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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:658Search: Full Last First
id 658 lastname Irving firstname Justina sex f birth_date 1837c birth_place CT date_admitted 1847.06.23 covenant_signed Hancock 1850-1851. Enfield 1851. Hancock 1852-1853, 1855-1856? shaker_residences Quick consumption, 1856.04.14, Grove Wright letter to Ministry, 1856.04.14, OClWHi.IV:A-20. health Jestiny:' Age 12, in Hancock school 1850, MPH.1003a. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 13, born CT. Seized by Father who tore off her cap & tried to burn it; she resisted abduction: Hancock Ministry letter to Grove Blanchard 1851.04.11, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Returned to Hancock next day, taken away to hide until court hearings when were returned to father, 1851.04.03 & .09, DeWint.851. Taken to Enfield, CT, 1851.11.27, MPH.4395. Chose to remain with Shakers 1852.11.05 (see also Nov 11-12), NOC.TDM. 'The girls are here and doing well,' Hancock Ministry letter to Harvard Ministry, 1853.03.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Thomas Damon went to Lenox and 'disposed of the Irving Case by agreeing to pay 225 Dollars towards the cost – and having proceedings stopped. Not very profitable going to law for the custody of doubtful girls!' 1855.09.20, NOC.TDM. Dying of quick consumption, Grove Wright letter to Ministry, 1856.04.14, OClWHi.IV:A-20. He may have meant Augusta Irving, who died of consumption 1856.05.19, age 18, born Bridgeport, CT, daughter of John & Susan Irving, Pittsfield MVR. occupation 1856.05.19 departure_apostasy Hancock? notes consumption death_date NOC.12,719.
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