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34. Nancy Purdy (Married Amos Leach (33), 27 February 1813)

Born: 25 March 1787 of Unknown father (67) & Unknown Mother (68).

Died: 18 March 1842, buried Bloomfield Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio.

 

[Her siblings, if any, are unknown.]

 

Miscellaneous:

Nancy and her husband Amos moved by oxen to Ohio in 1834 from Westchester Co., N.Y. At the time, she was about 47 years old. She and Amos had 6 children (Harvey (#17) - aged 20, Margaret Ann- aged 18, Dorothy Amanda- aged 16, Anthony Purdy- aged 14, Charles Noble- aged 10, and Mary Zilla-aged 4). They had buried three of their children in New York (Ann Elizer- a newborn in 1813, Ephram- 1 year of age in 1823, and Patty Jane- nearly 3 years old in 1829).

A Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio map dated 1849 below shows that Amos owned about 40 acres of land. Nancy died four years before this map was made. The map shows that Walter Dunham owned property just to the north. Walter's daughter Ann, later married Nancy's son, Harvey.

(Click to enlarge it.)

 

The picture below, taken on 20 August 2006, shows the location of the land once owned by Amos and shown in the map above. By overlaying the 1849 map on a modern map (1998) of Delaware and Morrow Counties, Amos' property can be located. Its location is on the east side of Trimmer Rd. Directions to this location from Columbus, Ohio are as follows: Drive north from Columbus on I-71 to Rt. 36. Turn right toward Sunbury. In Sunbury, turn left at the first traffic light (Rt. 61.) Turn right at SR 656. Proceed to Peerless Rd. (It is on the Delaware County/Morrow County line.) Turn right on Peerless. At Trimmer, turn right. Proceed past Beech Tree on your left. Amos' land is about another 1/2 mile on the left.

 

 

 

Left: Nancy's tombstone states :"Nancy, Wife of Amos Leach Died March 18, 1842 ag'd 54 ys. 11 Mo & 22 D.

This photograph was taken 6/14/01. GPS : North 40°, 22.715' West 82°, 43.399'.