Livingston County, New York, was formed from Ontario County and Genesee County in 1821. Births or deaths in this family before that time were Ontario County; births or deaths after 1821 were Livingston County. Big Tree is the former name of Geneseo.
James H. Smith "History of Livingston County, NY, 1881."
John Bosley was born in Maryland and settled in Geneseo in 1792 and died in 1795, was a farmer and miller, built the first gristmill in the town of Geneseo." (The date of death could be 1798. as below.)
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John BOSLEY (AFN: 214V-FSB)
Event(s): Birth: 6 Dec 1734 Death: 1798 Ny
Parents: Father: William BOSLEY (AFN: LSJC-90) Mother: Elizabeth DIMMITT (AFN: 214V-FR4)
Marriage(s): Spouse: Hannah BULL (AFN: 214V-G4C) Marriage: 18 Oct 1759 St. John's Parish
John Bosley also lived in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where several of his children were born.
FORT BOSLEY, OR BOSLEY'S MILLS. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Fort Bosley was situated in the forks of the Chillisquaqua, at Washingtonville, Derry township, Montour county, and was the grist mill of a Mr. Bosley, who moved here from Maryland a few years before the Revolution, bringing his slaves with him. He built the mill, it is said, in 1773; it is supposed he fortified (stockaded) the mill in 1777; upon the Indians becoming troublesome it was garrisoned by troops and recognized by the military authorities as of importance. After the fall of Fort Freeland it became more so, holding the forks of the Chillisquaque and defending the stream below it. The Chillisquaque Valley and its surroundings are among the most beautiful in the State. At Washingtonville, the main stream is formed by one considerable branch coming from the Muncy Hills, following through the rich lime stone lands to the south. The east branch here joins it, making a fine stream that then flows southwesterly to the river. This great scope of fine arable lands attracted settlers early, Bosley's Mills became a necessity, and, situated as it was, within the forks about sixty to eighty rods above the junction of the branches, on the east bank of the North Branch of these streams. It soon became widely known; roads and paths led to it as a central point, and on the Indians becoming troublesome and the mill fortified, it became a haven of refuge at which the wives and families could be placed in safety at alarms, while the husband and father scouted for intelligence of the foe or defended the fort. As Bosley's Mills do not appear to have had a heavy garrison of troops (twenty men at most) at any time, the garrison was most probably augmented by the near settlers, of which there was quite a number. It must have been strong, as we have no account of any attack on the place, lying as it does below the great war path through or over the Muncy Hills, it must have been looked upon by the foe as strong. Col. Hunter to Prest. Reed, dated Fort Augusta, 26, 1779, says: "Your favor of ye 2d Inst. I received by Mr. Martin and I am sorry to acquaint you it was not in my power to send any of the Ranging Company to assist at Guarding the stores up here from Estherton, as what few men Capt. Kemplon had under his command was stationed at Bosley's Mills on Chilisquaqua." (See Penna. Archives, vol. vii, p. 510.) Lieut. Col. Weltner to Board of War, dated Northumberland, April 9, 1780, says: "I have this moment received an express from the West branch, about 12 miles from this Town that the Indians have killed and scalped one man and two children, took one woman prisoner, but she happily made her escape from them in the night. The country is very much alarmed, and likely to go to the flight as they cannot be supplied with provisions, ammunition or flints, as these commodities being so very scarce. I have manned three material outposts, viz: Fort Jenkins, Fort Montgomery and Bosley's Mills. It is out of my power to scatter my men any more, as I have scarcely as many in Town as will man 2 pieces of artillery."
[Brøderbund Family Archive #311, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790, Date of Import: Jul 28, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.311.1.308.102]
Individual: Bozley, John
County/State: Northumberland Co., PA
Page #: 185
Year: 1790
33125
Males; 3 over 16; 3 under 16. Female; 1. Slaves; 2. Other freemen; 5.
John Bosley Deed to Dan Bustion
This Indenture Made the Twenty-second of June in the Year of our Lord 1795. Between John Bosley & Susannah his wife of Derry Township in the County of Northumberland State of Pennsylvania of the one part and Daniel Bustion of the Township County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said John Bosley for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen hundred & four pound Lawfull Money of the State of Pennsylvania to him in hand paid By the said Daniel Bustion, at or before the Sealing and Delivery hereof the Receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged have granted bargained sold Enfeoffed Released and Confirmed and by these presents, do grant bargain sell Enfeoff Release and Confirm unto the said Daniel Bustion his heirs and Assigns that Certain tract & Parcel of Land Situate & lying in Derry Township in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid containing three hundred and fifty seven acres and fourteen perches with the Usual Allowance of six percent for Roads Which tract is apart of a larger tract known by the name of Secretaria and Distinguished on the plot of a Larger tract by the name of number Eight and bounded as by Reference to the said Plot will particularly appear which Tract James Tilghman and Wm Tilghman Did by there Indenture Bearing Date the twenty second Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1795. Grant & Confirm to the said John Bosley his Heirs and Assigns for ever, and Now the said John Bosley the above Described tract of Land, Together with all and every the Houses out Houses woods ways waters water Courses rights Liberties Hereditaments and Appertenances to the same Belonging and the Reversion and Remainders Rents Issues profits thereof and all the Estate Right and Title the Integral property Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him the said John Bosley of in and to the same To have and to hold, the said Described tract of land Hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be with the Appurtenances unto the said Daniel Bustion his Heirs & Assigns to and for his and their only proper use Benefit and Behoof for ever, And the said John Bosley and his heirs all and Singular the hereby granted Premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Daniel Bustion his Heirs and Assigns against him the said John Bosley and his Heirs against all and Every Person and persons Whomsoever Lawfully Claiming or to Claim by through from or under them or any of them and Against all and Every other person Lawfully Claiming or to Claim shall and will warrant & for ever Defend by these presents and the said John Bosley for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall & will at all Times hereafter upon the Reasonable request and Cost of him the said Daniel Bustion his Heirs and Assigns make do Execute and Deliver or cause to be done all and Every such further Conveyance and Afsureance in the Law for granting and Conoeying* the aforesaid Described tract of Land and Appurtenances unto the said Daniel Bustion his Heirs Executors & Administrators & Assigns [unreadable] by him or them or their Counsel Learned in the Law shall Be advised Devised or Required. [unreadable] Witness whereof the said parties hath hereto Interchangeably set there hands & Seals the Day and Year first above Written. John Bosley {seal} Sarah her /s / mark Bosley {seal} Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of us, Alex Dickson Dan Berry, Received the day of the Date of the above Indenture of the above named Daniel Bustion the full sum of fifteen hundred and thirty four pounds Lawfull money of Pennsylvania for the Consideration above mentioned. ~John Bosley~ Witness present, Alex Dickson, Dan Berry ~ Northumberland County Ss. On the Twenty second Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1795. Before me Alex. Dickson a Justice of the peace for the said County came the within named John Bosley and his wife and Acknowledged the written Indenture to be their act & Deed the said Being of full age and Examined Separate and Apart from husband after the contents were made Known Declared that she freely Consented thereto. Witness my hand and Seal the Day of Date as Written. Alex. Dickson {seal}
Recorded the 29th of July 1795. F. Simpson A.
Perch= a measurement in length equal to 5 ½ yards.
According to the Ontario County Deed Index, John Bosley or his estate recorded land bought in 1792 and 1798 and 1803.
TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presence shall come greeting. Know ye that we Thomas Morris and James Wadsworth of the County of Ontario & State of New York for the consideration of one hundred pounds .Y.L. received to our full satisfaction of John Bosley late from the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania do bargain sell grant convey and confirm unto said John Bosley his heirs & assigns For ever the following lot or tract of land & lying in the County of Ontario aforesaid and in the township No. Nine in the seventh range ( NOTE: Township #9 in the 7th Range = Geneseo) to wit lot No. two hundred and two containing one hundred acres & five ( unknown word) be the same more or less and bounded according to the buts marks & boundaries made at the survey there of by Richard Thever. To have and to hold the above bargained and granted premises with the appurtenances and privileges there tobelonging to him the said John Bosley his heirs and assigns to his and their own property and behalf for evermore. And we the said Thomas Morris and James Wadsworth do for ourselves and our heirs executors and administrators covenant and agree with the said John Bosley his heirs and assigns forever: that at and until the ensealing these presents we are well ( unknown word) of the before described premises and have good right and lawful authority to bargain and convey the same in manner and form as is above writted and that the same is free and discharges of and from all bargains leases mortgages intails jointures dowries and all encumbrances what so ever. And furthermore we the said Thomas Morris and James Wadsworth do by these presents bind ourselves and our heirs executors and administrators forever to warrant and defend the above bargained and conveyed premises with the appurtenances unto him the said John Bosley his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims and demands what so ever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twelfth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five Thomas Morris (Seal) James Wadsworth (Seal) Sealed and delivered in the presence of Edmund Bosley, John Wadsworth - Witnesses to the Signatures of Thomas Morris- J Johnson, John Wickham.
Be it remembered that on this day the second day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five personally appeared before me Charles Williamson one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Ontario. That Thomas Morris and James Wadsworth who acknowledged that they signed sealed and delivered the within Instruments as their voluntary act and deed. There appearing no erasures or interlineations I do allow the same to be recorded.
Chas. Williamson
I certify the aforegoing to be a true copy of the original deed examined and compared with the same and recorded the thirteenth day of October 1795.
John Wickham
THIS INDENTURE made the third day of November in the year in the year of our Load one thousand seven hundred and ninety five between Charles Williamson of the County of Ontario and State of New York Esquire of the first part and John Bosley of Big Tree ( Note: Big Tree is the former name of Genesco) in the County and State aforesaid farmer of the second part witness that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred and sixty dollars to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt where of hereby confirmed and acknowledges, hath granted, bargained, sold, remind, released and confirms unto the said party of the second (in his actual (unknown word) now being) and to his heirs and assigns forever all and singular the following part of land situated in the south east part of Township number eight in the fifth range of in the County of Ontario aforesaid namely lots number four, five and number six all of which are adjoining the east line of said Township and contain in the whole four hundred and eighty acres as surveyed by Alexander Slate each lot being one hundred and sixty acres, reference being had to said survey, together with all and singular the heredetaments and appeutinanus thereonto belonging or in any wise appertainig, and the revisions and unversions remainder and unmainders, and projects thereof. And all the estate rights, title, interests or demands whatsoever of said party of the first part either in law or equity of in and or to the above bargained premises with the said heredetaments and appeutinanus , to have and to hold hereby granted, bargained, premises to the party of the second part his heirs or assigns, to the sole and only proper benefit and behalf of the said party of the second part his heirs or assigns forever and the said party of the first part. For himself, his heirs, creditors, administrators, doth covenant, grant, bargain, promise, and agree to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns that the above bargained (unknown word) in the quiet and (unknown words) of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole part or any part of the said above mentioned and described premises forever warrant and defend. In witness were of the said party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and the year first above written . Charles Williamson ( LL) Sealed and delivered in the presence of the word "South" wrote on an erasure before correction Richard Cuyler. John Heslop
State of New York Ontario County Jr. J Elijah H Gordon one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that on 1st Thursday of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and three personally came before me John Heslop know to me to be one of the subscribing witnesses to the written instrument, and he being duly sworn, declared that he knows within named Grantor Charles Williamson and that he saw the said Williamson sign and deliver the written instrument for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and I having examined the said instrument and finding therein no interlineation or erasures save those duly noted do allow the same to be Recorded Elijah H Gordon.
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original Recorded, examined and completed the 10th day of June 1803 at 9 O clock A.M. Peter Porter Clk.
THE PEOPLE of the state of New York, by the Grace of God , Free and Independent .
To: Susannah Bosley widow & James Bosley son of John Bosley late of Geneseo in the County of Ontario. (It seems Hannah's full name was Susannah or this is a second wife.)
WHEREAS the said John Bosley as alleged, died interstate; having while living. And at the time of his death, Goods, Chattel or Credits within this state. By means whereof, the granting Administration, and also the auditing, allowing and final discharge the Account thereof, doth appertain unto us and we being desirous that the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased may be well and faithfully administered, applied and disposed of, Do grant unto said Susannah Bosley and James Bosley full power by these presents, to administer and faithfully dispose of all and singular the said Goods, Chattel and Credits: To ask, demand recover and receive the Debts which unto the said deceased while living and at the time of his death did belong; and to pay the Debts which said deceased did owe. So far as such Goods, Chattels and Credits will thereunto extend, and the Law require. Hereby requiring you to make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory, of all and singular Goods, Chattel and Credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come into your hands, possession or knowledge, and the same to be made, to exhibit or cause to be exhibited, into the office of the Surrogate of the County of Ontario, at or before the expiration of six Calendar Months from the date hereof: And also to render a just and true Account of Administration when thereto required. And we do by these Presents, depute, constitute and appoint you the said Susannah Bosley & James Bosley Administrators of all and singular Goods, Chattel and Credits which were of the Said John Bosley deceased. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused the Seal of the Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS: Dudley Saltonstall Esquire, Surrogate of our County at Canandaigua the tenth day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and of our Independence the twenty fifth year.
Dudley Saltonstall
Surrogate
The Administrators of the Estate of John Bosley to whit James Bosley and Susannah Bosley having presented a petition setting forth that they had applied all the of the personal estate of the decedents towards the payments of his debts and found the same insufficient and enjoining the aid of the Surrogate an order was made to the following effect.
By order of Dudley Saltonstall Esq. Surrogate of the County of Ontario and all persons interested in the Estate of John Bosley late of Geneseo in this county deceased are directed to appear before the said Surrogate at his dwelling house in Canandaigua on the first Monday in May next to their cause why so much of the real estate where of the deceased did seize and will be sufficient to pay his debts should not be sold.
Dudley Saltonstall
THE PEOPLE of the state of New York, by the Grace of God , Free and Independent . To all whom these Presents shall come greetings. Whereas James Bosley and Susannah Bosley Administrators of John Bosley late of Geneseo in the County of Ontario deceased did on the twenty fifth day of January last present their petition to our Surrogate of our County of Ontario setting forth what said John Bosley at the time of his death was seized of certain real estate in the county fore said that the petitioners have fully Administered and applied such property of the personal estate of the said John Bosley as hath come to their hands to be Administered towards payment of the debts of said John Bosley is insufficient to pay his debts. Therefore the Petitioners requested the aid of the said Surrogate in his presence and that so much of the real estate whereof the said John Bosley did seize as would be sufficient to pay his debts might be sold in furtherance of the act in such case made and provided whereupon the said Surrogate made an order requiring all persons interested in the estate of the said John Bosley to show cause why before him at his dwelling house in Canandaigua on the first Monday in May instant who so much of the real estate whereof the said John Bosley did seize as would be sufficient to pay his debts should not be sold. Which order having been published four weeks consecutively in two of the public news papers printed in this state inclusive to the said first Monday in May and now on the said day no persons having appeared to show cause against such sale and it apparently that there is now the sum of eighteen hundred & thirty dollars & ninety seven cents due to certain creditors of the said John Bosley deceased. As appears by the account accompanying the petition of the said Administrators therefore the said Surrogate upon due consideration of the doth order and appoint the said James Bosley and Susannah Bosley and Ebenezer Mervy Esquire of said county to sell as much off of the North end of that certain piece of or parcel of land containing one hundred acres which the late John Bosley purchased of James Wadsworth Esq. Whereon the said John caused to be erected the sawmill and gristmill now by one or more of the heirs of the said John Bosley as will be sufficient to raise the said sum of eighteen hundred & thirty dollars and ninety seven cents and also the sum of twenty five to defray the expenses of such sale making in the whole the sum of eighteen hundred and fifty five dollars and ninety seven cents. The part of the said land to be sold to be border north east & west by the outline of said hundred acres & south by a line drawn parallel to the north line of said lot of land and in case of a part of said land shall not be sufficient to raise the said sum then the whole of said hundred acres is ordered to be sold for the purpose aforesaid. Witness Dudley Saltonstall Esq. Surrogate of said county at Canandaigua this fourth day of May in the twenty sixth year of our Independence & 1802. Dudley Saltonstall
Surrogate's Office, Ontario County, June 17th 1803
James Bosley and Susannah Bosley this day exhibited their account of the Administration of John Bosley's Estate which account I closely examined I felt that it appears to the Surrogate that the said Administrators have faithfully applied all the personal estate of the deceased which hath come to their hands towards the payment of his debts except sundry articles to the value of thirty eight dollars and fifty cents which the said Susannah Bosley is allowed to retain in full for trouble abd expenses as Administratix and for the extra trouble and expenses of James Bosley over and above what is charges in this account. The surrogate allowed that he should retain out of any monies that shall hereafter be received on loans still due to the estate of the decedent the sum of twenty five dollars and the Surrogate doth direct that the residue that still be received on said bonds after payment off all debts still due from the estate and of the sum twenty five dollars shall be divided as follows with one third to the said Susannah Bosley & the remaining two thirds especially awarded the heirs of the said deceased. Dudley Saltonstall
This Indenture made the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three between James Bosley Shadrack Bosley Jacob Bosley Sarah Bosley and of the first part and Edmund Bosley of the second part witnessith that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars now in hand paid by the party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained and remised and released and by these presents doth grant bargain sell remise release and forever quit claim unto the said party of the second part and his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the County of Ontario and the State of New York to wit part of lot A .... Beginning at the northeast corner of the ninth town in the seventh range now know as the town of Geneseo and from there running east ninety perches to white oak post south fifty eight and a half perches to a hickory post, west ninety perches to an oak post and these to the place of the beginning containing thirty three acres and one third Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining. And the reversion and revisions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all of the estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said party of the first part either in law or equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the said hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said thirty two acres and one third to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Timy Thosmer Ebena Merry. James Bosley (seal) Shadrack Bosley (seal) Jacob Bosley (seal) Sarah Bosley (seal) Kosiah Black (seal)
Ontario C. Be it remembered this seventh day of April one thousand and eight hundred and three personally appeared before me Timony Thosmer first Judge of the Court James Bosley Shadrack Bosley Jacob Bosley Sarah Bosley Edmund Bosley who acknowledging the within sign sec and delivered as their voluntary act of the of the deed for the .youceses and purposes herein mentioned I being personally acquainted and am satisfied they are the persons described within said deed and finding therein no material alterations or interlineations to allow the same to be recorded Timy Thosmer
A true copy of the original recorded
State of New York, Be it remembered that on the twenty fourth day of May in the County of Ontario year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine before me Mathew Farner one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Kosiah Black who is well known to me to be the person presented in and who executed the written indenture and acknowledged that she executed the same as her free voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expected Having perused the same and found therein no erasures or interlineations I do allow it to be recorded. Mathew Farner
A true copy of the original recorded 4th day of May 1820 at 10. oclock after examined J ..... Tossen Clk
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Miss Lucia Bosley.
DAR ID Number: 126954
Born in Livonia, N. Y.
Descendant of John Bosley, as follows:
1. Daniel Bradford Bosley (b. 1835) m. 1858 Matilda Milliman
(1835-1908).
2. Daniel Bosley (1805-84) m. 1832 Lucia Richmond (1811-1905).
3. Edmund Bosley (1776-1846) m. 1st 1799 Ann Kelly (1778-1849).
4. John Bosley m. 1st Hannah Bull.
John Bosley served, 1778-83, as a ranger on the frontier of
Northumberland County, Pa. He was born in Maryland; died, 1800, in
Livingston County, N. Y.
Also No. 107456.
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Miss Caroline Mary Bosley.
DAR ID Number: 56029
Born in Peru, Ill.
Descendant of John Bosley.
Daughter of Asbury Green Bosley and Catherine Dennehy, his wife.
Granddaughter of Jacob Bosley and Elinor S. Green, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John Bosley and Hannah Bull, his 1st wife.
John Bosley, in 1778-83, was a ranger on the frontier of
Northumberland County, Pa. He was born in Maryland; died, 1800, in
New York State.
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Mrs. Maria Bosley Metzger.
DAR ID Number: 57852
Born in Crawford County, Ohio.
Wife of Ernest F. Metzger.
Descendant of John Bosley.
Daughter of Asbury Green Bosley and Susan Hill his wife.
Granddaughter of Jacob Bosley and Eleanor S. Green, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John Bosley and Hannah Bull, his 1st wife.
John Bosley in 1778-83 was a Ranger on the frontier of
Northumberland County, Pa. He was born in Maryland; died, 1800, in
New York State.
Also No. 56029.
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Mrs. Mary Bosley Lombard.
DAR ID Number: 65655
Born in Livonia, N. Y.
Wife of Edward Crafts Lombard.
Descendant of John Bosley.
Daughter of William Edwin Bosley (b. 1837) and Julia Ann de La
Vergne (1844-1906), his 1st wife, m. 1861.
Granddaughter of Daniel Bosley (1805-84) and Lucia Richmond
(1811-1905), his wife, m. 1832.
Gr-granddaughter of Edmund Bosley (1776-1846) and Ann Kelley (d.
1849), his wife, m. 1799.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Bosley and Hannah Bull, his 1st wife.(!!)
John Bosley (1750-1800) served, 1778-83, as a ranger on the frontier
of Northumberland County, Pa. He was born in Maryland; died in New
York State.
Also No. 56029.
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Mrs. Christine Bosley Armstrong.
DAR ID Number: 107456
Born in Geneseo, N. Y.
Wife of Charles Armstrong.
Descendant of John Bosley, as follows:
1. Richmond Bosley (1833-1909) m. 1868 Jennette Douglass (b. 1840).
2. Daniel Bosley (1805-84) m. 1832 Lucia Richmond (1811-1905).
3. Edmund Bosley (1776-1846) m. 1799 Ann Kelly (1778-1849).
4. John Bosley m. Hannah Bull.
[p.152] John Bosley (1750-1800) served, 1778-83, as a ranger on the
frontier of Northumberland County, Pa. He was born in Maryland; died
in New York State.
Also No. 65655.
