Deacon David Wadsworth

Male 1764 - 1840  (75 years)


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  • Name David Wadsworth 
    Title Deacon 
    Birth 25 Dec 1764  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1840  Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Fredericktown Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In 1774, at the age of 10, David was a member of William Billings' Sacred Music School in Stoughton, David is listed under the heading,"Singers of Counter."(possibly todays equivalant of Alto). By 1786 he was a member of the Stoughton Musical Society.

    • David was a charter member of the Rising Star Lodge F. & A.M Dec 1799 and present at the first meeting in Stoughton,Mass in January 1800 (also present was Paul Revere) where he was elected Senior Deacon. Today it is one of the oldest Masonic Lodges in Massachusetts.

    • 1800 census of Canton, MA (formed from Stoughton in 1797) shows David (26-44) with one male under 10, one male 10-15, three females under 10, and one female 26-44.

    • David moved to Vermont about 1810, from Canton, MA where he was a farmer, along with his brother, Elisha (also from Canton).

    • 1810 census of Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vermont shows David with two males under 10, one female under 10, two females 10-15, and female 26-44.

    • 1820 census of Pittsford, Rutland Co.,Vermont shows David (45 and over), one female 10-15; one female 16-25; one female 45 and over (Eleanor).

    • 1830 census of Pittsford, Rutland Co.,Vermont shows David (60-69), one female 20-29 and female 60-69 (Eleanor).

    • In the fall of 1831 he moved with his wife and widowed daughter, Lucy (and two children), to Fredericktown, Ohio where his children Samuel, David, and Azuba already resided. Not clear if they made it to Fredericktown before the death of their son, David. Appears several family members died between 1830 and 1832.

    • David was appointed Guardian of his son David's children. Court records in Knox County (Box 11, #273) receipts were submitted by David Sr. between 1834 and 1839Oct31 for purchases (shoe repairs, clothes, schooling, etc.) for Eliza and Timothy. In Oct1834 paid taxes on a schoolhouse he built in District No.1 on the property of his son, David Jr. Those expenses were approved 22Oct1840 by the court. No other guardian receipts noted. As guardian in 1837(20Feb) sold at auction property belonging to the heirs of his son, David Jr.
      In June 1842, Timothy Burr and Absolom Thrift were appointed guardians of Timothy B. Wadsworth aged 16 (Eliza was over 18 at that point), which leads us to conclude that David Sr most likely died that year or before (most likely 1840).

    • 1840 census, not found in Knox County, Ohio.

    Person ID I255  OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2024 

    Father Recompense Wadsworth,   b. 12 Feb 1729, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1798, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Abigail Lyon,   b. 29 May 1741, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1784, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1760  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Capen,   b. 18 Jun 1763, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Sep 1832, Wayne, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 15 May 1788  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Wadsworth,   b. 24 Jun 1789, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1864, Hardin, Johnson Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +2. Azuba Wadsworth,   b. 28 Oct 1791, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1852, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +3. Milly Wadsworth,   b. 21 Aug 1795, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Dec 1839, Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +4. Lucy Wadsworth,   b. 17 Sep 1797, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1842, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +5. Doctor David Wadsworth,   b. 8 Jun 1800, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1831, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F99  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Dec 1764 - Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 May 1788 - Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1840 - Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Fredericktown Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    David Wadsworth, 1835 - Pride and Ostentation
    David Wadsworth, 1835 - Pride and Ostentation
    Transcribed poem written and read by David Wadsworth in Fredericktown Ohio 1835, it was published in the Bath,NY Steuben Advocate, 1883.