Maria (Marselis) McMichael (1795 - 1854)

Born 24 Feb 1795 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard McMichael — married 19 Dec 1812 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1854 at age 59 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States

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Biography

Maria Marselis was born in 1795, daughter of Henry Marselis and Cornelia Pootman. ^[1] According to church records and her grave marker, she was born on 24 February.^[2] A family Bible transcription has birth in January.^[3]

She married Richard McMichael.

Children

1. Sarah Maria, b.1816; married Joseph Harmon
2. Henry, b. 1817
3. Louisa, b. 1828
4. Cornelia, b. 1830

The family was found in the 1850 US Federal Census in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States^[4]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Maria McMichael F 52 (1798) New York White
• Henry McMichael M 33 (1817) New York White
• Louisa McMichael F 22 (1828) New York White
• Cornelia McMichael F 20 (1830) New York White
• Josephine Harman F 11 (1839) New York White (grd dau)
• Alfred Harman M 3 (1847) New York White
• Catharine Schermerhorn F 35 (1815) New York White
• James A Norris M 26 (1824) Pennsylvania White
• Saphronia Norris F 18 (1832) Pennsylvania White

Maria died in 1854 and was interred in the Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/yates/gen-marcellus.html
2. ↑ Schenectady Baptisms, v. 4, bk. 44, p. 449, "U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989", New Holland Society of New York, Ancestry Record NYDutchChurch #108940].
3. ↑ Recorded by her granddaughter Ellen Harmon Littell: "Maria Marselus was born in de twenty fourt day of January seven o'clock in de evening in the year 1795." Biography: Memoir and Family Documentation (Compiled 1930, Library of Congress control no. 2017416520), Online, p. 7.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1V-ZMC : Fri Oct 06 20:10:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Maria McMichael and Henry McMichael, 1850.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #93232127: accessed 19 May 2020), memorial page for Maria Marselis McMichael (24 Jan 1795–7 Sep 1854), citing Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA ; Maintained by John Miller (contributor 47257964) .