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The Edgerton Database |
Henry Graves Edgerton, son of Richard and Judith (Graves) Edgerton.
Jane West, daughter of John and Betsy (Miller) West.
Children:
Henry Graves Edgerton was born November 26, 1788 at Tyringham, Massachusetts, the only son of Richard and Judith (Graves) Edgerton. Henry’s father, Richard, abandoned his family when Henry was still an infant. Henry was presumably raised in Tyringham. He was married at Cambridge, New York on January 29, 1816 to Jane West, daughter of John and Betsey (Miller) West of New York City. Shortly after his marriage, Henry removed to Barre, Orleans County, New York, in the western part of the state. The family resided there for about fourteen years, before finally settling in Elba, Genesse County, New York (just south of Barre). Henry and his wife, Jane, resided there for the remainder of their lives. Numerous descendants of Henry and Jane resided in Elba and the surrounding towns (Batavia, Barre, Bethany) for a number of generations following. Francis A. Porter’s “Some Descendants of Jonathan Edgerton” (The American Genealogist, January 1968, Vol. 44, no. 1, pg. 124-5), provides the following biography of Henry Graves Edgerton: “Henry G. [Edgerton], b. 25 Nov. 1788, probably in Tyringham, Mass.; m. 29 Jan. 1816 at Cambridge, Washington Co., N.Y., Jane West, daughter of John and Betsy (Miller) West, b. near New York City 22 Dec. 1798, and brought up near Albany by an uncle who took her there after the death of her parents. Henry G. removed with his wife and mother to Barre, Orleans Co., N.Y. in 1817, and in 1831 he moved to a farm in Elba, Genesee Co., where he resided until his death 13 Dec. 1873. His wife d. there 22 [sic] Oct. 1886. He was a farmer. With his sons he owned several large farms on and near the Edgerton road in the Town of Elba. Most of the children had large families and all lived in western New York, in the area of Genesee and Orleans counties, except Betsey who settled in Michigan.” The following biographical excerpt is taken from Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Chapter XX: The town of Barre (Isaac S. Signor, ed.; Syracuse, New York: D. Mason and Company Publishers; 1894; pg 489): “Henry Edgerton was born in Tyringham, Mass., in 1788, and was married in 1816 to Jane West, of Washington county, N.Y. In 1817, they came to Barre and settled on lot 35, range 1, where he built a log house covered with bark, with a hole for the escape of smoke, and with a rug or blanket for a door. They lived in this house – somewhat improved afterward – during fifteen years, when they moved to Elba, Genesee county, where he died in 1873.” The vital statistics listed here for the family of Henry G. and Jane (West) Edgerton are provided by two transcripts of Family Bible Records published by the National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution (see DAR Records – New York State Library, Albany, New York; New York State Bible Records; Vol. 18, p. 49 and Vol. 47, pp. 70-71). The transcripts list the entries in two Family Bibles passed down through the descendants of Henry G. Edgerton: the “Clement Bliss Bible” and the “Bible Record: Baldwin-Edgerton”. A copy of these two bible transcripts is attached. The household of “Henry Edgerson” was recorded in the 1820 Federal Census of Barre, Orleans County (then Genesee County), New York (pg. 67), with the following enumeration: 1 male “of 26 and under 45” (Henry); 1 female “over 45 years of age” (mother Judith); 1 female “of 26 and under 45” (wife Jane); and, 2 females “under 10 years of age” (daughters Betsey and Sarah). The household of Henry Edgerton was recorded in the 1830 Federal Census of Barre, Orleans County (then Genesee County), New York (pg. 15), with the following enumeration: 1 male “30 and under 40” (Henry); 2 males “5 and under 10” (sons Alanson and Henry Jr.); 1 female “60 and under 70” (mother Judith); 1 female “30 and under 40” (wife Jane); 2 females “10 and under 15” (daughters Betsey and Sarah); and, 2 females “under 5 years of age” (daughters Savilla and Jane). The household of Henry Edgerton was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census of Elba, Genesee County, New York (pg. 625), with the following enumeration: 1 male “40 and under 50” (Henry); 2 males “15 and under 20” (sons Alanson and Henry Jr.); 2 males “under 5 years” (sons Philo and Rodney); 1 female “40 and under 50” (wife Jane); 2 females “10 and under 15” (daughters Savilla and Jane); 1 female “5 and under 10” (daughter Evalina); and, 1 female “under 5 years” (daughter Mary).
The household of Henry Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Elba, Genesee County, New York (pg. 342; dwelling #1900; family #1990; enum. September 27, 1850), as follows:
The household of Henry Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Elba, Genesee County, New York (pg. 30; dwelling #229, family #234; enum. July 7, 1860), as follows:
Henry and Jane’s three elder sons, Alanson, Henry and Philo, as well as daughter Jane (then the wife of William Baldwin) were also residing in Elba at this time and were each recorded as separate households in the 1860 Census. The household of Henry Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Elba, Genesee County, New York (pg. 584; dwelling #226; family #223; enum. July 13, 1870), as follows:
Henry Graves Edgerton died at Elba, New York on December 13, 1873, aged 85 years. He was buried at Maplelawn Cemetery in Elba, where his mother, Judith, had previously been interred. Henry’s wife, Jane, survived him a number of years. At the time of the 1880 Federal Census, she was residing with her youngest daughter, Mary F. (Edgerton) Hundredmark. She was recorded then in the household of her son-in-law, “Augustus Hundredmark”, as “Jane Edgerton, aged 81, born in New York”. Jane died at Elba, New York on October 28, 1886. A copy of her death certificate was filed with the New York State Department of Health (year 1886, certificate #35821). Jane was buried beside her husband at Maplelawn Cemetery. Henry G. Edgerton left a Last Will and Testament, dated June 10, 1873, which was proved at Batavia, New York on December 18, 1873, before Lucius N. Bangs, Surrogate. In the will, Henry mentioned his wife, Jane Edgerton, and all ten of his children by name. Two of the sons, Alanson D. and Philo A., were left the real estate, on the provision that they pay cash legacies of one thousand dollars to each of the other siblings. Henry’s widow, Jane, was given a life interest in all of the real and personal estate. Alanson and Philo were named as executors of the will, which was witnessed by Nathan A. Woodward and Sheldon C. Tupper. Original Source Documents: 1820 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves Edgerton; Barre, Orleans Co. (then
Genesee Co.), NY. 1830 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves Edgerton; Barre, Orleans Co. (then
Genesee Co.), NY. 1840 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves
Edgerton; Elba, Genesee Co., NY. 1850 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves Edgerton; Elba, Genesee Co., NY. 1860 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves Edgerton; Elba, Genesee Co., NY. 1870 Federal
Census – household of Henry Graves Edgerton; Elba, Genesee Co., NY. Obituary –
Mrs. Jane (West) Edgerton; The
Progressive Batavian – Friday, October 29, 1886. |
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