William WALWORTH

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William's father wanted his son to become a farmer, but he did not like farming, and chose rather to be a silversmith. His father yielded at last to his desire and sent him to learn the trade. He did not learn much of it in the regular way, for his master died before his apprenticeship was ended. William, however, clung to the trade and was devoted to his work.

William was living at Bennington, VT. during the Revolutionary War, and, during the battle on Aug. 6, 1777, he was taken prisoner by the British twice, and twice escaped. From Bennington, he later removed to Easton, Washington Co., NY, where several of his children were born. Around the turn of the century, he removed to Utica, NY, where he died. His wife, Sarah, and her youngest child, Daniel, moved westward to Alabama, Genesee Co., NY, an lived with her son, James, "the pioneer."

Family/Spouse: Sarah COVILLE. Sarah was born on 27 Nov 1748 in Walloonsac, Rensselaer Co., New York; died in 1810 in Alabama, Genesee Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daniel was truly a roving pioneer,and in 1810, the year of his mother's death, we find him transacting business in Canada. He soon returned to the States and married at Alabama, NY, where he remained for a few years before moving on to Ohio, then to Virginia (now West Virginia). Next we find him in Lemoine Co., Michigan, from which State he backtracked down to Grand Prairie, Ill., and on South. Just where he and his wife, Anna, died we have not been able to establish. It could have been in Tennessee, where his son, Frank, settled.

Three of his sons, Thomas, Samuel and William, moved on from Tennessee and we find them living at Athens, Ala. in 1846-7-8-9. From Athens they moved to Mississippi, where Thomas died (1857-8), after which his widow and her young family continues on with Samuel and William and their families to Northern Louisiana, where they and their descendants did much to develop that part of the State.

Daniel married Anna LEOPONAlabama, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]