| NAME |
Jones, Esther C.
(Mrs.) |
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| PLACE |
West Rochester, VT |
| AGE
IN 1850 |
39 |
| MAIDEN
NAME |
Esther Carr |
| PARENTS |
William Carr and Elizabeth Pierce |
| BORN |
About
1811, Clarendon,
VT |
| DIED |
28
July 1880
in Rochester,
VT
of dysentery at the age of 69 |
| BURIED |
West
Hill
Cemetery,
Rochester,
Windsor
County,
VT. An inscription on her gravestone reads:
“Mother has gone home.” 
|
| MARRIED |
Eri
Jones, 10 May 1829 in Goshen,
VT. The son of William Jones and Jane Parker, he was
born 05
October 1805
in Hillsborough,
NH,
and died 22
August 1876
of consumption in Rochester,
VT. |
| CHILDREN |
1.
Mary A. Jones, b. 1829-1830,
unmarried.
2.
Sabra E. Jones, b. 14 September 1831,
m. Ezra W. Towle, son of Samuel
Peasley Towle and Lucinda Washburn, 05 October 1870 in Rochester, VT, d. 08 June 1900 of
“organic disease of heart” in Brandon, VT. Buried
West Hill Cemetery, Rochester, VT.
 |
| FEDERAL
CENSUS RECORDS |
1830 |
Goshen,
Addison
County,
VT. The Eri Jones household includes one male between
the ages 20-30, one female 15-20, and one female under 5. |
| 1840 |
Lewis,
Essex
County,
NY. The Erie Jones household includes one male between
the ages 30-40, one female 20-30, one female 10-15, and one female 5-10. |
| 1850 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 115). Esther Jones (39 VT) is living
with her husband Eri (44 NH). Real estate
$250.
The 1850
agricultural census records the following for the Eri Jones farm in Rochester:
10 acres improved
37 acres unimproved
$250 cash value of farm
$20 value in farm machinery
2 milch cows
2 working oxen
1 swine
$100 value in livestock
4 bushels of wheat
12 bushels of Indian corn
80 bushels of oats
100 bushels of Irish potatoes
300 lbs. of butter
6 tons of hay
$20 value in animals slaughtered |
| 1860 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 208). Esther Jones (48) is living
with her husband Eri (54). Real estate $1,000. Personal estate $500.
The 1860
agricultural census records the following for the Eri Jones farm in Rochester:
60 improved acres
50 unimproved acres
$1,000 cash value of farm
$20 value of farm implements and machinery
1 horse
3 milch cows
5 other cattle
30 sheep
1 swine
$250 value of livestock
10 bushels of rye
100 bushels of oats
125 lbs of wool
75 bushels of Irish potatoes
275 lbs. of butter
27 tons of hay
400 lbs. of maple sugar
$20 value of animals slaughtered |
| 1870 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 185). Eri (64) and Esther Jones (58)
are residing with their daughter Sabra (28).
The 1870
agricultural census records the following for the Eri Jones farm in Rochester:
32 improved acres
18 acres of woodland
$1,500 value of farm
$100 value of farm implements
1 horse
4 cows
1 other cattle
2 sheep
1 swine
$250 value of livestock
10 bushels of buckwheat
10 lbs. of wool
150 bushels of Irish potatoes
300 lbs. of butter
25 tons of hay
$125 value in home manufactures
$400
value of farm production |
| 1880 |
Rochester,
Windsor
County,
VT. A widowed Esther is living with a couple named
Norman and Prudence Green. |
| 1900 |
Brandon,
Addison
County,
VT
(dwelling 86). Daughter Sabra E. Towle (68) is
living with Susan G. (Carr) Campbell (59) and two other boarders. |
| NOTES |
Esther’s brother Caleb Carr was married to “Mrs. Almira K.
Carr.” Her husband Erie Jones was a first
cousin to “Mrs. Permelia Brink” (their parents William Jones and Lovina Jones
McAllister were siblings). Her daughter Sabra
E. Jones married Ezra W. Towle, who was the son of “Mrs. Lucinda Towl.” |
