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Simeon Edgerton^1,2

Key Events:

• Simeon Edgerton was born on 9 Mar 1731/32 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.^3,4,5
• Simeon married Abiah Hough, daughter of John Hough and Hannah Denison, on 23 Nov 1758 in Norwich, Connecticut.^6,7
• Simeon died on 27 Aug 1809 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, at age 77.^7,8,9
• He was buried Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont.¹⁰

Citations

1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367-8, marriage record and birth records of Jedediah, Jacob, Lydia, Elisabeth, and Hannah.
2. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pp 178, 184, shows name as Capt. Simeon Edgerton.
3. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I, Towns II (Hartford Society of Colonial Wars, 1913), I:91, shows date, town, county, and state.
4. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, with year as 1732, town, and state.
5. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows died in 1809 at age 77.
6. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, shows date.
7. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, town, and state.
8. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, town, county, and state, citing gravestone inscription.
9. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows year.
10. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing gravestone inscription.

Abiah Hough^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Abiah Hough was born on 11 Feb 1737/38 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.^4,5,6
• Abiah married Simeon Edgerton on 23 Nov 1758 in Norwich, Connecticut.^7,8
• Abiah died on 17 Oct 1821 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, at age 83.^9,8,10
• She was buried Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont.¹¹

Citations

1. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367.
2. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows name as Abiah.
3. Walworth, Reuben H., Hyde Genealogy, 1:221.
4. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, as 11 Feb 1737/38, town, county, and state, citing Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I, Towns II (Hartford Society of Colonial Wars, 1913), I:107.
5. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, as 18 Nov 1737, town, and state.
6. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows died in 1821 at age 85.
7. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, shows date.
8. Stoddard, Ralph A. application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, town, and state.
9. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, town, county, and state, citing gravestone inscription.
10. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows year.
11. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing gravestone inscription.