I tried searching for Justin DODGE. Was that a grandson of hers? Was Juliet a granddaughter? Afterall they came from Vermont and when she was married to Elijah NYE until he died in 1852, they were living in Montpelier VT.
I didn't have much luck on the birth, marriage, death records for Justin DODGE. So I decided to try the family trees. Maybe some hints can be found there. I found a Justus DODGE, not a Justin DODGE who was married to Juliette NYE! NYE -- that's Susannah NYE's second husband's last name. Could this be a daughter of Elijah NYE? According to the Ancestry.com tree of Travis Bennett, her parents were Ellis NYE and Susannah FRENCH. There children were: Henry Dodge, Mattie Dodge, and Willie Dodge. The census has Henry J and Martha. Willie hadn't been born yet (1864).
Time to check my NYE family history book: Benjamin NYE of Sandwich, Massachusetts, and His Ancestors and Descendants by George Hyatt Nye and Frank E Best, 1907.
I found Juliette NYE, daughter of Ellis NYE from Montpelier VT. Montpelier VT is where Susannah and Elijah NYE lived on his farm until he died in 1852.
According to Nye and Best, she married Justus DODGE and had three children: Henry, Mattie and Julia.
Sounds like the same DODGE family. Now, was Juliette related to Elijah? Two NYE families in Montpelier around the same time?
According to Nye and Best:
Juliet - Ellis - Iram - Benjamin - Benjamin - John - Benjamin
Elijah - Melatiah - Ebenezer - Caleb - Benjamin
So Juliet and Elijah were third cousins twice removed.
Susannah was living with her second husband's third cousin twice removed!
Now, if only there was someone named who she lived with between 1810 and 1850 censuses we might have something to go on. But, she is in the 1850 census and her husband (and unnamed family) are in the 1820 census ... just not between.
