Person:Moses DeVOE (1)

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Moses DeVOE
b.1814 Lower Yonkers, NY
d.Aft 1870 (in 1870 US census - NY)
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1807
  1. Isaac DeVoe1808 - Aft 1871
  2. Thomas Farrington DeVoe1811 -
  3. James DeVoe1812 - 1881
  4. Moses DeVOE1814 - Aft 1870
  5. Susannah Jane DeVoe1816 -
  6. Mary Adelia DeVoe1818 - Bef 1839
  7. Harriet Amelia DeVoe1820 - Bef 1841
  8. John Appleby DeVoe1822 - 1852
  9. George Washington DeVoe1825 -
  10. Frederick William DeVoe1828 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1836
  1. Charles Henry DeVoe1837 - Aft 1885
  2. Sarah Amelia DeVoe1839 - 1916
  3. Walter Briggs DeVoe1841 - 1869
  4. Dennis Valentine DeVoe1847 -
  5. Mary Eleanor DeVoe1852 -
  6. Isaac Brown DeVoe1854 - Aft 1885
  7. Emma Frances DeVoe1857 - 1880
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Moses DeVOE
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 1814 Lower Yonkers, NY
Marriage 1836 to Eleanor Valentine
Reference Number 2980
Eleanor Valentine
Census? 1850 Western Half, New York Co., NY
Occupation? 1850 Butcher
Census? 1860 West Farms, Westchester Co., NY
Death? Aft 1870 (in 1870 US census - NY)
Reference Number? 48

1850: Western Half, New York Co., NY; living next door to his parents, John and Sophia: Moses Devoe, 36, butcher, b. NY Elenore, 36, b. NY Charles, 13, b. NY Sarah, 11, b. NY Walter, 9, b. NY Dennis, 3, b. NY Joseph, 5 months, b. NY Ellen [Devoe?], 20, b. Ireland Margaret [Devoe?], 11, b. Ireland ... John Devoe, 65, butcher, b. NY Sophia, 55, b. NY George, 26, butcher, b. NY Frederick, 22, clerk, b. NY Catherine, 22, b. Ireland (wife of Frederick?) John, 19, b. NY

1856: purchased a portion of the old farm at Fordham, once owned by his wife's grandfather, Peter Valentine, on which at a very early period stood the First Dutch Church, built in 1706 and remained standing until about 1800; the last 20 years it was seldom used as a church. The site of this old building was located on the old road which led to the landing place on the Harlem River. On the right-hand side of the entrance gateway leading up to the old parsonage the present improved residence of Moses De Voe, which appears to have been erected in 1702 from marks on the wall stones yet to be seen,m one of which is found with a deep cutting 1k. M. 1702; on another in the addition added to t he western side is marked 1792. [See also: History of Fordham Manor Reformed Church, p. 18.]

1860 US Census: Town of West Farms, Westchester Co., NY: Moses Devoe, 45, [carpenter], b. NY Ellenor, 45, b. NY Chas. A., 23, m., b. NY Sarah A., 21, b. NY Walter B., 19, b. NY Dennis V., 13, b. NY Mary E., 8, b. NY Isaac B., 3, b. NY Emma F., 6, b. NY

1870 US Census: West Farms, Westchester Co., NY Devoe, Moses, 56, gardener, b. NY -, Elenor, 56, b. NY -, Mary, 16, b. NY -, Isaac, 14, b. NY -, Emma, 12, b. NY -, Sophia, 83, b. NY

Check this (probably too late to be his) New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 Record about Moses F. Devoe Name: Moses F. Devoe Age: 74 y Date: 07 Aug 1894 Certificate: 27003

References
  1. ↑ Plumley, Judith Dick (2).
  2. ↑ Plumley, Judith Dick (2).
  3. ↑ De Voe, Thomas Farrington. Genealogy of the De Veaux family: introducing the numerous forms of spelling the name by various branches and generations in the past eleven hundred years. (New York: Unknown, 1885).
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