Simeon Edgerton1,2

Family Chart
ID# 16331, (1731/32 - 1809)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Mar 1731/32, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut3,4,5
Marriage: 23 Nov 1758, Norwich, Connecticut, Abiah Hough (11 Feb 1737/38 - 17 Oct 1821)6,7
Death: 27 Aug 1809, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont7,8,9
Burial: Mettowee Valley Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont10

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Narrative:

     
Simeon Edgerton's Tombstone
photo courtesy Janet Muff
Simeon Edgerton was born on 9 Mar 1731/32 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.3,4,5 He was baptized on 12 Mar 1731/32 in First Congregational Church, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.11
     Simeon married Abiah Hough, daughter of John Hough and Hannah Denison, on 23 Nov 1758 in Norwich, Connecticut.6,7
     Simeon was a Captain in the 12th Regiment for the state of Connecticut and served actively during the Revolution. He was present at the capture of New London and the massacre of Fort Griswold.12
     Simeon bought two parcels totaling 300 acres in Pawlet from Jonathan Willard, husband of his wife's sister, on 11 Nov 1779, for £100.13
     Simeon and Abiah Hough moved from Norwich Connecticut to Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, by 1781, settling on land he had purchased there on 11 Nov 1779.14,15,16
     On 16 Apr 1803 Simeon was appointed guardian of Jonathan Willard, who had been found to be of unsound mind and not capable of taking care of himself. With Capt. Willard Cobb as surety, he posted a bond of $1,000.17
     Simeon died on 27 Aug 1809 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, at age 77.7,8,9 He was buried in Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont.10

Children:
     Children with Abiah Hough:

  • Jedediah Edgerton18,19 (28 Aug 1759 - 27 Sep 1846)
  • Jacob Edgerton20,19,21 (29 Nov 1760 - 22 Jan 1845)
  • Lydia Edgerton18,19 (26 Aug 1762 - 30 Apr 1842)
  • Elisabeth Edgerton18,19 (8 Feb 1764 - 5 Sep 1797)
  • Hannah Edgerton22,19,23 (8 Sep 1765 - )
  • Abiah Edgerton12 (13 Jan 1767 - 22 Mar 1824)
  • Esther Edgerton12 (8 Feb 1769 - 6 Sep 1852)
  • Polly Edgerton12 (7 Nov 1770 - 21 May 1860)
  • Sarah Edgerton12 (7 Jun 1772 - 6 May 1773)
  • Simeon Edgerton12 (1 Aug 1774 - 2 Oct 1862)
  • John Edgerton12 (abt 1776 - 25 Feb 1827)
  • Sarah Edgerton12 (Dec 1778 - 28 Nov 1852)
  • Philena Edgerton12 (10 Jun 1780 - 14 Dec 1853)
  • David Edgerton12 (15 Jun 1784 - 22 Jul 1813)

Citations

  1. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367-8, marriage record and birth records of Jedediah, Jacob, Lydia, Elisabeth, and Hannah.
  2. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pp 178, 184, shows name as Capt. Simeon Edgerton.
  3. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I, Towns II (Hartford Society of Colonial Wars, 1913), I:91, shows date, town, county, and state.
  4. [S3257] Stoddard application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, with year as 1732, town, and state.
  5. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows died in 1809 at age 77.
  6. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, shows date.
  7. [S3257] Stoddard application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, town, and state.
  8. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, town, county, and state, citing gravestone inscription.
  9. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows year.
  10. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing gravestone inscription.
  11. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing church records, 2:102.
  12. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online.
  13. [S2267] Land Records, Pawlet, Vermont, vol 1:200, Jonathan Willard to Simeon Edgerton, 5 Sep 1780.
  14. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows he moved in 1781 to land purchased in 1779.
  15. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows moved from Norwich in 1781.
  16. [S7919] Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, 1:221, shows they settled at Norwich and afterwards removed to Pawlet.
  17. [S2396] Probate Records , vol 4 pg 458-9.
  18. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367.
  19. [S7919] Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, 1:221.
  20. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, birth record.
  21. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184.
  22. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 368.
  23. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 2, pg 132, which cites 11:332-33, shows that his widow's will names her as her daughter.