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I knew Sarah was born around 1871 in Connecticut from the 1850 census
and also from a biography of one of her grandson's John Lee Richardson. So I set out to try to eliminate about 4 Sarah Lee's born in Connecticut around that time. I had done two of the 4 when I got to this Sarah Lee. Records showed her Father as Nathan Lee and Mother as Sarah Metcalf and suddenly a bell rang out. I remembered on the 1800 Census of Otsego New York where Hill and Sarah is living, on each side of her is Nathan Lee on one side and a Benjamin M. Lee. Also on that same page is a bunch of Metcalfs. After studing the records for Lebanon, CT, I realized : 1) Nathan Lee was the father of a Sarah Lee born in 1771 (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living next door to them and not on the 1810 Lebanon census, so he moved to Otsego NY) 2) Her mother was Sarah Metcalf 3) They had a son named Benjamin Metcalf Lee (Benjamin got his name from Sarah's father, Benjamin Metcalf) (Benjamin M. Lee on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living next door to them ) 4) Hill and Sarah Lee have children named Nathan - after her father Cynthia - after her sister John - after her brother 5) They had a son named John Lee (brother to Sarah Lee) (John is a few farms away from Hill and Sarah on the 1800 Otsego, NY ) 6) Sarah Lee's Father had a brother named Stephen Lee (Stephen is a few farms away from Hill and Sarah on the 1800 Otsego, NY ) 7) Sarah Lee's mother Sarah Metcalf had a brother named Zebulon Metcalf (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census Zebulon Metcalf is living 12 farms down from Hill and Sarah) 8) Zebulon Metcalf had several sons all born in Lebanon Abel Aur Metcalf Tracey Metcalf Roger Metcalf Charles Metcalf (on the 1800 Otsego, NY census and living 12 farms down from Hill and Sarah on seperate farms around Zebulon Metcalf) All these people were born in Lebanon, Connecticut and moved to Otsego, New York Please check out the database for detailed information - Click Here Layout of the
1800
Census of Otsego, Otsego County, New York
All of these people were originally from Lebanon, Connecticut Page 15 John Lee Brother to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife), (a few farm away from Hill , see page 16) Page 16 Nathan Lee Father in law to Hill Richardson (next door to Hill) Hill Richardson (with wife Sarah Lee and family) Benjamin M. Lee Brother to Sarah Lee, Brother in law to Hill Richardson (next door to Hill on other side from Nathan) about 8 farms away (same page) is Joel ???Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) Page 17 about 12 farms down from Hill on seperate farms are: Zebulon Metcalf Uncle on Mothers side to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) Abel Aur Metcalf Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) Tracey Metcalf Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) Roger Metcalf Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) Charles Metcalf Son to Zebulon Metcalf (above) and cousin to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) another couple farms more and there is: Stephen Lee Uncle (and family) on Fathers side to Sarah Lee (Hill's wife) |