John Lovejoy (1760 - 1830)

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Ladd) Lovejoy — married 17 Jan 1782 in Coventry, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1830 at age 70 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

JOHN LOVEJOY,^[1] b. 7 May 1760^[2] son of Richard and Rebecca (-) Lovejoy; d. at Sharon, VT, 7 Oct 1830;^[3] m. at Coventry, CT, 17 Jan 1782,^[4][5] ANNA LADD, b. at Coventry, CT, 17 Nov 1762^[6] daughter of Samuel and Anna (Woodward) Ladd;^[7] Anna d. at Perinton, NY, 11 Jul 1851.^[8]

John and Anna resided in Sharon, Vermont where they kept a farm. In 1800, John Lovejoy’s household was five persons at Sharon: one male 26 to 44, one female 26 to 44, two males under 10, and one female 10 to 15.^[9] The household was six persons in 1810: one male 45 and over, one female 45 and over, one male under 10, one male 10 to 15, one male 16 to 25, and one female 16 to 25.^[10]

In his will written 7 June 1827, John Lovejoy of Sharon bequeathed to his sons Andrew Lovejoy and William I. Lovejoy all his landed property except two acres to be divided equally. Andrew and William are to sustain their mother and their sister Fanny. Son John Lovejoy, Jr. receives twenty dollars. Eli Hayden was named executor. In a codicil dated 28 April 1830, John bequeathed to his beloved wife Anna all the household furniture, one cow, and five sheep. Daughter Fanny received the privilege the southwest room and north bedroom and five sheep, the five sheep to be kept by sons Andrew and William. Son John Lovejoy receives one new bible, a small one. Sons Andrew and William receive the remainder of the stock of cattle. They also are each to receive a new bible. He notes that the two acres of real estate he excepted from his earlier bequest has since been deeded to Andrew and William. Daughter Fanny is to receive the interest from $100 to be paid annually. The will was presented 23 March 1832 and allowed on 1 May 1832.^[11]

John served in the Revolution perhaps for a total of two years. On 2 June 1848, his widow Anna then aged eighty-six years and living in Monroe County, New York made application for a pension based on her late husband’s service. She reported John served from Connecticut in 1779 and 1780. Proof of service could not be provided, and the pension application was rejected.^[12]

In 1850, Anna was living in Perinton, New York in the household of her son Andrew. Daughter Fanny was also in the home.^[13]

Children

There are records of four children of John Lovejoy and Anna Ladd in the Sharon, Vermont records, although the older children may have been born in Connecticut before the move to Vermont.^[14]

i FANNY LOVEJOY, b. 7 Jan 1785; d. at Pompey, NY, 31 Oct 1864. Fanny did not marry.

ii JOHN LOVEJOY, b. 27 Feb 1791; d. at Pompey, NY, 11 May 1866; m. about 1830, LYDIA CAROLINE SCOVILLE, b. at Pompey, NY, 15 Nov 1801 daughter of James and Lydia (Hall) Scoville;^[15] Lydia d. at Pompey, 9 May 1855.

iii ANDREW LOVEJOY, b. 23 Nov 1794; d. at Rochester, NY, 3 Apr 1880; m. 1st at Sharon, 10 Sep 1827, his first cousin, MARY “POLLY” INGRAHAM, b. at Plainfield, CT, 5 Oct 1788 daughter of Reuben and Sally (Lovejoy) Ingraham; Polly d. at Perinton, NY, 7 Apr 1847. Andrew m. 2nd at Rochester, 10 Mar 1852, ALMIRA BARRINGER, b. at Albany, 16 Jun 1820 daughter of Frederick P. and Susan (Clark) Barringer; Almira d. at Girard, KS, 4 Aug 1917 where she had lived with her son.^[16]

iv Dr. WILLIAM INGRAHAM LOVEJOY, b. 11 May 1805; d. at Greytown, Nicaragua by drowning, 17 Jan 1859; m. at Fulton, NY, 1 Jul 1854, LAURA A. PALMITER, b. at Brookfield, NY, 5 Sep 1822 daughter of Jesse and Charlotte (Hammond) Palmiter; Laura d. at Volney, NY, 27 Dec 1904.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover
2. ↑ Lovejoy, Lovejoy Genealogy, p 102
3. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQX-8HW6 : 3 March 2021), John Lovejoy, 7 Oct 1830; citing Death, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005486406.
4. ↑ There is a record of the marriage in the Sharon town records of 27 Jan 1784 included with the family record, but Anna states in the pension application that they were married at her father’s house in Coventry on 17 Jan 1782, rather than the 1784 date in the Sharon town records.
5. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK9-354 : 19 February 2021), John Lovejoy and Anna Ladd, 1784.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77L-F8N : 7 January 2020), Anna Ladd, 1762.
7. ↑ The 1816 probate of Samuel Ladd of Coventry includes a distribution to daughter Anna wife of John Lovejoy; Connecticut Probate, Andover Probate District, Town of Coventry, Estate of Samuel Ladd, 1816, Case No. 1408
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-1FSF : 13 September 2020), Anna Ladd Lovejoy, ; Burial, Fairport, Monroe, New York, United States of America, Greenvale Rural Cemetery; citing record ID 20159090, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
9. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Sharon, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 411; Image: 401; Family History Library Film: 218689
10. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Sharon, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: 65; Page: 561; Image: 00382; Family History Library Film: 0218669
11. ↑ Vermont Probate Records, Windsor County, volume 10, pp 484-486
12. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, R6471
13. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Perinton, Monroe, New York; Roll: 529; Page: 183b
14. ↑ Vermont Town Records, Sharon, volume 1, p 42; image 35, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L999-2H4D?i=34&cc=1987653&cat=333734
15. ↑ The will of James Scoville written 15 Feb 1847 includes a bequest to daughter Lydia C. Lovejoy; New York Probate, Onondaga County, Wills Volume I, p 37
16. ↑ Obituary of Mrs. Almira Lovejoy, “The Girard Press”, Girard, Kansas, 09 Aug 1917, Thu, Page 1

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• Lovejoy, Clarence Earle. 1930. The Lovejoy Genealogy with Biographies and History. New York: Published by the author.