Individual Details

Harley KNICKERBOCKER {K-244}

(6 Dec 1795 - 12 Jun 1881)

Events

Knick References1795See the report "John Knickerbocker and Lydia Jackson" on knic.com.
Knick Lineage17951. HJ / 2. Lourens / 3. John / 4. Harmen / 5. John / 6. Harley (this person)
Knick Generation Number17956
Birth6 Dec 1795Sharon or Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Residence1804History of Madison County states that Harley moved to Madison County in 1804. Also names his second wife Henrietta French, b Mass, married 1822 - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Address1816Teacher at 1st school in Potter, PA. (Records available via Google.) - Ayers Hill, Potter County, PA
MarriageAbt 1818This was reported in a history of Potter County, PA. Eliza was the stepdaughter of Isaac Lyman of Potter PA. (Isaac also preceeded the Knickerbockers in a job clearing land.) - Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA - Eliza SPAFFORD
Residence1820Harley is in the 1820 census; see Painted HIlls website for listing. Harley is 2 lines below Edward Gardner. The image on Ancestry has some tape on the page . Harley is barely visible through the tape. Isaac Lyman is next door. - Eulailia, Potter County, PA
MarriageAbt 1822When Harley returned to NY, he remarried. The family of Abel French lived very near John Knickerbocker in the 1820 census. Perhaps Harley moved back in with John and Lydia, briefly, when he got back to Eaton, and married the neighbor's daughter. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA - Henrietta FRENCH
Residence1823Daughter Julia was born in Madison County in 1822/23. This means Harley had moved back from PA, and gotten married. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Property31 May 1827Harley buys property in Eaton. (Book AB, page 261.) The deed doesn't specify where Harley or the seller were living. (Most deeds would say "both of Eaton", for example. This deed doesn't give any hint.) - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Residence1830Harley is in the 1830 census, but is not on the same page as his kinfolk. (Harley: p31, Harry Hiram John on p33) - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Residence1840In this census, "H Knickerbocker" must be Harley. The other Knickerbocker men have their own records (with names spelled out.) Also, the children match Harley's family. Elderly man is probably John Knickerbocker. (Henrietta's dad died in 1830.) - Madison, New York, United States
Residence1850Eaton, Madison, New York
Knick Census Project: 18501850NY, Madison, Eaton. HOH = Harley Knickerbocker.
Residence1855Relation to Head of House: Head - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Residence1860Residence Post Office: Morrisville - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Residence1865Relation to Head of House: Head - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Residence1866New York, USA
Residence1870Eaton, Madison, New York, United States
Residence1 Jun 1875Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Death12 Jun 1881Morrisville, Madison, New York, USA
Probate17 Dec 1881Madison, New York, USA
Probate16 Feb 1882Madison, New York, USA
ProbateMadison, New York, USA
BurialMorrisville, Madison County, New York, USA

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