Elijah Hersey (1786 - 1854)

Born 11 Aug 1786 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Slayton) Hersey — married 12 Mar 1814 (to about 1844) in Calais, Washington, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1854 at age 68 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Elijah was born in Leicester, Massachusetts on August 11, 1786. He is noted in the Town's registry of births as the son of Elijah Hersey and Beulah (Waite) Hersey.

Elijah married Eleanor "Ellen" Slayton on March 12, 1814 in Calais, Washington, Vermont. Per the 1850 United States Federal Census record for Calais, Vermont, their children included Joseph Grafton (age 32), Edwin Martin (age 16), and Calvin York (age 12).

Elijah lived in Calais, Vermont, where he and Ellen raised their family. Interestingly, Elijah's younger brother, Nathaniel Stone Hersey, married Asenath Slayton, Eleanor's younger sister, also raising their family in Calais, VT.

According to the Calais, Vermont 1850 Census, Elijah is listed as a farmer; however, in his death record, Elijah is noted as being a "physician." It is assumed that Elijah may have retired as a physician at the time of the 1850 Census, since he would have been about 64 years old.

Elijah passed away on November 30, 1854. His death was recorded by the Montpelier, Vermont, City Clerk, Timothy R. Merrill. The death certificate includes verbiage that Elijah was the husband of "Eleanor," and was "born in Leicester, Mass., son of Elijah and Beulah." Elijah is buried at the Green Mountain Cemetery in Montpelier.

Research Notes

He was baptized at Hingham 10 Aug 1783.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.303

• History of the Slayton Family, biographical and genealogical complied by Asa W. Slayton, Dean Printing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1898. (Copy on file at University of Wisconsin available on line at HathiTrust.org)
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVF-59Y : 6 November 2017), Elijah Harvey and Elenor Slayton, 12 Mar 1814, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,574.