Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Joshua Rathbone (33294) & Mary Wightman (40008)
50481. Rev. Valentine Wightman Rathbone. Born on 23 Dec 1724 in Stonington, CT.389 Born 2 o’clock p.m. Valentine Wightman died in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, on 10 Apr 1813; he was 88.

1790 Federal Census. Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Series: M637 Roll: 4 Page: 484
    Valentine Rathbone, 1,1,1
    Saxton Rathbone, 1,0,2
    Benjmain Rathbone, 1,0,3

1810 Federal Census. Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York
Roll 34, page 56
Valentine Rathbone Family
    One male and one female over the age of 45

From the Rathbone Genealogy:389
    “Valentine Rathbone left Rhode Isand and settled at Pittsfield in 1769, and became the minister of the Baptist Church which he founded in 1772. He carried on the clothing business in Pittsfield. On Feb. 12, 1770, Henry Van Schaak sold to Valentine Rathbone lands. Deed dated Jun 10, 1791, witness Ruth Longworthy. In 1779 he was teaching elder of the Shakers at Pittsfield, Mass. He deeded lands to Joseph Dart in 1800; Reuben Rathbone, witness. Valentine, then of Pittsfield, Mass., deeded to Rufus Coggeswell of Richmond, dated Nov. 5, 1801, book 40, page 12. He built clothier works in Pittsfield, 1769. Elder Valentine Rathbone the pastor of the Baptist church organized in 1772, was no less ardent in his patriotism, than his congregational brothers. A clothier by trade he had without abandoning that pursuit and without the advantages of a classical education founded the church to which he ministered from proselytes made by his own preaching in his own house. The results of his speaking indicate that its style was effective. The temperament of the man suggest that it was fiery and vehement and nervous. His fellow citizens manifested esteem for his character and his talents by electing him to represent them in county congress over which he often presided and at interesting crises to the general court.”

Valentine was a Baptist minister filling various pastorates, the last being at Marcellus, NY. His will was proved 10 Apr 1813 (Onondaga Co. Surr. Rec.) He willed his farm, his Susquehanna lands and all his personal property to his son, Saxton, who was to support him and Tabitha until their deaths. Token bequests of $1 each were made to his other surviving children, and the heirs of those who had died.
On 1 Aug 1744 when Valentine Wightman was 19, he married Tabitha Brown (51002) , daughter of Humphrey Brown (34256) (16 Sep 1701-ca 1749) & Tabitha Holdridge (33808) (27 Apr 1703-ca 1759), in Stonington, CT. Married by Rev Joseph Fish. Born on 23 Nov 1727 in Stonington, CT.591 Tabitha died in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York ca 1810.
Their children include:
60588i.
Mary Rathbone (28 Mar 1745-)
60589ii.
Capt. Joshua Rathbone (21 Jun 1746-5 Sep 1799)
60590iii.
Susannah Rathbone (1 May 1748-15 Jul 1825)
60591iv.
Content Rathbone (11 Apr 1750-)
60592v.
Eunice Rathbone (23 May 1752-)
60593vi.
Rev. Daniel Rathbone (11 Apr 1754-30 Mar 1806)
60594vii.
Valentine Rathbone (22 Apr 1756-30 Dec 1821)
60595viii.
Cynthia Rathbone (20 Mar 1758-)
60596ix.
Reuben Rathbone (11 May 1760-ca 1807)
60597x.
Saxton Rathbone (11 Jul 1762-28 Sep 1828)
60598xi.
James Rathbone (ca 1764-4 Apr 1848)
60599xii.
Benjamin Rathbone (5 Jun 1766-22 Aug 1859)
50482. Mary Rathbone. Born on 17 Oct 1726 in Stonington, CT.389
On 4 Apr 1743 when Mary was 16, she married Jedediah Stephens, son of Henry Stephens (20 Nov 1681-aft 1749) & Elizabeth Fellows (14 Sep 1685-1790), in Plainfield, CT. Born ca Aug 1716 in Stonington, CT. Jedediah was baptized in Stonington, CT, on 12 Aug 1716. Jedediah died in Canisteo, Steuben County, New York.
Their children include:
60600i.
Joshua Stephens (13 Jan 1744/5-1813)
60601ii.
Mary Stephens (25 Sep 1746-)
60602iii.
Thankful Stephens (1 Nov 1748-)
60603iv.
Martha Stephens (2 Sep 1750-)
60604v.
Anne Stephens (17 Mar 1753-1825)
60605vi.
Eunice Stephens (12 Jun 1755-)
60606vii.
Jedediah Stephens (11 May 1757-26 Jan 1830)
60607viii.
Capt. Ira Stephens (18 Jun 1759-20 Sep 1809)
60608ix.
Rufus Stephens (2 May 1762-3 Jul 1778)
60609x.
Sylvia Stephens (14 Jun 1764-)
60610xi.
Nathan Stephens (24 Aug 1766-)
60611xii.
Cynthia Stephens (26 Sep 1768-)
50483. Martha Rathbone. Born on 1 Mar 1728 in Stonington, CT.389 Martha died in Stonington, CT in 1728.
50484. Rev. John Rathbone. Born on 26 Jun 1729 in Stonington, CT.389 John died in Willington, CT, on 2 Aug 1826; he was 97. Buried in Ashford, CT. Religion: Baptist.

John was the first Baptist minister in Stonington in 1775.

From The Rathbone Genealogy:
    “In 1807 he with his brother Daniel, who then lived at Rock City, now Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., made a journey through the then wilderness to Bloomfield, in Genesee Co., N. Y., and thence to their brother Rev. Valentine Rathbone at Marcellus, N. Y., where they arrived at the moment that Valentine's son Reuben was brought into the house dead. Reuben had that day been to his fallow where he was having the timber burned in order to prepare the land for crops, while thus engaged a burning tree fell upon him, crushing in his skull, killing him almost instantly.
    “Rev. John and Daniel remained there several days, comforting the bereaved parents. Rev. John preached the funeral sermon. They on this journey visited their sister Martha Stevens, at Canisteo, N. Y. Rev. John preached his farewell sermon to his Ashford church in Connecticut from Phillipians, first chapter and 27th verse: "Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ that whither I am and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.”
On 8 Jan 1751 when John was 21, he married Content Brown (51005) , daughter of Humphrey Brown (34256) (16 Sep 1701-ca 1749) & Tabitha Holdridge (33808) (27 Apr 1703-ca 1759), in Stonington, CT.389 Born on 20 Aug 1733 in Stonington, CT.591 Content died in Ashford, CT, on 30 Sep 1804; she was 71.
Their children include:
60612i.
John Rathbone (20 Oct 1751-13 Mar 1843)
60613ii.
Martha Rathbone (7 Aug 1753-28 Nov 1837)
60614iii.
Daniel Rathbone (Died soon) (14 Jul 1755-)
60615iv.
Prudence Rathbone (31 Jan 1757-16 Aug 1827)
60616v.
Marion Rathbone (27 Feb 1759-5 Jan 1852)
60617vi.
Rev. Valentine Wightman Rathbone (13 May 1761-12 May 1813)
60618vii.
Rev. David Rathbone (29 May 1763-2 Aug 1823)
60619viii.
Joseph Avery Rathbone (16 Jun 1765-18 Jan 1813)
60620ix.
Aaron Rathbone (Twin) (25 Jul 1770-13 May 1845)
60621x.
Moses Rathbone (Twin) (25 Jul 1770-6 May 1860)
60622xi.
Edward Rathbone (Died soon) (1 Nov 1773-)
60623xii.
Samuel Rathbone (1 Jul 1776-1870)
60624xiii.
Content Rathbone (Died soon) (26 Mar 1778-30 Jul 1779)
50485. Dea. Daniel Rathbone. Born on 27 Feb 1731 in Richmond, MA.389 Daniel died in Milton, Saratoga County, New York, on 17 Jan 1823; he was 91.

From the Rathbone Genealogy:389
    This history was learned mainly in 1877 from Mrs. Abigail Beecher, the survivor of the 13 children and who died in 1879: aged almost 100 years, and in part from memorandum letters and papers left by Solomon Rathbone, one of the deceased sons, and in part from other authentic sources. This brief history of Daniel Rathbone was prepared by Hon. George W. Rathbone, son of Solomon, the son of Daniel.
    Daniel was in the clothing business in Sheffield, Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, also at Great Barrington, Mass. in 1760, where he carried on the cloth dressing business; his works were on the Greene river, about one mile west of the village. In 1760 he was also engaged in clothier business at Stonington, Conn. Was moderator at town meeting of Great Barrington, March 30, 1766. He resided at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., until all his children were grown up except Mercy Lois, who died in infancy, and then moved to Milton (Wilton?) or Rock City, as it is usually called in Saratoga Co., N.Y., where his two sons Daniel and Valentine had preceded him and from that time forward he and his wife lived with their son Valentine and were not very kindly cared for by him. This removal was somewhere not far from the year 1804. From his letters and other writings which have been preserved it appears he had a fair education for those days and was a man of considerable influence. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, an occasional preacher, but only to fill vacancies. He was never settled over a congregation. It appears also that he was a thrifty man, having money and lands which he disposed of in his old age in the way of loans and gifts, among his children. The only weak point so far as is known in his history is the fact that about 1780 he was carried away by the Shaker delusion, joined the Shaker community, seven miles distant from him, at New Lebanon, N.Y., at the head of which was Ann Lee, or Mother Anne, as she was called, the founder of the sect. He did not, however, remove from his farm, and three years later, having discovered his mistake and become disgusted with the society, he with his family withdrew from it, and he published a full account of their delusion. He and his wife both died at Milton at advanced ages...and their graves are marked by properly carved headstones. A number of their children and grandchildren also died at Milton and lie buried near them.
On 4 May 1758 when Daniel was 27, he married Sarah Higbee (51108) , daughter of John Higbee (16 Jul 1707-5 Dec 1790) & Sarah Candee (33906) (28 Sep 1710-6 May 1792), in Middletown, CT. Born 24 Mar 1738/9 in Middletown, CT. Sarah died in Milton, Saratoga County, New York on 5 Aug 1835.
Their children include:
60625i.
Daniel Rathbone (27 Feb 1759-13 Dec 1808)
60626ii.
Sarah Rathbone (29 Aug 1760-6 Mar 1854)
60627iii.
Lois Rathbone (Died unmarried) (6 Aug 1762-4 May 1787)
60628iv.
Philander Rathbone (24 Jan 1764-8 Dec 1844)
60629v.
Huldah Rathbone (6 Mar 1766-18 Sep 1847)
60630vi.
Valentine Rathbone (17 Mar 1768-20 Mar 1844)
60631vii.
Ruby Rathbone (29 Dec 1769-10 Sep 1844)
60632viii.
Dr. John Zacheus Rathbone (21 Dec 1771-8 Dec 1868)
60633ix.
Lydia Rathbone (28 Feb 1774-1835)
60634x.
William Rathbone (7 Mar 1776-11 Jul 1857)
60635xi.
Solomon Rathbone (21 May 1778-15 Feb 1860)
60636xii.
Abigail Rathbone (14 Nov 1779-14 Oct 1879)
60637xiii.
Mercy Lois Rathbone (Died soon) (19 Dec 1786-30 Aug 1787)
50486. Jacob Rathbone. Born on 4 Nov 1732 in Stonington, CT.389 Jacob died in the battle of Wyoming Valley, on 3 Jul 1778; he was 45.

Jacob died in a battle of the French & Indian War, at Wyoming Valley, PA, recorded at Preston, CT.
On 24 Jun 1753 when Jacob was 20, he married Lydia Burton, daughter of Jacob Burton (ca 1688-1770) & Mary Herrick (17 Apr 1705-4 Aug 1745), in Preston, CT. Born on 18 Mar 1734 in Preston, CT. Lydia died aft Sep 1755.
50487. Job Rathbone. Born on 2 Jan 1736 in Stonington, CT.389 Job died in East Putney, Windham County, Vermont, on 11 Jul 1821; he was 85.
On 7 Dec 1758 when Job was 22, he married Abigail Russell, daughter of Jonathan Russell (7 Jan 1705-) & Mehitable Wolcott (12 Aug 1713-7 Sep 1763), in Canaan, CT. Born ca 1740. Abigail died in South Canaan, CT on 22 May 1807.
Their children include:
60638i.
Josiah Rathbone (5 Feb 1772-12 Feb 1840)
60639ii.
Martha Rathbone (14 Mar 1760-25 Dec 1850)
60640iii.
Solomon Rathbone (3 Mar 1764-29 Aug 1849)
60641iv.
Abigail Rathbone (Died young) (30 Mar 1766-)
60642v.
Sally Rathbone (ca 1768-aft 11 Jul 1821)
60643vi.
Job Rathbone (Died young) (11 Apr 1770-)
60644vii.
Russell Rathbone (18 Mar 1772-24 Apr 1855)
60645viii.
John Rathbone (9 Apr 1774-18 Nov 1812)
60646ix.
Lucy Hannah Rathbone (ca 1780-aft 11 Jul 1821)
60647x.
George Whitfield Rathbone (28 Oct 1782-)
60648xi.
Mehitable Rathbone (25 Jul 1784-aft 11 Jul 1821)
50488. Martha Rathbone. Born on 2 Jan 1736 in Stonington, CT.389 Martha died in Canisteo, Steuben County, New York, on 14 Jan 1825; she was 89.

Resided at Canisteo in 1808, also Wyoming, NY.
Martha married Uriah Stephens, son of Capt. Uriah Stephens (2 Jun 1708-20 Oct 1764) & Sarah Stevens (4 May 1708-1764). Born on 27 Aug 1730 in Canaan, CT. Uriah died in Canisteo, Steuben County, New York, on 14 Aug 1800; he was 69.
Their children include:
60649i.
Benjamin Stephens (ca 1754-)
60650ii.
Sarah Stephens (ca 1756-)
60651iii.
Phineas Stephens (ca 1757-Dec 1812)
60652iv.
Mary Stephens (12 Dec 1758-)
60653v.
Uriah Stephens (26 Jan 1761-2 Aug 1849)
60654vi.
Martha Stephens (ca 1762-ca 1843)
60655vii.
John Stephens (10 Apr 1766-19 Mar 1837)
60656viii.
Elijah Stephens (ca 1770-ca 1840)
60657ix.
Elias Stephens (ca 1774-17 Apr 1837)
60658x.
William Stephens (26 Apr 1777-4 Nov 1855)
60659xi.
Benjamin Stephens (ca 1780-ca 1799)
50489. Amos Rathbone. Born on 25 Jan 1738 in Stonington, CT.389 Amos died in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, on 24 Jul 1817; he was 79.
Ca 1760 Amos married Martha Robinson, daughter of Ens. Edward Robinson (ca 1719-Jul 1788) & Martha, in Stonington, CT. Born on 28 Sep 1745 in Hopkinton, RI. Martha died on 17 May 1788; she was 42.
Their children include:
60660i.
Amos Rathbone (31 Jan 1762-22 Sep 1823)
60661ii.
Martha Rathbone (ca 1764-)
60662iii.
Hepsibah Rathbone (ca 1768-)
60663iv.
Content Rathbone (ca 1768-ca 1837)
60664v.
Mary Rathbone (ca 1770-19 Nov 1866)
60665vi.
Joshua Rathbone (26 Apr 1773-1826)
60666vii.
Anna Rathbone (ca 1775-)
60667viii.
Edward Rathbone (10 Jun 1776-3 Apr 1825)
60668ix.
Lucy Rathbone (ca 1779-)
50490. Anna Rathbone. Born on 19 Jul 1740 in Stonington, CT.389
On 20 Feb 1757 when Anna was 16, she married John Thompson, son of William Thompson (10 Apr 1704-) & Ruth Thompson (say 1708-), in Westerly, RI. Born 17 Mar 1731/2 in Westerly, RI. John died bef 1820.

John, of Stonington.
Their children include:
60669i.
Fanny Thompson
60670ii.
Wrightman Thompson
60671iii.
Jesse Thompson
60672iv.
Anna Thompson (Died soon) (4 Feb 1758-12 May 1759)
60673v.
Ruth Thompson (13 Jul 1759-)
60674vi.
John Thompson (16 Apr 1761-31 Mar 1832)
60675vii.
Asa Thompson (Died young) (10 Aug 1763-5 Nov 1781)
60676viii.
Susanna Thompson (3 Apr 1768-)
60677ix.
Nancy Thompson (24 Jan 1772-)
60678x.
Prudence Thompson (20 Jan 1774-)
60679xi.
Mary Thompson (2 Feb 1776-)
60680xii.
Nathan Thompson (17 Mar 1778-1825)
60681xiii.
William Dudley Thompson (19 Mar 1780-)
60682xiv.
Asa Thompson (30 Mar 1783-3 Sep 1863)
60683xv.
Whitman Rathbone Thompson (1 Jun 1787-16 Nov 1820)
50491. Susannah Rathbone. Born on 24 Apr 1742 in Stonington, CT.389 Susannah died in Richmond, MA in 1812.
Susannah married Edwin Robinson, son of Ens. Edward Robinson (ca 1719-Jul 1788) & Martha. Born on 15 Feb 1738.
50492. Capt. Wait Rathbone. Born on 18 Aug 1744 in Stonington, CT.389 Wait died in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, on 14 Nov 1832; he was 88. Buried in Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Wait was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolution, also the War of 1812.
On 22 May 1768 when Wait was 23, he first married Susannah Dodge in Stonington, CT. Born on 12 Nov 1747. Susannah died on 28 Nov 1777; she was 30.

Susannah, of Westerly, RI.
Their children include:
60684i.
Mary C. Rathbone (4 Apr 1770-)
60685ii.
Wait Rathbone (10 Jul 1773-)
60686iii.
Rhoda Rathbone (14 Mar 1776-)
On 18 Feb 1778 when Wait was 33, he second married Mary Brown (61311) , daughter of Samuel Brown (51462) (14 Oct 1722-) & Phebe Wilbor (23 Feb 1729-), in North Stonington, CT. Born on 11 Jan 1749 in Stonington, CT. Mary died on 10 Oct 1834; she was 85.

Mary, married first William Palmer, second Wait Rathbone.389
Their children include:
60687i.
Susannah Rathbone (6 Mar 1779-)
60688ii.
Delia Julia Rathbone (Died young) (6 Sep 1781-8 May 1791)
60689iii.
William Palmer Rathbone (21 Sep 1782-1862)
60690iv.
Samuel Brown Rathbone (Twin) (19 Nov 1786-1812)
60691v.
Sophia Rathbone (Twin) (19 Nov 1786-30 Jul 1825)
60692vi.
Elizabeth Maria Rathbone (Died soon) (28 Feb 1789-1790)
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