Henry HIGHT & Jane __?_

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Henry HIGHT
Jane __?__

Husband: Henry HIGHT
Birth: 1792-95, PA
Occupation: laborer
Father probably: James HIGHT, Sr.

Marriage:

Wife: Jane __?__
Birth: 1793-97, PA
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in PA:
1. (Daughter A) HIGHT, b. 1810-20; married or dead by 1830
2. (Daughter B) HIGHT, b. 1810-20; married or dead by 1830
3. (Daughter C) HIGHT, b. 1810-20; married or dead by 1830
4. (Son A) HIGHT, b. 1815-20
5. (Son B) HIGHT, b. 1815-20
6. (Son C) HIGHT, b. 1820-25
7. (Daughter D) HIGHT, b. 1820-25
8. Henry HIGHT, Jr., b. 1827/8
9. (Daughter E) HIGHT, b. 1825-30

— born in Huntingdon Co., PA:
10. Hannah HIGHT, b. 1832/3
11. Jane HIGHT, b. 1835/6
12. Jackson HIGHT, b. 1840/1

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 PA Dauphin Co. Middle Paxton Twp. p. 144 Hight Henry 200010-30010-0-001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Son B
= Son A

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Henry (b. 1792-95)

3 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Daughter C
= Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Jane (b. 1793-97)

1 person engaged in manufacture

This was the only Henry HIGHT (or var.) I could find in the index, anywhere. The numbers are a match only if we grant all three daughters present in 1820 were married or dead by 1830, which is possible, but which raises some doubt as to whether this household is our subjects'.

3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 PA Huntingdon Co. West Twp. p. 141A Henry Heit 112 001 - 110 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Henry Jr. (b. 1827/8)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Son C

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Son B
= Son A

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Henry (b. 1792-95)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter E

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Daughter D

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Jane (b. 1793-97)

Listed two lines from presumed brother, George HEIT; and, in the other direction, two lines from Widow Ellen CORBIN.

4. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1-2 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. pp. 203B-204A Henry Hight 001 110 100 - 111 100 100 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Henry Jr. (b. 1827/8)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = Son C

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Son A or B

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Henry (b. 1792-97)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Jane (b. 1835/6)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Hannah (b. 1832/3)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Daughter E

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Daughter D

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Jane (b. 1793-97)

2 persons engaged in agriculture

Listed next to Henry's brother, James HIGHT.

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #20 of 21): Henderson Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 70B, 161/142, enumerated 30 Aug 1850, official enumeration day 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Henry Height 55 M Laborer Penna

Jane     " 53 F "

Henry    " 22 M Boatman "

Hannah   " 17 F "

Jane     " 14 F "

Jackson " 9 M "

6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 10): Huntingdon P.O., Oneida Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 431, PN 9, 63/63, enumerated 13 Jun 1860, official enumeration day 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Henry Hight 67 M Farmer 300 Penn

Jane Hight 64 F "

Jackson 19 M "

Listed two doors from Widow Sarah PEIGHTAL.

7. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2-3 of 18): Huntingdon P.O., Henderson Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, pp. 608B-609A, PN 2-3, 15/18, enumerated 28-29 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hight Henry 81 M W Laborer Penna

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_____ Jane 76 F W Keeping house 800 Penna

Bales Ellan 9 F W At home "

We appear to have some age inflation here. Ellen may be a granddaughter. Living next door to Ferdinand CORBIN.

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