Ellen A Applegate

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• Voress Number: 5D4C7G
• Residence: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1870, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1870, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1875
• Residence: 1875, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Notes:

5D4C7G BR1G (5D4C7A1) Ellen A Appelgate, b. abt. 1844 in NY (1850 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, 1291/2188 [age 6, birthplace NY]; 1870 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, 1291/2188 [age 25, birthplace NY]; 1875 NY State Census, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, Elec. Dist. 4, p. 33, 164/343 [age 31, birthplace Kings Co., NY], d. 27 Oct 1920 in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 29, 1920, p. 2)

She was the youngest child of Lewis and Elizabeth. She followed Elizabeth in all her census entries. In 1850, she was enumerated with her parents at Myrtle and Raymond in Brooklyn, NY. In 1870, she was living with her mother Elizabeth in the home of her brother Edward. Ellen A was a shoe binder. (1870 US Census, supra). In 1875, she was living with Elizabeth at 582 Gold Ave., in Brooklyn, NY. She was 31 and a seamstress. (1875 NY State Census, supra). Her obituary, transcribed below, identifies her parents and several of her siblings.

APPENDIX
OBITUARY OF ELLEN APPELGATE
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 29, 1920, p. 2

ELLEN APPELGATE
Miss Ellen A. Applegate, 77 years old, formerly of 159 Emerson Pl., a member of one of the oldest families of Brooklyn, died on Wednesday in a local sanitarium and her funeral services were held today, with interment in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Miss Appeelgate [sic] was born in Middagh st., the daughter of the late Lewis and Elizabeth Gildersleeve Appelgate. She was a sister of the late Dan Appelgate, famous in his day as the old Park Theater police guardian; William Applegate, who was cler of the old Montrose ave. police court, and Mrs. Angeline W. Young. Miss Appelgate’s father as a young man rowed Brooklynites across the East River to go to church and business in old New York City. She is survived by eight nieces and seven nephews.

Occupation:
Shoe Binder

Occupation:
Seamstress

Residence:
382 Gold St

Other Events:

• Voress Number: 5D4C7
• Baptism: 16 May 1791, Old Tennent Church, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
• Occupation: 1823, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1834, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1855
• Residence: 1855, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Notes:

5D4C7 BR1 (5D4C7) Lewis Appelgate, b. abt 1788 in NJ (1850 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, 1291/2188 [age 62, birthplace NJ] ]; Lewis Applegate War of 1812 Bounty Land and Widow’s Pension Application File [application for bounty land at image 12, gives age of 65 in March 1865]; Id. [application for bounty land at image 32, gives age of 60 in 1850]), d. 4 May 1859 (Gertrude A. Barber, Extracts of Deaths from the New York Evening Post [gives date 4 May 1859, spells name Louis]; 1859 Brooklyn City Directory [Elizabeth Appelgate is listed as a widow]; Lewis Applegate War of 1812 Bounty Land and Widow’s Pension Application File [transcript of death record at image 28]) . He married on 20 December 1817 (Lewis Applegate War of 1812 Bounty Land and Widow’s Pension Application File [Affidavit of Elizabeth Applegate, image 19]) Elizabeth Gildersleeve, b. abt 1796 in Queens Co., NY (1850 US Census, supra [age 50, birthplace NJ]; 1875 NY Census, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, Elec. Dist. 4, p. 17, 81/186 [gives birthplace of Queens Co.] Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 23, 1891 [“Entered into rest Elizabeth Gildersleeve, widow of Lewis Appelgate in the 95th year of her age.”]), d. abt. 23 April 1891 at 108 Park Ave., Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. (Id.).

Lewis served in the War of 1812 in Captain Maxwell’s Company of Col. Dodge’s (1st) Regiment of New York Militia. (Bounty Land and Pension Application File). He volunteered on 2 September, 1814, and served until 2 December, 1814—a three month term.

Also according to his bounty and pension file, he married Elizabeth Gildersleeve on 20 December, 1817. The marriage was performed by Rev. Joseph Crawford of the Sand Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In her pension application, Elizabeth states that the church burned down, taking all records of the marriage with it.

Lewis was enumerated in the 1820 Census in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, at 118 Middagh St. [the annotation of the address by the enumerator is very hard to read]. The household consisted of one male between 26 and 40—presumably Lewis; one male under ten—presumably Edward; and one female between 16 and 26—Elizabeth. One person, Lewis, was engaged in manufactures. (1820 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, NARA Roll 64, image 162).

Indexers at familysearch.org say Lewis is listed in the 1830 Census in Kings Co., NY. The only copy I have been able to obtain of the roll is illegible.

In 1840, Lewis and his family were enumerated in the fourth ward of Brooklyn. The household consisted of one male 50-60 (probably Lewis), one male 20-30 (probably Edward), three males 15-20 (probably William, Daniel, and George), one female 40-50 (Elizabeth, wife of Lewis), one female 10-15 (possibly Jane), and one female 5-10 (probably Angeline). One person was engaged in manufacturing or trades. (1840 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, NARA Roll 289, images 218-19).

The 1850 Census entry for Lewis, Elizabeth and family is complicated, but contains valuable clues to assist tracing their descendants. First, a transcript of the actual entry for Dwelling No. 1291:

Family # Name Age Profession Birthplace
2188 Lewis Applegate 63 Market man NJ
Elizabeth “ 50 NY
2189 Wm “ 30 Police Officer “
Ellen “ 26 “
Geo L “ 3 “
2190 Chas Hawxhurst 30 Painter “
Jane “ 26 “
Chas “ 1 “
Angeline Applegate 16 “
Ellen “ 6 “

(Several columns not transcribed)

I believe this entry shows the following family relations, albeit in confusing form:

Lewis and Elizabeth, husband and wife
Their son, William and his (first) wife, Ellen
Their child, George L.
Their daughter, Angeline
Their daughter, Ellen
Charles Hawxhurst and his wife, Jane
Their son, Charles

Jane Hawxhurst is probably a daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth.

The enumerator noted the address of this dwelling in the margin of the sheet “Myrtle ave n Raymond”. This address lets us cross reference entries from the 1850 Brooklyn City directory.

There are two entries in the 1850 city directory for Applegates at this address:

Applegate Lewis, carpenter Myrtle av n Raymond
Applegate William R, butcher Myrtle av n Raymond
(1850 Brooklyn City Directory, pp. 22-23)

On 26 November, 1850, Lewis applied for bounty land for his service in the War of 1812. He claimed to be sixty years old, and a resident of Brooklyn New York. His signature on the application is very clear and he spells his surname “Appelgate”.

A Lewis Applegate is listed as a carpenter in several earlier Brooklyn directories. In 1823, Lewis Applegate is listed as a carpenter at 15 Water in 1823. (1823 Spooner Brooklyn City Directory). In 1833-34, Lewis Applegate is listed as a carpenter at 12 Liberty (1833-34 Brooklyn City Directory reprinted in Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 8, 1934, p. H 26). In 1840, Lewis Applegate is listed as a carpenter at 112 Concord. (Leslie & Chichester Brooklyn, New York General & Business Directory for 1840-41). I believe this is the same Lewis Applegate, and that he changed careers from carpenter to marketman in 1850.

William Applegate also changed careers between the printing of the 1850 city directory and his enumeration in the 1850 Census on September 27, 1850. On May 31, 1850, the Brooklyn Eagle reported that “Mayor Smith has appointed the following police marshals: . . . Wm. Applegate . . ..” (Brooklyn Eagle, May 31, 1850, p. 3).

Lewis was not done changing careers. By 1854, he was the proprietor of a daguerreotype gallery. The Brooklyn Eagle reported on a theft from him:

Yesterday evening, Officer Elias, of the First District Police, arrested an individual named John Carch, on the charge of stealing daguerreotypes from the gallery of Lewis Applegate, in Myrtle avenue.
(Brooklyn Eagle, April 29, 1854, p. 3) (emphasis added).

On 28 March 1855, Lewis applied for another bounty land warrant. He was still living in Brooklyn, NY, aged 65.

Lewis Appelgate died on 6 May, 1859 at 254 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. A transcript of his death record is in his widow Elizabeth’s pension application file. His age at death was 69. The cause of death was listed as senile gangrene.

By 1859, Elizabeth Appelgate was identified as a widow, residing at 254 Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn (1859 Brooklyn City Directory, p. 8). A William Appelgate, policeman, resided at the same address (Id.). I believe this is William R Appelgate and his mother Elizabeth (Gildersleeve) Applegate/Appelgate.

In 1870, Elizabeth was living elsewhere—I believe with a different son. An Elizabeth Applegate, age 72 was enumerated in the household of Edw. Applegate in Brooklyn. (1870 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, 11th Ward, p. 8, 22/64).

In 1875, Elizabeth had moved again. An Elizabeth Applegate, age 78 was living at 382 Gold Street with Ella A Applegate, identified as her daughter. (1875 NY State Census, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, Elec. Dist. 4, p. 17, 81/186).

In 1879, Elizabeth Applegate, the widow of Louis (sic) was living at 206 Sands in Brooklyn. (1879-08 Lain’s Brooklyn City Directory).

In 1880, Elizabeth applied for and was granted a widow’s pension based on Lewis’s service. The file jacket for her pension application gives her residence at 206 Sands Street, Brooklyn, NJ. One of the witnesses for the claim was Ellen Appelgate, also residing at 206 Sands Street. The application does not state Ellen’s relationship to Elizabeth.

In 1887, an investigation of her pension claim (probably to make sure she was still alive), found she was living at 258 Navy Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Elizabeth died in April of 1891, in Brooklyn, NY.

DIED
APPELGATE—Entered into rest ELIZABETH GILDERSLEEVE, widow of Lewis Appelgate, in the 95th year of her age.

Funeral on Friday, April 24, at 2 o’clock, from her late residence, 108 Park av. Brooklyn. Resident of Brooklyn for ninety-one years.
Brooklyn Eagle, April 23, 1891, p. 5

Occupation:
Carpenter
15 Water

Occupation:
Carpenter
12 Liberty

Occupation:
Marketman

Occupation:
Carpenter, Myrtle Ave nr. Raymond

Residence:
Myrtle ave n Raymond

Occupation:
Carpenter

Lewis married Elizabeth Gildersleeve 20 Dec 1817, Sand Street Methodist Church. Elizabeth was born 1797, Queens County, New York, USA; died Abt 23 Apr 1891, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1859, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1870, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1875, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1879, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Myrtle ave n Raymond

Residence:
254 Myrtle av

Residence:
382 Gold St

Residence:
206 Sands

Died:
108 Park Ave.

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• Voress Number: 5D4C
• Residence: 1824, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
• Date of Will: 17 Sep 1824

Joseph — Elizabeth Story. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Voress Number: 5D4

Notes:

Birth:
BET 1710 AND 1720

Died:
BET 1759 AND 1762

Joseph — Elizabeth ?. Elizabeth died Aft 1766. [Group Sheet]

Joseph — Rebecca Perrine. Rebecca (daughter of John Perrine and Catherine ?) was born 1725. [Group Sheet]