Sarah A (Lapham) Sleight (abt. 1825 - aft. 1880)

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Biography

Sarah Lapham daughter of Thomas Lapham (abt.1791-abt.1885) & Mary (Mitchell) Lapham (abt.1798-) married . Franklin Sleight. ^[1]

Sarah A. Lapham married Frank Sleight, son of Benjamin A (Sleight) Slegt (aft.1786-1857) & Caroline Ackerman (1789-1854), 12 Nov 1845. He was born 5 Feb 1818 he was a farmer and merchant.^[2]

The 1860 census for East Fishkill, Dutchess, New York lists:

Frank Sleight M 42 New York

Sarah Sleight F 35 New York

Caroline Sleight F 13 New York

Mary Sleight F 11 New York

Hellen Sleight F 9 New York

Frances Sleight F 7 New York

Benjamin Sleight M 4 New York

Eliza Sleight F 2 New York

Bridget Lacy F 22 Ireland

Hannah Lacy F 2 New York^[3]

In the 1870 census for Fishkill, Dutchess, New York Frank & Sarah appear to be living in a boarding house with some of their children:

Frank Sleight M 52

Sarah Sleight F 40

Francious Sleight F 17

Benjimen Sleight M 14

Lizzie Sleight F 12

Annie Sleight F 7 New York

and twenty four other people.^[4]

In 1875 they are back in a single household with more of the children and Sarah's sister Mary, The image shows the various counties of birth for each of them, in Benjamin's case a different state:

Frank Sleight Husband M 57 Dutchess

Sarah L Sleight Wife F 50 Saratoga

Caroline A Sleight Daughter F 28 Steuben

Mary N Sleight Daughter F 26 Steuben

Helon R Sleight Daughter F 24 Steuben

Frances L Sleight Daughter F 22 Dutchess

Benjamin A Sleight Son M 19 New Jersey

Eliza Sleight Daughter F 17 Westchester

Amanda Sleight Daughter F 14 Dutchess

Mary W Platt Sister in law F 56 Saratoga^[5]

The 1880 census for Hudson, Columbia, New York indicates Sarah is a widow:

Sarah Sleight F 54 New York

Mary Sleight F 31 Daughter Wisconsin (maybe there is a Steuben County in Wisconsin?)

Helen Sleight F 29 Daughter Wisconsin (ditto)

Ontia Sleight F 19 Daughter New York(the age is right for Amanda.) ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp68-69
2. ↑ Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History, Second Edition, by William Henry Van Benschoten (West Park on Hudson, New York, 1907) p. 45. found at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/459299-concerning-the-van-bunschoten-or-van-benschoten-family-in-america-a-genealogy-and-brief-history?viewer=1&offset=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC78-B2N : accessed 9 December 2014), Sarah Sleight in household of Frank Sleight, The Town Of East Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 97, household ID 741, NARA microfilm publication M653; NARA microfilm publication M653. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,741.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8FL-3TW : accessed 9 December 2014), Sarah Sleight in household of Frank Sleight, New York, United States; citing p. 75, family 600, NARA microfilm publication M593, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 552,424.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVN-GKM : 16 November 2014), Sarah L Sleight in household of Frank Sleight, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 5, line 36, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 565,246.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZJ-SRB : 19 February 2021), Sarah Sleight, Hudson, Columbia, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 331A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,821.