Richard A. Lapham (1815 - 1889)

Ancestors

Died 2 Sep 1889 at age 73 in Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont,United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Among the children of Joseph Lapham (1786-1851) & Anna (Keese) Lapham (1790-1833) is listed :

"Richard A., born 11th month, 22nd, 1815"Note the family name is given as "Lopham" here.

Richard A. Lapham married Margaret Iloyle in 1843. Their child, Anna Elizabeth Lapham, was born 4th, 1st, 1844. ^[1]

Richard A. Lapham was born in 1815 the son of Joseph Lapham & Anna (Keese) Lapham. He married Margaret Hoyle 27 June 1844. They had five children :

1. Eliza Lapham born 1845.
2. Mary Lapham married John Wing, Peru NY
3. Phebe Lapham
4. Hoyle Lapham married Mary Keese.
5. Horatio Lapham married Mary D. Maxwell.^[2]

"Laphams in America" states Richard's mother was Joseph's second wife Phebe (Hart) Lapham. Anna (Keese) Lapham died in 1833 and Joseph married Phebe in 1835 so all of his children were Anna's.

The 1860 census for Peru, Clinton, New York lists:

Richard A Lapham M 45 New York

Margaret Lapham F 42 New York

Eliza Lapham F 16 New York

Mary C Lapham F 14 New York

Phebe M Lapham F 12 New York

Hoyle Lapham M 10 Canada

Nelson Lapham M 5 New York

Ellen Davis F 18 Servant Canada^[3]

Richard, Margaret and Eliza are on the bottom of the linked page, the others are at the top of the one following.

In 1870 the name is transcribed "Lofham", Margaret and Hoyle are shown as born in Canada, Richard, Eliza, Mary and Nelson in New York. Phebe is not listed, she would be about 22 in 1870.^[4]

The 1880 census for Peru, Clinton, New York lists:

Richard Lapham Head M 64, born New York, father b Vermont, Mother b New York

Eliza Lapham Daughter F 35 New York, father b New York, mother b Canada

Hoyle Lapham Son M 28 Canada

Horatio N. Lapham Son M 24 Canada

Mary O'Hara Servant F 20 years New York, parents b Ireland^[5]

The transcription states Richard is 'widowed' the census form has 'M' for married, Margaret died in 1873 according to her stone at FIndAGrave.

Richard Lapham was born in 1815 and died 2 Sep 1889 (aged 73–74) in Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont. He was buried in the Quaker Cemetery in Au Sable, Clinton County, New York.

Findagrave provides a link to his wife:

Margaret Hoyle Lapham 1816–1873^[6]

Richard's parents, Joseph Lapham and Anna Keese are also buried here as well as other family members.

Sources

1. ↑ "Keese Family History and Genealogy from 1690 to 1911" .Willis T. Keese, Independent Press, Cardington Ohio1911; pg 16, 18
2. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp 109 ,180
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7Z-2NY : Tue Oct 03 09:04:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard A Lapham and Margaret Lapham, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FX-BBY : Tue Mar 05 04:33:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Richard Lofham and Margaret Lofham, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZF-91M : Wed Oct 04 10:17:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Lapham and Eliza Lapham, 1880.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed March 6, 2024, memorial page for Richard Lapham (1815–2 Sep 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #61360304, citing Quaker Cemetery, Au Sable, Clinton County, New York, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46972513).

• The link is broken to this source originally on the profile:

"Richard LAPHAM, / Died / Sept. 2, 1889, / AE. 74. / Quaker Cemetery at "The Union", Au Sable, Clinton County, New York; www.nnytombstoneproject.net/clinton/ausable/quaker.htm "

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Fred Goodell for starting this profile.