Mary Lathrop1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10169, (1789 - 1877)
FatherThomas Lathrop4,5 (13 May 1745 - 20 Mar 1826)
MotherWealthy Ann Cobb4,5 (2 Oct 1753 - 22 Sep 1827)

Key Events:

Birth: 10 Jul 1789, Vermont6,7,8
Marriage: 4 Jul 1814, Chester Root (11 Feb 1778 - 15 Sep 1861)9,10,11
Death: 15 Apr 187712
Burial: Palmyra Village Cemetery, Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York12
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Mary Lathrop was born on 10 Jul 1789 in Vermont.6,7,8 She was probably one of the five females listed in the household of her father, Thomas Lathrop, in the 1790 Federal Census of Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont.13 She was probably one of the two females age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her father, Thomas Lathrop, in the 1800 Federal Census of Shelburne, Chittenden Co., Vermont.14 She married Chester Root, widower of her older sister Betsey, and son of Elisha Root and Lucy Matton, on 4 Jul 1814.9,10,11
     She was probably the female age 26 to 45 listed in the household of her husband, Chester Root, in the 1820 Federal Census of Williston, Chittenden Co., Vermont.15
     At some point between 1820 and 1850 Chester and Mary moved south to Addison Co., Vermont. Just when is not clear since no evidence of where they were living in between has been found. (See map.) She and Chester appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Monkton, Addison Co., Vermont, enumerated 30 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $4,000.16
     Chester and Mary moved between 1850 and 1860 to Palmyra, in northwestern New York, and where their son Thomas and his family were living. Chester and Mary appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York, in the household of Thomas Lathrop Root and Mary Sophia Gordon, their son and his wife.17 Mary appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York, in the household of Thomas Lathrop Root and Mary Sophia Gordon, her son and his wife.18
     Mary died on 15 Apr 1877 at age 87.12 She was buried in Palmyra Village Cemetery, Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York.12

Children:
     Children with Chester Root:

  • Hiram Francis Root19,4 (23 Jan 1817 - 7 Jul 1845)
  • Mary Elizabeth Root19 (16 Mar 1826 - 13 Nov 1844)
  • Thomas Lathrop Root19,4,20 (13 Jun 1830 - 1 Feb 1886)

Citations

  1. [S2659] Root, Root Genealogical Records, pg 225, shows name as Mary Lathrop.
  2. [S2655] Thomas Root household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., New York, shows name as Mary L. Root.
  3. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148, shows name as Polly Lathrop.
  4. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148.
  5. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44.
  6. [S2659] Root, Root Genealogical Records, pg 225, shows date.
  7. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148, shows date.
  8. [S2657] Chester Root household, 1850 U.S. Census, Addison Co., Vermont, shows age 61 and state.
  9. [S2659] Root, Root Genealogical Records, pg 225, shows date and his second marriage.
  10. [S2657] Chester Root household, 1850 U.S. Census, Addison Co., Vermont, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  11. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148, shows married, and town, as Palmyra, but that seems unlikely as at least one son was born in Vermont, and they were found in the 1850 census in Vermont, before appearing in Palmyra in 1860 and she in 1870.
  12. [S2660] "Palmyra Village Cemetery Update."
  13. [S2499] Thomas Lathrop household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont, number of females is overwritten, apparently with a five and six, with the five appearing to be later. Since this census was actually taken after Vermont became a state in 1791, I am assuming this is because Nancy, who was born in Nov 1791 was initially counted and then excluded.
  14. [S2500] Thomas Lathrop household, 1800 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  15. [S2658] Chester Root household, 1820 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  16. [S2657] Chester Root household, 1850 U.S. Census, Addison Co., Vermont.
  17. [S2655] Thomas Root household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., New York.
  18. [S2656] Thos Root household, 1870 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., New York.
  19. [S2659] Root, Root Genealogical Records, pg 225.
  20. [S2655] Thomas Root household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., New York, shows Mary living in Thomas' household, apparently as an elderly mother.