1. Joseph
M. Herron
(Apr 1840, Newry, Ireland** - Aug 1914, Harrington Park, NJ; bur.
24 Aug 1914 Green Wood Cem., Brooklyn). Arrived in NYC from Ireland in
1757. Married 1st before 1867 Harriet "Hattie" A. Burrows (c.1844, Mystic, CT**- Aug 1897, Harrington Twp, NJ, bur.
14 Aug, Green Wood Cem.,
Brooklyn, NY***) dau. of Jerome Burrows (c.1813, Groton, CT - Jul 1892,
bur. 23 Jul 1892 Green-Wood Cem., Brooklyn, NY) & Caroline A. Dayton
(c.1819, Groton, CT - Nov 1869, Brooklyn, NY; bur. 29 Nov 1869, Green-Wood Cem.,
Brooklyn, NY).
By 1870, the Joseph Herron was
living in Brooklyn, NY, with widowed father-in-law. By 1800 the Herron
family had moved into a newly built house built by
Henry Tory on Willow Road in "Rockland," NJ.
Joseph m. 2nd by 1900 his sister-in-law
Emma P. Burrows (c.1841, Mystic, CT - Aug 1906, Harrington Twp, NJ,
bur. 20 Aug Green-Wood Cem, Brooklyn, NY).***
Children of Joseph Herron &
Harriet Burrows include:
i.
George Dayton (1867-1944)
*1880
Census, Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ, p 31.
** 1900 Census, Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ, Sheet 18-10.
***
R. Earl Burrows: Robert Burrows
and Descendants, 1630-1974
Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1975, Volume 2, page 1248
The 1870 Census for
Brooklyn, NY, lists J.M. Herron (30, Fruit broker), Hattie Herron (24),
George (4), living with Jerome Burrows (58, Fish merchant) and Emma
Burrows (26), two boarders and two servants.*
*1870 Federal
Census, Ward 4, Brooklyn, Kings, NY., page 91
Herrons were living
in the Tory House II at the turn of the century as shown in the c.1900
photograph by Harvey Conklin.
The 1880 Census lists
Joseph Herron (41, Merchant), Hattie (36, wife, keeping house), and
George D. (12, son), and two servants.*
The 1900 census lists
Joseph (60), and Emma D. (58), Sandy Herron (52), sister of
Joseph. **
The 1910 census lists Joseph, age 71, alone.***
* 1880 Federal
Census, Harrington Township, Bergen County, Page 31, Dist. 4.
** 1900 Federal
Census, Northvale, Bergen County, Sheet 10.
*** 1919 Federal
Census, Harrington Township, Bergen County, Page 16B
2i.
George
Dayton Herron (May
1867, Brooklyn, NY*- 16 Dec 1944, bur. Green Wood Cem, Brooklyn, NY) m.
22 Oct 1890** to Sophanna "Sophie" Herring/Haring (16 Jul
1869, Norwood, NJ - 18 Jan 1955, Scotland, CT, bur. Scotland Cem.),
dau. of William C. Herring/Haring (Jan 1836, NJ - ?, Norwood, NJ) &
Mary Elizabeth Demarest (Jun 1851, NY - ?, Norwood, NJ), daughter of
Cornelius E. Demarest of Norwood.*** [see
Riker Family]
Children
of George Dayton Herron & Sophie Herring include:
i. Jerome
Burrows (16 Jul 1892, Harrington Twp, NJ -?) m. 27 OCT 1920
Josephine Wintrich (29 Jun 1889, NYC-?).
ii. William C. Burrows
(31 May 1903, Harrington Twp, NJ-?) m. 1925 in Closter Mary E. Redfield
(12 July 1905, Harrington Twp, NJ - 5 May 1971, Scotland, CT).***
***
R. Earl Burrows: Robert Burrows
and Descendants, 1630-1974
Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1975, Volume 2, page 1248
The 1900
census lists Sophie and George Herron, grocer,
residing with her parents, William Haring (Jan 1837-?) & Mary Haring
(Jun 1852-?) of Norwood, Harrington Twp.
The 1930 census lists
George D. Heron (63) and Sophanna (59) living on Hariot Avenue, Harrington
Park Borough, NJ, where George is listed as a retired farmer. Living
with them is Mary E. Herring (78), Sophanna's mother.
* 1910 Census, Harrington Township, Bergen Co., NJ,
Dist. 23, Sheet 16B.
**
Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
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Unresolved Herrons:
Ashley M. Herron
(c.1871, NY-?) and
Robert B.
Herron (?-?).
Mr Herron Died 14 Jan 1865
Anna E.
Herron
( 1846 - 31 Aug 1889**)
Lois Ann Herron (?-?) m. 3 Jan 1865 to
John N. Haring**
**Maria
Ferdon Journal - Part 1, Bergen County Historical Society.
