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Levi Edgerton, son of Daniel and Mary (Cobb) Edgerton.

born:	December 28, 1791; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (VR 2:109)
died:	December 20, 1867; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (VR 4:201) (GI)
buried:	South Yard Cemetery; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (GI)

married:

December 7, 1825; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (VR 3:13*)

Edna Grant, daughter of Ebenezer and Edna (Lathrop) Grant.

born:	August 1, 1791; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT.
died:	August 15, 1863; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (VR 4:193) (GI)
buried:	South Yard Cemetery; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT. (GI)

Children:

Sarah Kingsbury, b. September 14, 1826; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT.
Amaret Grant, b. June 26, 1828; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT.

Levi Edgerton was born at Tolland, Connecticut on December 28, 1791. He was the youngest child of Capt. Daniel Edgerton and his second wife, Mary Cobb. Levi was raised in Tolland and resided there for the whole of his life. He made his living as a farmer.

Levi Edgerton was married at Tolland, Connecticut on December 7, 1825 to Miss Edna Grant, the daughter of Ebenezer and Edna (Lathrop) Grant of Tolland. According to the marriage record at Tolland (Vital Records, Vol. 3, pg. 13*), the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Ansel Nash. Levi and Edna were both termed “of Tolland”.

Edna (Grant) Edgerton was born in Tolland, Connecticut on August 1, 1791. Coincidentally, her father, Ebenezer Grant, was the first husband of Levi’s aunt, Phebe Edgerton, who had died in 1780.

Levi and Edna Edgerton had two daughters: Sarah Kingsbury, born September 14, 1826; and Amaret Grant, born June 26, 1828. Both births were entered in the vital records of Tolland (Vol. 3, pg. 124). The elder daughter, Sarah K., died at Tolland at the age of 21. She was buried at South Yard Cemetery in Tolland, where her gravestone was inscribed: “Sarah K. Eldest Daughter of Levi & Edna G. Edgerton died Nov. 2, 1847, Aged 21”. The younger daughter, Amaret Grant, was married in 1857 to Noah Edward Pease, and resided in nearby Somers, Connecticut.

Upon the death of his father in 1825, Levi Edgerton succeeded to the family homestead in Tolland. He provided a home there for his mother, Mary, and maiden sister, Mary, until their deaths in 1833 and 1834, respectively. The household of Levi Edgerton was recorded in the 1830 Federal Census of Tolland, Tolland County, Conencticut (pg. 186), with the following enumeration:

1 male “of 30 and under 40” (Levi);

1 male “of 5 and under 10” (?);

1 female “of 70 and under 80” (mother Mary);

1 female “of 40 and under 50” (sister Mary);

1 female “of 30 and under 40” (wife Edna); and,

2 females “under 5 years of age” (daughter Sarah and Amaret).

The household of Levi Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Tolland, Tolland County, Connectiuct (pg. 14; dwelling #210; family #238; enum. July 27; 1850), as follows:

Levi Edgerton	58	b. CT	farmer $3,000 real estate
Edna	58	b. CT
Amorett G.	21	b. CT
Elizabeth M. Bennett	9	b. CT
William Gough	25	b. Ireland	laborer
Nathan Royce Jr.	17	b. CT	laborer

The household of Levi Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut (pg. 566; dwelling #195; family #199; enum. June 16, 1860), as follows:

Levi Edgerton	68	b. CT	$2,500 personal estate
Edna	68	b. CT

Mrs. Edna (Grant) Edgerton died at Tolland, Connecticut on August 15, 1863. According to the record of her death at Tolland (VR 4:193), she was married, aged 72 years and 15 days, and had been born in Tolland. Her occupation was listed as “housework” and the cause of death was given as “softening of the brain”. Edna was buried at South Yard Cemetery in Tolland, where her gravestone was inscribed: “Edna G. wife of Levi Edgerton died Aug. 15, 1863 aged 72”.

Following the death of Levi’s wife, his nephew, Linus returned to Connecticut from New Jersey, where he had lived for a number of years, in order to care for his uncle. In August 1865, Levi wrote a Last Will and Testament, in which he left Linus his entire estate in consideration of Linus’ agreement “to continue to live with me and take care of me during my natural life”. The will was dated August 26, 1865 at Tolland, and was witnessed by Oliver P. Hyde, Joshua Griggs and Wm. R. Ladd.

Levi Edgerton died two years later, on December 20, 1867, at Tolland, Connecticut. According to the record of his death (Tolland VR 4:201), he was a widower, aged 75 years, 11 months and 23 days, and had been born in Tolland, Connecticut, the son of Daniel & Mary [Edgerton]. His occupation was listed as “farmer” and the cause of death was given as “heart disease”.

Levi’s will was proved at Tolland, Connecticut on December 24, 1867. On the same date his nephew, Linus Edgerton, executed a bond of administration to the Tolland County Probate Court in the amount of six thousand dollars.

Levi Edgerton was buried at the South Yard Cemetery in Tolland, Connecticut, where his gravestone was inscribed: “Levi Edgerton died Dec. 20, 1867 aged 76”. Levi’s wife, Edna Grant Edgerton, and daughter, Sarah Kingsbury Edgerton, were also buried in the family plot at South Yard Cemetery.