Re: Family of William B. Burgess & Esther Williams
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Family of William B. Burgess & Esther Williams
Eric E. Painter 3/28/10
Esther Williams Burgess & Stephen Dunwell, Junior
Esther Williams Burgess married Stephen Dunwell, Junior, on 10 May 1855 in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio (license dated 8 May).Esther, then about age 64, had been a widow for more than 6 years; Stephen, nearly age 69, was a widower.The couple was living in the Burgess family home when enumerated in 1860.
Stephen Dunwell, Junior, born 7 Jun 1786, Connecticut; son of Revolutionary War veteran Stephen Dunwell, Senior (b. 11 Feb 1762; d. 21 Nov 1840, Solon, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio), and his wife Deborah Witter (b. 9 Apr 1762, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut; d. 4 Oct 1842, Solon).Stephen, Junior, died 7 Apr 1864.
The Dunwell family—Stephen, Senior, and Deborah—lived in Marbletown, Wayne Co., New York, from about 1806 to 1832, and then moved to Solon.In the 1840 U.S. Census for Solon there were an elderly man and woman (age 70 to 80) in the household of S. A. Dunwell, probably their son Samuel Adison Dunwell.(Stephen, Senior, was not enumerated in the 1840 special pensioners’ census.)
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Stephen Dunwell, Junior’s, dates of birth and death, parents, siblings, reported in “Boston Evening Transcript,” genealogy column, 18 Nov 1935.
1850 U.S. Census, Arcadia Village, Arcadia, Wayne Co., New York; p. 292, 19 Dec 1850.
31. Stephen Dunwell, 63, blacksmith, MA.
32. Nancy -----, 56, NY.
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Note: Stephen Dunwell enumerated in the same place in 1840.Arcadia and Marbletown are less than 6 miles apart on modern roads.Stephen, Junior, after the death of his first wife Nancy Purchase in the early 1850s, probably followed his parents to Solon.Solon and Bainbridge are about 8 miles apart.
Marriage license: Stephen Dunwell & Esther Burgess, 8 May 1855, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio.Marriage ceremony, 10 May 1855.Vol. E, p. 156.(Geauga County Ohio--Marriages, 1806-1919)
1860 U.S. Census, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; p. 997 (sheet no. 79), 6 Aug 1860.
27. Stephen Dunwell, 73, blacksmith ($400; $200), CT.
28. Esther, 69, MA.
Note: Judging from the neighboring households, Esther was in the same house as in the 1850 census.
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