Elnora (Pettit) Delvin (1808 - 1886)

Born 12 Mar 1808 in Fabius, Onondaga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Delvin — married 24 Jan 1833 in Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States

Died 8 Jan 1886 at age 77 in Fabius, Onondaga, New York, United States

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Biography

BIRTH
Elnora Pettit was born on the 12th March 1808 at Fabius, New York, daughter of Lucy (Felt) Pettit and husband James Pettit. ^[1]

MARRIAGE and CHILDREN
Elnora Pettit married on the 24th January 1833, in Pompey, New York, James Delvin of Utica, New York ^[1]. James was the son of William and Mercy (Adams) Delvin of Utica. ^[1]

James was born in Utica on the 6th March 1812 ^[1] and became a lawyer ^[1] and later a Justice of the Peace [refer to his Obituary Notice posted on Find-A-Grave]. He died on the 2nd Mary 1890 at Indianapolis, Indiana, ^[1] having proceeded his wife, and where he had been living for a few years with his daughter and son-in-law. ^[1]

Elnora and James Delvin had the folowing known children:

1. Mercy E. Delvin, b. 1833, Pompey, N,Y, ^[2] ; m. David Sweet ^[2] ; she d. 1884, Dunkirk, N.Y. ^[2]
2. Lucy Delvin, b. 4 Nov 1835, ^[2] ; m. Jas. Bailey ^[2] ; she d. in Utica, N.Y. ^[2]
3. William James Delvin, b. 1836, ^[2] Dunkirk, N.Y. ; m. Mary Low at Fredonia, N.Y. Mary was from Ireland. ^[2] ; William served in Civil War, Co. "A" 75th Reg., N.Y. Volunteers enlisting 25 Sep 1861 at New Orleans ^[2] ; they adopted daughter Anna Low Delvin ^[2]
4. Margaret A. Delvin, b. 1841, Dunkirk, N.Y. ^[2] ; m. William Hull of Clinton, N.Y. ; relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana where her father died in his son-in-law's household [Obit for James Delvin from Dunkirk, N.Y.]
5. Mary Delvin, b. 1842, ^[2] prob. Dunkirk, N.Y. ; m. Allen Johnson of Pike, New York ^[2] ; d. 1896, Cleveland, Ohio ^[2]
6. Frances Elizabeth Delvin, b. 17 Jan 1844, Dunkirk, N.Y. ^[2] ; m. Chauncy Watson ^[2] ; d. 9 Mar 1920, Indianapolis, Indiana ^[2]
7. Sarah who died in infancy ^[2]

RESIDENCY
According to her husband's Obituary the Delvin's were residents of Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York for over forty years.

DEATH
Elnora (Pettit) Delvin passed away on the 12th March 1808 at Fabius, Onondaga County, New York.^[3]

In the Obituary (digitized newspaper image) posted on his Find-A-Grave memorial it is noted that James Delvin, lawyer and former Justice of the Peace, was a resident for over forty years at Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Morris, John Emery "The Felt Genealogy: A record of the descendants of George Felt of Casco Bay (Maine)" p.129-130. Hartford, Connecticut, USA: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1893. Accessed 18 Apr 2024. https://archive.org/details/feltgenealogyrec00morr/mode/1up
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17} Van Wyck, Katherine Louise Wood, comp. "Genealogy of the pettit families in America: descendants of John Pettit, 1630-1632, first of that name in America" See p. 30, 39 & Appendix. Self Published by the author, South Pasadena, California, USA: 1936. Accessed 18 Apr 2024.
3. ↑ Find-A-Grave memorial for Elnora Mehitable Pettit Delvin. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15740109/elnora_mehitable_delvin