Caroline (Stanhope) Aiken (1808 - abt. 1862)

Born 22 Jun 1808 in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Aiken Jr. — married 3 Feb 1861 in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States

Died about 1862 at about age 53 in Glen Sutton, Sutton, Brome, Canada East [uncertain]

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Biography

Caroline Stanhope was born in 1808, the daughter of Isaac Stanhope and Judith Foster.^[1] Caroline was the granddaughter of Joseph Stanhope, the pioneering settler of Richford, Vermont, who in about 1795 settled directly beside the Miller family.

It was only fitting then, that in about 1830 she married Rogers Miller, the grandson of Joseph Stanhope's neighbour Hugh Miller. The known children of Rogers and Caroline, all born in Glen Sutton, are:

1. Almeda, b. 18 Nov. 1832; m. Sterling Courser; d. 30 April 1915
2. Ira, b. 1839; m. Susan Miller (his first cousin once removed)
3. Wealthy Jane, b. 7 May 1841, and
4. Chestina, b. 6 March 1847.

Of the above, the three youngest are captured with their parents on the 1851 Census.^[2]

Caroline lost her husband in January 1859. Two years later, she married Thomas Aiken Jr., on 3 Feb 1861, who had lost his wife in early 1860.^[3][4] On the 1861 census, she was not yet listed with Thomas, but they were very close neighbors, in fact both appearing on Lot 21 of Range 4. Her household included her children Chestina and Ira, plus Ira's wife Susan.^[5]

She passed away in a very short period after her re-marriage. Her exact death date in not known, but certainly before 1863, when Thomas re-married in January of that year.

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Richford| Birth, "Caroline Stanhope"
2. ↑ 1851 Canada East Census, District 16 (Missisquoi), Sub-District 219 (Sutton), Page 29, Line 38| 1851 Canada East Census, "Carolin Miller, Age 44"
3. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Richford| Marriage, Miller - Aiken
4. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, Richford| Marriage, Aiken - Miller
5. ↑ 1861 Canada East Census, District of Brome, Sub-District Sutton, Page 215, Line 20| 1861 Canada East Census, "Caroline Miller, Age 52"