Merchant DeFORD

Abt 1772 - Aft 1860  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Merchant DeFORD
  Birth	Abt 1772	Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, MD
  Gender	Male
  Name	Marchand DeFORD
  Name	Marchant DeFORD
  Death	Aft 29 Jun 1860
  Notes	(1) Source: "Perquimans County Lanes and Branches," a Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com. (2) Ohio Census, 1790-1890 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999: Name: Merchant Diford State: OH COUNTY: Belmont County Township: Richland Township Year: 1808 Record Type: Tax list Page: 074 Database: OH Early Census Index (3) A household headed by Merchant DEFORD is listed in the 1820 census of Richland Townhip, Belmont County, OH. Listed in Merchant's household are 2 free white males under 10 years of age; 2 free white males between 10 and 16 years of age; 1 free white male between 16 and 18 years of age; 1 free white male between 16 and 26 years of age (who is the same person as the free white male between 16 and 18 years of age); 1 free white male over 45 years of age; 1 free white female under 10 years of age; 2 free white females between 16 and 26 years of age; and 1 free white female between 26 and 45 years of age. Also listed in Merchant's household is 1 free colored female between 14 and 25 years of age. Assuming that Merchant is the free white male over 45 years of age, he would have been born before 1775, according to the 1820 census. Assuming that Merchant's wife is the free white female between 26 and 45 years of age, she would have been born between 1775 and 1794, according to the 1820 census. Assuming that the other free white persons in Merchant's household are children of Merchant and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 5 sons (2 of which sons would have been born between 1810 and 1820, 2 of which sons would have been born between 1804 and 1810, and 1 of which sons would have been born between 1802 and 1804, according to the 1820 census) and 3 daughters (1 of which daughters would have been born between 1810 and 1820, and 2 of which daughters would have been born between 1794 and 1804, according to the 1820 census). (4) A household headed by Merchant DEFORD is listed in the 1830 census of Wheeling, Ohio County, VA [now WV]. Listed in Merchant's family are 1 free white male under 5 years of age; 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 15 and 20 years of age; 2 free white males between 20 and 30 years of age; 1 free white male between 50 and 60 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 50 and 60 years of age. Assuming that Merchant is the free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being between 50 and 60 years of age, he would have been born between 1770 and 1780, according to the 1830 census. Assuming that Merchant's wife is the free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 50 and 60 years of age, she would have been born between 1770 and 1780, according to the 1830 census. Assuming that the other persons in Merchant's household are children of Merchant and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of 5 sons (1 of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, 1 of which sons would have been born between 1815 and 1820, 1 of which sons would have been born between 1810 and 1815, and 2 of which sons would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census) and 2 daughters (1 of which daughters would have been born between 1810 and 1815, and 1 of which daughters would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census). (5) A household headed by M. DEFORD is listed in the 1840 census of Ward 2, Wheeling, Ohio County, VA [now WV]. Listed in M.'s household are 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 60 and 70 years of age; and 1 free white females between 60 and 70 years of age. Assuming that M. is the free white male listed in the 1840 census as then being between 60 and 70 years of age, he would have been born between 1770 and 1780, according to the 1840 census. Assuming that M.'s wife is the free white female listed in the 1840 census as then being between 60 and 70 years of age, she would have been born between 1770 and 1780, according to the 1840 census. Assuming that the other person in M.'s household is a child of M. and/or his wife, that child would have consisted of 1 son (which son would have been born between 1825 and 1830, according to the 1840 census. (6) A household consisting solely of Merchant DEFORD is listed in the 1860 census of Union Borough, Fayette County, PA. Merchant is listed in the 1860 census as a person who was then 88 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1772. According to the 1860 census, he was born in MD.
  Person ID	I25804	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John DeFORD,   b. Abt 1750, Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, MD d. Abt 1815, Fayette County, PA (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Annie MARCHANT
  Marriage	Abt 1770	Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, MD
  Family ID	F11267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HOPWOOD,   b. 1779   d. Bef 29 Jun 1860 (Age < 81 years)
  Children	1. John Hopwood DeFORD,   b. 14 Feb 1798, OH d. 10 Nov 1856, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA (Age 58 years)   2. Harriet DeFORD,   b. Abt 1805   d. Aft 29 Aug 1850 (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F11268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024