Rufus Moody first appears on the 1800 US census of Amherst where he lives next door to Jonathan Moody. Rufus is age 26-44, and he lives with a woman 26-44 years old, 1 boy under 10, and 1 man 16-25. 741 He was on the 1802 Voters List in Amherst. 758 759Rufus married ca 1802 Rachel Pettis, who died in 1805 shortly after the birth of their only child. He married Lucretia Nash in 1807 and they had 7 children. In 1810 his family of 1 boy 10-16, 1 man 26-44, 1 man over 45, 1 girl under 10, and one woman 16-26 lived in Amherst. Massachusetts. 633 They removed to Williamson, Ontario County, New York 607 where he is on the 1820 Census. Rufus and Lucretia, 26-45 years old, live with 2 boys and 1 girl under 10 years of age and 1 girl 10-16 years old. In 1830 Rufus, 50-60 and Lucretia, 40-50 years live with 1 boy under 5, 1 boy 5-10, 2 boys 10-15 and 1 girl 15-20 in Penfield, Monroe County, New York. In 1840 Rufus and Lucretia are both 60-70 years old and live with 1 boy 10-15 years old in Webster, Monroe County, New York. In 1850 Rufus, age 78, lives in Wheatland, Monroe County, New York with Lucretia Moody, 55, Horace Moody, 26, Malinda Moody, 22, Edwin C. Moody, 199, Francis Moody, 8, Caroline Moody, 5, and Gyline Moody, 0. Next door live Franklin P. Moody, 28 and Harriet H. Moody, 22.742

Not mentioned by Alice Chapin. He may have died in West Webster, New York. 400 Who is the woman living with him in 1800 if they did not marry until 1802?

She was the daughter of John Pettis and Rufus Moody’s first wife.761 400,607 She was received into the church at Amherst on 8 October 1809. She died at age 35. 401

They may have married in Amherst, Massachusetts. 400

She was Rufus' second wife.335