Wedding Wednesday: Joseph Greenleaf Shackford & Betsy Wells were married on May 5, 1825 in Boston (Blog 481)

Joseph Greenleaf Shackford, son of Levi and Tampson (Greenleaf) Shackford was born Sept 2, 1798 in Newburyport, Massachusetts and was baptized on November 12, 1798.

On March 20, 1825, his pending marriage to Betsy Wells in Boston, Massachusetts was published:

They were married on May 5, 1825 by  Rev James Sabine.

Joseph and Betsy lived on Brighton Street, Norfolk Place, Nassau Street, 415 Washington, and 29 Boylston (with his nephew William B Shackford) until he moved to Newburyport around 1840. Joseph worked as a laborer, a sign painter, and mason in Boston.  By 1850 they were living at 13 School Street in Newburyport where his occupation changed to seaman and mariner.

Newburyport Herald, 27 March 1863

Joseph died of dropsy on March 25, 1863.  His death was reported in the Newburyport Herald.  He was buried at the First Parish Burial Ground in Newbury.

His wife Betsy remained at 13 School Street where she lived with  Mary Pike in 1870. By 1880 Elizabeth moved to live with her niece Marietta Gilman, the daughter of Joanna Wells in Gilford, New Hampshire.  Elizabeth died in Gilford on Aug 11, 1886 and was buried near her husband in the First Parish Burying Ground. 

CHILDREN:  None known

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SOURCES:

1840 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Joseph G. Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).

1850 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, page 731, dwelling 262, family 380, Joseph Shakford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).

1855 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Newburyport, Ward 2, page 278, dwelling 214, family 309, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2014).

1860 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Page No 74, dwelling 528, family 567, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://ancestry.com : accessed 13 July 2014).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2014), Joseph Greenleaf Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 131557236.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Boston Marriages, 1825-1840, page 352, Joseph Shackford & Betsey Wells, 5 May 1825; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, , Joseph G Shackford, 25 March 1863; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2018); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Newburyport from other towns for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, page 280, Elizabeth Shackford, died in Gilford, NH, 11 August 1886; digital images, Family Search(http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 July 2014).

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Tombstone Tuesday – Elizabeth (Wells) Shackford, wife of Joseph Greenleaf Shackford (Blog 388)

Elizabeth Wells who went by Betsey was born about July 9, 1796 (calculated off the dates on her gravestone) to the Wells family who we believe lived in Newburyport. We’re pretty certain she had an older sister named Joanna who was born about 1791 but are not certain who their parents were.

Elizabeth married Joseph Greenleaf Shackford, the son of Levi and Tamizen (Greenleaf) Shackford in Boston – the marriage was formally announced on March 20, 1825, and they were married by Rev James Saine on May 5, 1825. Elizabeth’s sister Joanna Wells married Aaron Robinson in Newburyport and they moved to Gilford, New Hampshire.

We find Joseph working as a laborer in Norfolk in 1929, living at the rear of 415 Washington in 1831.  In 1836 we find him working as a sign painter and living at 29 Boylston Street with a William B Shackford, either his brother or his nephew William Brown Shackford.

The 1840 census shows two individuals in Joseph’s residence which is now in Newburyport – we assume the second person is his wife Elizabeth.  The couple is still in Newburyport in 1850.  Joseph’s occupation is showing as mariner in the 1855 census but is listed as laborer in the 1860 census.

Joseph,  died in Newburyport on March 25, 1863 of dropsy at the age of 64.  His death record lists his occupation as a mariner.  He was buried in the First Parish Burying Ground in Newburyport.  His wife Betsy lived at 13 School Street in Newburyport and was living with a Mary Pike in 1870. By 1880 Elizabeth moved to Gilford and was living with her niece Marietta Gilman, the daughter of Joanna Wells.  Elizabeth on Aug 11, 1886 – while the death is registered in Newburyport, a review of the register shows the death occurred in Gilford.  She was buried near her husband in the First Parish Burying Ground.  Her tombstone reads

ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
JOSEPH G. SHACKFORD
DIED
AUG 11, 1886
AGED 90 YRS 1 MO
2 DAYS

We thank Jeffrey James for sharing this image of Elizabeth’s tombstone at FindAGrave and giving us permission to use the image in our blog.

Children:

Bridget Shackford – possible child

 

 

 

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SOURCES:

1840 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Joseph G. Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).

1850 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, page 731, dwelling 262, family 380, Joseph Shakford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).

1855 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Newburyport, Ward 2, page 278, dwelling 214, family 309, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2014).

1860 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Page No 74, dwelling 528, family 567, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 13 July 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Ward Two, Page No 27, dwelling 213, family 251, Eliza Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2014).

1880 United States Federal Census, Belknap County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Gilford, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 5, Page No 29, dwelling 250, family 349, Joseph R Gilman; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2016).

The Boston Directory Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business and Dwelling Houses, with Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves; the Town Officers, Public Offices and Banks,and Other Useful Information (Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr, 1829), page 238, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Boston Athenaeum (http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/ : accessed 8 October 2016).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 July 2014), Elizabeth Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 131556511

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Newburyport from other towns for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, page 280, Elizabeth Shackford, 11 August 1886; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 July 2014).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, , Joseph Shackford & Betsy Wells, 20 March 1825; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 November 2016); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Newburyport from other towns for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, page 280, Elizabeth Shackford, 11 August 1886; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 July 2014).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Boston Marriages, 1825-1840, page 352, Joseph Shackford & Betsey Wells, 5 May 1825; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, , Joseph G Shackford, 25 March 1863; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2013); Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Newburyport Directory, Containing the City Record, the Names of the Citizens, and a Business Directory, Number XI (Boston: Hosea T. Crofoot, No 19 State Street, 1864), page 113, Elizabeth Shackford, widow of Joseph G. h 13 School; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).

Stimpson’s Boston Directory: Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Busiess, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register (Boston: Stimpson and Clapp., 1831), page 287, Joseph G Shackford and William Shackford; digital image, InterNet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 8 October 2016).

Stimpson’s Boston Directory;: Containing The Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Place of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, with Lists of Streets, Lanes and Wharves, The City Officers, Public Offices and Banks and Other Useful Information (Boston: Stimpson and Clapp, 1836), p. 329, Joseph Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://archive.org : accessed 13 May 2013).

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Surname Saturday – Sarah J (Shackford) (Holker) Hobson Changes Children’s Last Names from Holker to Hobson (Blog 361)

Because David Shackford may descend from Levi Shackford via Levi’s daughter Susanna, we’re spending some time researching his descendants in the hope that we may learn more about the Newburyport Shackford families.

David Shackford married Lydia (Short) Shackford on 14 Sep 1849.  Their first child, Sarah J Shackford was probably born in June 1850 as she is listed as age 3/12 when the census was taken on Sept 5, 1850.

Sarah would have been 12 when her father died in 1862.  Her mother worked as a landlady and by the age of 20, Sarah was contributing to the household income working as a school teacher until after she turned 30.

On April 18, 1882 Sarah married John Holker, a stove dealer and on Oct 1, 1882 gave birth to two boys, David Emery Holker and Frank Emery Holker.  Its unclear what happened in their relationship but by 1886, Sarah was living back at her mother’s home on 37 Fair Street.

Acts and Resolves Passed by General Court of Massachusetts, 1895 p. 765

We haven’t found a divorce record yet but on September 2, 1893 Sarah married Edward M Hobson and a little over two years later, on Dec 17, 1894 had the courts formally change her twelve year old boy’s last names from Holker to Hobson.  We find them living with their new father in 1900.  Frank had married by 1903 and was living independently but David was at home in 1910 and married in 1916. Sarah and Edward lived in Newburyport, and Newbury.  Edward died on April 11, 1932 and Sarah on Nov 9, 1933.  They are buried together in the Rowley Burial Ground in Rowley, Massachusetts.

Children of Sarah Shackford:

David Emery Holker (1882-1946) – name changed to David Emery Hobson married Glady L Gordon

Frank Emery Holker (1882-1971) – name changed to Frank Emery Hobson married Edith Mabel Hills

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, no page number, previous page stamped 352, penned 703, dwelling 107, family 158, David Shackford in household of Henry Lunt; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2016).

1865 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Newburyport, dwelling 1, family 1, Lydia Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 August 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Page No 41, dwelling 315, family 372, Lydia Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 August 2016).

1880 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 225, Page No 4, 37 Fair, dwelling 29, family 37, Lydia Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 August 2016).

1900 United States Federal Cenus, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, , enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 469, Sheet No 13B, dwelling 313, family 344, Edward M Hobson; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 August 2016).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 August 2016), Edward M Hobson, Find A Grave Memorial# 94304554

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2014), Sarah J. Shackford Hobson, Find A Grave Memorial# 94304575.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, , David Emery Holker, ; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 August 2016).

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Massachusetts, Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, , John Holker m Sarah J Shackford, 18 April 1882; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 March 2014).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, , Sarah J Holker m Edward M Hobson, 2 September 1893; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 August 2016); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..

“Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Marriages to 1850,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2016), David Shackford m Lydia E Short.

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Acts and Resolves Passed By the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1895 Together With the Rolls and Messages (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1895), page 756; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 28 August 2016.

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