Mary Elizabeth (Deforest) Russell (abt. 1801 - abt. 1831)

Wife of Jacob Russell Jr. — married 22 Jul 1823 in Fredricton, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died about 1831 at about age 30 in New Brunswick [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary's date of birth is an estimate based on her marriage date and the birth dates of her husband and children.

Research Note

There is an unsourced note which reports her death in New Brunswick in 1832. This is probably based on the fact that a Jacob Russell married a Lucy Nox on 11 Feb 1832 in Fredericton.^[1] This might be the same Jacob Russell but it is not certain. In the 1832 Russell/Nox marriage, both parties declared that their residence was Hodgetown Plantation in Maine. In the 1830 US Federal Census there are two Jacob Russell's in the border region of Houlton, Maine that adjoins the Fredericton area. One of them is undoubtedly Jacob Mitchell Russell,^[2] born in Maine and unrelated to this family. He settled in the Houlton area around this time. The other could be this Jacob as both census records record one male born in the 1790's. One record, for a family in Township 10 near Houlton seems to fit this Jacob. Husband is born in 1790's and wife after 1800 with one son under five. This could be them if John Willis died early on and Mary Elizabeth was still living in 1830.^[3] But the other census record, although transcribed as Houlton, is clearly marked on the original as being the Hodgetown Plantation. This Jacob is unmarried (widowed?) but with two daughters under fifteen, which does not suggest a fit with this family.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 Image available here. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
2. ↑ Ancestry Profile
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-223 : 20 February 2021), Jacob Russell, Township 10, Washington, Maine, United States; citing 287, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-2JD : 20 February 2021), Jacob Russell, Houlton Plantation, Washington, Maine, United States; citing 284, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.

• Event: Mariage (Marriage); Religion: Catholique; City: Bureau de Santé; Frédéricton; Place or Church Name: Frédéricton (Bureau de Santé); Province: Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick). Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
• Fredricton Wesleyan Methodist Church Christenings, N-Z.
• Some information obtained from Russell family records provided by Mr. Paul Russell of St. John's Nfld. including records inherited from Ms. Grace Russell of Massachusetts (1896-1991).

Acknowledgments

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