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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1302Search: Full Last First
id 1302 lastname VanValen firstname Moses sex m birth_date 1777.11.29 (Brewer index) birth_place Poughkeepsie, NY (Brewer index) date_admitted 1842.01.18 covenant_signed Hancock 1831, 1842-1843, 1850, 1854. shaker_residences Husband of Elizabeth (HTR, Brewer index). At Hancock North House, 1831.12.19, DeWint 1064. Signed covenant 1842.01.18, NOC.13,602, p50. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 70, birthplace unknown. 'He was about his work, & chores as usual, till about 3 O clock P.M. when he complained of feeling verry bad ... he was helped on to his bed, and continued in great distress, untill death retrieved him. It was just about 8 hours, from the time he firs made any complaint, before he was a Corps. His diseas was thought to be some dificulty about the heart,' Hancock Ministry letter to Grove Blanchard, 1854.02.22, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Age 78 at death 1854.02.20, MPH.8000 p172. Died of angina pectoris, 'Died,' Pittsfield Sun, March 2, 1854. NF Hancock or Pittsfield, MVR. health 1854.02.20 occupation Hancock departure_apostasy Angina pectoris notes MPH.8000 p172.
Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:015182Search: Full Last First