The two lists on this page are from the earliest records of the Rochester Orphan Asylum. The lists give the name of the adopted child and and the name of the person that took the child. In some cases it says that the child was "bound;" meaning that the child was given to the person to act as a servant.
Mrs. L. M. Moore's report of children bound out by Rochester Orphan Asylum; 1838 - 1839
Hannah ADAMS & Frederick CHAMPLIN at Farmington with Mrs. Aldrich - not bound
Mary BURNS with Mrs. Graves - taken Mar. 1839, bound July 1840
Edna BRADLEY with Mrs. Jones at Spencer's Basin - taken May 1839
Emily COLE with Mrs. Tallman - bound
Susan DOE with Mrs. Penfield at Penfield - bound
Thomas DOE was taken by Mrs. Gregory Dec. 1838 - but becoming dissatisfied ran away and was afterwards taken by Methodist clergyman from Mich. - Mrs. Graves is the most suitable person to give information respecting this child.
Margaret DEMPSEY with Mrs. Pierson at Avon - bound
Margaret FERGUSON with Mrs. Montgomery taken July 1839 - not bound
Rachel GIBSON with Mrs. Hunter taken Apr. 1838 - bound
Juliet HALL with Mrs. Mott of Mich. taken June 1839 - not bound
Susan McAULEY with Mrs. Jennings of Farmington taken Sept. 1837 - not bound
Caroline REED with Mr. Elliot of Youngstown taken June 1839 - bound
Robert STANLEY and Mary McCOMBER with Mrs. Willets of Ypsalante, Mich. taken Nov. 1837 - bound
Almira TIFFANY with Dr. Faulkner taken June 1839
Richard STEVENSON with Mr. Miller of Walworth, Wayne Co. taken Aug. 1839 - not bound
Louisa LEONARD with Dr. Smith
Sarah HOWARTH with Mrs. Brewster - bound
Harriett STODARD with Mrs. Harrington - not bound
Julia STODARD with a person in the town of York, the name I have forgotten
Margaret BESOM, Mary Ann McMANNERS, William WALLACE and Jane WOODBURY have all been taken from the places where they have been placed by their parents and are now under their control.
| Sept. 5, 1837 | Frederic CHAMPLIN taken by a gentleman from Farmington returned a few months after and taken by Mr. Chapin of Brockport, remained but a short time and went in pursuit of his father to Buffalo. Not since been heard from. |
| Sept. 11, 1837 | Susan McCAULEY - Farmington adopted as an own child |
| Sept. 23, 1837 | William LAMBERT - taken by his father who paid his board |
| Oct. 5, 1837 | Hannah ADAMS by Mrs. Rint returned soon after & taken by Mr. Aldridge of Farmington |
| Nov. 27, 1837 | Robert STANLEY & Mary McCOMBER taken by (blank space) Mich. |
| Nov. 16, 1837 | Alanso MAURICE by Rev. Mr. Thompson - Canandaigua |
| Dec. 6, 1837 | Louisa LEONARD by Mr. Smith |
| Dec. 7, 1837 | Harriet STODARD by Mrs. Harrington |
| Dec. 8, 1837 | Sarah TENNET by Mr. Hubbard in six months returned, now have board paid by poor master |
| Jan. 15, 1838 | Rachel GIBSON taken by Mr. Fish returned and taken by Mr. Hunter Apr. 30 |
| Feb. 20, 1838 | Sarah HOWARTH - Mr. Brewster |
| March 3, 1838 | ----- by a friend of Mrs. Seymour since taken by her father |
| April 7, 1838 | Franklin CHAMPLIN by Mr. Aldridge, Farmington |
| April 30, 1838 | Sopronia BROOKS taken by her mother to Buffalo |
| May 1, 1838 | S. P. BRADLEY by Mrs. Gay |
| May 12, 1838 | Charlotte SAMPSON by her aunt - order of Mrs. Bird |
| May 16, 1838 | Julia STODARD by Mrs. Brooks returned and taken Sept. 7 by Mr. Martindale of York - order of Mrs. Moore |
| May 29, 1838 | Margaret DEMPSEY taken by Mrs. Robbins returned & taken Oct. 29 by Mr. Parsons - Avon on trial, not returned |
| June 5, 1838 | Harriet DEVY by --- Skidmore, Walworth after 10 months returned. Now taken by her mother to Saratoga. |
| Aug. 8, 1838 | Emeline ROFF taken by a man from Caledonia, soon stolen by her mother |
| Aug. 9, 1838 | Calvin MILLER his mother to Mr. Irwin, Sand Creek |
| Aug. 27, 1838 | James BAIN by his mother |
| Sept. 3, 1838 | Mary RINGLEY; by her mother |
| Sept. 17, 1838 | Wm. PARMER by his mother, soon returned |
| Sept. 22, 1838 | Jane BURKE run away - in six weeks returned |
| Oct. 8, 1838 | Mary RINGLEY by her mother, board by Thompson |
| Dec. 28, 1838 | Jane BURKE over age kept for health - ran away after six weeks returned and Feb. 1839 taken on trial by Mr. Shirby Ridgeway |
| Jan. 17, 1839 | Susan DOE by Mrs. Penfield of Penfield |
| Dec . 3, 1838 | Henry Erastus BRUCE ran away and lived with his mother |
| Jan. 3, 1839 | Thomas DOE taken by Mrs. Gregory soon left & lived with his brother till Aug. was taken by a methodist clergyman to Mich. |
| Jan. 3, 1839 | Catharine BOMAN taken on trial by Mrs. Curtis, her parents got her away - she did not belong to the society - here 3 days |
| March 2, 1839 | Mary BURNS by Mrs. Grover on trial |
| April 1, 1839 | Richard James STEPHENSON by Mr. Osburn returned & gone to Walworth, I think Aug. He is with Mr. Miller taken by Mr. T. H. Rochester |
| April 1, 1839 | Mary Ann McMANNAS taken by her mother who paid her board. |
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