The Children of Our Ancestors
This Page is dedicated to the many children of my ancestors that lost their lives before the age of 21. These people were the children, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren of our ancestors. Our ancestors witnessed each of these deaths and they touched them in many ways. I do not nearly have all of the "children deaths" listed, but the ones I do have give an idea as to the extent of child death in the past. Most of the causes of death are not known. They are divided into name of the deceased, date of death, age at death and cause of death (if known).
Martha Jane Plymale, 1957, 9 months, pneumonia Infant Plymale, 1953, stillborn, premature birth John Odin Wadleigh, 1924, 2 weeks, heart trouble Infant Jones, c. 1898, died very young, may have been named Anne Frank Merriman, c. 1890, soon after birth Creed Merriman, c. 1883, soon after birth McDonough Plymale, 1882, 1 year Gus Brown, 1882, 2 years? William Harrison Merriman, c. 1882, 3 years? Frances Current, 1878, 8 years, yellow fever? Winfred Otho Thurston, 1876, 2 months Winnifred Merriman, 1875, 2 months, strangulation of the bowels Infant Hoffman, 1872, stillborn, born with a twin Prudence Merriman, 1870, 2 years, congestion of the stomach William Thomas Whitlock, 1860-1870, between 3 and 13 years Cora Baker Thurston, 1867, 7 years Walter Thomas Merriman, 1866, 3 months, abcess of the brain Esther Frances Current, 1865, 1 year Charles Harrison Merriman, 1865, 2 years, blood poisoning Franklin Current, 1860-1865, 1-5 years Oscar Irvin Tilton, 1864, 15 years, diphtheria Zachariah Beck, 1863, 19 years Marie Elisabeth Kling, c. 1861, infant James Whitlock, 1860, 1 year Lucy Whitlock, 1860, 11 months Twin sons Murray, 1860, stillborn William Hamilton Riddle, 1857, 20 years Louisa Wilhelmina Streu, c. 1857, 9 years? James Murray, 1856, 2 years Sarah Ann Whitlock, 1855, 10 years Clara Alice Riddle, 1855, 2 years David Murray, 1855, 4 years Mary Frances Whitlock, 1854, 1 year Abner Taylor, 1853, 3 years Joseph W. Merriman, 1852, 2 months? Infant Thurston, 1851, 1 month? Elizabeth Custer, 1848, 2 years Catherine Custer, 1847, 2 years Sarah French Tilton, 1844, 2 days James E. Whitlock, 1845, 19 years John Halliburton, 1845, 7 days Johann Christoph Hoffmann, 1844, 7 years Mrs. Josephine Martin Owen, 1843, 20 years Otho H. Thurston, 1843, 1 year Mrs. Elizabeth Grant Northington, 1840, 18 years Johann Heinrich Hoffmann, 1839, 2 days Isaac H. Hill, 1836, 2 years Nancy Ann Hill, 1833, 1 year Amherst Owen, 1832, 8 years Thomas Dudley Merriman, c. 1827, infant? Elijah Custer, 1825, 15 years?, killed by a falling tree Waldo Willits, 1823, 1 year Esther Huyck, 1823, 1 year Sarah Jane Taylor, 1821, 1 day Mary Ann Taylor, 1821, 1 day (twin was Sarah J. Taylor) John Halliburton, 1821, 2 months Lindley M. Halliburton, 1820, 3 months Mary Blake Wadleigh, 1818, 1 year Hiram Willits, 1818, 3 years Lemuel Halliburton, 1817, 2 months Molly Blake Wadleigh, 1817, 2 years Infant Bixby, 1816, stillborn Cornelius Huyck, 1816, 10 years Melinda Owen, 1814, 16 years Abigail Stearns, 1814, 16 years Polly Riddle, 1814, 4 years William Dunham, 1813, 1 month Belinda Owen, 1813, 2 years Rufus Dunham, 1812, 1 year Joseph Halliburton, 1811, 2 months Edwin Bixby, 1811, 3 years Elizabeth Hatfield, 1804-1810, 0-6 years Eliza Halliburton, 1809, 1 month Samuel Halliburton, 1808, 2 months Peggy Halliburton, 1807, 5 months Mathias Dunham, 1805, 1 year Cyrus Dunham, 1803, 2 years Sally Stearns, 1802, 18 years Infant Owen, 1800, stillborn Katy Lee Jones, c. 1800, 1 year? Infant Owen, 1799, stillborn Jennie Riddle, 1798, 6 years John Stearns, 1793, 2 years David Miesig, 1790-1793, 0-3 years Eliakim Merriman, 1780, 11 years Mary Riddle, 1778, 2 years Agnes Riddle, 1776, 6 years Abigail Brooks, 1771, 1 month Esther Stearns, 1766, 1 month William Dunsmore, 1754, 1 year Margerie Legg, 1747-1754, 0-7 years Per Kling, 1749/50, 11 years, diptheria Sarah Bennett, 1741-1747, 0-6 years Elizabeth Dunsmore, 1745, 1 month Rachel Freese, 1736, 18 years George Wilson Worrick, 1735, 8 years Isaacher Bates, 1735, 8 months William Stearns, 1734, 1 year Benjamin Stearns, 1734, 5 years Jonathan Brooks, 1733, 2 years Enoch Merriman, 1731, 1 month Hannah Bennett, c. 1730, 1 year? Ann Worrick, 1729, 1 month Elizabeth Worrick, 1723, 2 months Elizabeth Freese, 1722, 4 months Eunice Merriman, 1721, 1 year David Bixby, 1718, 1 month Jonathan Bixby, 1718, 1 month (David Bixby was twin) Esther Stearns, 1717, 1 year Benjamin Wadleigh, 1716, 13 years Benjamin Freese, 1715, 3 years Lydia Merriman, 1702, 1 year Hannah Thurston, 1701, 7 years Joseph Dearborn, 1700, 1 year Sarah French, 1700, 1 month Abigail Brooks, 1697, 2 months Samuel Gilman, 1691, 20 years Mary Batchelder, 1690, 1 year Daniel Tower, 1690, 19 years Infant Whiton, 1688, stillborn John Brooks, 1687, 3 days Ebenezer Brooks, 1686, 1 day Daughter Sanborn, 1686, 5 months Mary Brooks, 1685, 1 day Catherine Gilman, 1684, 19 years James Pearson, 1682, 1 year Henry Robie, 1681, 5 days Mary Batchelder, 1680, 1 year John Stearns, 1680, 3 months John Buck, 1679, 1 year Eleanor Bates, 1679, 1 month Peter Pearson, 1679, 1 year Philip Flanders, 1678, 1 month Jeremiah Pitts, 1677, 20 years Ruth Chase, c. 1677, 17 years John Gilman, 1675, 12 years Salathiel Pearson, 1675, 1 year Ann Buck, 1675, 16 years Elizabeth Chase, 1675, 1 year Stephen Thurston, 1674, 2 years Stephen Batchelder, 1672, 5 months Stephen Thurston, 1672, 7 years Caleb Marston, 1671, 12 years Thomas Flanders, 1671, 2 months Luther Sleeper, 1670, 2 years John Owen, 1670, 16 years Deborah Carter, 1667, 16 years Sarah Pearson, 1666, 1 year Phebe Hill, 1665, 1 year Hannah Marston, 1664, 1 year Abigail Poor, 1661, 1 year James Gilman, 1660, 1 year Daniel Thurston, 1659, 1 year Isaac Stearns, 1659, 1 year Nathaniel Bixby, 1658, 14 years David Whiton, 1658, 1 month Jonathan Whiton, 1658, 1 month (twin to David) Sarah Bixby, 1657, 15 years Janneke Lubberdinck, 1656, 2 years Bethiah Marston, 1655, 3 years Sarah Pearson, 1655, 1 year Abigail Holdridge, 1654, 1 year John Brooks, 1653, 3 years Mary Poor, 1652, 1 year Sarah Holdridge, 1651, 6 months Mary Flanders, 1650, 1 year Theophilus Carter, 1650, 5 years James Whiton, 1650, 1 year Hannah Poor, 1649, 4 years Joseph Cram, 1648, 15 years? Martha Carter, 1647, 2 years Infant Bixby, 1647, stillborn Rachel Bates, 1647, 20 years? Jonathan Tower, c. 1645, 4 years? Mary Pearson, 1645, 2 years John Griswold, 1642, 6 years Mary Holdridge, 1641, few months Sarah Holdridge, 1641, 1 year Mary Pitts, 1641, 4 years? Clement Bates, 1639, 16 years? Lydia Griswold, 1639, 2 years John Moulton, 1636, 1 month Bridget Moulton, 1634, 2 years James Chilton, 1603, 7 years Rose Tilley, 1602, 5 years Mary Chilton, 1593, 2 years Joel Chilton, 1593, 1 years