Gideon Stetson Jr. (1791 - 1867)

Born 22 May 1791 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clarissa (Henry) Stetson — married 27 May 1816 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1867 at age 75 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Gideon Stetson, Jr., was a son of Gideon Stetson and Nancy Thayer, born 22 May 1791 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. His birth was recorded in the town records of Amherst, Massachusetts.^[1] His birth and death records indicate his place of birth as Belchertown, Massachusetts, but the 1855 Massachusetts census shows that he was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. The two towns are adjacent.

Gideon Stetson, Jr., was a farmer. He and his wife, Clarissa Henry, had 10 children.

1. Luther Henry Stetson
2. Charles Thayer Stetson
3. Mary Nancy Stetson
4. James Stetson
5. John Stetson
6. Maria Ann Stetson
7. John Henry Stetson
8. Janet Eliza Stetson
9. William Barry Stetson
10. Adaline Mehitable Stetson

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded 59-year-old farmer Gideon Stetson in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, with Clarissa Stetson, age 55, James Stetson, 26 and also a farmer, Eliza J. Stetson, 17, William Stetson, 15, Adaline Stetson, 11, and Frances Fales, 14. All were born in Massachusetts. Gideon Stetson had $3,500 in real estate. The three younger Stetson children and Frances Fales all had attended school within the year. ^[2]

In September 1855 the Massachusetts State Census recorded Gideon Stetson, age 63, in Shutesbury, with Clara Stetson, 60, James Stetson, 32, and Adaline M. Stetson, 16. Gideon and Clara were listed with a birthplace of Amherst; James and Adaline were listed as born in Shutesbury.^[3]

He died in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, on 22 February 1867 is buried there in the Stetson cemetery, which FindAGrave calls the Luther Henry Tomb Yard.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP1-ZZG : 14 January 2020), Births, Marriages, and Deaths Registered in the Town of Amherst Prior to May 1, 1843. Record image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMQ-LNMW?i=271.
2. ↑ U.S. Census, 1850. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11098-70104-36?cc=1401638
3. ↑ Massachusetts: 1855 State Census. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org). Vol. 14 (Franklin: Ashfield-Whately), page 344.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCJ-PDR : 18 March 2020), Gideon Stetson, 1860.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQC4-14Z : 1 June 2018), Gideon Stetson, 1865.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTWS-1TH?cc=1463156&wc=MJCP-SPD%3A1043005701 : 20 May 2014), 0960190 (004220480) > image 279 of 290; State Archives, Boston.
• Dyer, Gertrude L., Mae Stetson Spinney, Corinne Damon Hall, and Donald T. Stetson, compilers, based on unpublished work of Oscar F. Stetson. The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson, Vol. 1, Book 3. Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1956. pages 157-158. Gideon Stetson, Jr., is #1-1-2-5-3-1-3.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #80627969