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Stephen Edgerton, son of John
and Elizabeth
(Prentice) Edgerton.
born:
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May 15, 1760; Norwich, New London Co., CT. (VRp I:305)
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bapt:
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May 18, 1760; First Cong.
Church; Norwich, New
London Co., CT. (ChR 2:147)
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died:
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December 11, 1823; Sangerfield, Oneida Co.,
NY. (GI) (DARPI I:927)
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buried:
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Old Sangerfield
Cemetery; Sangerfield, Oneida
Co., NY. (GI)
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Temperance Bailey, daughter of Obadiah and
Azuba (Rogers) Bailey.
born:
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February 17, 1756; Groton, New London Co.,
CT. (VR I:174)
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died:
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June 5, 1842; Bridgeport, Madison Co., NY. (GI)
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buried:
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Old Bridgeport
Cemetery; Bridgeport, Madison
Co., NY. (GI)
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Children:
- Elizabeth P., b. ~1786;
Norwich, New London Co., CT.
- Isaac Huntington, b.
November 1, 1788; Norwich, New London Co., CT.
- Guy Earl, b. March 15, 1793;
Norwich, New London Co., CT.
- Vine Bailey, b. May 20,
1795; Norwich, New London Co., CT.
- Eunice M., b. August 20, 1797;
Norwich, New London Co., CT.
- Ezekiel H., b. June 1799;
Sangerfield, Oneida Co., NY.
- Stephen P., b. July 1801;
Sangerfield, Oneida Co., NY.
Stephen Edgerton was born
May 15, 1760 in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of John Edgerton III
and Elizabeth Prentice. He was
baptized at the First Congregational Church of Norwich on May 18, 1760.
Stephen was raised in Norwich, and enlisted as a private in the Connecticut militia
for service in the American Revolution.
In 1777, he served in Capt. Benjah Leffingwell’s company; and
according to DAR files, he reenlisted following his discharge for further
service in the “Three month’s men”.
Stephen Edgerton was listed as a private from Connecticut in the DAR Patriot Index,
which also records the dates of his birth and death.
Stephen Edgerton was married
(probably circa 1785) to Temperance Bailey of Groton, Connecticut. Temperance was the daughter of Obadiah and
Azuba (Rogers) Bailey and was born in Groton
on February 17, 1756. Stephen and Temperance
resided for the first years of their married life in Norwich, Connecticut. The family may also have resided briefly in
Bennington, Vermont, where one record states that the
eldest son, Isaac, was born in 1788.
If so, the family had returned to Norwich by 1790, where Stephen was recorded
as a head of household in the first Federal Census of that year (see below).
Seven children are currently
documented for Stephen and Temperance (Bailey) Edgerton: Elizabeth P., who married Joseph A. Cook; Isaac
Huntington, who married Louisa Newberry; Guy Earl, who married Esther Cooley
King; Vine Bailey, who married Lucinda ---; Eunice M., who married Dexter
Drury; Ezekiel H., who married Maria Parker; and Stephen P., who married Anne
Cox. There may have been other
children (as suggested by the census enumerations of the family), but there
is currently no evidence of their identities.
The household of Stephen
Edgerton was enumerated in the 1790 Federal
Census of New London County, Connecticut (pg. 177) as follows:
1 male “of 16 years and upwards” (Stephen);
1 male “under 16 years of age” (son Isaac); and,
3 females (wife Temperance, daughter Elizabeth, and ?).
The third female listed in this census was
probably Stephen’s widowed mother, Elizabeth, who according to Norwich land records was
still living at this time.
Shortly before the turn of the centruy, Stephen
Edgerton removed with his family to Sangerfield, in Oneida County, New York. Curiously, there appears to be no record of
Stephen’s family in either the 1800 or 1810 Federal Censuses.
The household of Stephen Edgerton was recorded in
the 1820 Federal
Census of Sangerfield, Oneida
County, New York
(pg. 305), with the following enumeration:
1 male “of 45 years and upward” (Stephen);
2 males “of 26 and under 45” (sons Guy and ?);
3 males “of 16 and under 26” (sons Vine, Ezekiel and Stephen);
1 female “over 45 years of age” (wife Temperance);
1 female “of 26 and under 45” (daughter ?); and,
1 female “of 16 and under 26” (daughter Eunice).
Stephen’s eldest son, Isaac H., was already out on
his own by this time. He was also
listed as a head of household on the same page of the Sangerfield Census
Roll, as was Stephen’s brother-in-law, Vine Bailey. It appears from the listing on the census
roll that the three families were residing adjacent to each other.
Stephen Edgerton died at Sangerfield, New York
on December 11, 1823, aged 63 years.
He was buried at the Old
Sangerfield Cemetery. One of Stephen’s sons, Guy Earl, along with
his wife, Esther, and two of their children, were also buried at the Old Sangerfield
Cemetery.
Mrs. Temperance (Bailey) Edgerton survived her
husband a number of years. At the time
of 1830 Federal Census, she was probably residing in Sangerfield with her
unmarried son, Vine Bailey Edgerton, whose household was enumerated with a
female aged 70 – 80.
Temperance later removed from Sangerfield, along
with many of her sons, and settled with them in Bridgeport
(Sullivan Township),
Madison County, New York – just to the southwest of Oneida County. She died there on June 5, 1842, and was
buried at the Old
Bridgeport Cemetery,
where her gravestone inscriptions reads:
“Temperance Edgerton, wife of Stephen Edgerton, died June 5, 1842,
aged 85 yrs, 3 mos and 18 days”. Two
of her sons, Isaac and Ezekiel, and a granddaughter, Cynthia Maria (daughter
of her son Vine B.), were buried nearby at the same cemetery.
Original Source Documents:
1790 Federal
Census – household of Stephen Edgerton;
New London Co., CT.
1820 Federal Census
– household of Stephen Edgerton; Sangerfield,
Oneida Co., NY.
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