Gazlay Family History
Marcia Augusta Hand
Parents
| Father | Judge Augustus Cincinnatus Hand ( - ) |
| Mother | Marcia Seelye Northrup ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 November 2013; Last Edited: 6 April 2022 |
| Person ID | 6071 |
| Name | Marcia Augusta Hand |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 3 January 18371, 2 |
| Married | 9 October 1861 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York to Jonas Scholfield Heartt2, 3 |
| Died | 12 July 1862 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York1, 2, 4 |
| Buried | in Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York1 |
Biography
Marcia was married on 9 October 1861 at her father’s home, and moved to Troy with her husband, Jonas S. Heartt, Esq. She died nine months later at the age of twenty-five. Her father was Judge Augustus “A. C.” Hand, a lawyer for forty-seven years and who served in Congress as a state senator, and as a judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. They lived in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, and built the brick Greek Revival home in 1849, known as the Hand House. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is said to be haunted by a ghost, possibly that of Maria or her sister, Ellen, both of whom died young.2
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Jonas Scholfield Heartt (son of Jonas Coe Heartt and Catherine Lamberson) |
| Born | 31 December 1830 in Rensselaer County, New York |
| Married | 9 October 1861 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York to Marcia Augusta Hand |
| Married | 12 November 1867 in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont to Frances Helen ‘Fannie’ Hall |
| Died | 3 January 1890 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). RIverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, Marcia Augusta Hand Heart, born: 3 January 1837; died: 12 July 1862 (from record, which includes a note: w/o Jonas S. Heartt, s/o Augustus C. and Marcia Hand; and provides the names and links for his parents and four siblings).
- The Big Book of New York Ghost Stories, by Cheri Revai. Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 2009. Pages 106-110, The Hand House. The chapter provides details of Judge Augustus Cincinnatus Hand, who built the historic house, and his family, including daughter Marcia Augusta Hand who married Jonas S. Heartt, Esq.
- Marriage, The New York Times, 16 October 1861, Jonas S. Heartt and Marcia A., daughter of Hon. Augustus C. Hand, on 9 October 1861 in Elizabethtown, New York.
- Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 18 July 1862: Heartt--At Troy, N.Y., on Saturday, July 12, Marcia A. Heartt, wife of Jonas S. Heartt, and daughter of Hon. Augustus C. Hand, in the 26th year of her age.