Great
Grandmother Emily Wight married her 1st husband Ellsworth Taylor
Sept. 24, 1887 in Goshen, Orange Co., New York. They were married by the Pastor
Thomas LaMonte of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Certificate of
Marriage
Ellsworth Taylor
& Emily Wight
Sept. 24, 1887
State of New York
Return of a Marriage
Emily
and Ellsworth were both Slate Hill, New York residents (Slate Hill is in the
Town of Wawayanda) and were married in the parsonage of the Goshen Methodist
Episcopal Church. Emily was the daughter of Richard Wight and Emily Brundage
and lived with her Brundage grandparents after her mother died in 1873. As a
matter of fact, her grandmother Phebe Maria (Kimber) Brundage had died 5 months
before her marriage. You can see from the ‘Return of a Marriage’ above, Emily
was just 17 years old when she married. Ellsworth was 28 years old, a farmer
and the son of David Taylor and Mary E. Turner.
Wilmot
E. Taylor, Ellsworth’s brother, and Eleanor Wight, Emily’s sister, served as
witnesses to the marriage. Pastor LaMonte was busy that evening as Wilmot E.
Taylor and Eleanor Wight were also married in the parsonage with Ellsworth and
Emily witnessing their marriage.
