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Stephen P. Edgerton, son of Stephen and Temperance (Bailey) Edgerton.

Anne Cox, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Pearce) Cox.

Children:

1. Emmet, b. ~1829; Milo, Yates Co., NY.
2. Mary E., b. October 19, 1833; Milo, Yates Co., NY.
3. Vine Edgar, b. ~1836; Milo, Yates Co., NY.
4. George, b. ~1839; Oneida Co., NY.

Stephen P. Edgerton was born in July 1801 at Sangerfield, New York, the youngest son of Stephen and Temperance (Bailey) Edgerton.  His full name was probably Stephen Prentice Edgerton, after his great-grandfather, Stephen Prentice.  To date, no primary record of Stephen’s birthdate has been found.  The partial birthdate listed here is derived from the age at death recorded on his gravestone at the Oneida Valley Cemetery (see below).

Stephen was married in 1824 to Anne Cox (aka. Coxe, Cock), daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Pearce) Cox of Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York.  Anne was born in Chappaqua on April 9, 1806.  The Cox family were Quakers and had come from Westchester County to Reading, Schuyler County, New York circa 1821, and from there to nearby Rock Stream, in Yates County.  Stephen and Anne settled initially in the town of Milo, Yates County, New York, not far from where her parents had settled in Rock Stream.  They had four children – three sons, Emmet, Vine Edgar and George, and one daughter, Mary E.

Stephen P. Edgerton was listed as a head of household in the 1830 Federal Census of Milo, Yates County, New York (pg. 226).  The enumeration of the household was as follows:

1 male “of 20 and under 30”  (Stephen);

1 male “under 5 years of age”  (son Emmet); and,

1 female “of 20 and under 30”  (wife Anne).

By the late 1830’s, Stephen and Anne had removed to Lenox, Madison County, New York where Stephen’s elder brother, Ezekiel H. Edgerton also resided for a brief time.

Stephen P. Edgerton died at Lenox, New York on January 31, 1839.  He was buried at the Oneida Valley Cemetery in Lenox, where his gravestone was inscribed with the following epitaph:

Stephen’s death is also referenced in Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison County, New York (William H. Tuttle, Interlaken, New York, 1984; pg. 83).  Stephen’s elder sister, Elizabeth P. (Edgerton) Cook and several members of her family are also buried at the Oneida Valley Cemetery.

The household of Mrs. “Ann Egerton” was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census of Verona, Oneida County, New York (pg. 438), with the following enumeration:

1 female “of 30 & under 40”  (Anne);

1 female “of 15 & under 20”  (?);

1 female “of “10 & under 15”  (daughter Mary, actually aged 7”); and,

2 males “under 5”  (sons Vine and George).

Circa 1844, Mrs. Anne Edgerton left Oneida County and settled in Dix, Schuyler County, New York, just south of Rock Stream, where her parents resided.  At the time of the 1850 Federal Census, Anne and her two elder children (Emmet and Mary) were recorded in the household of her brother-in-law, William Haring, in Dix, Chemung (now Schuyler) County, New York (pg. 53; dwelling #831; family #843, enum. August 27, 1850).  There were enumerated as follows:

At the time of this enumeration, Stephen and Anne’s second son, Vine Edgar, was living in Sullivan (Madison County), New York with his uncle, Vine Bailey Edgerton.  The whereabouts of the youngest son, George, is not known.

The household of Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton was recorded in more detail in the 1855 New York State Census of Dix, Schuyler County, New York (dwelling #56; family #58; enum. June 11, 1855).  At this time, the family was living on their own in a frame house valued at $600.00.  The household was enumerated as follows:

At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton was recorded in the household of her son-in-law, Eugene O. Allen, in Paris, Oneida County, New York (dwelling #129; family #127-8; enum. June 21, 1860).  She was enumerated as “Anne Edgerton, aged 52, b. in New York”.

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census, Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton was recorded in the household of her brother-in-law, William Haring in Watkins (Dix Township), Schuyler County, New York (dwelling #452; familly #498; enum. July 21, 1870).  She was enumerated as “Mrs. Ann Edgerton, aged 64, b. in New York”.

Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton died on August 3, 1882 (presumably at Rock Stream, New York or nearby), aged “76 years, 3 months and 26 days”.  She was buried at the Rock Stream Cemetery, adjacent to the plot where her parents, Jesse and Elizabeth, were buried.

The following obituary for Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton was published in the Yates County Chronicle on Thursday, August 10, 1882:

“Mrs. Anna Edgerton died on Thursday night having been in a comatose state for over two weeks.  Her maiden name was Coxe, a descendant from the same root with the Right Rev. Bishop Coxe.  Her grandfather was long a leading merchant in New York.  In the latter part of the last century she married S. Edgerton in 1824, who died in 1839, leaving her with a family of five small children; one by one they have passed away early in their matured years, leaving but one son, Edmund Edgerton, to follow her to the grave.  She was buried on Sunday last from the M. E. church in Rock Stream cemetery among her father’s kindred, aged 76 years.”

The children of Stephen and Anne (Cox) have not been previously researched in great detail.  The eldest son, Emmet (aka. Edmund) was married to Clara Cooper and resided for a time in Ripon, Wisconsin, later removing to New York City; his daughter, Winifred Haring Edgerton (1862 – 1951), was the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.  The only daughter, Mary, was married to Eugene O. Allen and resided for a time in Paris, New York; she died in 1860.  The second son, Vine Edgar, removed to Atchison, Kansas, where he was married to Diantha Shaw and had two daughters; he was killed while fighting in the Union Army during the Civil War.  The youngest son, George, moved west with his elder brother, Vine; he was enumerated in the 1859 Territorial Census of Doniphan County, Kansas, after which there is no further record of him.

Original Source Documents:

1830 Federal Census – household of Stephen P. Edgerton; Milo, Yates Co., NY.

Gravestone photo – Stephen P. Edgerton; Oneida Valley Cemetery; Lenox, Madison Co., NY.

1840 Federal Census – household of Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton; Verona, Oneida Co., NY.

1850 Federal Census – household of William Haring; Dix, Chemung (now Schuyler) Co., NY.

1860 Federal Census – household of Eugene O. Allen; Paris, Oneida Co., NY.

Obituary – Mrs. Anne (Cox) Edgerton; Yates County Chronicle – Thursday, August 10, 1882.

For the ancestry of Anne (Cox) Edgerton, consult:

• Cocks, George William; The Cox Family in America, privately published; New York; 1912.