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Elizabeth PERRY (b c1836)

Elizabeth Perry, the daughter of Stephen Perry and Martha Merrill, was born about 1836, probably in St Albans, Somerset County, Maine. Her father's household was listed in the 1840 US Census of St Albans, Maine.

Elizabeth, age 14, appeared with her parents in the 1850 US Census in St Albans, Somerset County, Maine. Her father gave his occupation as a Free Will Baptist elder. She had a younger brother Melvin (age 11) and sister Henrietta (age 3). Henrietta would die before the end of 1850. Another brother, Eugene, would be added to the family in 1862. Later census records suggest that Eugene was a Down Syndrome child.

Elizabeth was still living with her parents at the time of the 1860 US Census, but, at age 24, she was already married to Simeon Treadwell Robbins and the mother of a son, Walter S Robbins (age 1). Simeon and Walter were both born in Maine. Simeon did not name an occupation when found by the census enumerator in 1860 but he did have some real estate and personal property.

By 1865, Simeon and Elizabeth were on their own and settled in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York where they would live for the balance of Elizabeth's life. Simeon was farming. Walter was by this time age 6. The household included two boards, Ada Robbins (age 21) and Richard Robbins (age 3). Ada may well have been a sister to Simeon and Richard was likely her son. Perhaps her husband had died in the war or was still in service.

The family was in Huntington in 1870 and Simeon was still farming. The couple still had only the one child, Walter, who was then age 11 and in school. Two children would be born to the couple in the next decade, Henrietta (b 1871) and Mildred (b 1875).

Simeon and his children were in Huntington when the 1880 US Census was enumerated. Walter was age 21 and still unmarried. He was farming with his father. Henrietta was age 9 and in school that year. Mildred, who was listed as a son named Winfield, was age 5 and also in school. Elizabeth was listed in the family household in 1880, but she had, in fact, died in June 1879. The 1880 Mortality Census of deaths in the year prior to May 31, 1880 recorded the month and cause of death. She had been sick from pneumonia for 16 days when she died. I can find no record of her burial. I can only assume that she was buried in Huntington.

Elizabeth's husband Simeon remarried in 1881 and lived on another 30 years, dying in 1910.

Sources:

1840 US Census, Household of Stephen Perry (b c1811): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1840; Census Place: St Albans, Somerset, Maine; Roll: 151; Page: 241; Family History Library Film: 0009708. Content: The 1840 US Census of St Albans, Somerset County, Maine on 01 Jun 1840 lists the household of Stephen Perry (possible spelled Peary) composed of males (1 under 5, 1 age 20-29) and females (1 under 5, 1 age 20-29), a total of 4 persons.

1850 US Census, Household of Stephen Perry (b c1811): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1850; Census Place: St Albans, Somerset, Maine; Roll: 268; Page: 149a. Content: The 1850 US Census of St Albans, Somerset County, Maine on 09 Sep 1850 lists dwelling (651/696) with a household composed of (1) Stephen Perry, age 39, male, F[ree] W[ill] B[aptist] Elder, real: $1100, born Maine, (2) Martha Perry, age 38, female, born Maine, (3) Elizabeth F Perry, age 14, female, born Maine, in school, (4) Melvin Perry, age 11, male, born Maine, in school, (5) Henrietta Perry, age 3, female, born Maine.

1860 US Census, Household of Stephen Perry (b c1811): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1860; Census Place: Corinna, Penobscot, Maine; Page: 74. Content: The 1860 US Census of Corrina, Penobscot County, Maine, lists dwelling 559 with a household composed of (1) Stephen Perry, age 49, male, M[edical] D[octor], (real:$1500; pers: $1070), born New Hampshire, (2) Martha Perry, age 48, female, born Maine, (3) Melvin Perry, age 22, male, born Maine, farm laborer, (4) Eugene Perry, age 8, male, born Maine, idiotic, (5) Simeon T Robbins, age 25, male, no occupation, (real: $500, pers: 275), born Maine, (6) Elizabeth [Perry] Robbins, age 24, female, born Maine, and (7) Walter S Robbins age 1, male, born Maine.

1865 New York State Census, Household of Simeon Robbins (b 1835): Citation: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. City: Huntington. Content: The 1865 New York State Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York on 21 Jun 1865 lists dwelling 278, frame, with a household composed of (1) Simeon Robins (sic), age 30, male, born Maine, married (first), farmer, native voter, land owner, (2) Elizabeth Robins, age 29, female, wife, born Maine, one child, married (first), (3) Walter S Robins, age 6, male, child, born Maine, single, (4) Ada Robins, age 21, female, boarder, born New York, one child, married (first), single (sic), (5) Richard Robins, age 3, male, boarder, born Maine, single.

1870 US Census, Household of Simeon Robbins (b c1835): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1870; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M593_1100; Page: 544A. Content: The 1870 US Census of Huntington (Suffolk) NY on 30 Jul 1870 shows dwelling (1114/1181) with a household composed of (1) Simeon Robbins, age 35, male, white, farmer, (real: $6000, pers: $1500), born Maine, citizen, (2) Elizabeth Robbins, age 34, female, white, keeping house, born Maine, (3) Walter S Robbins, age 11, male, at school, born Maine.

1880 US Mortality Census record for Elizabeth Robbins (b c1836): Citation: Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. Content: An 1880 US Census Mortality Record for the year ending May 31, 1880, page 789, for Huntington (ED320) (Suffolk) NY, line shows that Elizabeth Robbins (from HH 237), age 43, female, white, married, born Maine, parents born Maine, keeping house, died in June 1879 of pneumonia (duration 16 days), attended by Dr B Banks.

1880 US Census, Household of Simeon Robbins (b 1835): Citation: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 935; Page: 268A; Enumeration District: 320. Content: The 1880 US Census of Huntington (ED 320) NY on 14 Jun 1880 shows dwelling (271/287) with a household composed of (1) Simeon Robbins, white, male, age 45, married, farmer, born ME, parents born ME, (2) Elizabeth Robbins, white, female age 44, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, parents born ME [the line is completely struck through because Elizabeth had died in 1879], (3) Walter S Robbins, white, male, age 21, son, single, farming, born ME, parents born ME, (4) Henrietta P Robbins, white, female, age 9, daughter, at home, attended school, born NY, parents born ME, (5) Winfield Robbins, white, male (sic), age 5, son (sic), at home, attended school, born NY, parents born ME. [Winfield is almost certainly Mildred, a daughter]