Othniel SANDS

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He was an enlisted man in Captain Samuel Haight's Third Westchester County Regiment of New York during the American Revolution. Othniel was one of the early founds of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Westchester County and lived later in Orange County, New York.

Othniel married Martha KETCHUM in 1759 in Peekskill, Westchester, New York. Martha (daughter of John KETCHUM and Hannah BISHOP) was born on 14 Jun 1734 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in Aor 1814 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Son of James Sands and Mary Cornell

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He relocated to Bedford in 1746, when he became proprietor of "Bedford New Purchase". Othniel had a will dated 19 Aug 1757, with a codicil on 3 Sep 1757, that was proved 2 Apr 1761, in which he left his wife "a good horse, and saddle covered with Plush, and a good cow," as well as household items. he made bequests to his children and some grandchildren. Othniel's father relocated in 1696 to Matenicock, Long Island. James Sands had a will dated 21 Sep 1730 that was proved 19 Jan 1733. He left Othniel "the west lot that I bought of Anthony Wright, and 1/2 of my right in the Old Purchase, besides what I have already given to him by deed of gift." James owned property in Goshen, New York, as well as Matinecock and Oyter Bay, Long Island at that time.

Othniel married Susannah LAING in 1723 in Bedford, New York. Susannah (daughter of Nicholas LAING, Esq. and Ann PALMES) was born in 1702 in Bedford, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]