Harriet Applegate

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• Residence: 1860, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1900, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Notes:

--OBITUARY--

Ilion, May 3 - At the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.C. Newton, at South Ilion, at 6:30 o'clock this morning, occurred the death of Mrs. Harriet Fretts, she had been in feeble health for a long time and her last illness confined her to her bed for the past three months. Old age and heart trouble caused her death. The deceased was born in Canada 84 years ago and when a young girl she with her parents moved to the Fulmer Creek road back of Mohawk, where she lived for some time and for some years she resided at South Columbia. For the past 20 years she had made her home with her daughter. She was twice married, her first husband Edward (sic)[Edwin] Ford, died 79 years ago. Years later she was united in marriage with the late John. V.R. [Van Rensselaer] Fretts who died about seven years ago. Surviving are two brothers, William Applegate of Minn.; Melvin Applegate of Alabama; five daughters, Mrs. S. C. Newton, Mrs. James [Marion] Moyer of Shoemaker Hill; Mrs. John [Agnes] Bala of South Ilion; Mrs. George [Ina] Van Duesen of Mohawk; Mrs. Otis [Clara] Ackler of Ilion; two sons, Orville of Rochester and Henry D. Ford of Rochester. Utica Daily Press, Thursday Morning, May 3, 1917

Harriet — Edwin Ford. Edwin was born Abt 1826. [Group Sheet]

1. Sarah Ann Ford was born Abt 1850, Herkimer County, New York, USA.
2. Marion Ford was born Abt 1852, Herkimer County, New York, USA.
3. Edwin Ford was born Abt 1856, New York, USA.
4. Henry D Ford was born Abt Jan 1860, New York, USA.

Harriet married John Van Rensselaer Fretts 19 Jan 1891, Ilion, Herkimer County, New York, USA. John was born Oct 1810; died Abt 1910. [Group Sheet]

1. Edwin Ford was born Abt 1856, New York, USA.
2. Henry D Ford was born Abt Jan 1860, New York, USA.

Other Events:

• Voress Number: PR1
• Occupation: 1850
• Residence: 1850, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1855
• Residence: 1855, Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Notes:

PR1 William Franklyn Applegate, b. abt. 1808 in South Carolina (1850 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flats Twp., 395/423 [age 42, birthplace SC]; 1855 NY State Census, Herkimer Co., Litchfield, 165/173 [age 40, birthplace SC]; but see 1900 US Census, MN, Mille Lacs Co., Princeton Twp., 6/245, sheet 15A, 191/192 [census entry for son Henry states his father was born in NJ]); d. bef. 1860, when his wife is listed without him in the Census. He married on 27 December 1831 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY (http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/hist-search/ [dynamic search for “Applegate”; citing Wayne Sentinel, 20 December 1831 {Newspaper}]) Elizabeth Gardner ("Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDMG-J4B : accessed 09 May 2013), Henry Applegate, 01 Feb 1906 [death certificate of son Henry gives her maiden name])
b. abt 1812 in Niagara County, New York (1850 US Census, supra [age 39, birthplace NY]; 1855 NY State Census, supra [age 40, birthplace Niagra Co.]; 1860 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., German Flatts, p. 36, 284/288 [age 48, birthplace NY]; 1875 MN State Census, Mille Lacs Co., p. 1073, #66 [age 56, birthplace NY]; 1885 MN State Census, Mille Lacs Co., Princeton, p. 20, #149 [age 73, birthplace NY]; 1900 US Census, NY, Herkimer Co., 7/46, sheet 16B, 375/401 [July 1812, birthplace NY]); d. 17 Jan 1904, in Utica, NY (Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7); bur. in Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, Herkimer Co., NY (Findagrave Memorial # 59080523).

William’s parentage is a mystery. While there are other Applegates in Montgomery and Herkimer Counties in New York, he does not seem to be related to them. There are no known Applegates in South Carolina at the beginning of the 19th Century. UPDATE 2013-06-21: There are traces of two Applegates in South Carolina. The first is William Applegate, identified as a constable there in 1821. 2 McCord (13 S.C.L.) 110 (S.C. Const. Ct. 1822). He may be the same William Applegate mentioned in the case of DeBow v. Applegate, 3 McCord (S.C.) 44, but the report in that case is very abbreviated. The second is a John Applegate who served in the Charleston Militia under Captain James Bentham in 1778. Bobby Gilmer Ross, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, Volume 1, A-J, p. 24 (citing S.C.H.&G., LIII, 15).

William married in Wayne County, New York, and the Wayne County, NY historical website does contain references to a few Applegates, but I cannot determine as of yet how or whether they are related to William. I list them here for later reference.

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Applegate, Cornelia Marries Augustus Gould, Lyons Lyons Gazette 5/26/1852 File No:
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Page: 3/1 Lyons No
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Applegate, Joseph Infant Format: micro Presbyterian, Newark 1831/09/11 File No:
Book: Baptisms
Page: ARCADIA No
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Applegate, Robert Sheriff's sale, Arcadia Lyons Argus, Western Argus 1/25/1832 File No:
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Page: 3/4 Arcadia No
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Applegate, Susan Marries Uberto Finch, Lyons Wayne County Whig 2/17/1841 File No:
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Page: 2/2 Lyons No
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Applegate, Susan Ann marriage, Alberto Finch Format: micro Presbyterian, Lyons, First 1841/02/11 File No:
Book: Marriages
Page: 16 Lyons No

http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/hist-search/Search_Results.aspx?Name=appleg&Part=True

I believe I have found William and family in the 1840 Census in Warren, Herkimer County, New York. The household contained three males under 5—corresponding to William Jr., Henry, and Lewis—and two females 5-10, which would be Ellen and another unknown daughter. A man 30-40 and a woman 20-30—probably William and Elizabeth—round out household.

In 1850, William’s family was enumerated in German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York. William was 42, a harness maker, and born in South Carolina; Elizabeth was 39, and born in NY; Ellen was 15, and born in NY; William (Jr) was 14, and born in NY; Lewis was 10, and born in NY; Lucy was 4, born in NY; and Mary was 12, born in NY.

In 1855, the family was enumerated in the NY State Census in Litchfield, Herkimer Co. William was 40, and born in SC; Elizabeth was 40, and born in Niagara Co., NY; William (Jr) was 18 and born in Oswego Co., NY; Henry was 17, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Lewis was 12, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Lucy was 8, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Mary was 4, and born in Herkimer Co., NY; Melvin was 3, and born in Herkimer Co., NY.

William is gone by 1860. Elizabeth was enumerated with her three youngest living children—Lewis, Mary, and Melvin in German Flatts.

In 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate purchased a five acre parcel of land in Mohawk, Herkimer County from Timothy and Lucy Hess. (Herkimer Co. (NY) Deeds 78-624). On 5 December 1863, she sold the same parcel the Lewis F Appelgate—presumably her son.

In 1865, Elizabeth was enumerated with her younger children in the New York State Census. She was 50 and born in Herkimer County. Living in the household were her children Lewis, Henry, William, Mary, and Sherman M. Her entry indicates she was the mother of eight children, married once, and currently married. I believe the entry of her marital state is in error and she had been a widow since at least 1860.

I cannot find her in the 1870 US Census.

In 1875, Elizabeth was enumerated in the household of her son Henry in Princeton, Mille Lacs Co., MN. She was 56 and born in NY. In 1885, she was enumerated in the household of her son William, also in Princeton. She was 73 and born in NY.

Sometime prior to 1900, Elizabeth returned to Herkimer County, NY. She was enumerated there in the household of her grandson Charles Rulison, the son of her daughter Ellen.

Elizabeth died on 23 January 1904 in Utica, NY. Her obituary, as printed and expanded in the Princeton Union, is attached as an appendix.

APPENDIX
OBITUARY FROM THE PRINCETON UNION

The Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7

William Applegate received a copy of the Saturday Globe of Utica, N.Y., last week containing an account of the death of his mother at the advanced age of ninety-two years. The account dated Ilion, Jan. 24th says: "At the rare old age of ninety-two Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate breathed her last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. V. R. Fretts in South Ilion. For half a century the worthy and respected old lady had been a resident here, her earlier days having been passed with a Quaker family in the near neighborhood of Palmyra. Four children survive her--the daughter named above and three sons, of whom one is residing in the state of Alabama and two in Minnesota. Funeral services were held from the South Ilion church Monday afternoon, Rev. George N. Buel officiating. Interment was made in the Mohawk cemetery. Many are the kind memories which follow her who has laid down her burden of years."

William and Henry Applegate are the two sons residing in Minnesota. T.H. Caley's first wife who died many years ago, was a daughter of Mrs. Applegate who several years ago lived with her children in Princeton.

Occupation:
Harness Maker

Occupation:
Harness Maker

William married Elizabeth Gardner 20 Dec 1831, Macedon, Wayne County, New York, USA. Elizabeth was born 1812, Niagara County, New York, USA; died 23 Jan 1904, Utica, New York, USA; was buried , Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1860, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1865, Mohawk, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1875, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1875, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1885, Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Notes:

The Princeton Union, February 18, 1904, p. 7

William Applegate received a copy of the Saturday Globe of Utica, N.Y., last week containing an account of the death of his mother at the advanced age of ninety-two years. The account dated Ilion, Jan. 24th says: "At the rare old age of ninety-two Mrs. Elizabeth Applegate breathed her last at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. V. R. Fretts in South Ilion. For half a century the worthy and respected old lady had been a resident here, her earlier days having been passed with a Quaker family in the near neighborhood of Palmyra. Four children survive her--the daughter named above and three sons, of whom one is residing in the state of Alabama and two in Minnesota. Funeral services were held from the South Ilion church Monday afternoon, Rev. George N. Buel officiating. Interment was made in the Mohawk cemetery. Many are the kind memories which follow her who has laid down her burden of years."

William and Henry Applegate are the two sons residing in Minnesota. T.H. Caley's first wife who died many years ago, was a daughter of Mrs. Applegate who several years ago lived with her children in Princeton.