Sarah Ann MONTROSS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Children: Had 11 children of whom names of 6 are known

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Alfred was living in Rye town, Westchester Co., when the 1840 census was taken. He had at leas an ace of land there 1 Apr. 1848, when he mortgaged it for $500. The next year he sold half an acre in Rye at "Milton Landing" for $700 (Deeds, WCNY 84:240; 224:393). Both these transactions took place while he was residing in Eastchester town (adjoining Rye), where he appears in the 1850 census. In 1852 he bought garden land, 100 ft. by 113 ft., in New rochelle, NY, for $2,000, subject to a $1,000 mortgage (Deeds, WCNY 344:134, 115). It seems likely that he sold garden produce. In 1855 he sold the garden lot for $1,550 and moved to Newark, where he opened a grocery at 26 Orchard St. By 1859 he appears to have given up the grocery business and is listed as a sexton, residing at 24 Church St. the 1860 census gives hi occupation as foreman After his death in 1865, Mary lived at the same address for 4 years and then made her home with her son Thomas.

Alfred married Mary DUSENBERRY about 1818. Mary was born in 1803; died in Apr 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]