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PART FIRST, CHURCH RECORDS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC.
illeaus Carvosso
SHARPE,
AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF SEYMOUR, Etc.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1885, by W. C. Sharpe, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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PREFACE TO PART FIRST.
Two or three memories may sometimes reach back a hundred and fifty or two hundred years, but the aged sires and matrons whose fathers told them what their grandsires saw and did a century and a half ago are fast passing away. Even the old records, brown and brittle with age, are crumbling and disappearing. Three of the closely written leaves of the oldest volume of Oxford records, which evidently gave the earliest vital statistics of the parish, are gone, while others are so worn as not to be fully decipherable. Old documents are destroyed by accident or scattered far and wide by the migration of families. In view of this, and to bring these matters into convenient form for reference and preservation, the following pages have been compiled.
The original parish records are in two volumes, one of which was kept by the pastor and contained a record of such matters as came under his direction, and the other by the clerk of the society, containing a record of the society meetings and of such business as the laws of the colony reserved to laymen.
Many names were found of which it is difficult to determine the exact spelling, and others in which the spelling is evidently incorrect. Knowing that the value of such records depends upon their reliability, great care has been taken to make a correct copy.
The figures on the right of pages 23 to 27 and 34 to 53 are in the original record and were evidently intended to show at a glance the number of the event recorded.
The incompleteness of the town record of deaths, pages 76 to 79, is to be regretted, yet even as it is they will be of great value. It will be seen that on these pages the children are mostly omitted, the registrar evidently entertaining the strange idea that it was unnecessary to record the deaths of the little ones.
Those who may be able are requested to furnish any information, old papers, ete., which may aid in making the remainder of the work more complete and interesting.
HISTORY OF OXFORD.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL SOCIETY.
The town of Oxford comprises an area in the honored Commonwealth of Connecticut which has had its full share in the development of those forms of government which secure so much of civil and religious liberty. Its sons and daughters faithfully toiled to lay the foundations of present prosperity and sacrificed much that justice and freedom should triumph.
Not incorporated as a town until 1798, yet clothed with the powers of an independent parish in 1741, it is to the parish records we must look for most of the details of more than half a century, and in the minntia of the affairs of the ecclesiastical society so carefully preserved, we find a key to many incidents of pioneer life.
The history of a church is, to a great extent, the history of the people of the people of the parisli, and in many cases, is about the only available record which gives any details of the earlier inhabitants, whose descendants have left their impress on the society and institutions of the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from British America to the Gulf of Mexico.
The first petition for the setting apart of Oxford as a separate parisli was made to the General Assembly in May, 1740, and on the 7th of May, 1741, the petition was granted in the following words :
"Whereas upon the memorial of Timothy Worster, John Twitchel and John Towner, &c., dwelling in the and northwest part of the township of Derby, Isaac Trowbridge, John Weed, Jonas Weed, Joseph Weed, Thomas and Joseph Osborn, dwelling in the southwest part of Waterbury woods, in the old society in said Waterbury, and Isaac Knowles, Joseph Towner, - Eliphalet Bristol, John Tift, and Aaron Bristol, dwelling in the southeast part of the township of Woodberry woods in the parish of Southberry, mov- ing to the General Assembly holden at Hartford, May, anno Dom. 1740, that they might become one entire, ecclesiastical society, and praying for a committee, &c .; the said General Assembly did appoint a committee, who accordingly making their report to the General Assembly at New Haven in October last, and the same not being accepted ; and the said General Assem- bly in October last appointing another committee, Colo. Benjamin Hall, Capt. Isaac Dickerman and Capt. John Fowler, to view and report, &c .: And whereas the said last mentioned committee have to this Assembly made their
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report that according to the direction of said Assembly they have repaired to the abovesaid places, &c., and find and are of opinion, that it is necessary and best that the said inhabitants be made a distinct, separate ecclesiastical society, and that their bounds and limits be as followeth : Beginning at the mouth of the four mile brook in Derby bounds, where the brook emptieth itself into the great river, and to run as said brook runneth. by said brook unto the bridge that is between the dwelling houses of Abel Gun and John Holbrook; and from said bridge by the highway that runneth between the land commonly called the Camp's Mortgage and the land called Quakers Farm Purchase, unto the river called the Little river; and thence as the Little river runneth to Naugatuck river; and thence northerly, by said Naugatuck river, that being the east bounds of said society, until it comes to the dividing line between the towns of Derby and Waterbury; thence turning westerly and running as the line runneth between the towns of Derby and Water- bury, as aforesaid, until it comes to the southeasterly boundary of Thomas and Joseph Osborn's Farm in the bounds of Derby ; and from thence to run northerly to the northeast corner boundary of Jos. Weed's farm in Waterbury town bounds; and from thence a northwesterly line to the northeast corner boundary of Isaac Trowbridge's farm, in said Waterbury town bounds: and from thence to run westerly, in the line of said Trowbridge's farm, about sixty rods, to Woodberry town line; and thence to the northwest corner of Isaac Knowles' farm in the township of Woodberry; and from the northwest cor- ner of said Knowles' farm a west line to the eight mile brook, in the bounds of Woodberry; and then by the said brook, until it comes to the dividing line between the towns of Woodberry and Derby; and thence to run westerly in the line that divideth between the said towns of Woodberry and Derby, unto the great river ; thence by the river southerly to the first mentioned boundary, the mouth of four mile brook ; as by said report on file, dated May the 7th, anno Dom. 1741."
"It is thereupon resolred by this Assembly, That the above said memori- alists, inhabitants of Derby, Waterberry and Woodberry, situate and living within the bounds and limits above described, be and become together one entire, separate aad distinet ecclesiatical society or parish, subsisting and known by the name of the parish of Oxford, and endowed with all powers and privileges wherewith other parishes within this government are by law endowed.
The first meeting of the society was held JJune 30, 1741. The following is an exact copy of the record :
Att a meetting of the Parrish or society of oxford, in the Colony of Con necticut, on the thirtieth Day of June, 1741, being Lawfully warned and held att the house of mrSamuel Twitchels. Isaac Trowbridge, of said Parrish, by a major vote was chosen Clerk of the same, and the oath by Law provided for a society Clerk was to him administered in said meeting pr Sam" Bassit, Esquir, Justice of peace.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Att said meeting mrIsaac Knowles by a major vote was chosen modderator for said meeting.
Voted and Past in said meeting that mrCaleb Perry, nr Ebenezer Riggs, mr John Lumm to be a committee for said society to take care of the pruden- tials of sª society.
Voted and past in said meeting to hier a minister for this Present year. Voted and Past in said meeting that mrJohn Towner, mrabial Fairchield and mrSam" Twitchel to be a minister committee for this Present year, and to hier a minister upon probation.
Voted and Past in said meetting that thear shall be a rate mnade of five pence upon the pound upon the list in the year 1740, in order to Defray the Charges of hiering mr Birdsey. this vote the inhabitants on Rock house hill are exempted from paying and Charges there of.
Voted and past in said meeting that mrEphraim Washband shall be a Collector and Treasurer and to collect and gather sa five peney Rate by the first day of September next Ensuing.
Voted and Past in said meeting that mrJohn Towner and mr Sam1 Wostor shall be in with the first committee in order to take care of the pril- dentials of said society.
test pr me, ISAAC TROWBRIDGE. Society Clerk.
At a society meeting held Oct. 6th, 1741, it was voted to build a meeting house and to ask the General Assembly at their next session to appoint a commission to decide where the meeting house should be built. - Mr. Ebenezer Riggs was appointed agent for the society to present the matter to the General Assembly. The following is the order of the Assembly :
"Upon the report of Capt. Isaac Dickerman, Mr. James Talmadge and Mr. John Hitchcock, appointed by this Assembly to affix the place for the inhabitants of the parish of Oxford to build their meeting house upon, &c., the said committee having viewed their circumstances, and have set down a stake and laid stones to the same, at the south end of the hill, com- monly called Jaek's Hill, and near the highway that runs on the east side the Little river, on land belonging to Ephraim Wasbbourn, which said place the said committee report to be the most convenient place for the said in- habitants to build a meeting house upon ; Resolved by this Assembly, that the abovesaid place be the place for the said inhabitants to build their meeting house upon ; and the said inhabitants are hereby ordered to build a meeting house at the said place accordingly."
At the meeting of Oct. 6th, which was held at the house of John Twitchel, John Chatfield moderator, it was voted "to disannul that vote that was past to hier a minister upon probation," and to lay a tax of one penny on the pound to defray the charges of a court committee. Sergeant Timothy Wooster and Mr. James Wheeler were appointed a committee to hire a min- ister for that year. It was also voted that the places to post notices of society meetings should be at the houses of John Lum, Jonathan Griffin, Josephi Lewis, Isaac Knowles, Joseph Davis and Joseph Wood, and that the meet- ings on the Sabbath be held at the house of Samnel Twitchell "till ye year be ended."
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HISTORY OF OXFORD. ADMISSIONS TO CHURCH FELLOWSHIP.
1764.
Mary Hawkins, wife of Zachariah Haw- Merriam Washband, Mar. 27. kins, June 3.
Hannah Gunn, Aug. 5.
Joseph Osborn and his wife Rebecca, Sept. 6.
Abijah Hide, by letter from church at Ripton, Oct. 7.
Samuel Chatfield, Jr., and his wife Joanna, Dec. 2.
1765.
Zerviah Chatfield, Lewis Wheler and Rachel Towner, Feb. 3.
Deborah, wife of Eleazer Wooster, and Esther, wife David Woodruff, June 2.
"Anna, my spouse" (written by Rev. David Bronson), and David Wood- ruff, Aug. 4.
Mamie Ward, Sept. 1.
Edward Riggs and Joel Northrop, Oct. 3. Zerviah, wife of Oliver Chatfield, Oct. 6. 1766.
Daniel Osborn, Jr., and wife Mary, Jan. 26.
Oliver Chatfield, April 6.
Sarah, wife of Arthur Wooster, Apr. 6, by letter from the church at Newtown. Lois, wife of Nathan Fairchild, Apr. 26. John Holbrook and Eunice, his wife, Aug. 24.
1767.
Caleb Candee, Jr., and Anna, his wife, Mar. 8.
Zerviah, wife of Abiah Fairchild, Ang. 2. David Graves and his wife Hannah, Oct. 4, by letter from Norfolk.
1768_
Eunice Riggs and Eunice Peck, Apr. 3. Lieut. Daniel Chatfield and Prudence, his wife, Apr. 24.
Joanna, wife of Daniel Wilmot, Ang. 7, by letter from Woodbury.
1769.
Jeremialı Johnson and Hannah, his wife, Gershom Lake, Feb. 12. [Jan 15. Abigail Lyman, June 11.
Joseph Russel and Elizabeth, his wife, July 30.
Eleazer Bartholewmy and Abigail, his wife, Oct. 1.
1770_
Naomi, wife of Ensign John Bassett, Apr. 1.
Thankful, wife of Ebenzer Johnson, June 3.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Tucker, June 3. Jeremiah Riggs and Anna, his wife, July 1.
Jabez Riggs and Sarah, his wife, July 8. Abraham Beecher, - 2.
1772.
Deborah, wife of David Fabrick, Apr. 5. Isaac Trowbridge and Judith, his wife, July 26.
Noah Russell Lyman and Comfort, his wife, Mar. 21, 1773.
Capt. Ebenezer Clark of West Haven, Apr. 11, 1773.
Josiah Perry, Tabitha Perry and Anna Hawkins, Oct. 10, 1773.
Lient. John Bassit, Dec. 5, 1773.
Isaac Beecher, Apr. 9, 1774.
Desire, wife of Abraham Beecher, July 24, 1774.
Elizabeth, wife of John Trumbull, Dec. 11, 1774.
Hannah, wife of Isaac Beecher, Feb. 5, 1775.
Joseph Towner, Jr., and Mary, his wife, May 12, 1776.
Dinah, wife of Lieut. John Griffin, from N. Cheshire, Apr. 6, 1777.
Joseph Riggs and Anne, his wife, May 11, 1777.
Mable, wife of Samuel Cande, April 5, 1778.
Eunice, wife of Justus Cande, March 19, 17 -.
Dr. Osee Dutton, June 24, 1781.
John Towner and Rachel his wife, Ang. 26, 1781.
Elizabeth Whitmore, Oct. 28, 1781.
Lois, wife of Reuben Perkins, Dec. 30, 1781.
Sarah Wooster, July, 14, 1783.
Abial Fairchild and wife, by letter from Waterbury, Apr. 27, 1783.
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1784.
April 18th, Joseph Osborn, Jr., & Sarah his wife, receivd to special ordinances. April 18th, Levi Trowbridge & Hannah his wife, receivd to special ordinances. May 16th, Nehemiah Cande & Content his wife, receivd to communion.
June 20th, Asenath, wife to Amos Hine, c. June 27th, Elizabeth, wife to Dr. Osee Dutton, receive to communion.
1785.
April 24th, Ethiel Perkins, receivd &c. Octr 18th, Abigail Johnson. 1786_ April 30th, Gael Bristol, Jnr. - 10th, Abijah Hide, Jn". 1787_
-- , Mary, wife of Jesse Scoot, by letter from Ripton.
-, Mrs Anna Brownson, consort to Revd D. Brownson.
-- , George Clark & Lydia, his wife.
-, wife of Maho(?) Riggs. 1788.
Janr 6th, Betty, wife to Amos Fox.
Septr 25th, Luke Bunell & Sarah his wife Oct' 12th, Elizabeth, wife of Dan" Perkins. 1790.
May 24, Mable, wife to James Perry. June 27th, Olive Perry.
July 4th, Charles Lewis & Lois his wife. Oct. 24th, Eunice, wife to Benjin Bradley. 1791.
May 1st, Rebekah, wife to Ephraim Hin- man.
May 1st, Elijah Harger, by a letter from the Pastor & Chh of Gunville.
Septr 4th, Sarah, wife to Phineas John- son, by a letter from the Pastor & Chh at Salem.
1792.
Jan' 1st, Isaac Chatfield & Sarah his wife. May 6th, John Botsford & Rachel his wife, by a letter from the first church in Derby.
Septr 23d, Sam" Andrew Buckingham & Esther his wife.
1793.
Janr 6th, Bennitt Rice & wife. received to Ordinances and Communion by a letter from the Pastor of the Chh Che- shire.
June 2ª, Keziah, wife to John Bassit, Jr. July 7th. Capt. Jeremiah Riggs and his wife Anne, by a letter from the Pastor & Chh South
Sept. 8, Thomas Leavenworth, by a let- ter from the pastor of the first Chh in Waterbury.
1794.
July 6, Ruth, wife to Nehemiah Durand . 1795.
Mar. 1st, Hannah, wife of Tho& Clark,
April 5, Ebenezer Buckingham, Jnr Esqr & Olive his wife.
August 234, Ebenezer Fairchild & Eunice his wife. 1796.
May Ist, Beck, wife to Roger Negro. 1798.
Septr 16th, Zebulon Lines & Lois his wife.
Septr 30, David McCune & Sally his wife. 1799.
May 26, David Bunnell & Polly his wife.
1800,
May 1st, Voted that Lyda, the wife of Daniel Candee, by a letter Recommen- datory from the Pastor and church of Harwinton be Recd a Member of this church.
July 6, Decon James Wheeler & Mary his wife Reed to Communion by a let- ter Recommendatory from the pastor & church in Bethany.
July 6, Samuel Buckingham & Ruth his wife Recd to communion.
Decm 28, Elijah Treat & Esther his wife.
1801.
July 5, Lemuel Beardsley & Mary his wife.
Septr 6, Eunice Hinman. 1802.
July 1st, Anne Bassitt.
July 4th, The wife of Enoch Perkins * by a letter from the Pastor & Chh of Watertown.
Novr 4th, Joseph Lines,
Treat Loveland & Betty his wife,
Timothy Wheeler & Hannah his wife, Isaac Riggs & Sarah his Wife,
Sheldon Candee,
Timothy Candee, Hannah, Wife to Clark Loveland,
Chloe, Wife to Philo Thomas, George Steel & Esther his wife. 1803.
March 3ª, Ruth, Wife to Joseph Lines by letter from Pastor of Chh in Beth - aby.
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April 28, Voted that Phebe, Wife of Nathan Stiles, be reevd as a Member of this Chh by Virtue of her being a Member of a Chh in Chusetown.
June 12, Sam" Buckingham received to Communion.
June 12, Uri Scoot & Esther his wife reevd to Communion, by a Letter from the Chh in Salem. No. 170.
Sept. 4, Capt Abel Wheeler & Eunice his wife, recrd to Communion.
1804
June 24, Mehitable Beardsley, (Widow) reevd to Communion by a letter from the Pastor Chh Ripton.
1805.
Jan' 6, Ruth, Wife to Ensign Lewis H. Wakle, reevd to Communion by a let- ter from the Pastor in the first Chh in Huntington.
1808.
August 14th, Capt. Ebenezer Riggs & William Marris Recvd to Ful eommu- nion.
1809.
Apriel 16, Samuel Heaton, Widdow Sabry Riggs, & Isaiah Cande & Ma- lissa his wife, recvd to full Commu- nion
1810.
Charity, the wife of Samuel Riggs, reevd to full communion with this church.
The wife of Joseph Riggs recvd to full communion with this church.
1811.
Jany 6, Dr. Noah Stone reevd to com- munion with this church by reccom - menddation from 2ª church in Guil- ford.
Rosalind, consort of Dr. N. Stone, to Communion with this ehnreh by ree- ommendation from the first church in Lyme.
May 5, M. John Fairchild & Mary his wife received to full communion.
July 7, Mrs. Lucy A. Cande, the wife of Timothy Cande, received to commu- nion with this ehh by reecommenda- tion from the ehh in Coventry, N. York.
Nov. 3, The wife of Data Mun recvd into church.
Eunice Scott received into the church. Wife of Gideon Tucker recvd to full communion.
1813.
May, Samuel Tucker & Wife received to full communion.
1814.
June, Gideon Perry received to full com - munion. -0-
Communicants received by ye Revd Mr. Lyman, taken off from his Files.
Abiel Fairchild and his wife received to comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Stratford bairing Date Oetr 28th, 1745.
Jonas Weed and his Wife Received to Comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Northbury, bairing Date Septr 25th, 1745.
Samuel Wooster and his Wife, and Thomas Ufford and his Wife, received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Southbury bairing date Dec. 20, 1745.
Alice Weed, ye Wiffe of John Weed, received to Communion from ye Pastor d Chh of Christ in West Haven, bairing Date A. D. 1745.
Isaac Trowbridge and Jonathan Grif- fin, received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Ripton, bair- ing Date Oct' 27th, 1745.
Joseph Smith and Elizabeth his Wife, Received to Comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Jan' 9, 1745-6.
Hannah ye Wife of Timothy Russell received to Comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Newtown, bairing Date March 24, 1763.
Joseph Orsbon and Esther his Wife, Received to Comunion from ye Pastor & Chh of Christ in west Haven, bairing Date Octr 29th, 1745.
Sarah, Wife of John Durand, Received to Comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Deer 5, 1745.
Samuel Chatfield and Anne his Wife, Received to Comunion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Reading, bairing Date Oetr 20th, 1745.
Mary ye wife of Joseph Davis Received to Communion, from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Jan™ 31, 1745-6.
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Samuel Wheler Received to Commu- nion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Decr 4th, 1745.
Joseph Tomlinson Received to Com- munion, from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Octr 29th, 1745.
N. B .- The Above were Received to Special Ordinances by Letters Recom- mendatory from ye Pastors and Chhs specifyed, as taken from ye Files.
A True Record. Test.
DAVID BROWNSON, Pastor.
Jan' 16, 1757. Thomas Clark & Su- sannah his Wife admitted to full Com- munion.
Febr 29, 1756. David Johnson and Esther his Wife was admitted to full Communion.
March 25, 1750. Jabez Thompson and Sarah his Wife admitted to full Com- munion.
June 30, 1751. Daniel Hawkins was admitted to full Communion.
Decr 12, 1755. Lidy, Wife of Zadock Hawkins admitted to full Communion.
March 18, 1759. John Riggs Junr and his Wife Abigail admitted to full Com- munion.
March 4, 1750. Rachel, ye Wife of Richard Smith, admitted to full Com- mnnion.
April 5, 1753. Benjamin Bunnel Jun™ & Ruth his Wife admitted to full Com- munion.
Febr 23, 1752. Elisha Lewis admitted to full Communion.
Decr 25, 1757. Sam" Woodruff & Ann his Wife admitted to full Communion.
July 21, 1754. Benjamin Fox, and Es- ther his Wife admitted to full Commu- nion, in this Church.
March 23, 1751. Coe Hinman was ad- mitted into full Comunion.
March 31, 1751. Doro, Negro, admit- ted to full Communion.
July 26, 1761. Ebenezer Buckingham & his Wife admitted to full Comunion.
Jan' 15, 1758. Abiel Fairchild Jnr & his Wife admitted to full Communion.
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