Sally BOUGHTON

Female 1773 - 1858  (85 years)


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  • Name Sally BOUGHTON  [1
    • When a small child, her father, leaving his wife and three small children, cheerfully answered the call of his country, and took up arms against the encroachments of the king of England and in defence of his inalienable rights. His father-in-law, meantime, took his little family into his own home and care. On his return from war his pecuniary circumstances were such as to require him to find homes for some of his children, where they could earn their support. Sally, together with her brother John, who was just three years older than she, were put out with a mr. John Edwards of Southbury, Ct., to live until of age. Here she remained until eighteen years old, and according to their terms of her parents' agreement, she returned to Ridgefield, where, at her parents' home, married her cousin Jesse Bouton, jr.

      They settled first in Ridgefield, and subsequently removed to Poundridge, where he died Feb. 22, 1822. Soon after his death she spent some time in the family of her brother, Thaddeus Boughton, in Washington, Dutchess Co., New York, where with her youngest son, Enoch Bouton, she remained a few months and then returned to Ridgefield, Ct., where, Oct. 19, 1828, she married, second, Enoch Holly, of Ridgefield, where they lived until June 1837, when he died. She then went to live with her daughter, Eliza Gilbert, three miles east of Ridgefield village. She was a member of the M.E. Church, a devoted Christian, a kind and sympathizing neighbor, and a most affectionate mother. She died July 2, 1858. at Ridgefield, where she was buried. [1]
    Birth 2 May 1773  Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Jul 1858  Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I77155  Main Tree
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2015 

    Father Timothy BOUGHTON,   b. 1 Jun 1746, South Salem, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1806, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Martha SCOTT 
    Marriage 1767  [1
    Family ID F31165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jesse BOUTON, Jr.,   b. 27 Sep 1776, Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1822, Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1795  [1
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Burr BOUTON,   b. 11 Feb 1800, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1883, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F31164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S6864] James Boughton, "Bouton--Boughton Family: Descendants of John Boution, a Native of France, Who Embarked from Gravesend, En., and landed at Boston in December, 1635, and Settled at Norwalk, CT, (Albany, NY - Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1890).