Anna Maria(Mariah) Degroat

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• Race: White
• Name: Anna Degroat
• Name: Anna M DeGroat
• Name: Anna Phelps
• Name: Annie De Groat
• Reference Number: 6980
• Birth: 1859, Ontario, Canada
• Birth: 1859, Canada
• Birth: 1859, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Arcadia, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; Age: 11; Occupation: At Home
• Residence: 18 Feb 1882, Arcadia, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, USA

Notes:

1870 living in residence of Alexander and Phoebe Carpenter. Phebe is the daughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Upton. Also next door on the census is Sharley Wilson, another daughter of Abner and Lydia. Abner and Lydia are quakers in Yarmouth, Elgin County Ontario. We have multiple autosomal dna matches with Abner & Lydia although we do not know the exact relationship. Also both sisters had either a son or grandson of John Mills/Abigail Minard as a witness at their weddings in Canada. We also have multiple autosomal dna matches to John Mills/Abigail Minard, although we do not have the exact line fleshed out. Mary may be a granddaughter to them.

Based on numerous DNA matches we believe that Amasa Chase was the illegitimate father of Mary Mills. He was living in Yarmouth at the time. Numerous matches show that his DNA goes through Mary Mills line to her descendants. After Mary died, two of her children were 'adopted' by Amasa's sister, Phoebe Carpenter in Lapeer, Michigan. We believe Mary's mother was a child or grandchild of John Mills & Abigail Minard. Again, numerous DNA matches to Mills/Minard come through Mary's line. Mary would have grown up in one of the Mills households. Unfortunately, the 1851 census for the section of Yarmouth that the Mills family lived in is missing. The 1841 census was head of household only, and we cannot identify Mary. The 1861 Census shows Mary living with her husband, Anson Degroat.

In a will written in July 1883 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SC-B6MF) ( image 107 and image 111) by Sharley (Chase) Carpenter (sister of Phoebe Carpenter and brother of Amasa Chase), Sharley referred to her "niece Anna Maria Phelps" and on another page referred to her "niece Anna Mariah Phelps". Sharley also lived next door to Phoebe at the time. (The correct term should have been grandniece.) The other children of Mary Mills are not mentioned.

Died:
Age: 41

Anna married Levi Phelps on 18 Feb 1882 in Arcadia, Lapeer, Michigan, USA. Levi (son of Willis Phelps and Sophronia Bradley) was born on 18 Feb 1850 in Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA; died on 18 Feb 1935 in Fremont, Tuscola, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marilla Phelps was born on 23 Jan 1883 in Lapeer, Michigan, USA; died on 5 Nov 1929; was buried in Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA.
2. Nephi A Phelps was born in 1885 in Michigan, USA; died on 25 Aug 1886 in Fremont, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.
3. Alvin Lehi Phelps was born on 22 Mar 1887 in Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; died on 7 Jan 1959 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
4. Glaud Rodger Phelps was born on 27 Jul 1889 in Mayville, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; died on 22 Oct 1961 in Sarasota, Florida, USA; was buried in Oct 1961 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA.
5. Lydia Phelps was born on 17 Jun 1893 in Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; died on 2 Mar 1950 in Ithaca, Gratiot, Michigan, USA; was buried in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, USA.
6. Eli Alma Phelps was born on 10 Sep 1895 in Juniata, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; died after Mar 1950.

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• Race: White
• Name: Anson De Groot
• Name: Anson DeGroat
• Name: Anson H Degroot
• Reference Number: 6684
• Birth: 1833, Canada
• Birth: 1834, Canada
• Birth: 1834, Canada
• Birth: Feb 1834, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Dorchester North, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 18
• Arrival: 1855; Age: 21
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Dayton, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; Post Office: Vassar
• Residence: 1872, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 47; Occupation: Farmer; EnumerationDistrict: 112; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Self
• Residence: 1900, Algoma, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 66; Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0033; HomeMortgaged: M; HomeOwnership: O; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: Na; OwnsFarm: F; YearsInUS: 45; MaritalStatus: Divorced; R
• Residence: 1910, Algoma, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 76; MaritalStatus: Divorced; RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1920, Kent, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Frances Avenue S. E.; Age: 86; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 91; LanguageSpoken: French; RelationToHead: Grandfather; MaritalStatus: Widowed

Anson married Mary Mills on 28 Sep 1857 in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Amasa Chase and Hannah Mills) was born in 1839 in Canada; died between 1866 and 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6529
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

The Mary Mills who appears on the 1861 Census in Southwold appears to be a different Mills family.

Notes by Kristin Schwark on findagrave.com:
Very little is known of my 3x great grandmother. I was able to connect with someone in North Dorchester, her only confirmed place of residence, and her marriage info was found. Mary Mills & Anson DeGroat wed on September 28, 1857 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario. On the 1861 Census of Canada her estimated birth year was 1839 (Anson's was 1836, but actual year is 1833. I'm calculating that hers may have been fudged as well, at 1836). They had a daughter, Anna (1859). 4 years later, still in Canada, they had Lydia (Aug 1863). The family moved to Goodland, Lapeer, Michigan sometime between September 1863 and May 1866. Their daughter Mary was born there on June 12, 1866. Sometime between Mary Jr's birth, and Anson's next marriage on January 18, 1869, Mary Mills had died or abandoned her children. On the 1870 US Census, the 3 girls were with foster parents. Anna & Lydia were with the Carpenter's, and Mary Jr was with the McConnell's. Michigan death records were not kept formally until beginning in 1867, and fully by 1868. It is my conclusion that Mary did indeed die in Lapeer County. I will keep digging, and not let her slip through the cracks!!

A few notables from my ONLY record:

Born abt 1839 in Canada West (possibly fudged like Anson)
Religion: WM (living with/near Anson's family who were all listed as CPM)

In my search for Mills in or around North Dorchester (Middlesex County) and their marriage location (Elgin County) on the 1852 Census, I found a Mary Mills, born abt 1835, listed as Baptist, who was NOT living with her parents in 1861. Jesse, Matilda, Mary & siblings were in Southwold, Elgin County. Although the birth years are off (common occurrence), and the religion is different (she may have conformed to Anson), it seems to be the first real possibility I've found to who she is. I hope she didn't abandon these girls, and, I hope her death was not caused by Anson. (He remarried and abandoned a few times). I also thought she may have been buried in the local family plot on Henry Ruiter DeGroat's farm, but there seems to be no record of it. That burial ground was also known as Lum Cemetery, and is now Arcadia Township Cemetery. My guess is she is there with no record or headstone, or was returned to Canada. Her possible parents are in Iona Cemetery, but again, no record of her there either. The family had moved to Lambton County sometime between 1861 and 1871, so she may be buried in Lambton. She was so young and unexpected, they may have just buried her local to their current residence, versus going back to Elgin County, where Iona Cemetery and most of the family are.

1870 living in residence of Alexander and Phoebe Carpenter. Phebe is the daughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Upton. Also next door on the census is Sharley Wilson, another daughter of Abner and Lydia. Abner and Lydia are quakers in Yarmouth, Elgin County Ontario. We have multiple autosomal dna matches with Abner & Lydia although we do not know the exact relationship. Also both sisters had either a son or grandson of John Mills/Abigail Minard as a witness at their weddings in Canada. We also have multiple autosomal dna matches to John Mills/Abigail Minard, although we do not have the exact line fleshed out. Mary may be a granddaughter to them.

Based on numerous DNA matches we believe that Amasa Chase was the illegitimate father of Mary Mills. He was living in Yarmouth at the time. Numerous matches show that his DNA goes through Mary Mills line to her descendants. After Mary died, two of her children were 'adopted' by Amasa's sister, Phoebe Carpenter in Lapeer, Michigan. We believe Mary's mother was a child or grandchild of John Mills & Abigail Minard. Again, numerous DNA matches to Mills/Minard come through Mary's line. Mary would have grown up in one of the Mills households. Unfortunately, the 1851 census for the section of Yarmouth that the Mills family lived in is missing. The 1841 census was head of household only, and we cannot identify Mary. The 1861 Census shows Mary living with her husband, Anson Degroat.

A review of probate records shows that there is no record of probate for Mary or record of conservatorship for any of the children in Lapeer County.

A probate file at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SC-B6MF for Sharley Chase WIlson, daughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Mills refers to Anna Degroat Phelps (daughter of Mary Mills) as her niece. Niece would not be possible, however if Anna Degroat was her grandniece that would mean that a parent of Mary Mills would have been a sibling of Sharley. Thus, Mary Mills would be granddaughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Upton. The 1842 census of Yarmouth https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-VQCT-P?i=4&cc=1834342 shows 1 female under the age of 5 in the household of Abner Chase.

Died:
child born 1866-not on1870 census and children split up.

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• Birth: Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Race: Dutch
• Name: Peter
• Name: Peter Degroat
• Name: Peter Degroat
• Reference Number: 6796
• Residence: Middlesex East
• Birth: 1792, Canada
• Birth: 1 Dec 1793
• Residence: 1852, Dorchester North, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 60
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77
• Residence: 1871, Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77; Marital Status: Married

Notes:

Peter Degroat Will
Middlesex County, Ontario probate book G, P315. FHL img 472
Date: 13 May 1878 (he died in June 1878).
Residence: North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario.
Executors: Samuel Whaley and John Dafoe
Wife: Harriet
Sons: Bradford and Jonathon
Daughters: Jane Furney and Catherine Schall.

Son Henry not mentioned, perhaps deceased. However, Anson and Elias, definately not deceased, but not mentioned.


Birth:
Jan 1852 be 60 on 21 Nov

Birth:
calculated from gravestone

Peter married Harriet Rebecca Van Norman on 8 May 1828 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Harriet (daughter of John Van Norman and Rebecca Unknown) was born on 3 Jul 1809 in Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Race: German
• Name: Hariet Degroat
• Name: Harriet R
• Name: Harriet Rebecca VanNorman
• Name: Harriet Vanorman
• Reference Number: 6532
• Birth: 25 May 1806
• Birth: 1807, Ontario
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Dorchester North, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; Age: 74; MaritalStatus: Widowed

Notes:

Harriet's maiden name (Van Norman)appears on the death records for at least two of her children, Jane Furney and Jonathan Degroat.

Birth:
from 1851 census. jan 1852 b3 43 on 3 Jul

Birth:
death of child

Birth:
from gravestone calc birth date 84-9-17

Died:
Avon United Cemetery, Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Married:
St Thomas Church

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: John Chars
• Reference Number: 6720
• Residence: 1835, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; based on Quaker meeting records
• Residence: 1860, Pittsfield, Otsego, New York, USA
• Residence: 1861, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA
• Arrival: 1873; 10 Age: 10
• Residence: 1880, Paradise, Rooks, Kansas, USA; Age: 57; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Paradise, Rooks, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Angleton, Brazoria, Texas, USA; 36 Age: 36; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0001; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: Naturalized; OwnsFarm: F; YearsInUS: 27; YearsMarried: 14; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1910, Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

per Canadian Quaker records Abner Chase along with his son Amasa and other children joined the Yarmouth, Ontario congregation in 1835. Based on numerous DNA matches to the Amasa Chase line, the John Mills/Abigail Minard line and the Isaac Huff/Sarah tripp line (all residents of Yarmouth Township) we believe that Amasa Chase was the illegitimate father of Mary Mills. The mother of Mary Mills would then have to be the daughter of James Mills (son of John/Abigial) and Jemima Huff (dau of Isaace Huff/Sarah Tripp). This is the only plausible scenario which explains the huge number of DNA matches to these 3 lines in Yarmouth Township and also explains Mary Mills using the Mills name. It also gives reason as to why Amasa Chase's sister, Phoebe (who lived in Tuscola County, Michign) took in two of Mary's daughters, Anna and Lydia Degroat, after Mary died in Tuscola, Michigan. I have been unable to find any record of a probate action filed in Tuscola County in regards to Mary's three 'orphaned' children. The father of Mary's three children, Anson Degroat, apparently abandoned the children. He remarried and moved to Kent County without them!

The 3rd daughter Mary ended up in the household of Eli McConnell, who had earlier moved from Yarmouth Township, Ontario to Lapeer County, Michigan.

Amasa married Hannah Mills. Hannah (daughter of James Mills and Jemima Huff) was born on 12 May 1822 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Apr 1856 in Canada; was buried in 1856 in Elgin, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hannah Moore
• Reference Number: 7337
• Birth: 1821
• Residence: May 1830
• Residence: 13 Jan 1841, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada; Disowned from Society of Friends
• Death: 1856

Notes:

Death:
Age: 35

Buried:
Sparta South Cemetery

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6244

Notes:

The only source for the 1746 birthdate and the 1830 death date appears to be an old DAR application. No sources were used. No sources can be found. The Joseph Degroat of Ulster County in the New York Militia listed an age of 24 in August of 1776. That would be a birth year of 1752. We do not know if that is the same Joseph Degroat. A Joseph Degroat appears on the Ulster County Census in 1790, 1800 and 1810. As it appears our Joseph was living in Quebec during that time period, it does not seem to be the same Joseph.

Heinrich/Henrich/Henry Ruiter (Joseph's father in law) a loyalist who fled to Ontario has mentioned his 'son-in-law Joseph Degroat' on some documents in Quebec. As we do have autosomal DNA matches through other children of Joseph and through other children of Henry Ruiter, It makes sense that our Joseph is the Joseph in Quebec with his wife and her father, Henry Ruiter.

The connection between Joseph and his assumed father, Pieter De Groot is very weak. Pieter DeGroat has one thrulines match through his son Johannes, however shared matches on that match do not indicate any other Degroat connections. Interestingly, thru Joseph's granddad we show 2 thruline connections thru Joseph's brother Johannes which both show shared matches indicative of Degroat ancestry. Perhaps Pieter's brother, Johannes is the father of Joseph. Although we have Johannes birth record, we have no proof he married and had children. His granddad's will did not mention a child named Johannes.

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2012578186/person/-222015170/media/3894dced-6ce3-4570-b0ac-74000422ccce

Birth:
??

Joseph married Hannah Ruiter. Hannah (daughter of Henrick Ruiter and Rebecka Daat) was born on 4 Mar 1774 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Annatje Ruiter
• Reference Number: 6248
• Baptism: 1774, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA; Age: 0

Notes:

baptised as Annatie/Annatje Ruiter at the Dutch Reform Church in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA. Some documents in Quebec of her father Henrich Ruiter mention his 'son-in-law' Joseph de Groat. In his book Rick Ashton "The life of Henry Ruiter" on page 52 assigns Joseph de Groat to his daughter Gertrude. He does not assign a husband to Hannah. We believe he erred, as the specific daughter who married Joseph De Groat was not mentioned in any records that he had seen. I do not know what his reasoning was.

Birth:
baptism date

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• Name: Johannes Van Arnum
• Reference Number: 7622
• Birth: 25 Apr 1777

Notes:

Birth:
baptism

John married Rebecca Unknown on 12 Dec 1834. Rebecca was born about 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 7607

Notes:

Birth:
based on 1st child

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6986
• Birth: 1784, USA
• Birth: 7 Jul 1784
• Residence: 23 Sep 1835, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Buried:
Sparta Friends Burial Ground

Abner married Lydia Upton on 10 Oct 1811. Lydia (daughter of Isaac Upton and Anna Sherman) was born in 1787 in USA; died in 1869 in Elgin, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6585
• Residence: 8 Jun 1842, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6478
• Residence: May 1830

Notes:

From 1842 Ontario Census:
31 years in province
1 male bet 5 & 14
1 female bet 5 & 14
2 single male bet 14 & 18
1 single female 45+
1 married female 45+
1 married male bet 30 & 60
7 Quakers in household
1 male farm servant in household

James married Jemima Huff between 1814 and 1817. Jemima (daughter of Isaac Huff and Sarah Tripp) was born on 27 Jun 1794 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 10 Feb 1869 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sparta, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6475
• Residence: 9 Dec 1829, Norwich, Ontario
• Residence: 9 Feb 1830, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Yarmouth, Elgin, Canada West, Canada; Age: 64; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Head

Notes:

Married:
Based on first child