Rebecca Fisher1

#29371, (17 October 1808 - )
Father*Stephen Fisher2 (1770 - 1848)
Mother*Sarah Cook2 (c 1782 - 1865)

Family 1

James G Tremper b. 1799, d. 1829
Children 1.__1c Tremper11 (c 1827 - )
 2.__2c Tremper11 (c 1829 - )
 3.Anne Sarah Tremper+12 (c 1830 - 1905)

Family 2

Chester O'Connor b. c 1814
That Rebecca who marr. Chester O'Connor is the same person as Rebecca who marr. James G Tremper is implied by her census records with Chester O'Conner. In 1860, her mother Sarah is living in the house and dau. Anne Marie, married to Sheldon Canfield, is her immediate neighbor. In 1855, 1865 and 1875, she is recorded as b. Delaware Co., NY. In 1865, her marr. with Chester is recorded as her second, and she is recorded as having had three children.3 
Her married name was Tremper.1 
Her married name was O'Connor. 
Birth*17 October 1808She was born on 17 October 1808 at Delaware Co., New YorkG.4,5,2 
1820She appeared on the census of 1820 in the household of Stephen Fisher and Sarah Cook at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG; (neis. Daniel Pierce, John Wilcox, Asahel Castle, Seber Howard, Aaron Bacon, Henry Horton, Obed Jackson, Elias Mason; John M Tremper, p. 7.)6 
MarriageShe married James G Tremper, son of Jacob Tremper and ____ _____.1 
Marriage*She married Chester O'Connor.4 
14 June 1855She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 14 June 1855 at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.4 
20 July 1860She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 20 July 1860 at Cape Vincent P.O., Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.7 
17 June 1865She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 17 June 1865 at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.8 
28 July 1870She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 28 July 1870 at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.9 
28 June 1875She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 28 June 1875 at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.5 
3 June 1880She and Chester O'Connor appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at Chaumont, Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.10 

Citations

  1. [S212] Priscilla Tremper Leith on Ancestry.com, internet post.
  2. [S2481] Philip Adsit Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy (Everett, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Publishing, 1898), p. 194.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S616] 1855 New York State Census. C O'Connor (41), b. Jefferson Co. NY [sic], farmer; Rebecca (46), wife, b. Delaware.
  5. [S1225] 1875 New York State Census. Chester (61), b. Herkimer Co. NY, carman; Rebecca (65), b. Delaware.
  6. [S115] 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Stephen (45+); F (26-44 [Sally]; 2 M (18-25) [Milton, Chester], m (10-15) [Aaron], 4 m (<10) [Samuel, Truman, Stephen, Eben]; f (10-15) [Rebecca].
  7. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Chester (46), b. NY, farmer, real estate value $5200, personal estate $800; Rebecca (52), b. NY. Also in household, John (41) and Maria (28) Delano with three children.
  8. [S1293] 1865 New York State Census. Chester (52), birthplace unk., no occ.; Rebecca (56), b. Delaware Co., 3 children, second marriage.
  9. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Chester (57), b. NY, grist mill miller, personal estate $200; Rebecca (62), b. NT, keeping house, real estate value $2300, personal estate $100.
  10. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Chester (66), b. NY, father b. CT, mother b. MA, laborer; Rebecca (71), b. and parents b. NY.
  11. [S520] VWH.
  12. [S211] Edgar C. Emerson, editor, Our County and its People: A descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York (Boston: Boston History Co., 1898), p. 209. Sheldon S Canfield, b. 11 Aug 1826, son of Rev. Rufus Canfield, b. MA, and Tabitha Arnold, b. RI; and Ann, dau. of James Tremper and Rebecca Fisher, marr. 5 Mar 1849. They had one dau., Mrs. W H Irwin of Waterville NY.