ORSAMUS KELLOGG {1291} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b>, son of Enos {426} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b>, b. in Sheffield, Mass., 12 May 1768; m. in New York City, Dec. 1796, Esther Kimberly, b. in New Haven, Conn., 1770.

He d. in Townsend, Huron Co., Oh., 15 Oct. 1819; she d. in the same place, July 1827.

In 1796 he was a merchant in Lansingburg, N. Y., and for some years after; he rem. to "Holland Purchase", Genesee Co., and bought a farm; in June 1811, he started for Townsend, Oh., where he was a surveyor and dealer in lands; 4 July they reached Cleveland, which then consisted of three or four log houses and a hotel. During the last two miles of their journey to Townsend, they were obliged to cut a road for their teams; they were among the early settlers, and had to endure all the perils of a frontier life. After Hull's surrender of Detroit, the settlers were obliged to flee for their lives, and Orasmus returned to New York. The following summer they returned to Townsend and found their house in ruins.

Children:

CAROLINE {3525} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10a>, b. 12 Sept. 1796, in Lansingburg, N. Y.; m. Dr. Lyman Fay.

WILLIAM HENRY {3526} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10b>, b. in Hubbardton, Vt., 25 Aug. 1799; m. in Windsor, Madison Co., Oh., Mary Griswold; they lived on the old homestead; he d. Nov. 1871.

GEORGE KIMBERLY {3527} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10c>, b. in Castleton, Vt., 5 Aug. 1801; m. Lydia Isham of Norwalk, Oh.; he d. in Athens, Calhoun Co., Mich.

SUSAN AMELIA {3528} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10d>, b. in Batavia, N. Y., 9 Mar. 1804; m. Philander Wilbor.

MINERVA {3529} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10e>, b. 21 June 1807; m. John Forsman Slocum.

ORSAMUS {3530} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10f>, b. 14 Nov. 1810; m. Mary Ann Hunt.

KNEELAND TOWNSEND {3531} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8b.9b.10g>, b. 12 Dec. 1812; m. --- Hutchinson of Indiana; he was a printer in Indianapolis; he d. in Cincinnati, Oh.