Seventh Generation

14. Seth CALKINS Sr. was born on 22 September 1775 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont Colony, British Colonial America.^1,2 (His parentage is Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, John, Hugh, and Rowland.) He died on 11 September 1857 at the age of 81 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY.^3,4 "One of the oldest towns in Jefferson County, and the mother town for the northern tier, Brownville was first settled by the pioneer Jacob Brown and his extended family in 1799. At its first organization, Brownville included all of present Brownville, as well as Pamelia, Lyme, Cape Vincent, Clayton, Orleans, and a part of the Town of Alexandria. Many pioneers
first noted in the Town of Brownville were afterwards recorded in the Town of Orleans, or Lyme, or one of the others, without ever having moved.

Brownville is bounded by Lyme on the northwest, and continuing clockwise we find Clayton, Orleans, Pamelia, a bit of Watertown, with Hounsfield on the south. Brownville juts out
into Lake Ontario with Pillar Point, Black River Bay on its south and Guffins Bay on the north. Its history is dominated by the Brown family, and the War of 1812. The main communities are
Brownville, with the Jacob Brown mansion, Glen Park, now a suburb of the city of Watertown, and Dexter, once a paper mill town, all three on the Black River. Limerick and the hamlet of Perch River round out the settlements."
He was buried in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY.³ in the Perch River Cemetery.

Seth CALKINS Sr. and Nancy HOLMES were married about 1802 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^3,4,5,6 Nancy HOLMES was born on 20 August 1783 in Dutchess County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.^3,4,6,7 (The 1850 Census lists her place of birth as Maine; the 1855 lists it as New Hampshire; the 1880 Census indicates that her children list New York; and the death certificate of her son Erwin states that both of his parents were from Hartford, CT. She may have been born in Hartford, Washington County, NY, which is just across the border from Rutland County, VT. In the early days, Washington County was part of Dutchess County.) She died on 16 December 1862 at the age of 79 in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY.^3,4,7,8 (Her tombstone says "Aged 80.") She was buried in Brownville, Jefferson County, NY.^3,4,8 in the Perch River Cemetery.

Seth CALKINS Sr. and Nancy HOLMES had the following children: