Stephen Fenton, s. of Roswell Fenton and Deborah Freeman, b. of record Jan. 11, 1777 at Mansfield, Conn. He d. July 27, 1867 at Broadalbin, NY (g.s.)
On Aug. 29, 1802 of record at Lebanon, NH, Stephen m. (by Elisha Payne, JP) Roxelana Fitch (call Roxana in the marriage record). In 1905 this marriage record was certified by the Lebanon town clerk from the town's records to the NH State Archives. Roxelana was the dau. of Asa Fitch and Deborah Robinson, b. Oct. 9, 1780. She d. Mar. 9, 1869 at Broadalbin, Fulton County, NY and is called Roxelana on her gravestone.
They purportedly had the following ten children b. at New York, but whether all were b. at Broadalbin cannot be confirmed:
• i. Mary Fenton, b. Dec. 22, 1803, d. Aug. 27, 1890 and is interred at the same cemetery with her parents (cem. rec.); m. before 1850, Randolph House Wells, b. Oct. 22, 1810 in Glastonbury, Conn., s. of Russell Carter Wells (q.v. Welles) and Sally Talcott, and d. July 31, 1889 (cem. rec.). They had no known natural children, but the 1880 census of Broadalbin indicates they had adopted a daughter Ida, who was 23 years old in June 1880.
• ii. Dr. Stephen F. Fenton, b. July 5, 1804, d. Apr. 14, 1864 prob. at Bedford, Westchester County, NY. He was an allopathic physican and m. his 1st cousin, Emily Dewey, dau. of Dr. William Dewey and Hannah Fitch, b. June 30, 1814 at NY. She d. Apr 3, 1874 prob. at Bedford, NY. Records indicate both were members of the Chappaqua, NY meeting of the Society of Friends, and interred at Oakwood Cemetery at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, NY. Two identified children of the family.
• iii. Roswell Fenton, b. Feb. 15, 1807, d. in infancy Nov. 13, 1809 (cem. rec.)
• iv. Roxana Fenton, b. circa 1809; m. Isaac Howell. Family not traced.
• v. Lucinda Fenton, b. circa 1811; no further information known to the memorialist.
• vi. Deborah Fenton, b. circa 1812, was living with a married dau. at Oswego County, NY in June 1880; m. Rev. and Capt. Harvey Ezra Chapin, s. of Harvey Chapin and Dolly Chapman, b. Aug. 12, 1811 at Paris, NY. He d. Jan. 29, 1864 at Sandy Creek, NY. Was a Capt. (prob. Chaplin) in the Civil War with the 7th and 147th NY Infantry, but died after his service. At least two children of the family.
• vii. Amanda R. Fenton, b. Jan. 5, 1814, d. in infancy Aug. 24, 1815 (cem. rec.)
• viii. Rev. Asa J. Fenton, b. Apr. 28, 1816, d. Oct. 30, 1879 (cem. rec.); m. 1) Sarah Ellen Fiske, who d. May 6, 1864 (cem. rec.) and 2) Hannah C.___, who d. Nov. 8, 1903 (cem. rec.)
• ix. Eunice Fenton, b. June 21, 1818, was liv. unm. with her parents in the June 1860 census.
• x. Rev. Isaac C. Fenton, a Methodist clergyman, b. circa 1823, d. Apr. 11, 1900 at Rotterdam Junction, Montgomery County, NY and interred at a rural Albany County, NY cemetery; m. Margaret J. ___, b. Apr. 24, 1821 at NY, d. Nov. 18, 1901 at New Rochelle, NY, but is interred with her husband. At least four children of the family, b. variously at NY, Vermont and Fairfax, VA.
On Aug. 29, 1802 of record at Lebanon, NH, Stephen m. (by Elisha Payne, JP) Roxelana Fitch (call Roxana in the marriage record). In 1905 this marriage record was certified by the Lebanon town clerk from the town's records to the NH State Archives. Roxelana was the dau. of Asa Fitch and Deborah Robinson, b. Oct. 9, 1780. She d. Mar. 9, 1869 at Broadalbin, Fulton County, NY and is called Roxelana on her gravestone.
They purportedly had the following ten children b. at New York, but whether all were b. at Broadalbin cannot be confirmed:
• i. Mary Fenton, b. Dec. 22, 1803, d. Aug. 27, 1890 and is interred at the same cemetery with her parents (cem. rec.); m. before 1850, Randolph House Wells, b. Oct. 22, 1810 in Glastonbury, Conn., s. of Russell Carter Wells (q.v. Welles) and Sally Talcott, and d. July 31, 1889 (cem. rec.). They had no known natural children, but the 1880 census of Broadalbin indicates they had adopted a daughter Ida, who was 23 years old in June 1880.
• ii. Dr. Stephen F. Fenton, b. July 5, 1804, d. Apr. 14, 1864 prob. at Bedford, Westchester County, NY. He was an allopathic physican and m. his 1st cousin, Emily Dewey, dau. of Dr. William Dewey and Hannah Fitch, b. June 30, 1814 at NY. She d. Apr 3, 1874 prob. at Bedford, NY. Records indicate both were members of the Chappaqua, NY meeting of the Society of Friends, and interred at Oakwood Cemetery at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, NY. Two identified children of the family.
• iii. Roswell Fenton, b. Feb. 15, 1807, d. in infancy Nov. 13, 1809 (cem. rec.)
• iv. Roxana Fenton, b. circa 1809; m. Isaac Howell. Family not traced.
• v. Lucinda Fenton, b. circa 1811; no further information known to the memorialist.
• vi. Deborah Fenton, b. circa 1812, was living with a married dau. at Oswego County, NY in June 1880; m. Rev. and Capt. Harvey Ezra Chapin, s. of Harvey Chapin and Dolly Chapman, b. Aug. 12, 1811 at Paris, NY. He d. Jan. 29, 1864 at Sandy Creek, NY. Was a Capt. (prob. Chaplin) in the Civil War with the 7th and 147th NY Infantry, but died after his service. At least two children of the family.
• vii. Amanda R. Fenton, b. Jan. 5, 1814, d. in infancy Aug. 24, 1815 (cem. rec.)
• viii. Rev. Asa J. Fenton, b. Apr. 28, 1816, d. Oct. 30, 1879 (cem. rec.); m. 1) Sarah Ellen Fiske, who d. May 6, 1864 (cem. rec.) and 2) Hannah C.___, who d. Nov. 8, 1903 (cem. rec.)
• ix. Eunice Fenton, b. June 21, 1818, was liv. unm. with her parents in the June 1860 census.
• x. Rev. Isaac C. Fenton, a Methodist clergyman, b. circa 1823, d. Apr. 11, 1900 at Rotterdam Junction, Montgomery County, NY and interred at a rural Albany County, NY cemetery; m. Margaret J. ___, b. Apr. 24, 1821 at NY, d. Nov. 18, 1901 at New Rochelle, NY, but is interred with her husband. At least four children of the family, b. variously at NY, Vermont and Fairfax, VA.
Stephen Fenton, s. of Roswell Fenton and Deborah Freeman, b. of record Jan. 11, 1777 at Mansfield, Conn. He d. July 27, 1867 at Broadalbin, NY (g.s.)
On Aug. 29, 1802 of record at Lebanon, NH, Stephen m. (by Elisha Payne, JP) Roxelana Fitch (call Roxana in the marriage record). In 1905 this marriage record was certified by the Lebanon town clerk from the town's records to the NH State Archives. Roxelana was the dau. of Asa Fitch and Deborah Robinson, b. Oct. 9, 1780. She d. Mar. 9, 1869 at Broadalbin, Fulton County, NY and is called Roxelana on her gravestone.
They purportedly had the following ten children b. at New York, but whether all were b. at Broadalbin cannot be confirmed:
• i. Mary Fenton, b. Dec. 22, 1803, d. Aug. 27, 1890 and is interred at the same cemetery with her parents (cem. rec.); m. before 1850, Randolph House Wells, b. Oct. 22, 1810 in Glastonbury, Conn., s. of Russell Carter Wells (q.v. Welles) and Sally Talcott, and d. July 31, 1889 (cem. rec.). They had no known natural children, but the 1880 census of Broadalbin indicates they had adopted a daughter Ida, who was 23 years old in June 1880.
• ii. Dr. Stephen F. Fenton, b. July 5, 1804, d. Apr. 14, 1864 prob. at Bedford, Westchester County, NY. He was an allopathic physican and m. his 1st cousin, Emily Dewey, dau. of Dr. William Dewey and Hannah Fitch, b. June 30, 1814 at NY. She d. Apr 3, 1874 prob. at Bedford, NY. Records indicate both were members of the Chappaqua, NY meeting of the Society of Friends, and interred at Oakwood Cemetery at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, NY. Two identified children of the family.
• iii. Roswell Fenton, b. Feb. 15, 1807, d. in infancy Nov. 13, 1809 (cem. rec.)
• iv. Roxana Fenton, b. circa 1809; m. Isaac Howell. Family not traced.
• v. Lucinda Fenton, b. circa 1811; no further information known to the memorialist.
• vi. Deborah Fenton, b. circa 1812, was living with a married dau. at Oswego County, NY in June 1880; m. Rev. and Capt. Harvey Ezra Chapin, s. of Harvey Chapin and Dolly Chapman, b. Aug. 12, 1811 at Paris, NY. He d. Jan. 29, 1864 at Sandy Creek, NY. Was a Capt. (prob. Chaplin) in the Civil War with the 7th and 147th NY Infantry, but died after his service. At least two children of the family.
• vii. Amanda R. Fenton, b. Jan. 5, 1814, d. in infancy Aug. 24, 1815 (cem. rec.)
• viii. Rev. Asa J. Fenton, b. Apr. 28, 1816, d. Oct. 30, 1879 (cem. rec.); m. 1) Sarah Ellen Fiske, who d. May 6, 1864 (cem. rec.) and 2) Hannah C.___, who d. Nov. 8, 1903 (cem. rec.)
• ix. Eunice Fenton, b. June 21, 1818, was liv. unm. with her parents in the June 1860 census.
• x. Rev. Isaac C. Fenton, a Methodist clergyman, b. circa 1823, d. Apr. 11, 1900 at Rotterdam Junction, Montgomery County, NY and interred at a rural Albany County, NY cemetery; m. Margaret J. ___, b. Apr. 24, 1821 at NY, d. Nov. 18, 1901 at New Rochelle, NY, but is interred with her husband. At least four children of the family, b. variously at NY, Vermont and Fairfax, VA.
On Aug. 29, 1802 of record at Lebanon, NH, Stephen m. (by Elisha Payne, JP) Roxelana Fitch (call Roxana in the marriage record). In 1905 this marriage record was certified by the Lebanon town clerk from the town's records to the NH State Archives. Roxelana was the dau. of Asa Fitch and Deborah Robinson, b. Oct. 9, 1780. She d. Mar. 9, 1869 at Broadalbin, Fulton County, NY and is called Roxelana on her gravestone.
They purportedly had the following ten children b. at New York, but whether all were b. at Broadalbin cannot be confirmed:
• i. Mary Fenton, b. Dec. 22, 1803, d. Aug. 27, 1890 and is interred at the same cemetery with her parents (cem. rec.); m. before 1850, Randolph House Wells, b. Oct. 22, 1810 in Glastonbury, Conn., s. of Russell Carter Wells (q.v. Welles) and Sally Talcott, and d. July 31, 1889 (cem. rec.). They had no known natural children, but the 1880 census of Broadalbin indicates they had adopted a daughter Ida, who was 23 years old in June 1880.
• ii. Dr. Stephen F. Fenton, b. July 5, 1804, d. Apr. 14, 1864 prob. at Bedford, Westchester County, NY. He was an allopathic physican and m. his 1st cousin, Emily Dewey, dau. of Dr. William Dewey and Hannah Fitch, b. June 30, 1814 at NY. She d. Apr 3, 1874 prob. at Bedford, NY. Records indicate both were members of the Chappaqua, NY meeting of the Society of Friends, and interred at Oakwood Cemetery at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, NY. Two identified children of the family.
• iii. Roswell Fenton, b. Feb. 15, 1807, d. in infancy Nov. 13, 1809 (cem. rec.)
• iv. Roxana Fenton, b. circa 1809; m. Isaac Howell. Family not traced.
• v. Lucinda Fenton, b. circa 1811; no further information known to the memorialist.
• vi. Deborah Fenton, b. circa 1812, was living with a married dau. at Oswego County, NY in June 1880; m. Rev. and Capt. Harvey Ezra Chapin, s. of Harvey Chapin and Dolly Chapman, b. Aug. 12, 1811 at Paris, NY. He d. Jan. 29, 1864 at Sandy Creek, NY. Was a Capt. (prob. Chaplin) in the Civil War with the 7th and 147th NY Infantry, but died after his service. At least two children of the family.
• vii. Amanda R. Fenton, b. Jan. 5, 1814, d. in infancy Aug. 24, 1815 (cem. rec.)
• viii. Rev. Asa J. Fenton, b. Apr. 28, 1816, d. Oct. 30, 1879 (cem. rec.); m. 1) Sarah Ellen Fiske, who d. May 6, 1864 (cem. rec.) and 2) Hannah C.___, who d. Nov. 8, 1903 (cem. rec.)
• ix. Eunice Fenton, b. June 21, 1818, was liv. unm. with her parents in the June 1860 census.
• x. Rev. Isaac C. Fenton, a Methodist clergyman, b. circa 1823, d. Apr. 11, 1900 at Rotterdam Junction, Montgomery County, NY and interred at a rural Albany County, NY cemetery; m. Margaret J. ___, b. Apr. 24, 1821 at NY, d. Nov. 18, 1901 at New Rochelle, NY, but is interred with her husband. At least four children of the family, b. variously at NY, Vermont and Fairfax, VA.
Inscription
Stephen Fenton
Born
Jan. 11. 1777.
Died
July 27. 1867.
Family Members
Siblings
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