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John H. Edgerton, son of William and Sophia (Hubbard) Edgerton.

born:	October 20, 1820; Brookfield, Orange Co., VT.
died:	February 3, 1864; Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. (GI, sic – “ae 42y”)
buried:	Elmwood Cemetery; Northfield, Washington Co., VT. (GI)

married:

February 7, 1848; Northfield, Washington Co., VT. (VR 2A:561)

Betsey S. Nye, daughter of Solomon and Almira (Camp) Nye.

born:	July 20, 1822; Brookfield, Orange Co., VT.
died:	October 1, 1896; Northfield, Washington Co., VT. (GI)
buried:	Elmwood Cemetery; Northfield, Washington Co., VT. (GI)

Children:

Ida May, b. September 25, 1854; Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

John H. Edgerton was born in Brookfield, Vermont on October 20, 1820, the son of William and Sophia (Hubbard) Edgerton. John’s father died when he was eight years old.

John was a carpenter. He was raised in Brookfield, and later removed to the nearby village of Northfiled, in Washington County, Vermont. On February 7, 1848, John was married at Northfield, Vermont to Betsey S. Nye, the daughter of Solomon and Almira (Camp) Nye, of Berlin, New York. Betsey was born in Brookfield on July 20, 1822. According to the record of their marriage at Northfield (Vital Records, Book 2A, pg. 561), John and Betsey were both “of Brookfield” at the time of their marriage.

Very little is known about the family of John H. and Betsey (Nye) Edgerton. They had at least one daughter, Ida May, who died at the age of three years. No other children have been discovered.

When the 1850 Federal Census was taken John H. Edgerton and his wife, Betsey, were residing in the hotel of her father, Solomon Nye, in Barre, Washington County, Vermont (pg. 219; dwelling #230; family #230; enum. August 24, 1850). John’s widowed mother, Sophia Edgerton, was also recorded with the family. The entire household was enumerated as follows:

Solomon Nye	69	b. CT	innkeeper
Almira	58	b. VT
George Hendy	31	b. VT	laborer
Rosaline	29	b. VT
Betsey S. Edgerton	27	b. VT
John	28	b. VT	carpenter
Almira Nye	21	b. VT
Alma Hendy	3	b. VT
William H. Clark	17	b. VT	laborer
Sophia Edgerton	57	b. NH

John H. Edgerton died in Boston, Massachusetts on February 3, 1864. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Northfield, Vermont, where his gravestone was inscribed: “JOHN H. EDGERTON / DIED / FEB. 3, 1864 / AGED 42 (sic) YRS.” John and Betsey’s young daughter, Ida May, had previously been interred in the small enclosed family plot near the rear of this cemetery. John’s wife, Betsey, and his brother, George Edgerton, were later buried there as well.

John’s widow, Betsey, was remarried on October 16, 1866 at Burlington, Vermont to Heman Carpenter, the son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Morse) Carpenter. Heman died in 1884, and Betsey survived another eight years, dying on October 1, 1896. She was buried beside her first husband in the family plot at Elmwood Cemetery. Her gravestone there was inscribed: “BETSEY / WIDOW OF / HEMAN CARPENTER / AND / JOHN EDGERTON / DIED / OCT. 1, 1896 / AGED 74 YRS.”