Birth 1784 to 1775
Death 1830
U.S. War of 1812
two services
Parents
Jesse Deputy d 1797
Sally Collins Deputy
Spouse
Abigail Russell Deputy (1779-1864)
Children
John R Deputy (1808-1865)
Mary Deputy Davis 1812
Daniel Deputy (1814-1863)
Sarah Deputy Draper (1818-1904)
Nathaniel Deputy (1825-1857)
Elizabeth Deputy
Siblings
Mary Deputy
Sylvester A Deputy 1782
Zachariah Deputy (1787-1855)
Abraham Deputy (d 1830)
Joshua Deputy (1793-1832)
Burial
Notes
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Mark Davis estate, will dated 5 March 1799. Cedar Creek Sussex Co, DE.
List of Heirs Wife, Sarah Davis Children Manlove Davis, Robert Davis, Mark Davis, Henry Davis, Thomas Davis, Nehemiah Davis, John Davis, Sarah Davis, Mary Manlove Grandchildren Sally Wattson (dau of Mary Manlove), Sarah Hindes, Mary Hindes, Ann Thornton, Elizabeth Davis. Witnesses Nath’l Young, James Deputy, William Truitt.
Prob. 1 Aug 1799. Arch. Vol. A68, pages 91-94. Reg. of Wills, Liber E, folios 231-234.
[Note:-Arch. Vol. A68, page 92 shows that William Thornton was the husband of Ann.]
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Lieutenant Captain Riley's Company Delaware War of 1812
U.S. War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910
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Brothers Abraham, Zachariah and Sylvester in same company with James.
1813 James Deputy, Lieutenant , 2nd Co, 7th Reg't, Capt Laurance Riley
Delaware Archives. Military Records, Vol. IV. Published by the Public Archives Commission of Delaware by authority. Wilmington, Delaware. Press of Star Publishing Co. 1916. P. 489.
http://www.archive.org/details/delawarearchives04dela
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Collection Probates
RG 4545
Series 009
FirstName James
LastName Deputy
Date 1830-1831
County Sussex County
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1831 Estate of James Deputy
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Collection Orphans
Series 018
Minor FirstName Nathaniel
Minor LastName Deputy
Guardian FirstName James
Guardian LastName Deputy
Begin Year 1831
End Year 1835
Series Name Guardian Accounts
County Sussex County
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Collection Orphans
Series 018
Minor FirstName Sarah
Minor LastName Deputy
Guardian FirstName James
Guardian LastName Deputy
Begin Year 1831
End Year 1840
Series Name Guardian Accounts
County Sussex County
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MW-0642-279, Military Warrant , 20 Jul 1853, Iowa
U.S. Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office
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Certificate 56813 for 40.17 acres 1853, Abigail Deputy widow of James, Jasper Co, Iowa
U.S. Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office
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MW-0758-451, Military Warrant , 01 Mar 1854, Iowa
U.S. Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office
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Certificate 86756 for 40 acres 1854, Abigail Deputy widow of James, Dallas Co, Iowa
U.S. Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office
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1800 Census, James Deputy
Cedar Creek, Sussex, DE
2 White Males under 10 1 White Female 16 - 25
1 White Male 10 - 15 1 White Female 45 +
1 White Male 16 - 25
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28 Jan 2015 Suspect Sylvester A Deputy is brother
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09 Feb 2015 Add: Suspect John R Deputy , to be the son of James & Abigail.
Probate of the Estate of James Deputy, 1830 -1831 , Sussex Co, DE / (Abstract) Probate Administered by Abigail & Zachariah Deputy, bonded 8 Dec.1830. Estate Inventoried & Assessed 1 June 1831 by John Collins & James Lofland. Distribution on 21 Nov. 1831: 1/3 to Abigail Deputy, widow, 1/9 to John Deputy, 1/9 to Mary Deputy, 1/9 to Daniel Deputy, 1/9 to Nathaniel Deputy, 1/9 to Sarah Deputy, 1/9 to Elizabeth Deputy
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02 Mar 2015 Add: Source, sbechman@sbcglobal.net
This may be a case of "Nice Guys Finish Last".
Daniel Deputy, b.3 Sep 1814, was the 3rd of 7 children to James S. & Abigail (Russell) Deputy, grandson to Jesse and Susan (Collins) Deputy, and g-grandson to Sylvester and Elizabeth (Townsend) Deputy.
Daniel seemed to be a "late bloomer", as he did not marry until he was almost 40 years old.
In 1840, when he was 26, he was living with his mother, widow Abigail Deputy, age 59, taking care of a 0-4yo girl, no idea who she belonged to.
In 1850, when he was 36, we find him head of a household with 3 other residents: 1) Abigail Deputy, age "19"; 2) John Watson, age 19; and 3) Jane Midcap, age 20. As we have no record of another Abigail Deputy in 1850, and it seems unlikely that a 19 and 20yo unmarried women would be accepted as living with 2 (single?) adult men, we strongly suspect that the "age 19" Abigail Deputy is actually Daniel's mother, age 69.
Elsewhere in Cedar Creek Hundred at this time, the William R. Hickman family, with wife Sarah Thomas Hickman and 5 children - Martha, Caleb, Mary, Rachel and John - ranging from 9 to 21yo in 1860, lose their father in 1852, leaving Sarah and children in dire straits. Although we cannot find a marriage record, it appears that Sarah & family found a savior in Daniel Deputy, who married Sarah around 1855.
Only a couple of years later, in 1857, Daniel's brother Nathaniel, who had been widowed just a few years earlier in the decade, also dies, leaving 4 children - Elizabeth, Robert, Sarah and David - as orphans. Daniel seems to have gotten into the stepdad routine by this time and ends up taking these nieces and nephews into his and Sarah's household.
By the time of the 1860 census, Daniel has quite a family!:
Daniel Deputy M 46 De
Sarah A Deputy F 33 De
Robert J Deputy M 15 De
David Deputy M 10 De
Caleb R Hickman M 17 De
Mary J Hickman F 15 De
Rachel A Hickman F 11 De
John Hickman M 9 De
So much so, that mom Abigail has moved out to live with daughter Mary and Manlove Davis' family in Newcastle County, DE, where Abigail eventually dies in 1864.
But before Abigail's passing, Daniel meets his own demise at age 49 in October 1863. Caring for two other families can take its toll, as you can imagine; and when the courts open probate proceedings of his estate, the assessors report back that Daniel has absolutely no goods or chattels of any value in his estate. To add insult to injury, his wife, Sarah, who is presumed to fill the role of estate Executrix, renounces this role (despite there being absolutely nothing to execute!), and instead requests the court appoint a lawyer to file the final paperwork with the courts.
Daniel and Sarah had no kids of their own, so Daniel died childless and without family. Even his burial site seems to have been forgotten - while a cenotaph was eventually placed on his parents' farm in commemoration of him, his brother Nathaniel, and their parents, we have no record of where or when any of them were buried.
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