Canaan parish, 1733-1933, being the story of the Congregational church of New Cannan, Connecticut, Part 17

Author: Congregational Church (New Canaan, Conn.); Hall, Clifford Watson, 1880-; Keeler, Stephen Edwards, 1887-; Hoyt, Stephen Benjamin
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: [New Canaan, Conn., New Canaan advertiser]
Number of Pages: 302


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Ray, Joseph L. Ray, Mrs. J. L. Ray, Cole Ray, Miss Polly Remley, Donald G.


Remley, Mrs. Donald G.


Rieble, Mrs. Anna


Parkington, Mrs. John


Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Alan


Rieble, Florence M.


Pay, Miss Ellen L.


Ritzo, Miss Helen May


Pay, Charles R.


Robinson, Mrs. David


Pauley, Mrs. Charles V.


Rockwell, Minerva Wright


Perry, Ruth Harris (Mrs. Lawrence R.) Rogers, Mrs. Allen M.


Piper, William E.


Rogers, Miss Katherine


Piper, Mrs. W. E.


Rogers, Miss Mary L.


Piper, Miss Elizabeth


Rogers, Miss Helen


Pitskhe, Miss Evelyn A.


Rowand, Miss Barbara


Planten, W. R. J.


Ruscoe, Miss Alice M.


Plowman, Mrs. Kenneth


Rudolph, Harold W.


Plumb, C. K.


Rudolph, Mrs. Harold W. Saxe, Henry W.


Plumb, Mrs. C. K.


Preston, Kenneth


Preston, Josephine Farley


Preston, Miss Eileen


Prud'hommeaux, Mrs. Catherine


Prud'hommeaux, Renè


Schmidt, Norman Schelderfer, Mrs. Charles


Scofield, Miss Hattie


Scofield, Miss Mabel S.


Quintard, Percy A.


Scofield, Miss Helen.


Quintard, Mrs. Percy A.


Seaf, Mrs. N. L.


Quintard, Miss Barbara Nash


Quintard, Evert Orton


Quintard, Miss Jean Ancher


Seemar, Hilda Weil (Mrs. Frank)


Segal, Mrs. Helene


Selleck, Mrs. Walter


Selleck, Miss Edna


Shute, Berrian R. Shutes, Frank A. Shutes, Mrs. Frank A.


Silliman, Miss Caroline


Rae, James S.


Silliman, Joseph M.


Rae, Mrs. James S. Rankin, Miss Alletta C.


Silliman, Mrs. Joseph M. Silliman, James H.


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Seeley, Mrs. Carrie Seeley, John


Rae, Thomas F. Rae, Mrs. Thomas F. Rae, Frank H. Rae, Thomas D.


Rae, Edwin C. Rae, Lois J. H. Rae, Frances S. F.


Saxe, Mrs. Henry W. Schmidt, Louis Schmidt, Mrs. Louise


Putnam, Ray H. Quigg, Miss Mary B.


Rieble, Miss Elsa J.


Silliman, Roger Silliman, Dorothy McKendry Simon, Mrs. Gerda Simon, Miss J. Clara Simon, Miss Augusta


Simon, Dr. W. Harry


Sisco, Mrs. John


Small, Mrs. Nelson


Smith, Mrs. E. J. Smith, J. Wallace


Smith, Dorothy Waters (Mrs. Patrick) Varian, William P.


Sokosh, John Sokosh, Mrs. Mary K.


Varian, William P., Jr.


Stark, Mrs. Charles M.


Von Brock, Miss Frances


Stark, Mrs. Chas. M.


Waterbury, Mrs. Willard


Stearns, Mrs. Marshal


Walser, Kenneth


Stearns, Miss Barbara


Walser, Mrs. Kenneth Webb, Mrs. Nellie B.


Stewart, Walter


Stewart, Mrs. Walter


Weed, Mrs. C. Banks


Stewart, Walter A.


Weed, Miss Emily N.


Stewart, Joseph Christe


Weed, William Francis


St. John, Darius A.


St. John, Grace Elwood (Mrs. D. A.)


Wencel, Ludwig 7 Wheelock, Dr. A. A.


St. John, Miss Anna


St. John, Lawrence D.


Wilson, Mrs. Robert N.


St. John, Mrs. Lawrence D.


Weil, Richard


Stottler, Mrs. Estelle Shutes


Weil, Eugene


Strathie, George


Wilson, Ruth Silliman


Strathie, Mrs. George


Wood, Dr. W. C.


Strathie, James Alexander


Wood, Mrs. W. C.


Streychmans, Hector Joseph


Wood, Irwin E.


Streychmans, Howard Thomas


Streychmans, Walter Earl


Sutton, Alice (Mrs. Ray) Terry, Mrs. W. M.


Terry, Walter Matthews


Thomsen, Raymond Long


Wylie, Miss Margaret


Wylie, William A. Zarr, Mrs. Harry Zeismer, Oskar


Ziesmer, Mrs. Oskar


Torrey, Mrs. Wm. W.


Tunney, Dr. Thomas


Tunney, Mary Carter Drummond (Mrs. Thomas) Tunney, Robert D. Underhill, Mrs. Aaron-


Urban, William


Urban, Mrs. William


Urban, Ernest W.


Van Gemeren, Mrs. J. Varian, Alfred


Varian, Mrs. Alfred


Varian, Mrs. Wm. P.


Ziesmer, Paul


Ziesmer, Mrs. Ruth Davis


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Wood, Esther Bach (Mrs. Fred)


Woundy, Ira Bernard Woundy, Mrs. I. B.


Wylie, William Wylie, Mrs. William


Thomsen, Eleanor Wood (Mrs. R. L.) Thomas, Mrs. James Thurton, Anna Shaw (Mrs. Samuel)


Torrey, William W.


Weed, Mrs. W. F.


PASTORS OF THE CHURCH


John Eells


1733-1741


Ralph Smith


1860-1863


Robert Silliman


1742-1771


Benjamin L. Swan 1864-1866


William Drummond


1772-1777


H. B. Elliot


1866-1869


Justus Mitchell


1783-1806


Joseph Greenleaf


1871-1886


William Bonney


1808-1831


Frederick W. Hopkins


1886-1891


Theophilus Smith


1831-1853


J. H. Hoyt, D.D.


1891-1922


Frederick W. Williams


1854-1859


Merrill Fowler Clarke


1922-


DEACONS ELECTED FOR LIFE


John Bouton


1733


Resigned


1738


Thomas Talmadge


1733


Died


1766


John Benedict


1738


Died


1770


Theophilus Fitch


1760


Died


1783


John Benedict


1772


Resigned


1803


John Carter


1783


Died


1819


Daniel Bouton


1797


Died


1821


Isaac Benedict


1805


Died


1840


Seth Hickok


1820


Died


1860


Eliphalet St. John


1828


Died


1845


Nathan Chichester


1828


Died


Hiram Crissey


1828


Died


1845


Darius Ferris


1844


Died


1861


Lambert Hoyt


1844


Resigned


Samuel Bouton


1861


Resigned


1869


Seth Hickok


1861


Died


1880


SERVED ONE OR MORE TERMS


Henry B. Rogers


1869


Died


1905


Joseph F. Silliman


1869


Died


1913


William E. Raymond


1871


Died


1890


Edwin Hoyt


1871


Died


1908


F. E. Chichester


1873


Died


1887


A. B. Benedict


1873


Died


1910


Ebenezer Crissey


1873


Chester Comstock


1874


Joseph Scofield


1874


W. W. Davenport


1878


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SERVED ONE OR MORE TERMS


Dr. William G. Brownson


1879


John H. Light


1882


Thomas Rae


1893


Died


1909


Charles F. Olmstead


1893


Darius A. St. John


1895


Term Expired


1933


E. F. Ayres


1895


Died


1902


Frank H. Gleason


1899


Moved Away


1900


Frank N. Horton


1901


Resigned


1927


Arthur W. Scofield


1903


Died


1922


Dr. J. Adams Bishop


1906


Died


1910


O. W. Binkerd


1911


Moved Away


1920


D. S. Bennett


1911


Died


1925


Charles S. Benedict


1914


Resigned


1925


Nelson Silliman


1920


Died


1932


Gardner Heath


1922


Term Expired.


1933


Ernest Greene


1923


Resigned


1926


William E. Swift


1923


Moved Away


1929


George Strathie


1923


Term Expired


1932


Henry W. Saxe


1924


Term Expired


1932


Stanley P. Mead


1926


Term Expired


1934


John H. Behre


1926


Resigned


1932


Harry Offen


1927


Bertram H. Fancher


1930


Died


1932


William Torrey


1932


Resigned


1934


William Urban


1932


A. Mervyn Davies


1932


John Sherman Hoyt


1933


Dr. J. W. Allen


1933


Term Expired


1934


Samuel C. Fairley


1933


Resigned


1934


Wayne G. Miller


1933


Resigned


1933


William E. Piper


1933


DEACONESSES


Mrs. Joseph F. Silliman


1895


Died


1919


Mrs. John E. Selleck


1895


Died


1923


Mrs. James Hoyt


1895


Died


1917


Mrs. Henry B. Rogers


1918


Died


1931


Mrs. George E. Kellogg


1920


Mrs. B. P. Mead


1924


Miss Helen Rogers


1931


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MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH FROM 1733 TO 1934.


THE FOUNDERS 1733


1. June 20-Fitch, John. Born 1677, son of John Fitch and Rebecca Lindel; grandson of Thomas who came from Bocking, Essex, England, 1635, Norwalk 1652, and had John, father of No. 1 and Thomas, 2nd, grandfather of Governor Fitch.


2. June 20-Fitch, Lydia, (Wife of John), died Aug. 25, 1786, "of old age, a hundred and two years old, and about six weeks in the third year." Dau. of Francis Bushnell and Han- nah Seymour, dau. of Thomas Sey- mour and Hannah Marvin, born in England, dau. of Mathew, Sr., all of Norwalk c. 1660. Bushnell, a founder of Danbury, 1685.


3. June 20-Benedict, John, died Feb. 7, 1770. Born 1701, seventh genera- tion from William of Nottingham, Eng., 1500. Son of John and Mary of Norwalk; brother of Caleb, Ma- thew, Nathaniel, Hannah (Mrs. Mathew Gregory) and Phebe (Mrs. Ezra Hait).


4. June 20-Benedict, Dinah, (Wife of John), died Dec. 7, 1800. Dau. of Joseph Bouton, son of John the Hugenot settler of Norwalk, 1651. Niece of John, Jr., No. 22, cousin of Nathaniel, No. 11.


5. June 20-Seymour, Thomas. Born c. 1695. Son of Mathew and great- grandson of Richard, the Norwalk settler of 1650, a signer of the In- dian deed to Roger Ludlow. His father a brother of No. 2.


6. June 20-Sevmour, Elizabeth, (Wife of Thomas).


7. June 20-Keeler, Daniel. Son of John and Hittabel Rockwell Keeler, died 1764; grandson of Ralph of Hart- ford, 1639; Fairfield, 1645; Nor- walk, 1655.


8. June 20-Keeler, Hannah, (Wife of Daniel). Dau. of Joseph and Han- nah Hoyt Whitney, Norwalk, born 1707.


9. June 20-Hait, Ezra. Son of Daniel, born 1707. Fifth generation from Simon, Salem, Mass., 1628; fourth from Walter, Norwalk settler, 1653. 10. June 20-Hait, Phebe, (Wife of Ezra). Daughter of Deacon John Benedict of Norwalk; sister of John Bene- dict, No. 3.


11. June 20-Bouton, Nathaniel. Brother of No. 22, son of No. 14.


12. June 20-Bouton, Hannah, (Wife of Nathaniel).


13. June 20-Benedict, Caleb. Son of John, Jr., No. 14.


14. June 20-Bouton, John. Son of John and Abigail Marvin Bouton of Nor- walk, born 1659.


15. June 20-Bouton, Mercy, (Wife of John). 16. June 20-Talmadge, Thomas, died Nov. 11, 1766. Third from Thomas of Newton Stacy, Eng., who came to Boston, 1631, Southampton, L. I., and New Haven with his son, Robert, 1639. Born in New Haven, 1688, Stamford, 17-, married Susanna Wecd, 1715, widow of Abraham Weed, 2d.


17. June 20-Talmadge, Susanna, (Wife of Thomas).


18. June 20-Davenport, John.


19. June 20 -- Finch, John.


20. June 20-Seeley, Eliphalet, died May 3, 1784, age 83.


21. June 20-Seeley, Sarah, (Wife of Elipha- let), died March 1, 1782, age 81. Born, Sarah Holly of Stamford.


22. June 20-Bouton, John, Jr. Brother of No. 11, he is John, 3d.


23. June 20-Bouton, Mary, (Wife of John, Jr.). Nee Mary Petit. After her husband's death, married his brother, Eleazer.


24. June 20-Stevens, Jerusha, (Wife of David).


MINISTRY OF REV. JOHN EELLS, BORN 1703-DIED IN CANAAN PARISH OCT. 15, 1782, AGE 82.


Son of Samuel of Milford. Married, 1st, Anna (Beard?); 2nd, Abigal, daughter of Moses Comstock. Yale 1724.


25. Sept. 3-Carter, Ebenezer. Born, Deer- field, 1697, son of Samuel and Mercy Brooke Carter; carried captive to Canada by French and Indians. The only one of 8 children to re- turn.


26. Sept. 3-Carter, Hannah, (Wife of Eben- czer), died Feb. 6, 1794, age 74, of apoplexy. Born 1700, dau. of Ma- thias St. John, 3rd, of Norwalk.


27. Sept. 3-Eells, Anna, (Wife of Rev. John), died May 8, 1736. Anna Beard of Stratford (?).


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28. Sept. 3-Bouton, Eleazer. Born, Nor- walk, 1696, son of John Bouton, Jr.


29. Sept. 3-Bouton, Elizabeth, (Wife of Eleazer), died. Dau. of Mathew Seymour, 1st, and Sarah Hayes.


30. Sept. 3-Slawson, Eliphalet.


31. Sept. 3-Slawson, Mercy, (Wife of Eli- phalet ).


32. Sept. 3-Green, Elizabeth, (Wife of Jacob).


33. Sept. 3-Reed, Sarah, (Wife of Samuel), died Dec. 4, 1794.


34. Sept. 23-Gregory, Benjamin.


35. Sept. 23-Prindle, Samuel.


36. Sept. 23 - Prindle, Mary, (Wife of Samuel ).


37. Sept. 30-Tuttle, David.


38. Sept. 30-Tuttle, Catharine, (Wife of David ).


39. Oct. 7-Bouton, Daniel. Born, Norwalk, 1701, son of John.


40. Oct. 7-Bouton, Elizabeth, (Wife of Daniel). Elizabeth Roberts.


41. Oct. 21-Benedict, Ebenezer.


42. Oct. 21-Benedict, Thankful, (Wife of Ebenezer). Thankful Whitney, dau. of Joseph and Hannah Hayt Whit- ney, sister of No. 8.


43. Oct. 21-Benedict, Mehitabel, (Wife of Caleb), died Dec. 13, 1797, age 81. 44. Dec. 2-Stevens, David.


1734


45. Jan. 27-Reed, William, died Aug. 2, 1793, age 85, "of infirmities of old age."


46. Jan. 27-Reed, Rachel, (Wife of Wil- liam). Dau. of Joseph Kellogg and Sarah Plum of Norwalk. Joseph was son of Daniel, Norwalk settler, 1655.


47. July 21-Hait, Elizabeth, (Wife of Job). Nee Elizabeth Lockwood.


49. July 21-Hait, Mary, (Wife of James). Dau. of David Waterbury.


49. Aug. 4-Lockwood, Mary.


50. Aug. 25-Green, Nathaniel.


51. Aug. 25-Green, Elizabeth, (Wife of Nathaniel ).


1735


52. Aug. 17-Talmadge, Hannah.


53. Aug. 24-Waterbury, David.


54. Aug. 24-Waterbury, Mary, (Wife of David).


55. Aug. 24-Resco, Thomas.


56. Sept. 7-Hait, Job. Born 1703, son of Joshua and Mary Pickett Hoyt.


57. Sept. 7-Seymour, Samuel.


58. Sept. 7- Seymour, Mary, (Wife of Samuel).


59. Sept. 21-Hait, Benajah. Born 1708, son of Caleb and Mehitable Blatchley Hait.


60. Sept. 21-Hait, Dinah, (Wife of Bena- jah ).


61. Dec. 7-Fitch, Matthew. Born 1708, son of John, 2d., and Lydia, Nos. 1 and 2.


62. Dec. 7-Fitch, Jemima, (Wife of Mat- thew). Dau. of Ebenezer St. John, died 1735, year after she was mar- ried.


1736


63. April 11-Fitch, Theophilus, died of a fever March 3, 1783. Son of John, 2d., and Lydia, Nos. 1 and 2, brother of Matthew, No. 61, clerk of Society when Parish was formed.


64. April 11-Fitch, Ruth, (Wife of Theo- philus) .


65. May 30-Lockwood, Ephraim, died Feb. 16, 1786, age 71. Son of Joseph.


66. May 30-Lockwood, Thankful, (Wife of Ephraim), died Oct. 19, 1789, age 79. Dau. of John Grummon of Fairfield.


67. May 30-Resco, Jerusha, James ) .


(Wife of


68. June 20-Benedict, Samuel.


69. June 20-Benedict, Experience, (Wife of Samuel).


70. Aug. 8-Prindle, Esther. Born, New Haven, 1718, dau. of Samuel and Johanna Prindle.


71. Oct. 24-Seeley, Abigail, (Wife of John).


72. Nov. 12-Hait, Hannah, (Wife of Charles). Dau. of Charles Bishop, Stamford.


1737


73. Feb. 27-Prindle, Johanna, (Wife of Samuel).


74. May 8-Hait, Zorobabel. Born 1698, son of Joseph, Norwalk, grandson of Deacon Zerubabel, member of Society's committee for Canaan, 1732.


75. May 8-Hait, Dorothy, (Wife of Zoro- babel).


76. May 8-Green, Elizabeth.


77. May 29-Marvin, David.


78. May 29-Marvin, Hannah, (Wife of David ) ..


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79. June 26 - Hait, David. Born 1711, son of Caleb and Mehitable Blatch- ley (Keeler) Hait.


80. June 26-Hait, Ruth, (Wife of David). Dau. of Joseph Lockwood.


81. Sept. 25-Eells, Abigail, (Wife of Rev. John), died Jan., 1789, following "a shock of the numb palsey. Aged." Dau. of Moses Comstock.


1738


82. Sept. 17 - Hanford, Samuel. (Capt. Samuel Hanford died March 28, 1795.)


83. Sept. 17-Hanford, Dinah, (Wife of Samuel). On Dec. 29, 1783, is re- ported the death of the "2nd wife of Capt. Samuel Hanford with a con- sumption."


1739


84. Sept. 2-Bouton, Ebenezer. Son of Jackim. Moved to South Salem.


85. Sept. 2-Bouton, Abigail, (Wife of Ebenezer ) .


86. Oct. 7-Bouton, Mary, (Wife of John, Sr.).


87. Oct. 21-Hait, Phebe, (Wife of Abner). 1740


88. April 17-Smith, Ephraim.


89. April 17-Smith, Izzabel, (Wife of Ephraim).


90. June 8-Parkington, Mary, (Wife of James ).


91. July 13-Fitch, Lydia, (Wife of Theo- philus), died Aug. 5, 1810).


1741


92. March 8-Finch, John, Jr.


93. March 15-Seeley, Ebenezer, Jr.


94. March 15-Weed, Josiah.


95. March 15-Weed, Eunice, (Wife of Josiah ).


MINISTRY OF REV. ROBERT SILLIMAN


Son of Robert, Jr., of Fairfield. Married Anna, daughter of Rev. Samuel Cooke of Stratfield. Yale 1737.


1742


96. March 7-Bishop, Joseph.


97. March 7-Bishop, Sarah, (Wife of Joseph ) .


98. March 7-Davenport, John, Jr. 99. March 28-Resco, James.


Thomas.


Son of


100. March 28-Delevan, Hannah, (Wife of Timothy ).


101. April 4 -- Silliman, Anna, (Wife of Rev. Robert).


102. May 30-Finch, Nathaniel.


103. Aug. 5-Nash, Nathan. Born 1692, son of John and Mary Barley Nash, Norwalk.


104. Aug. 5-Nash, wife of Nathan.


105. Sept. 19-Davenport, Joseph.


106. Sept. 19-Davenport, Sarah.


107. Nov. 21-Bishop, Theophilus.


108. Nov. 21-Bishop, wife of Theophilus.


109. Nov. 28-Weed, Abraham. ("Abraham Weed, Esq."). Died 1758.


1743


110. Feb. 2-Kellogg, Martin. Born 1711, son of Samuel and Phebe Platt Kellogg.


111. Feb. 2-Kellogg, wife of Martin.


112. Feb. 10-Davenport, Sarah.


113. June 10-Hays, James, Jr. Born 1710, son of James and Mary Allen Hays.


114. June 10-Hays, Rhoda, wife of James, Jr., dau. of Caleb and Mehitabel Hoyt.


115. July 3-Jacklin, Samuel, ( a free Negro).


116. July 15-Green, Elizabeth, (Wife of Joseph ) .


117. July 17-Fitch, Lydia, (Wife of Mat- thew).


118. Aug. 24-Bouton, Joseph. Born, Nor- walk, 1726. Son of Jackim.


119. Aug. 24-Bouton, wife of Joseph. Su- zanna Raymond, born 1732, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth (Fitch) Bou- ton.


1744


120. April 22-Weed, Samuel.


121. July 15-Benedict, John, Jr., died Jan., 1807.


122. July 15-Jacklin, James.


123. Oct. 7-St. John, Benjamin.


124. Oct. 7-St. John, Mary, (Wife of Ben- jamin), died Dec. 3, 1774).


125. Oct. 7-Lockwood, Job. Born 1718, son of James and Lidia Smith Lock- wood.


126. Oct. 7-Hait, Cesar, (Negro of James Hait).


1745


127. July 7-Pennoyer, Theophila, (Wife of Samuel).


181


1751


128. July 7-Finch, Hannah, (Wife of Na- thaniel) .


129. Aug. 4-Lockwood, Rachel, (Wife of Job).


1746


130. Dec. 14 - Comstock, Abijah. Son of Moses and Abigail Brinsmaid Com- stock. Died June 27, 1807, age 85.


131. Dec. 14-Comstock, Debora, (Wife of Abijah). Died 1787.


1747


132. Feb. 1-Slosson, Eleazer.


133. Feb. 1 - Slosson, Sarah, (Wife of Eleazer ).


134. May 3-Crysse, Nathanael.


135. Sept. 13-Wairing, Isaac. Born 1702, son of Edmund and Elizabeth Bou- ton Wairing.


136. Sept. 13-Wairing, Abigail, (Wife of Isaac).


137. Oct. 4-Benedict, Mary, (Wife of John, Jr.).


1748


138. April 10-Seymour, Elizabeth, (Wife of Thomas) .


139. April 24-Bates, Martha, (Wife of John). 140. June 5-Titus, Mrs. Mary, (widow).


141. Sept. 4-Fansher, John.


142. Sept. 4-Fansher, Eunice, (Wife of John).


143. Oct. 2-Bishop, Nathan.


144. Nov. 6-Weed, Abigail, (Wife of Jo- siah), died Nov. 19, 1810.


1749


145. Jan. 8-Talmadge, James.


146. Jan. 8-Talmadge, Mary, (Wife of James ) .


147. April 16-Pennoyer, Sarah.


148. June 4-Everit, Elizabeth, (Wife of Richard). Richard


Everit died "suddenly and unobserved in bed," Dec. 21, 1773.


149. June 4-Hays, Eunice, (Wife of James), died March 2, 1806, of old age. Born 1704, dau. of James and Mary Allen Hayt.


150. Aug. 6-Chitester, Daniel, discharged to Ridgefield June, 1786.


151. Aug. 6-Chitester, Abigail, (Wife of Daniel), died.


152. Nov. 19 -- Chitester, Abigail.


153. Feb. 3-Benedict, Daniel.


154. Feb. 3-Benedict, Phebe, (Wife of Daniel), died Nov. 27, 1815. .


1752


155. March 15-Boutton, Sarah, (Wife of . John).


156. May 3-Smith, Jesse.


157. May 3-Smith, Martha, (Wife of Jesse). 158. June 28 -- Raymond, Sarah, (Wife of Lemuel).


1753


159. Nov. 4-Slosson, David. 160. Nov. 4-Siosson, Eunice, (Wife of David).


1754


161. March 31-Hait, Abner. Born 1714,


son of Daniel. .


162. March 31-Husted, Jonathan.


163. March 31-Husted, Mary, (Wife of Jonathan). Born 1724, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah St. John Carter.


164. March 31-Burrell, Jonathan.


165. March 31-Burrell, Hannah, (Wife of Jonathan); Born 1727, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah St. John Carter.


1755


166. Aug. 10-Fitch, Lyndal, died March 24, 1773, age 56, "of a consumption and gravel." Son of Nathaniel, grand- son of John, great-grandson of Thomas, 1st.


1756


167. Jan. 4-Hanford,- Thaddeus, died April 3, 1784, on 70th birthday.


168. Jan. 4-Hanford, wife of Thaddeus.


169. March 2-Resco, Annie, (Wife of 'T'homas ) .


170. Oct. 17-Benedict, Stephen, died May 15, 1809. 171. Oct. 17-Benedict, Ruth, (Wife of Stephen).


1757


172. Feb. 6-Scrivner, Mrs. Abigail. (widow). 173. March 6-Amsden, Isaac. 174. June 26-Boutton, Nathaniel, Jr.


175. June 26-Boutton, Lydia, (Wife of Na- thanicl, Jr.).


182


176. July 10-Davenport, Lydia, (Wife of Deodate), died March 19, 1773, age 40.


177. Aug. 28-Seymour, Ebenezer.


178. Aug. 28-Seymour, Ruth, (Wife of Ebenezer).


179. Oct. 2-Fitch, Bushnel, died.


180. Oct. 2-Fitch, Abigail, (Wife of Bush- nel), died 1815.


181. Oct. 30-Boutton, Eleazer, Jr.


182. Nov. 3-Benedict, Nehemiah, died Sept. 29, 1800, "with mortification," age 71. Son of Thomas and Rachel Smith Benedict.


183. Nov. 3-Benedict, Hannah, (Wife of Nehemiah), died "in a fit," Dec. 6, 1783. Dau. of Capt. Samuel Keeler.


1758


184. Feb. 19-Davenport, Deodate, died.


185. April 9-Benedict, Lieutenant Joseph. 186. April 9 -- Benedict, Keziah, (Wife of Joseph ).


187. April 23-Benedict, Samuel, Jr.


188. April 23-Benedict, Jemima, (Wife of Samuel, Jr.). Widow of Ebenezer Canfield.


189. May 7 -- Boutton, Sarah, (Wife of Eleazer ).


190. Oct. 8-Weed, Patience.


191. Nov. 5-Talmadge, Mrs. Elizabeth.


192, Nov. 5-Talmadge, Mary.


193. Nov. 19-Hait, Isaac.


194. Dec. 31-Weed, Abraham. ("Abraham Weed, Esq.," died Feb. 2, 1799.)


195. Dec. 31-Weed, Elizabeth, ( Wife of Abraham).


196. Dec. 31-Eells, Jeremiah B., died Nov. 12, 1815). Son of Rev. John Eells.


197. Dec. 31-Eells, Lois, (Wife of Jeremiah B.), died Sept. 30, 1819. Nee Benedict.


198. Dec. 31-Arnold, Robert. 199. Dec. 31-Arnold, Phebe,


(Wife of Robert).


1759


200. Nov. 11-Lawrence, Samuel.


201. Nov. 11-Lawrence, Rhoda, (Wife of Samuel).


1761


202. Oct. 25-Bishop, Epenetus.


203. Oct. 25-Bishop, Rebecka, (Wife of Epenetus ).


1763


204. May 29 -- Pennoyer, Samuel, died sud- denly 1783.


205. May 29-Pennoyer, Martha, (Wife of Samuel).


206. June 5-Richards, James, died May 17, 1810.


207. June 5-Richards, Hannah, (Wife of James), died 1787, age 60.


208. June 5-Smith, Mary, (Wife of Peter), died July 28, 1812.


1764


209. March 18 -- McConnel, George.


210. March 18-McConnel, Martha, (Wife of George).


211. July 29-Benedict, Hannah, (Wife of Stephen). On Nov. 14, 1785, is re- ported the death of the "2nd wife of Stephen Benedict."


1765


212. April 14-Seeley, Abigail, (Wife of Obadiah ) .


213. April 28-Benedict, Hezekiah, died July 11, 1813.


214. April 28-Benedict, Martha, (Wife of Hezekiah), died Feb., 1804.


215. May 5-Finch, Sarah.


1766


216. July 6-Nichols, Elizabeth, (Wife of Benjamin ) .


217. Aug. 27-Keeler, Isaiah.


218. Aug. 27-Keeler, Millicent, (Wife of Isaiah ) .


219. Oct. 5-Hait, Elijah.


220. Nov. 2-Stevens, David, Jr.


1767


221. June 28-Richards, James, Jr., died Feb., 1816. Son of No. 206.


222. June 28-Richards, Ruth, (Wife of James, Jr.), died March 9, 1826.


223. June 28-Weed, Rhoda, (Wife of Enos, Jr.), died.


224. Oct. 4-Haydon, Samuel.


225. Oct. 4-Haydon, Phebe, (Wife of Samuci).


1768


226. Nov. 6-Lockwood, James, died Oct. 30, 1833, age 87.


227. Nov. 6-Lockwood, Phebe, (Wife of James), died March 2, 1773, age 24.


228. Dec. 6-Kceler, Daniel, died Dec. 24, 1803, age 73. Son of Daniel and Hannah Whitney Keeler.


229. Dec. 6-Keeler, Mary, (Wife of Daniel) .


183


1769


230. April 2-Benedict, wife of Deacon John.


231. April 2-Petit, Hannah.


232. Sept. 10-Hait, Benjamin. Born 1742, son of Charles and Hannah Bishop Hait.


233. Sept. 10 -- Hait, Elizabeth, (Wife of Benjamin).


1770


234. Jan. 28-Finch, Seth, died Oct. 3, 1812. 235. Jan. 28-Finch, Adah, (Wife of Seth), died March 2, 1812.


236. Jan. 28-Marvin, Ichabod.


237. Jan. 28-Marvin, Ichabod).


Martha, (Wife of


238. Jan. 28-Silliman, Thomas.


239. March 25-Chichester, Daniel, removed June, 1786.


240. March 25-Chichester, Rachel, (Wife of Daniel), removed June, 1786.


241. April 1-Keeler, John.


242. April 1-Keeler, Phebe, (Wife of John).


243. July 15-Hait, Abigail, (Wife of Elijah). Nee Bishop.


244. Sept. 9-Stevens, Joseph, died May 6, 1810.


245. Sept. 9 - Stevens, Sarah, (Wife of


Joseph), died.


246. Oct. 7-Silliman, Samuel Cooke, (called Esquire - died suddenly Feb. 16, 1795, age 54. Son of Rev. Robert Silliman.


247. Oct. 7-Silliman, Elizabeth, (Wife of Samuel Cooke).


248. Dec. 9-Rusco, Mary, (widow). 1771


249. March 31-Reed, Mary, (Wife of Wil- liam).


250. Aug. 4-Carter, John, died Jan. 2, 1819. Born 1730, son of Ebenezer and Hannah St. John Carter.


251. Aug. 4-Carter, Hannah, (Wife of John).


MINISTRY OF REV. WILLIAM DRUMMOND


1772


252. Nov. 1-Husted, Peter, died Sept., 1783. "of a remitting fever."


253. Nov. 1-Husted, Annie, (Wife of Peter), died Sept. 10, 1784.


254. Nov. 1-Barnham, Rachel, (Wife of Dr.). Born 1733, dau. of Thomas and Deborah Waters Benedict.


255. Nov. 1-St. John, Daniel, died Nov. 10, 1802, age 86.


256. Nov. 1-St. John, Mary, (Wife of Daniel), died Feb. 3, 1806, age 82.


257. Dec. 27-Benedict, James, died, June 17, 1838.


258. Dec. 27-Benedict, Thankful, (Wife of James), died June 6, 1826.


1773


259. Jan. 3-Smith, Peter, Sr., died.


260. Jan. 3 - Bouton, Mary, (Wife of Eleazer, Jr.).


261. Jan. 10-Abbot, Jesse, died May 30, 1773.


262. Jan. 10-Abbot Johanna, (Wife of Jesse ) .


263. Jan. 10-Hickok, John, died April 5. 1810.


264. Jan. 10-Hickok, Lydia, (Wife of John), died Dec, 19, 1828.


265. Jan. 24-Raymond, Sarah, (Wife of Lemuel), died.


266. Feb. 14-Fitch, John, died.


267. Feb. 14-Fitch, Lydia, (Wife of John). died.


268. April 5-Benedict, Ezra, removed.


269. April 5-Benedict, Mary, (Wife of Ezra), removed.


270. May 2-Hait, Katherine, (Wife of David), died.


271. June 6-Kellogg, Isaac, removed.


272. June 6-Kellogg, Hannah, (Wife of Isaac) , removed.


273. Aug. 29-Weed, Enos, died April 10, 1801, age 69.


274. Aug. 29-Weed, Mary, (Wife of Enos). died Jan. 28, 1810.


275. Sept. 5 - St. John, Matthias, died March 20, 1819.


276. Sept. 5-St. John, Naomi, (Wife of Mat- thias), died Oct. 18, 1805. Dau. of Abram Weed.


277. Sept. 5-Kellogg, Jonathan, died. 278. Sept. 5-Kellogg, Susanna, (Wife of Jonathan), died.


279. Sept. 5-St. John, David. (Lieut. David St. John died April 14, 1796, age 62.)


280. Sept. 5-St. John, Jemima, (Wife of David), died April 4, 1813.


281. Oct. 31-Hait, Matthew, died.


282. Oct. 31-Hait, Mary, (Wife of Mat- thew), died.


283. Nov. 7-Raymond, Comfort, died May 25, 1799, "with old age," at 88.


184


284. Nov. 7-Raymond, wife of Comfort, died.


1774


285. Jan. 3-Crissey, Ebenezer, died "with the bilious colick" Aug. 1, 1789.


286. Jan. 3 - Crissey, Bethia, (Wife of Ebenezer ), died.


287. Feb. 27-St. John, Caleb. (Capt. Caleb St. John died Feb. 20, 1805, age 76.)


288. Feb. 27-St. John, Mary, (Wife of Caleb), died July 26, 1821.


289. May 29-Keeler, Jeremiah, removed. 290. May 29-Keeler, Elizabeth, (Wife of Jeremiah ), died.


291. June 12-Reed, William, Jr., died.


292. June 12-Reed, Hannah, (Wife of Wil- liam, Jr.), died.


293. Aug. 14-Seymour, Sarah, (widow), died.


294. Aug. 14-Benedict, Mary.


295. Nov. 6-Chichester, Abraham, died Oct. 25, 1807, age 83.


296. Nov. 6-Chichester, Jerusha, (Wife of Abraham), died Sept. 23, 1790, age 67.


1776


297. Nov. 3-Hait, Jonathan, removed April 9, 1808.


298. Nov. 3 - Hait, Hannah, (Wife of Jonathan), removed April 9, 1808.


299. Nov. 3-Finch, Seth, died.


300. Nov. 3-Finch, wife of Seth, died.


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