Leonard Jarvis Wyeth Sr. (abt. 1798 - abt. 1855)

Born about 10 Feb 1798 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Archer) Wyeth — married 2 Oct 1821 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died about 1 Feb 1855 at about age 56 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

Leonard Jarvis Wyeth Sr. was born 10 February 1798 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died 1 February 1855 in New York City. New York County, New York, USA, son of Jacob Wyeth (1764–1847) and Elizabeth (Jarvis) Wyeth (1768–1858): married 2 Oct 1821 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA to Caroline Archer,^[1] born 18 November 1798 at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, died 16 January 1882 at New York City, New York County, New York, USA, daughter of Capt. George Archer (1765–1799) and Judith (Hathorne) Archer (1770–1827); buried 1 Feb 1855 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA, Lot 9201, Section 27. (Re-Interment: 31 December 1855, from a previous entombment in Vault no. 194 the New York City Marble Cemetery East 2nd Street New York City [Manhattan].)^[2]

Children of Leonard Jarvis Wyeth and Caroline (Archer) Wyeth:

• Elizabeth Jarvis Wyeth (1822–1831, age 9)
• Sarah Archer Wyeth (1824–1861), married Charles Platt Carpenter (b. 1811)
• Mary Frances Wyeth (1828–1878), unmarried.
• Leonard Jarvis Wyeth (1830–1909), married Charlotte Prime (1838-1923)
• Elizabeth Jarvis Wyeth Jr. (1832–1915) married Anderson Carroll Dana (1822-1907)
• Emily Wyeth (1835–1910), married Frederick Swan, son of Benjamin Lincoln Swan and Mary C. Saidler, b. 1787, died 1866.
• Caroline Archer Wyeth (1839–1841, age 2)

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N5-R4Q : 16 January 2020), Leonard I. Wyeth, 1821. p 217 l 282.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167464319/leonard-jarvis-wyeth: accessed 24 January 2024), memorial page for Leonard Jarvis Wyeth (1798–1 Feb 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167464319, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Wallace G Lane Jr (contributor 47604754).

• Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), p. 14. Note: this source has an incomplete listing of his children, and incorrectly lists his wife as Charlotte Prime (1801-1883) - who actually married his son Leonard Wyeth Jr. (1830-1909), and also incorrectly lists a daughter Charlotte, .
• United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBX-M1T : Thu Oct 05 12:38:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Leonard Wyeth and Caroline Wyeth, 1850.