Bouton-Boughton Family

4,301 i. Eliza Ann Bouton, b. Eidgefield, Ct., Dec. 9, 1843; she was brought up at home with her parents until old enough to learn a trade; she went to Norwalk and learned the millinery trade, where she lived until m. Sept. 26, 1868, James E. Allen (son of Loyal W. and Mary M. Williams Allen), of Pittsfield, Mass., and subsequently of North Salem, where he was born Sept. 26, 1837 ; a mason and builder in Norwalk, where they lived 1889. No children. Thadoeus Boughton (son of Timothy and Martha Scott* Boughton) was born at Poundridge, Westchester county, N. Y., May 2, 1777; his father served in the Revolutionary war, and while he was absent in the service of his country his wife, with her three small children, went to Ridgefield to share the protection and care of her father. Captain James Scott. Thaddeus served his apprenticeship with Nathaniel Close, of Ridgefield. When out of his time he went to New- York city where he remained for a time and worked at his trade. On his return to Connecticut he went to live with a relative, Thomas Boughton, in Ridgebury parish, town of Ridgefield. Here he lived and worked at tailoring for a considerable time; becoming acquainted with the family of a neighboring farmer he married, at Ridgebury, Oct. 27, 1801, Lucy Rockwell (daughter of Abraham and Esther Riggs Rockwell), of Ridgebury, where she was born May 6, 1783. They settled at Little Rest in the town of Washing- ton, Dutchess county, N. Y. ; moved to Four Corners, and in 1805 moved to Clinton, about a half mile south of the Stone Meeting House, and in 1816 bought a farm of fifty-six *NoTE. — Martha Scott was daughter of Captain James and Martha Benedict Scott, of Ridgefield, Ct., and sister of Sarah Scott, who married Uriah Marvin, of Ridgefield, and also sister of Huldah Scott, who married John Waterhouse, of Ridgefield. Huldah (daughter of Uriah and Sarah Scott Marvin) married Thaddeus Benedict, who lived and died at Victory, Cayuga county, N. Y. (See Benedict OenecUogtfy page 106.) BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 459 acres on what was called the mountain, in the north-west comer of the town of Washington, where thejr lived and can*ied on tailoring in connection with the cultivation and improvement of his farm. He united with the society of Friends about the year 1807, and remained a member of the Creek monthly meeting until 1834, when, having sold his farm in Washington and bought one in Victory, N.Y., he removed his family and household effects in April of that year, going by sloop to Albany and by line boat on the canal from thence to Port Byron, at which place they were met by team* and wagon and conveyed eleven miles to the new farm in Victory. The years that followed this new settlement were filled with the most energetic efforts to not only secure a comfort- able home for his family, but to promote the growth of the religion h ^ professed, being what is commonly designated a Quaker. He found himself and family isolated from any of his particular sect, and so established the worahip of God in his own house according to the practice of his connection, the effect of which was in time a society was organized at Victor, and meetings were regularly held there under the auspices of the Scipio quarterly meeting. Retracing the History. In the summer of 1814, Lucy, the wife of Thaddeus Boughton, was prostrated with a sickness that distracted her mind and for a time incapacitated her for the care of her family, from which she slowly recovered and enjoyed usual health until the winter of 1843-4, when a mental de- rangement seized her, from which she never after recovered through the remaining eight years of her life. After her illness it was thought best by her family that she should live with her daughter Eliza Wanzer, where she had the most devoted attention and affectionate care possible until May 5, 1852, when she died at Ledyaid, Cayuga county, N. Y., and was buried in Fiiends' burying ground at that place, and not only her children and relatives but all who oecame acquainted with her in life, ever gladly unite in bearing testimony to her unselfish devotedness to the welfare of others and to her uniformly meek and quiet demeanor. After her death he continued to live with his son-in-law, Ebenezer L. Wanzer, who with great kindness sought to make his declining years peaceful and happy. With but a short illness he expired at the house of nis son-in«law at 460 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. Ledyard, N. T., on the 16th of June, 1861, aged 84 years, 43 days, and was buried by the remains of his wife in the Friends' burying ground at Ledyard, where a simple tablet marks his resting place. Children of Tbaddeiu and Lucy Rockwell Bonghton. 884l» Minerva Boughton, Euna Rockwell Boughton, Eliza BouGHTON, William Leason Boughton, Edward Hicks Boughton, and James Boughton. 4.302 i. Minerva Boughton, b. Nov. 11, 1802, and died Jan. 19, 1805. 4.303 ii. RuNA Rockwell Boughton, b. Clinton, Dutchess county, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1806. In boyhood served an apprenticeship with his father at tailoring which, as he advanced in years, did not meet his taste. He obtained a situation as clerk in the general store of Hubby Adee at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, N. Y., where he became acquainted with his daughter, Dorinda, the widow of Cornell Palmer, living .at her father's with her two small children. She was born at Pleasant Valley, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1803, and they married Sept., 1826, and settled in New York city, whore he established himself as a mer- chant tailor, in which he continued until 1832. During, the great cholera epidemic he left the city and resided for a time in Dutchess county. On the abatement of the epidemic he returned to the city and his business until 1837, when he sold out his business in New York and removed to Victory, N. Y., where he built a shop and established the tailoring business at Victory Centre. In 1839 returned to New York city and formed a co-partnership with Mn Nathaniel A. Knapp at 33 Maiden lane and 19 Courtland street ; they were very successful ; dissolving in 1854, they divided about $100,000 between them. After the dissolution he established himself in the manufacturing and jobbing clothing business in Murray street and at 256 Broadway, associating with him his two brothers, William and James, and continued until the panic of '57, when the heavy failures of his debtors swept him into an assignment from which he never again recovered his business standing. In July, 1866, his wife went to the country for a few days of recuperation leaving him alone in his BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 461 Eart of the house, and on Sunday, the 20th of July, e was out the most of the day and was seen by the people living in the other part of the house to return at evening. At near midnight he was heard moan- ing, and on going to him he was unable to converse; a physician and his daughter, who resided near by, were at once summoned, but he died without being able to tell any of the experiences of his last day in life. He was buried in his own lot in Greenwood, where his remains repose by the side of his departed dear ones. His death was supposed to have been the result of a sunstroke, as the day previous to his death was an extremely hot one. His widow having inherited from a relative a legacy of over $70,000, purchased a handsome residence at 541 Franklin avenue, where she died May 22, 1883, and was buried by the side of her husband's remains at Greenwood. Children of Bnna B. and ]>orinda A. Boogbton. 480S 4.304 i. Gertrude Minerva Boughton, b. New York citv, April 8, 1827. Her infantile life was remarkably beautiful, she possessed an understanding of religious subjects far beyond her years, and seemed to impress those about her with the idea that she was better • suited to a home in heaven than on earth. She died in New York city, Sept. 13, 1836. 4.305 ii. Daniel Webster Boughton, b. New York city, Aug. 4, 1835. He was a remarkably beautiful child, winning the admiration of those who saw him and heard his conversation at only about the age of one year. He died Dec. 23, 1836, at New York city, and was buried at Greenwood. 4.306 iii. Lucy Adelaide Boughton, b. New York city, March 12, 1833. At the age of but three or four years she was seized with measles which left her deaf, and as a consequence she soon lost her knowledge of language and became mute. Her parents feeling greatly afficted in her loss of hearing determined to as far as possible compensate for her loss by educa- tion; she was sent to the New York Deaf and Dumb Institution (as it was called), to be educated, where, under the tuition of David E. Bartlett, she completed her course and graduated with the approbation of the faculty in July, 1850, after which she went home to reside with her parents in New York city. She married at East 35th street, New York city. 462 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. Oct. 2, I860, William Henry Myers (son of Bernard and Abigail Myers), of Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was born Oct. 26, 1834. He, too, having lost his hearing in childhood, was educated at the Deaf and Dumb Institute, New York city. They settled in Brooklyn where he carried on a bakery and confec- tionery business, from which he retired in 1883, and was living with his wife at her residence 541 Franklin avenue, JBrooklyn; after selling her house, 641 Franklin avenue, she purchased 549 Halsey street, Brooklyn, where they res., 1889.