Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJames Hedley CONGDON 
, 12425
, 12425Birth20 Jul 1779, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island40, p 50 & p 158; date only
Removal1804, Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont Age: 24
Death20 Nov 1854, East Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont Age: 75
BurialSugar Hill Cemetery, East Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont
Memoplot 76b
FatherJames CONGDON , 1242 (1741-1829)
MotherLydia HEDLEY (1744-1817)
Individual Notes
• 9th of 12 children. Married three times.40, p 50
• James Congdon, born July 20, 1779, came to Wallingford in 1804 from North Kingston, RI. He had three wives: Lorenza Ives, Lorana Phillips, and Lydia Brock. He settled on the Sugar Hill section of town and there raised a goodly family of children. It has been said that during the haying season it was quite a sight to see ‘Uncle Hadley,’ as he was called, walking toward the hayfield, followed by nine sons, each over six feet in height, with scythe upon shoulder. ‘Over fifty-four feet of Congdon was the common way of expressing it.’
[Thorp’s “History of Wallingford” 1911]
• His 14 children, by three wives.40, p 159
• His home was on Sugar Hill in the town of Wallingford, Vt.40, p 159
• James Congdon, born July 20, 1779, came to Wallingford in 1804 from North Kingston, RI. He had three wives: Lorenza Ives, Lorana Phillips, and Lydia Brock. He settled on the Sugar Hill section of town and there raised a goodly family of children. It has been said that during the haying season it was quite a sight to see ‘Uncle Hadley,’ as he was called, walking toward the hayfield, followed by nine sons, each over six feet in height, with scythe upon shoulder. ‘Over fifty-four feet of Congdon was the common way of expressing it.’
[Thorp’s “History of Wallingford” 1911]
• His 14 children, by three wives.40, p 159
• His home was on Sugar Hill in the town of Wallingford, Vt.40, p 159
Spouses
Individual Notes
• Probably died in childbirth
Marriageabt 1805
ChildrenLorenza (Died as Infant)
Marriageabt 1809
ChildrenSamuel (Died as Infant)
Lansford Witherel (1811-)
Lorenza (-1815)
James Hedley (1815-)
Marriage1816, Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont8599
Family Notes
• 9 children40, p 159
ChildrenJohn Tabor (1818-)
Charles Henry (1820-1891)