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1 Rebekah ROSE1 (1795-1901) [4216]. Born 11 Oct 1795, Litchfield, Norfolk Township, Litchfield County, CT.1 Marr John PACKARD 30 Jun 1814, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, PA. Died May 1901, Covington, Covington Township, Tioga County, PA.1 Buried May 1901, Mainesburg Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, PA.1
Information provided by Joyce M. Tyce, Tioga County PA researcher.
Mrs. Rebekah Packard. The art of growing old gracefully is acquired by comparatively few, though it is an art in which the majority of people are anxious to excel. There is an old saw which begins something like this:
" For lengthy life to be desired Many things must be required; Income from rent and taxes clear, At least one thousand pounds a year,"
But such was not the lot of Mrs. Rebeckah Packard. She has never been blessed with an abundance of this world's goods, and during many years she attended to her household duties and reared eleven children. Until recently her life was a busy one; but she possessed good health, a philosophical turn of mind and faced all her trials and difficulties courageously and trod them under her feet, so to speak. She never crossed bridges until she came to them and never worried over matters she could not help. Considering her activity, her bright mind and the preservation of all her faculties at her great age, she was without doubt the most remarkable woman in Pennsylvania. She had lived under every administration of every president since the formation of this government having been born a year and a half before Washington retired from the presidency. She was eleven years of age when Robert Fulton's steamboat made its first trip up the Hudson, and she married six months before General Andrew Jackson won his victory over the British at New Orleans. She was a middle age woman when she read with interest about Fremont's heroic expedition of discovery in the untracked region of the Rocky mountains, California and Oregon, and she was comparatively an old woman when the first railway was built in this country, when Morse constructed his telegraph line and Howe invented his sewing machine. What wonderful strides have been made in human progress in the space of one human life! Rebekah Rose was born at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 13, 1795. She was the daughter of Russell Rose who was an army officer in the Continental army and one of Washington's staff officers. Her father moved to this county and settled in what is now Sullivan township in 1807, and in Sullivan-Covington townships Mrs. Packard has spent almost all her days. She married John Packard on June 30, 1814, and to them eleven children were born. Her husband died in the spring of 1842. . From Millerton Notes by C.P. Balch . DAR meeting - Mrs Marian Smith will deliver an Eulogy in memory of her late illustrious Ancestor. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution considers a Real Daughter one who was both a Daughter of a Revolutionary Soldier as well as a member of our Society. In Placing this Memorial to Rebekah Rose Packard, A Real Daughter, We members of the Wellsboro Chapter, Members of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, rededicate ourselves to the purposes of our Society and to the Constitution of the United States of America. Rebekah Rose Packard's birthday was celebrated annually for a good many years by a family reunion held at the home of her son Harley with whom she lived. She lived to be over 105 years of age and although so old, she retained her mental faculties wonderfully, her memory reaching back over a century, enabling her to recall incidents of her childhood. The last birthday party was held on her 100th birthday. Seven of her children attended: Mrs. Lydia Smith, Mrs. Mary Lovell, Ashley PAckard, Harley Packard,Mrs. Elmina Ford and Albert Packard. Mrs. Helen Bartoo who lives at Asaph has several treasured heirlooms in her possession among them pictures of Rebekah Rose Packard and one of the hand made quilts which was made for Mrs. Elmina Ford. The descendants of Rebekah Rose Packard are many and now live in many states. She was the daughter of Russell Rose, a Revolutionary Patriot, who served as a private from Massachusetts. She is buried in Mainesburg Cemetery. ...to Tioga County and settled in what is now Ward Township. The journey was made in sleighs. Since that time Mrs. Packard has resided in this county, with the exception of two years during which time she lived in Yates County, N.Y. On June 30, 1814 she married John Packard, who died in 1842 leaving her with six sons and five daughters of whom four sons and two daughters survive her: Mrs. L.P. Smith of Troy aged 81 years; N. R. Packard of Mainesburg aged 80 years; John H. Packard of Mitchell's Creek aged 66 years; Mrs. E. R. Ford of Ansonia aged 64 years; A. F. Packard of Cherry Flats aged 61 years. Ths sons are all veterans of the Civil War. Mrs. Packard leaves thirty two grand children and several descendants of the fourth generation. Until she was seventy years old Mrs. Packard was an indefatigable weaver of cloth and carpets. Since then she has done much fancy needle work and made many quilts. Each of her children and grandchildren have a quilt of her piecing. One of the quilts, which was given to A. H. Packard of Elmira NY contains over one thousand pieces and was made by Mrs. Packard in her 98th year. It was not until a few months ago that Mrs. Packard began to show evidence of her extreme age, up to that time she had been healthy, fairly robust, ate heartily and was able to walk about the house and the yard without aid. Her brain was clear and she was well posted upon the topics of the day. She also made frequent trips on the Tioga Railroad alone. Although her eyesight had become somewhat dimmed and her hearing quite defective, she conversed very intelligently.
Note from JMT: It is often overlooked by biographers who like to credit the men of the family with almost everything, that Rebeckah still had very young children in the household at the time of her husband's death and she ran the farm and raised the children alone for much of her life. At the time of John's death, the oldest of her children were just reaching adulthood and the youngest were barely out of infancy.
2 Russell ROSE1,2 (1753-1830) [2466]. Born 11 Jun 1753, CT.1 Marr Phoebe ORVIS bef 1785.1 Marr Lydia ORVIS Mar 1788.1 Died 1 Jun 1830, Sullivan Twp., Tioga County, PA.1 Buried Jun 1830, State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Twp., Tioga Co., PA.1
Information provided by Joyce M. Tyce, Tioga County PA researcher.
Russell1 Rose, son of Daniel Rose III and Achsah Ball, was born in Connecticut 11 JUN 1753. Russell died 1 JUN 1830 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 76. His body was interred JUN 1830 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He married twice. He married Phoebe Orvis BEF 1785. Phoebe was born 21 MAR 1753 in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Phoebe was the daughter of Eleazar Orvis and Hannah North. Phoebe died NOV 1786 in Connecticut, at age 33. He married Lydia Orvis MAR 1788. Lydia was born 20 MAR 1764 in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Lydia was the daughter of Eleazar Orvis and Hannah North. Lydia died 3 JUN 1857 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 93. Her body was interred JUN 1857 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Russell was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. see 1897 History p. 558 and 1087. First settled in Northeast corner of (what is now) Ward Township and then moved to Sullivan. See Rhoda Ladd's A Revolutionary Heritage p 161 ... Birthplaces of Children indicate migration from Connecticut to Vermont and back to Connecticut prior to move to Pennsylvania. From the 1897 Tioga County History: Russel ROSE and Lydia ORVIS were among the first settlers in what is now Ward Township (It was Sullivan earlier). Little is known of his early life, but at the age of 23 he enlisted in the Continental army and served throughout the struggle for liberty. While in camp at Valley Forge he was promoted to serve as an aide on Washington's staff, and did good and efficient service. After the war,he returned to Connecticut, where he married Phoebe ORVIS who bore two children, Achsah and Phoebe. ...After her death he married Phoebe's sister, Lydia ORVIS who bore eight children. Russell and Lydia brought their family from Connecticut in 1807, and located in the midst of an unbroken forest, in what is now Ward Township, but soon afterward moved to Sullivan Township and settled on the State Road. With the assistance of their children, they rapidly cleared off quite a snug little farm, and at his death, June 1, 1830, he was one of the best known men in the county. In politics he was originally a Federalist, and afterwards cast his fortunes with the Whig party. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church (they were among the founders of the church at Troy, PA). She survived her husband over a quarter of a century, dying June 3, 1857. It is stated of Mr. ROSE that during President Monroe's administration, he went afoot to Washington D.C., to see why his pension had been withheld from him. On his arrival the officer in charge said he could not attend to his case until the following day, but Mr. Rose threatening to go to the President direct, he promptly rectified the matter, and the old veteran returned home as he had gone, arriving there none the worse for his long tramp.
4 Daniel ROSE2 (1716- ) [2444]. Born 1716, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.2
8 Jonathan ROSE3 (1679-1768) [2123]. Born 20 Sep 1679, Wetherfield, Hartford Co., Conneticut, Colonial America.2,3,4,5 Marr Abigail HALE 26 Feb 1706/07.3,5 Died 11 Oct 1768, Granville, Hamden Co., Massachusetts, Colonial America.2
Listed sources of Jonathan's birth date conflict, showing either September 20, 1679 or September 30, 1679.
9 Abigail HALE2,3 (1690-1793) [2124]. Born 20 Mar 1689/90, Wetherfield, Hartford Co., Conneticut, Colonial America.2,6 Died 17 Mar 1793, Granville, Hamden Co., Massachusetts, US.2
5 Achsah BALL2 (1725-1818) [2458]. Born 15 Jun 1725, Springfield, Hampden, MA.2 Died 30 Apr 1818.2
10 Joseph BALL2 (1695-aft1738) [2463]. Born 27 Sep 1695.2 Died aft 1738.2
11 Mercy MCCRANNEY2 (1697-aft1738) [2464]. Born 22 Jul 1697.2 Died aft 1738.2
3 Lydia ORVIS1 (1764-1857) [4194]. Born 20 Mar 1764, Norfolk, Litchfield County, CT.1 Died 3 Jun 1857, Sullivan Twp., Tioga County, PA.1 Buried Jun 1857, State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Twp., Tioga Co., PA.1
6 Eleasar ORVIS1 ( - ) [4192].
7 Hannah NORTH1 ( - ) [4193].
| 1 | "Information provided by Joyce M. Tice, Tioga County, PA researcher". |
| 2 | "Ancestry.com World Family Tree". |
| 3 | Henry Porter Andrews, 1893, "The Descendants of John Porter". |
| 4 | James Savage, 1860-1862, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England". |
| 5 | Henry R. Stiles, 1904, "The History of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut". |
| 6 | Yates Publishing, "Selected U.S./International Marriage Records, 1560-1900". |