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The Edgerton Database |
Leander Edgerton, son of John and Wealthy (Graham) Edgerton.
Dorcas Bacon
Children:
Isabell ----
Children:
Leander Edgerton was born May 27, 1806 at Leander Edgerton was married twice. His first wife was named Dorcas Bacon. Beyond this, very little is know of her
family or ancestry. It is estimated
that she was born circa 1810; and in later census records of her children it
is consistently reported that she was born in Leander and Dorcas (Bacon) Edgerton reportedly had
six children: Cyrus, born in 1828, who
married Janette ---- and resided in Erieville (Hamilton Township), New York;
Wealthy L., born in 1831, who married Dr. Charles M. White and lived in
Georgetown, New York; Luman, who married first, Sarah Augusta Daggett, and
second, Sarah Jane Ellison; Candace; Jonathan, who died in 1874; and Frank,
who was adopted by the Webster family and lived in Pooleville, New York. The children were presumably born at Leander Edgerton and his cousin, also named
Leander, were both listed as heads of household in the 1830 Federal Census
of Hamilton, Madison County, New York – on the
same page of the census roll (pg. 307).
Leander’s household was recorded with the following enumeration: 1 male “20 and under 30” (Leander); 2 males “under 5 years of age” (son Cyrus and ?); and, 1 female “20 and under 30” (wife Dorcas). The household of Leander Edgerton was recorded in
the 1840 Federal
Census of Hamilton, Madison County, New York (pg. 215), with the
following enumeration: 1 male “30 and under 40” (Leander); 1 male “10 and under 15” (son Cyrus); 1 male “5 and under 10” (son Luman); 1 male “under 5 years” (son Jonathan); 1 female “30 and under 40” (second wife Isabell); and, 2 females “5 and under 10” (daughters Wealthy and Candace). At the time of these last two census enumerations,
Leander was residing nearby brothers Solomon and Philemon Bacon (sons of Levi
and Lucretia Bacon), who were probably relatives of Leander’s first wife,
Dorcas. Most of the information included here regarding
the family of Leander Edgerton is provided by Francis A. Porter’s article,
“Some Descendants of Jonathan Edgerton”, (The American Genealogist,
January 1968, Vol. 44, no. 1, pgs. 119-125).
The following excerpt is given for Leander Edgerton: “Leander Edgerton, son of John and Wealthy, was born in Mrs. Dorcas Bacon died prior to 1844, by which
time Leander had had a child by his second wife, Isabell. According to the Porter excerpt above,
Dorcas died in The household of “Leonard” Edgerton was recorded
in the 1850
Federal Census of Nelson, Madison County, New York (pg. 314; dwelling
#254; family #254; enum. Aug. 27, 1850), as follows:
Leander Edgerton was separated from his second wife,
Isabell, in the early 1850’s. He then
went to live for a time with his elder brother, Cicero Edgerton, in Pompey,
New York. Leander was recorded in
Cicero’s household in both the 1855 New York State Census and in the 1860
Federal Census (both in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York). In the latter 1860’s, Leander was residing
in Pitcher, Chenango County, New York, were he was listed in the 1869-70 Business Directory as,
“Edgerton, Leander (Pitcher Springs) blacksmith” (see Hamilton Child’s Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chenango County,
N.Y.; 1869-70; Syracuse, New York; 1869). At the time of the 1870 Federal Census, Leander
was residing in Nelson, Madison County, New York in the household of John E.
Clark (pg. 452; dwelling #278; family #294; enum. August 15, 1870); he was
enumerated as, “Leander Edgerton, blacksmith, aged 64, born in When the 1880 Federal Census
was taken, Leander Edgerton was residing in
Leander’s son, Luman, was
residing nearby in It is not yet known whether Leander’s second
marriage ended in divorce or permanent separation. Leander and Isabelle were not recorded
together in any of the censuses after 1860.
At the time of the 1880 Federal
Census, Mrs. Isabell Edgerton and her daughter, Isabell, were recorded in
Cazenovia (Election District #3), Madison County, New York (pg. 83; dwelling
#212; family #235; enum. June 17, 1880).
They were enumerated as follows:
According to the New York
State Department of Health Death Certificate Index, Mrs. “Isabela Edgerton”
died at Leander Edgerton died at Original Source Documents: 1830 Federal Census
– household of Leander Edgerton; Hamilton, Madison Co., NY. 1840 Federal Census
– household of Leander Edgerton;
Hamilton, Madison Co., NY. 1850 Federal Census
– household of Leander Edgerton;
Hamilton, Madison Co., NY. 1880 Federal Census
– household of Charles M. White;
Georgetown Village, Madison Co., NY. 1880 Federal
Census – household of Mrs. Isabell Edgerton; Cazenovia (Election District
#3), Madison Co., NY. |
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