Clarissa (Woodruff) Edgcomb (1800 - 1865)

Born 19 Aug 1800 in Farmington, Hartford, CT

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Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1865 at age 65 in Cortland, New York, United States

Biography

Clarissa was born in 1800. She was the daughter of Gedor Woodruff and Sarah Ingraham. She passed away in 1865. ^[1]

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"( \' ) Isaac Allyn, son of Gilbert Edgcomb, was born May 12, 1806, in Groton, died July 6. i860. He married, 1828, Clarissa Woodruff, born in Farmington, Connecticut, .\ugust 19, 1800, died October 15, 1865, daughter of Gedor anil Sarah (Ingham) Woodruff. Her father. Gedor Woodruff, was born July 20, 1761, served three years in the revolutionary war, he was the son of Zebulon Woodruff, born March 11, 1718. The latter was the son of Joseph, born in 1679, son of John, born 1643, son of Matthew Woodruff. Children : I. Charles A., born May 9, 1829 ; married Mary J. Tucker, November 6, 1876; child, Charles R., born July 25, 1882, lived in Spafford, New York. 2. Frances J., November 23, 1830; married Irving A. Wheeler, of Stonington, Connecticut, 1859; lived in Providence. 3. Sarah T., June 16, 1832; married, in 1858, Gilbert I. Honywell; lived in Homer, New York. 4. Isaac, October 16. 1834. mentioned below. 5. Martin, June 7, 1836; married, November 13. 1866, Emily G. Merritt, a shoe dealer by occupation, in Cortland ; six children: Lena E., born December 23, 1867; Louis E., A\ugust 24, 1869; J. Grace., November 23, 1873; M. Glenn, October 3, 1875; Allyn I., April 25. [878; R. Irene, June 28, 1891. 6. George W., November 23, 1840: married F. Eudell Squires, July 9, 1872; child, James E., born July 9, 1873, died November 24, 1878 . 7. Clark A., January 22, 1843; married. November, 1868, Addie Lyon; children; Oliver C, born 1870; Addie A.. July 18, 1875; lived in South Frankfort, Michigan." ^[2] [1]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John Chapman, Sunday, August 10, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation by Cutter, William Richard 1912, Page 131

See also:

• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QH-LZQ : 3 March 2021), Clarissa Edgcomb in household of Isaac A Edgcomb, E.D. 3, Homer, Cortland, New York, United States; citing p. 18, line #26, family #152, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 843,780.