Jerusha (Packer) Wolfe (1811 - 1891)

Born 10 Jun 1811 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of John A. Wolfe — married 24 Aug 1834 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Died 13 Apr 1891 at age 79 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

Jerusha Packer, born 9 Jun 1811 at Groton, Connecticut, was a daughter of Delight Ashby (1733-) and Lodowick Packer (1775-). She may have been a namesake for an earlier born (1799) sibling who had died.

Jerusha married John A. Wolfe at Groton ^[1]. Children of this family were listed in the 1850 census of Groton ^[2]:

• John Wolf, age 14
• Harriet Wolf, age 9
• Mary E. Wolf, age 7

The same composition of this family was captured in the 1860 census of Groton ^[3].

Jerusha (Packer) Wolfe died 13 Apr 1891 ^[4]. Her grave is in Packer Cemetery, West Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[5].

Notes

Birth dates for Jerusha vs. her sister Hannah are puzzling, both ostensibly being born in 1811. The grave marker for Hannah is explicit as to her age at death, calculating to her birth on 9 November 1811. The grave marker for Jerusha is heavily eroded, thus illegible from the depicted image, however the cited death & burial record does give her birth date as June 19, 1811. Presuming that they were from the same mother, one of the records must be incorrect.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-RFRG : 15 April 2022), John A Wolf, ; citing Marriage, Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272250.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68T-G89 : Tue Oct 03 11:47:54 UTC 2023), Entry for John Wolf and Jenisha Wolf, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRW-8FC : Wed Oct 04 05:16:27 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Wolf and Jerusha Wolf, 1860.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VN-M3L : 11 June 2020), Jerusha Packer Wolf, 1891.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94066796