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Re: Franklin & Electa Russell
Posted by: Susan Wyllie (ID *****7190) Date: January 30, 2008 at 11:59:24
In Reply to: Franklin Russell of Deerfield, Franklin County, Mass. by Michael Theis of 399

Electa (Rice) Russell, wife of Franklin Russell, died Feb. 3, 1897, Deerfield, Mass., age 92.
Cause of Death - Old Age
Parents names unknown.
(Mass. Archives vital records index, Vol. 472, page 639)
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Franklin Russell, died Nov. 27, 1891, Deerfield, Mass., age 87. Town charge.
Cause of Death - Old Age
Parents names unknown.
(Mass. Archives vital records index, Vol. 418, page 500)
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Electa Rice, daughter of Moses & Esther, born Jan. 25, 1807, Deerfield, Mass. (Deerfield vital records)
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Moses Rice & Esther DeWolf, married in Sunderland, July 10, 1788. (Deerfield vital records)
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From "A History of Deerfield, Mass." by George Sheldon,
Volume 2, page 267:

Moses RICE, son of Moses, born 1764, the 6th generation from Edmond Rice, who settled in Sudbury in 1639; of Deerfield 1787; settled in Wisdom. He married July 10, 1788, Esther, daughter of Elisha DeWolf. She married (second) (Publ Sept. 15, 1821) to Abner Goodnough; she died April 1, 1855.
Children of Moses & Esther:
1. Rufus, b. Feb. 18, 1789; md. Esther Hawks
2. Moses, b. Jan. 17, 1791; md. Eunice Mendall
3. Lydia, b. Oct. 14, 1793; md. 1. Joseph Nutting and md. (2) William McClintock.
4. Harriet, b. Nov. 17, 1796; died Aug. 11, 1799.
5. Sally, b. Feb. 13, 1800; md. Alvin Goodnough
6. Cynthia, b. July 30, 1802; died Aug. 8, 1803.
7. Electa, b. Jan. 25, 1807; md. May 5, 1828, Frank Russell
8. Ezra, b. Feb. 13, 1810; md. Abigail Clapp
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I checked the genealogy section of the Deerfield book for the Russell family and found a number of Russell's but none by the name of Franklin or Frank.

I'm not related to this family. I just thought I'd see what I could find for you.


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