Betsey (Stewart) Congdon (1771 - 1818)

Born 28 Sep 1771 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

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Biography

Betsey Stewart was born on 28 September 1771 in Preston Township, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America. She was the first child of Alexander Stewart and his wife Thankful Denison.

She died on 21 February 1818 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States and was buried in the John Congdon Lot, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.

Marriage

Betsey Stewart was married to Thomas Rose Congdon on 19 February 1789 in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States.

Children

Children of Betsey Stewart and her husband Thomas Rose Congdon;

• 1. Abigail Congdon. b. 1789 – d. 1874.

• 2. Betsey Congdon. b. 1791 – d. 1847.

• 3. Susannah Congdon. b. 1793 – d. 1823.

• 4. Phebe B. Congdon. b. 1796 – d. 1874.

• 5. John Congdon. b. 1799 – d. 1834.

• 6. Mary Congdon. b. 1800 – d. 1861.

• 7. Alexander Stewart Congdon. b. 1803 – d. 1803. In Infancy.

• 8. Martha Stewart "Patty" Congdon. b. 1804 – d. 1877.

• 9. Alexander Stewart Congdon. b. 1808 – d. 1814. In Childhood.

• 10. Esther Carpenter Congdon. b. 1813 – d. 1869.

Sources

• Birth. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77R-PX2 : 11 February 2018), Betsey Stewart, 28 Sep 1771; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Marriage. "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PB-RN1 : 11 January 2020), Betsey Stewart in entry for Thomas Congdon, 1789.

• Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #176474901

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 1096: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/38/mode/1up