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HELP! Ancestor is complete! Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Sophia Adeline  BURNHAM

  (b. 15 April 1797 Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA   d. 6 January 1840 Ledyard, New York, USA )  
Age: 43

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Sophia Adeline BURNHAM was born 15 April 1797 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA. Sophia Adeline BURNHAM was the child of Asa W BURNHAM   and   Lucy HUNTINGTON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Eleazer (Eleazar) BURNHAM and Mary NORMAN (maternal)  Nathan HUNTINGTON and Amie BROWN (BROWNE)

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Sophia Adeline  married  Seneca WOOD abt. 1816 in Ledyard, New York, USA .  The couple had (at least) 4 children. Seneca WOOD  was born abt. 1794 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram).  Seneca died 12 March 1859 in Rochester, New York, USA.  Seneca was the child of Walter WOOD and Paulina MOSHER.

Sophia Adeline BURNHAM died 6 January 1840 in Ledyard, New York, USA .
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Did You Know?America - Did you know? October 28, 1886 - Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Did You Know?French explorer Samuel de Champlain called the Green Mountains of Vermont 'Verd Mont' (green mountain) on his 1647 map. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1791 - Vermont Republic (New Hampshire Grants)
March 4, 1791 - Vermont becomes 14th U.S. state

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Sophia Adeline BURNHAM married Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Seneca WOOD-- Date: abt. 1816 Place: Ledyard, New York, USA
Seneca WOOD was the child of Walter WOOD and Paulina MOSHER


Married in the village of Aurora.

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birth1797 Birth
15 April 1797
Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
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1827 Birth of Child
Sophia Adaline WOOD was born 27 March 1827, Auburn, New York, USA
death1840 Death
6 January 1840
Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
Obituary
Obituary source: New-Bedford Mercury, 1840/ 02/ 21

Died

At Aurora, New York, on Monday evening, January 6, Sophia A., daughter of Maj. Asa Burnham and wife of Seneca Wood. Esq, in the 43d year of her age.
Our sorrows occasioned by the disease of this estimable lady are mitigated by the consideration of the joys of which she is now a partaker. We feel that the link, which has been broken off from the chain that binds us to this world, unites us so much more closely to that which is unseen and eternal. The testimony of Mrs. Wood is added to that of myriads who have preceeded her, that the 'ways of heavenly wisdom are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.' By the sustaining power of Divine grace, she was able to bear with christian patience and resignation a distressing and protracted illness -- and also to view with serenity that painful event, which has deprived a sorrowing husband of a beloved wife; two daughters of an affectionate mother; society of an ornament,...Read MORE...


Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 8/9/2019 1:52:08 PM
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