Ursula Catlin

F, b. 27 May 1780, d. 31 March 1858
Monument of John & Ursula Ferris at The Church Street Cemetery, Swanton, Vermont Courtesy of Find a Grave, Barb Destromp
     Ursula was born on Saturday, 27 May 1780 in Litchfield County, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Alexander & Abigail [Goodman] Catlin.1 Ursula married Jonathan Ferris, son of John Ferris and Marianna Hunt, on 4 June 1803. Jonathan & Ursula had children: Helen Amelia [5/04/1804-9/27/1887][m. 3/23/1831 Dr. Horatio Hickok Brayton], John Alexander [2/17/1806-9/20/1878 unmarried], Lynde Catlin [5/06/1808-5/03/1874][5/19/1840 Mary Ann Drake], Valentine Seaman [12/07/1809-12/21/1879][m. 6/14/1837 Cornelia Brayton], Edward Moses [1/18/1812-1856-1859][m. 5/14/1844 Catherine Everest], Maria Ann [11/20/1813-1/08/1868][m. 5/13/1832 Richard Frederick Fletcher], Almira Elizabeth [4/05/1816-5/01/1846][m. 8/05/1839 Peter Thatcher Washburn], Mortimer [3/26/1818-4/06/1889][m. 6/22/1852 Mary Elizabeth Raymond] & Charles [1/27/1824-6/08/1851]. Ursula's husband, an unknown person , died on 1 October 1829 in Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, leaving her a widow.2 Ursula departed this life on Wednesday, 31 March 1858 in Swanton at age 77 years, 10 months and 4 days. She was buried there in Swanton in the Church Street Cemetery. The inscription on the memorial reads: "Also those of his wife Ursula Catlin Ferris who was born Litchfield, Conn. May 27, 1780 and died March 31, 1858".

Family

Jonathan Ferris b. 15 Dec 1765, d. 1 Oct 1829

Citations

  1. [S1319] Walter E. Ziebarth Jr. & John W. Ziebarth, Diret Connections Ziebarth - Magill Ancestry



    , page 13 - Ursula born 1780; died: 1842; father: Alexand Catlin born: 6 Janurary 1739 Litchfield, Connecticut; died: 4 December 1809 Berlington, Vermont & mother: Abigail Goodman born: 4 October 1741 West Hartford, Connecticut & died: 7 October 1805 in Ltchfield, Connecticut. [Note: Error in death date - of Ursula - see tombstone. klm]
  2. [S93] Elizabeth Seaman Leggett, Journal of Elizabeth Seaman Leggett, According to a rememberance of his neice, Eliza Seaman - "Uncle Johnathan Ferris had paralysis, died at Swwnton, Vermont. Excellent, I used to see him in my childhood twice a year in New York. He left a very large estate, marble quarries."