Erastus Eggleston, 1797

Name
Erastus Eggleston
Given names
Erastus
Surname
Eggleston
Birth September 12, 1797 54 43
Death of a grandfatherAmbrose Eggleston
before August 11, 1800 (aged 2 years)

Death of a grandmotherElizabeth Clark
August 11, 1800 (aged 2 years)
MarriageMrs. Harriet View this family
about 1825 (aged 27 years)

Death of a motherRuth Porter
September 10, 1829 (aged 31 years)
Death of a fatherJames Eggleston
November 1, 1830 (aged 33 years)
Note: "James Eggleston, Private, Military Service Connecticut: Applied for pension 1 April 1818. Death 1 November 1830." His death date indicates this is almost certainly the right James Eggleston. (United States Revolutionary War Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, 2-vol B Revolutionary War pensioners, p. 194. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-ZSTR?i=195&cc=2069831)
Birth of a daughterOlive Eggleston
1834 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a daughterAugust Eggleston
1836 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a sonJames Eggleston
1838 (aged 40 years)
Death of a sisterLydia Eggleston
November 30, 1838 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a sonJuna E Eggleston
1841 (aged 43 years)
Birth of a daughterEllen Eggleston
1843 (aged 45 years)
Death of a brotherRoswell Eggleston
April 23, 1851 (aged 53 years)
Death of a wifeMrs. Harriet
March 10, 1854 (aged 56 years)
Death
Unique identifier
04669E6D6D694CF88DA082FF31089EF2068F

Last change March 5, 2019

Family with parents
father
17431830
Birth: August 20, 1743 24 25Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: November 1, 1830Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
mother
17541829
Birth: 1754 25 21Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 10, 1829Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1772Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
elder sister
17731838
Birth: November 16, 1773 30 19Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 30, 1838Westford, Otsego, New York, USA
22 months
elder sister
1775
Birth: September 5, 1775 32 21Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
elder brother
1777
Birth: October 13, 1777 34 23Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
elder brother
17791851
Birth: October 18, 1779 36 25Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 23, 1851Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
elder brother
1781
Birth: September 30, 1781 38 27Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
8 years
elder sister
1789
Birth: May 1789 45 35Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
6 years
elder sister
1795
Birth: January 13, 1795 51 41Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
himself
1797
Birth: September 12, 1797 54 43Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: Marion, Linn, Iowa, USA
Father’s family with Lydia Wetmore
father
17431830
Birth: August 20, 1743 24 25Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: November 1, 1830Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
step-mother
17531772
Birth: May 9, 1753Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: before 1772Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 12, 1770Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Family with Mrs. Harriet
himself
1797
Birth: September 12, 1797 54 43Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: Marion, Linn, Iowa, USA
wife
18061854
Birth: April 16, 1806New York, USA
Death: March 10, 1854Marion, Linn, Iowa, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1825
10 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
son
3 years
daughter
Note

BIRTH: Vital Records of Bethlehem, CT, FHL film 1522,005, item 1, p.12. 1840 CENSUS: There are two men named Erastus Eggleston in New York in 1840, both age 30-40: One in Salina, Onondaga, NY with 2 sons and 1 daughter, and the other in Canadice, Ontario, N.Y. with 3 sons and 4 daughters. 1850 CENSUS: Marion, Lynn, Iowa, Dwelling 120, family 131. Erastus is 51, born in Connecticut, a farmer. His wife is Harriet, 49, born in New York, Children, all born in New York, are Olive, 16; August, (female)14; James, 12; Juna or Jona E (It could be James E.), (a male) 9; Ellen, 7. Next door in Dwelling 121, family 132 is James Holman, 56, born Kentucky, a Physician. Eunice Ann, 39, born in New Jersey, and children James H. Y., 16, born Ind.; Mary Jane A., 7, born Iowa; Eunice Ann, 7 months, born Iowa. Aaron F. Eggleston, a carpenter, age 18 born in New York, lives 4 houses away with John Fenton, 37, a carpenter born in Pa. 1852 Iowa State Census: Marion, Linn, Iowa, Erastus Eggleston, 7 in household. (4 males, 3 females) 1854 Iowa State Census: Marion, Linn, Iowa, 6 in household (4 males, 2 females) 1870 CENSUS: Erastus Eggleston, age 73 (born in Connecticut 1797), living in Marion, Lynn, Iowa. Dwelling 237. He is a farmer, no wife living there. Others in the household with the surname Eggleston are Frances, 29 born in New York; Olive, 20 born in New York, Love, 4 born in Iowa; and Edith, 1 born in Iowa. 1880 CENSUS: Not found MARRIAGE: An Erastus Eggleston married Mary E Goodwin 26 Oct 1817 in Middletown, Ontario, NY, but no evidence it is the present Erastus.

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