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1763
Ward,
Arah
59
1755
Isaac
79
1765
Tyler,
Abraham
9I
1761
Abijah
48
1765
Daniel
120
1752
Abraham
49
1730
Daniel, Jr.
89
1768
Ard
61
1764
Enoch
8
1781.
Dr. Benjamin
93
1730
Enos (Cheshire)
7
1767
Benjamin, 2d, s. Samuel
52
1748
Dr. Benjamin, Jr. 21
1753
Charles
51
1756
Upson,
Benjamin
I18
I743
Benjamin, Jr.
29
1767
Charles
61
1773
Ebenezer, s. John
70 1730
Comfort, widow
25
I750
Ebenezer, 2d, s. Daniel 65
1730
Elizabeth, widow
4
1779
Ezekiel
32
1769
1.46
1733
Elijah, s. Ephraim
77
1768
Jesse (Abated) John
44
I730
Elinor, widow
53
1769
Joseph
45
1743
Enos
78
1761
Joseph
45
1773.
Epha
43
1771
3
1781
Stephen, Jr.
155
1750
Ezekiel (Woodbury)
8
1752
Twitchell,
Deborah, widow
64
1776.
Waldron. Wardon,
Nathaniel 55
1776
Warner,
Isaac
I3
1763
Jacob
34
1773
Moses
22
1776
Daniel, s. Samuel
18 1742
Daniel, s. Abraham
26
1768
David II5
I753
Ebenezer, 3d, s. Daniel
1779.
Caleb (Woodbury)
List of Tax-Paying Inhabitants 305
Dr. Ephraim
57
1730
May, Jr.
39
1752
Dr. Ephraim, Jr.
96
1735
Samuel
45
1759
Ephraim, 3d
87 1759
Solomon
21
I773
Esther
4
1779.
Thomas
77
1753
Ezra
8
1783
Webb,
James
100
1760
Daniel
24
I773
Dr. John
82
1730
Jonathan
20
1776.
John, s. Dr. John
58
1738
Reuben
43
1773
John, s. Ephraim
140
1730
Samuel
33
1761
John, Jr.
72
1773
Weed,
"John the 3d"
35
I774
Andrew
23
1743
Joseph
62
1755
Caleb
87
1735
Josiah
64
1746
Daniel
35
1781.
Josiah, 2d
43
1776
Elijah
22
1769
Justus
55
1780
Hezekiah
2
1765.
Keziah, widow
36
1749
Jesse
40
1767
Mark
65
1781
John
70
1732
Obadialı
70
1730
Jonas
82
1733
Ozias
21
1776.
Nathaniel
21
1758.
Reuben
53
I773
Samuel
32
1748.
Samuel, Sr.
20
1730
Aaron
35
1776
Samuel, Jr.
78
1761
Amasa
52
1770
Sarah, widow
4I
1741.
Ard
50
1773
Sarah, widow
22
1761
Benjamin
25
1780
Seth
54
1771
Daniel
I37
1751
Stephen
92
1753
David
18
1773
Tamer
57
1770
Deborah, widow
69
1763
Thomas
76
1742
Ebenezer
40
1735
Timothy
89
1746
Ebenezer, Jr.
18
1771.
Dr. William
32
1762
Eli
42
1771
Warren,
Eliakim
125
1736
John
5
1752
Eliakim, Jr.
78
1761
Watkins,
Elijah
54
1764
John
22
1751
Ezekiel
56
1765
Watrous,
Gaal
21
1781.
Samuel
33
1779
George
105
1730
Way,
James
4
1746
Abel
22
1767
Jesse
51
1768
David
54
1756
Job
24
1768
Ebenezer
21
1774.
John, "shepherd"
50
1730
Elijah
14
1779
John, s. Richard
153
1758
Lydia
6
1777.
John, 3d
35
1779
May
89
1750
Josiah
58
1748
Welton,
Samuel, "nimble"
96
I730
20
306
List of Tax-Paying Inhabitants
Levi
104
1761
Reuben
40
1773
Nathaniel
42
1763
Rossel
18
1776.
Oliver
71
1746
Samuel
54
1748
Peter
158
1738
Thankful
3 1781
Peter, Jr.
IIO
1768
Thomas
70
1748
Reuben
25
1767
Thomas, Jr.
65
1749
Timothy
123
1746
Richard, Jr.
157
1730
Richard, 3d
82
1767
Abigail
2
1771.
Richard & John
161
1756
Abijah
76
1763
Samuel
25
1736.
Benjamin
II3
1758
Samuel
53
1764
Benjamin, Jr.
56
1763
Stephen
155
1731
Stephen, 2d
82
1736
Winters,
Obadiah
38
1767
Thomas
108
1737
Thomas, 2d
66
1741
Thompson
6
1746.
Thomas, "ye 3d"
55
1771
Woodruff,
Wetmore, Whitmore,
David
2
1763
Benjamin
66
1753
Isaac
74
1769
Ebenezer
3I
1773
John (Milford)
24
1750
Increase
47
1771
John, Jr.
93
1773
Josiah
45
1753
John & Saba
100
1779
Timothy
36
1773
Jonah
90
1779
William
21
I773.
Samuel
103
1754
Wheaton,
Woodward,
Jared
29
1779
Abel
55
1761
Wheeler,
Asa
40
1765
Samuel (Derby)
9
1748
Elijah
73
1769
Wheland,
96 1748
Israel, Jr., & Asa
132
1762
Williams,
John
39
1763
Bartholomew
26
1749
Nathan
70
1753
Benjamin
34
1761
Samuel
18
I773.
Daniel
88
1730
Sibel
4I
1779
Daniel, Jr.
74
1755
William (East Haven) 84
1746
Israel
36
1773
Wooster,
James
20
1730
Abraham
108
1746
James
34
1749
Abraham, Jr.
27
1763
Jonathan
61
1773
Benjamin
9
1781.
Mary, widow
84
1754
David
124
1755
Obed
21
1776.
Elijah
50
1770
Richard
I26
1730
Wilmot,
Reuben (Woodbury)
39
1771
Stephen, 3d
150
1763
Wood,
Israel
II6
1749
John
List of Tax-Paying Inhabitants
307
Henry
56
Walter
43 1781
Hinman
18
1769 1763.
Worden,
Miles
54
1764
Thomas
32 1773
Thomas (Derby)
9 1752
Wright,
Wait
46 1754
Jonathan
26 1756
Appendix
Farmingbury Burying-Ground
(PRESENT WOLCOTT)
At a town meeting held December 31, 1764, Captain George Nichols and Captain Stephen Upson, Jr., were appointed "to go out eastward near Joseph Atkins' to view and purchase half an acre of land upon the town cost in that neighborhood where they shall think it most convenient for a burying yard."
This purchase was the beginning of the Wolcott Center burying-ground. The oldest inscribed stone standing therein is to the memory of Lieutenant Heman Hall; the date is 1769. A number-probably ten or twelve-field stones, without inscriptions, are to be seen.
On April 13, 1795, a committee was appointed to contract, if possible, with William Stevens "for a small tract of land to sequester to the use of the public for a burying ground and to take a deed of him or to report to the town." In 1797-the year after Farmingbury society became the town of Wolcott-Waterbury directed that Wolcott should be paid £3, IOs., to be applied to the payment in part of their burying- ground. In the same year Stevens still laid claim to a portion of the ground, and Wolcott appointed a committee to settle with him, which was finally accomplished.
In 1772, the society of Farmingbury appointed three grave diggers, indicating the existence of three graveyards: the Center, Pike's hill, and the Southeast graveyards; the latter, on the Farmington side of the line, is now known as the Lewis Cemetery.
The succeeding inscriptions are from the Center burying- ground and from the Wolcott Church records.
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INSCRIPTIONS
1769-1799
Alcox, Abigail, wife of David, d. Feb. 27, 1793, aged 53 yrs. Mrs. Deborah, d. Jan. 7, 1789, aged 77 yrs.
John, d. Jan. 6, 1777, aged 71 yrs.
Atkins, Abigail, d. 1796.
Joseph, d. May 28, 1782.
Josiah Atkins, died from home, Oct. 27, 1781.1
Luther, d. August 2, 1788, aged 81 yrs.
Samuel, d. July 13, 1788.
Bailey, Anne, wife of James, d. Aug. 13, 1788. James, d. Dec. 8, 1791. James, wife of, d. March 1, 1794.
Barnes, Martha, Wife of Caleb, d. Oct. 8, 1776. Philemon, d. 1795.
Sarah, widow, d. 1798, aged 69 yrs.
Sarah, 2d., widow, d. 1798.
Sarah Repentence, wife of Thaddeus, d. Nov. 24, 1780.
Stephen, d. Aug. 27, 1784.
Mr., d. 1794.
Barthemy, Gad, negro, d. 1795.
Bartholomew, Content, daugh. of Cato and Pitty, negroes, d. April 28, 1784.
Beecher, Esther, wife of Joseph, Jr., d. March 31, 1789. Lue, wife of Capt. Amos, d. Jan. 19, 1780.
Blakeslee, Abner, d. Nov. 29, 1791.
Rhoda, d. March 14, 1781.
Bracket, Rachel, daugh. of Samuel, d. Oct. 16, 1776. Ruth, wife of Samuel, d. April 14, 1780.
Mrs. Zuar, d. 1796. Old Mr., d. 1796.
Bradley, Timothy, d. Sept. 6, 1793.
Byington, Daniel, d. Nov. 18, 1781.
Cambridge, Dan, a negro, d. Jan. 4, 1788. -, a negro, d. Oct. 22, 1782.
Clinton, Mr., d. 1795.
Cowles, Miriam, wife to Calvin, d. 1798, aged 44 yrs. Consumption. Dean, Eliphaz, d. Dec. 3, 1788, aged 33 yrs.
John, d. in return from ye camp at New York, Sept. 18, 1776. Nathan, d. March 28, 1790.
Finch, Daniel, d. Oct. 8, 1776. Gideon, Wife of, d. 1798.
1 Recorded one year later.
313
Wolcott Deaths
Frisbie, Charles, d. June 21, 1799, aged 46 yrs.
Elizabeth, wife of Elijah, d. Oct. 14, 1776. Esther, d. 1794. Hannah, wife of Reuben, d. Nov. 20, 1778.
Gaylord, Amasa, d. Oct. 25, 1782. Benjamin, d. February, 1774.
Gillet, Sarah, wife of Zaccheus, d. Dec. 30, 1784.
Granniss, Russell, Wife of, d. Jan. 24, 1787.
Hall, Curtiss, accidental death, by a fall, and a blow upon the head; d. May 23, 1799, aged 53 yrs.
Lieut. Heman, d. Aug. 29, 1769, aged 48 yrs. Capt. Heman, d. Feb. 16, 1795, aged 45 yrs.
Harrison, David, Wife of, d. Aug. 28, 1793.
Hopkins, Mrs. Marcy, wife of Capt. Isaac, d. May 27, 1790, aged 78 yrs. Mary, daugh. of Capt. Isaac, d. Jan., 1798, aged 44 yrs.
Simeon, d. May 4, 1793, aged 51 yrs.
Hotchkiss, Joel (Consumption), d. Feb. 21, 1798, aged 38 yrs. Lydia, wife of Wait, d. April 27, 1776.
Wait, d. July 30, 1778, aged 74 yrs. Wait, Jr. (Inflamatory fever), d. Oct. 15, 1799, aged 66 yrs. Johnson, Daniel, d. 1797. Lane, Daniel, d. 1794.
Mary, daugh. of Daniel and Jemima, d. May 4, 1775. Mary, wife of Daniel, d. Aug. 29, 1789.
Mallory, Joseph, d. June 9, 1791.
Moulthrop, Mrs. Hester, wife of Jerry, d. March 9, 1795, aged 21 yrs. Norton, Ziba, d. Feb. 28, 1781.
Parmer, Ye aged Miss, d. May 19, 1793.
Platt, Temperance, d. May 24, 1782.
Pond, Aaron, d. April 21, 1776.
Mrs. Moses, d. 1796.
The aged widow (Apoplexy), d. 1799.
Potter, John, d. 1776.
Roberts, Almira, d. 1794.
Jonathan, d. Oct. 18, or Dec. 16, 1788, aged 76 yrs.
Mary, wife of - -, d. July 19, 1781.
Rogers, Sarah, wife of Deac. Josiah, d. Sept. 17, 1779, aged 40 yrs.
Seward, Amos, d. May 8, 1794, aged 68 yrs.
Silkregg, John, d. March 22, 1790.
Smith, Elizabeth, wife of Elkanah, d. May 24, 1789.
Ephraim, Wife to, d. Aug. 25, 1793. Joseph, Wife of, d. Dec. 19, 1776. Joseph, Mrs., d. 1796. William, d. Nov. 31, 1791.
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Sutliff, Joseph, Wife of, d. July 10, 1780.
Joseph, Old, d. 1795.
Katherine, wife of Joseph, d. Nov. 11, 1791, aged 63 yrs.
Michael, at -(small pox), d. 1799.
Nathaniel, Wife of, d. Jan. 1792.
Talmage, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph, d. May 23, 1786.
Hannah, ye aged widow, d. July 17, 1793. Josiah, d. Oct. 24, 1792.
Thomas, James, d. May 14, 1796, aged 49 yrs.
Tuttle, Elizabeth, wife of Enos, d. April 5, 1791.
Timothy, d. July 1, 1785.
Twitchel, Isaac, d. Feb. 12, 1776, aged 34 yrs.
Upson, Thomas (inflamatory fever), d. Feb. 10, 1798, aged 79 yrs. Wealthy, wife of Charles, d. Dec. 28, 1783, aged 27 yrs.
Warren, Old Mr., d. 1795.
Welton, Ruth, wife of Thomas, d. July, 1793, aged 36 yrs.
Wiard, Martha, d. Nov. 1, 1776.
Wooster, Lyman, son of Abraham and Rebecca, d. June 7, 1775.
Middlebury Burying-Ground
The earliest place of burial in Middlebury, laid out in 1771, has entirely disappeared. Two stones only in the pres- ent yard are known to have been removed from the older one, those of two children of Captain Isaac and Mary (Bracket) Bronson, who died respectively in 1776 and 1777.
The present graveyard was laid out in 1794.
INSCRIPTIONS 1792-1832
Abbot, Abbott, Daniel, d. April 12, 1813, aged 45 yrs.
David, d. Nov. 7, 1826, aged 62 yrs.
Hannah, widow of Stephen, d. Dec. 25, 1803, aged 103 yrs
Philomela, dau. of David, d. July 28, 1801, aged 10 yrs.
Polly, d. March 28, 1817, aged 23 yrs.
Sally, dau. of David, d. Dec. 9, 1816, aged 18 yrs.
315
Middlebury Deaths
Baldwin, Harvey J., son of Alfred and Polly, d. Oct. 17, 1818, aged II yrs.
Bates, Lurenda, wife of Benjamin, d. April 21, 1805, aged 51 yrs.
Beebe, Mrs. Elizabeth, d. Jan. 6, 1824, aged 79 yrs.
Beecher, Polly, wife of John, d. Feb. 2, 1797, aged 19 yrs.
Benham, Olive, wife of Phineas, d. May 17, 1819, aged 71 yrs.
Phineas, d. Aug. 21, 1827, aged 94 yrs.
Blackman, Edward, d. Dec. 18, 1827, aged 72 yrs.
Booth, Lewis, d. Oct. 11, 1829, aged 41 yrs.
Bowers, Uranah, wife of Michael, d. Dec. 21, 1825, aged 57 yrs.
Bradley, Deborah, relict of John, d. Jan. 18, 1824, aged 84 yrs.
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John, d. April 9, 1813, aged 36 yrs.
Enos, two sons of (unnamed), d. 1788 and 1799.
John, d. Sept. 8, 1821, aged 54 yrs.
Jonathan, d. Nov. 9, 1824, aged 47 yrs.
Lucy, wife of Jonathan, d. May 16, 1803, aged 28 yrs.
Russell Johnson, son of John and Elizabeth, d. Sept. 10, 1818, aged 18 yrs.
Wealthy, wife of Enos, d. Oct. 12, 1798, aged 33 yrs.
Bronson, Brounson, Brownson, Abigail, relict of Mr. Isaac, d. Nov. 17, 1800, aged 94 yrs.
Abigail, wife of Mr. Thadeus, d. May 25, 1793, aged 42 yrs.
Anna, widow, d. Nov. 16, 1814, aged 75 yrs.
Bennet E., son of Jared and Lydia, d. July 9, 1824, aged 47 yrs. Betsey, daugh. of David and Elizabeth A., d. Oct. 10, 1815, aged 10 yrs.
Catharine, daugh. of Leonard and Nancy, d. Aug. 23, 1823.
Chloe, wife of Deacon Seth, d. Jan. 16, 1805, aged 59 yrs.
David, d. July 23, 1799, aged 58 yrs.
Eli, Mr., d. Sept. 30, 1816, aged 73 yrs.
Enos, son of Philo and Chloe, d. Sept. 8, 1815, aged 28 yrs.
Esther, daugh. of Asahel and Esther, d. May 16, 1826, aged 26 yrs.
Eunice, eldest daugh. of Capt. Isaac, d. June, 1766, aged 20 yrs. Isaac. "Here lieth interred the Body of Mr. Isaac Bronson, who departed this Life, Dec. 7th A. D. 1799, in his 93d year. He was the first child born in this place.
"Hark from the tombs a doleful sound ; My ears attend the cry :- 'Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie.'"
Captain Isaac, d. April 15, 1826, aged 90 yrs.
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Captain Isaac R.1
James, son of Asahel, d. June 17, 1816, aged 27 yrs.
Josiah, Mr., d. Feb. 20, 1804, aged 91 yrs.
Lydia, wife of Capt. Jared, d. Dec. 8, 1829, aged 35 yrs.
Mary, wife of Capt. Isaac, d. Aug. 1, 1816, aged 76 yrs.
Mehitable, wife of Eli, d. July 30, 1803, aged 57 yrs.
Seth, Deacon, d. Oct. II, 1828, aged 80 yrs.
Thadeous, d. March 2, 1825, aged 76 yrs.
Titus, d. May 26, 1820, aged 69 yrs.
Camp, Julia, daugh. of Amos and Mehitable, d. March 18, 1808, aged 37 yrs.
Clark, Elizabeth, d. March 18, 1825, aged 73 yrs.
Julia A., daugh. of Andrew and Ann, d. Dec. 2, 1825, aged 24 yrs. Susan, wife of Almon, d. Nov. 18, 1825, aged 28 yrs.
Cook, Sarah, d. April 5, 1823, aged 76 yrs.
Curtiss, Julia, wife of Cyrus, d. Aug. 24, 1828, aged 32 yrs.
Drew, Elizabeth, widow of Amasa, d. Jan. 25, 1807, aged 51 yrs.
Easton, Eliphalet, d. July 22, 1811, aged 84 yrs.
Mrs. Mary, d. Dec. 12, 1812, aged 82 yrs.
Fenn, Lydia Ann, daugh. of Asa and Sarah, d. Oct. 25, 1832, aged 12 yrs.
Phebe, wife of Benjamin, d. June II, 1813, aged 71 yrs.
Hawley, Dorcas, wife of Doct. Stephen S., d. May 27, 1814, aged 47 yrs. Dorcas, daugh. of Doct. Stephen S., d. Nov. 7, 1814, aged 16 yrs. Doct. Stephen S., d. Aug. 5, 1818, aged 51 yrs.
Hine, Capt. Benjamin, d. Nov. 8, 1800, aged 81 yrs.
Elizabeth, d. Dec. 21, 1808, aged 28 yrs.
Sarah, wife of Benjamin, d. March 13, 1827, aged 74 yrs.
1 It seems appropriate at this time-"lest we forget"-to copy the inscription over the tomb of Isaac R. Bronson, one of Waterbury's noblest young men, who gave his life for his country in 1863.
Capt. Isaac R. Bronson 14th Conn. Vol's Died June 2, 1863, at Potomac Creek, Va., of wounds received at Chancellorsville, aged 37. A brave Soldier, a Christian Patriot
Though ardently loving and greatly beloved
Yet he cheerfully gave his life for his Country.
His last words were "Death is nothing to the glory beyond."
Come from the heat of battle, and in peace Soldier go home; with thee the fight is won.
317
Middlebury Deaths
Homes, Zeriah, wife of Daniel, d. Aug. 22, 1812, aged 72 yrs.
Johnson, Angelina, daugh. of Justis and Sarah, d. Nov. 17, 1811, aged 20 yrs.
Linsley, Austria E., wife of Doct. Jacob, d. Aug. 10, 1828, aged 33 yrs. Manville, Simeon, d. April 17, 1825, aged 65 yrs.
Munson, Abner, d. Dec. 2, 1807, aged 72 yrs.
Azubah, d. April 12, 1816, aged 72 yrs.
Caleb, d. July 6, 1826, aged 79 yrs.
John, d. Oct. 7, 1828, aged 28 yrs.
Lucinda, wife of Joseph, d. March 20, 1813, aged 22 yrs. Mary A., daugh. of Joseph, d. Nov. II, 1824, aged 14 yrs.
Northrop, Jonathan, d. Oct. 25, 1805, aged 33 yrs. Osborn, Sarah, wife of Nathan, d. Dec. 5, 1804, aged 62 yrs.
Peck, Augustus, d. June 3, 1812, aged 52 yrs.
Platt, Gideon, d. Oct. 22, 1816, aged 62 yrs.
Hannah, wife of Gideon, d. March 26, 1825, aged 66 yrs. Porter, David, d. April 1, 1826, aged 80 yrs. James, d. Nov. 10, 1822, aged 85 yrs.
John, d. with the small pox, May 4, 1807, aged 24 yrs.
Radford, Harriet, wife of Beers, d. Dec. 8, 1816, aged 62 yrs.
Lucius H., d. Dec. 13, 1828, aged 22 yrs.
Richardson, Dea. Ebenezer, d. Feb. 18, 1826, aged 56 yrs .;
Mehitable, relict of Ebenezer, d. June 25, 1827, aged 61 yrs .;
Nathaniel, his father, d. Oct. 31, 1792, aged 63 yrs .;
Phebe, his mother, d. April 6, 1811, aged 77 yrs. Thomas, d. April 20, 1804, aged 82 yrs.
Riggs, Chester, son of Isaac and Sarah, d. at Macon in Georgia, Dec. 10, 1826, aged 31 yrs.
Isaac, d. Sept. 15, 1829, aged 58 yrs.
Roberts, Susanna, widow, d. June 23, 1826, aged 87 yrs.
Smith, Anna, wife of Capt. Daniel, d. June 5, 1827, aged 61 yrs. Capt. Ebenezer, d. Oct. 9, 1808, aged 78 yrs.
Esther, widow of Howard, d. Nov. 24, 1825, aged 86 yrs.
Howard, d. July 23, 1813, aged 82 yrs.
Samuel, d. Dec. 23, 1808, aged 40 yrs.
Thankful, daugh. of Capt. Ebenezer and Thankful, d. Dec. 29, 1793, aged 31 yrs.
Thankful, widow, d. Jan. 11, 1816, aged 86 yrs.
Stoddard, Wealthy B., wife of Jason, and daugh. of Enos and Sarah Bradley, d. Sept. 1, 1829, aged 26 yrs.
Stone, Esther, wife of Deacon John, d. March 2, 1817, aged 78 yrs. Nancy, wife of Stephen, d. Sept. 29, 1828, aged 41 yrs.
Thompson, David, d. March 29, 1821, aged 50 yrs.
John, d. April 24, 1801, aged 53 yrs.
Silvia, daugh. of Caleb of Wallingford, d. Sept. 21, 1795, aged 17 yrs.
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Treat, Sarah, wife of Donald, d. Feb. 12, 1811, aged 68 yrs. Tuttle, Capt. Ephraim, d. Dec. 19, 1830, aged 68 yrs. Ezekiel, d. Feb. 6, 1799, aged 82 yrs .; Tabitha, his widow, d. Dec. 23, 1801, aged 83 yrs.
Tyler, Anne, relict of James, d. March 18, 1825, aged 79 yrs.
Daniel, d. May 21, 1794, aged 73 yrs.
Daniel, d. June 30, 1811, aged 60 yrs.
James, d. June 1, 1802, aged 59 yrs.
James, d. March 1, 1813, aged 46 yrs.
Pamela, daugh. of Roswell and Susan, d. Oct. 23, 1828, aged 34 yrs. Wheeler, Mehitable, wife of Elisha, d. Aug. 31, 1797, aged 29 yrs.
Prospect Burying-Ground (FORMERLY COLUMBIA SOCIETY)
Prospect, taken from Cheshire and Waterbury, was incor- porated as a town in 1827. Although the burial place is within the limits of Ancient Cheshire, the inhabitants on the Water- bury side of the line were there buried, and it seems proper to give the names of the persons interred in this graveyard before the incorporation of the town.
INSCRIPTIONS 1762-1829
Atwater, Amos, d. June 12, 1822, aged 60 yrs.
Barnes, Silas, son of Bebe and Susanna, d. Aug. 9, 1829, aged 17 yrs.
Beecher, Lambert, d. Dec. 4, 1827, aged 2 yrs.
Benham, George, d. Nov. 18, 1829, aged 16 mos.
Bronson, Polly, wife of John W., d. July 3, 1816, aged 35 yrs.
Castle, Samuel, d. Oct. 8, 1826, aged 49 yrs.
Chittenden, Asahel, Esq., d. May 29, 1813, aged 50 yrs.
Conkling, Bradley J., d. July 1, 1817, aged 25 yrs.
Hine, Isaac W., d. May 12, 1798, aged 24 yrs.
Hitchcock, Sally, wife of Lyman, d. June 23, 1780, aged 59 yrs. Hotchkiss, Deac. Abraham, d. Oct. 29, 1807, aged 64 yrs. Amos, d. May 13, 1820, aged 70 yrs.
Anne, wife of Capt. Gideon, d. Aug. 1, 1762, aged 47 yrs.
Chloe, daugh. of Frederic, d. April 22, 1812, aged 18 yrs. Ellen, daugh. of Lucius, d. May 9, 1822, aged 15 weeks. Deac. Gideon, d. Sept. 3, 1807, aged 91 yrs.
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Hannah, wife of Abraham, d. Dec. 26, 1824, aged 80 yrs. Jerusha, daugh. of Robert, d. March 1, 1814, aged 25 yrs. Jerusha, wife of Robert, d. May 18, 1824, aged 65 yrs. Laura, daugh. of Frederic, d. May 4, 1817, aged 17 yrs. Loly, daugh. of Robert, d. Nov. 4, 1794, aged 8 yrs. Mabel, widow of Capt. Gideon, d. Oct. 15, 1821, aged 95 yrs.
Minerva, wife of Lucius, d. April II, 1822, aged 23 yrs. Rhoda, wife of Frederic, d. March 12, 1814, aged 47 yrs. Robert, d. Jan. 6, 1826, aged 72 yrs.
Ruth, wife of Eben, d. March 6, 1812, aged 76 yrs. Moss, Lydia, wife of Lent(?), d. Nov. 13, 1826, aged 49 yrs. Payne, David, d. March 18, 1825, aged 76 yrs.
Edwin, son of Joseph, d. July 29, 1813, aged 2 yrs.
Henrietta, d. July 26, 1813, aged 3 yrs. Joseph, d. Aug. 3, 1822, aged 45 yrs.
Peck, Lydia, wife of Samuel, d. Jan. 17, 1822, aged 46 yrs.
Richardson, Ann, wife of David, d. Nov. 17, 1818, aged 39 yrs.
Sanford, John, d. July 21, 1802, aged 59 yrs.
Sarah Wilmot, wife of John, d. April 30, 1818, aged 73 yrs. Scott, David, d. Dec. 5, 1827, aged 62 yrs. Martha A., wife of David, d. Aug. 27, 1828, aged 52 yrs.
Spencer, Isaac, d. Oct. 13, 1803, aged 33 yrs.
Terrill, Josiah, d. July 17, 1795, aged 62 yrs.
Tyler, David, d. Sept. 23, 1826, aged 58 yrs. Enos, d. June 2, 1804, aged 69 yrs. Mary, wife of Enos, d. May 20, 1806, aged 72 yrs.
-- , d. Aug. 29, 1826, aged 30 yrs. Williams, Samuel, d. Dec. 9, 1813, aged 77 yrs.
INDEX
The only names in this volume that are not indexed may be found in the list of tax-paying inhabitants, page 279, which is alphabetical in arrangement.
Abbott, Daniel, 314; David, 314; Hannah, 314; Philomela, 314; Polly, 314; Sally, 314.
Adams, Andrew, 159, 261; Anna, 162; Asahel, 16, 276; Augustus, 16; Comfort, 162; Constant L., 162; Ely, 158; Enos O., 148; Eunice, 16; Hannah, 16, 155; John, 273, 275; Orpha, 16; Reuben, 16, 276; Rosetta, 16; Samuel, 152; Susanna, 17; Syl- vanus, 275; William, 17, 274, 275.
Alcott, Alcox, Abigail, 312; De- borah, 312; Franklin, 171; Isaac W., 17; John, 312; Joseph C., 193; Lucius, 171; Medad, 17; Olive, 18.
Alewell, sce Elwell.
Allen, Abigail, 312; Amanda, 193; Betty, 143; David, 188; Deborah, 312; Gideon, 186; John, 312; Solomon, 188, 196; William, 18; Mr., 197.
Alling, Elizabeth, 134; Huldah, 193; Liman, 143.
Allyn, Isaac, 18.
Anderson, Joseph, 13.
Andrews, Andrus, Abraham, 131, 272; Asenath, 219; David, 211, 214, 242; Diadema, 226; Eben- ezer, 190, 241 ; Eldad, 228; Ephraim, 233; Harriet, 18;
James, 206; John, 188, 216; Luther, 220; Martha, 209; Mary, 18, 143, 209; Miles, 143; Randol, 171 ; Reuben, 232; Sub- mit, 171; Timothy, 225; Wil- liam, 216; Zina, 143; from Meriden, 143.
Arnold, Ambrose H., 18; Dinah,
209, 266, 270; Elizabeth, 209, 221; Hannah, 18; Nathaniel, 207, 210, 225, 266; Noah, 212; Sarah, 209; Timothy, 223. Arnst, Barzilla, 134; Polly, 134. Atkins, Adkins, Abigail, 312; Daniel, 201 ; Jonathan, 17; John, 205, 212; Joseph, 311; Josiah, 312; Luther, 312; Samuel, 312. Atwater, Amos, 318; Chloe, 180; Elam, 180; Elisha, 180; Lydia, 180; Moses, 134, 143; Noah, 180; Stephen, 180; Timothy, 190.
Atwood, Aaron, 196; Anner, 258; Burt, 260; Charlotte, 259; Henry Skilton, 244; Philo, 255; Ruth, 244; Susanna, 247.
Austin, James, 276; Martha, 18. Avered, Amos, 201.
Averitt, Ambrose, 180.
Avery, Tabitha, 229.
Bachelor, Rosa, 187.
Bacon, Adelaide L., 19; Zaccheus, 2.47.
Bailey, Bayley, Ann, 312; Eliel, 250; James, 312.
Baldwin, Abigail, 143; Anna, 19, 187; Andrew, 258, 261; Bath- sheba, 261 ; Benjamin, 19, 275; Bet, 189; Charles R., 14, 15; Chauncey, 19; David, 19, 246; Denison, 19; Ebenezer, 180; Elizabeth, 20, 134; Emma, 256; Eunice, 20; Hannah, 20; Har- vey J., 315; Huldah, 235; Isaac, 20; James, 266; Jonathan, 19, 20, 269, 274; Leonard S., 21; Louisa, 21; Lucian, 143; Mar- shall, 134; Mary, 21, 180, 193;
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Mary Augusta, 31 ; Matthew, 134, 143; Nicy, 180; Noah, 21, 275; Phebe, 21; Rebecca, 21; Sarah, 22; Susan, 22; Thad- deus, 180; Thankful, 193; The- ophilus, 222, 249; Mr., 197.
Bancroft, Alice, 22; Edward, 22; Ellen, 22; James, 22.
Bard, David, 22; Susanna, 255.
Barker, Eliasaph, 180, 186; Esther, 187; Jonathan, 188; Mary, 189; Miles, 191; Munson, 192; Sam- uel, 188; Usal (Urual), 198. Barnes, Abigail, 199; Alice, 196;
Alma, 171; Ambrose, 194; Ben- jamin, II, 22, 186; Bethia, 171; Caleb, 189; Ebenezer, 190; Eli, 171; Esther, 193; Eunice, 190; Harry, 22; Isaac, 187, 195; John, 22, 132, 272; Jonathan, 275; Joseph, 200; Leverett, 171, 172; Lois, 253; Loly, 192; Lucy, 186; Lydia, 180; Martha, 187, 312; Miriam, 190; Nathaniel, 192, 197, 199, 200; Nathaniel Em- blem, 192; Oliver, 188; Phile- mon, 312; Polly, 180; Roxana, 180; Sacket, 172; Samuel, II, 188, 272; Sarah, 22, 312; Sarah Repentance, 312; Selah, 242; Sidna, 172; Silas, 318; Ste- phen, 312; Thomas, 267, 272; Mr., 312; Mrs., 190, 195.
Barrows, Thomas, 188.
Bartes, Abigail, 156; Elizabeth, 165; Samuel, 160.
Bartholomew, Abiel, 276; Daniel, 180, 187; Hannah, 180; Lydia, 188; Martha, 180; Osee, 275; Seth, 239, 276; Solomon, 180.
Bassett, Esther, 192; John, 249; Levi, 180; Phebe, 172; Polly, 233; William, 251.
Bates, Edward, 23; Lurinda, 315; Mary Ann, 23.
Bazel, 190.
Beach, Caroline, 134; Elnathan, 226; Joseph, 273, 274; Nancy P., 23: Sophia, 180.
Beard, Jeremiah, 217.
Beardsley, Anadine, 243; Anna,
23; Ebenezer, 261; Eli, 247; Esther, 23; Gershom, 189; Gideon, 235; Junius, 134; Me-
hitable, 251; Mercy, 235; Tall- man, 23; William, 134.
Beebe, Amasa (Amzi), 134, 143; Elizabeth, 315; Hannah, 143; Ira, 132; Jemima, 132; Reuben, 143.
Beecher, Abiah, 134; Cornelia,
I34; Daniel, 134; Electa, 134;
Esther, 134, 312; Jane, 134; Julius, 135; Lambert, 318; Lue, 312; Polly, 315; Suca, 135; Susan, 143; Susanna, 135.
Beers, Hannah, 249; Philo, 250.
Belden, Amos, 220, 246; Ezra, 23; Samuel, 238.
Bellamy, Abiah, 180; James, 207 ; Dr., 179; Mrs., 179.
Benedict, Isaac, 237.
Benham, Elihu, 135, 143; Esther, I35; George, 319; Joseph, 24; Mehitable, 135, 143; Olive, 315; Phineas, 315; Ruth, 135, 143; Statira, 24.
Benton, Mehitabel, 180.
Bidwell, Jacob, 235, 237.
Bigelow, John W., 135;
Mary,
135; Nancy, 135; Polly, 143.
Bingley, Charles, 24.
Bird, Emma Sophia, 24.
Birge, Elijah, 237.
Bishop, Daniel, 215; James, 181 ; Lucinda, 181.
Blackman, Edward, 315; Lucy, 244.
Blake, Joseph, 206; Seth, 228.
Blakeslee, Blaskley, Abigail, 172, 201; Abner, 312; Adna, 172; Amasa, 187, 198; Asher, 172; Bela, 172; Chloe, 172; Cynthia ; 192; David, 172, 197; Deborah, 254; Ebenezer, 274; Elizabeth, 172; Enos, 188, 195; Erastus, 181; Experience, 172; Fanny, 181; Gad, 172; Gervase, 172; Hannah, 172, 191; Jacob, 172, 194, 197 ; James, 262, 272; Jared, 193; Jeremiah, 172; Joel, 181 ; John, 195; Jonathan, 195; Jude, 172; Lettice, 190; Lucy, 172; Lydia, 24, 188; Mary, 172, 191, 197; Micah, 172; Moses, 196; Noah, 172, 187, 195; Olive, 172, 188; Phebe, 172; Reuben, 195, 274; Rhoda, 172, 312; Sally,
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