Elijah Pease, Jr.

Elijah Pease Jr. is listed as a founder of Red House, New York and enumerated at Cold Spring in 1840 as well as brother David Pease.Red House was located on the Seneca Indian Reservation and is now defunct due to the building of the Kinzua Dam in 1965. All original graveyards existing on the Reservation in the area of the dam were moved to Steamburg or Cold Springs.

Sometime before 1840, Elijah Pease and Mercy move from Vermont to Bucktooth, Cattaraugus County, New York, on the Seneca reservation. Their kinfolk, the Wright family are living on the Seneca Reservation and at Fleming, Cayuga, New York.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-Z59K : 13 December 2015), Elijah Pease, 1870; Burial, Steamburg, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America, Bunker Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 74702956, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• ***On the 1860 Census at Bucktooth, Cattaraugus County, New York, Elijah Pease states his birthplace as Canada. Mercy states she is born in Vermont. He is working as a laborer and so is his son John W., born New York, is living with John and Mercy. Son Franklin is also living with them, however his employment and place of birth are illegible or abbreviated. It appears their kinfolk James Van Scoter, age 40, and children(?) Catherine Van Scoter, age 10 and Charles S.(sp) Van Scoter, age 9, are also living with them.

They live next to the Dunbar family and near the Gates families in Bucktooth.

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Elijah, with his father Elijah Sr. and brother David are enumerated in 1840 at Cold Spring, Cattaraugus, New York. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYW-TSR : 15 August 2017), Elijah Pease, Cold Spring, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 92, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 267; FHL microfilm 17,180.

The 1850 US Census shows that Elijah Pease, 38, and (wife) Mercy Pease, 39, lived at Cold Spring, Cattaraugus County, New York. Living with them were (son) John Pease, 16; (daughter) Esther A. Pease, 14; (daughter) Elizabeth Pease, 13; and (son) Franklin Pease, 12.

The 1855 New York State Census shows that Elijah Peas, 46, and wife Mercy Peas, 47, lived at Bucktooth, Cattaraugus County, New York. Living with them were son John W. Peas, 21; daugther Esther Ann Peas, 19; daughter Elizabeth A. Peas, 17; son Franklin Peas, 15; and adopted daughter Mary Fuller, 2.

The 1860 US Census shows that Elijah Pease, 52, and wife Mercy Pease, 52, lived at Bucktooth, Cattaraugus County, New York. Living with them were (son) John W. Pease, 26; and (son) Franklin Pease, 20. (Note that adopted daughter Mary R. Fuller aka Mary R. Pease

Burial of Elijah Pease: 1850 US Census: Cold Spring, Cattaraugus Co., New York 1855 NY Census: Bucktooth, Cattaraugus Co., New York 1860 US Census: Bucktooth, Cattaraugus Co., New York 1865 NY Census: 1870 US Census: Red House, Cattaraugus Co., New York

Birth: Oct 3 1809 - Stafford, Tolland, Ct Death: July 29 1870 - Red House, Cattaraugus, Ny Parents: Elijah Pease, Anna Pease (born Fuller) *check this Siblings: William Pease, James Pease, David Pease, Mason F Pease Wife: Mercy L Pease Wife: Ann Pease (born Fuller) Children: James L Pease, David Pease, John Wesley Pease, Samuel Franklin Pease, Meary R Pease, Elizabeth Pease, Esther Ann Pease