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Hannah Sheldon1,2

#17542, (1771 - 1840)
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Key Events:

  • Hannah Sheldon was born on 27 Aug 1771 in Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.3,4
  • Hannah married Jacob Edgerton, son of Simeon Edgerton and Abiah Hough.5,6
  • Hannah died on 3 Mar 1840 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, at age 68.7,1

Children with Jacob Edgerton:

  • Hannah Edgerton
  • Hannah Edgerton
  • Sheldon Edgerton
  • Jacob Edgerton
  • Hiram Edgerton
  • George H. Edgerton
  • Abraham Sheldon Edgerton (1807 - 1864)
  • George Hough Edgerton
  • Alta F. Edgerton
  • David Edgerton

Citations

  1. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 185.
  2. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Abraham S. Edgerton, prepared by Pawlet town clerk, shows name as Hannah Sheldon Edgerton.
  3. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, town, county, and state.
  4. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 185, shows she died in 1840 at age 69.
  5. Hollister, Hiel, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 185, shows as his second marriage.
  6. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows as his second marriage.
  7. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing gravestone inscription, shows date, town, county, and state.

Abraham Sheldon Edgerton1,2,3

#17547, (1807 - 1864)
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Key Events:

  • Abraham Sheldon Edgerton was born on 19 Feb 1807 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.4,5,6
  • Abraham married Rachel Fitch Cobb, daughter of Joshua D. Cobb and Nancy F. Clark, and his cousin's daughter, on 12 Jan 1843 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.7,8,9
  • Abraham died on 23 Feb 1864 in Lima, Rock Co., Wisconsin, at age 57.10,8
Abraham also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Citations

  1. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows name as Abraham Sheldon Edgerton.
  2. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Abraham S. Edgerton, prepared by Pawlet town clerk.
  3. Abraham S. Edgerton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Wisconsin, shows name as Abraham S. Edgerton.
  4. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Abraham S. Edgerton, prepared by Pawlet town clerk, shows date.
  5. Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing Pawlet vital records, 1:9.
  6. Abraham S. Edgerton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Wisconsin, shows age 43 and state.
  7. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage record for Abraham Edgerton and marriage record for Rachel F. Cobb, both prepared by Pawlet town clerk, show date.
  8. Mrs. R. F. Edgerton, Mrs. R. F. obituary, The Whitewater Register, shows year.
  9. Abraham S. Edgerton household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. Abram S. Edgerton, Abram S. obituary, The Whitewater Register, shows date, town, and county.

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