Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. Here is my ancestor biography for week #10:
Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) is #18 on my Ahnentafel List, and is my 2nd great-grandfather. He married #19 Sophia Newrton (12834-1923) in 1852.
Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) is #18 on my Ahnentafel List, and is my 2nd great-grandfather. He married #19 Sophia Newrton (12834-1923) in 1852.
* their daughter, #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920), who married 1874 #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
* their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married 1900 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married 1942 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
To create this post, I made an Individual Summary report in RootsMagic 6, then saved it into an RTF file. I then copied and pasted the Person, the Individual Fact List, the Marriages/Children, the General Notes, and the Source Citations into this blog post. Unfortunately, the source citations superscripts did not survive this process as superscripts, so I put them in brackets in the Individual Facts list below, and without brackets in the Source Citation list. I have images of many of these records, but have not included them in this blog post due to the length of the post. Many of them have been transcribed or shown in Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts.
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Edward Hildreth [1–14]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) [7, 10]
* Mother: Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) [7, 10]
2) INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 30 April 1831, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [1, 7, 10]
* Census: 1 June 1850 (age 19), Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [2]
* Occupation: 1 June 1850 (age 19), clerk; Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [2]
* Census: 27 September 1855 (age 24), Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [3]
* Census: 1 June 1860 (age 29), Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [4]
* Occupation: 1 June 1860 (age 29), combmaker; Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [4]
* Census: 29 August 1865 (age 34), Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [11]
* Census: 1 June 1870 (age 39), 149 Lancaster Street, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [5]
* Occupation: 1 June 1870 (age 39), machine shop; Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [5]
* Census: 1 June 1880 (age 49), 149 Lancaster Street, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [6]
* Occupation: 1 June 1880 (age 49), machinist; Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [6]
* Death: 26 April 1899 (age 67), of cerebral apoplexy; Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [7, 10, 11]
* Burial: after 26 April 1899 (after age 67), Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [12–13]
* Probate: 24 October 1899 (age 68), Administration filed; Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [14]
3) MARRIAGES/CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
* Marriage 1: 25 December 1852 (age 21), Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [8–9]
* Child 1: Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920)
* Child 2: Clarence Edward Hildreth (1874-1878)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
According to the Milo Hildreth Family Bible Records, the birth of Edward Hildreth, son of Zachariah Hildreth and Hannah Sawtelle, is given as [1]:
Edward Hildreth, April 30th, 1831
In the 1850 US Census, Edward Hildreth (age 18, male, a clerk, born MA) resided in Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts in the household of Rufus Hastings [2].
The marriage record for Edward Hildreth and Sophia Newton in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915 provides this information [8, 9]:
* Marriage date: 25 December 1852 in Northborough
* Groom Information: Edward Hildreth, resident of Southborough, age 21, a Combmaker, born in Townsend, parents Zachariah Hildreth, first marriage
* Bride information: Sophia Newton, resident of Southborough, age 18, born in Vermont, parents Thomas J. Newton, first marriage.
* By: S.L. Ashley, Minisiter, Northborough.
In the 1855 Massachusetts State Census, the Edward Hildreth family resided in Northborough, Worcester County, and included [3]:
* Edward Hildreth - age 24, male, white, a comb manft, born Mass.
* Sophiah Hildreth - age 20, female, white, born Vt.
In the 1860 US census, the Edward Hildreth family resided in Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts with the Theodore McNeil family. The household included [4]:
* Edward Hildreth -- age 28, male, born MA, a combmaker, with $500 personal property
* Sophia Hildreth -- age 24, female, born MA
* Hattie L. Hildreth -- age 2, female, born MA.
The 1865 Massachusetts State Census entry for the Edward Hildreth household residing in Northborough, Worcester County includes [11]:
* Edward Hildreth - age 34, male, born Mass., married, a combmaker, ratable poll checked, legal voter checked
* Sophia Hildreth - age 28, female, born Mass., married, a housekeeper
* Hattie Hildreth - age 7, female, born Mass., single
The Edward Hildreth family resided in Leominster in the house that is now 149 Lancaster Street. An ell was built on the house and his daughter, Hattie (Hildreth) Seaver, and her family lived in that part of the house.
In the 1870 US census, the Edward Hildreth family resided in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included [5]:
* Edward Hildreth -- age 39, male, works in machine shop, $2,000 in real property, $500 in personal property, born MA
* Sophia Hildreth -- age 34, female, keeping house, born VT
* Hattie L. Hildreth --age 12, female, attends school, born MA.
In the 1880 US census, the Edward Hildreth family lived in Leominster in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The family included [6]:
* Edward Hildreth -- white, male, age 49, married, machinist, born MA, father and mother born MA
* Sophia Hildreth -- white, female, age 46, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born ME, mother born MA
* Sophia Stone -- white, female, age 84, mother-in-law, widowed, born MA, father and mother born MA
A careful search for births of children of Edward and Sophia Hildreth was conducted in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915 in the American Ancestors (NEHGS) website database between the years of 1850 and 1880 in both Northborough and Leominster. The only birth records for children of Edward and Sophia Hildreth were Hattie Louisa Hildreth in 1857 in Northborough and Clarence Edward Hildrith in 1874 in Leominster, who died in 1878. Perhaps there were miscarriages, or stillborn children who were not recorded.
Edward Hildreth's death record in the Leominster town records [10] and the death certificate [7] obtained from the Leominster city clerk includes this information:
* Date of death: 26 April 1899, died in Leominster
* Name: Edward Hildreth, male, married, resident of Leominster
* Age at death: 68 years, 11 months, 26 days
* Cause of death: cerebral apoplexy following Bright's disease
* Occupation: machinist
* Birthplace: Townsend, Mass.
* Parents names: Zacharriah & Hannah ( ) Hildreth
* Parents birthplaces: Townsend, Mass. and (not known)
Edward Hildreth died intestate on 26 April 1899 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His probate records are in Worcester County (MA) Probate Records [14]. Administration was granted on 24 October 1899 to his widow, Sophia Hildreth, who posted a bond on $3,000 on that date. The heirs-at-law were listed as:
* Sophia Hildreth, Leominster, Mass., widow.
* Hattie L. Seaver, Leominster, Mass., daughter.
No inventory was made or filed.
Edward Hildreth is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts with his wife, daughter, son and son-in-law [12, 13]. The Hildreth gravestone is inscribed on one side with:
Edward Hildreth
1830-1899
Sophia Hildreth His wife
1836-1923
Clarence E. Hildreth
1874-1878
5) SOURCES:
1. Richard C. Fipphen, "Bible Records - Northborough Historical Society," The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 35, No. 2 (July 1985), page 158, Edward Hildreth entry.
2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Berlin town; Page 38, Line 32, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Publication M432, Roll 341.
3. "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855", Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northborough: Image 18 of 20, Dwelling #45, Family #57, Edward Hildreth household; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 February 2013).
4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northborough town; Page 955, Dwelling #794, Family 984, Edward Hildreth household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 528.
5. 1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Leominster town: Page 261, house #67, family #86, Edward Hildreth household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 654.
6. 1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Leominster: Page 532A, dwelling #480, family #605, Edward Hildreth household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 565.
7. Leominster, Massachusetts, Death Certificate, Edward Hildreth; 1899, Town Clerk's Office, Leominster, Mass. (certificate dated 17 September 1990).
8. Northborough, Massachusetts, Copy of Record of Marriage, Edward Hildreth and Sophia Newton; citing Volume 3, Page 1, Record 10 (1853), Town Clerk's Office, Northborough, Mass. (document dated 13 September 1994).
9. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915, indexed database and digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Marriages: Volume 62, Page 212, Northborough, 1852: Edward Hildreth and Sophia Newton entry.
10. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915, indexed database and images, American Ancestors, Deaths: Volume 494, Page 365, Leominster, 1899; Edward Hildreth entry.
11. "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865", Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northborough; Image 7 of 31, Dwelling #30, family #40, Edward Hildreth household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 14 February 2013).
12. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com), Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Mass., Edward Hildreth memorial #45051832.
13. Evergreen Cemetery (Leominster, Mass., on Main Street), Edward Hildreth gravestone.
14. "Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records" (Worcester County Probate Courthouse, Worcester, Mass.), Edward Hildreth, Probate Packet B-25,255.
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