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Jan. 16, Isaac Terrill, 60. 18, - Northrop, 25.
March 28, Harley Hotchkiss. 70.
May 19, Harry French, 68.
June 20, Charles L. Judd, 24.
Nov. 20, Martha J. Beecher, 25.
Dec. 16, John Clemens, 51. 1861.
Jan. 26, Abner Warner of Hamden, 93. Feb. 7. Sheldon Wooding, 76. 20, Micah Sperry, 80, 28, Frank, son of Beecher Johnson, 7.
March 15, Mrs. Olive Austin, 72.
16, Francis, infant son of F. Breekle, Woodbridge, 2. 17, Friend, son of Anon Atwater, 19. April 14, Melinda, relict of David Beecher, 69. 18, Jane E. Doolittle (at Seymour), 25.
May 19, Mrs. Elizabeth Driver, 66.
29. Wid. Hitchcock, the mother of Beri E. Beecher, 84.
June 14, Henry B. Lounsbury, 2.
August 25, Adna Hotchkiss, 44.
Sept. 22, Samuel Pelton, 26. 24. Irvin Lounsbury, 18. Oct. 3. Mary L. Prince, 12.
Nov. 18, Son of Noyes Johnson, 10 weeks. 20, Mrs. Eunice Hotchkiss, 88. Dec. I, Wid. Ira Perkins, 70. 1862.
March 3, Capt. Jesse Beecher, 77. Io, Mrs. Caroline Tolles, 56.
April 16, William Donnell, 20.
May 2, Althea Buckingham, 43. 22, Leverett Thomas, 62. July 27, Alva Gaylord, 72.
Sept. 22, Wid. Harvey Hotchkiss, 77.
27, Albert Eugene, son of James Craw, 5.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Oct. 18, Mrs. Isaac Doolittle, 60.
26, Wid. Mary Castle.
29, Ellen Kimball, (Prospect) 19.
Nov. 16, Mrs. James Patterson, 38.
21, Mary S., wife of Herbert French, 25.
1863.
Jan. 6, Benjamin M. Collins, 72.
16, Henrietta, wife of D. W. Rus- sell, 39.
21, Edson Hotchkiss, 32.
Feb. 8, John Wooding, 50.
27, Orrin Hitchcock, 51. May 3, Major Lounsbury, 69.
June 26, Isaac Hitchcock, 88.
29, Nelson Newton Beecher, 20 yrs,
8 mo., died at Annapolis, Md., soldier 27 Reg. C. V.
Sept. 22, Roenna E. Thomas, 8 years, dau. of Daniel Harrison Thomas.
Oct. 3, Betsey Perkins, wife of Beecher Hotchkiss and dau. of Guy Per- kins, 42.
14, Henry French, 53.
27, Marion Cornelia, 11 yrs., 11 mo., 13 days, dau. of Charles Tuttle.
Nov. 3, Enos Perkins, 70, nearly.
10, Lucy, 51, wife of Garry Hoadley.
18, Horace Preston, 55. 1864.
Mar. 9, Abel Linds, 76.
12, Patty Hotchkiss, 81, sister of Abel Linds.
13, John Hitchcock, 26.
29, Patty Harris Hotchkiss, 71.
29, Isa Annett, 11 years, dau. of Andrew Hotchkiss.
May 6, Delia E., wife of John Wesley Weed, 36.
17, Laura Woodin, dau. of Andrew and Hannah Beecher, 26.
25, Cornelia Ella, wife of Henry Edward Lounsbury, 29.
June 19, Netty, dau. of Charles Preston of Prospect, 6.
Aug. 19, Ada Whiticus, (col'd) 88.
Aug. 20, Abigal Hitchcock, 91.
Oct. 5, Laura E. Doolittle, dau. of Al- fred Doolittle, 40.
1865.
Jan. 27, George Hotchkiss, 2d, 31.
Feb. 19, Starr Sperry, son of Ezra Stiles Sperry, 24.
Mar. 1, Daniel Lynes, 65, a native of Ireland.
13, Eugene Burton Castle, 18.
17, Oliver Buckingham, 82.
18, Alfred Crittenden, infant son of (late) Starr and Mary D. Sperry, 4 1.2 months.
Apr. 9, Philip Sampson. (col'd) 66.
18, Laura May, dau. of Wales French and Maria Lucinda Perkins, 11 mo. May 3, Ezra Stiles Sperry. 66.
Aug. 3, Eden Johnson, 85.
38, Henry A. Doolittle of Wood- bridge, 20, married 9th Apr. last. Oct. 2, Mary Jane, dau. of Charles and Laura Austin, 5.
22, Charity, wife of Wm. H. Louns- bury, dau. of Oliver Buckingham, 52.
Dec. 18, Mrs. Charlotte Woodin, 78, relict of the late Sheldon Woodin.
1866.
Feb. 15, Noyes Hotchkiss, 51.
July 6, Mrs. Dolly Eliza, wife of Dr. Edward P. Woodward, 31 y, 10 mo. Sept. 2, Freddie, son of Frederick and Harriet Amanda Warner, 3 y, 9mo. 13, Jennett, wife of Newel Louns- bury, 63.
26, Lemira Sherman, 85. Oct. 31, Beecher Hotchkiss, 52.
Nov. 20, Mrs. Hannah Peck, 77.
Feb. 18. Mrs. Huldah, wife of Ebenezer P. Parker in Woodbridge, 72.
May 23, Esther, dau. of the late Oliver Buckingham, 61.
June 27, Antoinette, wife of Dr. Ed- ward P. Woodward, 28. Ten weeks after marriage.
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Sept. 29, Mrs. Sarah, relict of the late David Downs, 85.
1868.
Jan. 2, Mrs. Betsey, relict of Jessie Doolittle, 86, d. Dec. 31, 1867.
5, Alice Lovisa, dau. of Andrew C. and Ruth Ann Brown, 2 yrs, 6 no. Died 3rd.
Feb. 5. Amanda, wife of Pulaski Chat- field, 74.
Mar. 4, Elizabeth, relict of the late Jer- emiah Camp of Prospect. 71.
5. Israel Schofield, d. Feb. 29, 53 years, late of Paris, N. Y.
Apr. 29, Charles Seymour Tuttle, 52, d 27. May 24. Mrs. Clarinda, wife of Albert Hoadley. 78.
24, Mrs. Fanny, relict of the late Amasa Brooks of Prospect, 82.
July 18, Clark Seeley, 66, d. 17th.
Dec. 19, Isaac Doolittle, 68, d. 17th. 22, Merrit Sanford, 71, d. 20th. 1869.
Jan. 13, Abner Archibald Perkins, 84 yrs., 4 mo , 24 days, d. 10th.
BURIALS BY MARTIN MOODY.
May 2, Mrs. Lucretia Gorham, wife of Eneas Gorham, 43, d. Apr. 30.
July 23, Wm. McClure, 58, d. 21st.
Aug. 19, Winthrop Dudley Wooding, 9 days, d. 18th.
Nov. 28, Mrs. Mary French.
1870.
Feb. 2, Mrs. Huldah Johnson, wife of A. Beecher Johnson, d. Jan. 31st.
Dec. 28, Mrs. Elizabeth Andrew, 45. 1871.
Jan. 22. John Russel, 84 nearly, d. 19th. Apr. 13, Mrs. Nancy Bradley, 86. Fun- eral at the house of her son Marcus Bradley. d. 10th.
16, Tubal Sanford, 88. Charles Thomas.
Aug. 17, Ella Isabel Hotchkiss, 3 y., 7 m. 17, Clara Louisa Robertson, 6 m., 9 d.
Dec. 15, William Belany Dickerman, 63. 31, Lucy Kimberly, 95.
1872.
Jan. 14, Horace Bushnell Osborn.
Feb. 22, Ann Downs, 85. Funeral at the house of Alfred Doolittle
Mar. 11, Chancey Burritt Tuttle, 73. July 14, Albert Hoadley, 81. Funeral at the house of Harpin Hotchkiss. Agnes May Tuttle.
Oct. 6, Leroy W. Tuttle, 34.
Nov. 8, Diantha Pitcher.
Dec. 5, John Jackson Donell.
11, Charley E. Donell. 1873.
Jan. 4, Adella May Hotchkiss.
May 13, Mrs. Sarah E. Tolles, 66.
14, Mr. Alonzo Sperry, 59. 26, Mrs. Celestia Terrill, 63.
June 29, Mrs. Thirza Bradley of Pros- pect, 81.
July 7, Charles Gay Lounsbury, 44.
25, Grace A. Woodin, Woodbridge, infant daughter of Lambert Wood- in, 6 mo., 1 d.
29, Mrs. Abigail B. Umberfield, Prospect, 65.
30, Minnie Sarah Williams, infant daughter of Stiles C. Williams.
Sept. 1, Wales Henry Perkins, son of Homer Perkins, 9 mo.
1874.
Jan. 25, Eber E. Downs, Woodbridge, 58. Feb. 17, Orin Wheeler, 60.
Apr. 5, Mrs. Laura Perkins, wife of Wil- lis Perkins, 64. 22, Jared Allen,'81.
May 9, Mrs. Louis Andrews, relict of Job Andrews, 77.
Aug. 13, Merit Wooding, of Straits- ville, 53.
17, Mrs. Augusta Smith, 64.
Nov. 2, Mr. Curtiss Towles, 56.
Dec. 21, Mrs. Sarah B. Carrington. 27, Mr. Lyman Sperry ..
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NITAT STATISTICS.
1875.
Jan. 26, Star Bradley Dickerman, son of Wales C. Dickerman, 2.
Mar. 13, Charles Preston, 53.
28, Ray Carrington French, 15.
FUNERALS BY C. W. COLTON.
Aug. 18, Jessie, dau. of Charles A. Rob ertson, 11 days.
1876.
Jan. 28, Andrew Beecher, 75.
Mar. 7, Mrs. Hannah Lounsbury. widow of Major Lounsbury, 77.
April 8, Leonard Todd, 76.
21, Anson Perkins, d. April 10, 80. May 22, Mrs. Ruth N. Brown, d May 20,38 June 4, David E , son of Abram Carring. ton. d. June 2. 1 year, 6 months. June 16, Elizur Young, d. in Prospect June 14. aged 46.
Oct. 7. Mrs. Harmon Allen, d. Oct 6, 82. Dec. 9. Andrew I. Hotchkiss. d. Dec. 7. aged 58.
1877.
Jan. 18. Mrs Betsey Adams, d. Jan. 15. aged 108.
Feb. 16, Mrs. Crownage Lounsbury, d. Feb 14, aged 66.
Mar. 6, Mrs. Sarah B. Smith, d Mar. 3, aged 86.
June 8, Nathan Prince, d June 6. 82. July 28, Daniel Norrison Thomas. d. July 2, aged 54.
Aug, 26, Mrs Russell Chatfield. d. Ang. 24, aged 83.
Oct. 7, Mrs. Dorcas Sperry. d Oct 6, 85. Nov. 11. Mrs. Annie Clark, d. Nov. 9. 79.
1879.
Jan. 8. Alanson Morris, d Jan. 5, aged 64. Mar 13, Eddie Sanford, son of T. L and Lottie M. Sanford, d. in Water- bury, Mar. 12, aged 2 mo , 1 d. 14, Garry Hoadley, d. Mar 12, 71.
July 10, Russell Chatfield, d. July 8, 90. 20, Marshall E., son of Seymour Russell, d. July 19, aged 9 mos.
Aug. 30, Mrs. Alma Perkins, d. Aug. 28, aged 80.
Sept. 4. George Hotchkiss, d. Aug, 2, 69 Nov. 14, Mrs. Emily Y. Buckingham, d. Nov. 19, aged 54.
1879.
Jan. 7, Carrie Luella Bronson, din. of Edward Bronson, d. Jan. 4, 4 1-2 m 18. Mrs. Ellen McCInre, d. Jan. 16, 90. Mar. 4, Crownage Lounsbury, d. Feb. 28, aged 76.
Apr. 4. McDonald Fisher, d. April 2. 63. May 26, Mrs. Julia A. Tolles, d. May 24, aged 66.
July 19. Archie N., son of Charles A. Robertson, d. July 17, aged 10 mio. Ang. 4, Mrs. Elmira Doolittle, d. Aug. 1, aged 77.
Sept. 21, Harmon Allen, d. Sept. 19, 93. Oct 22, Mrs. Chloe Tuttle, d. Oct. 20, 93. Dec. 27, Mrs. Eliza Davidson, d. Dec. 25, aged 71.
1880.
Feb 19, Mrs. Almeda E. Allen, d Feb. 16. aged 35.
23, Levi Marks, d. Feb. 21. 88.
Apr. 9, Lewis Tolles, d April 7, aged 75. 21, Birdsey Allen, d Apr. 19, 23. May 25, Enos Sperry, d. May 23. aged 79. Aug. 5, Emily T Perkins, wife of Isaac Perkins, d. Ang. 3, aged 55.
Sept. 17. Betsey Ann Samson, wife of Lines Leneer, d. Sept. 16, aged 41 27 Chas E Clark, Beacon Falls. d. Sept. 25, aged 52.
Dec. 3, Mrs. Lucy Thomas, 78
11. Jeremiah Collins, d. Dec 9. 69. 1894.
Rev. J. Tragitt Rector.
Dec. 21, Mrs. Sarah Downs. d. Dec, 19, 72 25, Marcus Austin. d. Dec. 23, 63.
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BETHANY.
From the Records of Trinity Church, New Haven.
Rev. Bela Hubbard, who was rector of Trinity church, New Haven, from 1767 to 1812, frequently came to Bethany and held services and performed the rites of baptism, marriage and burial. The following data of services performed in Bethany have been carefully gleaned from the Trinity church records:
April 18th, 1770. At a lecture at Bethany baptized Alley, Jesse, Elizabeth, Rayment, James and David, children of ---- Carrington, Benajah Peck and Sarah his wife, sponsors.
At a lecture at Bethany Jan. 30th, 1776, baptized Sarah, daughter of Abram and Rebecca Carrington. The above children with proper sureties.
At a lecture in Bethany September 26th, 1780, baptized Uri, Dennis, Zimri, Lyman, Dan, Sarah, Lois, children of Isaac and Mary Sperry ; Rosana, daughter of Mansfield and Elizabeth Peck ; Charles, son of Abram and Rebecca Carrington ; Elizabeth and Hannah, daughters of Ebenezer and Hannah Bishop.
Baptized at Bethany January 10th, 1781, George Frederick, son of Mansfield and Elizabeth Peck ; sponsors, Benajah Peck, Elizabeth Beecher, Sarah Peck.
At a lecture in Bethany, May 1781, married one couple, and on Sunday, April 22d, 1781, gave the sacrament of the holy Eucharist to 17 persons.
Married, January 29th, 1781, Ebenezer Umberville to Esther Downs, both of Bethany.
February 16th, 1782, baptized at Bethany, Esther, wife to Samuel Gilbert. The same Esther communed for the first time.
September 22d, 1782, baptized at Bethany, 17th Sunday on Trinity, Joseph, son of Abner Bradley. Sponsors, Benajah Peck and parents.
October 21st, 1782. Burial of a child of Eber and Abigail Downs.
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June 29th, 1783. Baptized one infant ; and Isaac, Polly, David and Betsey, children of Eber and Abigail Downs.
1784. Baptized Archibald Perkins, Hulday, Sarah, Samuel. 1784. Baptized Lola, daughter of Thaddeus Todd, and Archibald Abuer, son of Archibald and Hulday Perkins.
November 27th, 1784. Baptized Samuel, Miles, David, Joel and Esther, children of Joel Sperry.
November 28. Baptized Samuel, son of Abner and Comfort Bradley ; Chauncey, son of Cyrus and Sarah Wooding.
November 29th. Baptized Stephen, Daniel, Enoch, William, Rachel, Mabel, Amos, John, Mary, children of -- Russell.
DATE OF OPENING CHRIST CH., BETHANY.
Bethany. Woodbridge, August 26th, 1785, opened ye Episcopal church by ve name of X church and preached, &c., and baptized 7 infants.
(Parochial record of Trinity church, page 153.)
May 29th, 1787, baptized Nehemiah, son of Allen and Hulda Carrington. September 16th, buried wife of Umberfield; buried ye wife of Abram Tuttle, aged 65 years.
Married January, 1793, Uri Tuttle to Margaret Munson.
New Haven, Thursday, December 17th, 1795, at the home of Mr. David Cook, joined in marriage David Thomas of Woodbridge with Rebecca Cook of New Haven.
New Haven, Sunday, June 28th, 1807, published ye banns of marriage between Nathan Prince of Milford and Mary Ann Elizabeth How of New Haven ; and on same day at the house of -- York joined them in ye banns of matrimony.
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BETHANY.
THE HILLS OF BETHANY.
BY REV. L. F. MORRIS, MARCH, 1905.
We live on the hills of Bethany, Where few of human kind we see, Where few of human sound we hear, Where nature's voices charm the ear, On the hills of Bethany.
A very lonesome place, you'll say, In which to pass the time away ; And yet in city's swarming hive None better live than we, and thrive, On the hills of Bethany.
We're nearer heaven here than there, Where men are worn by carking care And here less vices are allowed. Far from the city's "madding crowd," On the hills of Bethany.
And fresh and sweet the air e'er comes Untainted by the city's slums, And, what is best, the atmosphere Of social life is pure and clear, On the hills of Bethany.
The proud coal barons send a chill Through cities, when at their sweet will The prices rise ; but their demands We heed not on these wooded lands, On the hills of Bethany.
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POEM BY THE REV. L. F. MORRIS.
No great coal strikes, have pinched us yet, For wood is plenty and easy to get, And lacking coal, not one need freeze, Though Boreas blow his coldest breeze, On the hills of Bethany.
We hear the voice of uncaged birds A-singing these exultant words, "The city's prisoned air we scorn. As free as eagles we were born. On the hills of Bethany."
We hear the crow with hungry maw Proclaim his want with loud caw ! caw ! And robins, singing on the lawn, Make known the rise of rosy dawn On the hills of Bethany.
The bobolink carols on the wing, When winters cease to threaten spring, And sweet the orioles chants ascend, As they hang their nests on the long limbs' end, On the hills of Bethany.
Our eyes are gladdened by living green, Which in the town is little seen ; And plants and flowers for all find room To grow and blossom and shed perfume On the hills of Bethany.
From these fair heights we look afar ; And might see Bethlehem's guiding star, If that were where it once was seen, And centuries did not lie between, On the hills of Bethany.
Still to us is divinely given To see the broad expanse of heaven ; To see the stars coming trooping out, And the moon pursue his nightly route O'er the hills of Bethany.
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And we can see the sun arise, And glorious gild the morning skies, And that the far horizon gets Unrivalled pictures as he sets, On the hills of Bethany.
Ten miles off is the shining sea Which Indians called Matowaksee, Where islands keep concealed Kidd's gold- This sheet of waters we behold, From the hills of Bethany.
O ye, by city's walls shut in, And who would purest freedom win, Move out and try our country life, With all most useful blessings rife, On the hills of Bethany.
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BETHANY.
MARRIAGES. FROM 1852 TO 1896, FROM THE TOWN RECORDS.
BIRTH, RESIDENCE AND MARRIAGE IN BETHANY UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED,
1852.
Nov. 7, George Sanford, joiner, and Ann Johnson, m. by Miles French, Esq. Nov. 14, Jarvis F. Bronson, b. Derby, and Louisa P. Beecher, m. by Rev. Henry Zell.
Nov. 18, Jacob W. Wilcox, printer, b. New Haven, r. Waterbury, and Charlotte E. Hurlburt, b. Hartford, r. Waterbury, m. by Rev. H. Zell. 1853.
Jan. 10, Eli H. Wakelee, mason, b. and r. Derby, and Eunice A. Chat- field, m. by Rev. Henry Zell.
Feb. 8, Wales C. Dickerman, farmer, b. and r. Hamden, and Celia Todd, teacher, m. by Rev. Henry Zell.
Mar. 20, Charles O. Perkins, farmer, and Jane Perkins, m. by Rev. H. Zell. Apr. 17, Henry N. Johnson, founder, b. and r. Westville, and Sylvia Northrop, teacher, b. and r. Woodbridge, m. by Rev. Henry Zell.
Oct. 13, John H. Sherwood, farmer, b. Fairfield, r. Southport, and Selina Beecher, by Rev. John M. Guion.
Oct. 16, Alva K. Munson, farmer, b. and r. Hamden, and Betsey Hitch- cock, m. by Rev. Alexander Leadbetter.
Nov. 20, George A. Hall, carpenter, b. Maine, r. Meriden, and Eliza A. Griswold, b. and r. Rocky Hill, m. by Rev. Alexander Leadbetter.
1855.
May 20, Archibald A. Perkins, tanner, and Minerva Scoville, m. by Rev. Charles J. Todd.
Nov. 18, David F. Smith, b. and r. Woodbridge, and Delia E. Northrop, in. by Rev. S. H. Elliot of New Haven.
Dec. 31, David French, farmer, and Sarah E. Fuller, b. Oxford, m. by H. B. Munson, Esq., Seymour.
1856.
Jan. 1, Henry E. Lounsbury, farmer, and Cornelia A. Doolittle, b. Ham- den, r. Wallingford.
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Apr. 5, John Russell, farmer, and Hannah Hotchkiss, m. by Rev. Charles J. Todd.
June 8, Stephen Mansfield, farmer, b. and r. Seymour, and Amy Hotch- kiss, m. by Ezra S. Sperry, Esq.
June 29, Azariah Andrews, farmer, and Sarah A. Pardee, b. aud r. Orange m. by Rev. O. L. Holcomb.
1857.
Feb. 7, Street B. Todd, farmer, r. New Haven, and Sarah A. Hotchkiss, m. by Rev. James Adams.
May 10, John J. Sperry, farmer, and Elizabeth A. White, b. Seymour, m. by Rev. J. Guernsey, Woodbridge.
Nov. 29, Donald Fisher, farmer, b. Middletown, and Eunice Browu, mn. by Rev. E. W. Robinson.
1858.
Feb. 26, Elbert Downs, farmer, and Catherine A. Bailey, b. Woodbridge, m. by Rev. E. W. Robinson.
Apr. 24, Isaac Bradley, farmer, and Fannie A. Castle, b. and r. Wood- bridge, m. by Andrew T. Hotchkiss, Esq.
Aug. 19, Levi M. Marks, farmer, b. Milford, and Emeline Pierpont, r. New Haven, m. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
Sept. 25, George W. Woodward, farmer, b. Litchfield, and Margaret L. Sperry, m. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
1859.
Feb. 1, Jacob Muller, b. Germany, and Licetta Friedman, b. Germany, m. by Rev. Samuel H. Smith, Naugatuck.
Feb. 3, Theodore A. Shephard, b. and r. Chatham, and Ellen L. Ramsdell, b. and r. Chathamn, m. by Rev. F. W. Woodward.
July 10, Franklin B. Atwater, farmer, and Elizabeth Barnes, b. Meriden, In. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
Nov. - , Mark Sperry, joiner, and Harriet H. Elder, matchmaker, b. Ply. mouthı.
Dec. 22, Charles Austin, farmer, and Laura C. Tuttle, b. Paris, N. Y., r New Haven, mn. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
Dec. 22, Henry W. Perkins, blacksmith, and Emily Sanford, b. Hamden, m. in New Haven by Rev. Wm. Weed.
Dec. 22, Edward Buckingham, farmer, and Emily Castle.
1860.
Jan. 7, Charles T. Baily, farmer, b. Hamden, and Emily S. Davis, b. Bris- tol, m. by E. W. Robinson.
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MARRIAGES.
Jan. 15, W. Herbert French, wagonmaker, and Mary S. Carrington, mn. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
Mar. 25, Gilbert R. Doane, farmer, b. and r. Westbrook, and Catherine J. Russell, m. by Rev. Alex. D. Stowel.
Jan. 25, Rollin J. Bunce, mechanic, b. and r. New Haven, and M. Jane Sanford, m. by O. Evans Shannon, rector of Trinity church, Seymour. Apr. 7, Darius Collins, farmer, and Catherine McClure, b. Ireland, m. by Andrew Hotchkiss, Justice of the Peace.
Apr. 29, Charles E. Wooding, farmer, r. Woodbridge, and Elvira O. Clin- ton, b. and r. Woodbridge, m. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
May 27, Edward P. Woodward, physician, b. Litchfield, r. Cheshire, and Eliza D. Sperry, m. by Rev. James E. Coley, Westville.
1860.
June 10, Allen G. Sperry, farmer, and Grace E. Russell, m. by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
June 18, Miletus Huxford, mechanic, Wolcottville, r. Ansonia, and Kate L. Hale, milliner, b. Woodbridge, r. Ansonia, m. by Rev. F. B. Wood- ward.
Ang. 19, Abel Wilcoxson, farmer, b. Oxford, and Maria Nettleton, b. Wa- tertown, m. by Rev. S. P. Perry, Seymonr.
Sept. 26, Bennett T. Abbott, minister, b. and r. Middlebury, and Fanny A. Coe, m. by Rev. T. B. Chandler of Naugatuck.
Oct. 7, Lewis Hitchcock, farmer, and Valina Hine, b. and r. Woodbridge, m. by Rev. S. B. Woodward.
Aug. 19, Abel Wilcoxson, farmer, b. Oxford, and Maria Nettleton, b. Watertown, m. by Rev. L. P. Perry, ? Seymour.
Nov. 12, Lauren E. Cook, farmer, b. and r. Cheshire, and Caroline E. Perkins, teacher, m. by Rev. S. B. Woodward.
1867. Nov. 30, Dr. Edward P. Woodward and Mary A. Atwood, New Haven. Dec. 22, Leroy William Tuttle and Lovena Maria Tuttle.
1868.
Jan. 8, Ely Sanford and Anjennette Caroline Tuttle. Jan. 31, Otis B. Beecher and Eliza Perkins.
June 17, Henry F. Bishop, Woodbridge, and Kate E. Sperry. Sept. 6, Daniel Willis Russell and Mary A. Brooks.
Dec. 1, Thomas B. McClure and Lucretia Beecher.
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1869.
Feb. 27, William W. Scoville and Mattie E. Talmadge, Prospect. May 23, John Henry Westropp, Albany, N. Y., and Mrs. Laura Brooks. June 2, George Washington Davis, Seymour, and Marcha Harriet Hitchcock. June 27, Charles Alex. Robertson, Tennessee, and Hannah Sherman Princc. July 12, Charles William Shelton, New Haven, and Eleanor Root At- water, New Haven.
Oct. 14, Herbert William Brockett, New Hazen, and Eliza Alice Hitch- cock, New Haven.
Nov. 14, Wales Franklin Sackett, Oxford, and Sarah Jane Burnham.
Dec. 4, Lester Eugene Tyrrel, Naugatuck, and Mary Patterson, Naugatuck.
1871.
Feb. 21, Garry Beecher Johnson and Polly Tolles.
Sept. 5, John Henry Twitchell and Anzonetta Adaline Goodell, Prospect. Nov. 23, Hiram Judson and Lydia Tuttle.
Nov. 29, Lucius Leroy Goodell, Ansonia, and Lilian Eliza Nichols, Naugatuck 1872.
Feb. 24, Frank Pierce Marsh, Woodbury, and Susan Zilla Atwood, Woodbury Mar. 19, David F. Smith and Amelia Marilla Sperry.
Aug. 11, Dwight L. Hitchcock and Martha Ford, Oxford.
Oct. 16, Samuel R. Woodward, Watertown, and Charlotte F. Bigelow. Dec. 28, Charles D. Allen, Hamden, and Celia A. Lounsbury.
Jan. 1, Frank L. Doolittle, Woodbridge, and Hattie E. Beecher.
Jan. 15, Albert Beardsley, Berlin, and Marietta Lounsbury, Hamden. June 10, Solon E. Roswell and Ruth A. Roswell, Southbury.
June 17, Everard B. Clark, Milford, and Princetta M. Pardee. Oct. 1, Frederick H. Brown, New Haven, and Kate E. Woodward.
1875.
Jan. 5, George Lounsbury and Mrs. Mary Jane Phelps, Prospect. Feb. 4, Charles E. Ball, New Haven, and Mary S. Woodruff. .June 21, C.W. Colton and Cora Dickerman, m. by Rt. Rev. J. Williams, D.D. Oct. 5, George F. Davis and Fanny H. Dickerman, both of Hamden, m. by Rev. C. W. Colton.
Nov. 4, Frederick A. Perry, New Haven, and Celia E. Wheeler, in. by Rev. C. W. Colton.
Dec. 16, Ellis O. Warner, Westville, and Georgiana Woodruff, m. by Rev. O. W. Colton.
Dec. 27, Richard L. Warner, Hamnden, and Josephine French, Beacon Falls.
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MARRIAGES.
1877.
Jan. 3, Frederick W. Beecher, and Mary A. Basham.
Dec. 24, in Woodbridge, Dwight E. Todd and Mrs. Catherine E. Bishop, Woodbridge.
1879.
Oct. 16, in Woodbridge, Limas Lencer, New Haven, and Betsey Ann Sampson, Woodbridge.
Dec. 10, Dwight O. Hull and Georgiana Bunnell.
1880.
Jan. 28, Frederick S. Hitchcock, Derby, and Martha G. Sperry.
Nov. 28, William H. Downs of Hamden and Mrs. Loverna M. Tuttle, m. in Woodbridge by Rev. F. B. Woodward.
Dec. 4, Horatio N. Smith, Middlebury, and Mary N. Wright, Albany, N. Y. 1896.
Nov. 22, Lewis W. Russell and Annie Stephens, Scotland.
THE TODD FAMILY.
This family is descended from Christopher Todd, who was born in Pontefract, England. He was baptized Jan. 11, 1617, and came to Boston in 1636, and in 1637 he was in New Haven, where he had a gristmill where Whitney's gun factory now stands. This was long known as Todd's Mill.
Christopher Todd married Grace Middlebrook, and had a son Samuel who married Mary Bradley and had also a son Samuel. Samuel, Jr., married Susan- nah Tuttle, and had a son Stephen, who married Lydia Ives and had a son Jonah, who moved from Northford in 1783, and bought a large tract of land in the northeast part of Bethany. then Woodbridge. This tract of land, with additional tracts, has been held and occupied by the Todds down to the present time.
Jonah, the fifth in descent from Christopher Todd, was born in Wallingford April 28. 1731. He married Lowly Harrison of Branford and had six sons, Charles, Thaddeus, Thelus, Ambrose, Jonah, Jr., and Ely. He died in Bethany and was buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Charles married Lvdia Ives. The late Major Theron A. Todd of New Haven came through this branch, being a son of Alfred, who was a son of Albert, who was a son of Charles.
Thaddeus was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married Penina Brockett of North Haven and had eleven children.
Thelus married Irene Rogers of Northford. His granddaughter Delia mar- ried a brother of the late Rev. L. F. Morris of Bethany.
Ambrose was an Episcopal clergyman. He married Lavina Jarvis of Cheshire. Two sons, Ambrose and Charles Jarvis, were also Episcopal clergy- men. The latter preached in Bethany in the fifties.
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Jonah, Jr., married Mary Tuttle, daughter of Uri and Thankful (Ives) Tuttle of Bethany. They removed to Plymouth, Conn.
Ely, the youngest child of Jonah and Lowly (Harrison) Todd, married Bede Todd, a daughter of Seth and Mary Todd of North Haven.
Lowly, wife of Jonah Todd, Sr., diod July 17, 1775, in her 45th year, and was buried in Northford. Jonah Todd. Sr., married for his second wife Abigail Crittenden, widow of Dr. Hopestill Crittenden. Their children were :
Lucy, m. Daniel Hotchkiss and removed to Andas, Delaware Co., N. Y.
Hannah, m. Alex. Milmine and removed to Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y.
Chauncey, m. Susan Hotchkiss and removed to Butternuts, N. Y.
Russell Todd, son of Chauncey, an Episcopal clergyman, is living in Lan- sing, Mich., aged 76. Chauncey Todd's daughter Lucy married Norris Gil- bert, and their son Mahlon Norris Gilbert, now deceased, was a bishop of the Episcopal church in Minnesota.
Loly, daughter of Jonah Todd, Sr., married David Perkins of Bethany. She died March 13, 1814, aged 88 years. Nancy Perkins, daughter of David and Loly (Todd) Perkins, married Abraham Lounsbury of Bethany. Their daugh- ter, Sarah Loly Lounsbury, married Nathan Clark of Bethany.
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