William Walpole

(about 1823 - 23 August 1906)
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Ancestors of Frank Kenneth DeVoe
William Walpole was born about 1823 (the June 1880 census records his age as 56; his gravestone gives his age as 83 when he died in August 1906).1,2 He emigrated in 1835 from England.3 He married Mary Burnett, daughter of William Burnett and Rachel Durrant, on 1 January 1847 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey; the minister was the Rev. William Lock.4,5,6 He and his wife resided first in Scotch Plains, New Jersey; then moved in 1853 to Bedford, and lived there at least until Mrs. Walpole's death in 1886 except for five years spent in Unionville [Hawthorne, New York]. Their home for several years before Mrs. Walpole's death was at Cantito Corners.7

William Walpole appeared on the census of 1 August 1850 at Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, where he was shown as a farmer.8

William Walpole appeared on the census of 1 July 1870 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, where he was recorded as a famer.9 The next household enumerated was that of John Jay, age 52.10 This was John Jay II (1817-1894), the grandson of John Jay (1745-1829) who was the first chief justice of the United State Supreme Court.11

Marion DeVoe and Rachel (Troup) Watson believed that William Walpole was the superintendent of the John Jay home near Katonah, now the John Jay Homestead State Historic Site. Marion told Howard DeVoe "I don't think he lived there - from what Aunt Mary [Mary Cargon Mayne] said, I think he lived out at the Four Corners which is just beyond there. They had a house there. I don't think they lived on the Jay property, unless maybe the property extended over there at the time."12 A March 1879 newspaper article stated that he formerly managed the Jay farm.13

William Walpole lived in March 1879 in Unionville (now Hawthorne), Westchester County, New York.13

William Walpole appeared on the census of 11 June 1880 at Mount Pleasant Township, Westchester County, New York. Included in his household were his wife, son William (widower), and granddaughters Mary R. Walpole and Mary Adams.1 He was a farmer according to the 1880 census.1 William Walpole appears in a photograph together with William Cargon, William Cargon Jr., Harriett (Walpole) Cargon, and Harry Mayne.

William Walpole appeared on the census of 23 June 1900 at Mount Pleasant Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of his son, William Jr.3 According to the 1900 census, he was naturalized and could neither read nor write.3

William Walpole died on 23 August 1906.2 He was buried on 24 August 1906 in lot 1350 (Walpole plot), Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.14,2

Children of William Walpole and Mary Burnett

Citations

  1. [S43] William Walpole household, 1880 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Mount Pleasant Township, Enumeration District 109, page 9 (in ink), page 465 (stamped), dwelling house 78, family 91.
  2. [S232] Gravestone inscriptions, lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
  3. [S305] William Walpole household, 1900 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Mount Pleasant Township, enumeration district 76, page 195B, dwelling 357, family 381.
  4. [S8] Family records from a bible possibly belonging to the Cargon family.
  5. [S5] Bible presumably belonging to Walpole family.
  6. [S6] Family records from a very large bible belonging to Mrs. Charles Robert Troup.
  7. [S10] Katonah Times, 1887.
  8. [S604] William Walpole household, 1850 U.S. census, Essex, New Jersey, Westfield, p 352.
  9. [S55] William Walpole household, 1870 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, page 34 (in ink), page 18 (stamped on opposite page), dwelling-house 254, family 324.
  10. [S720] John Jay household, 1870 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township, pages 34-35 (in ink), page 18 (stamped on second page), dwelling-house 255, family 325.
  11. [S719] Letter, Louise V. North North to Howard DeVoe, 23 November 2003.
  12. [S251] Taped interview, Marion DeVoe and Rachel (Troup) Watkins, 26 December 1976.
  13. [S372] Katonah Recorder, 14 March 1879.
  14. [S231] Record of Interments, Lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla, New York.

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