Nathan Livezey1

M, #2679, b. 5 April 1775, d. 19 September 1858
Last Edited: 5 Jun 2011

Parents:

Father: Nathan Livezey1 b. 11 Jun 1739, d. 8 Jun 1823
Mother: Hannah Williams1 b. 20 Dec 1738, d. 7 Sep 1814

Family:

Rebecca Jones b. 11 Jun 1780, d. 18 Jan 1869

Notes

  • Note*: Nathan bought 38 acres of land in the first division of his father's estate in 1804, and an additional 18 1/2 acres at the second division in 1815 (Deed books EF 17, p. 591, and GS 15, p. 239)."

    Nathan was described as a mechanic in an 1828 deed, and as a blacksmith in another the next year.

    In April 14 1838, following a trip to Cincinnati by his son Nathan junior, Nathan sold his farm to nephews William & Edward Livezey. Shortly thereafter Nathan and all his children, with there families traveled via the National Road to Springboro, Warren county, Ohio. In the spring of 1839 the family located in Henry county, Indiana. Nathan and two of his sons purchased farms in Prairie township. The other sons and daughters located within the county and Newcastle.

    In the 1827 Quaker schism Nathan and family followed the teachings of Hicks. In Indiana they attended the Greensboro meeting, but later he and some of the children became members of the German Baptist Church.2

Citations

  1. [S431] Smith, Charles Harper, The Livezey Family; A Genealogical and Historical Record; assembled for The Livezey Association (Philadelphia: Buchanan Co., 1934), p. 57.   Smith--Livezey-Family-1320642.pdf
  2. [S431] Smith, Charles Harper, Livezey Family, p. 98-100.