Eunice (Leaming) Alvord (1775 - 1835)

Born 4 Oct 1775 in New Cambridge, Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1835 at age 59 in Homer, Cortland County, New York, United States

Biography

Eunice Leaming, born 4 Oct 1775 at New Cambridge, Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut, was the eldest daughter of Judah Leaming (1753-1829) and Thankful (Tuttle) Leaming (1753-1826).

Per the Alvord genealogy, "Mrs. Eunice Learning Alvord was descended from Jeremiah Leaming, an officer in Cromwell's Army, who came to [Long Island] in 1632. He had a son Jeremiah who settled in Middletown, Conn." (Letter from a descendant).

She married about 1791 Charles Alvord, with whom she had 8 children, as profiled ^[1].

Eunice (Leaming) Alvord passed away 19 Jan 1835 in Homer, Cortland County, New York. Her grave is in Atwater Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York, USA ^[2].

Research Notes

Birth Place Name: Eunice Leaming was born in what became (after 1785) Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. At the time of his birth, though, the community was named "New Cambridge" and was part of Farmington Township in Hartford County, Connecticut Colony.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Alvord, Samuel Morgan, A genealogy of the descendants of Alexander Alvord, an early settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass, page 169.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22213618
3. ↑ "Bristol, Connecticut," Wikipedia.org (accessed 25 Apr 2021).