornell reportedly died on October 22, 1804, and was buried at the Cornell family cemetery in White Creek, Washington County, New York. He was only 38 years old.^[Grave] However, I have not found any connections between Elihu and the Daniel Cornell (1723-1799) family that is buried at the family cemetery.

Elizabeth (MOSHER AMES) BIGELOW (1772->1818)

1DBE.Elizabeth Mosher was born on February 16, 1772, presumbly in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^{[Birth 1769]} She married Robert Barkley Ames (Sr.) and had ten children before he died at the age of 44 in 1813. Elizabeth remarried to Ira Bigelow (Sr.), a widower with eight children, two years later. They had two more children together:

1DBEA.	Tamer Ames	3 Mar 1786	1820	(33)
1DBEB.	Amy Ames	17 Apr 1789	28 Sep 1882	(93)
1DBEC.	Daniel Ames	1790	1848	(58)
1DBED.	Betsy Ames	Jan 1795	17 Oct 1865	(70)
1DBEE.	Marlem Ames	1797	22 Dec 1862	(65)
1DBEF.	Robert Barkley Ames (Jr.)	10 Nov 1798	25 Mar 1863	(64)
1DBEG.	Mosher Ames	8 May 1800	26 Oct 1837	(37)
1DBEH.	Roswell Ames	1802	24 Nov 1873	(71)
1DBEI.	Marian Ames	1806	--	--
1DBEJ.	Emeline Ames	1808	--	--
1DBEK.	Rachel Bigelow	1816	22 Apr 1847	(31)
1DBEL.	Ira Bigelow (Jr.)	9 May 1818	25 Nov 1862	(44)

First daughter Tamer was reportedly born in Ontario, Wayne County, New York, but afterward moved about 45 miles southwest and settled in Livonia by 1810. Livonia was then in Ontario County and in 1821 it became part of the new formed Livingston County. During the 1810 census, the family comprised Robert (by name) and Elizabeth, between the ages of 26 and 45; one son over the age of 16 (Daniel); three sons between the ages of 10 and 16 (presumably Robert Jr., Mosher, and Roswell); one daughter between the ages of 16 and 26 (Amy); one daughter between the ages of 10 and 16 (Betsy or Marlem); and three daughters under the age of 10 (perhaps Marlem, Marian, and Emeline).^{[Cen 1810]}

Robert Barkley Ames (Sr.) died in January 1813, reportedly in Livonia. He was only 44 years old.

Elizabeth remarried to the widower Ira Bigelow (Sr.) in April 1815, in Livonia. Eight of his nine children from his first marriage survived. He had lived in Geneseo, nine miles to the west, in 1810, and reportedly had served in the War of 1812. Elizabeth and Ira had two more children.

Ira Bigelow (Sr.) reportedly died on August 29, 1823, in Livonia. He was 60 years old.

It is not yet known when and where Elizabeth (Mosher Ames) Bigelow died.

Isaac MOSHER⁴ (1799->1804)

1DBI. Isaac Mosher⁴ was born on December 23, 1779, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Pettey of Dartmouth on July 1, 1802, and had at least one daughter:

1DBI1.

Mariah Mosher5

(1804-1805)

(> 1860)

(> 55)

Isaac and Elizabeth filed their intention to marry on October 12, 1801, in Dartmouth.^[Dartmouth] They were married 8 months later by Justice of the Peace Elihu Slocum on July 1, 1802.^{[Mar 1802]}