The Hildreth In-Laws: The Faurots
The Hildreth In-Laws: The Faurots In the last post, we left off with Rees Bowen Hildreth’s death in Lee County, Iowa in December, 1849. His death, of a self-inflicted gunshot, left his 41-year-old widow, Martha Faurot Chapman Hildreth, with five minor sons: 17-year-old Isaac Chapman (from her first marriage to Stuckley Chapman), nine-year-old Henry Hildreth, eight-year-old John Hildreth, three-year-old Rees Hildreth (my generation’s second great-grandfather) and infant Eli Hildreth. Martha Faurot Chapman Hildreth was born in Gorham Township, Ontario County, New York in 1808, the fourth child of eight to my generation’s fourth great-grandparents, Jacob Faurot (1775-1853) and Hannah Cory (1779-1844). The Faurots (sometimes spelled "Farotte" or "Faurote") were probably French, emigrating to North America sometime before 1700. My generation’s eighth great-grandfather, James Faurot (1654-1725) settled near Rahway, New Jersey, and the next three generations--Hen