Vital Records, Madison County, NY, 1809

 The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, June 21, 1809

Death

On Friday the 9th inst. Mrs. Sally Millard, wife of Mr. Benjamin Millard of this town [Cazenovia, Madison Co. NY], in hte 37th year of her age.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, July 19, 1809

Elopement

Whereas my wife Margaret [Smith] having eloped and left my bed and bord without any just cause or provocation.  This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting after this date.  Abel Smith, Jun., Fabius [Onondaga Co. NY], July 14, 1809.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, August 9, 1809

Marriage

In the New Meeting house in Pompey [Onondaga Co. NY] on the 30th ult. by Elder Nathan Baker, Mr. Jacob Cleavland to the widow Esther Bartholomew, all of Pompey.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, August 16, 1809

Elopement

I hereby forbid all persons from harboring or trusting my wife Polly [Graves] as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting after this date, July 7, 1809. Gideon A. Graves.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, August 30, 1809

Death

In Lebanon, Conn. on the 7th instant, his excellency Jonathan Trumbull Esq. governor of Connecticut.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, September 27, 1809

Marriages

On the 5th inst. in Scipio, Cayuga County [NY] by the Rev. Mr. Comstock, Abijah Yelverton Esq. of Manlius [Onondaga Co. NY] to Miss Sally L. Fleming of the former place.

In Nelson [Madison Co. NY], on Sunday evening last, by Isaac Bumpus, Esq. Mr. Lemuel Sayles to Miss Laura Adams.

Death

In England suddenly on the 28th of June, Mr. Daniel Lambert the human mammoth.  He weighed 759 pounds and measured 3 yards 4 inches round the belly and one yard round the leg.  His coffin was 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide and 3 feet 4 inches deep.  His cloths cost him 20 sterling a suit.  Mr. Lambert's corpulence had constantly increased until the clogged machinery of life stood still.  He was in his 40th year.  He had apartments on the ground floor, for he had long been incapable of ascending stairs.  His coffin was placed on two axle trees and four wheels and a window and a part of the wall of the room was taken down to allow of his passage.  The earth was cut away sloping towards his grave for a considerable distance, and the coffin was moved on wheels to the very place of its final deposit.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, October 4, 1809

Marriage

At DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], on the 21st ult. by Eli Gage, Esq. Mr. Charles Green to Miss Sally Miller.

Death

At New York, on Saturday the 16th ult. George Clinton, Jun. Esq. late a Member of Congress from that city.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, October 11, 1809

Marriages

At Ipswich (Mass.) Mark Ross aged 19 to the blooming Miss Betsey Freelock aged 70!

"There swims no goose so grey but soon or late, / Will find some honest gander for her mate."

In New York, after a courtship of six hours, Mr. Christopher Neunhoeffer of Ludwigsburg, Suabia, in Germany, a youth of sixty, to the blooming Miss Betsey Marks, aged seventy!

May Heav'n protect the tender pair, / And crown with bliss their hoary hair; / For never since the world began, / Was love so keen twixt wife and man.

While youngster (to their shame 'tis said) / Require some years to gain a maid. / This grey hair'd youth, with magic pow'rs, / Gain'd his fair bride in six short hours.

The Pilot, Cazenovia, NY, October 25, 1809

Marriage

At Pompey [Onondaga Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by Samuel S. Baldwin, Esq. Mr. John Willard to Miss Ruth Walker.