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The Edgerton Database |
Zebina Edgerton, son of Isaac and Sarah Edgerton.
Susan Pardee, daughter of John Pardee. Children:
Martha Lord
Zebina Edgerton was born at Torringford, Connecticut
on July 25, 1792, the eldest son of Isaac and Sarah Edgerton. Zebina’s gravestones lists a birthdate of
July 25, 1791, but the year is likely in error, since Zebina
had an elder sister, Harriet, born in May of 1791. Census records (cited below) also tally
better with a birth in 1792. The
spelling of Zebina’s first name varies from source to source; eg. Zebina,
Zebena, Sebrina and Zebrina. The first
of these seems to be the most common and is the spelling found on his
tombstone in Palatine, Illinois. Zebina was raised in Torringford, Connecticut and
later Florence, Oneida County, New York, where his parents settled shortly
after the turn of the century. Upon
his maturity, Zebina settled in Niagara County, New York, where he was a
canal boat captain on the Erie Canal.
His first wife was Susan Pardee (daughter of John Pardee), by whom he
had one daughter: Charity Eliza, born
circa 1823. Susan died shortly after
the birth of her daughter. At the time
of the 1830 Federal
Census, Zebina was recorded living alone in Niagara, Niagara County, New
York. He was living adjacent to his
father-in-law, John Pardee, and a brother-in-law, Alvah Pardee. Zebina’s daughter, Eliza, was reportedly
living with her grandfather, Isaac, in Florence, New York at this time. In the early 1830’s, Zebina left New York State
and removed to Cook County, Illinois where he settled in the village of
Barrington. He apparently left his
daughter, Charity Eliza, behind in New York in the care of his parents, Isaac
and Sarah, who later followed him to Illinois. The Pardee Genealogy (Donald Lines
Jacobus; New Haven, Conn: New Haven Colonial Society; 1927; pg. 191) provides
the following explanatory excerpt: “John Pardee of Niagara County, NY...left a will, dated 11 July 1835, and his son Alvah Pardee petitioned for its probation, stating that besides himself the deceased left two children, Hannah A. wife of Robert Cheesbrough of Niagara and Cornelia Ann wife of Zephaniah Warren of Southfield, Mich.; also a grandchild, Charity E. Edgerton, aged about 12, daughter of Susan Edgerton deceased, who was daughter of John Pardee and wife of Sebrina Edgerton who removed to Illinois leaving Charity with her Edgerton grandparent at Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y.” In the year 1848, Zebina Edgerton purchased land in
Cook County, Illinois from the Federal Government. According to the land patent
registered
with the Bureau of Land Management (certificate # 25830), the property
consisted of forty acres in “the North West quarter of the South East quarter
of Section onr, in Township forty two, of Range nine”. The patent was dated June 1, 1848. “Zebrina Edgetout” was listed as a head of
household in the 1850
Federal Census of Barrington, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 106; dwelling
#673, family #682; enum. September 17, 1850).
He was residing adjacent to his son-in-law, George Nelson Cady, whose household
was recorded just previously on the
census roll (dwelling #672, family #681).
The two households were enumerated as follows:
Sometime after 1853, Zebina was remarried to Mrs.
Martha (Lord) Hunnewell, the widow of Samuel Hunnewell. Martha was born July 23, 1805, in
Massachusetts. Her parentage has not
yet been investigated. Martha’s
daughter, Lydia Maria Hunnewell, was later married to Zebina’s nephew, Bela
T. Edgerton (son of his younger brother, Lorin). The household of “Z. Edgerton” was recorded in the
1860 Federal Census
of Barrington, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 364; dwelling #2562; family #2572;
enum. July 7, 1860), as follows:
The household of Zebina Edgerton was recorded in
the 1870 Federal
Census of Palatine, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 490; dwelling #38; family
#43; enum. June 1, 1870), as follows:
The household of Zebina Edgerton was recorded in
the 1880 Federal
Census of Palatine, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 454; dwelling #85; family
#88; enum. June 1880), as follows:
At the time of this enumeration, Zebina was living
nearby his nephew, Isaac Brainard Edgerton, whose household was enumerated
previously on the same page of the census roll. The following excerpts are from a letter written in
January 1940 by Charles Lorin Edgerton I (a grandson of Zebina’s younger
brother, Lorin): “Zebina [Edgerton], 1791 [sic] – 1883. One daughter Eliza, who married Nelson Cady…Zebina Edgerton was captain of a canal boat on the Erie Canal, when it was first built, but came to Illinois thirty or fourty years before he died. His first wife Susan E. Pardee died when her only child was a baby. Zebina then married a widow, Martha Hunnewell in Ill. and lived about 1/3 mile from us…Zebina was in the battle of Sacketts Harbor during the war of 1812.” Zebina Edgerton died at Palatine, Illinois on
April 2, 1883. He was buried at the
Cady Cemetery, in Palatine, nearby where his parents, Isaac and Sarah, had
previously been interred. His gravestone there
was inscribed with the complete dates of his birth and death. Zebina’s second wife, Martha (Lord)
Edgerton, died just two days later and was also buried at Cady Cemetery. Original Source Documents: 1830 Federal Census
– household of Zebina Edgerton; Niagara, Niagara Co., NY. Land Patent
– Zebina Edgerton; Cook Co., IL; Bureau of Land Management; Chicago Land
Office, certificate #25830. 1850 Federal Census
– household of Zebina Edgerton; Barrington, Cook Co., IL. 1860 Federal Census
– household of Zebina Edgerton; Barrington, Cook Co., IL. 1870 Federal Census
– household of Zebina Edgerton; Palatine, Cook Co., IL. 1880 Federal Census
– household of Zebina Edgerton; Palatine, Cook Co., IL. Gravestone photo –
Zebina Edgerton; Cady Cemetery; Palatine, Cook Co., IL. |
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