Jacob and Mary Ann Piatt
Jacob Piatt was born c1800 in to Benjamin and Mary 'Polly' Waddell Piatt. There are some differing opinions of the biography of Benjamin's father, Benjamin Sr. However, a sketch that appeared in "A History of Adams Co OH," by Nelson W Evans & Emmons B Stivers (1900), pp 331 & 336 gives: "Benjamin Piatt was born in 1763 in Virginia. He came to Adams County in 1810, and bought land in Tiffin Township. He was a first lieutenant under General McCullough. He married Polly Waddle in Virginia, and was a pensioner. He died in 1851, at the age of ninety-eight [my note: Does not add - born 1753 if 98. MCP], and is buried near West Union, probably in the Trotter Cemetery. No stone marks his grave. He had a son, Benjamin, who was living in 1898, near West Union. A daughter, Margaret Denning, lived near Stone Chapel in 1898. He had six children, three sons and three daughters. His son Jacob married Polly Trotter. His son John married Hester Black. Benjamin married Myra Bayless. Margaret married Newton Denning. Elizabeth married Lewis Trotter. Polly married John Black."
Jacob married Mary Ann 'Polly' Trotter who was born c1810 in Ohio. Both are thought to be buried in Adams County, Ohio.
Jacob and Polly had the following known children:
- James W Piatt b: c1832 OH m: 8 Oct 1856 Adams Co, OH, Sarah L Compton
- Jacob Alexander Piatt
b: 17 Dec 1857 Adams Co, OH d: 30 Jul 1928 Adams Co, OH m: Aura Melissa Mowery b: 7 Oct 1854 Adams Co, OH d: 20 Feb 1937 Adams Co, OH
- Benjamine Piatt b: c1834 OH
- Jacob C Piatt b: c1837 OH
- Jane J (?'Nancy') Piatt b: c1839 OH
- Mary A Piatt b: c1843 OH
- Eliza A Piatt b: c1849 OH
Piatt families in Adams County, Ohio, on the 1840 census include:
- Piatt, Jacob 1m<5; 2m5-10; 1m40-50; 1f<5; 1f20-30 (Tiffin Township)
- Piatt, John 1m<5; 1m5-10; 2m10-15; 1m30-40; 1f5-10; 1f10-15; 1f30-40 (Tiffin Township)
- Piatt, John H 1m10-15; 1m40-50; 1m60-70; 2f<5; 2f5-10; 1f20-30 (Tiffin Township)
- Piatt, Lewis 1m<5; 1m5-10; 1m10-15; 1m15-20; 1m40-50; 1f<5; 1f5-10; 1f15-20; 1f40-50 (Jefferson Township)
- Piatt, Lewis 1m15-20; 1m70-80; 1f15-20; 1f50-60 (Town of ?Rome in margin; Green Township)
The male under five would be son, Jacob C Piatt; two males 5 to 10 would be sons James W Piatt and Benjamin Piatt; male 40-50 would be Jacob born c1800; the female under five would be daughter, Jane J Piatt; the female 20-30 years old would be wife Mary Trotter Piatt. This is probably the first 1840 census I've analyzed where everyone was present and accounted for with no additional males or females.
Jacob and Mary can be found on the 1850 census in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio, as follows:
- Piatt, Jacob age 49 born OH / M / Farmer / $1000
- Piatt, Mary age 39 born OH / F
- Piatt, James W age 18 born OH / M
- Piatt, Benjamine age 16 born OH
- Piatt, Jacob age 13 born OH / M
- Piatt, Jane J age 11 born OH / M
- Piatt, Mary A age 7 born OH / F
- Piatt, Eliza A age 9/12 born OH
This family was enumerated 31 Aug 1850 #1530/1530 pg 152. Their neighbors were #1526 Oliver Thurs?, #1527 John McDermott, #1528 Sarah Math?, #1529 John L Trotter, #1531 Samuel & Lucinda ?, and #1532 John McPeters.
Also in Tiffin Township were Benjamin and Mary Piatt (Jacob's parents), Benjamin Piatt and family (brother), Lewis Piatt; and Hester Piatt (sister-in-law).
By the 1860 census of Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio:
- Piatt, Jacob age 60 born OH / wm / farmer / $2000/$350
- Piatt, Polly Ann age 48 born ditto (OH) / wf / cannot write
- Piatt, Jacob age 22 born ditto (OH) / wm
- Piatt, Nancy age 20 born ditto (OH) / wf
- Piatt, Mary Ann age 15 born ditto (OH) / wf / cannot read
- Piatt, Elizabeth age 10 born ditto (OH) / wf / cannot read
- Williams, Margaret A age 23 born OH / wf / school mistress
This family was enumerated #855/861 pg 117 (ancestry.com image 35/45) 14 Jul 1860. Neighbors were #856 Eliza Blake, #857 Benjamin D Piatt (nephew), #858 William Phillips, and #859 Thomas McKitrick. Also in Tiffin Township were Robert and Ann Piatt and family, Hetty Piatt (sister-in-law) and family, and the Benjamin and Luvina Piatt family (Jacob's brother). Was the 'Nancy' on this census the 'Jane J' from the 1850 or did the son Jacob marry a Nancy who was living with this family? Jane J Piatt would have been old enough to be married herself and not in this household. I do not believe that marriage records of Adams County survive. Disproving that theory is the 'single' status listed for Jacob C Piatt on the 1880 census listed below.
On the 1870 census of West Union, Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio:
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By the 1880 census they appeared in Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio:
- Piatt, Jacob age 80 born OH / MWM / Farmer / father/mother born PA
- Piatt, Mary Ann (Wife) age 68 born OH / MWF / Keeping House / father born KY/mother born OH
- Piatt, Jacob C (Son) age 43 born OH / SWM / Farmer / father/mother born OH
This is an abstract from familysearch.org; page 222A - I did not view the original entries. Other Piatt families nearby in Tiffin Township were: Horatio and Ann Piatt family, Hannah Piatt and daughters, Lewis B and Scottie M A Piatt and family living with her parents - William and Rebecca Baldwin, Benjamin and Levina Piatt (Jacob's brother) family, James and Sarah Piatt family, Jacob and Aura Piatt family, and the Andrew J and Elizabeth Piatt family. In neighboring West Union Township was Benjamin's son, Jackson Pierce Piatt.
Sources:
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 2, 1987
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 6, 1991
- "A History of Adams Co, OH" by Nelson W Evans & Emmons B Stivers (1900)
- 1840-1880 Adams Co, OH, census
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