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John Edgerton, son of Benjamin Storrs and Milly (Hendee) Edgerton.

born:	January 6, 1810; Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (VR A:104)
died:	February 13, 1884; Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (VR C:137:4)
buried:	East Randolph Cemetery; Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (GI)

married:

Emily Stone, daughter of Samuel and Esther (York) Stone.

born:	March 19, 1819; Brookfield, Orange Co., VT.
died:	August 30, 1890; Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (VR D:31:44)
buried:	East Randolph Cemetery; Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (GI)

Children:

John B., b. March 5, 1848; Randolph, Orange Co., VT.

John Edgerton was born at Randolph, Vermont on January 6, 1810, the second son and fourth child of Benjamin Storrs and Millee (Hendee) Edgerton. He was a farmer and resided in Randolph throughout his life.

John’s wife was Emily Stone, daughter of Samuel and Esther (York) Stone of Brookfield (just to the north of Randolph). Emily was born at Brookfield on March 19, 1819. To date, no marriage record has been found. The marriage may have taken place in Brookfield, where record keeping was apparently quite scant at this time. As far as is known, John and Emily had only one child – a son, John B., born at Randolph on March 5, 1848 (VR B:169).

The household of “John Egerton” was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont (pg. 233; dwelling #321; family #321; enum. September 19, 1850), as follows:

John Egerton	40	b. VT	farmer $1,200 real estate
Emily	31	b. VT
John Jr.	2	b. VT
Millee	67	b. VT

The last individual listed here was John’s widowed mother, Milly (Hendee) Edgerton, who reportedly died at Randolph shortly afterwards in 1854 (see DAR Lineage Books, Vol. 157, pg. 277; also Vol. 163, pg. 13).

The household of John Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont (dwelling #1286; family #1372; enum. August 6, 1860), as follows:

John Edgerton	50	b. VT	farmer $1,400 real estate / $3,500 personal estate
Emily	41	b. VT
John	12	b. VT
Esther Stone	74	b. VT

The household of John Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont (pg. 373; dwelling #313; family #338; enum. July 2, 1870), as follows:

John Edgerton	60	b. VT	farmer $2,000 real estate / $1,645 personal estate
Emily	51	b. VT	keeping house
John B.	22	b. VT	at home

The household of “John Egerton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont (pg. 163; dwelling #397; family #467; enum. June 17, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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John Egerton		70	VT	Unk.	VT	farmer
Emily	wife	61	VT	NH	Unk.	keeping house

John Edgerton died at Randolph, Vermont on February 13, 1884. His death was recorded in the Randolph Vital Records (Book C, page 137, no. 4). According to the record, John was a “farmer, aged 74, born in Randolph” and had died of “heart disease”.

Mrs. Emily (Stone) Edgerton died six years later, on August 30, 1890. Her death was also entered in the Randolph Vital Records (D:31:44) as “Emily Stone Edgerton, widow, aged 71 years, 5 months, 11 days, born in Brookfield of Samuel and Esther Stone”. The record states that, like her husband, she died of heart disease.

John and Emily’s only son, John B. Edgerton was married in 1875 to Edna Marilla Flint of nearby Washington, Vermont. They settled in Newton, Massachusetts and had two daughters, Ethel and Esther.

Original Source Documents:

1850 Federal Census – household of John Edgerton; Randolph, Orange Co., VT.

1860 Federal Census – household of John Edgerton; Randolph, Orange Co., VT.

1870 Federal Census – household of John Edgerton; Randolph, Orange Co., VT.

1880 Federal Census – household of John Edgerton; Randolph, Orange Co., VT.