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Elijah HOISINGTON

Parents
Father Capt. Elias HOISINGTON (10 Jan 1758 - 15 Jan 1810)
Mother Mary 'Polly' STOWELL (20 Oct 1762 - 5 Mar 1842)

Vitals

Birth 29 Aug 1783 Windsor, Windsor, VT 1,2
Death 24 Dec 1847 (age 64)2
Burial Hartland Village Cemetery; Hartland, Windsor, VT 4,2
Occupation  

 

Marriage

Spouse Olive MARCY
Date 1 Apr 1818 (age 34)
Place Windsor, Windsor, VT 5,6
  Marriage performed by Rev. Leland Howard

 

Children

Unknown HOISINGTON ( - )
Unknown HOISINGTON ( - )
Elias HOISINGTON ( - )

 

Notes

Birthplace assumed from place of parents' marriage and location on the
1790 census.

'Kidder says this man lost one leg. In the Vermont Census of 1820 he is
listed as head of a family of 1 male to 45, 1 female to 10, 1 to 26, 1
over 45. In 1830, 1 male to 45, 2 females to 26.

A powder horn in the possession of the Pension Office served as evidence
presented by Elias Hoisington, son of Elijah, son of Elias. No further
record.' - HH

In 1830 Census Index:

Hoisington, Elijah State: VT
County: Windsor Co.
Location: Windsor
Year: 1830
Page: 078

Sources

1. Windsor VT Town Records, researched by Judy Hulliberger and verified by Harriette Jensen 9/15/03. Book 1, page 44.
2. Vermont Vital Records film F-30267 Rec ID 21428. Transcribed by Harriette Jensen 042904. Vermont Vital Records Center, Middlesex VT.
3. Original document in the Vermont State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier VT.
4. e-mail from Beverly Lasure <vtrealtr@sover.net> on 7/5/98.
5. Early Windsor County VT Marriages. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lmfwelch/html/earlymarriages.html.
6. Records of the Marcy Family.

Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.

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