Elizabeth (Boucher) Mosher (1797 - 1869)

Born 18 Jan 1797 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Christopher Mosher — married 18 Sep 1827 (to 10 Sep 1866) in New York, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Elizabeth, daughter of Johannes Boucher and Catharina Simon, was born on 18 January 1797 and was baptized at Claverack, New York, on 5 March 1797. Witnesses to her baptism were Joseph Boucher and Elizabeth Cookenheim.^[1][2]

"Elizabeth Boucher, wife of Christopher Mosier," was recorded as one of the members of the Bethlehem (New York) Reformed Church as of 22 June 1822.^[3]

She is named as a daughter and heir in the will her father John Boucher, created on May 5, 1843, and proved on September 25, 1843. His son Jacob Boucher was executor. Children named in the probate record were John A. Boucher, Julia Ann Boucher, Catherine wife of Ralph Buss, all of Schodack; Rachel wife of Joseph Phillips of Nassau, Rensselaer County; Betsy wife of Christopher Mosher of Coeymans (also recorded as Elizabeth Mosher); Maria wife of Robert Selkirk and Sally wife of Richard Kimmey (also recorded as Sally E. Kimmey), all of Bethlehem in Albany County; and Margaret K. Boucher, minor, whose special guardian was John E. Taylor of Troy.^[4]

Children of Christopher Mosher and Elizabeth Boucher

Mildred Chamberlain and Laura Clarenbach listed the following as children of Christopher and Elizabeth:^[5]

1. Catherine Mosher, b. 24 Aug 1824; m. 10 Ap 1839, David P. Coonley, son of Peter Coonley and Mariah Bowen, b. 28 Jan 1818
2. Francis Gillette Mosher, b. 16 Jul 1823; physician
3. John Boucher Mosher, b. 3 Nov 1826
4. Cornelius Duel Mosher, b. 21 Feb 1829; d. 26 Sep 1890; physician
5. Julia Ann Mosher, b. 6 Jan 1831; d. 20 Jul 1880; m. 6 Jan 1874, John L. Burgess, b. 14 Jun 1834; d. 4 Sep 1910
6. Jacob Simmons Mosher, b. 19 Mar 1834; d. 1883; physician; m. Emma Starr Montgomery d. 1879; son Jesse Montgomery Mosher b. 12 Oct 1864^[6]
7. William Shaver Mosher, b. 8 Oct 1836; d. 1 Aug 1854

Sources

1. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Claverack, Vol II, Book 8. Image at Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 83 (1952), page 176. Note: This record transcript does not include dates of birth.
3. ↑ People of the Town of Bethlehem, page 115.
4. ↑ Probate Record for John Boucher, 25 September 1843]. Surrogate's Court, Rensselaer County, New York, Probate Records, Vol 0031-0033, 1841-1847. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8800/005115804_00765?pid=1107880.
5. ↑ Chamberlain, Mildred (Mosher), and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach, comps. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations. Revised ed. Madison, Wisconsin: Laura M. Clarenbach, 1990, pg. 185. Online at http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/413760
6. ↑ Grain, Once Scattered : Rambles on the History of St. Paul's Church in the City of Albany Mrs. Hawley’s Legacy — J. Montgomery Mosher

• Bethlehem Historical Association, Records of the People of the Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York, 1698-1880. Edited by Florence Christoph and Peter R. Christoph. Bethlehem Historical Association, Bethlehem, New York. 1982.