What's New | Photos | Histories | Sources | Reports | Cemeteries | Headstones | Statistics | Surnames                     Brookhaven - South Haven BLOG Note: Living people and people who may still be living have been "privatized." Only their name appears here.

Silas Homan, †^^[1]
1792 - 1865

Home    Search    Print    Add Bookmark

• Suffix	†^
  Birth	8 Aug 1792	NY   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	[Calculated based on his age at his death: 72 years, 10 months, 19 days.]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Aft 1818	South Haven (Presbyterian Church), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6, 7]
  	Presbyterian
  	He was received into the South Haven Presbyterian Church on 15 Nov 1818, along with his father, Mordecai. In 1928, he is recorded as having a note (obligation) to the church for $200 by the trustees. On 28 Dec 1828, he was also recorded as the owner of a $10 pew in the church. This entitled him and his family to use the pew during his lifetime. He was recorded in the Session minutes as a member in April 1844. He was clerk (secretary) of the trustees in 1860, and recorded as a trustee in 1861.
  Census	1820	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	The 1820 census records one male under 10 years (likely Sylvester), one male 16 to 26 (likely Silas), one female under 10 (uncertain), and one female 26 to 45 (likely Hannah). One person is recorded as being engaged in manufactoring.
  Misc	1828  [8]
  	was the recipient of a loan for $200 from the trustees of the South Haven Presbyterian Church
  Census	1830	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  	The household was recorded as haveing one male of age 5 and under 10, one male of age 10 and under 15, one male of age 20 and under 30 (probably Silas, perhaps improperly recorded), two females under are 5, one female of age 5 and under 10, one female of age 10 and under 15, and one female of age 30 and under 40 (probably Hannah).
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Occupation	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	farmer
  Possessions	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	real estate valued at $3000
  Census	1860	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  Occupation	1860  [10]
  	wheelwright
  Possessions	1860  [10]
  	real estate valued at $3000 and personal property valued at $1000
  Residence	South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  	historic structure ref. ID SH07
  Died	27 Jun 1865	{South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [5, 12]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	Address: Lot 072.
  	He was first interred in the Homan Private Cemetery, South Haven, NY. By the late 1930's his headstone, and perhaps his remains, were re-interred in the Oaklawn Cemetery.
  Person ID	I231	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Mordecai Homan, (Jr., iii) ^,   b. 17 Nov 1757, Southold, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 6 Apr 1829, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Charity Howell, ^,   b. Abt 1764, Middle Island, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 21 Jun 1838, {South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Headstones		#021.072.Homan00.1: Homan Family Plot .. Persons interred here were first interred in the Homan Private Cemetery, South Haven, NY. By the late 1930's the headstones, and perhaps their remains, were re-interred in the Oaklawn Cemetery. Status: Located Plot: 072. John S. Homan
  Family ID	F2205	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah [Homan], ^,   b. Abt 1793, NY ,   d. 22 Nov 1870, {South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	Y  [1]
  	(Marriage inferred)
  Children	1. Nancy Homan, ^,   b. Abt Jun 1814,   d. 26 Sep 1814, {South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   2. Sylvester Homan, ^,   b. Abt 1818/9, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sineus M. Homan, ^,   b. Apr 1823, NY ,   d. 1901   4. Hannah M. Homan, ^,   b. Abt Oct 1827,   d. 26 Oct 1830   5. Jane A. Homan, ^,   b. Abt Jul 1830,   d. 7 Feb 1831, {South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   6. Ellen Homan, ^,   b. Abt 1832, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Albert D. Homan, ^,   b. Abt 1835, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Clarissa Homan, ^,   b. Abt 1837, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Headstones		#021.072.Homan00.1: Homan Family Plot .. Persons interred here were first interred in the Homan Private Cemetery, South Haven, NY. By the late 1930's the headstones, and perhaps their remains, were re-interred in the Oaklawn Cemetery. Status: Located Plot: 072. John S. Homan
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones		#080.01 Silas Homan ... his headstone can now be found at the Oaklawn Cemetery (#21), Brookhaven Hamlet, NY. Status:
  		#021.072.Homan02: Silas Homan gravestone .. he was first interred in the Homan Private Cemetery, South Haven, NY. By the late 1930's his headstone, and perhaps his remains, were re-interred in the Oaklawn Cemetery. Status: Located Plot: 072. John S. Homan

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] 1850 Census, p. 113. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 216. Age 65. [S3] 1850 Census, p. 113.. [S153] 1820 Census, Series: M33 Roll: 74 Page: 340. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S219] South Haven Church Minutes, VAULT BX9211.N71719 S61., p. 5.. [S44] Borthwick, p. 197. [S44] Borthwick, p. 166. [S166] 1830 Census, Ancestry.com., Roll: 103 Page: 163. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 216.. [S97] Historic Structure Survey. [S473] Cemetery Manuscript: Homan Cemetery.