John Remsen Rappleye

M, #6244, b. 24 August 1783, d. 17 January 1864
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     John Remsen Rappleye, son of Jeremiah Rappleye and Sarah Williamson, was born 24 August 1783 in Penn's Neck, Middlesex County, New Jersey.1 John Remsen Rappleye was the son of Jeremiah Rappleye and Sarah Williamson. John Remsen Rappleye was baptized on 29 January 1784 at the Harlingen Church in Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey.1 He married Margaret Tillier, daughter of John Tillier and Dinah Sortore, about 1806..1
The census of 1810 in Ovid, Seneca County, New York, listed John Rappleye as a head-of-household with tallies 11011-20011 which indicates:
A male of 26 and under 45 years of age, probably John Remsen.2
A male of 45 or more years of age, probably his father Jeremiah.2
A female of 45 or more years of age, probably his mother Sarah.2
A female of 26 and under 45 years of age, probably his wife Margaret.2
A male of 10 and under 16 years of age.2
A male under 10 years of age, probably his son Tunis.2
A female under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Emaline.2
A female under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Epnetus.2


John Remsen Rappleye began military service in 1812 in Ovid, Seneca County, New York; in the New York Militia.
     John enlisted in Captain Jonas Cleland's Company, 18th Regiment commanded by Colonel H.W. Dobbin and was transferred to Captain Jehial Moor's Company in that Regiment. He marched from Ovid, Seneca County, New York to Niagara, later crossed into Canada and was in the Battle of Queenston on 13 October 1812. During that engagement he received a severe wound in his right arm which disabled his hand, a second wound in his right side near the spine and a third wound in the bone of his left hip which completely disabled "the whole limb". It was stated that he was carried from the field in critical condition and was confined to a hospital in Lewiston; He was taken home in a sleigh in January 1813.1
He received a military pension as of 2 September 1814 in Ovid, Seneca County, New York; for service as a private in the New York Militia during the War of 1812 of $5/Month.3 He received a military pension as of 24 April 1816; increase to $8.00 per month.1
The census of 1820 in Wayne, Steuben County, New York, listed John R. Rappley as a head-of-household with tallies 210010-31010 which indicates:
A male of 26 and under 45 years of age, probably John Remsen.4
A female of 26 and under 45 years of age, probably his wife Margaret.4
A male of 10 and under 16 years of age, probably his son Tunis.4
A female of 10 and under 16 years of age, probably his daughter Emaline.4
A female under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Epnetus.4
A male under 10 years of age, probably his son Peter.4
A female under 10 years of age, probably his daughter.4
A male under 10 years of age, probably his son Josiah.4
A female under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Almira.4


John Remsen Rappleye lived in Tyrone Township, Steuben County, New York, in 1829.1
The census of 1830 in Tyrone Township, Steuben County, New York, listed John R. Rapele? as a head-of-household with tallies 0010001-1210001 which indicates:
A male of 40 and under 50 years of age, probably John Remsen.5
A female of 40 and under 50 years of age, probably his wife Margaret.5
A male of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his son Josiah.5
A female of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his daughter Almira.5
A female of 5 and under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Dinah.5
A female of 5 and under 10 years of age, probably his daughter Mary J.5
A female under 5 years of age, probably his daughter Jane A.5



The census of 1840 in Tyrone Township, Steuben County, New York, listed John Rapellee as a head-of-household with tallies 000010001-00100001 which indicates:
A male of 60 and under 70 years of age, probably John Remsen.6
A female of 50 and under 60 years of age, probably his wife Margaret.6
A male of 20 and under 30 years of age.6
A female of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his daughter Jane A.6



The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 25 November 1850 in Tyrone Township, Steuben County, New York, listed the following:
John R. Raplee, 66-year-old head of household, a farmer.7
Margaret Rapellee, 65-year-old.7


John Remsen Rappleye lived in Tyrone Township, Schuyler County, New York, in 1854.1 His wife, Margaret Rappleye, died on 18 September 1855 in Tyrone Township, Steuben County, New York.1 Margaret Rappleye was buried in the Six Nations Cemetery, Orange Township, Schuyler County, New York.8,9
The census of 1 June 1860 enumerated on 6 July 1860 in the Orange post office area of Schuyler County, New York, listed the following:
John R. Rapelee, 76-year-old widowed male head of household; b:NJ.10
John Porter, 33-year-old male, a farmer; b:Ireland.10


John Remsen Rappleye died on 17 January 1864 in Tyrone Township, Schuyler County, New York.1 He was buried in the Six Nations Cemetery, Orange Township, Schuyler County, New York.1,8,11

Children of John Remsen Rappleye and Margaret Tillier

Citations

  1. [S680] Rapelje Rasters by Armida Sharpin.
  2. [S407] 1810 U.S. Census, Seneca County, New York, page 158A line 2.
  3. [S680] Rapelje Rasters by Armida Sharpin, Revolutionary War and Acts of Military Establishment, Invalid Pensioners Payments, March 1801 through September 1815. Full pension information can be obtained from the National Archives in Washington, DC, in Record Group 217, Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury.
  4. [S1007] 1820 U.S. Census, Steuben County, New York, page 244 line 21.
  5. [S1149] 1830 U.S. Census, Steuben County, New York, page 307 line 27.
  6. [S3544] 1840 U.S. Census, Steuben County, New York, page 126 line 31.
  7. [S2437] 1850 U.S. Census, Steuben County, New York, page 162 A line 36 dwelling 174 famly 174.
  8. [S1000] U.S. Genweb Project.
  9. [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 47611270.
  10. [S2789] 1860 U.S. Census, Schuyler County, New York, page 364 line 38 dwelling 461 family 463.
  11. [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 47611536.
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