Virgin, William M. (1795-1861)

Name:

Virgin, William M. (1795-1861)

Title:

Founder, 2nd Congregational Church, Concord
Surveyor of Highways, Town of Concord, 1831
Police Officer, Town of Conocrd, 1828
Constable, Town of Concord, 1833, 1834

Other Names:

Virgin, William Manley

Born:

12/13/1795

Birthplace:

Concord, NH

Died:

02/20/1861

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Concord, NH
Washington, DC 1817

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Watchmaker
Jeweler
Silversmith

Father:

Virgin, Abiel (1771-1830)

Mother:

Stanley, Mehitable (1773-1813)

Relations:

Sibling:
Virgin, Charlotte (1798-)
Virgin, Ira (1800-)
Virgin, Charles (1802-1804)
Virgin, Janette (1804-)
Virgin, Charles (1806-)
Virgin, Jonathan Ambrose (1808-1881); b. Concord, NH; silversmith, along with Samuel Virgin; d. Macon, GA and Columbus, GA
Virgin, Samuel Stanley (1810-1887)
Grandparents: Mehitable Stickney (1743-1816) and William Virgin (1737-1803)
Great-grandparents: Ebenezer Virgin, of Concord, NH

Spouse:

Tyler, Lavinia (1797-1853), January 26, 1826

Children:

Ellen, born 1827
William W., born 1829; died 1868
Charlotte L., born 1833
Daniel Webster, born 1836; died 1928
John Hancock, born 1838; died 1888
George K., born 1841
Roxanna T., born 1843
Greenleaf

Notes:

Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord: From its First Grant in 1725, to the Organization of the City Government in 1853... (Concord. Concord, NH: McFarland & Jenks, 1856), 716.

Willard I. T. Brigham, The Tyler Genealogy. The Descendants of Job Tyler, of Andover, Massachusetts, 1619-1700. Volume I. (Published by Cornelius B. Tyler and Rollin U. Tyler, 1912), 503-504.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, MA: The Heriatge Foundation, 1968), 347-348.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 125-26.

"William M. Virgin, Watchmaker and Jeweller" Advertisement,
New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, June 10, 1817, 3.

"Thefts!," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, June 24, 1822, 3.

"Marriage Notice," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, January 30, 1826, 3.

"Notice, William M. Virgin," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, January 24, 1831, 3.

"Assignee's Sale," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, May 4, 1843, 1.

Deaths, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, February 27, 1861, 3.

Concord Directories, 1830, 1834, 1844, 1850.

Concord Registry of Deeds, 1823-1830.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives