Alfred MONTROSS

Abt 1798 - 1865  (67 years)

• Name	Alfred MONTROSS  [1]
  	Alfred was living in Rye town, Westchester Co., when the 1840 census was taken. He had at leas an ace of land there 1 Apr. 1848, when he mortgaged it for $500. The next year he sold half an acre in Rye at "Milton Landing" for $700 (Deeds, WCNY 84:240; 224:393). Both these transactions took place while he was residing in Eastchester town (adjoining Rye), where he appears in the 1850 census. In 1852 he bought garden land, 100 ft. by 113 ft., in New rochelle, NY, for $2,000, subject to a $1,000 mortgage (Deeds, WCNY 344:134, 115). It seems likely that he sold garden produce. In 1855 he sold the garden lot for $1,550 and moved to Newark, where he opened a grocery at 26 Orchard St. By 1859 he appears to have given up the grocery business and is listed as a sexton, residing at 24 Church St. the 1860 census gives hi occupation as foreman After his death in 1865, Mary lived at the same address for 4 years and then made her home with her son Thomas. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1798	Salem, Westchester Co., New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Children	Had 11 children of whom names of 6 are known   [1]
  Death	Jul 1865  [1]
  Person ID	I95249	Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Abraham MONTROSS,   b. Abt 1774, Yorktown, Westchester County, New York d. Between 1830 and 1840 (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Martha SLAWSON,   b. 1768, Salem, Westchester County, New York d. Aft 1830 (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	13 Jan 1791	Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester County,New York   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F06094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary DUSENBERRY,   b. 1803   d. Apr 1885 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1818  [1]
  Children	1. Jonathan D. MONTROSS,   b. 1819, Rye, Westchester Co., New York  [Birth]   2. William H. MONTROSS,   b. 1832, Rye, Westchester Co., New York d. 27 Jul 1904 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]   3. Nancy MONTROSS,   b. Abt 1838, Rye, Westchester Co., New York  [Birth]   4. Joseph W. MONTROSS,   b. 15 Sep 1840  [Birth]   5. Sarah Ann MONTROSS,   b. 15 Sep 1840   d. 1856 (Age 15 years)  [Birth]   6. Thomas Car MONTROSS,   b. Sept 1843, Eastchester, New York  [Birth]
  Family ID	F39672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S10631] John Wilson Taylor, Ph.D. and Eva Mills (Lee) Taylor , Montross: A Family History, Pierre Montras and his Descendants. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S03570] Westchester County, New York: South Salem Church Records. [S7294] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1900 Vol. 31 No. 4 October.