Notes for: Sarah (Sally) Bodine

The information on this family comes from the following query:

Am searching for information about the origins of John Hervey STITT, b. 1754, probably in Ulster Co., NY. who married Nancy McCullough. His obituary indicates that he lived in Shawangunk in Ulster Co. before moving to Bloomingburgh on the Sullivan/Orange Co. line. All I know about his family is: Father Stitt was Irish (trying to find name) Mother Stitt was Dutch (trying to find name) Children: 1. James 2. William, b. 4 June 1762, d. 18 Mar 1819, Bloomingburg, OH, m. Sarah Bodine 19 Nov 1794, Shawangunk 3. John Hervey (my 4th great grandfather) 4. Esther (my 4th great grandmother), m. Daniel Porter 15 Oct 1789, Shawangunk 5. Hannah 6. Polly 7. Alexander

Submitted by Lisa Stitt LSTITT at warwick.net on Jan 3, 1998

Here is some more information from Lisa Stitt:

From: Lisa Stitt [mailto:lstitt at warwick.net]
Sent: Mon, September 30, 2002
Subject: Sarah Bodine m. William Stitt

Hi!

I am researching my Stitt line, and collateral lines. One such line is that of William Stitt and Sarah (Sally) Bodine.

I came across your website, where you have William Stitt Bodine listed. I'm guessing that his naming was because of the following connection between the Bodine and Stitt families. My theory is that this Sarah might have been a sister of Wm S. Bodine's father, Benjamin Bodine...although I'm sure they could also have been cousins. Do you have anything on this in your notes?

All the best,
Lisa Stitt

Descendants of Sarah Bodine
1 Sarah Bodine b: April 19, 1773 Ulster Co., NY d: January 31, 1858 Bloomingburg, OH
.. +William Stitt b: June 04, 1762 Ulster Co., NY d: March 18, 1819 Bloomingburg, OH m: November 19, 1794 Shawangunk Dutch Reformed Church, Shawangunk, NY
.. 2 Lavinia Stitt b: 1796
...... +John Gunning m: September 09, 1819 Fayette County, OH
.. 2 Moses Bodine Stitt b: November 04, 1797 d: September 14, 1877 Ohio
...... +Jan
.. 2 [1] John Stitt b: January 27, 1800 Crawford, NY d: February 29, 1876
...... +Elizabeth "Betsy" McCoy b: March 08, 1803 Ross Co., OH d: April 16, 1826 Ross Co., OH m: February 1823 Ross Co.,OH
....... 3 Moses Stitt b: December 09, 1824 Bloomingburg, Fayette Co., OH d: April 21, 1894 Ross Co., OH
........... +Margaret Jane McCoy b: March 20, 1836 Ross Co., OH d: March 06, 1920 Ross Co., OH m: October 26, 1852 Ross Co., OH
.. *2nd Wife of [1] John Stitt:
...... +Sarah Gibson m: January 27, 1831
.. 2 Hiram Stitt b: May 22, 1802 d: May 21, 1878 Ohio
...... +Madeline
.. 2 William Hervey Stitt b: December 05, 1803
.. 2 Maria Stitt b: October 07, 1805
...... +Alexander McCoy m: 1828
.. 2 Kate Stitt b: 1806
.. 2 Jason Stitt b: September 28, 1807
.. 2 James McNeil Stitt b: January 26, 1809
...... +Catherine

End of info from Lisa Stitt.

This Sarah Bodine is probably related to Moses Bodine, husband of Hannah Newkirk. Here is a message related to that:

From: Lisa Stitt [nycatwoman at frontiernet.net]
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005
Subject: Bodine site

Hi:

Ran across your website doing research on one of my Stitts who married a Bodine.

William Stitt (1762-1819) m. Sarah (Sally) Bodine (1773-1858) on Nov 19, 1794 per Shawangunk church records. When I saw that Moses Bodine had a son William Stitt Bodine, I came to the same conclusion that you did: that Moses Bodine was probably Sarah Bodine Stitt's brother. There was an additional reason for me thinking this: William and Sarah Stitt had a son, Moses Bodine Stitt (1797-1877). Of course, I'm still trying to figure out who their father was!

Lisa Stitt

*End of message.

From Ronny Bodine:

From Dutch Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Ulster County, Marriages: 19 Nov 1794: William Stitt and Sally Bodine.

The relationship of Sarah Bodine to Moses Bodine, both of whose parents are unknown, seems to be confirmed by the fact that Moses Bodine named a son William Stitt Bodine (1819) and William Stitt named a son Moses Bodine Stitt (1797).

In 1814, William Stitt moved his family to Fayette County, Ohio, with a group of settlers from the Bloomingburg, New York area. The area in which they settled is now the village of Bloomingburg, Ohio. The following children were all baptized at Graham's Church, Pine Bush, Orange County, New York: Lavinia, b. 1796, Moses Bodine, b. 4 Nov 1797, John, b. 27 Jan 1800, Hiram, b. 22 May 1802, William Hervey, b. 5 Dec 1803, Maria, b. 7 Oct. 1805, Jason, b. 28 Sept 1807, James McNeil, b. 26 Jan 1809. Another child, Kate, was born in 1806 and may have died in infancy as her baptism was not recorded.

From Ohio Federal Census Records:
1850 (9 Oct) Marion Twp., Fayette Co.: James STITT 40 NY Farmer, Catharine 35 OH, Thomas 12 OH, Sarah C. 10 OH, Albert 8 OH, Mary 3 OH, Edwin 2 OH, Sarah 75 NY.

Burials in Bloomingburg Cemetery, Bloomingburg, Fayette County.
(Find A Grave Memorials # 58421971 & 58422163)
Wm. Stitt Died Mar. 18, 1819 aged 56 y's. 9 mos. 14? d's. [= birth date of 11 June 1762]
Sarah B. Wife of Wm. Stitt Died Jan. 31, 1858 aged 84 y's 9 mos 12d's [= birth date of 18 April 1773]