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Families of the Children of Ephraim4 Washburn and Miriam Bowers

 

 

            Ephraim Washburn and Miriam Bowers had a large family of 11 children, but most of them died young, and a few descendants of only 1 daughter and 3 sons can be traced at this point, although research is ongoing. Timothy, the eldest son, and Bowers, the fifth son, remained in Derby, Connecticut, whereas Nathan, the fourth son, moved to Newtown, Connecticut. I’m sure there were other descendants of Ephraim Washburn and Miriam Bowers that will be discovered in the future as more information is uncovered, and there may be errors that will need to be corrected. Particularly uncertain are the families of Timothy Washburn’s daughter Rebecca and son Ebenezer.

 

 

 

 

Hope2 Washburn

 

 

William3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Mary2 Stiles

 

Ephraim4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Edward1 Wooster

 

 

Hannah2 Wooster

 

 

 

 

Tabitha Tomlinson

Timothy5 Washburn

 

 

 

Hannah Washburn

 

 

 

Benjamin Washburn

 

 

 

Joseph Washburn

 

 

 

Dorcas Washburn

 

 

 

Mary Washburn

 

 

 

Nathan5 Washburn

 

 

 

Hannah Washburn

 

 

 

Dorcas5 Washburn

 

 

 

Bowers5 Washburn

 

 

 

Benjamin Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bowers

 

 

Samuel Bowers

 

 

 

 

Bridget Thompson

 

Miriam Bowers

 

 

 

 

 

Francis French

 

 

Lydia French

 

 

 

 

Lydia Bunnell

 

 

(871.) Timothy5 Washburn, eldest son of (280) Ephraim4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born in Derby, New Haven Co., CT, on 20 Jan. 1724/5,[1] mar­ried Hannah Curtis, daughter of Edmund and Obedient (Mallory) Curtis, of Stratford, CT,[2] on 22 Apr. 1746 in Oxford, CT.[3] She was born on 18 June 1725 in Stratford, CT,[4] a granddaughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Coe) Curtis.[5]

         Timothy Washburn died testate in ca. 1768 in Derby, CT.[6] His will was dated 24 May 1759, and probated in 1769, and he mentioned his wife Hannah, sons Edman, Joseph, and Ephraim, and daughters Sarah and Rebecca.[7] Hannah (Curtis) Washburn died on 21 May 1800 in Danbury, CT, and was originally buried in St. James Cemetery, but was moved to Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, CT, in Aug. 1947.[8]

         Timothy Washburn and Hannah Curtis had chil­dren:

        2313     i   Sarah6 Washburn, born on 11 June 1746 in Derby, CT,[9] mar­ried Edward Harger, son of Samuel and Phebe (Wooster) Harger, of Derby,[10] on 9 Sept. 1771 in Derby.[11] He was born on 15 Feb. 1749/50 in Derby,[12] baptized on 25 Feb. 1750 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[13] a grandson of Thomas and Sarah (Hawkins) Wooster (Jr.). Sarah (Washburn) Harger died by 1780, and Edward Harger remar­ried to Susanna Dickinson, of Strat­ford, CT, on 16 Aug. 1780 in Derby.[14] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1790 federal census,[15] and in Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY, in the 1800,[16] and 1810 federal censuses.[17] He died on 16 or 25 Jan. 1814 in Lee, Saratoga Co., CT,[18] and was buried in Sweetman Cemetery in Charlton, NY. Susanna (Dickinson) Harger died on 20 Mar. 1819 in Ovid, Seneca Co., NY, aged 84 [sic?] years, 9 months, 26 days,[19] and was buried in Old Ovid Cemetery in Ovid, NY. Edward Harger had 3 children by Sarah Washburn, and probably 7 more children by Susanna Dickinson:

a. Hannah Harger, born on 29 Dec. 1771 in Derby, CT,[20] baptized on 16 Feb. 1772 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[21] supposedly died on 11 Sept. 1842.[22]

b. Charlotte Harger, born on 17 Nov. 1773 in Derby, CT,[23] married Leveret/Leverette Pritchard, son of Lt. Jabez and Eunice (Botchford) Pritchard, of Derby,[24] on 26 Dec. 1792 in Derby, CT.[25] He was born on 16 Sept. 1765 in Derby.[26] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1820,[27] 1830,[28] and 1840 federal censuses,[29] where he was a farmer. He died on 4 June 1848 in Seymour, CT, aged 83 years,[30] and she was still living in Seymour, CT, in the 1850 federal census.[31] She died on 18 Feb. 1851 in Seymour, CT, aged 78 years,[32] and they were both buried in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT. They had children:

1. Jabez Pritchard, born ca. 1798,[33] died on 10 Oct. 1804 in Seymour, aged 6 years.[34]

2. Clark Pritchard, born ca. 1799,[35] died on 24 Jan. 1806 in Seymour, aged 6 years.[36]

3. Jabez E. Pritchard, born on 30 Oct. 1809 in CT,[37] married 1.) Lucretia Miles, daughter of Theophilus and Freelove (Nettleton) Miles,[38] of Derby, on 26 Nov. 1828 in Derby or Seymour, CT.[39] She was born on 1 Mar. 1809,[40] and died on 3 or 7 Feb. 1871 in Seymour, CT, aged 62 years.[41] He remarried to 2.) Eliza Williams, of Oxford, CT, on 25 May 1871 in Seymour, CT.[42] He died on 31 Oct. 1881 in Seymour, CT, aged 72 years,[43] and they were both buried in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

4. Edwin Pritchard, born on 19 Mar. 1812 in CT,[44] was deaf and dumb, died on 2 Feb. 1853 in Seymour, CT, aged 40 years, 10 months, 15 days,[45] and was buried in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

5. Charlotte Pritchard, born ca. 1818 in CT,[46] married Isaac Lindley on 16 Oct. 1834 in Derby, CT.[47] He was born ca. 1814 in CT,[48] and they were living in Seymour, CT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mill wright.[49]

6. (Probably others)

c. Anna Harger, born on 12 Oct. 1775 in Derby, CT,[50] supposedly died on 12 Sept. 1822.[51]

d. Eber Lawrence Harger, born on 31 Aug. 1781 in Derby, CT,[52] married Mary “Polly” Seeley, daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Odell) Seeley, on 8 June 1800 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., NY.[53] She was born on 24 Oct. 1785 in CT,[54] and died on 4 Nov. 1857 in Farmington, Oakland Co., MI.[55] He supposedly died on 10 June 1839 in Farmington, Oakland Co., MI,[56] and they were both buried in North Farmington Cemetery in Farmington Hills, MI.

e. (Unnamed child), baptized on 3 Aug. 1783 in St. James’ Church, Derby.[57]

f. Aurilla/Aurelia Harger, born on 6 Dec. 1784,[58] baptized on 27 Feb. 1785 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[59] married Thomas Penfield on 21 Apr. 1811.[60] He was born on 19 Apr. 1783 in Sherman, Fairfield Co, CT,[61] and died on 3 Jan. 1834 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., NY.[62] She died on 17 June 1859 in Windham, Greene Co., NY,[63] and they were both buried in Old Stone Fort Cemetery in Schoharie, NY.

g. Lucy Harger, born on 9 Apr. 1787 in Derby, CT,[64] married William Taylor in 1805 in Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY.[65] He was born on 7 May 1779 in Charlton, NY,[66] and died on 24 Sept. 1836 in Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY.[67] She died on 16 Jan. 1866 in Charlton, NY,[68] and they were both buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Charlton, NY.

h. Nancy Harger, born on 11 Sept. 1789 in Derby, CT,[69] married John Beardsley Seeley, son of John and Eleanor (Pease) Seeley, on 2 Feb. 1809 in Ovid, Seneca Co., NY.[70] He was born on 3 Jan. 1786 in Ballston, Saratoga Co., NY,[71] and died on 4 Jan. 1854 in Ballston, Saratoga Co., NY.[72] She died on 23 July 1862 in Ovid, NY,[73] and they were both buried in the Seeley Family Cemetery in Ovid, NY.

i. Sally Harger, born supposedly on 18 Jan. 1782 in Ovid, Seneca Co., NY,[74] married 1.) William Pease Seeley, son of John and Eleanor (Pease) Seeley, on 3 Aug. 1810 in Seneca Co., NY.[75] He was born on 7 Nov. 1788 in Ballston, NY, and died on 10 May 1820 in Ovid, NY.[76] She remarried to 2.) Peter I. Covert in 1822.[77] She supposedly died on 11 Nov. 1825 in Ovid, Seneca Co., NY.[78]

j. Edward Harger (Jr.), born supposedly on 6 Sept. 1795 in Ovid, Seneca Co., NY,[79] supposedly married Catherine Leek on 22 Oct. 1816.[80] She was born supposedly on 15 Oct. 1800, and died on 17 Oct. 1840 in Ovid, NY,[81] and was buried in Old Ovid Cemetery in Ovid, NY. He died supposedly on 13 May 1868 in Ovid or Romulus, NY.[82]

        2314    ii   Edmond6 Washburn, born on 27 Nov. 1747 in Derby,[83] baptized on 7 Feb. 1748 in Oxford, CT,[84] married Anna Bene­dict, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Benedict,[85] on 30 Oct. 1781 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT.[86] Children not found.[87] He was living in Danbury, CT, in the 1790,[88] and 1800 federal censuses.[89] She died on 3 Sept. 1807 in Danbury, CT, aged 51 years,[90] and he died on 1 Dec. 1807 in Danbury, CT, aged 61 years,[91] and they were both buried in Old North Main Street Cemetery in Danbury, CT.E

+       2315   iii   Joseph6 Washburn, born on 12 May 1750 in Derby,[92] mar­ried Anna (___) in ca. 1770,[93] and they moved briefly to Spencertown, Columbia Co., NY, in 1782, then back to Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT, by 1790, then to Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, by 1810. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2316   iv   Ephraim6 Washburn, born ca. 1753 in CT,[94] named in his father’s 1759 will, supposedly married Ammerillus Starr, daughter of Caleb and Beulah (Gregory) Starr, of Danbury, CT,[95] in ca. 1785. She was born ca. 1765.[96] Children not found.[97] He was living in Danbury, CT, in the 1790,[98] and 1800 federal censuses.[99] He died on 15 Feb. 1805 in Danbury, CT, aged 46 years,[100] and she died a widow on 7 Feb. 1832 in Danbury, CT, aged 66 years,[101] they were both originally buried in St. James Cemetery, but were moved to Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, CT, in Aug. 1947.

        2317   iv   Rebecca6 Washburn, born ca. 1756 in Derby, CT, supposedly married William Clark Smith, of Derby, CT, son of Capt. Isaac and Lucy (Clark) Smith, of Derby,[102] in ca. 1784,[103] and they lived in Derby, CT. He was supposedly born in 1764,[104] a grandson of Jonah and Grace (Riggs) Smith.[105] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1790 federal census, living next door to his mother, Lucy Smith, who appears to have been a widow,[106] in the 1800 federal census, next door to Josiah Smith,[107] and in the 1810 federal census.[108] William Clark Smith died on 19 Sept. 1813 in Derby,[109] and Rebecca (Washburn) Smith died a widow on 5 Dec. 1829 in Derby,[110] and they were both buried in Elm Street Cemetery in Ansonia, CT. They supposedly had children, order uncertain:[111]

a. William Smith, born say ca. 1785 in Derby, CT, probably one of the two children of William Smith baptized on 29 Nov. 1787 in Derby,[112] married 1) Experience Hawkins, supposedly daughter of Andrew and (2324) Sarah6 (Washburn) Hawkins, of Derby.[113] She was born on 18 Feb. 1786,[114] a granddaughter supposedly of (882) John5 and Experience (Osborn) Washburn (Jr.), of Derby. They were probably living in Derby, New Haven Co., CT, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[115] She died on 3 Mar. 1821 in Derby, aged 35 years, 13 days,[116] and he remarried to 2.) Sarah Lum, daughter of (2389) David and Abigail (Gorham) Lum, of Derby, on 24 Apr. 1823 in Derby.[117] She was born on 30 Jan. 1805 in CT,[118] a granddaughter of (907) Reuben and Charity (Smith) Lum, of Derby. They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1830,[119] 1840,[120] and 1850 federal census, close by Sheldon Smith, “Jr,” presumably his brother.[121] He died on 30 Jan. 1860 in Derby, aged 74 years,[122] and she was still living in Derby, CT, in the 1860 federal census.[123] She died on 26 May 1869 in Derby, aged 64 years,[124] and they were both buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery in Derby, CT.

b. Grace Smith, born ca. 1787 in Derby, baptized on 29 Nov. 1787 in Derby,[125] married Sheldon Smith, son of Josiah and Esther (Smith) Smith.[126] He was born on 13 Dec. 1780 in Derby.[127] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1820,[128] 1830,[129] 1840,[130] 1850,[131] and 1860 federal censuses,[132] where he was a farmer. He died on 23 Feb. 1867 in Derby, aged 86 years.[133] Mrs. Sheldon Smith was admitted to membership of the Oxford Congregational Church on 1 Jan. 1864.[134] She died a widow on 27 June 1875 in Derby, CT, aged 88 years,[135] and they were both buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery in Derby, CT.

c. Edmund Smith, born ca. 1790 in Derby, CT, marriage not found. He was not found in New Haven Co., CT, in the 1850 federal census.

d. Sarah Smith, baptized on 28 Oct. 1792 in Derby,[136] marriage not found.

e. Isaac Smith, born supposedly on 4 Oct. 1793 in Derby, CT,[137] possibly the Isaac Smith who married Sarah Bristol on 17 May 1812 in Oxford, CT.[138] He supposedly died on 11 Sept. 1844.[139]

f. Curtis Smith, born ca. 1795 in Derby, CT, marriage not found. He was not found in Connecticut in the 1850 federal census.

g. Sheldon Smith, born ca. 1797 in Derby, CT,[140] married 1.) Hannah (___), who died on 21 Feb. 1831 in Derby, aged 31 years,[141] and he remarried to 2.) Eliza (___), who was born ca. 1798 in CT. He was probably the Sheldon Smith “Jr.” living in Derby, CT, close by his brother William Smith in the 1820,[142] 1830,[143] 1840,[144] 1850,[145] and 1860 federal censuses,[146] where he was a farmer. He died on 10 Oct. 1866 in Ansonia, New Haven Co., CT, aged 69 years.[147]

h. Lockwood Smith, born say ca. 1799 in Derby, CT, possibly the Lockwood W. Smith who married Sarah Lewis, of Derby, on 15 Apr. 1822 in Derby.[148] He was not found in Connecticut in the 1850 federal census.

       2318    v   Ebenezer6 Washburn, baptized on 25 Feb. 1759 in Oxford, CT,[149] possib­ly the Ebenezer Washburn who mar­ried 1.) Mary (___), who died on 10 Oct. 1787 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, aged 35 years,[150] and he remarried to 2.) Eliza­beth Clark on 10 Mar. 1788 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.[151] She died on 10 Feb. 1793 in Middletown, aged 31 years, of “child-bed,”[152] and he remarried again to 3.) Hannah Cady on 19 May 1793 in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT.[153] He apparently lived in East Hampton or Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT, but he was presumably the Ebenezer Washbourn living in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, in the 1790 federal census.[154] He died on 6 Aug. 1799 in Chatham, CT,[155] and she was still living in Chatham, CT, in the 1800 federal census.[156] Hannah (Cady) Washburn may have died in 1816. Ebenezer Washburn had at least one son by his first wife, Mary, at least 4 more child­ren by Elizabeth Clark, and at least 1 more son by Hannah Cady:

a. Ebenezer Washburn (Jr.), born ca. 1782,[157] died on 16 Mar. 1790 in Middletown, aged 7 years.[158]

b. William Washburn, born on 30 Jan. 1789 in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT,[159] marriage not found. He was not living in Connecticut in the 1850 federal census.

c. Polly Washburn, born on 27 Jan. 1791 in Chatham, CT,[160] marriage not found.

d. (Unnamed twins), died on 7 Feb. 1793 in Middletown, “one still born and the other 12 hrs lived.”[161]

e. Ebenezer Sumner Washburn, born on 21 Mar. 1798 in Chatham,[162] baptized in July 1799 in East Hampton,[163] marriage not found. He was not living in Connecticut in the 1850 federal census.

f. (Possibly another son and daughter born before 1790.)[164]

 

 

(877.) Dr. Nathan5 Washburn, fourth son of (280) Ephraim4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born in Derby, CT in 1738,[165] married Mabel Glover, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Burwell) Glover, of Newtown, CT,[166] in ca. 1762.[167] She was born on 22 Jan. 1740/1 in Newtown, CT,[168] a granddaughter of John and Bethiah (Beach) Glover, and of Samuel and Rebecca (Bunnell) Burwell, of Newtown.[169] They lived in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT.

         Dr. Nathan Washburn was supposedly a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, and he may have moved his family out of Connecticut. He was not a head of household in Newtown, CT, in the 1790, or 1800 federal censuses, and he may have been living with his son, Zebah Washburn, in Newtown, CT, in the 1790 federal census, but no death records were found for him in Connecticut.

         Nathan Washburn and Mabel Glover had at least two sons:

+      2319     i   Zebah6 Washburn, born on 17 June 1763 in Newtown, CT,[170] married Nancy Northrup, and they lived in Newtown, CT, then moved to Butternuts, Otsego Co., NY. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      2320    ii   Zenas6 Washburn, born on 4 Mar. 1766 in Newtown, CT,[171] supposedly married Dinah Ann Botsford. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2321   iii   (Possibly others)

 

 

(880.) Bowers5 Washburn, fifth son of (280) Ephraim4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born in Derby, New Haven Co., CT, on 18 June 1745,[172] married Eunice (Wooster) Wheeler, daughter of Capt. John and Eunice (Hull) Wooster, of Seymour, CT, and widow of David Wheeler,[173] in ca. 1777,[174] and they lived in Humphreysville, CT. She was born ca. 1756 in CT,[175] a grand­daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hawkins) Wooster (Jr.), and of Samuel and Anna (Riggs) Hull.[176]

         Bowers Washburn served in the Revolution­ary War from Derby,[177] and they were living in Derby, CT, in the 1790 federal census,[178] and in Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, in the 1800 federal census.[179] He died on 24 Nov. 1817 in Oxford, CT, aged 73 [sic] years,[180] and she was still living in Oxford, CT, in the 1820 federal census.[181] Eunice (Wooster) (Wheeler) Washburn died a widow on 19 Feb. 1823 in Humphreysville, CT, aged 66 years,[182] and they were both buried in Pinesbridge Cemetery in Beacon Falls, CT.

         Bowers Washburn and Eunice Wooster had 2 daugh­ters:

          2322     i   Polly6 Washburn, baptized on 4 Oct. 1778 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[183] married 1.) David Lum, son of Jona­than and Lydia (Pritchard) Lum, of Oxford, CT, in ca. 1800.[184] He was born in 1777, baptized on 26 Oct. 1777 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[185] and they lived in Derby or Seymour, CT. He was probably the D. Lum living in Derby, CT, in the 1810 federal census.[186] He died on 23 June 1815 in Seymour, CT, aged 38 years,[187] and was buried in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT. Polly (Washburn) Lum remar­ried to 2.) James Beardsley, of Great Hill, CT, as his second wife. He had married first to Ruth Ann Holbrook, who died on 10 Dec. 1808 in Seymour, CT, aged 23 years.[188] James and Polly Beardsley were still living in Oxford, CT, in the 1850 federal census, next door to the house that her sister, Nancy Riggs was living in.[189] Jas. and Polly Beardsly were probably living with Seth S. and Sylvia Washburn in Oxford, CT, in the 1860 federal census.[190] James Beardsley died on 13 July 1860 in Seymour, aged 84 years,[191] and Polly (Washburn) (Lum) Beardsley died on 23 Oct. 1864 in Seymour, CT, aged 85 years,[192] and they were both buried in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT. Polly Washburn had at least 4 children by David Lum:

a. Polly Maria Lum, born ca. 1801, died on 28 Feb. 1802 in Oxford, CT.[193]

b. Mary Lum, born ca. 1802,[194] died on 28 Feb. 1805 in Seymour, CT, aged 3 years.[195]

c. Clark Lum, born on 27 Jan. 1805 in Derby, married 1.) Jennet/Jennette Canfield, daugh­ter of (2309) Abijah and Charlotte (Smith) Canfield,[196] on 5 Feb. 1827 in Seymour, CT.[197] She was born on 17 Apr. 1806,[198] a granddaughter of (869) Dr. Josiah and Naomi (Davis) Canfield, of Derby. She died on 14 Feb. 1832 in Derby, CT,[199] and was buried in Bare Plains Cemetery in Ansonia, CT. He remarried to 2.) Miranda E. Kinney, daughter of Wil­liam and Anna (Smith) Kinney,[200] on 25 Sept. 1836 in Derby.[201] She was born on 10 Aug. 1818. They lived in New Haven, CT. They were living in New Haven, CT, in the 1840,[202] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a hotel keeper,[203] and in a boarding house in the 1860 federal census, where he was a car builder.[204] He died on 16 Dec. 1890 in New Haven,[205] and she died on 17 Feb. 1900 in New Haven,[206] and they were both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT. They had at least two children:

1. Josephine Lum, born ca. 1840 in CT.[207]

2. Frederick Lum, born ca. 1842 in CT.[208]

d. Caroline Lum, born on 27 Apr. 1814, died on 21 May 1815 in Seymour, CT, aged 1 year, 24 days,[209] and was buried in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

e. (Probably others)

        2323    ii   Nancy6 Washburn, baptized on 10 Feb. 1782 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[210] married Levi Riggs on 27 Feb. 1799 in Oxford, CT.[211] He was born in ca. 1781.[212] Children not found. They were living in Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, in the 1820,[213] and 1830 federal censuses.[214] He died on 22 or 23 Oct. 1840 in Seymour, CT, aged 59 years,[215] and was buried in Pinesbridge Cemetery in Beacon Falls, CT. She was still living in Oxford, CT, in the 1850 federal census, with Louis Perry, a female, next door to her sister, Polly Beardsley[216] and she died on 31 Oct. 1852 in Seymour, CT, aged 71 years,[217] and was buried in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

 


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    [1] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Derby 1655-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1997, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs], p. 311, taken from Vol. LR3, p. 5, of the Derby Town Records.

    [2] Her parents per the FHL Ancestral File submitted by Noel J. Wells, of Yorba Linda, CA; White, Lorraine Cook, Barbour Index of Stratford Vital Records gives the marriage of Edmund Curtis and Obedient Mallery on 12 Dec. 1723 in Stratford.

    [3] Sharpe, William C., History of Oxford, Seymour, CT, 1885, [hereinafter Sharpe, History of Oxford], p. 38, he was of Derby, she was of Stratford, married by Revd. Mr. Lyman; Connecticut Church Records, Abstracts of Vital Records and Membership Records as Found in Oxford Congregational Church, 1741-1929, Connecticut State Library, 1967, [hereinafter Oxford Church Records], p. 70, he was “of Darby,” she was “of Stratford.”

    [4] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stratford 1639-1840, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs], p. 115, taken from Vol. LR2, p. 491a of the Stratford Town Records; her www.findagrave.com memorial #44099113, submitted by Gary Boughton.

    [5] Per the FHL Ancestral File submitted by Noel J. Wells, of Yorba Linda, CA; Barbour Index to Stratford Vital Records gives the birth of Edmun Curtis, son of Jonathan and Hannah Curtis, on 26 June 1702 in Stratford, but does not list the marriage of Jonathan Curtis and Hannah Coe.

    [6] www.findagrave.com, memorial #68566285, not associated with any cemetery, his burial location unknown.

    [7] New Haven District Probate Docket #11233, per email letter of Cathy Gowdy of Novato, CA, CYLGowdy@aol.com of 7 Aug. 1999. Note: son Ebenezer is called “Ephraim” in the will, unless the son baptized as Ebenezer died young, and another son named Ephraim was born who was still living in 1759.

    [8] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44099113, submitted by Gary Boughton, from her gravestone now in Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, CT.

    [9] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 311; Orcutt, Samuel, The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, Springfield, MA, 1880, [hereinafter Orcutt, History of Derby], p. 774.

    [10] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 232, marriage of Samuel Harger and Phebe Wooster on 9 Dec. 1747 in Derby; Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 596.

    [11] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 311.

    [12] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 232.

    [13] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Records of St. James’s Church, Derby, Conn., 1740-1796,” The New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 76, [April 1922], [hereinafter Jacobus, Derby Baptisms], p. 134.

    [14] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 232.

    [15] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 95, Derby Town, New Haven Co., CT, the Edward Hargor household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 6 free white females.

    [16] 1800 Federal Census, Town of Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 23, the Edward Harger household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 3 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [17] 1810 Federal Census, Charlton, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 753, the Edward Harger household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [18] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia; www.findagrave.com, memorial #101587316, from his gravestone in Sweetman Cemetery in Charlton, NY.

    [19] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146041526, from her gravestone in Old Ovid Cemetery in Ovid, NY; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [20] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 232.

    [21] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 142.

    [22] Per the Ancestry.com Harger and Allied Families II file submitted by zoeren123.

    [23] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 231.

    [24] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 280, the marriage of Jabez Pritchard of Derby and Eunice Botchford of Derby on 31 Oct. 1764 in Derby by Rev. Daniel Humphry.

    [25] Per the www.Ancestry.com Harger and Allied Families II file submitted by zoeren123.

    [26] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 280.

    [27] 1820 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 14, the Levert Pritchard household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [28] 1830 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 312, the Leveret Prichard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 [sic] years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [29] 1840 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 322, the Leverett Pritchard household had 3 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [30] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21458089, from his gravestone in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Union Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 104, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [31] 1850 Federal Census, Seymour, New Haven Co., CT, p. 343, dwelling #83, the household is Isaac Lindley, family #88:

            Charlotte Pritchard, 75, female, born CT

            Edwin Pritchard, 37, no occupation, born CT, deaf & dumb.

    [32] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21458112, from her gravestone in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Union Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 104, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [33] Calculated from his age at death.

    [34] Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Episcopal Cemetery, Vol, 1, p. 100, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [35] Calculated from his age at death.

    [36] Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Episcopal Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 100, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [37] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #103266386.

    [38] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #103266337.

    [39] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 280, taken from Vol. 1, p. 110, of the Derby Town Records; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Marriages in Seymour From the Records of Trinity Church, Vol. 1, p. 45, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [40] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #103266337, but her birth was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [41] www.findagrave.com, memorial #103266337, from her gravestone in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths in Seymour, Vol. 1, p. 81, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [42] Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Marriages in Seymour from Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 55, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [43] www.findagrave.com, memorial #103266386, from his gravestone in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths in Seymour, Vol. 1, p. 90, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [44] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #52444457.

    [45] www.findagrave.com, memorial #52444457, from his gravestone in Seymour Union Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths in Seymour, Vol. 1, p. 67, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [46] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [47] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 280, taken from Vol. 1, p. 172, of the Derby Town Records; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Marriages By Rev. John D. Smith, Vol. 3, p. 48, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [48] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [49] 1850 Federal Census, Seymour, New Haven Co., CT, p. 343, dwelling #83, family #87:

            Isaac Lindley, 36, male, mill wright, born NY

            Charlotte Lindley, 32, female, born CT

            Frances Lindley, 13, female, born CT, attending school

            Hanford B. Lindley, 9, male, born CT, attending school

            Leveret Lindley, 7, male, born CT, attending school

    [50] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 231.

    [51] Per the www.Ancestry.com Harger and Allied Families II file submitted by zoeren123.

    [52] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 231, his middle name from the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [53] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [54] Her birth date from her www.findagrave.com memorial #70895508.

    [55] www.findagrave.com, memorial #70895508, from her gravestone in North Farmington Cemetery in Farmington Hills, MI; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [56] www.findagrave.com, memorial #70895138, from his gravestone in North Farmington Cemetery in Farmington Hills, MI; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [57] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 149, evidently a daughter by the 1790 federal census.

    [58] Her birth date from her www.findagrave.com memorial #141027780.

    [59] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 150.

    [60] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [61] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #141027659; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [62] www.findagrave.com, memorial #141027659, from his gravestone in Old Stone Fort Cemetery in Schoharie, NY.

    [63] www.findagrave.com, memorial #141027780, from her gravestone in Old Stone Fort Cemetery in Schoharie, NY; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia, gives her place of death as Hensonville, NY.

    [64] Per the Ancestry.com Abbatiello Family Tree file submitted by abbatwho, the date from her www.findagrave.com memorial #100835648.

    [65] Per the Ancestry.com Abbatiello Family Tree file submitted by abbatwho.

    [66] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #29137544.

    [67] www.findagrave.com memorial #29137544, from his gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Charlton, NY; Ancestry.com Abbatiello Family Tree file submitted by abbatwho.

    [68] www.findagrave.com, memorial #100835648, from her gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Charlton, NY; Ancestry.com Abbatiello Family Tree file submitted by abbatwho.

    [69] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia, the date from her www.findagrave.com memorial #92444664.

    [70] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [71] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [72] www.findagrave.com, memorial #94222322, from his gravestone in Seeley Family Cemetery in Ovid, NY; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [73] www.findagrave.com, memorial #92444664, from her gravestone in Seeley Family Cemetery in Ovid, NY; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [74] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [75] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [76] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [77] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [78] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [79] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [80] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [81] www.findagrave.com memorial #146041547, taken from records of Old Ovid Cemetery; Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [82] Per the Ancestry.com Seeley Family Tree file submitted by Bonsia.

    [83] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310; Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 774.

    [84] Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 19, “Edmun;” Oxford Church Records, p. 70, son of Timothy.

    [85] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #34129530, she was called daughter of Josiah in her marriage record.

    [86] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Danbury 1685-1847, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Danbury VRs], p. 146.

    [87] They probably had at least one daughter, however, by the 1800 census.

    [88] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 11, Danbury Town, Fairfield County, the “Edman” Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, and 2 free white females.

    [89] 1800 Federal Census, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT, p. 104 the Edmond Washburn household had 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [90] “Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections,” online database at NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried in the Old Cemetery on North Street; www.findagrave.com, memorial #34129530, from her gravestone in Old North Main Street Cemetery, Danbury, CT.

    [91] www.findagrave.com, memorial #118359522, from his gravestone in Old North Main Street Cemetery, Danbury, CT.

    [92] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310; Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 774.

    [93] Calculated from the birth of their first child in Feb. 1771.

    [94] Calculated from his age at death.

    [95] Her parents per the www.findagrave.com memorial of Ammerillus Washborn, #44099115.

    [96] Calculated from her age at death.

    [97] They probably had one daughter by the 1800 federal census, but no children were recorded in the Barbour Index to Danbury Town Records.

    [98] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 11, Danbury Town, Fairfield County, the Ephraim Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [99] 1800 Federal Census, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT, p. 890, the Ephraim Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 other free person.

    [100] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44099114, submitted by Gary Boughton, from his gravestone in Wooster Street Cemetery in Danbury, CT.

    [101] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44099115, submitted by Gary Boughton, from her gravestone in Wooster Street Cemetery in Danbury, CT.

    [102] His parents per his www.findagrave.com memorial #24466623.

    [103] Calculated from the baptism of 2 children of William Smith on 29 Nov. 1787 in Derby.

    [104] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #24466623, but his baptism was not found in Jacobus, Derby Baptisms or in White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, even though the baptisms of daughters Lucy, Esther, Charity, Hannah, and Grace Smith to Isaac Smith were recorded in that time period in Derby.

    [105] Per the www.findagrave.com memorial of Capt. Isaac Smith, #21586161; White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 290, gives the birth of Issaac, son of Jonah and Grace Smith, on 18 Mar. 17__, and p. 293, gives the marriage of _____ Smith and Grace Riggs on 22 Mar. 1726 in Derby.

    [106] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 94, Derby Town, New Haven Co., CT, the William Smith household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [107] 1800 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 429, the Will Smith household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [108] 1810 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 523, the Wm Smith household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45  or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 3 females aged 45 or over.

    [109] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24466623, from his gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery in Ansonia, CT, but his death was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [110] www.findagrave.com, memorial #47576224, submitted by Michael Harringston, from her gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery in Ansonia, CT, but her death was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [111] All from the International Genealogical Index from LDS temple records.

    [112] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 152.

    [113] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial, #244666694.

    [114] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24466694, but her birth was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [115] 1820 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 1557, the William Smith household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [116] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24466694, from her gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, CT, but her death was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [117] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 293, taken from Vol. 1, p. 116, of the Derby Town Records; her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24886801.

    [118] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24886801, but her birth was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [119] 1830 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 316, the William Smith household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 [sic] years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [120] 1840 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 328, the William Smith household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [121] 1850 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 300, dwelling #418, family #433:

            Wm Smith, 64, male, farmer, $4000, born CT

            Sarah Smith, 45, female, born CT

            Charlotte Smith, 22, female, born CT

            Benjamin Smith, 17, farmer, born CT, attending school

            David L. Smith, 14, male, born CT, attending school

            Edmond C. Smith, 2, male, born CT

    [122] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24886784, from his gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [123] 1860 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 88, dwelling #562, family #702:

            Sarah Smith, 55, female, $2000, born CT

            David Smith, 24, male, farmer, born CT

            Cath. Smith, 34, female, born CT

            Edmund Smith, 12, male, born CT, attending school

            Wm S. Hill. 32, male, born CT

            Charlotte Hill, 32, female, born CT

            Kate A. Hill, 6, female, born CT, attending school

            Wm Hill, 4, male, born CT

    [124] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24886801, from her gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [125] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 152, “Grace and 2 children of William Smith.”

    [126] His parents per his www.findagrave.com memorial #24351447, but their marriage was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [127] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 293, taken from Vol. TM1, p. 153, of the Derby Town Records.

    [128] 1820 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 1557, the Sheldon Smith household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [129] 1830 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 316, the Shelden Smith household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 3 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [130] 1840 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 329, the Sheldon Smith household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [131] 1850 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 300, dwelling #426, family #441:

            Sheldon Smith, 69, male, farmer, $2000, born CT

            Grace Smith, 63, female, born CT

            Elizabeth Smith, 31, female, born CT

            Frederick Smith, 21, male, joiner, born CT

    [132] 1860 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 87, dwelling #555, family #696:

            Sheldon Smith, 79, male, farmer, $5000, $1000, born CT

            Grace Smith, 72, female, born CT

            Elisa Smith, 41, female, born CT

    [133] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24351447, from his gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [134] Oxford Church Records, p. 60.

    [135] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24351476, from her gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [136] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 172.

    [137] His date of birth from the Ancestry.com Edwards Family Tree file submitted by Jill Finn.

    [138] Oxford Church Records, p. 59.

    [139] Per the Ancestry.com Edwards Family Tree file submitted by Jill Finn, but his gravestone was not found in www.findagrave.com.

    [140] Calculated from his age at death.

    [141] www.findagrave.com, memorial #6890324, from her gravestone in Bare Plains Cemetery in Ansonia, CT.

    [142] 1820 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 1557, the Sheldon Smith Jr. household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [143] 1830 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 316, the Shelden Smith Junr. household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 2 females aged 30-39 years.

    [144] 1840 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 328, the Sheldon Smith Jr. household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [145] 1850 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 300, dwelling #421, family #436:

            Sheldon Smith, Jr., 51, male, farmer, $5000, born CT

            Eliza Smith, 53, female, born CT

            John Guilford, 16, male, farmer, born CT

    [146] 1860 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 88, dwelling #560, family #700:

            Sheldon Smith, 60, male, farmer, $1000, $700, born CT

            Eliz. Smith, 62, female, born CT

            Geo. W. Smith, 40, male, farmer, born CT

            Wm McCann, 19, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [147] www.findagrave.com, memorial #6890342, from his gravestone in Bare Plains Cemetery in Ansonia, CT.

    [148] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 292, married by Rev. Stephen Jewett.

    [149] Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 21; Oxford Church Records, p. 70, son of Timothy.

    [150] Connecticut Church Records, Middletown, 1668-1871, Connecticut State Library, 1939, J – Z, p. 609.

    [151] Connecticut Church Records, Middletown, 1668-1871, Connecticut State Library, 1939, J – Z, p. 608, married by Enoch Huntington, Pastor.

    [152] Connecticut Church Records, Middletown, 1668-1871, Connecticut State Library, 1939, J – Z, p. 608.

    [153] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Chatham, 1767-1854, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1996, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Chatham VRs], p. 161, taken from p. 234 of the Chatham town records; Connecticut Church Records, East Hampton, Haddam Neck Congregational Church, 1740-1940, Connecticut State Library, 1945, p. 230.

    [154] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 86, Middletown Town, Middlesex Co., CT, the Ebenezer Washbourn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [155] White, Barbour Index of Chatham VRs, p. 161, taken from p. 234 of the Chatham town records.

    [156] 1800 Federal Census, Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT, p. 382, the Hannah Washburn household had 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [157] Calculated from his age at death.

    [158] Connecticut Church Records, Middletown, 1668-1871, Connecticut State Library, 1939, J – Z, p. 608.

    [159] White, Barbour Index of Chatham VRs, p. 161, taken from p. 234 of the Chatham town records.

    [160] White, Barbour Index of Chatham VRs, p. 161, taken from p. 234 of the Chatham town records.

    [161] Connecticut Church Records, Middletown, 1668-1871, Connecticut State Library, 1939, J – Z, p. 608.

    [162] White, Barbour Index of Chatham VRs, p. 161, taken from p. 234 of the Chatham town records.

    [163] Connecticut Church Records, East Hampton, Haddam Neck Congregational Church, 1740-1940, Connecticut State Library, 1945, p. 230.

    [164] Per the 1790 federal census.

    [165] He was baptized in Apr. 1738 in Derby.

    [166] Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, edited by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Newtown 1711-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Newtown VRs], p. 88, the marriage of Benjamin Glover and Mary Burwell on 10 Oct. 1733 in Newtown, taken from Vol. 1, p. 74, of the Newtown Town Records.

    [167] Calculated from the birth of their first child in June 1763.

    [168] White, Barbour Index of Newtown VRs, p. 90, taken from Vol. 1, p. 74, of the Newtown Town Records.

    [169] Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. III, p. 661-662

    [170] White, Barbour Index of Newtown VRs, p. 211, taken from Vol. 1, p. 82, of the Newtown Town Records; Ancestry.com nouzovsky1 tree file, submitted by jsjn11, of Minersville, PA.

    [171] White, Barbour Index of Newtown VRs, p. 211, taken from Vol. 1, p. 82, of the Newtown Town Records; Ancestry.com nouzovsky1 tree file, submitted by jsjn11, of Minersville, PA.

    [172] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310.

    [173] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 604.

    [174] Calculated from the baptism of their first child, on 4 Oct. 1778.

    [175] Calculated from her age at death.

    [176] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 604; Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. IV, p. 877.

    [177] Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 790.

    [178] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 95, Derby Town, New Haven County, the Bowers Washborn household, (indexed as Bowen Washboun), had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 4 free white females.

    [179] 1800 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, the Bowers Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [180] Oxford VRs, p. 46; Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 77, gives only the year 1817, aged 73; Sharpe, History of Seymour, p. 108, from his gravestone inscription; www.findagrave.com, memorial #21568835, gives the date as 24 Nov. 1827 [sic], from his gravestone in Pinesbridge Cemetery in Beacon Falls, CT, but the inscription on the gravestone in 1817, not 1827; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Pinesbridge Cemetery, p. 108, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, also gives the date as 24 Nov. 1827, aged 73.

    [181] 1820 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 20, the Eunice Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [182] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 604; Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 77, gives only the year 1823, aged 67; www.findagrave.com, memorial #21568844, from her gravestone in Pinesbridge Cemetery in Beacon Falls, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Pinesbridge Cemetery, p. 108, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [183] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 145.

    [184] Estimated from the birth of their eldest child, in about 1801.

    [185] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 145.

    [186] 1810 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 524, the D. Lum household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [187] www.findagrave.com, memorial #17062990, from his gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 93, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [188] www.findagrave.com, memorial #16839125, from her gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 91, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [189] 1850 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 368, dwelling #125, family #129:

            James Beardsley, 74, male, farmer, $3500, born CT

            Polly Beardsley, 72, female, born CT

            Russell Booth, 40, male, farmer, born CT

    [190] 1860 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 76, dwelling #654, family #676:

            S. S. Washband, 50, male, farmer, $8000, $950, born CT

            Silva Washband, 37, female, housekeeper, born CT

            Catherine Washband, 15, female, born CT, attending school

            Seth S. Washband, 13, male, born CT, attending school

            Silva S. Washband, 11, female, born CT, attending school

            Jas Beardsly, 84, male, $6000, born CT

            Polly Beardsly, 81, female, $3000, born CT

    [191] www.findagrave.com, memorial #10604185, from his gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records, to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 91, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [192] www.findagrave.com, memorial #16772173, from her gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 91, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [193] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Oxford 1798-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Oxford VRs], p. 57, taken from Vol. 2, p. 73, of the Oxford Town Records.

    [194] Calculated from her age at death.

    [195] Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 93, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [196] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #6890296.

    [197] Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Marriages in Seymour From the Records of Trinity Church, Vol. 1, p. 45, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [198] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #6890296.

    [199] www.findagrave.com, memorial #6890296, from her gravestone in Bare Plains Cemetery in Ansonia, CT.

    [200] Her parents per the www.Ancestry.com A Grove of Family Trees file submitted by Raymond Kinney, and others.

    [201] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 263, taken from Vol. 1, p. 165, of the Derby Town Records, married by Rev. John E. Bray.

    [202] 1840 Federal Census, District #6, City of New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, p. 53, the Clark Lum household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 20-29 years, 1 colored male aged 10-23 years, and 1 colored female aged 24-35 years, including 1 person employed in commerce, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [203] 1850 Federal Census, New Haven City, New Haven Co., CT, p. 175, dwelling #754, family #1094:

            Clark Lum, 45, male, hotel keeper, $6000, born CT

            Miranda Lum, 34, female, born CT

            Josephine Lum, 10, female, born CT, attending school

            Frederick Lum, 8, male, born CT, attending school

            Alice Dayle, 22, female, born in Ireland

            Ellen Keef, 12, female, born in Ireland

            (Plus assorted hotel boarders.)

    [204] 1860 Federal Census, 4th Ward City of N Haven, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 103, dwelling #564, family #729:

            Clark Lum, 55, male, car builder, $500, born CT

            Miranda Lum, 42, female, born CT

            Frederic Lum, 17, male, book keeper, born CT

            (Plus 8 more unrelated people)

    [205] www.findagrave.com, memorial #147390566, from his gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.

    [206] www.findagrave.com, memorial #147390589, from her gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.

    [207] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [208] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [209] www.findagrave.com, memorial #17063023, from her gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT, which gives her age as 13 months; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions in Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 93, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [210] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 148.

    [211] Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 36; Oxford Church Records, p. 70, gives the date as 21 Feb. 1799.

    [212] Calculated from his age at death.

    [213] 1820 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 20, the Levi Riggs household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [214] 1830 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 262, the Levi Riggs household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [215] www.findagrave.com, memorial #12645520, from his gravestone in Pinesbridge Cemetery in Beacon Falls, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records, to 1910, Burial in Seymour, Vol. 1, p. 64, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [216] 1850 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 368, dwelling #126, family #130:

            Louis Perry, 60, female, born CT

            Nancy Riggs, 68, female, born CT

    [217] www.findagrave.com, memorial #16785572, from her gravestone in Great Hill Cemetery in Seymour, CT; Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910, Deaths—From Inscriptions, Inscriptions from Great Hill Cemetery, Vol. 1, p. 94, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.