Eliza (Sornberger) Pierce Sanford and her Descendants Part 2

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 Eliza (Sornberger) Pierce Sanford (1816-1859)

Eliza Sornberger grew up in Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. She was born on 28 April 1816 in Egremont. At the time of her birth, her family in Egremont included her parents Uriah and Betsey (Cole) Sornberger, her paternal grandparents, John and Deborah (Rau) Sornberger, her great-grandfather Frederick Sornberger, her older brother, Edward, and her likely aunt Elizabeth and uncle Ransom. [9]

The Sornberger family lived in Egremont until about 1830, where Eliza’s father and grandfather likely operated a sawmill. [10] Her father Uriah was active in politics, he was elected to two terms in the Massachusetts State Legislature beginning in 1826. [11]

While in Egremont, the Sornberger family grew and contracted through births, marriages, and deaths. Eliza’s grandfather died a few months after her birth on 14 July 1816 at the age of eighty-four. [12] Her brother George was born in 1818, and her sister Emmeline in 1820. [13] Her Aunt Elizabeth married Ezra Coe in 1818, and their first child, Ransom, was born the following year. They lived nearby in Mt. Washington, Berkshire County. [14] Two daughters Huldah Melissa and Olive followed in 1821 and 1823. [15] The Coes moved to Genesee County, New York by 1825. [16] Her uncle Ransom married Nancy Joiner of Egremont, probably before 1830, and moved to Claverack, Columbia County in the late 1820s. [17]

In early 1830, the Sornberger family moved to Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. Eliza’s father, Uriah, purchased land there on 13 April 1830.[18] By early June, her grandparents, John and Deborah, also settled in Hillsdale.[19] In 1831, her grandparents leased a farm from her father for $ 2000. As part of the contract, Uriah promised to provide for his parents for the rest of their lives. [20]


9.  For parents & grandparents see  "Genealogy of Columbia, "Chatham Courier (New York), 25 July 1935, unpaginated, second page of second section, column 1, Sornborger; FultonHistory.com, pdf 0429. Online trees identify mother as Betsey Cole. DNA confirms Rau connection. For Frederick as father of John see Arthur C.M Kelly, Baptismal Record of Gallatin Reformed Church, Gallatinville, New York, 1748-1899, (Rhinebeck, New York, 1968), page 17. For brother Edward see New York, Columbia County, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Village Cemetery, Book 24, page 29, Sornberger graves; unknown website accessed on 22 July 2003 with information from Columbia County Historical Society cemetery books.  There is no direct evidence for Elizabeth and Ransom as children of John and Deborah. However, DNA and indirect evidence place them in this family.

10. Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Great Barrington, Southern District Deeds, volume 56, 1818-1823, pages 81 & 83, 12 January 1816, Plynna Karner to John Sornborger;  FamilySearch.org, DGS 007464309, image 49 of 451.

 11. Rules and Orders To Be Observed in The Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year 1826, (Boston: True and Green, 1826), page 21. Rules and Orders To Be Observed in The Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year 1827-8, (Boston: True and Green, 1827), page 22.

12. Joseph M Kellogg, Inscriptions , “Town Hill Cemetery, Egremont, (Berkshire Co.) Mass, typed manuscript, 1945, unpaginated, number 103; Allen County Public Library.

13. 1850 U.S. Census, Betsy Sornborger household. See note 7.For 1818 birth of George Sornberger, see New York, Columbia County, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Rural Cemetery, memorial 43232179, George Sornborger; gravestone image added by karen kelly, 18 October 2009; FindAGrave.com.  New York, Columbia County, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Rural Cemetery, memorial 211908155, Emmeline Sornborger Johnson; gravestone image added by BoniJean, 22 May 2021;  FindAGrave.com.

14. Frances M. Witmer, Registrar of Te-car-na-wun-na Chapter, Le Roy, New York, “Coe Family,”; Edith Batsford Swancott, compiler,  Unpublished Family Bible Records together with Genealogical Notes and Other Unpublished Data, (New York State Conference Daughter of the American Revolution, 1926-1927), volume 7, page 44; FamilySearch.org, DGS 008218670, image 899 of 1183. 1820 U.S. Census, Berkshire County, Mt Washington, Ezra Coe; FamilySearch.org, DGS 005157028, image 4 of 4.

15. Frances M. “Coe Family.” Most census records for Melissa indicate she was born in New York, one says Geensee County. The 1900 census says she was born in Massachusetts. Census records for Olive consistently report New York as her birthplace. The 1875 census states she was born in Genesee County.

 16. Holland Land Company, “Report of land tables”, volume 503, 1825, pages 117-118, Renewed Sales In 1825 in Tract T, number 261, Ezra Coe; FamilySearch.org, DGS 007858058, image 358 of 646.

 17. New York, Columbia County, Hudson, County Courthouse, Deeds, volume M, 1828-1829,  pages 353-355, 1 September 1828, John Martin and Cyrena his wife and Philo Upson and Ransom Sornberger; FamilySearch.org, DGS 007120570, image 497 of 609. Patty Hankins, “Parents for Nancy (Joyner) Sornberger of Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa and Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,” scheduled for publication in the April 2024 issue of MASSOG.

18. New York, Columbia County, Hudson, County Courthouse, Deeds, volume 0, 1829-1830,  pages 452-454, Philo Upson and Ransom Sornburger, FamilySearch.org, DGS 007120571, image 259 of 649.

 19.  1830 U.S. Census, New York, Columbia County, Hillsdale, page 192, John Sornberger; FamilySearch.org, DGS 005155909, image 14 of 36

20. New York, Columbia County, Hudson, County Courthouse, Deeds, volume U, 1834-35,  pages 23-24, Uriah Sornborger to John Sornborger; FamilySearch.org, DGS 007120574, image 366 of 646.




Patty Hankins
April 2024

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