Lucretia (Porter) Stevens (1768 - 1861)

Born 9 Aug 1768 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut

Wife of William Snow — married 5 Apr 1787 (to 7 Sep 1833) in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1861 at age 92 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Lucretia Porter was born in 1768 in Middlesex County, Connecticut, New England. She was the daughter of Abner PORTER b: 1732 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and his wife, Anne (Maiden Name "Unknown") Porter.

On April 5, 1787 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Conn., USA, Lucretia Porter married William Snow b: 24 AUG 1765 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. They had 10 children, all born in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA: ^[1]

1. Flora SNOW b: 11 APR 1799 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
2. William SNOW b: 23 DEC 1801 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
3. David SNOW b: 1 DEC 1803 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
4. Henry SNOW b: 3 APR 1806 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
5. Martin SNOW b: 11 APR 1808 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
6. Arthur SNOW b: 13 DEC 1812 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
7. Anna SNOW b: 7 JAN 1788 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
8. Zilpha SNOW b: 27 MAY 1790 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
9. Lucretia SNOW b: 20 MAY 1794 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT
10. Sally SNOW b: 16 DEC 1796 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT

William Snow died on September 7, 1833 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA. He is buried at Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Connecticut. Lucretia (Porter) Snow survived him. On August 31, 1841, at 73 years old, she married widower, Elias Stevens, born in September 1764 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He died before 1860 and Lucretia moved in with her daughter Sally (Snow) Wright on Sally's farm that was run by her son, Samuel E. Wright.

On the 1860 US Census, for Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Lucretia (Snow) Stevens, age 92, is reported living with widow Sally (Snow) Wright and Sally's son, Samuel E. Wright, on his farm.^[2]

1860 Census, Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut - June 19, 1860. Household 415-146, all born in Connecticut.

Samuel E WRIGHT, age 39, farmer, $1500, $1000

Sally WRIGHT, age 63

Joseph E WRIGHT, age 23, idiot

Caroline E WILLIAMS, age 30

Lucretia STEVENS, age 92

Alpheus H WRIGHT, age 35, master carpenter, $600, $120; married within the year

Emily E WRIGHT, age 22

Allen J. WRIGHT, age 7

Lucretia died the next year, in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA, on August 1, 1861. She is buried at Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Connecticut, as "Lucretia Porter," next to her first husband and Sally (Snow) Wright's father, William Snow.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hawley & Hurd etc. Genealogy - Lucretia Porter
2. ↑ Cited on source of preceding note.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 6585541 - Lucretia Porter Snow

• Hawley, Hurd, etc. Genealogy - Lucretia Porter

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6585541 - Lucretia Porter Snow