Individual Details
Polly Post
(1799 - 1883)
Per Sharon Reck info on wife from Wilmer Bresee (but she is too young to marry).
Birth date from Eleanor Winters (see file).
See page 14 of "Handmaidens of the Lord" copywrited 1980 which is in the Wilmer Bresee file and is a word for word copy of Wilmer Bresee' study dated 1935.
1813: In the book titled 'Register of the General Society of the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1972, 710 pgs.', the author traces the ancestry of William Edgar Bresee back to his great grandfather, Harmon Bresee, born 21 Dec 1788, who married Polly Post 1813 in Davenport, Delaware, NY.
Birth date from Eleanor Winters (see file).
See page 14 of "Handmaidens of the Lord" copywrited 1980 which is in the Wilmer Bresee file and is a word for word copy of Wilmer Bresee' study dated 1935.
1813: In the book titled 'Register of the General Society of the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1972, 710 pgs.', the author traces the ancestry of William Edgar Bresee back to his great grandfather, Harmon Bresee, born 21 Dec 1788, who married Polly Post 1813 in Davenport, Delaware, NY.
Events
| Birth | 1799 | Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 1813 | Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States - Harmon "Harmanus" Bresee | | ||
| Census (family) | 1850 | Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States - Harmon "Harmanus" Bresee |  | ||
| Death | 1883 | Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States | | ||
| LDS Family Tree ID | LDCD-ZZJ |
Families
| Spouse | Harmon "Harmanus" Bresee (1788 - 1859) |
| Child | Polly Bresee (1819 - ) |
| Child | Miriah Bresee ( - ) |
| Child | David Carl Bresee (1820 - 1901) |
| Child | Jeremiah "Jerry" Bresee (1822 - ) |
| Child | Daniel J. Bresee (1824 - ) |
| Child | Andrew Bresee (1830 - ) |
| Child | Thomas R. Bresee (1833 - ) |
| Child | William Edgar Bresee (1836 - 1899) |
Notes
Census (family)
1850 census for Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY, Harman Brazie age 61, Polly Brazie age 57, Susan Post age 41, her sister, and Edgar Brazie age 14.Endnotes
1. John Whelchel Finger, Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 (The Society 1972), 433.
2. John Whelchel Finger, Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 (The Society 1972), page 433.
3. Wilmer E. Bresee, "The Bresee's and their name," page 3; dated about 1935, received from the author 23 June 1995, by Melvin A. Bresee, .
4. John Whelchel Finger, Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 (The Society 1972), 433.