TOWN OF COLUMBIA
HERKIMER COUNTY, NY
MARRIAGES 1847 - 1849
This original transcription of the vital records of the Town of Columbia, 1847 - 1849, was made by Kathy Huxtable, Town of Columbia editor. Reading through and transcribing these from the original took Kathy a long time to do and we really appreciate her effort to bring more official records to the site. We hope this list provides clues to ancestral location and helps you better formulate questions when visiting Mohawk Valley societies or ordering mail searches. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to the Site Coordinators so we can note it on this page.
As you scan the listings you'll see unusual spellings. They're not typos but can be attributed to well-known difficulties in reading fragile records with old handwriting, as well as assumptions made by the registrars of the marriages. If a spelling differs from that of your ancestral surname, or deaths didn't take place in the town you thought your ancestors were from, don't pass them by. Jot them down...just in case. A date and location from these vital records can be used to search in the 1850 census or the info may turn out useful to others searching your surnames.
During years 1847 - 1850 some New York State counties officially recorded information about births, marriages and deaths. Then they just stopped. Not all counties preserved this early information so each county must be taken on a case-by-case basis in making inquiries of societies.
*** Neither Kathy nor I have further info on the persons named below. ***
TOWN OF COLUMBIA VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1847 - 1849
DATE
GROOM, RESIDENCE, AGE
BRIDE, RESIDENCE, AGE
CLERGYMAN, RESIDENCE
COLUMBIA MARRIAGES 1847
Feb.22
Chauncey Brainard, Litchfield, age 59
Saphronia Macefresh, Clayville, Oneida Co., age 41
Rev. Chester Holcomb, East Winfield
Feb.25
Reuben Bargey, Columbia, age 29
Mary Skinner, Columbia, age 29
M.C. Brown, Columbia
Apr.3
Tunis Vrooman, Oswego Co., age 49
Mari Standish Columbia age 35
Nelson Morgan Esq. -
July 4
Alonzo Vosburgh, Columbia, 28
Lucinda A. Getman, Columbia, age 19
Rev. Mr. Brown, Columbia
July 25
Roswell Morgan, Winfield, age 49
Elizabeth Frazier, German Flatts, age 40
Joseph Wilson, German Flatts
July 29
Alexander Gardner, Winfield, age 43
Anna Hunt, Columbia, age 29
Rev. Mr. Tuttle, Clinton, Oneida Co. (see note at end of listings)
Aug.12
Benjamin Sweet, Warren, age 30
Electy Macredy, Columbia, age 21
Rev. Mr. Blackwell, Warren
Aug.9
Nathan Jeffers, Columbia, age 44
Mary Phillips, Columbia, age 37
Levi Smith Esq., Columbia
Sept.23
Thomas A. Hewitson, Columbia, age 38
Ann Eliza Macredy, Columbia, age 30
Rev. Mr. Bailey, Warren
Oct.6
Alonzo Wood, Winfield, age 34
Ellen Warren, Columbia, age 24
C.S. Whiston (?), Cooperstown, Otsego Co.
[See Note at Bottom of Page!]
Oct.28
Samuel H. Lord, Columbia, age 28
Catharine Harwick, Columbia, age 18
Rev. Mr. Brown, Columbia
COLUMBIA MARRIAGES 1848
Feb.15
Kendrick Warren, Cooperstown, Otsego Co., age 22
Ruth Miller, Columbia, age 21
Eld. M.C. Brown, Columbia
Feb.20
Abraham Smith, Columbia, age 22
Electra Gage, Columbia, age 16
Nelson Tyler Esq., Columbia
Apr.12
William Orendorff, Columbia, age 35
Harriet Terpaning, Columbia, age 20
Rev. M.C. Brown, Columbia
May 9
James Ames, Columbia, age 32
Lucy Miller, Columbia, age 17
Levi Smith Esq., Columbia
July 19
Almond Devendorff, Litchfield, age 29
Nancy M. Adams, Columbia, age 21
Rev. Mather C. Brown, Columbia
Aug.20
Adam Shaul, Stark, age 55
Deborah Manning, Columbia, age 51
Eld. Joseph Wilson, German Flatts
Sept.17
Harvey House, Columbia, age 21
Eliza Terpaning, Columbia, age 23
Rev. M.C. Brown, Columbia
Oct.11
Mr. Southerland, Edmeston, Otsego Co., age 25
Almira Benedict, Columbia, age 20
Eld. Jones, Burlington, Otsego Co.
Nov.2
Jacob H. Edick, Columbia, age 21
Hannah Gage, Columbia, age 20
Rev. Joseph Wilson, German Flatts
Nov.5
Sanford Pooler, Warren, age 25
Elizabeth Wardm Warrenm age 26
Eld. Nelson Fergerson, Warren
COLUMBIA MARRIAGES 1849
Feb.22
James Downs, Columbia, age 27
Mary Autice (?), Otsego Co., age 24
Eld. Bartlett, Fly Creek, Otsego Co.
May 30
John Gifford, German Flatts, age 40
Maryann Clapsaddle, Columbia, age 33
Rev. Daniel McKoon, Columbia
June 3
Tunis Finger, Columbia, age 26
Francis Peck, Columbia, age 21
Rev. Casler --
June 20
Henry A. Harter, Herkimer, age 57
Angeline House, Columbia, age 44
Levi Smith, Esq. Columbia
July 15
William Petrie, Columbia, age 21
Charlott Jakes, Columbia, age 17
Nelson Tyler, Columbia
July 22
Alonzo B. Haggerty, Columbia, age 19
Sarah Harris, Columbia, age 20
Rev. M.C. Brown, Columbia
Sept.9 Robbert Douglass, Columbia, age 23
Miss --, Columbia, age 17
Eld. Haywood, Otsego Co.
Sept.23
Arnold Wollaber, Columbia, age 26
Malvina Orendorff, Columbia, age 25
Mr. Arnold, Winfield
Oct.20
Freeman Tisdale, Columbia, age 41
Saphrona Colton, Winfield, age 27
Eld. Eddy, Springville, Otsego Co. (?)
Dec.5
John S. Shau,l Columbia, age ?
Adelia Gage, Columbia, age ?
Rev. M.C. Brown, Columbia
Dec.31 Jacob Ackler, German Flatts, age 22
Emely C. Edick, Columbia, age 18
Levi Smith Esq., Columbia
From an Anonymous Submitter on May 12, 2007:
greetings - upon looking for wood family, i found an alonzo wood m. ellen warren from columbia - which is where my martin/betsey wood were living in 1850 - possibly they are related.
I found my gggrandfather and mother in your marriage list. The note requested that I let you know. Alexander Gardner and Anna Hunt marries 29 Jul 1847 in Columbia. I believe Anna Hunt is Anna Cross -- her first marriage was to a Hunt. I am looking for the Hunt family and her first husband -- I have located the Cross family. Gary Aalfs
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