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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:687Search: Full Last First
id 687 lastname Johnson firstname Betsey Ann sex f birth_date 1835.06.15 birth_place Rochester, NY date_admitted 1865.12.25 covenant_signed Tyringham 1861. Hancock 1861-1869. Tyringham 1869-1873. Hancock 1883, 1884, 1886. shaker_residences Nearly blind, very feeble 1873.10.23, MPH.8000 p9. Poor health 1883, Boston Dr. Cobb treated cough 1884.09.00, MPH.8000 p117. health From Office deaconess to assistant Eldress, 1867. Office deaconess, 1869, 1873. Milliner & housework, 1886. occupation Birthdate estimated from death record, MPB.HVR-13, p72. Moved from Tyringham to Hancock c1861, MPH.8000 p4. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 29, born NY state. Signed covenant 1865.12.25, NOC.13,602, p56. At Office, then sent to live with Eldress Jennet 1867.04.07; To Tyringham to be Office deaconess 1869.11.14, MPH.8000 p4,6. Released 1873.10.23, MPH.8000 p4,6. Announced impending visit, Betsey Johnson letter to Groveland 1883.07.23, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Visited Sonyea 1883, MPH.8000 p115-116. 'Betsey is some better but not very well her cough is very troublesome yet, but she has worked in the kitchen the three past weeks, although rather heavy for her she appears about as well as when she went in,' Lucy J. Osborn letter to Groveland 1884.05.04, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Eldress, Manifesto 11:86, MPH.1791. Died age 51, 1886.10.26, of bronchial consumption, MPH.8000 p18, 209; age 51y 4m 11d, buried west Pittsfield cemetery, MPB.HVR-13, p72. Born Rochester, NY, daughter of Joseph & Lenna Henrietta Johnson; milliner & housework; died of consumption, west Pittsfield Shakers, Oct 26, 1886, Hancock MVR. departure_apostasy 1886.10.26 notes Hancock death_date Bronchial Consumption death_location MPH.8000 p18, 209. MVR.
Village:Tyringham, MA Source:tyringham:188Search: Full Last First
id 188 firstname Betsey Ann lastname Johnson
Village:Tyringham, MA Source:whrsreel:007885Search: Full Last First