ALGER, Stoughton

1750 - 1822  (72 years)

• Name	ALGER, Stoughton  [1]
  Born	8/08 Mar 1749/1750	Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Dec 1822	Oenta, Otsego County, New York
  Buried	Aft 23 Dec 1822	Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego County, New York
  Person ID	I12367	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	ALGER, Simeon,   b. 17 Aug 1722, Lyme Township, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	HODGE, Mary,   b. Abt 1724, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Jun 1746	Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F3946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Luna,   b. Abt 1743,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	TAYLOR, Ruth,   b. 22 Dec 1750, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 8 Jan 1816, Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States  (Age 65 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1772	Glastonbury, Hartford, Conneticut
  Notes	(marriage recorded in the Early Connecticut marriages:Seventh Book Glastonbury. From Fair Haven Church Records, page 104.)
  Children	1. ALGER, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1773, Probably Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Between 1840 and 1850, Probably New York  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. ALGER, Staughton,   b. Abt 1782, Probably Otsego, Montgomery County, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. ALGER, David,   b. Bef 1790, Probably Otsego, Montgomery County, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. ALGER, Lucretia,   b. Probably Otsego, Montgomery County, New York   5. ALGER, Stoughton Jr,   b. 1782   6. ALGER, David,   b. 1790, Yates, Orleans, New York, United States ,   d. 27 May 1847, Hartsville, Steuben, New York, United States  (Age 57 years)   7. ALGER, Elizabeth,   b. 1773,   d. 1849  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stoughton Alger Private, Capt. Agrippa Wells's co., Col. Porter's regt.; Enlisted July 10, 1777; Discharged Aug. 12, 1777; Service, 38 days; Marched to reinforce Northern army after the evacuation of Ticonderoga. - In 1782, after the Rev. War, Stoughton located his family in an area called "The Plains" near Oneonta in what was the Montgomery Co., New York (now Otsego Co., New York). Stoughton Alger and his wife Ruth were some of the first settlers to the area leaving when the Indians there became unfriendly but moving back a few years later (about 1788). - 1790 census, Otsego, Montgomery Co., New York Males: 2 ages 16 and up 2 ages under 16 Females: 3 - Stoughton witnessed the Will of Andrew Young of Otsego, Montgomery Co., NY on March 21, 1796 (The Young (Jung) families of the Mohawk Valley : 1710-1946, pp 94-95). - 1800 census, German Flats, Herkimer Co., New York Males: 2 ages 0-10 1 ages 16-26 1 ages 45 and over Females: 1 ages 16-26 1 ages 45 and over (Note: presumed son-in-law John Houghtailing was shown next door to Stoughton on this census). - 1810 census, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York Males: 0,0,0,1,1 Females: 2,1,1,0,1 - 1820 census: (Otego, Otsego Co., New York) Males: 0,0,0,0,0,1 Females: 0,0,0,0,1 (Note: Stoughton Sr. and Jr. are shown as next door neighbors, or they were enumerated consecutavely on the census). - Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, NY: "Mr Stoughton Alger died december the 23rd, 1822, aged 73 years" "Mrs Ruth, wife of Mr Stoughton Alger died January 8th, 1816, aged 66 yrs." (both of these stones are slate and the faces are starting to chip and fall off.) Also there Stoughton Alger died May 19, 1860 age 77 yrs (this is the Jr.) and Sarah Gates, wife of Stoughton Alger died July 2, 1864 age 78yrs 7 mos. -

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Alger.FTW. Date of Import: 26 Sep 2005