In the 1880 census, Willis and Watson Everett were documented in the
12 person household of New York born Joshua Everett, age 65. The brothers were both listed as age
21 and were working as grocery clerks. I would come to confirm that they were
twins born in Hurley, Ulster County, NY. However, it took some digging to
identify their relationship to "Uncle Joshua".
Joshua Morse (1809-1898) had a younger sister, Betsey, who
married into the Everett family. Her husband Higby Everett (1808-1890) was the
half brother of Willis and Watson's father, John S Everett (1827-1903). So, it
seems Joshua considered the boys "nephews" and luckily so; if he had listed them just as "boarders" I would never have linked
them together.
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