1880 census shows Samuel and Amanda Purdy living in Dallas County, IA.

I believe this is Amanda Haviland Purdy...

Xenia Cemetery; Dallas County, Iowa:
Purdy, Amanda D., d. 29 Dec 1891, age: 79y4m w/o Samuel
Purdy, Samuel, d. 31 Dec 1891, age: 81y4m23d

This would give her birthday sometime in August 1812 and Samuel's birthday as August 8, 1810. Interesting that they died within 2 days of each other.

It appears from the 1870 census that Amanda's mother Sarah is still living in 1870 at age 94. Yet there is a Sarah "Heveland" buried in Xenia Cemetery, b. 1783, d. 1869. I do believe Amanda's father was Sylvanus Haviland...but no proof. Sylvanus is in Mill Creek Twp, Coshocton Co., OH, where on April 2,1835 he bought property right next to Amos Purdy. A death record for Amanda in Dallas County, IA might show her parentage.

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I don't have a name for Sylvanus' daughter either. She does not appear on any later census. Sylvanus and Mary Ann (probably Niehart) were not married until circa 1822. Sylvanus was born March 12, 1798 and this would make him too young to be the father of Amanda in Iowa.
I have not found any thing that would indicate to me who Sylvanus' parents were. But I have seen the name spelled Heavilin and Havelin in the census. There were also in Coshocton Co. in 1830 a Lewis Haviland (born in New York in 1807) and a David Haviland (born between 1800and 1810).
John could be his father. Do you know when he was born?

Bob Everhart-Indianapolis