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March 25 Died Jesse Goodyear age 60 years. Drowned himself by jumping into the river.
March 27 Died --- , child of Capt. Kingsley.
April 9 Died Capt. Jared Cooper age 60 years.
May June
July 2 Died Josiah Mansfield.
August
September 2 Died Polly Blakeslee, daughter of Obed Blakeslee.
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September 6 Died Dr. T. Brunson of Cheshire (copy says age 60 years)
September 23 Died in North Haven, Serviah Mix age 90 years, widow of Stephen Mix. (copy says Zuviah Mix) September 28 Died Polly Brunson, age 57, wife of Dr. T. Brunson of Cheshire.
October 7 Died -, wife of Eldad Woolcott.
October 17 Died Minerva Leek age 22 years, wife of Russel Leek.
October 29 Died age 6, son of Elisha Woolcott.
October 29 Died , infant child of Mrs. Porter. (copy says Mrs. Polly Porter)
November 1 Died Esther Hotchkiss age 47, wife of Elias Hotchkiss.
November 7 Died - age 5, son of Russel Ives.
December 7 Died Alvin Bradley age 52. Killed under Ezra Kimberly's shed by a stone flung by a blast.
1827
January 6 Died Capt. Amasa Bradley, Esq.
January 19 Died Sarah (Gilbert) Tuttle age 43, wife of Seymour Tuttle.
January 26 Died in New Haven, Obed Bradley and buried in our burying ground.
February 22 Died wife of Matthew Gillet, one of the canal men.
March
April
May 1 Died an Irishman at Shepherd's Brook. One of the canal men.
May 30 Died Rebecca Leek age 24. (copy says age 25)
June 10 Died Loly Tuttle age 50, wife of Lyman Tuttle. July
August 4 Died in Berlin, Dea. Elijah Hart, by the sting of a bumble bee.
August 5 Died at Mr. Gillet's an Irishman to work on the canal.
August 26 Died Samuel Goodyear age 49.
September 20 Died child of Ichabod Hitchcock deceased.
September Died child of Lushanous Munson.
September 24 Died daughter of John Perkins.
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September 27 Died Lucy Tuttle, daughter of Eli Tuttle . October 5 Died Olive Goodyear age 40, wife of Capt. Sey- mour Goodyear.
October 12 Died widow Cloe Galard age 30.
October 14 Died Jason Goodyear, son of the late Samuel Goodyear.
October 29 Died Milly Warner age 42. (copy says Amela Warner)
November 6 Died Simeon Warner.
November 21 Died Zadock Alling age 53.
December
1828
January
February 5 Died Deac. Aaron Bradley age 71.
March 16 Died Eliakim Brooks age 60.
April 29 Died Elizur Cadwell age 42. (copy says Caldwell)
May 29 Died widow of Joel Bradley age 87.
June 10 Died Job L. Munson age 76.
July
August 23 Died in North Haven, Theophilus Bradley. Hanged himself.
September 27 Died age 4 months, child of Alfred Bassett.
October 7 Died a transcient man at Levrit Barns.
November
December 3 Died Caroline Goodyear age 16, daughter of Lewis Goodyear.
December 22 Died Lousina Goodyear age 14, daughter of Lewis Goodyear.
1829
January
February
March 21 Died Samuel Atwater age 74.
April May
June
July 22 Died Lois Tuttle, widow of Hezekiah Tuttle. August September 5 Died Abigail Ives age 40, wife of Russel Ives.
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October 14 Died old widow Sarah Hitchcock.
October 24 Died Sally Hough age 40.
November December
1830
January
February 7 Died David Brockett age 55.
February 10 Died Sally Munson age 41, wife of J. Lushan- us Munson.
February 18 Buried Julia Bradley, daughter of Obed Brad- ley, deceased.
March 19 Diea Serilla Brooks age 21, daughter of Enos Brooks.
March 23 Died Polly Peck, wife of Jeremiah Peck. April May 19 Ordained Mr. Hubbil.
June
July 7 Died Elias Hotchkiss age 58.
July 26 Died Burr Perkins, son of Amasa Perkins, drowned August September October
November 29 Died at Jeremiah Peck's, Anjuline Todd, daughter of Linus Todd deceased of North Haven.
December 12 Died Eber Ives age 74.
1831
January February March April May
June 5 Died widow Laura Sherry age 34, daughter of Josiah Mansfield deceased.
July August September October November
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December 8 Died Mehitibel Hull age 53, wife of Eli Hull.
1832
January 17 Died at Austin Munson's, Joel Walter.
February 8 Died Sarah Cooper age 77, by many called Aunt Sarah Leek.
March 26 Died Capt. Kingsley age 55.
April 2 Died John Pardee age 4, son of John Pardee. (copy says age 5)
May 15 Died Cordealia Goodyear age 22, daughter of Samuel Goodyear deceased.
May 26 Died at Levi Alling's, Levi Alling's wife's mother. June
July
August
September 23 Buried wife of Amos Thompson.
September 27 Died Levina Dickerman, wife of Seymour Dickerman.
October 8 Died John Perkins age 82.
October 27 Died Obed Moss.
October 29 Died, old Mrs. Goodyear age 85, widow of Dea. Stephen Goodyear. (copy says Mary)
November
December
1833
January
February 24 Died infant child of Edward Dickerman. March
April 11 Died in the Jenesee Country, Joseph Goodyear formerly a neighbor of mine.
April 14 Died Loundso Spencer put up at Sterling Bradleys and in the morning was found dead.
April 20 Died Ezra Warner age 49.
May June
July 31 Died Hannah Leek age 54, wife of Elisha Leek.
August 5 Died Lucy Goodyear age 58, widow of Samuel Goodyear.
August 14 The bell for Hamden Church was cast in New Haven by Mr. Bradley, and brought up today and
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raised into Hamden Church.
September
October 7 Died Mary Woolcott age 22.
(Copy says October 3 Died William Todd age 17, drowned in Arba Dickerman's lock)
November 12 Died wife of Dr. Joseph Foot of (?)
November 29 Died Simeon Todd.
December 17 Died Mary Ann Ford age 25, wife of Elias Ford. Her former name was Mary Ann Bradley. (copy says daughter of Levi Bradley deceased)
1834
January 25 Died widow of Mr. Joel Todd.
January 25 Kelsey began to ring the bel for a year at $15.00. February 18 Buried Titus Goodyear age 23. (copy says Feb. 14)
March April May June
July Died Brackett Todd dropped down dead amowing. July 16 Died Asa Churchel choaked to death eating a clam. August 23 Died Mary Preston age 17, daughter of Chaun- cey Preston.
September 28 Died Widow Beda Dorman.
October 27 Died Elisha Leek age 70.
October 28 Died infant child of Almirene Sandford. November December
1835 January
February 1 Died child of Ezra Dickerman age 1 year.
March 13 Died Albert Dickerman age 28.
April
May 6 Died Maria Ives age 20, daughter of Jesse Ives.
May 31 Married Ann Thomas to Ruben Doolittle.
June 22 Died child of Shanus Munson age 2 years. (copy says Lushanus)
June 29 Died Sylvia Dickerman age 15, daughter of Widow
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Suphroney Dickerman.
July 3 Died Edward Todd age 9 years, son of Uriah Todd. July 14 Died Esther Todd age 32 years, wife of Loyal Todd July 29 .. Died infant child of Julius Ives.
August 4 Died at Harvey Leek's, Amos Potter, town poor. August 23 Died Stephen Hitchcock age 58.
September 6 Died Eunice Tuttle age 74, wife of Jese Tuttle September 9 Died at Dr. C. B. Foot's, infant child of Mr. Hassey late of New Haven.
October
November 15 Died at Harvey Leek's, widow Hannah Ford age 92.
December
1836
January
February 4 Died at Harvey Leek's, Ezra Talmage age 76.
March 8 Died Widow Abigail Goodyear age 86.
March 31 Died Levi Alling age 66.
April 3 Died Ely Alling age 79.
April 7 Died Widow Sarah Ives age 85.
April 17 Died at Harvey Leek's, Mrs. Murry age 80, town pauper.
April 24 Died Dr. Joseph Foote of North Haven.
May 6 Died at Harvey Leek's, Mrs. Woodin, widow of Daniel Woodin.
May 10 Died daughter of Carline Prichard age 2 years, sister of Timothy. (copy says Carline Prichard age 2) May 25 Died James Cooper of North Haven. June
July
August 21 This day church was opened and prayers read by Mr. Collins.
September
October
November
December
1837
January 4 Died Mrs. Ruth Huff age 69 years, 3rd wife of Joel Huff.
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January 23 Died Eliza Goodyear age 38 years, wife of Fow- ler Goodyear.
January 14 Died Titus Doolittle age 88 years.
February 3 Buried Betsy Atwater age 79, widow Capt. Asa Atwater.
February 13 Died at Ebenezer Warner's, old Lydia Melone age 86, town poor.
February 23 Died Benjamin Peck.
March
April 17 Died Friend Goodyear age 21.
April 21 Died Sally Bassett age 16, daughter of Hezekiah Bassett.
May
June 8 Died Jesse Barnes age 40.
July 1 Died Emuline Munson age 30.
July 2 Died daughter of Miles Durin.
July 4 Died Daniel Chatterton age 71.
July 6 They begin to ring the bell noon and night.
July 16 Our church was opened today and first for this year Mr. Bradley preached.
July 24 Died in Plains Society, Rev. Abraham Alling age 83
August 5 Died at Mr. Joel Cooper's, Lambert Stephens.
August 18 Died infant child of Zealous Warner.
August 25 Died Cloey Bull age 92.
August 27 Died Roxy Preston age 45, wife of Chauncey
Preston. (copy says Roseny)
September 22 Died William F. Bradley age 28.
September 26 Died Abigail Bishop.
October 22 or 28 Died Mrs. Cornelia Cook age 28, wife of Hobart Cook late of Cheshire.
November 28 Died Maria Wiles age 35. December
1838 (Omission here ?)
June 23 Merie Ives age 23.
July 9 Mary Dickerman age 5, daughter of Jared Dicker- man. July 24 Hart.
August 31 Polly Todd age 43, wife of Roswell Todd.
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September
October 23 Amos Peck age 89.
December 2 Mary Kelsey age 55, wife of Ansel Kelsey.
December 3 Infant child at Harvey Leeks. Town poor.
1839
January 11 Damaris Dickerman age 84, widow of Deacon Jesse Dickerman.
February 27 Delight Bradley age 27, daughter of Sterling Bradley.
March 11 Albert Bradley age 27. (copy says son of late Alvin Bradley)
March 12 George Thompson age 23.
March 20 At Harvey Leek's, Mrs. Way, age about 50. Town poor.
April 4 Patty Bradley age 72, widow of Capt. Amasa Brad- ley.
April 11 Mrs. Doolittle age 64, wife of Ruben Doolittle.
May 16 Loly Bassett age 61, wife of Hezekiah Bassett.
May 22 Mrs. Hull, age 53, third wife of Eli Hull.
June
July 26 Olive Peck age 75, wife of Joseph Peck.
August 24 Lyman Tuttle Jr., or 3rd, age 28.
September
October
November
December
1840
January 7 Polly Tuttle age 55, wife of Ambrose Tuttle Esq. January 10 Betsy Dickerman.
February 29 Up under the blue hills, John Lines. (copy says a transient man)
March 16 Zealous Warner age 41.
April
May
June
July August
September 21 Densa Tuttle age 38, wife of Jese Tuttle. (copy says. Dantha)
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October 10 Lewis Goodyear age 52.
November 21 Mrs. Brockett wife of Hezekiah Brockett. (copy says Mehitable, age 65)
December 10 Lieut. Joel Cooper. (copy says age 91)
1841
January 22 Widow Elizabeth Leek. .
February 6 Julia Goodyear age 20, daughter of Lyman Goodyear.
February 25 Infant child of George Bradley. March
April 4 General Harrison, President of the United States.
May 14 Emily Ives age 10, granddaughter of Jared Ives.
May 28 Widow Abigail Chatterton.
June
July 20 Mrs. Doolittle, 2nd wife Reuben Doolittle.
August 25 Sally Pierpont age 72, widow of Russell Pier- pont.
September 29 Abigail Wolcott age 58, 2nd wife of Eldad Wolcott.
October 6 Hubbard Bradley Bury'd, age 52.
October 25 Sarah Caldwell age 26.
November 12 Jese Cooper age 66.
1842
January February
March 9 Levi Dickerman age 68.
March 16 Lusina Warner age 67, widow of Simeon Warner.
March 17 Eldad Woolcott.
March 31 Buryd in our burying ground, James Slade age 29. (copy says he was drowned in Farmington) April 8 Lyman Tuttle age 63.
April 15 An infant child of William Dickermans.
May 13 Grace Hubbil age 5.
May 23 Mabel Ives age 26, daughter of Jese Ives.
May 25 Drowned in canal, Mary Jane Bradley age 5 years, daughter of Ives Bradley.
June 5 Drowned in canal, Robbart Henry 3 years. (copy says, Hobart Henry)
June 9 Capt. Aaron Chatterton age 51.
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July 1 Emmy Goodyear age 20, daughter of Lyman Good- year.
August 18 James Wiles age 70.
September 16 Mary Cooper age 83, widow of Joel Cooper.
September 20 Mary Bradley age 69.
October 13 Elam Warner age 62.
November
December
1843
January
February
March 1 Eliza Potter age 5, daughter of Bill Potter.
March 5 A son, 2 years old, of Vanhortons.
March 5 Infant child of Mrs. Taylors.
March 25 Ira Woolcott age 72.
April 3 Robert Stephens age 16.
May 20 Esther Dunbar, wife of Giles Dunbar.
June 29 Sarah Loisa Averyst age 24, wife of Mr. Averyst, Minister.
July
August
September 10 Joel Hough age 87. (copy says Jr.)
September 11 Mr. Courrier age 34.
September 21 Jese Ives age 69.
October 9 A child, age 18 months, of Henry Pecks.
November
December
1844
January 27 Anna Cooper Hinman age 6.
February 3 An infant child of Henry Dickermans.
February 8 Mary Dickerman age 66, wife of Capt. Enos Dickerman.
February 11 Died at Mr. Kelseys, Edward Hills of Ches- hire age 41.
February 19 Maryan Downs, daughter of Laban Downs.
March 2 Widow Amy Mansfield.
March 11 Sally Peck age 59.
April 21 Eli Tuttle 62 years.
(Taken from copy; original sheets for these two
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months missing)
May
June 1 Jeremiah Gilbert. (copy says aged 65).
June 22 A son of Goodyear Ives. (copy says 1 year old) July
August
September 23 Elias Tirrel. (copy says age 67)
October 26 Ezra Potter. (copy says town pauper)
November
December 12 Russel Pierpont Esq. age 82 years.
1845
January 3 Loisa Dickerman wife of William B. Dickerman. February 5 An infant child of Joseph Grannis.
March 9 Margaret Vanhorton age 27, daughter of Levirit Dickerman.
April 4 Drowned, a son age 2 years, of Orchard Warners. April 21 Lucy Thompson age 67, widow of Joel Thompson. May 3 Grace Alling age 72, widow of Levi Alling.
May 12 or 13 Sybil Blakeslee age 62. (copy says wife of Obed Blakeslee)
June 11 Chester Scovel age 45.
June 25 or 27 Infant of Ezra Dickermans.
July 21 Giles Dunbar age 60.
August 9 Joseph Peck age 83.
September Died at Henry Ives, Loisa Gorham (of New Haven)
October 29 Died at Ives factory, James Combs, age 27.
November
December
1846
January 21 Mary, wife of Bennet Peck.
January 25 Elam Ives Esq. age 84.
January 26 Died at Amasa Hitchcocks, Samuel Hitchcock.
February
March April 24 Buryd in our burying ground, John Warner age 73.
April 16 Ann Doolittle age 32, wife Reuben Doolittle.
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April 17 David Andrews age 21 years.
July 20 Andrew P. Potter was hanged in New Haven for killing a man.
George Scranton's daughter age 5 years.
August 24 Amasa Hitchcock age 66.
September 18 Levi Perkins age 53.
September 22 A son, 5 years old, of Joseph Grannis.
October 4 Widow Esther Homaston, age 89.
November 8 A child, 18 months old, of Hiram Smiths.
1847
January 4 Ezra Bassett, 66 or 76 years old.
March 7 Widow Ford.
March 12 Mrs. Julia Andrews 34 years old, wife of Ziba Andrews.
This completes the Gilbert Mortality List, contributed by Mr. and Mrs. H. Nelson Stiles of North Haven, Conn.
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MILES, TYLEY, ATKINS, STRATTON
By Mrs. Frances Harrison Corbin
On page 1183 it was stated that Theophilus Miles, b at Milford 1 Dec 1703, married Katharine - , probably niece of Louis Liron. This statement was based on Liron's will, which referred to Katharine Miles as his kinswoman. My investigations show that she was actually grandniece of Liron's wife, and establish a distinguished ancestry for her.
Bartholomew Stratton, bapt. in London, Eng., 12 Jan 1627/8, d in Boston, Mass., 9 Jan 1686; m Eliphal Sanford, b 9 Dec 1636, d 19 Jan 1724, da. of John Sanford of Portsmouth, R. I., by his second wife Bridget Hutchinson, da. of William and Ann (Marbury) Hutchinson. The Thom- as Sanford Genealogy, p 1387, erroneously states that Eliphal was by Sanford's first wife. Children:
1 William, b 30 Jan 1658/9.
2 Katharine, b 1661 (no record), d at Milford 26 Nov 1727 in 58th yr .; m (1) ---- Cuthbert; m (2) at Boston, 3 Oct 1706, Louis Liron, who d at Milford 18 Sep 1738 in 88th yr.
3 Ann, b 19 Feb 1662/3; see below.
4 Bridget, b 28 Jan 1664/5; m Robert Ladd.
Ann Stratton, b at Boston, 19 Feb 1662/3, m Tobias Atkins, and had:
Eliphal Atkins, b at Boston, 4 Dec 1688, m c. 1709 Samuel Tyley, b at Boston 19 July 1689, son of Samuel and grandson of Thomas Tyley. He m (2) Elizabeth Foster. Samuel and Eliphal lived for a time in Mil- ford, where their da. Katharine was b 15 Apr 1710; she m Theophilus Miles. The Tyleys returned to Boston.
References: Thomas Sanford Gen .; Book of the Strattons; York Deeds, vol. 11, p. 100, and vol. 12, p. 37; Boston Births, Marriages and Deaths; Essex Institute Coll. vol. 42, p. 205; Suffolk Deeds, vol. 14, p. 252.
Enoch Culver, Sr. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
This is the story of a pair of stockings, and how they proved service in the Revolutionary War.
Enoch Culver was born in Wallingford, Conn., 30 Jan., 1725, and died there 22 Sept., 1812 in the 88th year of his age. He came of vigorous stock. His great-grandfather, Edward Culver, a veteran of the Pequot War of 1637, was robust enough to serve in his old age as a scout in King Philip's War in 1675. His grandfather, Joshua Culver, settled in New Haven, removing from there about 1680 to Wallingford, where he died at the age of 70. Enoch was son of Samuel Culver by his first wife, Ruth Tyler. His maternal grandparents were William Tyler and Mary Lath- rop, the latter being a great-granddaughter of the Rev. John Lathrop.
The Colver-Culver Genealogy, page 76, says of Enoch : "It is stated by some authorities that he was a Revolution- ary soldier, and that with his brother Samuel, he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, but the compiler of this gene- alogy has been unable to verify this statement." The book quoted is quite incomplete and contains many inaccuracies, but it is probable that the above statement was based on family tradition. Such muster rolls of Connecticut soldiers in the Revolutionary War as have been preserved do not contain the name of Enoch Culver, Sr. This negative evi- dence is inconclusive, because the extant muster rolls are very incomplete. It can be proved from muster rolls and of- ficial documents that Samuel Culver, Enoch's younger half- brother, who was born 25 Sept., 1728, served as Ensign in Col. Hooker's regiment, that he was held a prisoner from 29 June, 1779 to 2 Jan., 1781, and that he died at Wallingford, 22 March, 1781, shortly after his release, as a result of the privations he had undergone. Enoch Culver, Sr., who settled his brother's estate, presented a claim to the Conn. Legisla- ture for wages due to his deceased brother Samuel, on be- half of the latter's family.
Hence it is certain that Enoch Culver, Sr., was in sym- pathy with the patriotic cause, for had there been the slight-
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est question of his loyalty, he would not have been chosen to present this petition on behalf of his brother's family. This fact also suggests that there may have been some truth in the family tradition preserved in the Colver-Culver Gene- alogy, though it cannot be proved now.
In the Revolutionary Archives at the Conn. State Li- brary, vol. 12, document 439a, is an account against the State presented by the town of Wallingford. It is headed "Wallingford, Jan.a 1, 1778 . . . . A Count of the Clothing bought for the Continental Army by sd Army," and the fol- lowing item appears thereunder: "1. Pare of Stockings to Enoch Culver --- 0. 9. 0." Taking these words in their usual significance, the implication of this item is that Enoch Culver was serving in the Continental Army prior to Jan. 1, 1778, most likely during the preceding year, and that these stockings having been bought and supplied to him, the town of Wallingford was billing the State for their value. The question is whether the reference pertains to Enoch, Sr., or to his son Enoch.
The following references to the family of Enoch, Sr., are found in the Wallingford Vital Records, which are scattered through the early volumes of deeds. These entries are in vol. 15, the margins of which are frayed, making portions of the entries illegible. The missing portions have been sup- plied in parentheses from the History of Wallingford (published 1870), page 722, the children named in Enoch's will, and other sources. On page 680: "Enoch Culver Mar- ried Lois Benham P. Samll Hall Esqr. (8 Feb., 1749)." On the following page are entered the births of the following children to Enoch and Lois Culver:
Ebenezer, born 30 Aug., 1749.
(E)sther, born 24 July, 1751.
(John), born 28 Dec., 1753.
(L)ois, born 4 June, 1756.
(E) noch, born 24 Oct., 1763.
On page 682 are entered the deaths of Enoch and Wil- liam, sons of Enoch (Sr.) and Lois Culver, but the year of death in both instances has been lost from the margin of the page. The births of these two sons are not found on rec- ord, but presumably they were born between Lois in 1756
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and Enoch in 1763.
Enoch Culver, Jr., married Lucy Hall on 19 Oct., 1786 (Wallingford Deeds, vol. 22, page 222). The files of the Bureau of Pensions at Washington contain documents re- lating to the service in the Revolutionary War of Enoch, Jr. A letter from the Acting Commissioner of the Bureau, dated 16 April, 1924, gives the following information:
"I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revo- lutionary War petition claim, W. 25464, it appears that Enoch Culver (Jr.) was born October 24, 1761, at Walling- ford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
"While residing in Wallingford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served in the Connecticut Militia as follows ;
"From August 1778 two months in Captain Lusk's Company.
"From July 1779 two months in Captain Dan Collins' Company.
"From September 1780 two months in Captain Oliver Stanley's Company.
"From August 1781 two months in Captain John Hough's Company.
"He was allowed pension on his application executed January 23, 1838, while residing in Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died March 1, 1838.
"He married October 19, 1786, at Wallingford, Connecti- cut, Lucy Hall. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 27, 1838, while residing in Burlington, Connecticut, aged sixty-six years."
As Enoch, Sr., died before the passage of the first gen- eral pension act, he never applied for a pension, and would not have been likely to do so unless totally incapacitated as a result of his service. It is extremely probable that Enoch, Jr., claimed in his application for pension ALL the military service he performed. It is important that the earliest ser- vice claimed by him started in August 1778, over seven months after the date of the Wallingford account dated 1 Jan., 1778, which included the item of stockings to Enoch Culver. The latter document did not specify Sr. or Jr., and in the lack of specification, it is more reasonable to infer that the father was intended, rather than a young boy of not quite fifteen.
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Apparently the only objection to the conclusion that the service prior to 1 Jan., 1778, belonged to Enoch, Sr., is his age at the time of service, which was fifty-two years. It has been shown above that Enoch's half-brother Samuel was in active service when over fifty years old; in fact, both Samuel and his son of the same name served in the army, the father being an officer and the son a private. Enoch, Sr., lived to be eighty-eight, and the family in that genera- tion seems to have been robust and hardy. What his brother Samuel did, it was possible for Enoch to do.
Largely on the strength of the pair of stockings, Enoch Culver, Sr., has been accepted by the General Society, Daughters of the Revolution, and by the National Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, as an eligible ancestor with active war service.
It will be noted that Enoch Culver, Jr., in his applica- tion stated his date of birth as 24 Oct., 1761, whereas the entry of his birth in Wallingford records stated it as 24 Oct. 1763. The present writer read the date as 1763 in the Wallingford records, but after learning from the Pension Office that the man himself had stated the year as 1761, and realizing the damaged condition of the page on which the birth was entered, modestly assumed that he had misread the date, and therefore printed it as 1761 in volume II., page 469, of the present work. Another examination of the Wallingford record has verified the original reading of the date as 1763. Whether the Wallingford entry or the man's own knowledge of his age is at fault, cannot be determined with certainty. If 1763 was correct, he was not quite fifteen at the date of his first enlistment, August 1778, and like many youths eager to play their part in war times, may have overstated his age deliberately at his first enlistment. In that event, he may have set back the date of his birth two years when filing his pension application, in order to make it cor- respond with his alleged age at the time of his enlistment. This is the most probable explanation of the discrepancy, and if true, makes it all the more unlikely that he was in active service earlier than August 1778, and confirms our conclusion that the service rendered prior to 1 Jan., 1778 was the service of his father Enoch, Sr.
DONALD LINES JACOBUS.
Bethany Mortality List
Contributed by Rev. Wallace Humiston, Northfield, Conn.
This list of deaths was kept for five years in a book in which appear the words "Denzel Hitchcock's book". It relates to people who lived in Bethany parish, and since scarcely one of these entries is to be found in the public records, the list is of great value. It should be noted that this private recorder, while usually stating ages in years, monthis, and days, in several instances overstated the age by an exact year.
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