Vine Porter (1770 - 1820)

Born 14 Apr 1770 in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Burroughs) Porter — married 20 May 1793 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1820 at about age 49 in Crown Point, Essex County, New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Vine was born in 1770, the son of Peter Porter and Abigail Bingham. He married Sarah Burroughs in 1793. Vine passed away in 1820.

Citation Information Transcript from Stearns, E.S. (1908)

(I) Vine Porter lived at Crown Point, New York. He married Sarah Burroughs, who was born at Alstead. New Hampshire. They had six children: Ephraim, Calvin, Samuel. Theda, John and Vine. (II) Vine, fifth son and youngest son of Vine and Sarah (Burroughs) Porter, was born at Crown Point, New York, on September 22, 1801.^[1]

Other information The youngest son Vine Jr was born 1801, Theda was the fourth child of Sarah and Vine, therefore her estimated birth year would be around 1798 to 1800. Federal Census records for Theda states she was born around 1798-1800 in New York. Also marriage records for Theda indicate a Samuel Porter being married in the same church where Theda and Joseph Morrison were married, two years earlier.

Supporting Sources

• The marriage of Vine Porter & Sarah Burroughs is identified as May 20 1793 [2]
• War Service records states birth year and location[2]
• Parents and spouse’s parents identified by NSDAR[4]

Sources

1. ↑ [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011909983&view=1up&seq=308 Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, by Stearns, E. S., New York, Chicago: The Lewis Pub. Co. (1908), page 1172.]

• [2] “New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
• [3 ] Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• [4] Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 087 : 1911