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WILSON, Amos, son of Robert and Catherine (Burr) Wilson, born 1764, married (1) Eleanor, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Lacy who died 23 June 1795, aged 27. He mar- ried (2) Phebe Bangs (1765-1842). He, with John Squire Wilson, was interested in a wharf-store early in the nine- teenth century. His children were: James Benjamin *; Catherine (1786- ? ), married John Squire Wilson, son of Daniel and Sarah (Squire) Wilson; Ruth (1788-1867), married Moses Gould; Benjamin; Eleazar (1792-1856), married Grisel Brothwell (1788-1871) ; Laura (1800-1880), married Jonathan Sturges of Fairfield (1801-1875) ; Mildred (1807-1847).
190
FAMILY INDEX
WILSON, James Benjamin*, son of Amos, born 1798, died 1872, married Maria Brothwell (1799-1883). His children were: Phebe (married William Squire Wilson, son of John Squire Wilson) ; Fanny (married (1) Fairchild Wilson, (2) Samuel French) ; Julia (married William Wakeman) ; Amos (1826- 1828) ; James Burr (married (1) Mary I. Sherwood, (2) Elizabeth Sturges, daughter of Jonathan) ; Isaac Bangs (married Julia Lockwood) ; Mary Jane (married Abraham Morehouse) ; Lemuel H. (married Cornelia Morehouse). WILSON, Daniel, son of Nathaniel, Jr., and Mary (Silliman) Wilson, born 26 July 1747, died 17 Aug. 1795. He mar- ried 20 April 1769, Ann daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Maltbie) Squire. (His sister Ann married Samuel Squire, Jr.) His children were: Daniel *; David (married Betsey Bibbins) ; Samuel; Sarah; Mary Silliman; John Squire. WILSON, Daniel*, son of Daniel, born 1769, died 14 May 1822. He married Anne, daughter of David and Mary (Staples) Jennings. Their children were: Daniel*, b. 1792; David Jennings, b. 1794; Ann, b. 1796; Maria, b. 1799, d. 8 May 1850; Sarah Squire, b. 1800; Alanson, b. 1802, d. 28 Nov. 1816; Lavinia, b. 17 April 1805, d. 8 Sept. 1878 (married Captain John P. Brittin) ; Levi, b. 1811; Mary, b. 1814. WILSON, Captain Daniel, son of Daniel and Anne (Jennings) Wilson, born 1792, died 11 April 1854. He married (1) 25 Nov. 1820, Maria, daughter of David and Esther (Brad- ley) Keeler, born 1797, died 25 Nov. 1838. He married (2) Harriet Bradley Keeler, her sister, born 1807, died 9 July 1865. His children (by his first marriage) were: William, b. 1821, d. 22 Aug. 1822; Mary Jane, b. 1823, d. 8 May 1832; Catherine Augusta, b. 25 Jan. 1825, married William Morrison; Daniel David, b. 4 Oct. 1826, d. May 1846; George Keeler, b. 24 Dec. 1828, d. 15 Jan. 1859; Elizabeth Keeler, b. 4 Nov. 1831, m. 21 March 1883, James Morris Turney of Newtown; Samuel, b. 15 Dec. 1868, d. Newburgh, N. Y., 22 June 1863.
WILSON, Wakeman, came to Black Rock about 1840. He is recorded as "of Greenfield" when he married, 3 Jan. 1841,
191
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Jane Hurd. His children were Jane; Samuel; Fanny ; Georgiana; William; and Isabel. He lived on Grovers Hill in a house built in 1806 by James Squire. His widow Jane died 20 Oct. 1885, aged 72. His son, William, married Ida Lewis of Lime Rock Light ("the Grace Darling of America").
WOODHULL, Captain Abraham Cooper of Brookhaven, L. I., married (1) Jane, daughter of Gilbert Smith, and (2) 17 April 1782, Eunice, daughter of Seth and Mary (Burr) Sturges, born 4 Aug. 1765, died in Fairfield 21 Feb. 1836. After his death, Eunice Woodhull taught school in Fairfield. Their children included: Mary, b. 15 Nov. 1785; Eunice, b. 8 Aug. 1791; Isaac, b. 1 March 1794; Abraham Cooper, b. 19 May 1798; Samuel, b. 5 Jan. 1800; and Richard, b. 15 Jan. 1802.
GENERAL INDEX
Since the Family Index, preceding, has been alphabetically arranged, this is not included in the following General Index.
Abeone, shipwrecked . 96
Abeionia, sails from Black Rock
86
ABEL, Gen. Elijah, mentioned
68
Academy, Black Rock, struck by lightning
96
Advance, sloop, launched .
105
African church, cornerstone laid, Bridgeport
114
ALLEN, "Widow," death, 10 Jan., 1828 .
104
Alanson, marriage to Nancy Olmstead 97
child dies 25 Nov., 1830
107
child dies 17 July, 1835
114
house catches fire, 1836
115
homestead
128
Charles, mentioned .
137
David, death, 21 March, 1812
78
G., stable falls, 1813
80
Mrs. G., death, 4 June, 1824
97
Henrietta, marries Benjamin Penfield
110
Thomas, of New London, mentioned
7
Amos, negro drowns himself .
100
Amos, negro, hanged at Danbury
83
ANDERSON, Mrs. Anna, arrives from Albany
84
"Animal magnetizer" at Fairfield
123
ANNABEL, veteran, death Nancy, death, 10 March, 1806
68
74
ANNSBURY [Stansbury ?], death .
124
Anson, arrives from St. Bartholomew
65
ANTHONY, Michael, mentioned. 80, 82, 84
ARNOLD, General [Benedict] at Ridgefield, 1777 .
27
194
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AYMAR, Mrs., of Bridgeport, house struck, 1842 122
BAINBRIDGE, Commodore, at Black Rock, 1817 82
BAKER, "Widow," of Old Mill, burned to death 90
BALDWIN [Dudley], of Greenfield, dies . 60
Tutor at Yale, mentioned 45
BANKS, Fanny, marriage, May, 1843
123
Jessup, marriage, 20 May, 1818 . 84
Mrs. Jessup, death, 27 Sept. 1841 122
BARBER, of Black Rock, mentioned
BARLOW, Captain David, moves to Black Rock
sails to West Indies
64
return
65
Barlow's Plain, mentioned
29
BARR, Daniel [Burr?], death 8 Aug., 1843 .
124
BARTRAM, Captain, arrival .
52
Mrs. sprains her wrists
121
Barnabas, marries Deborah Squire
70
Catharine, marriage to Thomas Ransom
104
Ebenezer (1732-1783), wharf-owner
7
release from prison-ship
36
Ebenezer, Jr., "at home"
65
removes to Westmoreland
85
homestead
134
George W[akeman], shipmaster
110
Captain Job, drowned
83
homestead
131
Joseph, escape from prison ship, 1780
32
passenger in brig 53
106
Joseph, Jr., marries Elizabeth Carpenter homestead
134
Mary (Mrs. Ebenezer), death, 1806
74
Mary, marries D. Osborn, Jr.
52
Mary (daughter Job), marries W. Nichols Phebe Ann, death
81
Thomas, mentioned
13, 33
marriage, 16 Nov., 1797
68
owner of Abeionia
86
death, 4 April, 1838
118
purchase of property
131, 134
Thomas Burr, homestead
135
Battery Point, shipwreck .
103
BEACH, Dr., singing school ends
50
Beacon [Black Rock Light] raised, 1808
76
blown down, 1821
.
.
92
108
61
death, 29 June, 1805
73
93
195
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struck by lightning, 1823
96
blown down, 1829
106
completed, 1835 114
blown down, 1839 120
BEARDSLEE, Asa, mentioned
Truman, death, 11 Oct., 1817 83
BEARDSLEY, Mr., vessel launched 97
Captain David, of Trumbull, death, 1822 93 John, illness, 1818 85
Bears, seen by "narrow creek," Black Rock
77
BEEBE, Thomas, mentioned .
132
BEERS, Almira, marriage to Charles Thorp, 1824
98
Henry J., mentioned . 133
Lothrop, mentioned 133
Captain Samuel, death 10 Sept., 1813 . 80
Major Samuel, death, 1 Aug., 1832 110
Selina, marriage 23 Dec., 1818 85
77
Belle, Boston coaster, in difficulties 86
BENEDICT [Elijah], serves execution, 1796 Samuel of Ridgefield, drowned, 1842
122
BENNET, death, 23 Oct., 1842 James, note 3
13, 121
William, death 18 Aug., 1822
93
BETTS, Mary, marriage, 21 Nov., 1824 98
BIBBINS, A[nson?], news of arrival in West Indies 109
B., house struck by lightning 72
Elijah, marries Eunice Eliot, 1821 .
90
Israel, death, 14 June, 1822 93
Silliman, accident, 1793
60
Blackbellies fish, unusual catch .
111
Black Rock Yacht Club, mentioned
140
BLAKE, Mrs., death, 24 Dec, 1824
98
Block Island, shipwreck
107
Boston, port closed . 27
18
mentioned 60
BOSTWICK, Captain, ship frozen in harbor, 1740 25
BOUTON [Boughton], Chauncey, strange death, 1825 William, mentioned 137
98
Mrs. William, death, 1844 124
BRADLEY, Col. of Ridgefield, news of death 90
Mrs. Hull, death, 29 May, 1844
124
Samuel, Jr., wharf shareholder .
7
William Pitt, death 14 Sept., 1810
65
123
BENSON, Captain Abraham, mentioned .
voyage to
138
196
GENERAL INDEX
BREWSTER, Benjamin, news of drowning, 1817 81
Betty, death
65
Captain Caleb, mentioned
11
encounter with British
34
wounded
wife and child, accident
53
moves to Herkimer
77
cows killed by lightning
96
death, 13 Feb., 1827 102
Mrs. Caleb, "falls into creek"
53
arm broken, 1833 111
death, 30 Aug., 1834
113
house raised, 1834
113
Lewis, death, 28 Oct., 1836
116
Brewster's Cove, mentioned
13, 79
Bridge, Fairfield, falls
70
upper, mentioned
29
Bridgeport, mentioned
100
fires
104, 112
animal shows .
111, 114
men injured by cannon
114
railroad wreck
120
murder and robbery at Deforest store cattle show
123
Bridgeport Yacht Club, mentioned
139
BRITTIN, John Pierson, marriage, 5 Jan., 1832 house raised, 1836
116
purchase of lot, 1839
118
mentioned 137
122
William, death, 13 April, 1828
104
BROWN, Betsey Ann, marriage to Simeon Wheeler
97
BUDDINGTON, Walter, death, 20 July, 1826 .
101
BULKLEY, Captain Andrew, master of Sally, 1787
52
death, 7 July, 1830
106
Eli of Southport, death, 10 Feb., 1843
123
John, death, 25 March, 1830
106
Jonathan, saves house .
30
Morehouse, death, 20 March, 1829
105
Moses, kills wolf, 1837 .
116
Nathan, death of daughter
119
Sally, death, 15 March, 1839
119
Thomas, arm broken
67
death, 29 April, 1836
115
13
epidemic
113
108
BROTHWELL, Thomas, death, 14 April, 1842 .
35
197
GENERAL INDEX
Uriah, store robbed, 25 Aug., 1817
83
mentioned 128
homestead 133 W., death, 21 Feb., 1787 52
Ward, death, 28 Oct., 1819
88
BURR, Albert, death, 8 May, 1813 .
79
Albert, death of child, 25 March, 1844 .
124
Amos, oxen killed
124
mentioned 138
Andrew E., death, 11 June, 1820 .
89
Ann, of Bridgeport, marriage to C. Foote 94
Betty "Widow," death, 10 July, 1813 80
86
Colonel David, death of daughter, 1819 . death, 17 Feb., 1825 98
132
Ebenezer, marriage to Hannah Osborn .
99
Elijah, "Widow," fever in household
80
Fred, oxen killed .
124
Gershom, death of son .
89
death in New York, 26 March, 1828
104
Griswold, marriage to J. Mott
95
Hannah, death, 23 Nov., 1819
88
Henry, death, 14 Dec., 1822 .
94
Isaac, news of murder, 1841 .
121
James, death, 6 Nov., 1826
101
John, killed by lightning, 1771
26
Julia, death, 5 Feb., 1819
86
Lewis, marriage to Eliza Olmstead homestead
135
Marietta, marriage, 30 Nov., 1820
89
N., death of daughter
94
Nehemiah, death of child, 1786
52
resists judgment, 1796
65
death, 6 July, 1814 .
80
homestead
129
Nehemiah, Jr., return home, 1794 .
61
Mrs. (Nehemiah?), death
87
Mrs. Noah, death, 15 March, 1830
106
Ozias, struck by lightning, 1771 death of vagrant in his barn 104 death, 6 Sept., 1836 116
26
Mrs. Ozias, death, 3 Sept., 1820
89
Peter of Black Rock, death, 28 July, 1827
103
Philo, death, 13 Sept., 1794 .
61
Noah, homestead . 129
106
Ebenezer, mentioned
198
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Polly, mentioned .
124
Rebeckah, death . 61
Major Samuel, moves to Black Rock, 1818 84
Samuel of Bridgeport, death, 16 Oct., 1825 100
Sarah, marriage to T. Bartram
68
Thaddeus of Fairfield, mentioned cattle stolen by Tories death 69
Thaddeus of Black Rock, mentioned
102, 138
Mrs. T[haddeus], death, 27 Aug., 1834 .
113
Wakeman, death . 95
68
William, marriage to Marjoram Hubbell death 100
BURRITT, Elijah, death, 23 Sept., 1841
BURROUGHS, Emily, marriage, 5 Oct., 1820 .
89
Fanny, marriage, 13 Sept., 1824 98
Henry, driven by storm in Sound 98
Stephen, arrival at Bridgeport
81
Mrs. Stephen, death, 1825
100
BYRON [Lord], "cast away"
100
CALLON, Mrs. Caroline, marriage .
116
Sarah Jane, marriage, 1838
118
William, mentioned 137
124
Canaan, return of Tories .
55
Canal boat, condemned
122
CANNON, Betsey, marriage, 13 Sept., 1824
98
CARMAN, of Black Rock, reference
108
CARMAN, Mrs., robbed .
113
CARPENTER, Elizabeth of Rye, marriage
137
CHAT, Sarah, death, 10 March, 1842
122
Chauncey, sails for West Indies
88
return from voyage .
89
CHAUNCEY, Ann (Browne), death, 27 July, 1829 .
105
.
12, 13
Wolcott, mentioned .
12, 73, 132
Cholera epidemics
109, 110, 113
CLARK, Cornelius, mentioned .
137
CLARKE, Mary Anne, marriage, 27 Feb., 1834
112
CLARKSON, John, Sr., mentioned . 138
89
CLIFFORD, James, marriage, 5 Oct., 1820
·
COGSWELL, Mr., marriage to Eliza Rowland 99 A., marriage, 20 Jan., 1822 . 93
George, marriage to Sally O'Brien 99
8
36
121
Campmeeting at Stepney
CARR, James, mentioned
106
Commodore Isaac, mentioned
199
GENERAL INDEX
Columbia, shipwrecked .
82
Compo, landing of British, 1777
27
raid, 1781
36
COOK, Enos, arrival 51
"Corduroy trade" described
34
COUCH, James, mentioned
136
"Cows," The, wreck of vessel on
37
Danbury, British raid, 1777
27
"Dark Day"
33
DARROW, Munson, death
121
DAVIS, Bradford, of Maine, death, 1826 . Joseph, death of boy, 12 Oct., 1787 Debby Ann, market boat .
110
DEFOREST, David and John, store robbed Rufus, marriage to Eunice Turney DENISON, Dr., marriage, 15 March, 1842 Derby, mentioned
23, 109
DICKINSON, schooner driven ashore
54
DIMON, Capt., trip to West Indies, 1740
25
Sheriff, child burned to death
96
E., death, 22 Nov., 1796
67
Ebenezer, warehouse project
6
William, death, 21 Sept., 1810
77
DOANE, Captain, of the Planter, mentioned
110
Dolphin, commanded by Caleb Brewster
62
DOWNS, Aaron, drowned at Bridgeport, 1842 Beach and Webb [of Monroe], mentioned
114, 117
DURYEA, L., mentioned
137
DUTTON, Mr., begins school .
84
[Henry], marriage to Eliza Joy, 1823
96
DWIGHT, Rev. Timothy, quoted
13
ordination at Greenfield death, 1817 81
48
Dysentery, epidemics . 87, 101
Eagle, sloop, initial trip 83
69
EDWARDS, Mrs., drowned, 24 June, 1782 37
Pierpont, death, 7 April, 1826 Shelton, murdered
101
66
ELIOT, Captain, schooner sinks
48
Rev. Andrew, sermon, July, 1779
31
tutor in Latin
33
spinning frolic
52
death .
73
101
53
66
96
122
123
EDGERTON (Edgington), Eleazar, marriage, 1800
200
GENERAL INDEX
Andrew, Jr., of New Milford, marriage 89 death 105
Eunice, marriage 90
ELLSWORTH, Helen, death, 6 June, 1844 125
Verdine, mentioned 137
Elopement of "D. with J. B."
102
ELWOOD, Thomas, death
89
ELY, Mrs. David, death, 1826
100
Isaac M., mentioned 137
Embargo on vessels . 60, 77,80
ENSLY, George, departure for New Haven
118
EVARTS, John, note 3
54
FANCHER, H. W., homestead
131
Rufus, marriage to Caroline Callon 116
FIELDS, Thaddeus, reports legacy
83
FIPPENY (Phippeny), Mrs., death
76
Nehemiah, death, 1809 76
FISH, Nicholas, of New York, mentioned
134
FOOTE, Charles, marriage to Ann Burr, 1822 .
94
FORGUE, Francis, Jr, message received, 1806 .
74
Fort, Grovers Hill, Revolutionary War of 1812
9, 10, 139
FRAZIER, Isaac, hanged, 1768
25
FRY, Captain, of garrison, 1780
33
FULLER, body found
95
FYLER, Elhanan, mentioned
138
George III, death
89
George Hotel, mentioned .
130, 140
Germans, shipwrecked
64
GIBBS, George, marriage to Ann Mills Judson .
110
GILMAN, George Francis, mentioned
129, 136
GIROND, Frederic, of New York, marriage, 1811
78
GODFREY, "Widow," of Greens Farms, denial, 1786 "Widow," of Mill Plain, frozen to death
115
Ezra, mentioned .
137
Lyman, death, 1819
86
.
M., death, 1833
111
GOLD, Gould, Captain, arrival, 1786
51
Colonel Abraham, at Ridgefield, 1777
28
Benjamin, in Algiers, 1795 .
62
Elizabeth (Mrs. Abraham), mentioned .
79
George Austin, mentioned 137
Hezekiah, in skirmish on Sound 35
Huldah (Mrs. Joseph), death, 1807
74
.
51
. 13, 139
FAIRCHILD, R., killed by lightning, 1788
201
GENERAL INDEX
Joseph, shot by British 30
Morris, mentioned 137
Sam, oxen buried in snowstorm
25
GOLDIN, Golding, Golden, Daniel, mentioned, note .
139
Sarah, death, 1833 .
111
GOODSELL, Esther Judson, marriage to Dr. Denison Lewis, arrival and departure 72
122
GORDON, Alexander, marriage, 1824
98
GRAY, Monson, mentioned
104, 105, 137
GREEN, Mrs. Joshua, death, 1826
101
Joshua L., mentioned 139
Martha, marriage to Tuttle Wheeler, 1825 . 99
Nathaniel L., mentioned
Greenfield, brig sails
53
Greenfield, mentioned 27,70
Greenfield Hill, liberty pole 34
Greenlea, described, mentioned
2, 3
Greens Farms, British raids
31, 32
GREGORY, marriage to Fanny Banks, May, 1843 Mag, death at Bridgeport, 1825 .
123
100
Grovers Hill, mentioned 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 29, 138-140
HAINES, officer, fined for entering house
92
HALL, Delia, death, 1826
101
Richard, death, 1826
·
101
William, mentioned
.
137
Hamilton, whaling vessel, mentioned . 121, 122
HANCOCK, John, arrival in Fairfield, 1792
57
. HARRISON, William Henry, death 121
Harvest, whaling ship, mentioned 118, 122
HASSELTON, kills British soldier 34
HATCH, Captain John, death of child
91
HAWKINS, William, mentioned 137
HAWLEY, Betty (Nichols), death, 1825 . 98
Captain David, dismantles vessel, 1781
36
George, of Catskill, marriage, 1820 . 89
Hannah (Penfield), note
49
Lieut. Gideon, drowned . Silas, mentioned
49
138
HAYES, Nathan, mentioned
138
son of Joseph, death, 1811 . .
78
HENDRICK, Hendricks, Elias, mentioned
116, 137
HENSHAW, Mary B., mentioned
133
HERBERT, William, marriage, 1819
86
13
202
GENERAL INDEX
HILL, Deacon, mentioned . 54, 67
Dimon, death, 5 Dec., 1793 60
T., saves himself from drowning 49 Thomas, mentioned . 35, 128
HILLARD, W., mentioned 137
HINCKS, Robert W. 139
HINMAN, Isaac, of Bridgeport, death, 1817
81
HOBART, Hannah, death, 7 May, 1827
103
Rebecca, death, 27 Oct., 1827 . 103
HOBBY, Captain, mentioned .
37,71 .
HOLBERTON, Captain Thomas, mentioned,
Mrs. Thomas, 7, 49, 50, 52, 63, 93, 131
HOLDREDGE, Captain Nathan, mentioned
124, 136
HOLLAND HEIGHTS . 3, 10
HOPKINS, Catherine, death, 1825
100
House, expense of building in 1790
55, 56
HOWES, Captain W. B. .
133
HOYT, Daniel, mentioned
120
George, death, 1825
99
Harriet, death, 1825
99
Nathaniel, death at Utica
101
Rufus, house mentioned
134
Rufus, marriage to J. Perry, house
109, 114
William, death, 1830 mentioned
134
HUBBELL, ship launched for
60
Mrs., of Fairfield, death
100
Aaron, news of death of son
90
Captain Amos, shipwrecked .
59
Jabez, of Fairfield, death
82
Mrs. Jabez, burned to death
111
Marjoram, marriage to William Burr
95
Nathaniel S., death reported
90
Onesimus, mentioned .
. 75, 97
Mrs. Thaddeus, death, 1838 .
118
William, mentioned
103, 124
HUET, Nathaniel, mentioned .
83, 103
HULL, Captain, schooner unloaded .
59
Mrs., death, 4 Nov., 1789
55
Dr. Calvin E., mentioned
132
Dr. David, death, 1833 .
112
Mrs. David, death, 1832
108
Sally, marriage to Jonathan Sturges .
96
.
78, 80
89
Hoyt's packet mentioned, during war
97
203
GENERAL INDEX
Thomas, arrival, 1793 .
59
General William, mentioned
. 13, 70
HUMPHREYS, Heman, ordained, 1807 HUNTER, Mr., mentioned
105
HURLBURT, William, mentioned . Indian Field, division of
4
Indian Fort, description and mentioned
3, 4
Intrepid, market boat, aground .
88
IVES, John, death, 6 Dec., 1822
94
JACKSON, Andrew, mentioned
111, 116
JARVIS, Captain Isaac, mentioned . Noah, mentioned
9, 30, 37, 54, 129, 132
129
JENNINGS, A., arm blown off, 1836
116
Abraham Gold, mentioned
13
Isaac, death, 7 Jan., 1819
86
Jabez, death, 29 Sept., 1820 .
89
Jeremiah, inoculation at house
58
Jeremiah, of Black Rock, mentioned
139
Mrs. (Jeremiah), death, 1843
124
Levi, death, 7 March, 1811 . 78
Michael, death, 18 Dec., 1811
78
Mrs. Moses, death, 19 April, 1794
61
Deacon Moses, death, 1813 .
79
Nabby, death, 1809 77
Nathaniel, death, 1823 .
96
Phebe, marriage .
90
Captain William A., mentioned 130, 139
124
JOHNSON, Johnston, Mr., of Black Rock John, of New York, executed Peter, note
97
JONES, Ira, of Northfield 67
Isaac W., mentioned .
137
Obadiah, marriage, 1820
89
JOY, Eliza, marriage, 20 Sept., 1823 .
96
JUDAH, Moses, marriage, 1817
82
JUDSON, Mrs., death, 1826
100
"Widow," death, 1843
124
Agur, mentioned
138
Ann Mills, marriage to George Gibbs
110
David, death, 1841
121
Captain Isaac, death at lighthouse
80
Wheeler, death, 1823 97
KEELER, Captain, captured by British
79
David, property in Black Rock
128
138
74
JESSUP, William H., of Westport, mentioned .
98
3
204
GENERAL INDEX
Maria, marriage, 24 Nov., 1819
88
Rufus, marriage to Jane Sturges
101
KELLOGG, Samuel, mentioned 138
Mrs., breaks leg . 104
KELLY, William, drowned, 31 Dec., 1830
107
KENNEDY, Catharine, marriage, 1828 Lucy Ann, death, 1831 Peter J., death, 1832
110
Kenzie's Point, Kinzey's Point .
10, 29, 30, 31, 36
KNAP, Knapp, Ebenezer, mentioned
135
Ephraim, mentioned
127
George, death, 12 Dec., 1822
94
James, mentioned
13, 73, 114, 117
Captain John, mentioned
138
Robert, death, 1834
112
Wilson, mentioned
83, 93, 135
LACY, Lacey, Daniel, hurt, 1804
72
Joseph, death, 1818
84
Josiah, of Bridgeport, death . Nichols, drowned, 1807
74
LAFAYETTE, General, visit mentioned . 97, 98
81
Leader, schooner launched 89
78
LEWIS, Mr., skeleton found under house .
53
marriage, 21 Nov., 1824
98
Hiram, marriage to E. Miller
106
Lothrop, death, 1842
122
Lothrop, Sr., death of wife, 1794 Captain Nathan, marriage, 1789 .
55
Lighthouse, Black Rock (see Beacon)
114, 120
LOCKWOOD, David, mentioned Louisa, death, 1832
116, 137
109
Lockwood's Grove, sermon
93
Long Beach, mentioned
.
36
LOVEJOY, Ezekiel, note
49
LYON, Levi, mentioned .
138
MACLANE, Paul, marriage to Sally Staples
98
MALLORY, Gould, death, 1831 Jonathan, mentioned .
138
MALTBIE, Maltbey, John, mentioned
74, 76, 130
Market vessel delayed, 1836 ·
115
Mary, market boat, sails from Black Rock .
.
.
83
79
LANGFORD, Betsey, death, 1816
LEATHERS, Ezekiel, Revolutionary veteran Levi, negro, death of yellow fever
103
Lexington, steamboat, burned in Sound
120
61
108
104
108
205
GENERAL INDEX
MASON, Salathiel, note .
48
MATHER, William, mentioned 137
MAY, Charles, marriage to Sarah Jane Callon
118
McNEIL, Archibald, Mrs., Sr., mentioned Archibald, Jr., mentioned .
139
K. W, mentioned 129
Measles, epidemic . 65, 109, 121
3
Mill River (Southport), mentioned
36, 62, 64
MILLER, Elizabeth, marriage, 1830 .
106
Millerite campmeeting
124
MILLS, George, death, 12 Jan., 1827
102
Lieut. John, commander at fort, 1776
9
MINOT, Mrs., of Bridgeport, death, 1826
101
Captain David, death, 10 April, 1831 MITCHELL, James, death, 8 Feb., 1810 .
77
MOFFETT, Moffet, Mr., sermons
90, 91, 93, 108
Mohawk Indians, rescued by Wakeley family
24
MONROE, James, mentioned
82
MOORE, Betsey, marriage to W. B. Thomas
116
MOREHOUSE, Abram, drowned
93
Ellen, death, 23 Oct., 1819
87
George, mentioned
132
Mrs. John, death, 25 Oct., 1819
87
N. and J., father and son, deaths
114
Sarah, marriage, 28 Dec., 1820
89
Stephen, drowned .
83
Susan, death, 28 Oct., 1819
87
Uriah, death, 1827 .
102
MOULTON, Sullivan, mentioned
13, 134
MURRAIN, Murren, Meeker, falls overboard .
52
MURRAY, James, his murderer executed, New York
97
NASH, Dr. leg broken
117
New Bedford sloop wrecked
95
Newfield (Bridgeport), mentioned
36, 50, 61, 62
NewGate, prisoners from Mill Plain .
107
New Haven, in the Revolution .
29, 30
New London, lightning at
96
New York, epidemics
62, 94, 110, 113
fire
114
Newtown, mad dog pursued
117
NICHOLS, Allen, vessels and cargo
. 60, 67
Hezekiah, mentioned
. 60, 86
Joseph, death, 1823
97
137
MIDDLEBROOK, Joseph, note
108
MOTT, Joseph, marriage to Griswold Burr
95
206
GENERAL INDEX
Stiles, mentioned . . 98, 125
Captain William Hanford . 93, 117, 133
Norden Club, site mentioned
132
NORMAN, drowning
123
Norwalk, mentioned
30, 53
NOYES, John, sermon
O'BRIEN, Sally, marriage to George Cogswell .
99
ODELL, Odel, Odle, Isaac, death, 1826 .
100
William, note .
3
OGDEN, David, of Mill Plain, death, 1828
104
John, mentioned
137
OLMSTEAD, Ashbel, of Bridgeport, death, 1825
100
Eliphalet, mentioned .
54
Eliza, marriage
106
Harriet, marriage to John Bedford
97
97
Daniel Beers, death, 1823
97
Daniel, Jr., mentioned
· 52, 70
Eben, of Mill Plain, house burned .
115
G., sickness in family, 1808
76
George, marriage, 1820 .
89
Gershom, death, 1827
.
102
Hezekiah, mentioned
113, 133
Hannah, marriage to E. Burr, 1825
99
J., wedding, 1785
51
Marietta, marriage, 1817 .
83
Morris, accident, 1821
91
Samuel, captured, 1781
35
PALMER, George, mentioned .
137
Palmer worms attack trees
114
Panic of 1837 .
117
Paragon, packet ashore
114
PARKS, Captain, mentioned during Revolution
32, 37
PARRITT, Parrott, Parit, Abraham, death, 1817
82
Abraham, Jr., death
100
Henry, death
101
Rhoda, mentioned .
76
Ruamah, mentioned
69
Samuel, death
91
Squire, death
125
PARSONS, Mr., fires at British, 1779
30
John, death, 1822 .
94
PATCHEN, David, at battle of Ridgefield
28
House struck .
37
.
Nancy, marriage to Alanson Allen
.
OSBORN, Deacon David, death, 1804
72
.
.
.
124
207
GENERAL INDEX
E., drowned, 23 April, 1803 .
71
Wheeler, mentioned 79
Paul's Neck
10
PEARSALL, Thomas W., mentioned
140
PEET, Bathsheba, marries Captain Holberton . 63
Henry, marriage, 1822 .
William, mentioned
PENFIELD, Benjamin, mentioned .
. 110, 120, 129, 132
131
David, mentioned
59 (note), 73, 124, 132
Ephraim (Lewis), mentioned
112, 132
Henry, death 125
James, death
61
James, Jr., mentioned .
52, 123
Josiah, drowned .
49
Lewis, house mentioned
138
Peter, mills on Ash Creek 6
Samuel, death, 1840
121
William, death, 1842
123
William Henry, mentioned
.
129
Penfield's Mill, mentioned 55, 57,61
Pequonnock, mentioned 116, 117
PERRY, family, tide mills burned by British
36
of Bridgeport, death of brothers
102
Allen (?), accident, 1820 . 89
Bradley, mentioned
82, 83, 105, 107, 109, 129, 134
John, wedding, 1787 53
Julia, daughter of Nehemiah, death 90
Julia (Thorp), second marriage 109
Mary, death, 1819 87
Nehemiah ("Miah"), mentioned
48, 80, 90
"Widow" Sarah, death, 1821 90
Seth, mentioned 87, 128, 129, 134, 136
Stephen, accident
79
Walter, of Mill River, death 107 .
PHIPPENY, see Fippeny
Planter, schooner, adrift 110
PLUMB, John, mentioned 133
PRINCE, Mr., of Weston
75
PRINDLE, David, mentioned . 137
PROVOST, John Youngs, mentioned
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