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The Edgerton Database |
Nathan Edgerton, son of Peter and Hannah (Ripley) Edgerton.
Lucy Smith, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Gager) Smith.
Children:
Nathan Edgerton was born at Norwich, Connecticut on January 8, 1733/4. He was the only son of Peter Edgerton and his first wife, Hannah Ripley. Nathan was baptized on January 20, 1733/4 at the Franklin Congregational Church. Nathan was a farmer by trade. He resided in Franklin, Connecticut (then part of Norwich) for the majority of his life. He was married at Norwich, Connecticut on November 17, 1756 to Lucy Smith, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Gager) Smith, also of Norwich. Lucy was born at Norwich on August 1, 1735. The marriage of Nathan Edgerton and Lucy Smith was recorded in the Norwich Vital Records (VRp I:340) and also at the Bozrah Congregational Church (ChR 3:33). Nathan and Lucy Edgerton had a family of six children – four sons, Roger, Nathan, Erastus and Roswell; and two daughters, Lucy and Betty. The family was fully recorded in the Vital Records of Norwich (VRp I:340-341 and I:515). One of the sons, Erastus, died in childhood, at the age of ten years and was buried in the family plot at Gagertown Cemetery in Franklin. Nathan Edgerton was admitted to the Franklin Congregational Church in March of 1782 (ChR 1:34). His wife, “Mrs. Lucy Edgerton”, was admitted to the Church on the same date “by letter” (ChR I:33). Nathan’s second son, Nathan Jr., was later married at the Franklin Church (ChR I:385). There are no other records of the family at the Church. Nathan Edgerton was recorded as a head of household in the 1790 Federal Census of New London County, Connecticut (pg. 172), with the following enumeration: 1 male “of 16 years and upwards” (Nathan); 1 male “under 16 years” (son Roswell); and, 2 females (wife Lucy, and daughter Lucy or Betty). Circa 1790 – 1800, Nathan Edgerton removed from Connecticut to Franklin, Delaware County, New York, where his sons Roger and Nathan had previously settled. The household of “Nathan Edgerton Sr.” was recorded in the 1800 Federal Census of Franklin, Delaware County, New York (pg. 281), with the following enumeration: 2 males “of 45 years and upwards” (Nathan and ?); 1 male “of 16 and under 26” (son Roswell, unmarried); 1 female “of 45 and upwards” (wife Lucy); and, 1 female “of 26 and under 45” (probably an unmarried daughter – either Lucy or Betty). Nathan’s son, “Nathan Edgerton Jr.”, was also recorded in the 1800 Franklin Census, residing adjacent to or nearby his father. Mrs. Lucy Edgerton was admitted to the First Congregational Church of Franklin (New York) in the year 1807. Her son, Nathan Edgerton Jr., and his wife, Sally, were also admitted to the Church at the same time. (see Foley, Janet Wethy; Early Settlers of New York State; Volume I; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland; 1993; pg. 104). The household of Nathan Edgerton was recorded in the 1810 Federal Census of Franklin, Delaware County, New York (pg. 453), with the following enumeration. 1 male “of 45 years and upwards” (Nathan); 1 male “of 16 and under 26” (son Roswell ? – actually aged 34); 1 female “of 45 and upward” (wife Lucy); and, 1 female “of 26 and under 45” (probably an unmarried daughter – either Lucy or Betty). No record has been located of the death of Nathan Edgerton Sr. As he is not found in the 1820 Census of Franklin, New York, it is presumed that he had died by this time. “Lucy Edgerton”, who was listed as a head of household in the 1820 Federal Census of Franklin, Delaware County, New York, is presumed to be Nathan’s widow Lucy (Smith) Edgerton. Lucy’s son, Nathan Jr., and her grandson, Erastus, were listed on the same page of the Franklin Census Roll (pg. 62). The household of Lucy Edgerton was recorded with the following enumeration: 1 male “of 45 years and upwards” (son Roswell); and, 2 females “of 45 years and upwards” (Lucy and one of her daughters – Lucy or Betty). Mrs. Lucy (Smith) Edgerton died at Franklin, New York on September 5, 1824, her death being recorded at the First Congegational Church of Franklin, New York. Nathan and Lucy Edgerton were probably buried at the Old Congegational Church Cemetery in Franklin Village – in the small, enclosed “Douglas-Edgerton” plot at the rear of the cemetery. Their son, Nathan, and a grandson, Erastus and several in-laws were buried at this cemetery. All three of Nathan and Lucy’s sons – Roger, Nathan, and Roswell – removed with him to New York State. Roger married Betsey Cole in Franklin (New York) in 1788, and then removed to nearby Coventry, where he raised a large family. The other two sons, Nathan and Roswell, both settled in Franklin, nearby their father. It does not appear that Roswell was ever married; the last record of him is on the 1850 Census of Franklin, New York, when he was recorded in the household of his nephew John (son of Nathan Jr.), “aged 76, born in Connecticut”. There is no further account of the two daughters, Lucy and Betty. One of the daughters was probably the extra female recorded consistently with the family in the census enumerations through the year 1820. The other daughter was either married or died young. Original Source Documents: 1790 Federal Census – household of Nathan Edgerton; New London Co., CT. 1800 Federal Census – household of Nathan Edgerton; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. 1810 Federal Census – household of Nathan Edgerton; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. 1820 Federal Census – household of Nathan Edgerton; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. |
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