Mary Polly (Houghton) Losey (1806 - 1895)

Born 6 Jun 1806 in New York

Ancestors

Wife of Martin Losey — married 1822 in Oneida, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 May 1895 at age 88 in Bingham Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1806. Mary Houghton ... She passed away in 1895.

Polly Houghton was born on Jun 6, 1806 in NY, USA, Silas's death certificate gives her birth place as NY. She was christened at Methodist Church. She married Martin Losey in circa 1822 at Oneida Co., NY, USA. Polly Houghton and Martin Losey appeared in the census of 1850 of Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY, USA house #243. Polly Houghton married John Miller in after 1855 at Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY, USA. Polly Houghton and John Miller appeared in the census of 1860 of Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY, USA. Polly Houghton appeared in the census of 1870 of Clinton Co., MI, USA next door to son Silas; 13 year old Mary Losey living with her; property $1300-325; widowed; could not read. She died on May 10, 1895 at Bingham Twp, St. Johns, Clinton Co., MI, USA, at her son's Silas home, of heart failure; 88 y, 11 m, 4 d. She was buried on May 11, 1895 at Mt. Rest, St. Johns, Clinton Co., MI, USA, in a lot owned by Silas.

Sources

1850 United States Census - Arcadia, Wayne, New York

Martin Losey M 48 New York, Farmer

Polly Losey F 44 New York

Aurilla Losey F 27 New York

Chauncey Losey M 25 New York

Catharine Losey F 19 New York

Hellen Losey F 16 New York

Anson Losey M 14 New York

Hannah Losey F 12 New York

Orson Losey M 8 New York

Emerson Losey M 4 New York

1850 United States Census

Citing family 1870, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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1895 Death

Mary Polly Houghton Losey

BIRTH 6 Jun 1806, New York, USA

DEATH 10 May 1895, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan, USA

BURIAL: Mount Rest Cemetery

Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan, USA

MEMORIAL ID 124628405

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Additional Sources (including wills, etc.) at:

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/102072787/person/370013085349/facts

• Charles J Vella, PhD, Houghton Surname Project, 2021: https://www.houghtonsurnameproject.com/g0/p691.htm#i20718

Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online :database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical :Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. :Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: :An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the :Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). ( Page 294)

• https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/13283/294/236133059