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Sally <I>Lewis</I> Eggleston

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Sally Lewis Eggleston

Birth
Death
2 Aug 1862
Burial
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Wife of John Eggleston.
The 1860 federal census provided her age as 66, estimating her birth as c1794. This conflicts with a deposition she gave in August 1838 at Norwich, wherein she stated she was born December 8, 1787, the third of eleven children of Valentine and Sally Lewis.

In the same deposition she also gave an accounting of her brothers and sisters as follows:
Samuel, born October 30, 1781; removed to the 'Western Country'
Valentine, born November 17, 1784; removed to the 'Western Country'
Mary, born April 13, 1790
Ephraim, born July 17, 1792
Huldah, born November 7, 1795
Lucretia, born June 5, 1798; married David Taylor; died March 16, 1822
Gurdon, born December 17, 1799
Elam, born January 18, 1801
Roxanna, born February 8, 1803; died March 16, 1804
Clark, born December 18, 1804
Wife of John Eggleston.
The 1860 federal census provided her age as 66, estimating her birth as c1794. This conflicts with a deposition she gave in August 1838 at Norwich, wherein she stated she was born December 8, 1787, the third of eleven children of Valentine and Sally Lewis.

In the same deposition she also gave an accounting of her brothers and sisters as follows:
Samuel, born October 30, 1781; removed to the 'Western Country'
Valentine, born November 17, 1784; removed to the 'Western Country'
Mary, born April 13, 1790
Ephraim, born July 17, 1792
Huldah, born November 7, 1795
Lucretia, born June 5, 1798; married David Taylor; died March 16, 1822
Gurdon, born December 17, 1799
Elam, born January 18, 1801
Roxanna, born February 8, 1803; died March 16, 1804
Clark, born December 18, 1804


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