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POOLE (POOL) Family History, Part II

Sarah (POOL) JONES^Δ (1785-1840)

11B.Sarah "Sally" Pool^Δ was born on July 28, 1785, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] She married Abial Jones, Jr., on January 24, 1808, in Dartmouth.^{[Mar 1808B]} They had six children^[Births]:

11B1.	Sarah "Sally" Jones	20 Jul 1808	21 Mar 1896	(87)
11B2.	Mary L. JonesΔ	10 Sep 1810	14 Jan 1884	(73)
11B3.	Abial Jones, III	19 Aug 1812	18 Dec 1888	(76)
11B4.	Mercy Smith Jones	23 Jan 1815	14 Apr 1838	(23)
11B5.	Benjamin Pool JonesΔ	29 Nov 1816	19 Sep 1888	(71)
11B6.	Jacob P. JonesΔ	1819	12 Mar 1883	(63)

Sally and Abial's intentions of marriage was recorded on December 26, 1807^{[Mar 1808A]}, and they married a month later on January 24, 1808.^{[Mar 1808B]}

Daughter Mercy died on April 14, 1838, at the young age of 23. She was buried at Sabins Family Cemetery off Hixville Road, north of Dartmouth.^[Grave]

Sarah (Pool) Jones reportedly died on October 28, 1840, in Dartmouth, at the age of 55 years. She was also buried at Sabins Family Cemetery.^[Grave]

Abial Jones, Jr., died of a fall on October 19, 1852, in Dartmouth.

Mercy (POOL) CHASE^Δ (1788-1863)

11C.Mercy Pool^Δ was born on February 8, 1788, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She married Jeptha Rogers (Sr.) on March 23, 1808, in Dartmouth, and had nine children:

11C1.	Reuben Rogers	17 Aug 1808	(> 1870)	(> 62)
11C2.	Mercy RogersΔ	5 Dec 1811	17 May 1886	(74)
11C3.	Leonard Rogers (Sr.)Δ	14 Nov 1814	9 Jul 1882	(67)
11C4.	Naomi M. Rogers	(28 Oct) 1817	28 Aug 1900	(82)
11C5.	Jeptha Rogers (Jr.)	8 Feb 1820	9 Apr 1881	(61)
11C6.	Isaac Rogers (Sr.)	18 Aug 1822	2 Aug 1866	(43)
11C7.	Abiathar Rogers	30 Jan 1827	17 Jul 1915	(88)
11C8.	Lurana RogersΔ	15 Sep 1829	31 Oct 1912	(83)
11C9.	Cynthia Ann RogersΔ	(1831-1832)	20 Nov 1898	(66)

The Rogers household in 1820 census consisted of seven members: two males under the age of 10 (Leonard and Jeptha (Jr.)); one male between the ages of 10 and 16 (Reuben); one male between the ages of 26 and 45 (Jeptha (Sr.)); two females under 10 (Mercy and Naomi); one female between the ages of 26 and 45 (Mercy); with two engaged in agriculture.^{[Cen 1820]}

By 1840, Jeptha's household also consisted of seven members, but elder sons Reuben, Leonard, and Jeptha, Jr., were counted as their own households. Elder daughters Mercy and Naomi had already married by then. There was also a male between the ages of 5 and 10, in addition to Abiathar, who has not been identified.^{[Cen 1840]}

Jeptha Rogers likely died sometime between 1840 and 1850.^{[Cen 1850]}

After Jeptha died, Mercy lived with her son Reuben in Dartmouth. In 1850, son Abiathar and daughter Lurana lived with them. Reuben and Abiathar worked as laborers.^{[Cen 1850]} In 1855, their household was enumerated followed by the households of sons Isaac, Jeptha (Jr.), and Leonard. The men all worked as farmers. Mercy's nephew, Abiathar Pool was the census taker for her district.^{[Cen 1855]}

Mercy continued to live with son Reuben through 1860, with sons Leonard and Jeptha enumerated nearby.^{[Cen 1860A]} Sons Leonard's and Jeptha's agriculture production was also recorded in 1860. Leonard's farm consisted of 10 improved acres and 90 unimproved acres, valued at $1,500. He owned $100 worth of equipment; one horse, one milch cow, and one other cattle, all valued at $100; and produced 10 bushels of rye and 40 bushels of Indian corn. Jeptha's farm consisted of 25 improved acres and 60 unimproved acres, valued at $3,000. He owned $100 worth of equipment; one horse, three milch cows, two working oxen, and two other cattle, all valued at $300; and produced 15 bushels of rye and 50 bushels of Indian corn.^{[Cen 1860B]}

Mercy (Pool) Rogers died of dropsy (edema) on August 24, 1863, in Dartmouth. She was 75 years old.^{[Dth 1863]}

Jacob POOL (Sr.)³ (1790-1848)

11D.Jacob Pool (Sr.)³ was born on September 19, 1790, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] He married Hannah Weaver of Rhode Island on June 14, 1814, reportedly either in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, or in Dartmouth. They had as many as eight children before her death in 1840, at the age of about 48. After Hannah's death, Jacob remarried to the widow Mrs. Mariah (Mosher) Reed⁵ on May 22, 1842, in Dartmouth. She had four children from her first marriage and they went on to have three more children together:

11DA.	Ruth WeaverΔ	22 Sep 1812	22 Mar 1859	(46)
11DB.	Sarah Pool	(Jan/Dec) 1814	19 May 1877	(63)
11DC.	Meriam Pool	4 Jan 1817	16 Oct 1891	(74)
11DD.	Abiathar PooleΔ	17 Jul 1819	27 Feb 1909	(89)
11DE.	Lindsey Weaver Pool (Sr.)Δ	(1822)	6 Dec 1860	(38)
11DF.	William Weaver Pool	22 Apr 1825	31 Oct 1888	(63)
11DG.	Philip Sanford PoolΔ	25 Jan 1830	9 Oct 1914	(84)
11DH.	Susan M. Pool	(Apr) 1831	20 Nov 1841	(9)
(1DBI11.)	Wilson Reed	(1825-1826)	(> 1850)	(> 24)
(1DBI12.)	Isaac M. Reed	(1827-1828)	(> 1850)	(> 22)
(1DBI13.)	Israel Reed (Jr.)	9 Mar 1834	9 Jun 1867	(33)
(1DBI14.)	John Leonard ReedΔ	8 May 1836	23 Oct 1910	(74)
11DI.	Susan Maria Poole4	27 May 1843	24 Jun 1931	(88)
11DJ.	Jacob Poole (Jr.)	(20 May 1845)	(> 1860)	(> 16)
11DK.	Caroline (Hannah M.) PooleΔ	(19 Oct 1847)	2 Feb 1883	(35)

First daughter Ruth was born a year and eight months before her parents' marriage. Records of her marriage give her family name as Weaver, rather than Pool/Poole, which suggest that Jacob was not her biological father; however, DNA matches among two descendants' indicate she may well have been Jacob's biological daughter.

Hannah (Weaver) Poole died on October 28, 1840, in Westport, Bristol County, and was buried at Linden Grove Cemetery, north of Westport. She was 48 years old and they had been married 26 years. Daughter Susan died four weeks later at the age of 9 and was buried alongside her.^{[Westport, Grave]}

Jacob remarried to Mariah Mosher, the widow of Israel Reed (Sr.), on May 22, 1842, in Dartmouth. She was in her early 30s and had four sons between the ages of 6 and 15; he was 51. Jacob and Mariah had three more children together.

Jacob Poole (Sr.) died on March 2, 1848, in Westport^[Westport], only four months after the birth of his daughter. He was buried at Linden Grove Cemetery with his first wife and daughter Susan.^[Grave]

After Jacob's death, Mariah remarried to John R. Russell on January 25, 1855, in Dartmouth. John had reportedly been widowed a year earlier, having been married to Caroline E. Cummings. In 1859, Mariah, John, and three Poole children all moved west to California.

Major POOLE^Δ (1793->1870)

11E.Major Poole^Δ was born on July 5, 1793, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He married Mariah Reed on January 31, 1819, in Dartmouth. They had two daughters before her death in 1831. Major remarried to Almira Davis, an apparent widow with two grown children, the following year. They had two more daughters together. Their blended family comprised:

11E1.	Cynthia M. Poole	(20) Oct 1819	20 Jul 1907	(88)
11E2.	Maria PooleΔ	(26 Apr 1824)	29 Nov 1879	(55)
--	Sophia B. (Sheldon)	(1824-1825)	(> 1850)	(>25)
--	Sheldon W. Davis	(1828-1829)	(> 1850)	(> 21)
11E3.	Emeline J. Poole	(1833-1834)	(> 1850)	(> 16)
11E4.	Catharine T. Poole	(1835-1836)	(> 1850)	(> 14)

Mariah (Reed) Poole died on March 4, 1831, in Dartmouth. She was about 38 years old.

Major remarried the following year to Almira Davis, reportedly on August 19, 1832, in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They had two daughters together in Massachusetts.

Major and his second family moved 500 miles east to Eden, Erie County, New York, by 1850, where he farmed. His daughters from his first marriage married and remained in Massachusetts. Also living with the Pooles were possibly Almira's children from a previous marriage: Samuel W. Davis, age 21, Sophia B. Sheldon, age 25, and Sophia's apparent 5-year-old son Erastus B. Sheldon.^{[Cen 1850]}

The Pooles continued east to Madison Township, Lenawee County, in southeast Michigan, by 1860. Major continued to farm, and both Major and Almira were recorded to have personal property worth $100 each. A Sarah Rathbum, age 40, lived with them.^{[Cen 1860]}

Next the Pooles moved 40 miles southeast to Waterville Township, Lucas County, Ohio, by 1870. Almira's apparent grandson Erastus Sheldon returned to the household and worked as a laborer. Also enumerated with the Pooles was a 7-year-old Warren Baker.^{[Cen 1870]} Erastus subsequently returned north to Lenawee County, Michigan, by 1880.

Abiathar POOL (1795-1817)

11F.Abiathar Pool was born on November 20, 1795, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] He died on October 24, 1817, a month before his 21st birthday, in Connecticut.^{[Dth 1817]}

Lurana (POOL) HASKINS (1799-1882)

11G.Lurana Pool was born on January 3, 1799, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] She married Ebenezer "Eber" Haskins on April 17, 1817, in Dartmouth. They had at least five children:

11G1.	Olive P. Haskins	(1824-1825)	(> 1850)	(> 25)
11G2.	Abiatha P. Haskins	16 Feb 1827	30 Apr 1909	(82)
11GX.	Martha Haskins	(1826-1827)	(> 1855)	(> 28)
11G3.	Mary Ann P. Haskins	1 Mar 1833	29 Mar 1922	(89)
11G4.	George S. Haskins	Dec 1835	3 Jan 1910	(74)
11G5.	Abbie L. Haskins	22 Jun 1839	14 Nov 1908	(69)
11G6.	Ada F. Haskins	(1854-1855)	(> 1922)

The Haskins lived in New Bedford since before 1850. Ebenezer worked as a laborer.^{[Cen 1850]} By 1860, son George had married and started his own household and worked as a mason. Daughter Abby worked as a weaver and the family hosted children Adeline and Clara Francis, ages 5 years and 5 months.^{[Cen 1860]} The Francis children's relationship is not yet known.

A Martha Haskins, age 28 (born in 1826 or 1827), also appeared in the 1855 state census^{[Cen 1855A]}, where one would expect son Abiathar; however, Abiathar was living with the Joseph and Elizabeth Davis family in Dartmouth, where he worked as a farmer.^{[Cen 1855B]} Martha was not recorded in the 1850 census and no other records have been found.

Ebenezer Haskins died of consumption on September 29, 1867, on Kempton Street, New Bedford. He was 77 years old.^{[Dth 1867]}

Lurana and daughter Ada rented from the William G. and Rebecca S. Howland family at 105 Sycamore Street, New Bedford, in 1880.^{[Cen 1880]}

Lurana (Pool) Haskins died of apoplexy (stroke) on April 11, 1882, in New Bedford. She was 83 years old.^{[Dth 1882]}

George POOLE (1800->1827)

11H.George Pool was born on November 12, 1800, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] He married Nancy Nicholson/Cornell on December 5, 1824, in Dartmouth. They had at least three children:

11H1.	Benjamin Pool	(1825-1826)	--	--
11H2.	Sarah A. Pool	(19 May 1827)	13 Aug 1881	(54)
11H3.	George A. Poole	28 Jan (1829)	13 Mar 1915	(86)

Olive (POOLE) WEAVER^Δ (1806-1871)

11I.Olive Poole^Δ was born on April 24, 1806, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^{[Dartmouth, Bible]} She married Samuel Wilbur Weaver, a native of Rhode Island, on May 19, 1833, in Dartmouth.^[Bible] Four years earlier, Olive's next younger brother, Sibrinus (Jr.) had married Samuel's elder sister. Olive and Samuel had as many as six children:

11I1.	Ruth W. Weaver	23 Nov 1833	25 Mar 1887	(53)
11I2.	Elizabeth Ann WeaverΔ	11 Nov 1835	(23 Jul) 1914	(78)
11I3.	Lindsay H. Weaver	19 Dec 1838	4 Sep 1839	(8 mos.)
11I4.	Mary C. Weaver	11 Jan 1840	25 May 1898	(58)
11I5.	Samuel L. Weaver	12 Oct 1843	18 Jul 1912	(68)
11I6.	George L. Weaver	23 Mar 1846	14 May 1846	(1 mo.)

The first three children were born in Massachusetts and then the family moved west to Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, by 1844, where son Samuel was born. There they lived nearby Olive's next younger brother Sirbinus (Jr.). In addition, an as yet unidentified Sarah Pool, aged 35 of Rhode Island, lived with the Weavers in 1850.^{[Cen 1850]} She could be Olive's niece, however, her niece has no other known connections to Rhode Island, having remained in Dartmouth.

Samuel Wilbur Weaver reportedly died on October 29, 1865, and was buried in Glenford Cemetery in North Scituate.^[Grave] He was 51 years old.

Olive (Poole) Weaver died six years after Samuel on December 18, 1871, and was also buried at Glenford Cemetery. Her headstone reads that she was in her 69th year^[Grave], but more likely was 65.

Sirbinus POOLE (Jr.)^Δ (1808-1885)

11J.Sirbinus "Binas" Poole (Jr.)^Δ was born on December 8, 1808, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[Dartmouth] He married Mary Elizabeth Weaver on October 12, 1829, in Dartmouth, and had as many as nine children:

11J1.	John Weaver Poole	5 Dec 1830	21 Apr 1892	(61)
11J2.	Mary Elizabeth PooleΔ	(13) Mar 1832	8 Nov 1906	(74)
11J3.	William Henry PooleΔ	11 Oct 1833	26 Sep 1904	(70)
11J4.	Deborah Waite Poole	6 Sep 1836	3 Jun 1909	(72)
11J5.	Mercy J. Poole	11 Nov 1837	30 Jan 1922	(84)
11J6.	Hannah W. Poole	Aug 1840	27 Sep 1926	(86)
11J7.	Stephen Wilbur Poole	26 Mar 1844	1919	(> 74)
11J8.	Charles H. Poole	4 Jun 1846	2 Dec 1913	(67)
11J9.	Ruth Minerva. Poole	30 Oct 1848	6 Jun 1911	(62)

Most of the children were born in Dartmouth (North Dartmouth) before the family moved west to Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, by Ruth's birth in 1848. Sibrinus's next elder sister Olive, who married Mary's younger brother, and their family had moved nearby by 1844. In 1850, a Sarah T. Warren, 23 years old, was enumerated with the family.^{[Cen 1850]}

By 1860, the widow Eliza (Smith) Ford and her widowed mother, Mary (Phillips) Smith, were enumerated on the "Pool" farm but as a separate household, along with Eliza's sons Jesse and Stephen. Eliza's niece and stepdaughter, Amey Rebecca Ford, was living in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, that year, but later married Stephen Wilbur Poole in 1865. Also living with the Poole family was Solomon Calvin, a 56-year-old carpenter. Solomon may have been a Colvin relation of Deborah's husband, Albert Henry Colvin, but they lived in Providence with Mary's younger brother Caleb Weaver and his family. Eldest son John and his family were also enumerated in Scituate, but nine households later. Daughters Mercy, age 22, and Hannah, age 19, worked as weavers.^{[Cen 1860]}

Son Stephen, age 18, served in Company "G" of the Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry.^[Grave] The 10th Regiment served three months during the summer of 1862 (May-August) in defense of Washingtion. Company G was assigned to Fort Gaines in the west corner of the District of Columbia. Fort Gaines was located near where American University now sits, in the vicinity of the School of International Service at the intersection of New Mexico Avenue NW and Nebraska Avenue NW. The regiment returned home and mustered out on September 1, 1862.

The "Pool" family continued to farm in Scituate through 1870 and the value of the farm held at $3,000 from 1860. As was in 1860, the widow Eliza (Smith) Ford's household, including her 99-year old mother Mary (Phillips) Smith, and sons Jesse and Stephen, continued to live on the farm. Over the 1860s, six of the Poole children had their own households on the family farm: John, his wife Caroline, and their six surviving children; William, his wife Amey Rebecca Ford, as noted above, and their two-year-old daughter Adelaide L.; Mercy, her husband Joseph G. Davis, and their seven-year-old son Frank E.; Hannah, her husband George H. Jordan, and their six-year-old daughter Mary Elizabeth; youngest son Charles lived with eldest brother John and his family; and youngest daughter Ruth, her husband George Slade, and their two-month-old daughter Anna C.^{[Cen 1870]} Children Mary Elizabeth and Stephen lived elsewhere in Scituate in 1870; and Deborah lived with her future second husband Benjamin Gardner in Providence. Of the adults, Sirbinus and the widow Mary (Phillips) Smith were both recorded as unable to read or write, and wife Mary was recorded as unable to write.

Mary Elizabeth (Weaver) Poole died on January 3, 1879, and was buried at Glenford Cemetery in North Scituate. Her headstone reads that she was 73 years old^[Grave], but more likely was 72.

After Mary's passing, Sirbinus continued on in Scituate with five of his children living nearby. (Son John was enumerated elsewhere in Scituate.) Sirbinus, age 71, headed one of three households and was enumerated with Benjamin Harvey, a 53-year-old laborer from Connecticut; Elizabeth Harvey, his likely daughter who was only recorded as a servant; Gilbert Ford, a 30-year-old laborer with no known connection to the Eliza (Smith) Ford family; and Peter Borden, a 45-year-old laborer from Canada. The other two households were that of his daughter Ruth and her Slade family and a George W. and Ellen M. Smith family with no apparent connection to the Eliza (Smith) Ford family. Sons William and Stephen lived nearby with their families, as did Mercy and her Davis family and Mary Elizabeth and her Bowen family. In addition, the Jeremiah and Sarah A. Fiske family lived among the Pooles, and their son Willis W. Fiske had married Sirbinus's granddaughter Minnie Lura Bowen the month before, but each were still enumerated with their respective families.

Sibrinus Poole (Jr.) died on October 4, 1885, at the age of 76. He was also buried at Glenford Cemetery. His headstone spells his name as "Surbinas."^[Grave]