EMERSON ANNEX
Laura Estell
(Emerson)(Hinman) Newcomb
Pedigree
(Start at generation 4, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 1 February 2018
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Origin of
the surname "Emerson:"
Generation
7
6 (?) Emerson
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
2. Wife: Elizabeth
"Betsy" (?)
Born about 1787 in New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Died .
1860 US Census: Betsy Emmerson,
age 75 (b. MA), was heading a household in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included her daughter, Caroline Emmerson, age 45 (b.
VT).
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Melanethon W.
Emerson: See generation 5, below.
b. Caroline G. Emerson: Born about 1816 in Vermont.
c. Y. L. Emerson: Born about 1820 in New York.
1860 US Census: S. L. Emerson, age 40 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $1,000 and his personal property was valued at $600. The household also included his wife, Martha
Emerson, age 32 (b. NYS); daughter, Sophia Emerson, age 12 (b. WI); son, Silas
Emerson, age 8 (b. WI); daughter, Delia Emerson, age 4 (b. NYS); daughter, Luceretie Emerson, age 2 (b. NYS); and J.T. Washburn, age
40 (b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter, whose personal property was valued at
$300.
5 Melanethon/Melancton W. Emerson
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1813 in Vermont. Died 30
March 1879, age 66; interred Giddingsville Cemetery,
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1860 US Census: M. Emerson, age 47 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $4,350 and his personal property was valued at $1,260. The household also included his wife, Rude
Emerson, age 43 (b. NYS); daughter, Francis Emerson, age 16 (b. NYS); daughter,
Ader Emerson, age 10 (b. NYS); daughter, Laury Emerson, age 3 (b. NYS); and laborer, Frank Batchelor, age 17 (b. NYS).
He resided next door to Betsy Emerson, age 75, and Caroline Emerson, age
45.
1865 NYS Census: Melanethon
W. Emerson, age 52 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Bulah A.
Emerson, age 48 (b. VT); mother, Elizabeth Emerson, age 78 (b. NH); sister,
Caroline G. Emerson, age 49 (b. VT); daughter, Frances E. Emerson, age 21 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Adelaid C. Emerson, age
14 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Laura E. Emerson, age 8 (b. Jefferson Co.,
NY).
1870 US Census: Melanethon
Emerson, age 57 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
His real estate was valued at $6,300 and his personal property was
valued at $1,500. The household also
included his sister, Caroline Emerson, age 54 (b. VT) and keeping house;
daughter, Frances Emerson, age 26 (b. NY) and employed as a teacher; and
daughter, Laura Emerson, age 13 (b. NY) and in school.
1875 NY Census: Melancton
Emerson, age 62 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his daughter, Laura E. Emerson, age 18 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); and boarder, Jacob Washburn, age 55 (b. Jefferson Co.,
NY). Of interest, the household headed
by Samuel Hinman, which included Albert Hinman, the eventual husband of Laura Emerson, was almost a
next door neighbor.
2. Wife: Beulah A. (?)
Born about 1817 in Vermont. Died 25
September 1869, age 53; interred Giddingsville
Cemetery, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New
York.
3. Children:
a. Frances E. Emerson: Born about 1844 in Jefferson
County, New York.
b. Adelaide "Addie"/"Ada" C. Emerson: Born 11 June 1849 in Jefferson
County, New York. Died there 11 February
1874; interred Giddingsville Cemetery, Ellisburg
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Married, as his 1st wife, Elias F. Spicer (b. 1 Feb 1845 in Jefferson
Co., NY, d. there 28 Mar 1916; interred Adams Rural Cem., Adams Twp, Jefferson
Co., NY), son of Nelson and Abbigail (Carley) Spicer, in 1868 and had the following daughter:
(1. Beulah Spicer: Born 1869. Died 1897. Married (?) Hall.
Elias Spicer married (2nd) Eva Irene Graves (b.
1853, d. 1926; interred with Elias) and had the following children:
(2. Paul N. Spicer: Born 1885. Died 1959.
(3. Lewis G. Spicer: Born 1887. Died 1958.
(4. Florence Emma Spicer: Born 1891. Died 1975. Married William Eugene
Hilton.
c. Laura Estell
Emerson: See generation 4, below.
4 Laura "Laury" Estell Emerson:
Born 8
February 1857 in Jefferson County, New York. Died 19 March 1941, age 84, at Belleville,
Adams Township, Jefferson County, New York. Married
(1st) Albert D. Hinman by 1880 and had 3 children (two died young). Married (2nd) Kinner Samuel Newcomb in 1890.
See Albert's and
Kinner's Pages for More Info
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