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Jerusha (Mather) Austin (1764 - 1851)

Jerusha Austin formerly Mather
Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticutmap
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Wife of — married 21 Dec 1797 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Died at age 87 in Sacketts Harbor, Jefferson, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Jerusha Mather was born on February 25, 1763, in Lyme, Connecticut. She was the daughter of John Mather and Mercy Higgins. She married Daniel Stephenson on July 18, 1790, in Lyme, Connecticut; they had one child. After Daniel died, she then married Benjamin F Austin. They had at least seven children during their marriage. She died on September 13, 1851, in Sackets Harbor, New York, having lived a long life of 88 years, and was buried there.


From the Christian Ambassador, Auburn NY, 27 Sep 1851

Deaths-In Sacket's Harbor, N. Y. on the 13th inst., Mrs. JERUSHA MATHER AUSTIN, consort of Mr. Benjamin Austin, and mother of Rev. J. M. Austin, aged 88 years.

After a sojourn of more than four score years on this earth, this venerable mother in Israel has passed to her home in heaven. During her long career, she bore an irreproachable reputation as a wife, a mother and a neighbor.

Her life was distinguished for love of religion, a kind and charitable spirit, great benevolence of heart, and uncommon cheerfulness of disposition. For more than thirty years she has been an unwavering believer in Jesus as the Saviour of the world; and in her daily walk endeavored to reduce to practice the teachings of this beautiful faith. It was her comfort, her joy, in life and her consolation in the hour of death.

The deceased was a native of Lyme, Conn., from whence, more than fifty years since, she removed with her venerable husband, who still survives her, to north-western New York, then nearly a wilderness. She has left behind, to mourn her departure, a husband, six children (Anna, Frances, Mercy, Benjamin, John & Seth), forty-three grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

Her funeral took place on the 15th inst., and a sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by Rev. Pitt Morse.

Jerusha Mather Stephenson Austin, was a widow with one child (Daniel) when she married Benjamin Austin in 1797.


Records

Year: 1763. Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name: Jerusha Mather; Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1763; Birth Place: Lyme
Parent: John; Parent: Marcy

Year: 1850; Census Place: Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York; Roll: 514; Page: 166B

Name: Jerusha Austin; Gender: Female
Age: 47; Birth Year: abt 1803; Birthplace: Connecticut
Line Number: 18; Dwelling Number: 617; Family Number: 619
Household Members:
Joshua Hadam 59
Anna Hadam 50
Charles Hadam 25
Mary Hadam 20
Frances Hadam 13
Bing Austin 74
Jerusha Austin 47

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Name: Jerusha Austin
Birth Date: 25 feb 1763
Birth Place: Lyme, New London County (New London), Connecticut, United States of America
Death Date: 13 sep 1851
Death Place: Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County (Jefferson), New York, United States of America
Cemetery: Lakeside Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County (Jefferson), New York, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: John Mather; Mother: Mercy Mather
Spouse: Benjamin F. Austin
Children: Francis Marian Norton; John Mather Austin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15773070/jerusha-austin


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Sources

  • Year: 1763. Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
  • Year: 1850; Census Place: Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York; Roll: 514; Page: 166B




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