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The Edgerton Database |
James Martin Edgerton, son of Ebenezer S. and Agnes (Martin) Edgerton.
Mary Martin
Children:
Caroline M. ----
James Martin Edgerton was
born at Albany, New York in the year 1817.
Although his parentage has not been conclusively established, is is
fairly certain that he was the eldest son of Ebenezer S. Edgerton (1788 – 1875), who resided in James M. Edgerton was a
painter and methodist clergyman. He
was married to at James and Mary (Martin)
Edgerton had four children: James
Martin (died young), Silas Wright (married Adelaide Boynton Higby), Hannah
Mary (married Julius Cyrus Tracy), and Charles Sherman (married Anna Louise
Jenkins). The children were all
presumably born at The household of James M.
Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal
Census of West Troy (aka.
Watervliet),
The death of James and
Mary’s eldest son, “James M. Edgerton Jr.”, was noted in the 1850 Federal
Census Mortality Schedule of West Troy, Albany County, New York of
“Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June 1850, in the Town of
Watervliet”. According to the
enumeration, James had died in the month of July, aged seven years. The child was buried at the James M. Edgerton was also a
methodist clergyman. “Rev. James M.
Edgerton” was witness to a number of marriages at The household of “J. M.
Egerton” was recorded in the 1860 Federal
Census of Burlington,
James M. Edgerton resided
for a time in the town of The household of James M.
Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal
Census of Shelburne,
The household of James M. Edgerton was recorded in
the 1880 Federal
Census of
Bethlehem,
The last individual listed in this census enumeration, Anna L., was actually James daughter-in-law – that is, Anna Louise Jenkins, Charles’ wife. James
M. Edgerton later removed to The
following memorial to Mrs. Mary (Martin) Edgerton appeared in the Minutes of the Troy Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Held in “MRS. EDGERTON Died at Born in Dalton, Mass., in 1817, converted at twenty-one, married at twenty-three, for fifty-three years thereafter sharing with her husband the labors, the lights and shadows of the itineracy – shadows of which she never complained – she rendered his ministry more acceptable and effective by largely relieving him of the care of the house and the household by making an ideal home of their ever-changing parsonages, by an intelligent appreciation of the sermons he elaborated in his study, and by a ready and helpful sympathy with all his efforts in the Sunday School, the social and several meetings, and in all his manifold pastoral labors. In several of these seventeen parsonage homes it was my privilege to be a guest; once in the period of her young womnahood; when surrounded by her children; later in her maturer middle life; and again in the serene dignity of her benign old age, and she impressed me always as a gracious and elect lady, courteous and hospitable, without affectation, pious and devout without cant, and full of all charitableness toward every disciple of our Lord, of whatsoever name. There was in her a balance and equipoise of faculties, and habitual self-control, and an unfailing and resourceful common sense which rendered her a judicious, a safe and influential counselor. Her words, if few, were always pertinent and weighty when spoken. None knew better than she when ‘silence is golden.’ Her speaking face, more luminous with every added year, responsive to every thought and feeling of her interlocutor, rendered conversation with her most enjoyable. She had the rare art of being a good listener. Whether at her home, or in his church work, or seated in
the pastor’s pew, she had a characteristic look of loving complacency which
told how thoroughly content she was with the delightful sphere in which a
kind The funeral was held at James M. Edgerton was remarried within the next year-and-a-half to Caroline M. ----. According the wording in James’ will, it is implied that Caroline may have been the sister of his first wife, Mary Martin, but this has not been confirmed. James Martin Edgerton died
at Round Lake, The following obituary for James Martin Edgerton was published in The Albany Evening Journal on Monday, August 21, 1899: “The Rev. James Martin Edgerton, for 43 years an honored member of the Troy conference of The Methodist Episcopal church, died yesterday morning at Round Lake. Mr. Edgerton was born in 1817. The earlier years of his life were passed in Albany and West Troy. He joined the Troy conference in 1851, and was an active, devoted and earnest preacher of the word of God, and the fruits of his labors were bountiful. He was possessed of a strong, clear intellect, a sweet persuasive voice in preaching and singing, and many hundreds were brought into the church through his efforts. Amid the activities of his pastoral work he found time for artistic and literary work, in contribultions to the secular and religious press, and was an occasional contributor to the Evening Journal. The funeral services will be held in the Methodist church at Round Lake, Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock. Burial will be at Shelburne, Vt.” Mrs. Caroline Edgerton was
enumerated in the 1900 Federal Census of Malta town, Original Source Documents: 1850 Federal
Census – household of James Martin
Edgerton; West Troy (aka. Watervliet), Albany Co., NY. 1860 Federal Census
– household of James Martin Edgerton;
Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT. 1870 Federal
Census – household of James Martin
Edgerton; Shelburne, Chittenden Co., VT. 1880 Federal
Census – household of James Martin
Edgerton; Bethlehem, Albany Co., NY. Obituary –
James Martin Edgerton; The Albany
Evening Journal – Monday, August 21, 1899. Obituary –
James Martin Edgerton; The Morning Star
(Glens Falls, New York) – Tuesday, August 22, 1899. |
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