Death Records:
1837-1846
Computerized by Rebecca Rector from the originals at
Rensselaer Co. Historical Society
Name |
Death
Date |
Notes |
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?, s/o Capt. |
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11m, cholera |
Allen, Robert |
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32y, consumption [1842 Troy Directory: Robert was a
cooper, |
Allen, s/o Robert (deceased) |
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4m, consumption |
Armitage, Eliza |
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33y, inflammation – childbirth; wife of Rev. T. |
Atwood, George |
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8y, inflammation – bowels, brain |
Austin, Mrs. C. |
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21y, childbed |
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1 stillborn, other lived a few hours |
Baldwin, Nancy M. |
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“bloom of youth” |
Boss, Nancy |
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19, consumption |
Bassett, s/o Mr. |
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5m, inflammation – brain |
Battershall, s/o
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1m, 3d, lungs |
Bentley, Mrs. |
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Dropsy |
Bradshaw, Nancy |
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Bristol, June |
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Wife of Corydon |
Brown, Elizabeth |
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Brownson, dau of N. |
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3y, 9m, croup |
Bulson, Pattison |
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Consumption |
Butterfield, Mrs. Elizabeth |
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Formerly Baptist |
Cammon, Jane |
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27y, 6m, dyspepsy |
Carlin, John (at nail factory) |
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59y, bilious fever |
Chadsey, dau of Mr. |
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9m, influenza |
Chapman, Robert |
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Lung hemorrhage |
Chappel, Mary |
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Dropsy; experienced religion 6 yrs. ago; deranged several days before death, had buried her oldest daughter a few short months ago (see Mary Ann) |
Chappell, Mary Ann |
27 Sept.1840 |
21y, 6m, consumption. Attended meeting 1 wk before death |
Cleminshaw, s/o E. |
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21d, stomach inflammation [Edwin was a brass founder on R.R. bridge, home at N. 2nd in 1842 Directory] |
Comstock, Adria |
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Was Baptist early on; left husband & children (see Zoroaster Comstock) |
Comstock, Cyrus |
1837 |
Consumption |
Comstock, Zoroaster |
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Sick for 10 days, wife died 30 Nov. and was unable to
recover from this shock (see Adria Comstock); he
had nervous temperament, would rise above it then sink into melancholy;
had a complication of diseases which induced derangement; left a 15 y.o. daughter. He had been a Class Leader [He was
40-50 in 1840 census of |
Cooper, dau of S. |
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2m, sickly from birth |
Covey, female |
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38y, ery..sipelas? |
Cramp, Priscilla |
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Cushman, Adelin |
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28y, consumption |
Dannatt, William |
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34y, lost his religion but then reclaimed it |
Degraffe, Capt. |
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50y, dropsy |
Donnet?, John |
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Consumption |
Drew, James |
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50y, cholera |
Dusenbury, son |
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7d, ill from birth |
Earl, Jerusha |
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50y, consumption; Baptist early on; anxious regarding the future but found calm peace in God |
Eaton, David B. |
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25y, 7m, bowel inflammation [1842 Troy Directory: he was a coachmaker, home at 44 Albany St. In 1843 he lived at 47 Grand Division] |
Emerson, Maty |
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40y; great pain & anxiety, went to Petersburgh for her health; left a husband & children |
Emond?, female of Lansingburgh |
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Stomach disease |
Ferguson, Agnes |
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34y, consumption |
Fondy, Daniel |
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76y, paralysis |
Frank, Caroline M. |
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27y, disease of chest |
Gager, dau of Mr. |
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1y, croup |
Gilbert, s/o
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10m, whooping cough |
Grunwood
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8m, heart disease [1840 census, 4th ward: Wm. A. Greenwood 30-40; 1850 census 4th ward: William 46 grocer born MA, Lucretia 48, 5 children] [1842 Troy Directory: William A. was shoemaker, home at 13 N. 3rd] |
Hagadorn, Mary |
Apr 1841 |
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Hagerman, dau of Mr. |
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5m, fits |
Hale, Amelia |
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consumption |
Hartt, Benjamin |
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71, consumption |
Haverland, s/o Mr. |
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5y, 5d, croup |
Hibbard, Horace |
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Consumption; family was poor, had been sustained by the Church and individuals but he then went to the Poor House 6 wks. before death. Funeral at Poor House. [Horace R. is 30-40 in 1840 census of Troy’s 4th ward, wife 30-40, another female 30-40, + 2 young males, 4 young females] |
Hitchcock, dau of Mr. |
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3y, 5m, dropsy – brain |
Hitchcock, s/o Mr. |
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7m, dropsy – brain |
Houghton, Sally |
Mar 1840 |
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4m, whooping cough |
Huniston, dau of W. |
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5y, 6m, consumption |
Hyatt, Mary |
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39, heart disease |
Hyde, Lovina |
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Experienced religion 18 yrs. ago at age 14; was mother & wife, left 3 children |
Ingals, Daniel, s/o Samuel at Albia |
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5y, 25d, dropsy of brain [1850 census, 5th ward: Samuel is 54, born VT; 1840 census: he is in Hoosick age 40-50 with 1 male under 5, many young females etc.] |
Jenkins, s/o Mr. |
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5m, stomach disease |
Knight, dau of Mr. |
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1y, lung disease |
Knight, s/o Mr. |
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3y, cold, worms |
Knower, dau of Thomas |
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21d, ill from birth
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Lane, Margaret |
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Experienced religion with husband 15 mo. ago, attended
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Larkin, Henry |
1837 |
Consumption |
Lee, Margaret |
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33y, inflammation of brain and bowels from childbirth; wife of N. |
Lee, Sarah Maria |
16 May 1841 |
25y, consumption, wife of Nathaniel Lee; said to Pastor – “I am almost home” |
Lewis, Matilda |
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Hemorrhage – uterus |
Lyons, Mrs. |
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21y, consumption; |
Mackey, Charles |
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3y, 7m, congestion – brain |
McClatchey?, dau of Mr. |
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8m, 7d, enlargement of gland |
McCodick?, __ |
1839 |
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McCoy, Abraham |
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41, diarrhea [1840 census, 7th ward; 1842 Troy Directory: he was laborer, home at rock alley] |
McCoy, s/o A. |
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18d, inflammation – brain |
McGill, s/o John |
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7m, 14d, measles |
Mealy?, Adaline |
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14y, injury from fall |
Merriam, John P. [could this be J. Orvil? – see marriages] |
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Miller, dau of R. |
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8m, typhus |
Miller, Jacob |
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88y, stomach hemorrhage |
Moor, Maria |
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Moulton, Mary |
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Ockford, Lovina |
Sept 1838 |
Married just a few weeks |
Owens, s/o Mr. |
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3m, 3d, inflammation – brain |
Payne, Charles |
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36, consumption |
Powel, dau of Mr. |
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3y, croup |
Powell, Mrs. Sarah |
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Wife of Edward (2nd husb.), left 2 children by 1st husband and 1 by Edward [1842 Troy Directory: Edward was harness maker, home at 69 N. 4th] |
Prentice, Abigail |
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Reed, Polly |
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32y, childbed |
Roberts, Sarah |
1839 |
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Robinson, Sarah |
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22y, joined State |
Rogers, Abigail |
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52y, 8m |
Sherman, Julia |
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Smith, Eunice |
1837 |
Wife of William (R.?); all her children had died |
Smith, George |
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6y, inflammation – bowels |
Smith, s/o Frederick N. |
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2m, 6d, croup [1842 Troy Directory:
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Sperry, Hannah |
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Swansey, dau of Mr. [Edward? – see marriages] |
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4m, sore throat |
Teal, Phebe |
1839 |
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Thompson, s/o Robert |
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1m, 6d, bowel inflammation |
Tobey?, Mrs. Caroline |
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Married |
Townsend, Cynthia |
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38y, unmarried, consumption |
Van Beuren, Susan |
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26, e..nysipclas? |
Van Vleck, Helen J. |
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Vedder, son |
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2y, whooping cough |
Wager, Barnet |
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67, apoplexy [1840 census, 7th ward: Barney Wager is age 50-60] |
Wager, dau of Paul |
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1y, 11m, heart disease |
Wallace, Clarissa A. |
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Early youth |
Ward, Nancy Eliza |
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19y, 6m, disease of lungs and bowels |
Way, Marvin |
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23, consumption |
Wentworth, Susanna |
1843? |
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Whitaker, Evelina |
Sept 1850 |
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Wilsie, Melissa |
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19y, consumption |
Winne, Elizabeth |
1843? |
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Wood, James |
1843? |
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34, consumption |
Wright, John, MD |
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35y, 2m, 9d; died of consumption at Aiken, SC [1842 Troy Directory: He was physician, office & home at 20 3rd, along with Mrs. Hannah and Thomas; in 1843 his office was 39 3rd and home at 47 Grand Division] [see Marriages for his 1844 re-marriage after Mary Ann died - below] |
Wright, Mary Ann |
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Wife of Dr. John Wright; illness of 1 wk, scarlet fever; experienced religion at age 16 at Camp Mtg. (11 yrs. ago?); left 1 child baptized after her interment |