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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1297Search: Full Last First
id 1297 lastname VanValen firstname Eliza E. sex f birth_date 1836c birth_place NY date_admitted 1850 covenant_signed 1857.12.25 shaker_residences Hancock 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865, 1870-1871 health Keeping house at the Office, 1870. occupation 3/25/1872 departure_apostasy 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 14, born NY. Age 15, in Hancock school 1851, MPH.1003a. 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24, age 19, born NY. Signed covenant 1857.12.25, NOC.13,602, p55. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee Chh family 2215: age 24, born NY. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 29, born NY state. 1870 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, family 1526: age 34, keeping house [at the Office for Ira Lawson], born NY. April 1871 eloped with Ira Lawson, married, repented & returned unconsummated; see 'Matrimonial,' Pittsfield Sun, June 15, 1871. To Chh Family 1871.06.10, MPH.8000 p7. Left again 3/25/1872, NOC.10,345 (Brewer index).