Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Sarah Candee (33906) & John Higbee
51108. Sarah Higbee. Born 24 Mar 1738/9 in Middletown, CT. Sarah died in Milton, Saratoga County, New York on 5 Aug 1835.
On 4 May 1758 Sarah married Dea. Daniel Rathbone (50485) , son of Joshua Rathbone (33294) (9 Feb 1696-6 Jun 1779) & Mary Wightman (40008) (18 Feb 1704/5-1777), in Middletown, CT. 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.
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)
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