FELCH, Mary^[1]

1807 - 1897  (90 years)   Has 18 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	FELCH, Mary
  Birth	02 Feb 1807	Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Aug 1897	Passumpsic Cemetery, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA   [5]
  Death	13 Aug 1897	St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA   [2]
  	Mary and William were married on December 14, 1837 in Waterford, Vermont. [2]
  Age	90 years
  Person ID	I12858	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	FELCH, Joseph           b. 28 Apr 1765, Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 27 Jun 1846, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	MANCHESTER, Abigail           b. 23 Oct 1774, Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 18 Sep 1859, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Jul 1799	St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA   [4, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : 34 years and 3 months - She : 24 years and 9 months.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. FELCH, Cynthia           b. 20 Dec 1799, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 12 Mar 1874, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA  (Age 74 years) ▻ SHERMAN, Henry,  m. 19 Jun 1819 + 2. FELCH, Joseph           b. 04 Jun 1801, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 14 Dec 1880, Saint Johnsbury Center, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 79 years) ▻ BROWN, Eunice,  m. 1822-23 ;   MILES, Naomi,  m. 13 Nov 1873 + 3. FELCH, John           b. 24 Mar 1805, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 27 Nov 1896, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 91 years) ▻ POWERS, Frinda,  m. 29 Dec 1830 + 4. FELCH, Mary           b. 02 Feb 1807, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 13 Aug 1897, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 90 years) ▻ ADAMS, William,  m. 14 Dec 1837 + 5. FELCH, Lucinda           b. 19 Jan 1809, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 14 Apr 1893, Lower Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 84 years) ▻ CHURCH, Samuel,  m. 12 Feb 1829 + 6. FELCH, Hannah           b. 1 Dec 1810, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 4 Mar 1874, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 63 years) ▻ LACKIE, Archibald,  m. 24 Feb 1831 + 7. FELCH, George Washington           b. 19 Oct 1812, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 21 Oct 1897, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 85 years) ▻ RICHARDSON, Phebe,  m. 16 Dec 1835 ;   FULLER, Lovinia C,  m. 9 Jun 1873 ;   FULFORD, Jane,  m. 14 Mar 1893 + 8. FELCH, Curtis           b. 17 May 1816, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 23 Jun 1844, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 28 years) ▻ POWERS, Abigail,  m. 19 May 1842
  Children	8 children
  	+ 1. FELCH, Cynthia           b. 20 Dec 1799, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 12 Mar 1874, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA  (Age 74 years) + 2. FELCH, Joseph           b. 04 Jun 1801, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 14 Dec 1880, Saint Johnsbury Center, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 79 years) + 3. FELCH, John           b. 24 Mar 1805, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 27 Nov 1896, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 91 years) + 4. FELCH, Mary           b. 02 Feb 1807, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 13 Aug 1897, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 90 years) + 5. FELCH, Lucinda           b. 19 Jan 1809, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 14 Apr 1893, Lower Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 84 years) + 6. FELCH, Hannah           b. 1 Dec 1810, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 4 Mar 1874, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 63 years) + 7. FELCH, George Washington           b. 19 Oct 1812, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 21 Oct 1897, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 85 years) + 8. FELCH, Curtis           b. 17 May 1816, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 23 Jun 1844, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 28 years)
  Stepparents	AYER, Sarah (m. 1789)
  Family ID	F3939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	FELCH, Joseph           b. 28 Apr 1765, Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 27 Jun 1846, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 81 years)
  Stepmother	AYER, Sarah           b. 27 Aug 1762, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 25 Sep 1797, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 1 half sister
  + 1. FELCH, Samuel           b. 04 Dec 1789, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. Bef 1850, Seabrook, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 60 years) ▻ DOW, Susan E,  m. 29 Nov 1827   2. FELCH, Sarah           b. 06 Jul 1791, Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 17 Sep 1860, Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 69 years) ▻ WOOD, Sylvester,  m. Sep 1806 ;   SHERMAN, Thomas F,  m. 1814   3. FELCH, Carlton           b. 08 Nov 1793, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. Sep 1796, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 2 years) + 4. FELCH, Capt Ira P           b. 18 Apr 1795, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 09 May 1879, Brownington, Orleans County, Vermont, USA  (Age 84 years) ▻ PAINE, Mercy Ann S,  m. 12 Mar 1816   5. FELCH, Ithemar           b. 18 Jul 1797, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. Nov 1797, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F3938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ADAMS, William           b. 29 Dec 1811, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 4 May 1896, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 84 years)  [6]
  Marriage	14 Dec 1837	Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA   [4, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : 30 years and 10 months - He : 26 years.
  Children	1. ADAMS, Mary           b. 17 Mar 1841, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 14 Nov 1841, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. ADAMS, Cynthia Louise           b. 27 Aug 1844, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA           d. 26 Mar 1916, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] m. IDE, Elmore T (1862)
  Family ID	F4749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 02 Feb 1807 - Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Marriage - 14 Dec 1837 - Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Burial - Aug 1897 - Passumpsic Cemetery, Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA Death - 13 Aug 1897 - St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  From Recollections by William A. Ide. MARY FELCH, my grandmother, was the daughter of Joseph Felch. She lived in her Father's pioneer log house. She told me some about it, but not as much as I wish she had. She told me that for a while, until they could build a better house, they lived in the log cabin with a dirt floor and a blanket hung up for a door. They raised their food and the wool for their clothing. They spun and knitted and wove their clothes. She said that the bears annoyed them terribly; they used to come around their blanket door at night. Her Father finally declared war on them, and he kept what they called a spring gun set for them every night. This was a gun placed in two forked stakes driven into the ground, and aimed at a bait on the ground which was attached by a cord to the gun's trigger. She said that every few nights the old gun would cut loose with a terrific roar in the small hours of the night, and that her Father would get up and light his lantern, which was a candle inside a tin can which had holes in it for the light to shine through, and go out and drag home the bear. They did not eat bear meat. They preferred moose. This was only two generations before my time. This country has changed much during a comparatively short time. She married William Adams. They got along somehow, but they were entirely unfitted to each other. She was quiet, serious minded and not given to fun or frivolity. Exactly the opposite to him. When he got to acting up in his fun loving boisterous way, she would heave a sigh and say, "Oh Will, why will you?" The only reply she got to that was a chuckle. She was a cook beyond comparison. Her dinners would make us moderns realize that we do not know what good cooking is. Her life was spent, mostly, in helping others. She was always available when neighbors were sick or in trouble, and she was a natural nurse. When she lived with us, she was very old and frail. She broke her hip, and never walked again. She lived for some time after that and sat all day in her chair knitting. Her chair was a Boston rocker. I have it now. Although she was practically blind, she knit stockings and stockings until she had a pillow case full, and she never dropped a stitch. They were red wool, and we wore them with comfort for many years after she was gone, and some of them were worn by her great grandson, Richard. When I was born she gave me a silver dollar, brand new, coined that year, 1881. I still have it, so I have the first dollar I ever had, which is more than some people can say. They had one child, Cynthia Lois. [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S246] User: Luanne Bailey. [S50] Findagrave.com. [S132] (see) Birth Record. [S513] Memorial history of the Felch family in America and Wales: the earliest and...By William Farrand Felch, Memorial history of the Felch family in America and Wales: the earliest and ... By William Farrand Felch. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: James Bianco Originally Created by: DebL Added: 29 Oct 2013 Find a Grave Memorial #119470908 [S64] (See) Marriage Record. [S635] Jamie Ide.