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Susanna Adams

Susanna Adams

Female 1778 - 1870  (92 years)Deceased

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  • Name Susanna Adams  [1, 2
    Birth 11 Jul 1778  Suffield,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Dec 1870  Rutland,Worcester,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Jan 1871  Rutland,Worcester,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Buried in the Wheeler Lot
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    Notes 
    •       SUSANNA5 ADAMS, wife of Nathan Halladay was born July 11, 1778 at Suffield, Conn. but her family removed to Marlboro, Vt. when she was about five years old and she was brought up amid the hardships incident to pioneer life in Vermont.
            When about 10 or 12 years old, she was out with her younger brother Rufus who behaved badly and in order to control him she asked him if she should call a bear.  At that moment hearing a noise and looking around she saw a large bear climbing over a fence near her.  She had the presence of mind to seize her brother and finally made her way to the house unharmed.
             Upon the death of her husband in Buffalo she was left alone with her six children.
             Two of these, Rhoda the eldest and Lucius the youngest were taken sick and soon followed their father, and the widow with her four remaining children was left to make her way back to Vermont as best she could.  But Susanna Adams Halladay was equal to the occasion.
             Descended from the  Adams and Underwood families she inherited some of their indomitable spirit and perseverance. Her goods and probably her team were at the bottom of  Lake Erie and all her ready money had been used in the expenses incident to the sickness and death of three of her family.
             She was hundreds of miles from any one she knew and there were no swift means of communication as now between her and her old home.  In her trouble she wrote to her brother Capt. Simeon Adams who sent his team all the long distance from Marlboro, Vt. to Buffalo and brought home his sister and her family and helped them start again in life.  Let this act be recorded to the credit of Simeon Adams of Marlboro.
             After returning to Vermont the family necessarily separated. Henry learned the trade of a tanner at West Halifax, Vt., Willard was put upon a farm; Almira learned the tailor's trade, and Susan, the youngest, remained with her uncle Simeon Adams
      until her mother's second marriage.  Mrs. Halladay several years later married Henry Babbit, a farmer of Colerain, Mass. whom she survived.
             She lived afterwards with her son Willard, then a large lumber manufacturer at West Readsboro, VT. but finally went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Susan H. Wheeler at Rutland, Mass. where she died Dec. 29, 1870 aged 92 years and 5 months and was buried in the Wheeler lot in Rutland Rural Cemetery.
             Mrs. Halladay was a woman of ability and quick at repartee. When she was more than 80 years old a grandson who had just married brought his wife into her presence and introduced her, saying, "Well, Grandma, this is my wife.  What do you think of her?"
              The old lady quickly replied, "Well, I see that she has made one mistake already."
              "Oh! Grandma," said the grandson, "You are too smart for me." [6]
    Person ID I2836  Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of William Halladay, 1677/1678-1764
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2023 

    Father AncestorsCapt. Simeon Adams,   b. 30 Nov 1724, Suffield,Hampshire,Massachusetts Colony,British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1803, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother AncestorsSusanna Underwood,   b. 22 Sep 1747, Westford,Middlesex,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1845, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1765 
    Family ID F1331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsNathan Halladay,   b. 22 Aug 1771, Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Buffalo,Niagara,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1797  Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Rhoda Halladay,   b. 14 Oct 1798, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Buffalo,Niagara,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Henry Halladay,   b. 11 Oct 1800, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1803, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Almira Halladay,   b. 14 Mar 1803, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1862, Stamford,Bennington,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Henry Adams Halladay,   b. 2 Mar 1805, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1890, Troy,Rensselaer,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Nathan Willard Halladay,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1867, Heartwellville,Bennington,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Susan Halladay,   b. 17 Dec 1810, Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1902 (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Lucius Halladay,   b. Aft 1811   d. 1816, Buffalo,Niagara,New York,United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2006 

    Family 2 Henry Babbit,   b. Colrain,Franklin,Massachusetts,United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1820  Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F1330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jul 1778 - Suffield,Hartford,Connecticut,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Nov 1797 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Rhoda Halladay - 14 Oct 1798 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Henry Halladay - 11 Oct 1800 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Almira Halladay - 14 Mar 1803 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Henry Adams Halladay - 2 Mar 1805 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Nathan Willard Halladay - 1 Oct 1808 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Susan Halladay - 17 Dec 1810 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Dec 1820 - Marlboro,Windham,Vermont,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Dec 1870 - Rutland,Worcester,Massachusetts,United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Jan 1871 - Rutland,Worcester,Massachusetts,United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, "Chapter X, The Ancestors of NATHAN HALLADAY, Father of Susan Halladay Wheeler, 1810-1902," in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 20 Sep 2005, 1736-1818, pg. 105, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1724-1803, pg. 116, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1771-1816; pg. 111 & 1724-1803, pg. 116, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).
      "He followed his trade, that of a tanner, both at Marlboro, Vt. and at Richmond, N.H. where he lived for a short time with his family."

    4. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1771-1816; pg. 112 & 1724-1803, pg. 116, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 1771-1816; pg. 112, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S34] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick, Chapter XI, Nathan Halladay and Allied Families" in The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of Their Ancestors., ((Pittsfield, Mass.?. unknown. 1924.) [online] Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 2005, 1771-1816; pg. 111, http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookList.aspx?dbid=27293. (Reliability: 3).
      "He followed his trade, that of a tanner, both at Marlboro, Vt. and at Richmond, N.H. where he lived for a short time with his family."

    7. [S1310] The Reverend Ephraim H. Newton, The History of the Town of Marlborough Widham County Vermont, (Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1930.), 25 Jul 2023, chp vii: 119., F59.M4N56. (Reliability: 3).

      Marriages Henry Babbit and Susan Halladay   Dec. 14, 1820    Rev. E. H. Newton