I am most interested in the daughter you mention named Minerva. I'm looking for a Minerva Nichols b. circa 1809 NY who married Willard Holt. Willard was known to have lived in Washington Co. NY in 1835 when it was recorded he bought land from his brother, Joseph Holt in Peru, Bennington, VT.
Willard and Minerva with two children: Ira W. Holt, b. 1834 ny; Ann Elizabeth Holt, b. Feb 20, 1835 NY, moved to Fulton Co. IL in 1838.