Dennis HEFFRON

1797 - 1875  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Dennis HEFFRON
  Birth	Between 1795 and 1797	Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, NH
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Apr 1875	Harford, Cortland County, NY
  Notes	(1) Source: Diane Elizabeth Harley Wintch . (2) A household headed by Dennis HEFFRON is listed in the 1830 census of Dryden, Tompkins County, NY. Listed in Dennis' household are 2 free white males under 5 years of age; 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 20 and 30 years of age; 1 free white male between 30 and 40 years of age; 1 free white female between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white female between 30 and 40 years of age; and 1 free white female between 40 and 50 years of age. Assuming that Dennis is the free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, he would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1830 census. The free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 40 and 50 years of age seems to have then been too old to have been Dennis' wife. Assuming that Dennis' wife is the free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, she would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1830 census. The free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being 20 and 30 years of age seems to have then been too old to have been a child of Dennis and/or his wife. Assuming that the other persons listed in the 1830 census are children of Dennis and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 4 sons (2 of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, 1 of which sons would have been born between 1820 and 1825, and 1 of which sons would have been born between 1815 and 1820, according to the 1830 census) and 1 daughter (which daughter would have been born between 1815 and 1820, according to the 1830 census). (3) A household headed by Dennis HEFFRON is listed in the 1840 census of Dryden, Tompkins County, NY. Listed in Dennis' household are 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 3 free white males between 10 and 15 years of age; 2 free white males between 15 and 20 years of age; 1 free white male between 20 and 30 years of age; 1 free white male between 50 and 60 years of age; 1 free white female under 5 years of age; 1 free white female between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white female between 15 and 20 years of age; 1 free white female between 20 and 30 years of age; and 1 free white female between 40 and 50 years of age. Assuming that Dennis is the free white male listed in the 1840 census as then being between 50 and 60 years of age, he would have been born between 1780 and 1790, according to the 1840 census. [Note by compiler: Dennis is believed by the compiler to have actually been born between 1790 and 1800.] Assuming that Dennis' wife is the free white female listed in the 1840 census as then being between 40 and 50 years of age, she would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1840 census. Assuming that the other persons in Dennis' household are children of Dennis and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 7 sons (1 of which sons would have been born between 1830 and 1835, 3 of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, 2 of which sons would have been born between 1820 and 1825, and 1 of which sons would have been born between 1810 and 1820, according to the 1840 census) and 4 daughters (1 of which daughters would have been born between 1835 and 1840, 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1830 and 1835, 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1820 and 1825, and 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1810 and 1820, according to the 1840 census). (4) A household headed by Dennis HEFRON is listed in the 1850 census of Dryden, Tompkins County, NY. Dennis is listed in the 1850 census as a shoemaker who was then 53 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1797. According to the 1850 census, he was born in NH. Listed with Dennis is wife, Sarah, who was then 51 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1799. According to the 1850 census, she was born in NH. Also listed with Dennis is his son, Oliver T., a laborer who was then 18 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1832. According to the 1850 census, he was born in NY. Also listed with Dennis is his daughter, Sarah J., who was then 16 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1834. According to the 1850 census, she was born in NY. Also listed with Dennis is his daughter, Eveline, who was then 13 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1837. According to the 1850 census, she was born in NY. Also listed with Dennis is his son, William H., who was then 9 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1841. According to the 1850 census, he was born in NY. (5) A household headed by Denis HEFFRON is listed in the 1860 census of Homer, Cortland County, NY. [Denis' first name is listed as Davis in the index to the 1860 census.] Denis is listed in the 1860 census as a shoemaker who was then 65 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1795. According to the 1860 census, he was born in MA. [Denis is believed by the compiler to have actually been born in NH.] Listed with Denis is his wife, Sarah, who was then 60 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1800. According to the 1860 census, she was born in MA. [Sarah is believed by the compiler to have actually been born in NH.] Also listed with Denis is his son, William H., a farm laborer who was then 19 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1841. According to the 1860 census, he was born in MA. [William H. is believed by the compiler to have actually been born in NY.] (6) A household headed by Dennis HEFFRON is listed in the 1870 census of Harford, Cortland County, NY. Dennis is listed in the 1870 census as a shoemaker who was then 75 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, he was born in about 1795. According to the 1870 census, he was born in NH. Listed with Dennis is his wife, Sarah, who was then 70 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, she was born in about 1800. According to the 1870 census, she was born in NH. Also listed with Dennis is his son, William, a farmer who was then 28 years of age; therefore, according to the 1870 census, he was born in about 1842. According to the 1870 census, he was born in NY.
  Person ID	I18750	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John HEFFRON,   b. 20 Jan 1763   d. 9 Feb 1847 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Lydia LAWRENCE,   b. 26 Jun 1769   d. 14 Jun 1849 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1784	NH
  Family ID	F8365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WHITAKER,   b. Between 1799 and 1800, NH d. Aft 15 Aug 1870 (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1824
  Children	1. George Whitaker HEFFRON,   b. 29 Mar 1829, Dryden, Tompkins County, NY d. 1 Dec 1910, Braman, Kay County, OK (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F8364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024