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The Edgerton Database |
Jonathan Edgerton, son of Jedediah and Sarah (Bunce) Edgerton.
Nancy ---- Children:
Jonathan Edgerton was born at West Simsbury,
Connecticut on October 28, 1780, the only son of Jedediah (“Jediah”) Edgerton
and Sarah Bunce. He was presumably
named after his paternal grandfather.
Jonathan was raised in West Simsbury and removed along with his father
and several relatives to Hamilton, Madison County, New York in the year 1803. Jonathan and his father both purchased land
in Hamilton in the year 1809. Jonathan’s wife was named Nancy; her surname and
ancestry have not yet been identified.
According to the Bible record of Jonathan’s father,
Jedediah Edgerton, Jonathan and Nancy had three children: a son, Leander, born September 2, 1808; and
two daughters, Luna, born December 3, 1809, and Minerva, born January 5,
1813. Jonathan Edgerton and his father, Jedediah, were
listed as heads of households in the 1810 Federal Census
of Hamilton, Madison County, New York (pg.
846), apparently residing adjacent to each other. Both were listed as “J. Edgerton”. Jonathan’s household was enumerated with
the following individuals: 1 male “of 26 and under 45” (Jonathan); 1 male “under 10 years of age” (son Leander); 1 female “of 16 and under 26” (wife Nancy); and, 1 female “under 10 years of age” (daughter Luna). According to the Bible
record of
his father, Jonathan Edgerton died on October 16, 1813 at Hamilton, New
York. On September 14, 1815, George Lawton, Jediah
Edgerton and Heman Bonney, “all of Hamilton County of Madison State of New
York” gave a bond of
administration to the Madison County Probate Court for George to serve as executor
on the estate of “Jonathan Edgerton deceased”. A subsequent inventory
of the estate (dated October 9, 1815) was filed with the Probate Court on February
5, 1816 (see Madison County Probate; File #219). Jonathan Edgerton’s widow, Nancy, was later
remarried to a Mr. Adams. On August
31, 1815, she had submitted an affidavit to the Madison County
Probate Court, declining letters of administration on Jonathan’s estate, giving
her name as “Nancy Adams”. Beyond
this, nothing further is known of her whereabouts. There is also no further account of
Jonathan’s two daughters, Luna and Minerva.
The only son, Leander, resided in Hamilton, where he died in 1837,
leaving a wife and five children. Original Source Documents: 1810 Federal Census
– household of Jonathan Edgerton; Hamilton, Madison Co., NY. Bible Record –
Jedediah Edgerton Family Bible; Revolutionary War Pension File #R3235. Bond of
Administration – estate of Jonathan Edgerton; Madison County Probate;
file #219. Inventory –
estate of Jonathan Edgerton; Madison County Probate; file #219. Affidavit
– Mrs. Nancy Edgerton Adams; estate of Jonathan Edgerton; Madison County
Probate; file #219. |
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