Margaret (Henry) Draper (1796 - 1838)

Born 14 Mar 1796 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis LePrelite Draper — married 4 Jul 1827 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1838 at age 42 in North Amherst, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Margaret, a daughter of Luther Henry and Mehitable (Peck) Henry, was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, on 14 March 1796.^[1]

Lewis L. Draper of Pelham, Massachusetts, married Margaret Henry of Shutesbury, Massachusetts on 4 July 1827.^[1] They posted intentions to marry on June 26 of that year, in Shutesbury^[2] and also on 17 June 1827 in Pelham..^[3]

Lewis and Margaret had at least the following children:

• Emeline Draper, b. 25 Oct 1828 at Pelham at Amherst^[4][3]; m. Charles Royal Ingram 13 Dec 1847 at Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts.^[5]
• Emerson Henry Draper, b. 2 Nov 1831 at Pelham^[3]; m. Luthera King 6 Nov 1886 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts^[6]; died 24 Jan 1897 at Springfield
• Henry Luther Draper, b. 13 Jul 1833; d. 15 Apr 1834 at Amherst^[7]
• Mary Elizabeth Draper, b. ca.18 April 1836 at Amherst^[8]; m. William D. Gray 9 April 18 1863 at Northampton^[9]; d. 26 Jun 1916 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts^[10]
• John Lewis Draper, b.17 April 1838 at Amherst^[11]; d. 19 May 1911 at Northampton^[12][13]

Margaret Draper died in North Amherst, Massachusetts, on 12 June 1838.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Eldridge, page 19.
2. ↑ Shutesbury Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Accessed at Ancestry.com in database Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute [Jay and Delene Holbrook]).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital records of Pelham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Pelham (Mass.) New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund (Boston, 1902). Image copy accessed at OpenLibrary.org on 10 Nov 2016. Births: Page 33 Births ; Marriages: Page 104 Intentions
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP1-3BL : 4 December 2014), Lewis L. Draper in entry for Emeline Draper, 25 Oct 1828; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) Vol. 30, Page 175 (Amherst)
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSS-G6S : 13 July 2016), Lewis L. Draper in entry for Emerson H. Draper and Luthera King, 06 Nov 1886; citing Marriage, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 480,776.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5S-K48 : 4 December 2014), Lewis L. Draper in entry for Henry Luther Draper, 13 Jul 1833; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-DZ8 : 4 December 2014), Lewis L. Draper in entry for Mary Elizabeth Draper, 18 Apr 1836; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCS5-H6P : 13 July 2016), William D. Gray and Mary E. Draper, 09 Apr 1863; citing Marriage, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,162.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) Vol. 30, Page 175 (Amherst)
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5S-PDD : 4 December 2014), Lewis L. Draper in entry for John Luther Draper, 17 Apr 1838; citing AMHERST, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
12. ↑ FindAGrave.com; Created by: Beckie Cross; Record added: Aug 24, 2010; Find A Grave: Memorial #57652341
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4D6-ZSS : 10 December 2014), Lewis L Draper in entry for John Lewis Draper, 19 May 1911; citing Northampton,,Massachusetts, 268, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,396,048.

• Eldridge, William Henry Henry Genealogy: The Descendants of Samuel Henry of Hadley and Amherst, Mass., Boston, Massachusetts: T. R. Marvin and Son, 1915. pages 12, 19-20.