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Sylvanus Lobdell (1760–1836)

Ted's 6th-great-grandfather. Born during the colonial era in New York, lived through the American Revolution.

Facts

  • Born: 1760
  • Died: March 3, 1836, Salem, New York
  • Wife: Elizabeth Anna Knapp (1771–1845, Middlefield, Otsego, NY)
  • Son: Lucius Lobdell (~1793–1858, Westport, Essex, NY)
  • Father: Jacob Lobdell (b. 1732, Courtlandt Manor, NY)

Revolution Era

Sylvanus Lobdell was 15 when the American Revolution began and 23 when it ended. His father Jacob was born in Courtlandt Manor — the colonial Van Cortlandt estate in Westchester County, New York — in 1732.

Sylvanus settled in Salem, Washington County, in upstate New York — part of the post-Revolution expansion into the northern frontier. Salem was chartered in 1786, the year after the war's formal conclusion, suggesting Sylvanus may have been among its early settlers.

The Lobdell line runs through Ted's paternal side, connecting through his great-grandmother Clara A. Lobdell (1870–1896), who married into the Barnett family.

Line to Ted

Sylvanus Lobdell → Lucius Lobdell → Jacob Lobdell → Susanna Lobdell → Clara A. Lobdell → Theodore S. Barnett → Cornelius Arthur Barnett → Theodore Hayes Barnett

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