Black Rock, seaport of old Fairfield, Connecticut, 1644-1870;, Part 16

Author: Lathrop, Cornelia Penfield, 1892-
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: New Haven, Conn., Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co.
Number of Pages: 260


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137


Railroad wreck at Bridgeport


120


RANSOM, Thomas . 104, 105, 109, 119, 120, 137


RAYMOND, Curtis, mentioned


137


PECK, George, mentioned


137


93


137


Charles, mentioned


208


GENERAL INDEX


READ, Mr. (Samuel) . 82, 138


Reaper, mariner drowned from .


107


Red Hook, N. Y., Trip to .


55


REW, Edward T., mentioned


137


Ridgefield, Battle, 1777


127, 128


RILEY, Terence, mentioned


71, 73, 134


RINGFIELD, Captain


24


Roads, mentioned in Journal


70, 79


ROBERTSON, John, death, 1827


103


ROBBINS, Mrs., death, 1787 .


52


ROBINSON, "Widow" (Mill River), death, 1829


105


William, wedding, 1786


51


ROCHE, Thomas, killed, 1827 .


102


ROCKWELL, Eliud, mentioned


89, 94


ROESSLER, S. W., mentioned


132


ROWLAND, Andrew, death, 1802


70


Eliza, marriage to Mr. Cogswell


99


Elizabeth, marriage to O. W. Jones


89


Elizabeth, marries John Wheeler


5


N., finds smuggled rum


63


Samuel, death, 1837


117


RUGGLES, Herman, mentioned


128


RUNNELS, Silas, mentioned .


138


RUSS, Mr., of Poughkeepsie, marriage, 1823


95


St. Pumpkin's Day, mentioned .


59


Sally, sloop launched and voyage


52, 54


SANFORD, Sandford, Captain, death in Algiers Elihu, marriage, 1838 Mrs. Lucy, marriage


117


SAYRE, Eunice, marriage to Frederic Girond .


78


James Dennie, death, 1793 .


59


Scarlet fever, mentioned .


59, 101, 109


SEELEY, Captain, "wedding continued at"


51


Mrs., death, 1824


98


Mrs. Ebenezer, death, 1823


95


Sturges, mentioned . 137


137


SELLERS, Captain .


70


SHEFFIELD, Mr., building vessel, 1817 .


81


W., family leaves Black Rock


61


SHELTON, George, mentioned


137


Rev. Philo, mentioned . 98


Philo, of Stratfield, death, 1842


122


SHERMAN, David, killed by lightning, 1771 Ebenezer, death, 1819 .


26


87


62


70


Select School, mentioned


209


GENERAL INDEX


Ephraim W., death, 1821


90


Roger, death 125


Sterling, death, 20 Aug., 1832 110


SHERWOOD, Mrs., death, 12 June, 1817 82


Aaron, mentioned 137


Ethan, death 101


Laura, marriage, 20 May, 1818 84


Nathaniel, drowned, 10 May, 1807


74


Samuel, mentioned .


57, 82, 131


of Mill Plain, death, 1830 106 marriage, 1821 90


Sarah, wife of Stephen, death .


82


William, mentioned .


138


Zachariah, mentioned


. 77, 138


SILLIMAN, Chloe (Mrs. Nathaniel), mentioned Christiania (Hubbell), mentioned


. 73, 130


Cyrus, sermon 1817 81


General Gold Selleck, mentioned


8, 10, 28, 138


John (Jonathan?), death, 1817 82 ·


Captain Joseph, mentioned . 7, 54, 130


. Loretta, death, 1794 61


48, 53, 63, 130


Captain Nathaniel, mentioned William, mentioned . 28, 77


SLATER, Captain, encounter with British, 1781


36


SLY, Mr., of North Stratford, sees visions


66


Smallpox, especially mentioned


52, 57,97 .


Smallpox inoculations, mentioned


37, 57, 58, 59, 64


SMEDLEY, James, wharf shareholder 7, and note 78


Captain Samuel, mentioned 51, 52, 78


SMITH, Captain body found 95


Aaron, mentioned


137


Abigail, note


51


David, mentioned


137


Gorham, killed in skirmish on Sound


34


J., house burned


67


Joseph, death, 1821


91


Joseph, of Black Rock, mentioned


137


SOLLEY, Solly, George, mentioned .


64


SPENCER, Cyrus, mentioned .


137


SPRAGUE, H. H., mentioned .


129


SQUIRE, SQUIER, Captain (John?), arrival, 1794 60


Billy, death, 1788


5


David, injured at fort 9, 132


Deborah (dr. Ebenezer), mentioned . . 70, 128


137


Southampton, L. I., shipwreck near


130


210


GENERAL INDEX


Ebenezer, death


72


James 65, 79, 130


James, of New Fairfield, killed 91


Captain John, homestead . 12


John, Jr., mentioned


130, 132


Joseph, mentioned . 9, 100


Mrs. Joseph, death, 1832 .


109


Lydia, marriage to John Wheeler, 1792


56


Lydia (Taylor), "Widow" Captain John


78


Mary (Wheeler), mentioned


. 78, 105


Mehitable, marriage, 1817


82


Peter (1765-1785), death .


51


Peter, son of James, death reported .


79


Captain Samuel, mentioned


8,70


Samuel, Jr. .


. 61, 138


STAPLES, Ellen, death, 1813 .


80


Philo, death .


100


Sally, mentioned


98


Samuel, mentioned


. 98, 138


Thomas, death, 1815


81


Stepney, camp-meeting


124


STILES, Ezra, president of Yale, mentioned


38, 39, 42


STONE, Rachel, marriage, 1789


55


Stratford, set off from Bridgeport


91


Stratford Point


36, 49 .


STRONG, Nehemiah, death in Bridgeport, 1807


75


STUDLEY, Jesse, marriage, 1818


85


STURGES & GRAY, launch sloop and dissolution


103, 105


STURGES, Captain, driven in by British, 1781


36


Captain Barlow, mentioned 59, 69, 132


95


Mrs. Betsey, death 82


Ebenezer, news of death, 1794


60


Elizabeth, death, 1825


99


Captain Gershom, mentioned,


13, 82, 84, 85, 104, 113, 132


Henry J., death in West Indies


60


Judson, killed by British


35


Jonathan, marriage to Sarah Hull .


96


Mary Ann, death, 1817 .


83


Seth, death, 1804 .


72


Success, 80-ton sloop, sails


81


SUMMER, Abby, marriage, 1822


93


Mrs., death, 1825 .


99


TABUR, Tabor, Captain, sails .


64


Basilla, marriage, 1823


.


211


GENERAL INDEX


TALCOT, Talcott, Mrs., marriage .


97


TALMADGE, Tallmadge, Major, expedition


35


TAYLOR, Eliza (Wells), death, 1842 123 M., mentioned 59, 61 Thomas Ward, marriage 116


TEN BROECK, Dr., mentioned, 1841


121


TEN EYCK, Mrs. J. A., mentioned .


139


THOMAS, capture by Caleb Brewster


35


W. B., marriage to Betsey Moore 1836 .


116


THORNE, Jonathan, mentioned THORP, Captain, mentioned .


140


Charles, marriage, 14 Nov., 1824


98


Edward, mentioned


. 97, 107


George, death, 1817


83


Julia, marriage to Bradley Perry


83


Esther, death, 1795


62


Peter, warehouse project


6


Mrs., mentioned


68, 81


Wakeman, marriage


83


Captain Walter, mentioned


13, 82, 117, 131, 133


85


Mrs. Walter, death, 1844


124


William, death, 1827


102


TREADWELL, Daniel, mentioned .


120


"Widow" Sarah, of Weston, death . 120


Trimmer, market boat


TRUBE, Trubee, Andrew, marriage, 1823


95


Ansel, death, 1823


97


David, mentioned


138


Try's Field, mentioned


4


TUCKER, Mr., fires on British soldiers


30


Mary (note)


52


TURNEY, --- , leg broken, 1802 .


70


Aaron, death, 1833


112


Andrew, mentioned


137


Benjamin (note)


3


Cornelia, marriage to Elihu Sanford


117


Eunice, marriage to Rufus Deforest


96


Jesse, death, 1823


95


John, death, 1807


75


Judith, mentioned


5


Peter, death, 1828 .


104


Robert, death, 1842


123


Sally, marriage, 1823


.


95


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.


TISDALL, Tisdale, Mrs., death, 1824


98


85


Walter, Jr., drowned, 1818


13, 50


212


GENERAL INDEX


TUTTLE, Johnson, death, 1831 . 108 . Typhus fever, epidemics,


79, 85, 87, 88, 91, 94, 97, 98, 100, 101, 105, 106


UFFORD, Lewis, drowned 87


U. S. Survey schooner, departure 114


VAIL, Mr., ordained at Bridgeport . 101


86


WAKEMAN, Captain Andrew, death, 1821 91


Anna (Mrs. Wyllis), mentioned


116


Charles (negro), drowned .


75


Eunice, marriage, 1796


65


Joseph, mentioned


121


Mary, marries Captain Holberton 52


124


N., lawsuit mentioned


121


Samuel, death, 1826


101


Wyllis, mentioned 137


24


WALKER, Eliphalet, mentioned


137


WALES, Mr., tutor at Yale, mentioned


43, 45


WARING, funeral of child, 1812 79


102


Captain John, mentioned .


50, 52, 68


Sophia, marriage, 1820 .


89


WATERMAN, Rev. Elijah, mentioned


90, 97, 100


WATSON, General T. L., mentioned


140


WELLS, Mrs., of Bridgeport, death, 1827


103


Eliza, mentioned 116, 123


George A., mentioned


140


Jedidiah death, 1827 . 102


Martin, of Bridgeport, scalded


106


Roswell, mentioned


123, 127


Stephen, death, 1825 .


100


West Haven, prisoners taken by British


36


Westmoreland, N. Y., mentioned


77, 78, 85, 105, 112, 113


Weston, mentioned


24, 51, 75, 91


WETMORE, Prosper & Bros. .


67


Robert, death


74


Whale ashore in Black Rock 110


111


Whaling vessel, first from Bridgeport returns


117


WHEELER, "Widow," of Bridgeport


91


Abel, tavern . 26, 129


Abigail, dr. John 128


Abigail (Oakley)


.


61


WAGER, Eliza, marriage, 1819


Maurice (Morris), of Fairfield .


WAKLIN, Wakelee, Wakeley, family of Stratfield


WASSON, Watson, Mr., death at New Milford .


213


GENERAL INDEX


Abraham, mentioned .


. 29, 127


Chauncey, drowned


. 71, 138


David, 3d, mentioned .


7, 57,74


Deborah (Burr), death


68


Eliza, death


119


Ephraim, note Ezra ·


28, 29, 55, 127, 134


72


Hannah (dr. John) 5, 24


7, 74, 128, 134


Deacon Isaac, note 24


120


Sergeant John (1624-1689)


5, 127


John (1664-1754)


5, 6, 127, 128


John (1694-1725), house built


128


John (1729-1819), mentioned


128


John (brother of William),


55, 56, 61, 69, 71, 77, 113, 118, 134


Jonathan, Sr., location of house


127


Jonathan, Jr., mentioned 127, 129


Mrs. Jonathan, mentioned


25


Josiah, mentioned . 29, 127


Lois, wedding, 1787 53


Judge Nathan, mentioned


118


Mrs. Nathan (Abigail Oakley), death . 61


Obadiah, house mentioned 127


Patience, marriage, 1800


69


Rebecca (Whitear), "Widow" of Abel 74


Rhoda (Parrit), death, 1808 .


16, 76


Samuel, death, 1819


88


Samuel, son of Isaac (note)


24


Simeon, mentioned . 97, 138


Stephen 118


5


Thomas, the elder, mentioned


2, 127


Thomas, Jr. (note)


3


Tuttle, mentioned


85, 89


Tuttle, Jr., marriage, 1825 .


99


William, homestead 135


William, Jr., mentioned 76, 99, 120


111


WHITNEY, Mr., of Stratfield, death, 1833 Captain Nehemiah, murdered


33, 34


WILLARD, Lieut., of garrison of fort 33


William, market boat, mentioned 85 .


WILLIAMS, Ezra, litigation, 1786 .


·


51


3


Hannah, death, 1804


Captain Ichabod, mentioned


Jabez, death of daughter, Sarah


Thomas, impressed by English


214


GENERAL INDEX


WILLIS, WILLS, H., Captain of Paragon 114


WILSON, Willson, Abram, death of son . 101 ·


Alanson, death, 1816


81


Daniel, Sr.


73, 93


Daniel, Jr. 88, 104, 114, 123, 130, 133, 134, 139


Daniel & Co.


119


Ellen (Eleanor), death


61


Emily, marriage


99


Captain James


134


Jane, death, 1832


109


John barn blown down


65


Lavinia, marriage .


108


Maria (Keeler), death


118


Nathaniel, mentioned


7


Robert, mentioned .


7, 134


Samuel, of Fairfield Woods


113


Samuel, of Black Rock


138


Wakeman, mentioned


139


Wolf killed at Pequonnock, 1837


116


WOOD, Melinda, of Saugatuck, death, 1822


94


WOODHULL, Captain, drowned, 1805


71


Eunice (Sturges), death, 1836 .


115


WOOLEY, Joseph, marriage, 1824


98


WOOLSEY, Hester, marriage, 1820 .


89


Charles (negro), suicide


83


WOOSTER, General, killed, 1778 .


28


WORDIN, Elmer, death, 1824 .


98


John, of Bedford, N. Y., marriage


97


WYAT, Huldah (Wheeler), Mason . Joseph (note)


48


WYMAN, Joseph, mentioned


138


YALE, Mr., speech concerning peace


110


Yellow fever, mentioned


68, 73, 77, 94


YOUNG, Daniel, of Bridgeport, death


70


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48


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