This is a work in process and there are still other possible fathers for Amos.
Other Amos Father Possibilities
Cousin Charles Alvin Northrop Civil War 6th Regiment
Son of Alvin's brother Garrett and descendants are buried in New Haven.
They are documented by cemetery sites and City Directories.
I believe we have a picture of Charles Alvin (many unidentified in an album)
so we can safely assume some continuing communication.
courtesy http://ctmonuments.net/2009/04/broadway-civil-war-monument-new-haven/
“Erected by the joint contributions of the state of Connecticut and the Veteran Associations of 1st Conn. Light Battery and 6th, 7th and 10th Conn. Vols. as a sacred and perpetual memorial to men who suffered and died that the republic might live: 1861-1865.”
A plaque on the south side of the monument commemorates the 6th Conn. Volunteer Infantry, which served between Sept. 1861 and August 1865. The regiment had a total enrollment of 1,608 and suffered 807 casualties during engagements in Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia.
Col. John Lyman Chatfield August 1861, he began organizing the Sixth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. This was the third Connecticut regiment to volunteer for three years. The unit mustered into state service at Oyster Point, New Haven, on September 3,1861. On Sept. 19th, it mustered into federal service at Washington D.C.
Oxford Boy Becomes Civil War Hero
Col. John Lyman Chatfield distinguished himself during the Civil War
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mention Captain Lewis Northrop, George Northrop, Bethel, ~ ~ ~
Organized at New Haven September 12, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 17, thence moved to Annapolis, Md., October 5. Attached to Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to March, 1863. Jacksonville, Fla., to April, 1863. District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, April, 1863. Folly Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, United States forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Va. and N.C. to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to April, 1865. Abbott's Detached Brigade, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE:
Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Reconnoissance on Hilton Head Island November 8. Expedition to Braddock's Point November 10-11. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., till January 20. Expedition to Warsaw Sound January 20-February 27. Duty at Hilton Head till March 20. Moved to Dafuskie Island and siege operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 20-April 11. Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 10-11. Operations on James Island June 1-28. Grimball's Plantation June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July 7. Duty there till October. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23. Action at Frampton's Plantation, Pocotaligo, October 22. Duty at Beaufort, S.C., till March, 1863, and at Jacksonville, Fla., till April. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., and duty there till June. Occupation of Folly Island, S.C., June 3-July 10. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 18. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., July 25, and duty there till April, 1864. Moved to Gloucester Point April 27-May 1. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Proctor's Creek May 13. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. At Bermuda Hundred till August 13. Ware Bottom Church May 20. Petersburg June 9. Port Walthal June 16-17. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to January 3, 1865. Ware Bottom Church June 20, 1864. Demonstration on north side of the James August 13-20. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Deep Run August 16. In trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 27. Moved to north side of the James September 27-29. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In front of Richmond October 31-November 2. Detached for duty at New York City during Presidential election of 1864, November 2-17. Duty in trenches before Richmond till January 3, 1865. Second expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Half Moon Battery January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of Wilmington February 22. North East Ferry February 22. Duty at Wilmington, N.C., till June and at Goldsboro till July. Mustered out August 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 235.
The Civil War was the first war in American history in which a substantial proportion of the adult male population participated. Almost every American would have known friends, family members, or neighbors who marched off to war, many never to return. The service records of these men, North and South, are contained in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
Please note that the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System contains just an index of the men who served in the Civil War with only rudimentary information from the service records (including name, rank and unit in which they served). The full service records are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration. Click here for information about obtaining copies of those records, using the film number listed in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System record.
Additionally, all records in this database have been transcribed from the National Archives' original documents; alternate names and/or misspellings are recorded as initially documented.
The Civil War was the first war in American history in which a substantial proportion of the adult male population participated. Almost every American would have known friends, family members, or neighbors who marched off to war, many never to return. The service records of these men, North and South, are contained in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
Please note that the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System contains just an index of the men who served in the Civil War with only rudimentary information from the service records (including name, rank and unit in which they served). The full service records are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration. Click here for information about obtaining copies of those records, using the film number listed in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System record.
Additionally, all records in this database have been transcribed from the National Archives' original documents; alternate names and/or misspellings are recorded as initially documented.
UNION CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS 6th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry
OVERVIEW:
Organized at New Haven September 12, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 17, thence moved to Annapolis, Md., October 5. Attached to Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to March, 1863. Jacksonville, Fla., to April, 1863. District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, April, 1863. Folly Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, United States forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Va. and N.C. to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to April, 1865. Abbott's Detached Brigade, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE:
Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Reconnoissance on Hilton Head Island November 8. Expedition to Braddock's Point November 10-11. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., till January 20. Expedition to Warsaw Sound January 20-February 27. Duty at Hilton Head till March 20. Moved to Dafuskie Island and siege operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 20-April 11. Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 10-11. Operations on James Island June 1-28. Grimball's Plantation June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July 7. Duty there till October. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23. Action at Frampton's Plantation, Pocotaligo, October 22. Duty at Beaufort, S.C., till March, 1863, and at Jacksonville, Fla., till April. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., and duty there till June. Occupation of Folly Island, S.C., June 3-July 10. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 18. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., July 25, and duty there till April, 1864. Moved to Gloucester Point April 27-May 1. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Proctor's Creek May 13. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. At Bermuda Hundred till August 13. Ware Bottom Church May 20. Petersburg June 9. Port Walthal June 16-17. Siege operations againstPetersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to January 3, 1865. Ware Bottom Church June 20, 1864. Demonstration on north side of the James August 13-20. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Deep Run August 16. In trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 27. Moved to north side of the James September 27-29. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In front of Richmond October 31-November 2. Detached for duty at New York City during Presidential election of 1864, November 2-17. Duty in trenches before Richmond till January 3, 1865. Second expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Half Moon Battery January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of Wilmington February 22. North East Ferry February 22. Duty at Wilmington, N.C., till June and at Goldsboro till July. Mustered out August 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 235.
The 6th Regiment Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and muster in the 12th of September, 1861. This regiment was mustered out of service August 21, 1865 in New Haven, Connecticut. [1] [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/6th_Regiment,_Connecticut_Infantry]
Sherman’s Expedition to Port Royal, S.C. Attached to Wright’s 3rd Brigade, Sherman’s Expeditionary Corps
November 7
Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor
November 8
Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island
November 10-11
Expedition to Braddock’s Point
November-January
Duty at Hilton Head, S.C.
1862
January 20
Expedition to Warsaw Sound
February 27
Duty at Hilton Head
March 20-April 11
Moved to Dafuskie Island and siege operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South
April 10-11
Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski
June 1-28
Operations on James Island
June 10
Grimball’s Plantation
June 16
Battle of Secessionville
June 28-July 7
Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head. Attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South
September
Attached to District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South
October 21-23
Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C.
October 22
Action at Frampton’s Plantation, Pocotaligo
November-March
Duty at Beaufort, S.C.
1863
March
At Jacksonville, Fla.
April
Moved to Hilton Head, S.C. attached to District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, then to Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps
June 3-July 10
Occupation of Folly Island, S.C. attached to 2nd Brigade, United States forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps
July 10
Attack on Morris Island, S.C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, then to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps
July 18
Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island
July 25
Moved to Hilton Head, S.C. Attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps
1864
April 2
Moved to Gloucester Point and attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Va. and N. C.
May 4-28
Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond
May 9-10
Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church
May 10
Chester Station
May 12-16
Operations against Fort Darling
May 13
Proctor’s Creek
May 14-16
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
May-August
At Bermuda Hundred. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina
Organized at New Haven September 12, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 17, thence moved to Annapolis, Md., October 5. Attached to Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to March, 1863. Jacksonville, Fla., to April, 1863. District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, April, 1863. Folly Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, United States forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Va. and N.C. to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to April, 1865. Abbott's Detached Brigade, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1865.
SERVICE:
Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Reconnoissance on Hilton Head Island November 8. Expedition to Braddock's Point November 10-11. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C., till January 20. Expedition to Warsaw Sound January 20-February 27. Duty at Hilton Head till March 20. Moved to Dafuskie Island and siege operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga., March 20-April 11. Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 10-11. Operations on James Island June 1-28. Grimball's Plantation June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July 7. Duty there till October. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S.C., October 21-23. Action at Frampton's Plantation, Pocotaligo, October 22. Duty at Beaufort, S.C., till March, 1863, and at Jacksonville, Fla., till April. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., and duty there till June. Occupation of Folly Island, S.C., June 3-July 10. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 18. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., July 25, and duty there till April, 1864. Moved to Gloucester Point April 27-May 1. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Proctor's Creek May 13. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. At Bermuda Hundred till August 13. Ware Bottom Church May 20. Petersburg June 9. Port Walthal June 16-17. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to January 3, 1865. Ware Bottom Church June 20, 1864. Demonstration on north side of the James August 13-20. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Deep Run August 16. In trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 27. Moved to north side of the James September 27-29. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In front of Richmond October 31-November 2. Detached for duty at New York City during Presidential election of 1864, November 2-17. Duty in trenches before Richmond till January 3, 1865. Second expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Half Moon Battery January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of Wilmington February 22. North East Ferry February 22. Duty at Wilmington, N.C., till June and at Goldsboro till July. Mustered out August 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 235.
Contributed by Fred Chesson [fchesson@snet.net]. Total records = 149.
Names in [brackets] are cemetery abbreviations. Refer to, "Connecticut Cemetery Locations", for a description of these cemeteries.
This is the regiment that fought its way into Fort Wagner, its brave colonel of Waterbury, John Chatfield being mortally wounded in the process. A fine bronze of him stands guard atop Riverside Cemetery, overlooking the Naugatuck River.
Sixth Connecticut Infantry
Roster by Company
Chatfield, John L., Colonel DOW Ft Wagner, Aug 9, 1863, [Rvrside-Wby] Duryee, Redfield, Colonel 6th CVI Rockwell, Alfred P., Colonel 6th CVI Klein, D., Lt-Col 6th CVI Speidel, Lt-Col 6th CVI Meeker, Lorenzo, Major 6th CVI Stevens, S. S., Lt. 6th CVI Gesner, Geo. A., Sgt-Mjr 6th CVI De Bong/Bogue, Clr-Sgt, Co. C, 6th CVI, Ft Wagner, Aug 3, 1863 Johnson, Wm H., Com-Sgt 6th CVI
Robinson, Myron W., Surgeon, 6th CVI, 1839 + 1912, [Colchester] King, Frederick A., Band, 6th CVI, May 2, 1867, AE 25, [ZionHHfd] Leishman, Charles, Band, 6th CVI, Dec 29, 1890, [EvrgrnNH] Gangloff, Charles, 6th CVI, 1864, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA] Woods, Jonathan, 6th CVI, 1864, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA] Erving, Waldo, Recruit 6th CVI, [NA East Hfd] Cooley, S.A., sutler
(where is the rest of A-Company?)
Weatherell, W., Co. A, 6th CVI, Feb 12, 1865, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA]
Wilcox, J. P., Capt, Co. B, 6th CVI, May 10, 1864, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA] Graham, John L., Sgt, Co. B, 6th CVI, May 30, 1910, AE 67, [Wstvl] Nellis, Edward A., Sgt, Co. B, 6th CVI, 1840 + 1915, [Fair-Win] Babcock, Anson E., Co. B, 6th CVI, Sept 26, 1861, [MilAssyCem-DC] Davis, Sylvester, Co. B, 6th CVI, May 9, 1914, AE 82, [Wstvl] Devine, Dennis, Co. B, 6th CVI, April 6, 1885, [RC-Meriden] Fowler, Charles C., Co. B, 6th CVI, Dec 5, 1882, [EvrgrnNH] Lane, Asahel A., Co. B, 6th CVI, Dec 14, 1915, AE 76, [Bristol] Lathrop, Frederick O., Co. B, 6th CVI, [NA East Hfd] Loughery, Edward, Co. B, 6th CVI, April 9, 1889, [Grnwd-Avon] Rodgers, Edmund, Co. B, 6th CVI, Jul 18, 1863, AE 19, [SW-Canton] Sullivan, William, Co. B, 6th CVI, May 19, 1914, AE 69, [OStMy-NB] Terry, W. B., Co. B, 6th CVI, Nov 1, 1864, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA]
Eaton, Horatio, Capt, Co. E, 6th CVI, May 16, 1864, [SprngGrv-Hfd] Baldwin, Luzerene, Cpl, Co. E, 6th CVI Barden, Nathan W., Cpl, Co. E, 6th CVI, Apr 4, 1904, AE 76, [West-Tor] Russell, Samuel S., Cpl, Co. E, 6th CVI, Oct 15, 1889, [WalGrv-Merd] Scott, Albert M., Cpl, Co. E, 6th CVI Welch, George M., Cpl, Co. E, 6th CVI, Apr 9, 1914, AE 71, [OakGrv-WHvn] Bell, Edward, Co. E, 6th CVI, Oct 17, 1864, [N-Wdbry] Benhan, George W., Co. E, 6th CVI, May 24, 1913, AE 71, [SpGrvDarien] Berkley, William, Co. E, 6th CVI, Aug 19, 1911, AE 73, [Prospect] Brady, Michael, Co. E, 6th CVI, 4-14-1882, [OStJoe-Wby] Brown, Charles C., Co. E, 6th CVI, Mar 3, 1885, [Rvrside-Wby] Brown, John D., Co. E, 6th CVI, 7-23-1892, [Rvrside-Wby] Durand, Theodore G., Co. E, 6th CVI, Apr 6, 1911, [OakGrv-WHvn] Hotchkiss, Evans B., Co. E, 6th CVI, Oct 11, 1907, AE 74, [Prospect] Peters, William, Co. E, 6th CVI, Jan 3, 1891, [WalGrv-Merd] Royce, C. B., Co. E, 6th CVI, June 1, 1864, [CityPt-PtrsbrgVA] Smith, Almon E., Co. E, 6th CVI, Feb 18, 1892, AE 75, [Prospect] Stebbins, James, Co. E, 6th CVI, Nov 2, 1871, [EvrgrnNH] Talmadge. Frederick, Co. E, 6th CVI, 1835-1861, (in training), [Prospect]
Cadwell, Charles, Sgt, Co. F, 6th CVI, 1841? + 1924, [EvrgrnNH] Davis, Harry W., Sgt, Co. F, 6th CVI, Oct 26, 1915, AE 76, [Cent-Wall] Baldwin, William H., Co. F, 6th CVI, 3-12-93, [E-Morris] Barnes, Luzerne S., Co. F, 6th CVI, May 31, 1895, AE 66, [SpGrvDarien] Coombs, John, Co. F, 6th CVI, Aug 26, 1908, AE 70, [Wstvl] Crusius, J., Co. F, 6th CVI, June, 1862, [Cent-Wall] Davis, Sereno, Co. F, 6th CVI, Nov 16, 1909, [Wstvl] Dougal, Charles H., Co. F, 6th CVI, ND [Wstvl] Fister, Charles, Co. F, 6th CVI, Nov 16, 1890, AE 68, [SpGrvDarien] Gibbons, Theodore, Co. F, 6th CVI, Oct 7, 1861, [MilAssyCem-DC] Harris, George, Co. F, 6th CVI, [NA East Hfd] Hurd, Alonzo C., Co. F, 6th CVI, Feb 1, 1873, AE 38, [EvrgrnNH] Lego, William F., Co. F, 6th CVI, Oct 14, 1882, AE 48, [Fair-NB] Milner, William, Co. F, 6th CVI, Ft Wagner, Aug 1863 Morris, Charles M., Co. F, 6th CVI, Dec 9, 1906, AE 70, [EvrgrnNH] Soder, George, Capt., Co. F, 6th CVI, July, 18, 1914, AE 86, [Wstvl] Sperry, Edwin W., Co. F, 6th CVI, Dec 21, 1903, AE 60, [Wstvl] Wheatley, James, Co. F, 6th CVI, Apr 14, 1922, AE 87, [Milford]
The exhibit traced the evolution of Washington from a slavery-supporting community to one that came out strongly on the side of the abolitionist forces. Civil War letters, pictures and artifacts from both local families and the collection of the Museum were used to explore the lives of Washington's soldiers, sharing their stories of bravery and horror.
Charles Alvin b. July 6, 1836.Five years in Civil War ; Second Lieutenant. Sailed, about 1880, as steward, on a voyage to Africa ; not heard from since. Supposed to have been lost at sea. Neglected to give name of vessel he sailed on.
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ii Charles Alvin, b. July 6, 1836. or 46? Five years in Civil War ; Second Lieutenant. Sailed, about 1880, as steward, on a voyage to Africa ; not heard from since. Supposed to have been lost at sea. Neglected to give name of vessel he sailed on.(Civil War seems correct. Not sure about the other information.Many mysteries.)
Must have been born by 1844 or 45 unless his parents signed off to enter service before age 17.
Younger brother of Alvin Northrop
of Greens Farms, CT
Father of James Edward Northrop
& Charles Alvin Northrop
(Wife Betsey Millard Northrop)
d.May 8, 1868
bur Warren Center Cem)
???
Looks like our Charles A. Northrop, but no confirmation. The published genealogy is quite sketchy on our line. It is one of the "unconnected" lines and at very least omits information and mispells names of places & people..
It has this Charles as "Sailed about 1880, as steward, on a voyage to Africa; not heard from since. Supposed to have been lost at sea. Neglected to gice name of vessel he sailed on." This may be true, but it could be a polite way of avoiding mention of a divorce "for misconduct".
It's not too hard to imagine that five years in the Civil War would have taken a tremendous toll -- possibly to the extent of what we now call PTSD. So it is possible that he suffered serious disruptions in his life.
However, if it is our Charles, he had a son I'd like to track.
Father
Charles A Northrop
b ~ 1836 age 34 Express b. CT
MessengerWIFE
1870 Census
wife Annie age 24 son Charles age 10 at school maybe w John W Hurlburt soapmaker 28 CT ,
Caroline 24 b. VA, Frank 6 CT
Son
Charles Northrop SON/o
Charles A. Northrop & Annie
b ~ 1860
Annie ( Adelaide L Northrop of Farmington different)
Jan 17, 1871 Divorce Chicago
paper re New Haven CT Annie C from
Charles A. Northrop
cause misconduct
1900 census Milk Peddler Charles Northrope
M 18 Single White Servant b. May 1882 CT
CT CT living w/ Philip C Alling 38 & Ida H Alling
1930 census Charles E Northrop M 47 Mar.
White Head b 1883 CT
CT CT Sta. Fireman Silver Factory B 21
Emma Northrop F 39 Mar. White Wife 1891
CT Ger. Ger. B 21
Ethel L Northrop F 19 Single White Daughter
1911 CT CT CT B
21 Arthur Street, Ward 8 near Rosette
b. 1891-1948 age 57
Trinity Church one of three historic churches
on the east side of New Haven Green --corner
of Temple and Chapel Streets,
Church on
draft card 1942
1942 Charles Elmer Northrop age 59
[b. ~ may 22 1882
Woodbridge ]
draft reg WWII 1942 lives 55 1/2 arthur st, wife emma
d may 25 1942
Emma Northrop 1930 Census New Haven, CT
Age 39 m. White b. ~ 1891 CT
parents b. Germany others -- Charles E Northrop
Head M 47 CT /
Emma Northrop Wife F 39 CT /
Ethel L Northrop Dau F 19 CT /
Bertha L Northrop Dau F 5 CT /
Eartina L Last M-in-law F 71 Ger. /
Lousie Last Niece F 18 NY /
Henry C Last Bro-in-law M 49 Ger.
20 January 1916 New Haven, CT.
The youngest of 10 children of
Charles Elmer Northrop & Grace Mary Patterson Northrop
NOT s/o Charles & Emma ?? parents would have
died much earlier to
be in orphanage. Age 26
when
father died 32 when mother died OR it is
Charles & Emma,
but something else
happened poverty, legal problem mental problem
Also Teresa Lattanzi Sister Female /
Richard Tenney Brother Male /
Extended Family Jodi Sandella Niece Female
Thomas Storlazzi domestic partner
son record Abagail C. Northrop in record of
Henry Edgar Bowns
& Felicite M. Menuez
Husband William Henry Bowns Son Henry
Edgar Bowns m. Felicite M. Menuez
NYC
Marriage Records
m. 19 Dec 1870
Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Age 39
b. ~ 1831 New Haven CT m. Felicite M. Menuez
age 21 b. ~ 1849, Harrisburg, OH
d/o Frank M. Menuez & Josephine Fevre
William Theodore Northrup b. 20 APR 1835
Milton, CT 1880 Cenus
New Haven, CT
real estate,
secretary of Chrystal Ice Co.;
grocer (1880)
66 Howe St., New Haven, CT
Parents b. CT.
Others 1880 Frank Hurlburt - bro-in-law,
age 26, CT. Parents born CT.
Book Keeper. John Ulrich - other, age 32,
NY. Parents born Alsace.
Engraver.
Edith Mattingly - other, age 22, CT. Parents
b. England.
Clerk In Store .
s/o Anson Northrup b: 17 JUL 1790 Ffld Co.,
CT & Martha Hard
b: MAR 1792 Milton, CT
m1 Thalia M Hurlburt b: CT m. 9 APR 1860
Anson Northrup, Isaiah
Northrup Sr.5,
Job Northrup4,
William Northrup3, Joseph Northrup2,
Joseph Northrup1 By 1835
Anson & Martha
in Milton not Roxbury or were visiting/travelling
(Anson NORTHRUP, Isaiah NORTHRUP4,
Job NORTHRUP3,
William NORTHRUP2,
Joseph NORTHRUP1)
Anson b. 17 JUL 1790 ?
Fairfield, Co, d, 21 MAY 1835 Roxbury, CT.
m. Martha HARD 1816 Milton, CTMartha
b. MAR 1792 Milton
d. 16 FEB 1869.
Anson Roxbury 1820 - OP \ age 45 yrs
s/o Isaiah Northrup 1746 – 1817 &
Mary
Hubbell 1749 –
1817 Bur
Old South Cemetery Roxbury, CT
Kids m.
Barnes,
Sperry, Evarts, Clark
Bpt George Anson Livery business
s/o William Wales NORTHRUP b: 14 JUN 1849 Orange,
CT &
Lena SMITH b: Abt 1851 Woodbury, , CT?
(William Wales NORTHRUP, Abel Allen Atwater
NORTHRUP6 &
Martha Maria MORGAN, Caleb Camp NORTHRUP5 &
Patty MUNSON,
Abel NORTHRUP4
& Susanna CAMP, Joseph NORTHRUP3
& Ruth ALLEN,
William NORTHRUP2, Joseph NORTHRUP1) b. 14 JUN 1849
Orange, CT. M. Lena SMITH 28 DEC 1870. Lena b. ~ 1851 Woodbury?
Children i. John D. NORTHRUP b~ 1873 CT
ii. Lillian A. NORTHRUP B.~ 1874 CT
hIS M2?? Emma A Northrop d, lIVED &Death 1954
West Haven, CT
Age 81 White b. ~ 1873 spouse JOHN cert # 14785
hIS M2?? 1900 WIDOWED 1930 , 1940 Census
John D Northrop
Painter in own shop Third Avenue New Haven b ~
1871 ct parents c ct
Emma Weidig Germany Emma b NJ
Ct Death Record Carrie Northrop d. 17 Apr 1895 age 33
b. 1862
Married Spouse's Name Edgar S
Edgar's mother, Mrs. Caroline Osborn Northrop
20 MAY 1838
New Fairfield, - d 31 DEC 1892
New Haven died in 1892,
so this is wife
Does this go back to Ridgefield Jeremiah or Brookfield
Jeremiah???
s/o [Francis] Jerome Northrop M 36 b. CT & Caroline Northrop
F 32
b. CT siblings Eugene M Northrop M 10 b. CT & Ellen F Northrop F 6
b. CT Jerome 1860 Laborer Danbury. 1970
Farm Laborer Danbury
Charles Elmer Northrop Jr Obituary 07 Dec 2011 CT Age 95 b. 20 Jan 1916 New Haven, CT d. 03 Dec 2011 New Haven Register s/o Charles Elmer Northrop & Grace Mary Patterson Northrop, Teresa Lattanzi Sister (adopted), Richard Tenney Brother (adopted), Jodi Sandella Niece Female (adopted), Thomas Storlazzi Domestic Partner Male
Amos may have been a farmer, shoemaker (his eldest known son, Alvin, was
a shoemaker) or in a profession related to leather.
Chatham, NY reported as birthplace is suspicious. May be Chatham, CT (Alvords) or wrong Northrop line.
Names WITH connections - Amos, Burr
Names with possible connections - Gerrit, George, Fenn, Elmore, Winthrop, Blaine, Anzonetta /Antoinetta
A number of Fenns have connections to Joseph Line - Second Congregational Church Milford "Plymouth"
Amos had 2 known children but possibly more.
Amos might have even spent some time in Berkshire County, MA.
It is interesting to observe on the gravestones that widows were called relicts and wives who predeceased their husbands are called consorts.
Northrops
Family Tree
Before the founder England
Joseph Northrup 1619(1639)-1669Milford
Joseph Northrup 1649 Milford ~ ???1700
James Northrop 1693 Milford ~ 1747
James Northrop 1719 Ridgefield ~ 1784
Amos Northrop 1778? Milford 1855 Warren
Alvin Northrop 1803 Ridgefield, Kent, Milford, Salem ~1875 or 86
George Elmore Northrop 1844 Cornwall~1906 Southport
George Ives Northrop 1871 Southport ~ 1923 Southport
Alvin Jennings Northrop 1905 Southport/Norwalk ~ 1980 Fairfield
Hannigan
Ives
Jennings
Keeler
Webster (offsite)
This is a work in process and there are still other possible fathers for Amos.
Other Amos Father Possibilities
Old Stuff I haven't edited recently.
Amos Northrop b ~ 1776-80 (census dates)
The prosperity of the town of Kent was checked with the advent of the railroad. It was once a flourishing community when every night twenty- one two and four horse teams could be seen entering the town from the direction of Quaker hill loaded with iron ore to be cast into pigs and then hauled thirty miles to Poughkeepsie to market. The crack of the whips of so many drivers is gone and the charm of the town now lies in its quietness and solitude.
.....The period of the settlement of Kent was that of Connecticut's first attack of the western fever, and this is how it was brought on. As has been said, but little value was attached to the teritory of Litchfield county, before the beginning of the last century. There was lan<l enough nearer the center of the colony, and the population was still too limited for the peopling of new towns. But after the reinstatement of the colonial charter in 1694, and the consequent restored security of the colony, enterprise, which had languished during the reign of James, revived, the population of the colony increased, and inquiry began to be made for territory for new settlements. The earliest response to this demand, in this section of the state,.was the exploration and sale of the territory of the town of Litchfield. This territory was included in the "Western Lands" conveyed by the colony to the towns of Hartford and Windsor in 1686-7, and the sale of it was the ilrst disposal of that territory which the towns had made. In the spring of 1715, a committee of these towns, of whom John Marsh, the ancestor of the Marshes of Litchfield, was one, and the seeming chief, visited the region, "viewed" it, and secured deeds of it from the Indians; their bills for service, against the towns, giving intimation of the primitive wildness of the region, as by the following items from the Hartford records: —...
The sale of the territory of Litchfleld by the towns of Hartford and Windsor, roused the colony to assert its claim to the Western Lands, and in 1719 at the May session, the legislature enacted: —
"That the whole of said tract of Land shall lie for the further dispose of this assembly, and all surveyors and persons appointed to lay out lands, are hereby forbidden to bound or lay out any of said land without the special order of this assembly."
Nevertheless, Hartford and Windsor went on disposing of the land, and a fierce controversy arose between the colony on the one side, and these two towns and the settlers in the Western Lands to whom they had sold tracts, on the other, which was settled as records show, by compromise, in 1726, the colony taking one, the western half, and the two towns the other, the eastern half; Litchfield, as already disposed of, being left out of the division.
This long controversy had thoroughly advertised the unsettled lands,
1738; Cornwall at Fairfield, in February of the same year; Kent at Windham, in March;
...young men "went west to grow up with the country;" and all north and east of Kent was alive, as was itself, with the interest of.new settlement.
all at once," to use a familiar phrase, the country sprang into life at the period of the settlement of Kent: Nortnbury church, organized 1740; Westbury, 1740; Bethlehem, 1740; Washington, 1742; Kent, 174i; Goshen, 1740; Cornwall, 1741; Canaan, 1741; Torrington, 1741; Harwinton, 1737; New Hartford, 1738. So that Kent was by no means born alone. Its settlement was but one manifestation of a movement that pervaded the colony, the first great set of Connecticut's westward tide; the tide that, with its successive flowings, has peopled the continent with its best inhabitants and noblest life.
While the new life of Kent society was crystalizing into form, the same process of the beginnings of religious and civil organization was going on in the communities around it. As the primeval forest still covered this parish, unbroken save by the settler's clearings, so over Litchfield county the primitive wilderness stretched unbroken, save where here and there the centres were being established of the several towns. It is the period from which the life of Litehfield county takes its date.
Westbury, now Watertown, was constituted an ecclesiastical society in 1738, the same year as Kent.
In Bethlehem, the first settlers are petitioning the General Assembly to be constituted a distinct society, which petition was granted at the October session, 1739, and the church was organized the following spring, March 27, 1740.
In Washington, too, the first settlement is under way, the pioneer settler, Joseph Hurlburt, locating there in 1736, and the community petitioning in 1741, to be organized into an ecclesiastical society, which was done by the General Assembly at the October session of that year, the society being named "Judea," likely from the hill country of Palestine, which of old bore that name. Immediately on the organization of the society, the building of the meeting-house was proceeded with, the inhabitants stating, in a petition to the General Assembly in May 1742,that they had "Unanymously and Lovingly Agreed upon a place for to set a Meeting House; ' the only instance of the kind in the early history of the county. The house was built during the same year; the cnurch being organized Sept. 1st., 1742; Rev. Reuben Judd, the first pastor being ordained the same day; the ceremonies taking place in a grove—the other society in the town, that of New Preston, was organized October, 1752.
Into the "Wilderness" the first invasion was the settlement of Litchfield, and this introduces us to one of the most curious and interesting chapters of Connecticut history, as well as to a matter which early engaged the attention of Northbury (PLYMOUTH - WAS INCORPORATED FROM WATERTOWN); it being the subject of a controversy which the new society waged with the mother town, from the time of its organization as a society until after it became a town itself—the famous affair of the"Western Lands." In the records of Waterbury, 1741, there is the following entry with reference to the matter: —
"There having been considerable discourse about the money for which the western lands were sold and granted for the use of the school, and not agreeing in what method it should be disposed of, (the town) did by vote agree that they would refer it to some indifferent gentlemen, to be decided by them where the said money shall be disposed, whether it belongs to the first parish (of Waterbury) or should be divided among the several parishes (including Westbury and Northbury)."
What were these "western lands?" The original title to the territory of New England was the grant, in 1620, by James I. to the Plymouth Company, of England of
"All that part of America lying and being in breadth from the fortieth degree of north latitude, from the equinoctial line, to the forty-eighth degree of said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length of and with all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main land from sea to sea."
Among the first division of Kent were:
Ephraim Hubbel, multiple m. Abigail Bradley d. Kent, Sherwood, Noble, Fuller
Peter Hubbel, multiple of greenfield connection to betts,, hurlburt
Richard Hubbel, multiple stratford, ffld, newtown fairweather, burritt wheeler
Jedediah Hubbel (also as JH, Esq. both later)...Fairfield, Newtown Stratfield Bradley (mother) Noble, Northrop, Hickox, Hurlbut, Wheeler later Lanesboro
Johnathan Hubbel, multiple Fairfield, Newtown, Stratforfd Bethlehem, Derby Prudden, Burr, Silliman Morehouse,Wakeman in 1631 in Eng Alford m. in Ill
Samuel Canfleld, multiple Samuel Canfield and others,
and later
John Smith, multipleDavid Smith,Nathaniel Smith,
Joseph Fuller,
Pelatiah Marsh.Cyrus Marsh, ,multipleEbenezer Marsh, multiple ,Heirs of Colonel Ebenezer Marsh,William Marsh
Azariah Pratt, Daniel Pratt, multiple Joseph Pratt Jr., Daniel Pratt, Peter Pratt,
Joseph Peck,
John Porter,
,Nathaniel Sanford,
Nathaniel Sanford and Henry Silsby,
Jabez Swift,
multipleZephania Swift,
Nathaniel Slosson,
Isaac Camp, Isaac Camp
1738,
The old deeds refer frequently to the Fairweather purchase, but as there is no deed on record in Kent of this property a search was made through the old colonial records where it was found that in 1707 there was a large tract of land granted to Hon. Nathaniel Gold, Peter Burr and several others of Fairfleld for a township in what is now the southern portion of Kent and the northern portion of New Milford, and that they in turn sold a part or all of it to Robert Silliman, Richard Hubbell and Benjamin Fairweather, the latter being described as the "cornet of the troop in Fairfleld." The latter's purchase contained some 3,800 acres and was six miles in length from east to west and three hundred rods wide. When the owner died the large tract was divided between his heirs.
1826
About this time there was considerable agitation to have a canal from Stockbridge, Mass., to tide water at Derby. This is the language of the resolution the town meeting passed: "That we claim it is the interest and duty of every individual situated near the proposed route to aid and assist in the completion of this object oy endeavoring to promote and otherwise concert in measures calculated to effect it by lending funds as circumstances may enable and the vastness of the undertaking may require. That no other route to tide water heretofore suggested is by us regarded as equally important or can equally well accommodate this town or that portion of the public subjected to land carriage which lies between the Connecticut and Hudson rivers."
May. 1739, passed a resolution that "the military companies in the towns of Kent, Woodbury, New Milford, Litchfleld, Cornwall, Goshen, Canaan, Norfolk, Salisbury, Sharon, and New Pairfleld shall be one entire regiment to be distinguished by the name of the Thirteenth regiment."
...The War of the Revolution impoverished where it did not devastate. For many years there was practically no money. Mr. Bordwell was from necessity a farmer, and during the long winter a tutor as well; for like most of the ministers of the day, he fitted many a boy for college. The spiritual destitution of the period was even greater than the material. Skepticism and infidelity were rampant, and the church that held its own did well.
...wife of John Millard, Sr.
1776.
Widow Rebeckah Millard,
1784.
Abram Beecher and his wife,
Lois Coleman,
Aaron Coleman,
1807.
Dr. Oliver Fuller and his wife,
Aurelia Northrop,
1816 Hannah Fenn,
Record Is incomplete previous to 1812, and there is no means by which the manner of removal from the church can be ascertained.
no record after 1812 on -- so maybe before 1812 or not members of this church?
EPISCOPAL
The next rector was Samuel Clark, who went to New Milford in 1768. He was a native of West Haven and a graduate of Yale college. Under him the first real attempts at organization were made. They are upon the parish register two very old documents of his day; they are the earliest records the parish now possesses. The first of these papers is dated at New Milford February 7, 1770; it is a receipt to Reuben Swift for his ministerial (church tax) for the year 1769. The second is dated Dec. 2, 1771, and shows that occasional services were being kept. It is a notice of Mr. Clark's intention to preach in Kent the coming Sunday. It was owing to the co-operation of this worthy layman, Reuben Swift, that the church for which Mr. Palmer began to gather subscriptions in 1760, was finally built in 1772 or early in 1773. Mr. Swift lived just to see it finished as he died the same year. This ancient building stood about thirty yards to the south of the present church. It was afterwards converted into a town hall, and still later the frame was used for a barn, now the property of George Hopson.
Mr. Clark remained at his post until 1787 when he migrated to Nova Scotia. The years 1768-87 covered by Mr. Clark's ministry were dark days for the church in America. The nearest bishop was 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. It was not until 1785 that a bishop set foot upon these shores. Besides the want of a bishop there were other hardships to bear. The church was small in numbers; she was hated and despised by the multitude who regarded Episcopacy as hostile to civil as well as religious liberty. When the war really broke out many of the clergy had to fiee, others were persecuted and imprisoned, churches were closed, many of them desecrated and defiled by the mob.
In 1790 Rev. Truman Marsh was stationed at New Milford and remained for nine years, and it is probable he looked after the church in Kent. In February, 1808, the parish was duly organized according to the state laws, the first officers being Lewis St. John, clerk; Reuben Booth, moderator; John Smith, treasurer. In May following Rev. Sturgis Gilbert was offered $6 to preach every third Sunday during the summer. May 4, 1809, a meeting was called to see whether the society would adopt the constitution of the church in America as set forth by general convention. From 1808 to 1816 yearly meetings were held on the great plain of Kent as it was then called. In the latter year the old church was renovated. In September Mr. Gilbert was released from his contract. The records are broken from here until 1819, when in April of that year at the annual meeting the committee of the church were authorized to lay out the present subscriptions lately obtained in hiring, as it was said, Rev. George B. Andrews to officiate as clergyman. Under him the old church which had been built nearly fifty- two years in 1820 was consecrated. Mr. Andrews immediately afterward set to work to build the present edifice. On September 30, 1822, a meeting was called to adopt plans for building. Jeremiah Fuller, John H. Swift, Garrett Winegar, Alpheus Fuller, and John Hurd, were chosen as a building committee. The original papers, contracts, etc., are still preserved. Various subscription papers tell of the struggles of the faithful few to get the church built. Those who had no money to give gave of their goods, timber, stone, brick, or lime, anything in short, that would prove available as building,
M. E. CHURCH AT GAYLORDSV1LLE.
Many of the people in the southern part of the town are connected with the Methodist Episcopal church in Gaylordsville, and that church must not be overlooked in enumerating the religious forces of the town. For many years it has maintained regular preaching services at Ore Hill and Bulls Bridge. Situated at the Center, as the churches are, there are many who find it difficult to reach them, and the neighborhood Sunday schools at South Kent, Bulls Bridge, Macedonia, and North Keat have been, and are, of inestimable value.
Mention should here be made of Rev. Wm. H. Kirk, a consecrated Reformed Methodist minister, who was for fifty-one years a resident of tho town of Kent. He was born of Scottish parentage in Springfield, Vermont, March 24, 1824. His mother was a lineal descendant of Robert Bruce, the eminent Scottish chief, and a daughter of Rev. Rufus Bruce of Chester, Vermont. Mr. Kirk was converted to Christ at the age of ten years, and for sixty-one years was a devout Christian. He edited for several years the denominational paper of his church, which was published under the name of "The Banner and Banquet." His church granted him license as an exhorter at the age of seventeen years and in 1844, at a sitting of the Vermont annual conference of the Reformed Methodist church he was ordained an elder in said church, which office he held until his death on February 19, 1896, at Kent. He was always under appointment by his conference as pastor, visiting elder or evangelist, in which capacity he labored faithfully and successfully in different states in the Union. Mr. Kirk was an anti-slavery man during the days of slavery, and was one of the only three men in the town of Kent to vote the anti-slavery ticket when that ticket was first presented to the people, the other two being the late Rev. Jeremiah Fry and the late Deacon Lewis Spooner. He thereafter voted with the Republican party until the excitement of war times began to subside when it was discovered that the greatest foe to our race was the liquor traffic. Accordingly, he identified himself with the Prohibition party. Possessing great strength of character and independence of thought, he was never misunderstood as to his sentiments. He was the champion of every cause and measure that tended to suppress vice and exalt virtue. Sympathetic and kind towards the suffering and distressed, he was often called to comfort bereaved ones in officiating at funerals until he had attended one thousand during his ministry He took a Christian interest In the welfare of the Scatacook Indians and many of them, under his influence became Christians. The oldest remaining members of the tribe declare him to have been the first person to visit their reservation and tell them they "had souls and might have a Saviour." January 12, 1845, he was married to Miss Maria Houghton of Pownall. Vermont. Their three children were: Sarah A., wife of Edward Eaton, of Warren; Laura J., wife of Edward Thorpe, and a resident of Danvers, Mass., and Charles F., who married Miss Lillian Newton, and resides in Kent.
While of a social nature, of Mr. Kirk it could be truly said he feared God, and feared nothing else but sin. Eminently successful as a revivalist, many of the members of different churches in and around Kent were converted under his labors and teaching. For a period of more than three years previous to his death he was an invalid, suffering from a partial paralysis and other diseases.
In 1757, Jabez Smith was chosen overseer of the tribe; being the first officer of the kind appointed for the Scatacooks.
Medina in 184.6.—Medina, the county-seat, is on the stage road from Cleveland to Columbus, twenty-eight miles from the first and one hundred and seventeen from the latter. It was originally called Mecca—and is so marked on the early maps of Ohio—from the Arabian city famous as the birth-place of Mahomet. It was afterwards changed to its present name, being the seventh place on the globe of that name. The others are, Medina, a town of Arabia Deserta, celebrated as the burial-place of Mahomet; Medina, the capital of the kingdom of Woolly, West Africa ; Medina, a town and fort on the island of Bahrein, near the Arabian shore of the Persian gulf; Medina, a town in Estremadura, Spain; Medina, Orleans county, Js. Y., and Medina, Lenawee county, Michigan.
On the organization of the county in 1818, the first court was held in a barn, now standing half a mile north of the court-house. The village was laid out that year, and the next season a few settlers moved in. The township had been previously partially settled. In 1813 Zenas Hamilton moved into the central part with his family, from Danbury, Conn. His nearest neighbor was some eight or ten miles distant. Shortly after came the families of Rufus Ferris, Timothy Doane, Lathrop Seymour, James Moore, Isaac Barnes, Joseph Northrop, Friend Ives, Abijah Mann, James Palmer, William Painter, Frederick Apple- ton, etc., etc.
Rev. Roger Searle, an Episcopalian, was the first clergyman, and the first church was in the eastern part of the township where was then the most population. It was a log structure, erected in 1817. One morning all the materials were standing, forming a part of the forest, and in the afternoon Rev. Mr. Searle preached a sermon in the finished ehnrch.*
Historical collections of Ohio ... By Henry Howe
Page 246 [No. 741]. The children of Wealthy Pomeroy were: i Emeline, born Oct. 17, 1799, in Hudson, N. Y.; m. Frederick J. Barnard, of Albany; d. June 18, 1833, while at Hartford. 2 George, m. Lucy Huntington. 3 Samuel Pomeroy, a physician; m. Caroline Jenkins; Mrs. Marcellus Hartley, 232 Madison Ave., N. Y. City, is his daughter. 4 Jane Augusta, d. unm. 5 Frances, m. Rev. William Chester. 6 John C., m. Lavinia Maxwell. 7 Sarah, d. unm. 8 Elizabeth, m. Ambrose Russell. 9 Henry Kirk, d. unm. 10 Anna, m. C. T. Leake. 11 Elizabeth Pomeroy, m. (i) John Hosmer, of Hudson; (2) Frederick J. Barnard, whose first wife was her half-sister; ch.: i Fannie Hosmer, m. Frederick Hastings, of Brainerd's Bridge; several ch.; one, Catherine, m. Rev. Henry Neill, and d. July 10, 1845, leaving two ch.: Catharine and Henry. 12 Chauncey Pomeroy, m. Mary Northrop Ives, dau. of Elihu and Lucy (Whittemore) Ives, of New Haven; she d. Jan. 3, 1881; he d. Aug. 4, 1888; ch.: Jane Eliza, b. at Girard, Ga., June 15, 1845; m. Dec. 24, 1866, at Montgomery, Ala., Edgar James Lee, born Dec. 5, 1838, in Montgomery, son of Henry Porter and Betsey Ann (Nickelson) Lee; they removed about 1873 to Troy, Pa.; ch.: (i) Bessie Pomeroy, b. Nov. 21, 1867, in Montgomery; (2) Charles Landers, b. June 19, 1869, in Montgomery; (3) Mary Chauncey, b. April 15, 1871, in Montgomery; (4) Emma Redington, b. April 5, 1874, in Troy; (5) Kate, b. April 2, 1876; (6) Pomeroy, b. April 27, 1877; (7) Edgar Henry, b. June 28, 1879; (8) Montague, b. Oct. 8, 1881; (9) infant daughter, b. June 23, 1883; d. Nov. 9, 1883.
Amity embraced Woodbridge and Bethany
Thomas Sanford Match manufacturing first in Oxford then in Woodbridge
One of the earliest grist mills in New Haven County was located at Sperry's Falls, a reminder of which exists today in a huge broken mill-stone lying near the ancient foundations. Below Lake Dawson,Elioenai Clark made coffins and cabinet work. There were saw and gristmills in various parts of the town.. Woodbridge There was once a clock factory operated by John Northrop, west of the Church, near the home of Henry C. Baldwin.
The most important manufacturing industry connected with -Woodbridge,was the match business. This townWoodbridge is really the birthplace of the friction match. The inventor was Thomas Sanford, whose title to the distinction is permanently secured by a decision ofthe U. S. Court. Mr. Sanford made the invention while living in the neighboring town of Oxford. But his first shop was in Woodbridge, in a part of the house now occupied by Robert Payne as a residence. "Next he moved his business to a larger shop, west of and at the foot of Round Hill. The ruins of this building, which has just fallen in, may be seen near the so-called
MRS. MORRIS F. TYLER. Sanford Place. Still later, Mr. Sanford built another shop further down Bladen's Brook.
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John Northrop, Junr. 1800 took Freeman's Oath in Newtown
John Northrop 1804 took Freeman's oath Newtown.maybe son of Abel
NORTHROP, John {162}, Methodist preacher b: 01 Apr 1775 Woodbridge, New Haven, CT d: 1835-1836 #: NORT366 son of Joel
From 1772 to 1777, there is no record of any having been made electors. The years between those dates marked the exciting period that culminated in the war of the Revolution.
The oath of fidelity to which freemen were obliged to subscribe before they could exercise the rights that accrued to them when they had taken the freeman's oath:
"You do swear by the ever-living God that you will truly and faithfully adhere to and maintain the government established in this state under the authority of the people, agreeable to the laws in force within the same, and that you believe in your conscience that the King of Great Britain hath not, nor of right ought to have any authority or dominion in or over this state, and that you do not hold yourself bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to him within the same, and that you will, to the unmost of your power, maintain and defend the freedom, independance and privileges of this state against all open enemies or traitorous conspiracies whatsoever, so help you God. And no person shall have authority to execute any of the offices aforesaid after the first day of January next, until he hath taken said oath, and all persons who hereafter shall be appointed to any of said offices shall take said oath before they enter upon the execution of their offices. And no freemen within this state shall be allowed to vote in the election of any of the officers of government until he hath taken the aforesaid oath in the open freemans' meeting in the town where he dwells."
"Names of those persons that have appeared to take the oath of fidelity prescribed by the General Assembly of this state at a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford in said state on the second Thursday of May, A. D.( 1777."
Zalmon Northrop 1806 freeman
NEWTOWN POORHOUSE RESIDENTS from the 1850 Census
Northrop, Zalman 75 M Conn
If this is correct DOB is ~1775 instead of 1770
Fairfield county map is dated 1856 so perhaps info for a year or so earlier
John Beach, May 5th, 1807, to Abel S. Northrop, land in Trumbull for a consideration of $65.00.
(For other deeds, see under Lewis B. Beach)
John Beach of Trumbull made his will, Jan 2nd, 1809, proved March 8th, 1809.
"... son James
"... son Lewis
"... daughter, Eunice Harrison, $16.
"... grandson, Beach Curtiss 6sh.
"... three sons, Burton Beach, Silas Beach, and James Beach, $60; to son Lewis,
one feather [Begin page 16] bed and under bed, one blue bedquilt, also one pair of linen Sheets.
Stratford Probate Court, V. 359 Inventory appraised by Lewis B. Beach, ex.
... a piece of salt meadow,
... a note of hand of Lewis B. Beach $372.78
" Lewis B. Beach $125.56
" James Beach, Jr. $164.30
" James Beach, Jr. $ 33.35
etc.
Elijah son of Samuel in records m. Lucina Easton born before 1767
Name: Elijah Northrup 123 Birth: ABT. 1761 in Washington Co., Connecticut 2Death: 1829 in Humphreysville, Connecticut Military Service: Served (American Revolutionary War) Event: Pension Awarded a pension (#s36199)
Father:Job Northrop is this the right one? Marriage 1 Eliza Atwood b~1796?? d/o Name: Daniel Atwood Birth: 8 JUL 1773 in Woodbury (Litchfield), Connecticut Death: 25 JUL 1839 in Watertown (Litchfield), Connecticut Burial: Old Cemetery, Watertown, Connecticut
Children Sarah Northrop
Eliza Atwood's brother Hermon Garry Atwood m. Betsey Northrop d. of widow phebe northrop
perhaps phebe fairchild widow of Joshua NORTHROP??? Birth: 11 APR 1761 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut 1Death: 12 DEC 1803 2
Father:Joshua NORTHROP b: 1722 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Mary BENNETT b: 6 JAN 1726/1727 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
Marriage 1 Phebe FAIRCHILD b: ABT 1764 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Married: 178 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
Lydia m. Elisha Barlow June 24, 1811 perhaps d/o Samuel 1757 his daughter Lydia Northrup b: ABT. 1795
Not a remarriage for Elijah's mother, Lydia a different Lydia
Elisha Barlow Sr is still married (Lydia, Mother of Elijah died Dec 24, 1814 age 91)
First marriage for Elisha Barlow, Jr.b. 1787 S. Amenia, NY
OR a son ofJohn BARLOW b: 5 MAR 1748 in Kent, Litchfield, CT andTemperance BRANCH b: 3 MAY 1756 in Kent, Litchfield, CT
Phebe of Washington m. John Stoddard of Woodbury Sept 11, 1786
Father Unknown Phebe Northrop b: 19 Feb 1766 in Salisbury, , Litchfield, Connecticut OR Birth: ABT 1770 in Washington,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
s/o Father:Gideon Stoddard b: 24 Mar 1740 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut andRebecca Hunt John dies Death: 15 Sep 1859 in Peru, , Clinton, New York
Samuel Northrop Jr. m. June 3 1799 wid Sarah (Frisbie)Dutton of Bethlehem
THIS IS Samuel Northrup IV (Samuel b: ABT. 1757 in Milford Township, Connecticut samuel later moves to VT but prob some or all children b. CT
who marries Sarah Frisbie b: ABT. 1755 who was formerly married to Asahel Dutton b: ABT. 1753 he died BEF. JUN 1779
NOT -Samuel 1687 dies Death: 1748 in Amity (now Woodbridge, New Haven Co.)
son Samuel appears to be still be married to Lydia Thomas
MY AMOS could be son of Samuel 1757 but year is way off.
census search no vt 1790
census 1800 Samuel Northrop 01010/10110/00 Shoreham, Addison Cnty
census 1800 Samuel Northrop 10110/11010/00 Middletown, Rutland Cnty
Samuel in Middletown 1810 does not seem to include Amos
William Henry born -- son of Charles , laborer, and Harriet Dec 17, 1849
??
Twenty-one persons have died in this society, either by violent or untimely deaths: of which number, six were drowned ; three were killed with fire-arms; tour were found abroad, dying or dead ; one was killed with a penknife; two children were burnt to death in a coal-pit; and five were murdered.
Birth: 14 JAN 1791 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Death: 17 FEB 1821 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Change Date: 12 OCT 2006 at 16:41:56
Father:John CANFIELD b: 18 FEB 1760 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Phebe TREAT b: 15 DEC 1763 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I8041
Name: Amasa CANFIELD
Given Name: Amasa
Surname: Canfield
Birth: 16 JAN 1785 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Death: 3 JAN 1861 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 2
Change Date: 12 OCT 2006 at 16:41:23
Father:John CANFIELD b: 18 FEB 1760 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Phebe TREAT b: 15 DEC 1763 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Marriage 1 Nancy RANDALL b: 3 JUL 1785 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Married: 12 SEP 1804 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I7972
Name: Ann CANFIELD
Given Name: Ann
Surname: Canfield
Birth: 1 SEP 1737 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Death: 23 JAN 1770 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 123
Change Date: 17 NOV 2007 at 00:47:24
Father:Zeruabbabel CANFIELD c: 25 SEP 1709 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut Mother:Mary BOSTWICK b: 8 FEB 1714/1715 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I03014
Name: Anna Jeanette Canfield
Birth: 29 OCT 1807 in Bridgewater, Litchfield Co., CT
Death: 10 MAR 1844 in Bridgewater, Litchfield Co., CT
Marriage 1 Henry Sanford b: 14 OCT 1806 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT
Married: 4 DEC 1828 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT
Birth: 14 NOV 1786 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Death: 7 DEC 1860 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Change Date: 11 SEP 2006 at 23:54:58
Father:Nathan CANFIELD b: 28 JUL 1739 in Bridgewater, Litchfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Lois HARD b: 12 MAY 1748 in Newtown
ID: I1018
Name: Azariah CANFIELD (Male)
Birth: 1692 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
Christening: 24 MAR 1694/1695 Milford
Death: 1769 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Note: RESIDENCE: Settled in New Milford about 1728.
MARRIAGE: WR Baldwin lists Mercy Bassett. Could be 2nd wife, or widow of
either a Baldwin or a Bassett. Mercy often short for Mary. Mercy Bassett b.
1694 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut
MILITARY: 12 Jun 1779 with Continental Guards (?); Conn. State Library, War,
7, 31 123
Change Date: 16 NOV 2007 at 23:17:37
Father:Jeremiah CANFIELD b: SEP 1662 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut c: 28 SEP 1662 in Milford,,Connecticut Mother:Alice HINE b: 16 DEC 1667 in Milford,,Connecticut c: 21 NOV 1669 in First Congregational,Milford
Marriage 1 Mercy BASSETT b: 1694 in Milford,,Connecticut c: 24 OCT 1703 in Milford,,Connecticut
Married: 26 FEB 1719/1720 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
Children
Azariah CANFIELD b: 25 NOV 1720 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut c: 22 JUN 1729 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Freelove CANFIELD b: 29 DEC 1726 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Oliver CANFIELD b: 25 DEC 1729 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Israel CANFIELD b: 13 MAR 1733 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I8061
Name: Burton CANFIELD
Birth: 28 FEB 1778 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Death: 10 JAN 1848 in Southbury,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
Father:Nathan CANFIELD b: 28 JUL 1739 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Lois HARD b: 12 MAY 1748 in Newtown
ID: I81687
Name: Daniel CANFIELD
Birth: 29 OCT 1774 in Bridgewater, Litchfield, CT
Death: 4 SEP 1853 in Bridgewater, Litchfield, CT Father:Lemuel CANFIELD b: 31 JAN 1743 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT Mother:Sarah BURTON b: 17 JAN 1757 in Stratford,
Death: 19 Apr 1828 in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, CT
Burial: 1828 South Cemetery, Bridgewater, CT
_UID: 0AE859E593FC824D85F91D7F3802515A8D3A
Note: From an old family of Bridgewater.
A prominent inhabitant of Bridgewater, CT.
Member of the Ecclesiastical Society of the local church in 1809.
Had at least four children. Only Elijah is listed here.
Marriage 1 Polly BENNETT b: 1770 in Bridgewater,
Children
Father:Jeremiah Canfield Sr<<$>> b: 26 Sep 1662 in Milford,New Haven,Ct c: 28 Sep 1662 in First Church,Milford,New Haven,Ct Mother:Alice Hine --<<< b: 16 Dec 1667 in Milford,New Haven,Ct c: 21 Nov 1669 in First Church,Milford,New Haven,Ct
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Married: 24 Jul 1711 in Milford,New Haven,Ct
D: I7574
Name: John CANFIELD
Birth: ABT 1766 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 12
Change Date: 22 MAR 2009 at 14:51:58
Father:David CANFIELD b: 7 MAR 1725/1726 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut Mother:Mary NORTHROP b: 24 MAY 1726 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
ID: I4826
Name: John CANFIELD
Birth: Abt 1740 in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Note: MILITARY: Served in French and Indian War 1755, 1758. 24
Change Date: 16 NOV 2007 at 23:23:24
Father:Jeremiah CANFIELD b: SEP 1662 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut c: 28 SEP 1662 in Milford, Mother:Alice HINE b: 16 DEC 1667 in Milford,c: 21 NOV 1669 in First Congregational,Milford
Marriage 1 Jerusha BOSTWICK b: 15 JUL 1717 in New Milford,
Married: 15 JAN 1736/1737 in New Milford,1Children
Father:John CANFIELD b: 18 FEB 1760 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Phebe TREAT b: 15 DEC 1763 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Note:2 Hattie was grand-daughter of Nira Northrup. Hattie died on the Washington Green on 5-4-1901 of a heart attack in her horse carriage. She went to the drug store on Washington green to get medicine. She got into the buggy and suffered a heart attack. The horse continued on the the Depot and that is where they found her dead. She was 43. Hattie & John Burr met on campus in Storrs CT. They moved to Ohio, had their sons there and then migrated back to CT before 1886.
Author: laura sales
Title: schenkel Web Site
Text: MyHeritage.com family tree
Family site: schenkel Web Site
Family tree: schenkel Family Tree
Page: Gershom Fenn
Date: 19 MAR 2009
Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match
Quality: 3
Died Litchfield
ID: I31824
Name: Aaron Fenn
Change Date: 25 APR 2007
Birth: 20 DEC 1772 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death: 4 OCT 1818
Father:Aaron FENN b: 20 NOV 1746 in Milford, Connecticut Mother:Mary BRADLEY b: 05 AUG 1750 in New Haven, Connecticut
Abbrev: The American Genealogist (TAG)
Title: The American Genealogist; a continuation of the New Haven Genealogical Magazine (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932 on)
Page: 24:131 (1948)
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ID: P3302520508
Name: Samuel Fenn
Birth: 27 Sep 1746 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: Feb 1827 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Father:Benjamin Fenn V b: 17 Apr 1720 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, Mother:Mary Peck b: 30 Jul 1718 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut,
Marriage 1 Hannah Hickox b: 23 Dec 1857 in Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Married: 13 Nov 1803 in Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USAChildren
Mary Fenn b: 1770 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut,
petition requested that the town be named "Richmond.
Chuse-town.
The name given to Seymour when it was the camping-ground of Joe Chuse
(Joseph Mainveelm) and his band, and by which the place was known until it became
Humphreysville.
Derby checked (Seymour - Humphreysville was earlier part of Derby)
Birmingham, CT checked part of Derby name used through at least 1880
Derby was to become the first inland settlement on the Naugatuck River.
Dr. Daniel W. Northrup was the fourth homœopath in the state, having begun practice at Sherman, Fairfield county, in 1843. Dr. Daniel Holt, another pioneer in New Haven, was born at Hampton, July 2, 1810. He was educated at Ashford and Amherst academies and in 1831 entered the scientific department of Yale.
Ripton
northern portion of Stratford -- now Huntington Shelton, Monroe
Bromica, Bull's Bridge, Ore Hill, Schaghticoke, Flanders, Flat Rocks, Geer Mountain, Good Hill, Treasure Hill,
kent
Washington JUDEDA & NEW PRESTON
checked
Marbledale checked
Nettleton hollow
New Preston Hills
New Preston/Marbledale-washington depot
Blackville-washington
Calhoun Street - washington
Church Hill - washington
Romford-washington
Washington Green
Marbledale Checked,
New Preston, checked
Woodville, checked Washington Depot Parish of New Preston belonged to New Milford became Washington 1779
prob part of New Milford North Purchase
In 1746, William Cogswell's father, Edward, secured the right to mine iron ore in the New Milford North Purchase.
The Iron Works was established along the Aspetuck River, near the foot of the road leading to New Preston hill. The Iron Works was the first industry in the North Purchase.
During the first half of the 19th century, a variety of new industries began to spring up and flourish in the town of Washington. A coopers' shop prospered in Marbledale, while grist, cider, flax and saw mills churned.
Factories producing everything from twine, hats and cheese boxes to ax handles, shoes and harnesses were able to thrive in the growing community.
Turnpikes were built to connect Washington to neighboring communities, and by 1872 the area's first railroad -- The Shepaug Railroad -- was expanding the small town's reach. (The Shepaug Railroad ran a freight line until 1948.)
Washington Green. This section of town encompasses "Judea," Joseph Hurlbut's original parish on the land that would later become the town of Washington.
Watertown checked PLYMOUTH FROM WATERTOWN
WESTBURY
CHESHIRE
WEST FARMS ON MILL RIVER
DERBY
PAUGUSSET
greenfield checked
woodbury checked
POMPERAUG
southbury SOUTH PART OF WOODBURY
The town of Southbury was one of several towns formed out of a parcel of land purchased from the Paugussett Indians in 1659. It was originally part of Woodbury, which was settled in 1673. A new meetinghouse for the Southbury Ecclesiastical Society was built in 1733, and in 1787 the town of Southbury was incorporated.[1] Although incorporated as part of Litchfield County, Southbury has been in New Haven county for most of its existence.[2]
In the 1800s, water power became essential to the growth of Southbury's industries, which included mills, tanneries, and distilleries.[3] The water power came primarily from the Pomperaug[4] and Housatonic rivers. As the industrial revolution progressed, many of these businesses left for Waterbury.
south britain
northville
parts of kent warren washington much of it formerly the "North End of New Milford" including marbledale, new preston
Kent Hollow
No proof, but I'm sure this is a connection to Amos -- can't be sister
Elihu married (1) Mary Northrop on 16 Mar 1802 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born about 1780. She died before 1804 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Elihu married (2) Lucy Whittimore on 29 Jul 1804 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Lucy was born on 6 Mar 1781 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 3 Feb 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She was buried in Grove Street Cem., New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
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Mary Whittimore Ives was born on 2 Jul 1805 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 17 Sep 1806 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Mary Northrop Ives was born on 4 Sep 1806 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 4 Jan 1881 in Montgomery, alabama, USA.
4014
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iii
William Augustus Ives was born on 26 Dec 1809 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 16 Jul 1885 in Rubicon, Wisconsin, USA.
William married Elizabeth M. Pardee daughter of Isaac Holt Pardee and Sarah Hotchkiss on 22 Mar 1842 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born on 24 Feb 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 19 Oct 1907.
4015
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Jane Catherine Ives was born on 21 Oct 1812 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died after 1850 in (prob.) Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Jane married Henry Hall. Henry was born about 1808 in Columbus, Georgia, USA.
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Sophia Ives was born on 2 Sep 1814 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died after 1850 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
4017
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vi
Anne Vose Ives was born on 1 Dec 1816 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 14 Sep 1838.
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Elihu Lafayette Ives was born on 7 Oct 1818 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 27 Nov 1872.
Elihu married (1) Grace Ann Lego on 1 Jun 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Grace was born on 25 May 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 8 Apr 1844 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Elihu married (2) Sarah R. Bray on 19 May 1847 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born on 16 Mar 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 8 Jan 1870 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Lucy Whittimore Ives was born on 13 May 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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George Washinton Ives was born on 11 May 1822 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died after 1850 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Lydia Augur Ives was born on 12 Apr 1824 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Lydia married Abraham C. Thompson on 5 Sep 1844 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Abraham was born about 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Note: In 1827 she signed a document transferring all of her assets to her son, Amos Frisbie Northrop, in exchange for him agreeing to support her the rest of her life. In 1838 she moved with him from Middleton, VT to Cass county, MI.
Text: The evidence that Asahel Dutton and Sarah Frisbie were the parents of Asahel E. Dutton is circumstantial, but highly pursuasive:
1.Asahel and Sarah's birth dates and marriage date are appropriate for them being the parents of the younger Asahel.
2. The fact that both men had the same name is an obvious clue.
3. The younger Asahel named one of his sons James Frisbie Dutton. James Frisbie was the name of one of Sarah's brothers.
4. James Frisbie shared a claim to land in Bradford county, Pennsylvania with Solomon Moss, who was the father-in-law of the younger Asahel Dutton.
5. The families of both the suspected parents and Asahel E. Dutton all moved to Poultney, VT. Sarah Frisbie and 4 of her brothers moved to the Poultney area when the younger Asahel was a young child. Further, the sister of the elder Asahel, Lois Dutton, moved to Poultney. The first docuement event involving the younger Asahel was his moving from Poultney in 1800.
Text: Edward Frisbie of Branford and His Descendants, by Nora G. Frisbie. Published 1984 by Gateway Press, Inc.
Text: Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923
---------------------------------IS THIS AMOS' FATHER OR UNCLE??
Father:Samuel Northrup III b: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Mother:Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut This Samuel is Gideon's brother Mother was ~37 when Gideon born
Is this his only marriage? waited til age 27? ID: I03791 Name: Samuel Northrup III 12345Sex: M ALIA: Samuel * /Northrop/ Birth: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut 2Death: BEF. 1787 Will: 1787 Samuel's estate settled. He spelled his name "Samuel Northrop" in his will. 2ADDR: Washington
Connecticut
U. S. A.
Father:Samuel Northrup , Jr. b: ABT. JUN 1687 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Mother:Sarah Andrews b: ABT. SEP 1688 Marriage 1 Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Married: 10 JUN 1746 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 2Children
Lydia Northrup b: 22 OCT 1747 in Washington Co., Connecticut Will: Probably died young as she was not mentioned in her father, Samuel's, will.
Samuel Northrup b: 1 APR 1749 Death: 25 APR 1749 in Died in infancy 2
Perhaps something more than Ethan Allen’s personal charism made the Brownsons especially responsive to his influence. Allen had joined the Brownson family back in Connecticut; he had married Mary, the daughter of Cornelius Brownson, on June 23, 1762, in Judea parish, Woodbury. The wedding ceremony cost him four shillings. (9)
Between the years 1806 and 18 16 several boys had drifted
away from the Sandwich Islands as seamen and became tempo-
rarily residents of New England ; some of them had begun to ac-
quire an education by private assistance and a few, in 18 16, were
gathered into a flourishing school at Morris, Conn. Henry
Obookiah, one of the most influential, had joined the church in
Torringford the previous 3'ear, and was preparing to be a mission
ary to his native land under the direction of the Litchfield North
Consociation.
Tracing the family lineage of the Bushnells, we find them
among the first settlers of Guilford and later of Saybrook,.
Conn. We learn of no titled or distinguished persons among
them. Whether Francis Bushnell, " ye elder," signer of the
covenant for the settlement of Guilford, made on ship-board
by the colonists in June, 1639, was or was not the father of
the three original Saybrook Bushnells remains a moot point
among genealogists, but there was undoubtedly a relationship
between them. Deacon Francis Bushnell, Lieutenant Will
iam Bushnell and Kichard Bushnell, all of Saybrook, were
brothers, and from them the Connecticut Bushnells are de
scended. Fifth in the line of descent from Lieutenant Will
iam was Abraham Bushnell, \vho married Molly Ensign of
West Hartford and Salisbury, lived many years at Canaan
Falls, Conn., and finally removed to Starksboro, Vermont.
They had thirteen children, the second of whom was Ensign,
the father of Horace Bushnell.^
* For genealogy see note p. 569 et seq.
EARLY LIFE AT HOME.
In 1805, Eiisign Buslmell removed his family to New
Preston, a village about fifteen miles distant from Litchfield, and in the most picturesque part of the same county.
There is reason to think that the inducement to this removal
lay in the superior water-power of New Preston, and that an
interest in carding wool and dressing cloth by machinery had
come to Ensign Bushnell from his father at Canaan Falls,
where was erected in 1802 the first carding machine ever built
in the State. At all events this, in addition to farming, soon
became his business.
The scenery of New Preston abounds in lovely pictures of
which Lake Wararnaug is the centre. Its outline is irregular,
the shores hilly and on the east even mountainous and densely
wooded. From the base of a mountain on the eastern side,
known as the Pinnacle, the lake turns westward with a wider
sweep, its banks indented with little coves and crowned with
green farms, which are freshened here and there by sparkling
brooks. Boiling hills fill the western distance. The scene
is one of purely New England character, full of fresh suggestion and rural charm untamed by culture. The outlet is from
the southern end, and pours its foaming stream through a
narrow valley, from which the hills on either side rise steep
ly. The little mills and shops which line this stream and use
its water-power, and the rugged farms that climb these hill
sides, compose the village of New Preston, which still, nes
tled in the safe seclusion of woods and mountains, keeps
much of its old character of remoteness from the world.
The Bushnells chose their farm and fixed their home upon
the southeastern slope of " a broad-backed hill, which stretches
a mile upward and westward to a rounded summit, where
stands the church." As this hill turns its back upon the lake,
the view does not include the water, but is a wide outlook
down the winding valley and across the rolling summits of
the hills which, for ten miles, part it from that of the Housatonic. The farm lying on this sunny slope is a rough
and rocky one one to tax the strength and patient skill
of him who tilled it. " No ornamental rock-work is needed
to set off the landscape. Nature s rock-work will stand, and the toil that is necessary to clear the soil is just what is requisite to sharpen the vigor of our people. The necessities of a
rough country and an intractable soil are good necessities."
This was the lesson of early experience as recalled by Horace
Bushnell in manhood. the New Preston Academy was opened, in 1818
by Connecticut. Superior Court, Ephraim Kirby ... - 1898 - Law reports, digests, etc - 485 pages
Adjudged insufficient for uncertainty. Society of South Farms v. ... the omission could only be pleaded in abatement. Northrop v. Brush, 108. ...
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assault on northrop w pistols
Litciifield, the shire town of the county, is 58 miles from Hartford, by rail, and has a population of about 3,000. The township is on high land, with strong soil. Bantam Lake, tire largest body of water in the county, is situated partly in this town. The village commands a beautiful and extensive prospect, and has a fine park in the centre, in which stands a monument to commemorate the lives of those who fell in the late war. The prominent buildings are the old court-house, with its turret and bell; the jail, and a new Congregational church edifice costing about $30,000. With its beautiful shade-trees, the village, at present, is a most delightful resort for those in quest of pleasure and recreation. The Lake-view House, capable of accommodating several hundred people, is a sightly place, and a favorite resort for metropolitan guests during the heated term. The city of New York, distant about 115 miles by rail, is reached by the Norwalk, Ilousatonic, Shepaug and Naugatuck railroads. The churches in the town are six
in number; and there are two banks, one newspaper, and 20 public schools. Manufacturing is carried on to a greater or less extent at East Litchfield, Bantam Falls, Milton and Northfield.
Among the eminent men of Litchfield have been Oliver Woleott (172C-97), the commander of a company in the French war, first sheriff of the county, delegate to Congress in 1775, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of the State at the time of his death; Benjamin Tallmadge (1754—1835), a colonel in the Revolutionary war, serving with distinction in many battles, several times a representative in Congress, and instrumental in causing the capture of Maj. Andre; Gen. Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), congressman and U. S. senator; Hon. O. S. Seymour, LL. D., former member of Congress and chief justice of the State; George C. Woodruff, formerly a member of Congress; Gideon H. Hollister, author of a standard history of Connecticut; Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; and Gov. Chas. B. Andrews.
edited by R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - History
The prominent buildings are the old court-house, with its turret and bell ... or less extent at East Litchfield, Bantam Falls, Milton and Northfield. ...
books.google.com/books?id=8sRWAAAAMAAJ... -
C.S.Miller Journals
John Northrop painted on shop. 08\03\{1887}(We) Spenser Monroe act 7.07 for July, for June 7.34, for. May 5.48. 08\04\{1887}(Th) Doctor came. ......Connecticut's number to be sent is 1286 men. This morning ...... Shepanhg River 8 miles, then to Woodville...... 7th 1778 to May{Mgg!} 25 1779, a fin_{fins?} monument ...
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/gen/miller/journals.htm - Similar pages
(VI) James Chamberlain, son of Rufus Cleveland, was born January 9, 1787, in East Windsor, Connecticut; died in Winsted, September i, 1875, aged eighty-eight. He married (first) in Winchester, Connecticut, February 3. 1813, Philenda, born in Winchester, August 29, 1793, died in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, May 19, 1814, daughter of Lewis and Mary (Allen) Miller. He married (second) in Hartland, Connecticut, September 19, 1816, Sally, born December 8, 1791, died in Winchester, December 27, 1819, daughter of Prince and Lucy (Adams) Taylor. He married (third), in Salisbury, Connecticut, August 21, 1820, Lucy Northrup, born April 20, 1798, died March 26, 1884, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bradley) Northrup. Hon. James Chamberlain Cleveland removed to Philadelphia in 1813, and engaged in business selling groceries and clocks; also taught school six months. The early death of his wife greatly disheartened him, and he sold out his entire business, stock and fixtures, returning June, 1814, to Winsted, where he always dwelt afterward. He was a clock manufacturer and farmer. He represented his town in the legislature in 1834; was assessor for fifteen years, and filled several offices of trust with ability. He was of small size, had light hair and blue eyes. He was a man of few words, but of plain speech when occasion, required. He died after a short, but severe illness, universally esteemed and respected. His third wife survived him. Child of first marriage: Charles Miller, born May 4, 1814; children of third marriage: Jane, mentioned below; son, born and died April 28, 1825.
(VII) Jane, daughter of James Chamberlain Cleveland, was born July 21, 1821, in Winsted, Connecticut, died in Winsted, August 29, 1888. She married in Winsted, May It, 1842, Charles Hamlin Blake (see Blake VI).
Stephen Northrup was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1780, and died in Fulton Settlement in 1872. At the time of his decease, he was the last of the pioneers of his locality. He came to Bethel (prob NY)in May, 1807, and after viewing the country, concluded to go back to his birthplace. When he reached the Neversink, he met /Minimi Hawley, one of his old neighbors, who was. moving to Bethel with his family. Hawley was very glad to meet him; but sorry to learn that he was returning. After a conversation concerning their affairs, Northrup was led to alter his purpose once more, and again return to Fulton Settlement.
This meeting took place on the east side of the Neversink. The river was very much swollen by the spring rains. There was no bridge, and the ford was impassable: at least Hawley did not dare to put his oxen, cart, wife and children in peril by attempting to cross in the usual manner. So he took the yoke from the necks of his cattle, and compelled them to swim over a short distance from the ford, where the water was smooth and deep. Then he unloaded his cart, took off its wheels and box, and conveyed or towed every thing to the opposite shore in or behind a log canoe! The task was difficult and dangerous: but was safely performed, and the adventurers proceeded on their way.
* Adam, a ion of John Pintler, wag born May 2, 1805. and Eve Flutter was born October 7,1808. Both of these births preceded that of Catharine Fulton.
They spent two days in traveling from the Neversink to the west-branch of the Mongaup. When they passed the latter, a heavy rain set in. Night was approaching, and they were in an almost trackless forest, far from human nabitation. The discomforts of the day were bad enough; but they were far exceeded by the prospective miseries of the night. The first care of the men was for the young mother and her two little children. With an axe they made the frame of a diminutive tent, which they covered with blankets. In this, Mrs. Hawley and the little ones passed the dismal night, while the men fared as well as they could under the dripping trees.
On the third day they reached a clearing made by one of the Fultons, where they found a deserted cabin. Into this Hawley moved. Having thus piloted his friends to their new home, Xorthrup returned to Connecticut, and three weeks later came back with, his family. After occupying a temporary shelter for a few months, he moved to the place where he spent the remainder of his days. During the last fifty-six years of his life, his daily walk and conversation were in accord with the strict rules of the Presbyterian faith. He never sought to occupy a conspicuous position in this life; but was content with what was far better: the discharge, honestly and earnestly, of those duties which give life and beauty to Christian society.
Joseph K. Northrup, a son of Stephen, was the first male child born hi Fulton Settlement.
Allyn Hays b: August 05, 1718 in Norwalk,Fairfield,CT d: September 12, 1784 in Salisbury,CT
................. +Joseph Northrop b: May 11, 1716
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Bridgewater.
The record of the organization of St. Mark's Episcopal Society begins with a
meeting held at the dwelling house of Jonas Sanford, on Easter Monday, April 23,
1810, at which William Gillett and Julius Camp were chosen wardens, Daniel
Booth, Jeremiah Platt, and James Jessup, vestrymen, William Gillett, reading
clerk, Samuel Lockwood, treasurer; also David Merwin, Joseph Wheeler, Blackman
Jessup, Jeremiah Canfield, Treat Canfield, Jehiel Summers, and John Treat were
chosen choristers, and Joel Sanford was elected to attend the State Convention
within the year.
The service was held at the dwellings of the several members, but more
frequently at the house of Jonas Sanford, by lay-readers and neighboring
ministers, for nearly twenty years, when an effort was made to build a house of
worship. The site was located near the old burying-place west of where they
finally built their first house, and the timber for the frame was collected at
that place, but the question of the location or something of the kind caused the
work to cease, and the matter was delayed some time. In 1835, the first house
was erected about half a mile south of the present village, in the field, and
afterwards a highway was made past it for the accommodation of the people. This
building is still standing, is two stories high, and in a beautiful location.
Soon after this the village began to increase in dwellings and population, and
to become a center of trade, in consequence of the increase of the business of
manufacturing hats, particularly by Glover Sanford, and this house of worship
was found to be inconveniently located. Hence, in 1859 anew edifice was erected
in the village where it now stands, which was consecrated March 14, 1860, by the
Rt. Rev. John Williams.
Among those ministers who officiated here before a house of worship was
erected, are the names of Rev. B. Northrop, the Rev. Benjamin Benham of New
Milford, and the Rev. Joseph S. Covel. Since 1835 the church has been under the
pastoral charge of the following clergymen: Revs. Joseph S. Covel, Abel Nichols,
George H. Nichols, William Atwell, Abel Ogden, William O. Jarvis, H. F. M.
Whitesides, Abel Nichols, Merritt H. Wellman, William H. Cook, James Morton, H.
D. Noble, X. Alanson Welton, W. B. Colburn, D.D., and G. V. C. Eastman, D.D.,
who resigned and removed to the West in 1882.
The officers of the parish at the present time are: Jeremiah G. Randall, Eli
Sturdevant, Wardens; Arza C. Morris, Albert B. Mallett, and Amos Northrop,
Vestrymen (in 1882); Arza C. Morris, Treasurer; Jeremiah G. Randall, Delegate to
Convention; and Eli Sturdevant, Clerk.
Northrop, Sarah of Ammete (Amity
)
and Hezekiah Camp Jr. of Sal., m
Nov. 21, 1752, by Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, Pastor.
Northrup, Abi, d. of Joseph Jr. and Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1767.
Northrup, Annah and Abijah Rood, both ofSal., m. Aug. 22,
1763, by John Hutchinson, J. P.
See under A. Rood.
Northrup, Elisabeth, d. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield,
Dec. 4, 1756.
Northrup, Eunice, d. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield, May 3, 1755-
Northrup, Jeremiah, s. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield, Jan.
8, 1759; d. Sept. 29, 1762, in his 4th year.
Northrup, Jeremiah, s. of Samuel and Phebe, b. Feb. 12, 1765.
Northrop, Mary, d. of Joseph Jr. and Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1765.
Northrup, Phebe, d. of Samuel and Phebe, b. Feb. 19, 1766.
(I) Jasper Gunn, immigrant ancestor, came
to New England in the ship "Defiance," in
1635, then aged twenty-nine years. He settled
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was a
proprietor of the town, and was admitted a
freeman. May 25, 1636. He removed to Mil-
ford, Connecticut, but was living in Hart-
ford, Connecticut,^ in 1648. He settled finally,
however, in Milford. In 1649 '^c was "freed
from watching during the time that he attends
the service of the mill." In 1636 he is called
a physician in the public records. He was
deacon of the church in Milford and perhaps
school master, and on one occasion appeared
before the court in the capacity of attorney.
He was a deputy to the general court and an
extremely active and versatile citizen. He
married Sarah Hawley. He died January 12,
1671. Children: Samuel: Jebomah, men-
tioned below ; Daniel, married Deborah Cole-
man and died in 1690: Nathaniel, settled in
Branford ; Mehitable, baptized in 1641 ; Abel,
baptized in 1643, '* physician at Derby, Con-
necticut.
(II) Jebomah, son of Jasper Gunn, was
born 1641. He was also a resident of Milford. He married, in 1660, Sarah Lane.
Among their children was Captain Samuel,
mentioned below.
(III) Captain Samuel Gunn, son of Jebo-
mah Gunn, was born in Milford in 1669, died
there in 1749. He married, in 1698, Mercy Smith. Among their children was Lieutenant
Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Lieutenant Samuel (2) Gunn, son of
Captain Samuel (i) Gunn, was born at Mil-
ford, January 15, 1701, died in 1756. He mar-
ried Sarah Clark, who was born October 24,
1706. Among their children was Samuel,
mentioned below.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Lieutenant Samuel
(2) Gunn, was born in Milford in 1740, died
in Washington, January 7, 1782. He settled
at Woodbury, Connecticut. He married Phebe
Northrop, born April, 1735, a descendant of
Joseph Northrop, a founder of Milford.
Among their children was John Northrop, mentioned below.
(VI) John Northrop, son of Samuel (3)
Gunn, was born at Milford, June 5, 1772, died
in Washington, October 3, 1826. He was a
farmer, but for many years held and discharged the duties of deputy sheriff, an office
then held in much honor, which he so accept
ably filled that he became widely known and
still lives in local tradition as "Sheriff" Gunn.
He married, at Washington, Connecticut, October 25, 1797, Polly Ford, born June 19, 1773,
at Milford, died January 15, 1827. She was
highly esteemed for her goodness and refine
ment and for her ready kindness and skill in
nursing the sick. She was the daughter of
Samuel and Susannah (Stone) Ford. Fler
grandfather, Samuel Ford, died 1760, was son
of John Ford, born 1654, died 171 1, and
grandson of Thomas Ford, who came from
England and died at Milford in May, 1662. Children of John Northrop and Polly Gunn :
John Northrop, born August i, 1798: Louisa,
March 3, 1800: Susan, October 10. 1801 :
Abby, November 30, 1804; Lewis, November
30, 1806; Sarah, October i, 1809; Amaryllis.
September 14, 181 1 ; Frederick William, mentioned below.
(VII) Frederick W'ilIiam, son of John
Northrop Gunn, was born at Washington,
formerly Woodbury, Connecticut. October 4,
1818, died August "19, 1881. At the age of
thirteen he began to attend a school in Cornwall kept by Rev. William Andrews. He prepared for college in 1831-32 at Judea Academy, then taught by Rev. Watson Andrews,
son of Rev. William Andrews, and he .grad-
uated from Yale College in the class of 1837.
He taught in the academy at New Preston during the winters of 1837-38 ; in the Judea
Academy, 1839-43 ; in the New Preston Academy, 1845-47 : in Towanda, Pennsylvania,
1847-48-49. He established the famous private school at Washington, i^>49. ami il came
to be known as the Gunnery, in his lionor.
It is at tile ijrescnt time one of tlic foremost
preparatory schools of the country, of national
fame, lie was Master nf the Gunnery from
1S49 t"i 1881. As a thinker an«I teacher, Mr.
Gunn was far in advance of his time; in his
schcx>l and town he exercised a powerful influence for the good of the community. The
gratitude and reverence of his inijiils are ex-
pressed in the book written and published by
tlieiu. entitled " Ihe Master of the Gunnery."
The people of Washington have shown their
appreciation of his life and work among them
by erecting the Gunn Memorial Library, a
beautiful building which stands on a corner
of Washington Green. It is described further ill the account of .\bigail Brinsmade
Gunn elsewhere in this work. Mr. Gunn was
alwa)s a strong supporter of the Ecclesiastical Society of the First Congregational
Church of Washington, of which his wife and
dan;.;lilir were members. lie married, at
\\ .i-iington, .\pril 16. 1848, .Abigail Irene
Brinsmade, born at Washington, July 18,
1820, died September 13, \C)oS, daughter of
Daniel liourbon and Mary Wakeman (Gold)
Brinsmade (see Drinsmade XTII). Children:
I. Daniel Drinsmade, Kirn January 9, 1849, at
Towanda, I'cnnsylvania, died .\pril 19. 1S65,
at Washington. 2. Mary Gold, January 20,
185.V at Washinu,'ton : married, October 4,
187^1, John Chapiii I'.rinsniade (see Brins
made IX (.
(V) Captain Isaac Gallup, son
G.ALLUr of Captain John Gallup (q. v.),
was Iwrn in X'oluniown. Connecticut, the iiart now called Sterling, I'ebru
ary 24, 1712. He lived on his father's homestead, and was prominent in town and church
affairs. He representc<] the town in the general court from I7(>8 until 1773. He served
in the revolutionary war, being lieutenant
under Captain .\hel Spencer, of Grotoii. in the
Tenth Company, Sixth Regiment. Colonel
Samuel Ilolden Parsons. He served in Boston and Connecticut. In 1776 he served in
New York and Loni: Island campaigns, and
was in the battles of Long Island an<l White
Plains, under Colonel I'arsons. He was captain of the Groton company. He also fought
'" '777. I'is name being on the Connecticut
rolls, pages 78-0(^100 and r>i8. He married
Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel and Marprct Gallup, of Stonington, March 29. 1748.
She was born October 12, 1730, died December 9, 1817. He died .\ugust 3. 1791^ Chil-
dren: John. l)orn December 29. 1749: Eliza-
beth. January 22, 1755; Martha, Eebruary 17, Full text of "Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation"
In the year 1779, the township of Washington was formed in the County of Litchfield, and within its limits were included the lands owned by the Davies family, and it is recorded that on the 12th day of April, 1779, a number of the inhabitants took the oath of allegiance to the States, in open Freemen's Meeting.
Among the names of those who, by the list given in the record, pledged themselves to the cause of the Revolution, we look in vain to find a single Davies, a fact which shows the steadfastness with which the whole family clung to their traditions of loyalty, although, possibly, it may not commend them to the patriotic feelings of their descendants.
It had been the custom of Mr. John Davies to present annually to the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Woodbury, a fat cow, and this he continued with great difficulty to do during the whole period of the war, although to accomplish this purpose in those times, it was necessary, as he has told, to take the animal by night, and by a long and circuitous route, to avoid being intercepted and robbed by those of the opposite political faith, in whose judgment a gift to an Episcopal clergyman was a treasonable offense. An instance of his generosity and kindness, which never failed even in those trying times, appears from an anecdote that is told in the biography of his youngest son, the Rev. Thomas Davies. After the close of the war a man who had taken an active part in driving off a number of cattle from his farm, and had committed other acts of plunder, having become destitute, applied for relief in his extremity to Mr. Davies, who not only pardoned him for the wrongs he had done, but liberally relieved his wants.
After the close of the war, Mr. Davies' life was passed quietly and peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, the greater part of whom depended upon him for support, and lived at or near the family homestead. His sons, John and William, had been ruined by the confiscation of their property during the war, and the latter had taken refuge in Canada.
He still had in mind his father's wish that an Episcopal Church should be built at Birch Plains, upon the lands of the Davies family, and late in life he succeeded in accomplishing this object, as is told in Cothren's " History of Ancient Woodbury."
After the separation of what was called Birch Plains or Davies Hollow from the township, the Davies family, one of considerable note and zealously attached to the Church, withdrew from the Litchfield Parish, and built a church edifice of their own in Davies Hollow, where, with assistance from some few families, who resided near, they sustained religious services according to the Liturgy of the Church of England, and kept up a distinct parochial organization, for a considerable period. The following is a copy of the Deed given by John Davies, father of Rev. Thomas Davies, to the Churchmen in Washington, making to them a conveyance of the lands upon which the house of worship was erected :
" Know ye that I, John Davies, of that part of Washington formerly belonging to Litchfield, and known and called by the name of Birch Plains, in the County of Litchfield, for the consideration of an agreement or promise, made with and to my honored father, John Davies, late of Birch Plains, in said Litchfield, deceased, and for the love and affection I have and bear toward the people of the Church of England now in said town of Washington, and for securing and settling the service and worship of God among us, according to the usage of our most excellent Episcopal Church, whenever there shall be one legally organized in said Washington, and at all times forever hereafter, do therefore demise," etc., etaThe measurement of the land as described in the deed must have been equal to ninety-six square poles, and it was restricted to use as a public burying- ground, and for the purpose of having a suitable place of worship erected upon it The same condition was annexed to it as that which was expressed in the deed given by his father to the church in Litchfield, viz.: the requirement of one peppercorn to be paid annually on the feast of St Michael the Archangel, if demanded. The above deed was given on the 2id of January, 1794. Upon this ground, principally at his own expense, an Episcopal Church subsequently was erected. Aged and infirm, and seated in an arm-chair at the door of his boose, he witnessed the raising of the edifice, with a feeling similar to that of the pious Simeon when he said, "Lord, now lettest thon thy servant depart in peace." He survived about three years, and at the age of eighty-six years he died on the 19th day of May, 1797, and was buried in the family burial-ground in Davies Hollow.
John Davies, Jr.,
Jokl Titus,
Samuel P. Treat,
Jakes J. Davies,
Walter Davies,
David Davies,
George Davies,
Abraham Woster,
John Hull,
William Lyons.
St. John's Church, Washington, CT (birch Plains/Davies Hollow area) moved in 1815 to the town of washington
From Sketches of Litchfield 1818 Litchfield as Lister
Listers or Rate Makers From 1721 to 1819 At the later date, Assessors were substututed - the duties of the two office being much the same.
1817 Northrop, Abner 7
Joshua Garritt of Hartford listed as a first settler of Litchfield
The first French war began in 1744
Some Acadians (from Nova Scotia were distributed throughourt the Connecticut towns often separating families)
"Last" French war began in 1755 an Litchfield was activelu involved
Connecticut Abolitionists
The slave trade in Connecticut was prohibited in 1788. However, it remained legal to hold slaves until as late as 1848. The state had passed an act of Gradual Emancipation--children born to enslaved parents after March 1, 1784, would be freed at the age of 25 (later dropped to age 21). As a result slavery was slowly phased out. Meanwhile, African Americans and their allies organized to build schools and churches, and petitioned the General Assembly and local governments demanding the right to vote.
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The Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1838. By 1839, Connecticut abolitionism found itself at a crossroads. After several disheartening legal defeats like the Crandall case, Connecticut abolitionists were in search of a new cause to bring slavery to the public's eye. Abolitionists embraced the publicity given to the Amistad captives' plight as a means to publicize and reinvigorate their cause.
Jocelyn was supported by New Haven attorney Roger Sherman Baldwin. Baldwin, a member of North Church, offered his legal services to the Amistad captives. For two years, Baldwin successfully defended the Africans' right to freedom (first assisted by some fellow Yale graduates, later by former President John Quincy Adams). As abolitionists, Baldwin and Adams seized the opportunity to refocus the case on human rights and to challenge the institution of slavery on moral and constitutional grounds. Baldwin and Jocelyn were also instrumental in securing first local, then national support for the captives.
from http://www.nps.gov/history/nR/travel/amistad/connecticutabolitionists.htm
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In opposition to the southern demand that all discussion should cease, and acquiescence to their wishes be granted, the anti-slavery societies began to multiply and send forth their publications.
Such is the simplest outline of historical facts to the time when Torrington began to take part in the subject of anti-slavery. Litchfield county, at the time, was a ruling county in the state, in several respects, and as anti-slavery principles took deepest root in the strongest minds as well as to find a lodgment in the lesser, a number of persons in the county were invited to meet in Wolcottville in January, 1837, for the purpose of organizing a county society.
Torrington, CT"
When the friends of the cause began to look around for a place for the meeting of the convention, they found every church, public and private hall, closed against them, and heard whisperings of threatnings against any who might have the noble daring to encounter the pro-slavery element of the village and of the town. At this juncture a barn was offered for the use of the convention, and it was promptly accepted, and fitted for the occasion.1 It was not the first time that strangers found the shelter in a barn, " because there was no room in the inn." In that barn the friends of impartial liberty and justice, gathered in goodly numbers ; some of them the most reliable and respectable citizens of Litchfield county. The barn was filled ; the floor, scaffolds, hay-mow and stables. It was an intense cold day in January, and there was much suffering from the severity of the weather. The convention was called to order, and Roger S. Mills of New Hartford, appointed chairman. The Rev. Daniel Coe of Winsted, offered prayer. After appointing a committee to nominate permanent officers, the convention was addressed by the Rev. Nathaniel Colver, agent of the American society, and others. The county society was then organized and the following officers appointed : president, Roger S. Mills: vice presidents, Erastus Lyman of Goshen, Gen. Daniel 13. Brinsmade of Washington, Gen. Uriel Tuttle of Torringford, and Jonathan Coe of Winsted ; secretary, Rev. R. M. Chipman of Harwinton ; treasurer, Dr. E. D. Hudson of Torringford. While thus peacefully engaged, though suffering with the cold, and counseling together for the relief of the oppressed and the elevation of humanity, a furious mob was collecting in the village, and elevating their courage for their deeds of violence by the intoxicating cup. A class of men from the adjoining town, as well as from Torrington, had gathered for the very purpose of disturbing this meeting if it should attempt to exercise the liberties of religious and civil citizens. This mob, after parading the streets, making hideous and threatening noises, gathered around the barn, and by their deafening shouts, the blowing of horns and the ringing the alarm of fire by the bell of the Congregational church, and the display of brute force, broke up the meeting, which hastily took an adjournment. Then the old puritan spirit was manifested by the Torringford people, who offered the use of their meetinghouse to the convention, and it repaired to that place, and continued the session two days. The opposition in Torringford though violent was undemonstrative for lack of the mob element and rum ; and partially from the fact that the fury of the mob had run its race in Wolcottville. When the convention left the barn, the shouts, thumping of pans and kettles, and the furious ringing of the church bell, characterized pandemonium broken loose. When the people were leaving Wolcottville in their sleighs, the entire village seemed to be a bedlam. That good man, Dea. Ebenezer Rood, was set upon in his sleigh, to over turn him and frighten his horses. This excited his righteous indignation, and in a voice of defiance he shouted to them : " Rattle your pans, hoot and toot, ring your bells, you pesky fools, if it does you any good," then put his horses on a run and cleared himself from the gang.
That barn has since been removed, refitted, and is now owned by Dr. Wood.
When the meeting assembled in Torringford it was inspired with new life, energy and courage. The beacon fires of liberty and freedom blazed much higher than they would but for the violence manifested in the village. Deacon Rood's spirit of defiance to the mob, took possession of the whole company, and every man and woman, enlisted in the cause, gloried in the name of abolitionist, and felt annointed for the work of preaching " deliverance to the captives in chains." Such was the beginning of anti-slavery agitation, and times, in the town where John Brown, " Ossawattomie Brown," was born.
This society, moved now, as well by the sense that despotism had come to their own doors, and threatened the very sacredness of church and homes, as by the thought of freedom for the slave, proceeded to hold monthly meetings throughout the county. These meetings were held in barns and sheds, in groves and houses, and any where that the people would assemble for such a purpose. It raised funds by systematic method ; distributed tracts, books, and papers. The state Charter Oak Society was organized in 1838, and employed lecturing agents, who besides lecturing, solicited subscribers to the anti-slavery papers, and scattered anti-slavery literature.
They were opposed everywhere, and yet moved on in their work as though every body knew they were right. They were called all sorts of opprobrious names ; were proscribed and derided, as " nigger friends," "disturbers of Israel." Some were unceremoniously excommunicated from the churches, for no crime but speaking against slavery ; the very thing that many of the fathers had done for a hundred years without objection having been made. All argument with anti-slavery men started with the Bible, where the Quakers started nearly one hundred years before, and this brought the question into all the churches as well as committees. Some withdrew from the churches because they deemed it sinful to hold fellowship with those who voted to uphold a system, acknowledged to be guilty of more crime than any other system in the land.
The opposition had but one argument ; namely, it offended the South; slavery was for their interest. This argument had been gradually obtaining adherents, from the time the Constitution of the United States was adopted. Before that some of the southern states was as much anti-slavery as any in the North. When the South changed, the spirit of proscription began to rise in the North. Hence in the first meeting house in Torrington, there was no slave pew, nor nigger pew, but in the second one there were two. These pews were located in the gallerv over the stairs, boarded up so high, that when the colored people sat in them, they could see no part of the congregation, and could be seen by no one in the assembly. Jacob Prince, after being made a freeman by his master, Abijah Holbrook, joined the church in Goshen, and then being placed in such a seat, and treated in other ways by the same spirit, refused to go to church, because, as he said, he was not treated as a brother and thereafter held prayer meetings in his own house on the Sabbath. Whereupon the Goshen church proceeded to, and did excommunicate him for neglect of duty. This same Jacob is said to have been as fine a looking man, head and features, as nearly any one in the town, except the color of his skin.
Two such pews were in the old church in Torringford, but the Rev. Samuel J. Mills (whether as a rebuke to the spirit of cast or not is not known) always seated Henry Obookiah, Thomas Hooppo, and other tawny brethren of the Sandwich Islands, when they visited him from the Cornwall Mission school, in his own pew, in the front of the congregation, quite to the dissatisfaction of some even of that congregation.
A Remarkable Occurrence. In the early stages of the anti-slavery struggle, Miss Abbey Kelley, a young and educated Quakeress of superior talent, and most estimable character, " felt the spirit moving her " to take part in the public discussion of the subject, and came into Connecticut. Dr. Hudson was then the general agent for the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society, and she called on him and made known her purpose to speak whenever opportunity offered. Dr. Hudson kindly extended to her the hand of fellowship in the good cause, and welcomed her to the thorny field, and to the home of his wife Martha Turner Hudson, to whose companionship he committed her, and secured respectable audiences for her at Torringford and other places in adjacent towns. This movement was very disturbing to pro-slavery and conservative orthodoxy. It occurred after Father Mills's death and after Rev. Mr. Goodman was dismissed. From many pulpits in Litchfield county she was proclaimed as " that woman Jezebel who calleth herself a prophetess to teach and seduce my servants." The watchman of Torringford uttered a cry of distress and requested the women and their lords to meet him at the Academy, to receive his testimony and instructions concerning the sphere of woman. (" Women obey your husbands.") The assemblage was large ; the women filled one side of the room, and the men the other, facing them. The minister presided, and after solemn preliminaries and the reading of St. Paul's epistle, adapted to the occasion, he discoursed vehemently upon the duties of woman, her proper sphere ; and the unwomanly, and unwarrantable work of woman as a public teacher; or to address promiscuous audiences and thus depart from the good old ways of orthodoxy. When he had barely closed his address, as if Providence approved his testimony, the decayed timbers in the deep cellar of the Academy, which sustained the floor, suddenly gave way on the woman's side of the house and the entire floor, and all the women were precipitated into the cellar, in one general mass of tangled confusion, the whole accompanied by screams, groans, and cries; one woman exclaiming, "O Lord forgive us for having attended such a wicked meeting;" a noise almost equal to that of the mob at the anti-slavery meeting at Wolcottville.
Whether the minister of the occasion concluded that the women then had attained their appropriate sphere, is not related in the narration, but the men, after the dum-astonishment had passed away, hastened from on high to drag out their wives, sisters, daughters and mothers, with bruised limbs, torn garments and dissatisfied countenances ; and hastened to their homes, glad to have escaped without encountering any worse sphere of action, though this was not exactly satisfactory. What precise effect this little episode had on the minister's mind, or whether he became celebrated as defining woman's sphere, or whether he afterwards expanded that lecture into a book, is not revealed in the book of Torringford chronicles.
Prior to the anti-slavery agitation, the inhabitants of Torrington and of Litchfield county, and the state of Connecticut as well, had suffered a calamitous, moral shock ; a sort of aesthetic, volcanic upheaving, by an affair which occurred at the Foreign Mission school at Cornwall. This school had been established and mainly sustained by Congregational churches, for the purpose of educating the Indians and Sandwich Islanders as missionaries to their own people. Two young ladies of Cornwall, belonging to the most respectable and best educated families, became so perverted in their aesthetic tastes, as to choose and dare to marry two of the tawny brethren, with the idea of becoming missionaries among the native tribes. The effect was
quite shocking ; almost pestilential. Every class of society was thrown into spiritual convulsions. The mission school was threatened with demolition. Those sons of the forest who had been so wicked as to fascinate the belles of Cornwall and make trophies of them were compelled to depart sans ceremonie. The school was soon after closed or rather driven out of existence, not because it was not doing a good work, but because two of the pupils had married two girls, which girls wanted to marry them.
These items are but a faint illustration of the excitements, hard feelings, desperate threatenings and silly arguments that were entertained concerning slavery and anti-slavery. No attempt is here made to picture the contest. No human language would be equal to such a task ! If the late war of the rebellion could be fully described, there would be, in that description, some features of the terrible curse set forth somewhat appropriately ; but even then, the half would not be told. Now most people see it, and acknowledge the same. No effort is here made to sum up on this great subject. Only a few items are given as historical facts concerning the efforts on the one side in behalf of slavery, and on the other the spirit and courage of those who believed slavery to be a sin against God and humanity.
One thing is strange, that after the terrible sufferings, hardships and distresses through which the pilgrim fathers and their early descendants passed, for the one object and end of religious and political freedom, that any body should have supposed that the American people could have been compelled, by any means whatever, to put their necks under the yoke of slavery and submit to its dictates !
1790 -- the "great schism" within Cornwall's Congregational church led to the First Church abandoning Cornwall Center for a new church in Cornwall Village. (Rev Hezekiah Gold??)
Cornwall was part of the Salisbury District iron region and iron manufacturing was a major industry for Cornwall.
prior to 1800 – three forges or ironworks were in operation in Cornwall.
During the 19th century -- Cornwall was known for its schools, and the iron that was smelted at Cornwall Bridge and West Cornwall, utilizing local charcoal.
1808 -- a Methodist Episcopal Church built in Cornwall Center, replacing the abandoned First Church.
c. 1810 – Connecticut agriculture started to decline.
1813 -- birth of the future Major General John Sedgwick in Cornwall Hollow.
1817-1827 – the Cornwall Mission School instituted in Cornwall Village.
1818 – student Henre Obookiah died while a student at the Mission School, after giving the impetus for missionary work in the Sandwich Islands.
1820s -- the marriage of two local white girls to Indians attending Cornwall's Foreign Mission School led to near riot and the closing of the school.
1825 – Erie Canal opens, attracting many farmers and farmhands out west.
1826 – North Cornwall Second Congregational Church built.
as early as 1830 -- the Cornwall Bridge Methodist Episcopal Church built.
The Underground Railroad in Litchfield County
-Quotes from "The Underground Railroad in Connecticut" by Horatio T. Strother, 1962.
-p. 121-122- " As a conductor, Wakeman (of Norwalk), was bold and tireless, taking his "packages of hardware and dry good" to places as distant as Plymouth and Middletown - trips of forty and fifty miles as the crow flies, farther than that by road....
-p. 122- "The Plymouth operators, to whom Wakeman presumably made his deliveries, included Joel Blakeslee, Ferrand Dunbar, and William Bull. They not only handled passengers from Wilton; they also had to keep watch for unaccompanied fugitives on foot who had lost their way on the western line between New Haven and Farmington. The Plymouth "minute men" had to set these wanderers on the right track, which took them a dozen miles eastward to Farmington."
-p. 123 -Thus it is known that New Milford was a center of Underground work; but whether fugitives came to this town by traveling northward from the vicinity of Wilton, or eastward via a lateral from the Hudson River line in New York, or both, remains unclear."
-"There are several stations here, (New Milford), one of which was the house of Charles Sabin. Another was the home of Augustine Thayer. He and "his good wife devoted their lives to the Abolition cause. They helped many poor slaves on their way, rising from their beds in the night to feed and minister to them and secreting them till they could be taken under cover of darkness to Deacon Geradus Roberts' house on Second Hill and from there to Mr. Daniel Platt's house in Washington."
-p. 123-124 - Frederick W. Gunn of Washington, Connecticut, who founded the private school bearing his name, "The direction or runaways on the road to freedom, however, remained Gunn's private affair.
-p. 124-"Daniel Platt and his wife....accomodating "many a trembling black refugee" on their farm. ...Their son, Orville,...later recalled that "the slaves stayed, as a rule, but a short time, though some remained several weeks until it was learned through the channels of communication among the Abolitionists that their whereabouts was suspected." They were then forwarded to either of two destinations - to Dr. Vaill on the Wolcottville Road or to Uriel Tuttle in Torrington."
-p. 124-125 - "Yet, curiously, Uriel Tuttle was the only Underground stationmaster here of whom a record survives.
-p. 125- "At Winchester, a few miles north of Torrington and close to Winsted, there was a small but active antislavery society. Noble J. Everett was its secretary; Jonathan Coe, a member who lived in nearby Winsted, managed a well-patronized Underground station at his house. Another station many have been the home of Silas H. McAlpine, poet, philanthropist, and abolitionist of Winchester; in the foundation wall of his house was a hidden crypt that was possibly a hiding place for fugitives, but there is no positive evidence that it was so used."
-p 126 - "Beyond this point, there were stations to the north in Colebrook and to the northwest in Norfolk. Who were the Undergroung agents in Colebrook remains unknown, but there were certainly several of them. One may have been J. H. Rodgers, secretary of the ninety-member antislavery society in 1836.
-"It is also reported that there was a network of Underground byways in this vicinity and that residents of Norfolk were responsible for paving many of them."
-p. 126-127- " For the fugitive traveling through northwestern Connecticut, Norfolk was the last stop in the state. From here, he was sent across the Massachusetts border to New Marlboro, thence over to the Housatonic River line through Stockbridge and Pittsfield to Bennington, Vermont."
-from Appendix 2 - "Underground Railroad Agents in Connecticut" (Probable agents are indicated by *) Litchfield County Blakeslee, Joel - Plymouth Bull, William - Plymouth Coe, Jonathan - Winsted Dunbar, Daniel - Plymouth McAlpine, Silas H. * - Winchester Pettibone, Amos - Norfolk Roberts, Geradus - New Milford Sabin, Charles - New Milford Thayer, Augustine - New Milford Tuttle, Uriel - Torrington
-Quotes from "Barkhamsted Heritage-Culture and Industry in a Rural Connecticut Town", edited by Richard G. Wheeler and George Hilton, 1975.
-p. 235 - "Lamont's Christmas Tree Plantation - Located at the site of one of Barkhamsted's earliest houses, which saw use as an inn on the route from the Salisbury iron works toward Granby.....The house, known 50 years ago as the Oscar Tiffany place, was bought in 1952 by Thomas and Marguerite Lamont...Legend has it that the house was also a stop on the Underground Railroad."
Scan of Colebrook River, from an old postcard
(Kind of tickles me, Cotton Mill in town and they were hiding slaves?)
-Quotes from "Colebrook Stories", by Alan DeLarm, 1979.
-"Chamberlain's hotel, The Colebrook River Inn, was at one time used as a station in the underground railroad." -"The Davidson house on the Old Colebrook Road is also said to have been an underground railroad station."
-Quotes from "Howard Peck's New Milford - Memories of a Connecticut Town", edited by James E. Dibble, 1991.
-p. 58-60- "Seventy-five years after the Bostwick place was erected it became one of the stations on the Underground Railroad. It is known that there was a hiding place beneath the floor of the attic. This compartment could hold two persons, and as it was near a chimney could provide warmth during the cold winter season. ..."
-"Another alleged station in this system was a home in the Lanesville section of this town. It is located about four miles south of the village center and has been known as the Wanzer Farm......(they were Quakers)"
-"Fugitives from slavery in the deep South entered New Milford at several places. Some were directed from New York State, directly west of New Milford. It would seem natural that they might have entered through the Town of Sherman, although little has been written or recorded as to that being the case. However, it has been stated that one known station on the system was in Sherman, a short distance north of the center of town in an old colonial residence lying on the westerly side of the present road leading north from the center toward the New York State line or to Gaylordsville. This station was in the Stuart family. The residence is still standing, a landmark and heritage to be preserved. James Stuart was reportedly the agent. It is alleged that there was a small out-building on the premises just north of his dwelling where the escapees would be housed and it would seem likely that some of them would come over the hills to New Milford."
-"Again, near the village, was the home of Augustine A. Thayer, known to his cronies as "Baccus."....from a New York newspaper....a reward of five hundred dollars offered for the apprehension of two runaway slaves. It was expressed by one of the men present that it would not surprise him, "if they would be found at that moment at Baccus' home."
-"Many of the fugitives were aided over the hills to Washington, about five or six miles east of New Milford. One of the most ardent supporters of the movement there was Frederick W. Gunn. ...With Mr. Gunn was Daniel Platt, as devoted an agent on the system as there was anywhere. Mr. Platt and his wife rescued and aided many a poor soul fleeing to Canada."
-"The route continued from Washington north to Litchfield, then on to Torrington, which was the birthplace of John Brown. It is reported that as early as 1837 there was an organization composed of forty members of an antislavery group in that town. Colebrook and Norfolk were the actual jumping off places in Connecticut. From these towns the fugitives crossed the line into Massachusetts, crossed the Housatonic River to Stockbridge, to Pittsfield, into Vermont, to Bennington, Burlington, Rutland, and on into Canada and freedom."
Underground Railroad notes from various sources:
When the first pages of my web site were posted, I received an email from someone (I wish that person, if they ever read this, would get back in contact with me) that mentioned that the Christmas shop in the town of Bethlehem was used to hide runaway slaves. If I remember correctly, I was told it was a printing shop and the slaves would spend the night there before moving on to the next station, most likely in Litchfield.
I heard from a friend that a home north of the rotary in Goshen was a station in the 1800's. I quote from the Goshen history, 1897, page 363: "The store built and occupied by Wadhams and Thompson, and later by Moses Wadhams, was purchased by A. Miles and Sons, who also had a store at West Goshen. Moses W. Gray entered their employ as clerk, in 1841. At this time, Mr. MIles and one son lived at West Goshen, and another son at the Center, with whom Mr. Gray boarded. At his death, Mr. Gray managed the store for about three years, when he purchased a one-half interest and continued to manage it for several years under the firm name of Miles and Gray. He then purchased the interest of his partner and conducted the business alone, the sign over the door bearing the name of M. W. Gray. In 1857, he sold his stock of goods, and, removing to Chicago, enaged in the wholesale grocery business......" -I have talked to a previous landowner, and he told me there is a room in the basement that is undetectable, unless you know it is there. Convienent having a freight business with a hidden room for that special cargo.
I also heard that a house in South Kent has "extra rooms" on the fireplace foundation in the basement. I know which house, but nothing more than that.
Another reference I have, and have no idea where it came from, is Blueberry Hill Farm, between Norfolk and Colebrook, on Rock Hall Road. Supposedly there are false panels behind the fireplace, concealing an entrance to another room.
Mentioned in a Register Citizen article, (I didn't get the date), the Cook homestead on Charles Street in Torrington was used as a station. Runaways were hidden in a section of a dining room closet.
Also, a Register Citizen article, dated 12-31-94, by Bryan T. Morytko, mentions the following: Harwinton - Rt. 4, the Chiarmonte and the Hinnan houses, the Hinnan home have a secret place in the attic floor, next to a chimney, large enough for three people. Torrington - Torringford Street (very active antislavery society in this area) - three or four houses on this street, including the Florian home, with a secret basement room Winchester - the Silas H. McAlpine home (already mentioned above)
These are notes about Underground Railroad sites from visitors to my web site. Some are not exactly in northwestern Connecticut, but close enough.
(Every little piece of the puzzle helps!)
From Kevin Purcell, of Fairbanks, Alaska: "I can remember two houses in Northern Westchester that were rumored to be stops on the Underground. One is located on Route 138 east of Goldens Bridge, it is a large colonial just before the Increase Miller Elementary School on the north side of the road. The other is on Route 100 south of Somers, New York. It is a larger stone house that had one of the old stone mile markers out front."
New quote - added August 29, 1999
-from "Mysteries and Histories of Goshen", June 21, 1938, by Mrs. Lora Ives. Handwritten manuscript
-"At my father's place, known as Whist Pond Manor......The Manor house was built in 1772 by Nathaniel Parmelee. It contained a secret chamber by the great stone chimney, to which access was easy from the downstairs closet, under the stairs in the front hall, by moving a board in the ceiling, also by a movable panel in a shallow closet upstairs, and by a loose board in the attic floor. The chimney kept the room warm in winter and it is supposed to have been used to secrete English refugees in Colonial days, also for runaway slaves during and before the Civil War. The place called Bald Ledge where the Sterlings lived for several years at the north end of the street, is said to have a similar room." Click to mail to me. Back to my home page.skyweb
Ballston Spa
Edmund Jennings settled in Ballston in 1775 at the age of 21. He was the son of Zachariah and Sarah Morehouse Jennings from Fairfield, Conn
Edmund Jennings, unlike some of his neighbors, sided with the rebels during the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the 12th Regiment of the Albany County Militia (Saratoga County was not formed until 1791). In May of 1777, he joined a search party, which was after fifteen tories. Along with Colonel James Gordon, the militilamen chased the lovalists up the Sacandaga River and captured them at Lake Luzern. The captives were taken to the Albany goal, which was already over-crowded with tory prisoners. Edmund Jennings, no doubt, tought at Bemis Heights and witnessed the surrenders of Burgoyne. Captain Edmund Jennings pursued the British and Indians when they raided Ballston in 1780.
Elijah Sherman Woodbury known as Father Sherman was Episcopal became dissatisfied and joined the methodists (1812 became a class leader). He was active and zealous and encourage the growth of and a meetinghouse was built 1824
Avis BURR b: 26 May 1797 in Of Southbury, New Haven, Ct
Children of Heth Northrup and Anna Newton are:
+
160
i.
Newton Northrop was born 26 MAY 1781 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 6 JAN 1858.
161
ii.
Elizabeth Ann Northrup was born 7 MAY 1783 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN in Morris, Connecticut. She married Job Smith 7 JAN 1803, son of Caleb Smith and . He was born ABT. 1781, and died UNKNOWN.
The accumulation of unwelcome tasks meant months of dismal drudgery to Senator Platt. I have to enjoy this place thinking about it when I am far away from it. If there is anything that will bring you health, enjoyment, and happiness it is this Litchfield County life. I am sure that this was the original paradise. Washington, and especially the Judea end of Washington, was right in the centre of the garden.
But that summer was to be a busy one, with little in it of the peace of Judea. Not only was he burdened with the work of analyzing Cuban finances but he was called upon as usual to bear his part in the Presidential campaign which resulted in the election of McKinley and Roosevelt.
The Town of Washington encompasses the following Villages:
Washington Depot
Washington (or Washington Green) -- the Old Judea
New Preston -- located on the Aspetuck River.
Marbledale (or Marble Dale)
Washington sits on Green Hill overlooking the winding Shepaug River. Washington Depot lies along the Shepaug River at the foot of Green Hill. 26 miles of the Shepaug River here are deemed "wild."
1734 – the eastern section of Washington was settled by Joseph Hurlbut. It was known as the Parish of Judea and belonged to Woodbury.
The western section was known as the Parish of New Preston and belonged to New Milford.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belonged to Litchfield.
1740 -- the Titus family settled on Lower Church Hill.
1741 -- the western section, part of the New Milford North Purchase, was first settled.
1741 -- Judea Parish gathered.
1746 – Edward Cogswell secured the right to mine iron ore in the New Milford North Purchase. The Iron Works, the first industry in the North Purchase, was established along the Aspetuck River, near the foot of the road leading to New Preston hill. 1746 – land purchased from the Indians for the building of the Averill Homestead (on Baldwin Hill Road about 1.5 miles from New Preston). The Averill family still lives there.
as early as 1748 -- 1.5 miles downstream from Factory Hollow, the South Shepaug Factory Complex (consisting of a sawmill and gristmill and first known as Platt's Mills then Baldwin-Olmstead mills) built. 1753 – the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut granted a petition to establish the New Milford North Purchase section as the Ecclesiastical Society of New Preston.
1758-1794 -- Judah Baldwin ran the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1760 – the Titus Homestead built.
1772 – in Washington Village, the Old Red House built by two brothers Leman and Joel Stone, a Whig and a Tory.
1775-1783 – American Revolution. General George Washington came through the area several times. He even spend a night in New Preston at Cogswell Tavern. Thirty Revolutionary soldiers were buried in the original Judea Cemetery.
1778 – there were 270 families living in the area
1779 – the Town of Washington incorporated. It was taken from Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, and New Milford. The town was named in honor of General George Washington, who traveled through the area several times during wartime.
1780s -- Mallory Brook was named for Caleb Mallory and his family who were murdered at this time. Their hired hand, Davenport, was hanged for the crime.
1781 – Major Cogswell owned a tavern along the "turnpike" at which General Washington dined. Justice of the Peace, Major William Cogswell, son of Edward, was elected the town's first selectman.
1790-1831 -- Moody ran the Moody Fulling Mill for 41 years. He was a leading citizen of Washington.
1794 -- in Romford, St. John's Episcopal Church built.
1801 – on the Green in Washington Village, the Congregational Church built.
1802-1876 -- on New Preston Hill Rd., was the boyhood home of Horace Bushnell, Congregational clergyman. (His birthplace was at Bantam in Litchfield.) He was the pivotal American theologian who freed mainstream Protestant theology from its Puritanism, thus helped to clear the way for religious liberalism.
1815 -- the St. John's Episcopal Church was moved by oxen to a site on Green Hill.
1816 -- the dam at the South Shepaug Factory Complex rebuilt by brothers Levi S. and Ely Platt.
At first Washington was principally a farming community.
Some of the early industries were ironworks and quarries as well as small mills and factories run by waterpower along the Shepaug and Aspetuck Rivers.
1822 – at Marbledale, where there were quarries in an earlier day, the brick St. Andrews Episcopal Church built.
1824 – at the west end of New Preston, the native stone Congregational Church built.
1827 -- birth of the future Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt in Washington.
1832 -- Marvin Dimcock built a cotton-woolen plant, the third mill factory complex along the Shepaug River.
1835 -- Olmstead took over the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1843 -- the Dimcock complex was sold at a loss.
1844 -- the old Dimcock mill sold and became the Washington Company (until 1851). Other owners included Herman Baldwin, Frank Kilbourn and Charles Dipple.
1844 -- Joseph W. Titus bought an area along the Shepaug River.
1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. He erected a weir dam and directed some of the river water to a sawmill built at the southern end of his channel.
1850 – the Gunnery School, a preparatory school for boys, established by a remarkable teacher, Frederick W. Gunn (1816-1881.)
1854 map -- there were mills on the Shepaug River and the Kirby and Mallory Brooks.
Underground Railroad -- the Underground Railway stopped on Blackville Road at Mrs. Ney's barn.
1861-1865 – the Civil War.
1866 -- Olmstead bought the old Moody Fulling Mill for $6.07 for non-payment of town taxes.
by 1871 -- Henry Woodruff gained control of the land and mill of Joseph W. Titus.
1871 -- Factory Hollow became Washington Depot.
1871 photo -- shows the Match Factory and Henry Woodruff's mill and factory in Factory Hollow.
1872 – the Shepaug Railroad reached Washington.
1873-1877 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed the Match Factory.
1877-1881 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed part of his carriage making venture.
1879-1905 -- Orville Hitchcock Platt became a U.S. Senator.
1879 -- birth of the future Major General Benjamin D. Foulois (1879-1967). He would serve in the Spanish-American War.
shortly before 1880 -- shortly before Olmstead's death, the South Shepaug Factory Complex was foreclosed.
1881 -- death of Frederick W. Gunn.
1881-1908 -- Henry Woodruff's factory building housed Kingman Mills.
1881 -- Carl Bader (1853-1924) entered the U.S. from Alsace-Lorraine.
1882 -- Carl Bader arrived in Washington Depot. He would eventually establish a meat market and run it for 40 year. The store was known variously as Carl Bader, Bader & Sons and Bader's Market.
c. 1887 photo -- the marshalling yard and the Washington Market building.
1888 -- notorious Blizzard of 1888.
late 1880s -- the mills of the South Shepaug Factory Complex run by various owners until ice jams and flooding destroyed the dam.
1893-1918 -- the home farm for Holiday House was in existence. Holiday House was a summer vacation home for the Working Girls' Club. The club was associated with Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York City.
Edward Hook Van Ingen, a man grown wealthy from the woolen imports business, had architect Ehrick K. Rossiter design a house in memory of their oldest daughter Jeannine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of 16. The house was on a promontory overlooking the Shepaug River valley.
c. 1900 photo -- the mill in Factory Hollow.
c. 1900 photo -- Ezra Hull's blacksmith shop.
1902 – about 3/4 mile northeast of Washington Village, Wykeham Rise, a preparatory school for girls, established.
1908 – the Gunn Memorial Library, named for abolitionist and Gunnery School founder Frederick William and his wife, Abigail Brinsmade Gunn, dedicated.
1912 -- St. John's Episcopal Church (of wood) burned; Ehrick Rossiter designed the present church (of stone).
1919 -- architect Ehrick Rossiter and family moved to Edgewood. He brought his New York caretaker, Ed Coll, up to Washington to look after his first and second house. Ed Coll's sister Anne married an artist named deValera and had a child named Emon. When deValera died, Ed Coll send his sister and nephew back to Ireland to grow up with close relatives. Emon deValera grew up to be a prime mover of Irish independence and later prime minister of Ireland.
1925 – Ehrick Rossiter gave the town its first preserve, the Steep Rock Reservation.
1928 -- Borden's Cremery closed.
1930s -- in Washington Depot, Borden's Creamery torn down to build Bryan Memorial Town Hall. It was named for hometown boy Gregory Seeley Bryan, owner of the Weed Chain Company in Bridgeport and donator of the money for the new town hall. The old town hall was taken down and the area became the town park. The World War I memorial placed here.
1930 -- passenger trains stopped running to the area.
1930 -- the Romford School for children established in Washington Depot. It is now Rumsey Hall.
1936 -- the Bader Brothers sold the old Titus/Woodruff mill to Thomas Rosford who ran it until 1952.
1941-1945 -- World War II.
1947 -- the old Dimcock mill ended as Dipple's cider mill.
1947 -- Irish hero Emon deValera came to Washington to see his American relatives.
1948 – the Shepaug Railroad‘s freight line closed.
1955 – a flood destroyed many homes and businesses in Washington Depot.
closed 1964 -- Robert Woodruff, a descendent of Henry Woodruff, was the last man to run a mill on the Aspetuck River. He ran a machine shop out of the old Beeman mill in New Preston. (He was also the last man to run a mill on the Shepaug River.) After leaving the mill, Robert was struck with MS and was never able to stand again.
1999 -- the designer Bill Blass sold his company for $50 million and retired to his home in New Preston.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belonged to Litchfield. ... 1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. .... The Town of Washington, Connecticut: About Washington. ...
www.nynjctbotany.org/lgtofc/washingtonconnhist.html - Cached - Similar
Two Revolutionary War veterans, Asa Northrop and Samuel Hawley, are buried here. As in other Brookfield cemeteries Brookfield
Some interesting cases involving Northrops -- mention of a John Northrop and Gad Northrop
1865 Alvin day book
Mention of "Went to Woodville". This would be after Amos death. AJN shows Gerry's death as March 14, 1875, New Haven, Conn.
Redding Ridge's tavern owner, Stephen Betts, certainly fits the profile:
Lieutenant Stephen Betts, was a prominent character in the Revolution. He was an active patriot, and was taken prisoner by the British on their march to Danbury in April, 1777. A County Convention was held at his house/tavern on August 10, 1779.
Betts was prominent in town politics, serving as Town Selectman during the Revolution, as well as several town committees formed in support of the war.
General Samuel H. Parsons was headquartered at Betts' home/tavern from 1778 to 1781.
1840 census warren map has an a.t. peck in the western district by the
Kent border just above Trout Brook. No Northrop, Osborn185? by 1850
Northrops were in Washington
1868
Col Canfield District 9 Washington map maybe route 147?
also LA Canfield by cemetery east of Kirbys Brook in the Centre
DN Canfield right in the center 1 door away from Cong Parsonage
Mrs. J. Bishop Calhoun Street District 2 next to Washington Station
Kent vital records NORTHROP
Agur Curtis, s. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. May 8, 1812
Agur Curtiss, m. Lucy Marsh SWIFT, b. of Kent, Jan. 22, 1839,
by Rev. Henry B. Sherman, of New Preston
Alvin, m. Sally ATWOOD, July 2, 1826, by Rev. L.P. Hickox
Amos, m. Susan CHOCUM, Oct. 26, 1829, by John Mills, J.P.
Ann Aurilla, m. Joel B. PRATT, Oct. 3, 1827, by Rev. L.P. Hickox
Aurelia, d. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. Oct. 11, 1806
David, Jr., of Sherman, m. Adaline FULLER, of Kent, Oct. 9, 1820, by Rev. Asa Blair
Maryann, m. John HINCKLEY, June 24, 1832, by Lewis Mills, J.P.
Thomas Wells, s. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. May 25, 1808
Alvord, David died July 7, 1831 age 35
Northrop, Agur C 1812-1857
Northrop, Aurelia wife of Thomas G died Mar. 4, 1839 age 54y9m11d
Northrop, Charles C son of A.C. & Lucy M died Nov. 28, 1852 age 2y5m4d
Northrop, Lewis S 1843-1903
Northrop, Lucy M Swift wife of A. C 1815-1900
Northrop, Sarah Abby Barnum wife of L. S. 1839-1918
Northrop, Thomas G died Sept. 8, 1850 age 79y8m3d
Northrop, Thomas Mills born May 25, 1808 died July 24, 1885 age 77y2m
Good Hill Cemetery Kent, Ct.
Burials listed from Kent Burial Records.......This is the original cemetery located in Kent, Ct. It is on Route 7
north of the present town of Kent and north of the original settlement which
was located in Flanders. One of the first churches is said to have been located
on this site. Many of the stones are worn from the ages of time and hard to read.
Early marriages Washington
Samuel Northrop widow Sarah Dutton of Bethlehem June 2, 1779
John Stoddard of Woodbury Phebe Northrop Sept. 11, 1786
Record of Mortality
IN
Westbury and Watertown
From March, 1741, TO May, 1859
Child of Mr. Northrop --- Age 1 --------- 21 may 1853
Daughter of Abigail Northrop --- Age 3 --------- 06 Feb 1791
Jonathan Northop --- Age 70 --------- 11 Mar 1803
Alfred M. Northrup --- Age 50 --------- 20 Oct 1849
Child of Alfred Northrop --- Age 1 --------- 29 Jun 1845
John Allen, son of John Northrop --- Age 2 --------- 07 Sep 1839
John Northrup ( Middlebury) --- Age 59 --------- 11 Mar 1834
Mrs. Sarah Northrop ( buried in Midbury) --- Age 80 --------- 02 Jan 1853
Polly, wife of Alfred Northrop --- Age 41 --------- 10 Aug 1845
Prisoners under sentence for life:
Names, age when admitted, nativity, where convicted, when convicted, crime.
Those marked with an asterisk were sentenced to be hanged,
and their sentences
were commuted by the Legislature
to imprisonment for life.
Benjamin Scott, ae 27, b. New York; Litchfield; Sept. 2, 1841; attempt at
murder
Harry Andrews, ae 17, b. Weston, Ct.; Fairfield; Oct. 30, 1845; rape
Lucina Coleman, ae 50, b. Hartford, Ct.; Sept. 25, 1849; murder, 2nd degree
John Brown, ae 35, b. Ireland; Tolland; Nov. 3, 1849; murder, 2nd degree
William O. Chapin, ae 32, b. Massachusetts; Hartford; Feb. 8, 1849; rape
Benjamin S. Balcomb*, ae 21, b. Colebrook, Ct.; Litchfield; July 8, 1851;
murder
Henry Mennasseth*, ae 48, b. Farmington, Ct.; Litchfield; July 8, 1851;
murder
William H. Calhoun*, ae 20, b. Nassau, NY; Litchfield; July 8, 1851; murder
Catharine Dunn, ae 34, b. Ireland; New London; Sept. 29, 1851; murder, 2nd
degree
Nicholas Parrava, ae 24, b. Island of St. Jago; New London; Oct. 5, 1853;
murder, 2nd degree
Michael Mooney, ae 28, b. Ireland; New Haven; Nov. 8, 1853; murder, 2nd
degree
Morris Nichols, ae 29, b. Greenfield, Ct.; Fairfield; Mar. 10, 1854; murder,
2nd degree
Isaac Randolph*, ae 45, b. Pennsylvania; N. Haven; July 16, 1856; murder, 2nd
degree Albert Northrop, ae 22, b. Washington, Ct.; New Haven; Sept. 13, 1856; bestiality
John A. Benson, ae 35, b. Rocky Hill, Ct.; Middlesex; Sept. 25, 1858; perjury
with intent to take life
Benjamin Roberts, ae 40, b. New Milford, Ct.; Hartford; Dec. 29, 1858;
murder, 2nd degree
John P. Warren, ae 21, b. Coventry, Ct.; Tolland; Dec. 14, 1859; murder, 2nd
degree
from
Statewide County CT Archives History .....Report
Of The Directors Of The Connecticut State Prison, 1860 May 1860
Daniel, Samuel, and Stephen Gold (now written Gould), brothers, members of a Fairfield family that had been prominent in church and state for several generations, were among the early settlers of the town, though none of their descendants are now found among us. Daniel appears first: he married Grace, daughter of Deacon Stephen Burr, and lived where James Lord now lives. His children, as named in the will of Deacon Burr, were: Abigail, who married Richard Nichols. Esther, who married Nathaniel Northrop. Sarah, who married David Turney. Mary, who married Seth Price; and Elizabeth.
Samuel Gold settled in Lonetown, and built the house now owned by Seth Todd. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was wounded at the skirmish in Ridgefield. Some of the officers of Putnam's commnd had their quarters at Mr. Gold's during their encampment in Redding. Their children were: Hezekiah, Daniel, Burr, Aaron, Sarah, Polly, and Grace. Stephen Gold settled on the farm later owned by Timothy Platt in Lonetown. He is called captain in the records. He did not long remian a resident of Redding, but returned, it is said to Greenfield.
33. HOMER18 BUCKINGHAM (GILBERT17, ABEL16, SARAH15SMITH,
JOSEPH14, SARAH13FOWLER, WILLIAM12, WILLIAM11, JOHN10,
WILLIAM9, THOMAS8, ROGER7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, HENRY4, JOHN3,
JOHN2, JOHN1LE FOWLER) was born 29 November 1828 in
Northville, Litchfield, Connecticut, and died 17 October 1907 in New Milford,
Litchfield, Connecticut. He married ADELINE COUCH 11 November 1850
in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Notes
Buried in Northville Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Children of Homer Buckingham and Adeline Couch are:
i.
NUANIA19 BUCKINGHAM, b. Abt 186141.
ii.
LOTTIE BUCKINGHAM, b. Abt 186442.
34. JOSIAH NORTHROP18 BUCKINGHAM (DANIEL17, DANIEL16,
DANIEL15, DANIEL14, HANNAH13FOWLER, WILLIAM12, WILLIAM11,
JOHN10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8, ROGER7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, HENRY4,
JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1LE FOWLER) was born 26 July 1805. He married
MINERVA FORD 1825.
In 1712 there were here 12 families or between 60 and
70 persons. A census, taken in 1756, reports 1137 in the
town ; another taken in 1774, reported 2776, while in
1800, after pans of the town had been ceded to Brookfleld
and Washington, the population was 3198. The census of
of 1870, gives the population of the present New Milford,
as 3588, while Bridgev/ater, formerly a part of this town,
has 877 inhabitants.
Much of this line is pretty well documented. However, Amos has been the brick wall preventing a connection to the earliest Northrop/ups. ,
In the published Northrup/ Northrop genealogy, neither Amos Northrop/up's nor Rachel Ives' parents are documented. I believe I've tracked down Rachel, but Amos is still a mystery. Regardless of the location or spelling almost all of these Northrops are descended from Joseph Northrup of Milford, CT. Here are a few facts, speculations and clues to help pin them down..What we know about Amos Northrop/Northrup
Amos was probably born in Eastern New York or the Western half of Connecticut -- an area with many Northrops. He spent a most of his life in Kent and adjoining Warren & Washington, CT. There is no mention of his early life or profession.
Enos married Elizabeth Northrup, daughter of Phineas Northrup and Elizabeth Brinsmade.81 (Elizabeth Northrup was born on 17 Jan 1732/33 in Milford, New Haven Co, CT 81.)
The death record of Washington CT has his birth as Kent and occupation Laborer. There is a conflict in his age at death 69 in Washington, but by the time he was buried in Warren Cemetery he was ten years older! age 79.
Thanks to the Town Clerks office at Washington!
I was able to confirm Amos Death and burial with the Warren Town Clerk's Office (Thanks for your wonderful assistance!).
"I found a listing in a notebook refering to a sexton's book that lists his burial on May 18, 1855, age 79. That is all the information listed in the book." This gives Amos a birthdate of around 1776 !! a new date in all the research.
The sextons book is by F. B. Taylor, Warren and refers to burials from 1847-1869. I believe he was the Sexton or Clerk for the Warren Congregational Church.
'The Church of Christ was established in May 1750 as, "The East Greenwich Society of Kent" by division of "The First Society." Since then the church has been known as "The Congregational Society of Warren", "The First Ecclesiastical Society of Warren", The First Congregational Church of Warren", and in 1941, when the Society and the Church incorporated, it became known as "The Warren Congregational Church, Incorporated." In the National Historic Register, the Church is known as "The Warren Congregational Church." Records include baptism and marriage records.'
The Washington Town clerk also provided this transcription (made in 1915?) of Northrops in Washington.
(Rev. Daniel Brinsmade was of Judea Parish, Rev. Hart Talcott ordained 1817 of Warren)
The Northrop name does not appear in any of the original divisions of Kent.The earliest Northrop I find in Thomas Grant Northrop son of Amos who went to Yale.
[His brother, 27. Amos, b. Oct. 11, 1772. appears to have life his entire life in New Milford. m. Hannah ELDERKIN. Thomas' uncle, David (22. David, b. July 27, 1746. .) was married to Rachel Grant sister to Anne, wife of Amos Northrop 3d but all children were born in NewMilford.]
No record of Northrops as members of the church in Kent although several neighbors appear. Atwater History of Kent Perhaps they were associated with another Parish -- especially if they were closer to an adjacent parish or had a family connection to another parish.
Perhaps the Northrops stayed in the same area from the earliest census. I thought perhaps it was the Woodville section from names on some of the maps (NE of Washington by Mt. Tom), but perhaps they were in the corner where Kent, Warren and Washington meet.
1859 Hopkins Map Litchfield County
Kent
Warren
Washington
Woodville Section of Washington by Mount Tom
Warren
Litchfield
Washington
West of Litchfield. Warren, formerly a part of Kent, was settled about 1737. The parish of East Greenwich was organized in 1750. In 1786, a town was incorporated and named for a Massachusetts man, Gen. Joseph Warren, the Revolutionary hero, who lost his life at Bunker Hill. The town consists of a high plateau, bordered on the south by Lake Waramaug.
Lake Waramaug
New Preston, Connecticut. From the top of the "hill" that's just southeast of Lake Waramaug called The Pinnacle.
above from http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardspics/718893025/in/pool-24554386@N00
THE tract now comprising the towns of Kent and Warren was sold at auction at the court house in Windham, in March, 1738. The settlernent commenced the same year.The principal settlers were from Colchester, Fairfield and Norwalk The first minister was the Rev. Cyrus Marsh, ordained in May, 1741.
Kent
the Moravian church or mission house was standing 30 or 40 years since, near the house of Mr. Raymond, by the Episcopal church. The Moravians left this place about half a century since. The Scatacook tribe, for whose benefit this mission was established, occupied the interval on the west side of the river for about three miles.
It may be that this earlier mission set the stage for the Mission School in nearby Cornwall.
Warren
The agricultural productions are grass and some grain. Butter and cheese are made, and beef and pork raised by the inhabitants. The town is watered by the Shepaug, a branch of the Housatonic. Raumaug pond, a considerable body of water, is situated partly in this town, and partly in Washington. The population of the town in 1810 was 1,096; in 1830 it was reduced to 986.
John Warner Barbor print of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1836. Courtesy of the Litchfield Historical Society.
search yielded raymonds and olmsteads with many northrop connections The Amos Issues
"1 AMOS NORTHROP, b. Jan. 8, 1778, probably at Chatham, N. Y ?? most of children's census records say NY-- between 1774-1800 but may not have been LIVING in NY. Amos' 1850 Census record says CT . Lived also at Warren and Kent, Conn. D. May 16,1855, Warren, Conn. (have not found any record of his death or marker) M. Rachel Ives (b. March 15,1775).had at least two wives married Susan Chaugham/Chaugum (Lighthouse tribe Molly Barber descendant) Kent, CT Oct. 26, 1829.
Census support Amos in Kent and Warren. see Census Summary Below
i Alvin, b. Apr. 15, 1803, Chatham, N. Y BORN NY don’t know where and don't know if family was LIVING there OR
Kent, CT . 3 ii Gerrit, b. Aug. 9, 1812, Most/all of the Census listings say born CT Chatham, N. Y. "
2 ALVIN NORTHROP (Amos),[need Record of Death from Westport] b. Apr. 15, 1803, ? Chatham, N. Y. ;
shoemaker at Kent, Conn. ; m. at Kent, July 2,
1826, Sarah Wakeman Alvord (b. May 25, 1809, Kent; d. June
2, 1886, Southport, Conn.), dau. of Daniel (probably David) and Abigail (Wakeman)
Alvord /or / David and Abigail Jennings. David is born in Fairfield. They are married in Fairfield 1800 and move to Kent by 1802. Why did they move to Kent? Their children are born in Kent and David dies in Kent 1831. Sarah and Alvin moved to Westport after the death of Sarah's father and lived for a time next to her mother and sister in Westport. Most of her family was in the Westport area. Alvin d. Nov. 29, 1875, Westport, Conn. Northrop name is on a Westport map dated 1867.
i Julia Burr (sarah's grandmother was Eunice Burr), b. Nov. 28, 1832, Kent, Conn. ; m. Feb. 1,
1854, Charles Bulkley ; d. ??. perhaps Charles Seymour Bulkley ("a successful engineer") mentioned on page 816 of Jacobus (1933) and a descendant of the Rev. Peter Bulkeley in the Gershom, Peter line
ii Francis, b. June 4, 1835, Kent ; d. July 9, 1837. (Age 2)
4 iii William Fenn, (where did name Fenn come from?) b. Nov. 6, 1836, Kent
IV Frances Josephine b. Aug 20, 1838, Kent m. at Rye, N. Y.,
Dec. 13, 1854, Charles Meeker; > Charles A b 1832? d. March 18,
1876, Westport, Conn.
6 v George Elmore, (where did name Elmore come from?) b. Feb. 17, 1844, Cornwall, Conn.
vi Louisa Azonetta, b. Apr. 12, 1850, Westport; m. March
2, 1871, at Westport. Geroge B. MILLS b: Abt 1845 in Westport,CT
3 GERRIT NORTHROP (Amos), b. Aug. 9, 1812, Chatham? , N. Y. Census listings say CT;
m. Feb. 11, 1834, Betsey (Elizabeth) Millard probably daughter of Joel Millard (son of Joshua ancestors from Mass) b. Cornwall, CT and Tabitha GREEN Milford or New Milford (Sarah Wakeman Alvord Northrop's brother Nelson marries Caroline (1829 Kent) Chamberlain then Adelia Millard in Torrington 1858 Nathan Skiff in Cornwall was probably Adelia's first marriage (d. May 8, 1868).
He d. March 14, 1875, New Haven, Conn.
6 i James Edward, b. Jan. 26, 1839, Warren, Conn.
ii Charles Alvin, b. July 6, 1886. Five years in Civil War ;
Second Lieutenant. Sailed, about 1880, as steward,
on a voyage to Africa ; not heard from since. Supposed
to have been lost at sea. Neglected to give
name of vessel he sailed on.
iii Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1847 ; m. William Hall, and living
at Milton, Litchfield Co., Conn. ; 2 children.
4 WILLIAM FENN NORTHROP (Alvin, Amos), (name may be from Hannah Ives Fenn prob sister of Rachel) b. Nov.
6, 1836, Kent, Conn. Carpenter and builder, and dealer in lumber,
coal, etc., firm of "Northrop Brothers," at Southport,
Conn. M. Dec. 23, 1857, at Mamerneck, N. Y., Abbie Jane,
dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Jane Baker, who are now dead,
but formerly lived at Greens Farms, Conn.
i Ella Angelina, b. Nov. 4, 1858 ; d. Sept. 8, 1864.
ii Frederick Elmer, b. Sept. 2, 1871, Southport.
6 GEORGE ELMORE NORTHROP (Alvin, Amos), b.'
Feb. 17, 1844, Cornwall, Conn. Served through the Civil War,
in Company A, 8th Connecticut Volunteers. M. at ________________, N. Y., Margaret Harrigan.
i George Ives, b. July 15, 1871.
ii Winthrop Blaine, b. Dec. 1, 1884. .
JAMES EDWARD NORTHROP (Gerrit, Amos)
b. January 26, 1839 Warren, CT Merchant residing at New Haven, Conn. m. Nov 24, 1864 Sarah Secelia Burnes, dau of James and Elizabeth ( Norton) Burnes of New Haven
i Lillie E b. Aug 6, 1865 m. June 3, 1885 Oscar D. Beach of Milton CT
ii Mary Elizabeth b. Sept 17, 18 70, d. Nov 5, 1870.
The only hard facts - the A Judd Northrup genealogy:
The genealogy has some known errors and omissions especially with some of the families on the CT/NY border. Some family lines have been merged and some dates inaccurate. Connection of Amos Alvin and Gerrit is supported, Rachel as wife highly probable. Questions or possible errors: location of Alvin's 's birth. supported as NY but not (yet?) supported as Chatham;
year of Amos birth may be 1780 (census) rather than 1778; location of Gerrit's birth CT not NY (census),
Rachel's birth year may be 1780 rather than 1775.
...and the census listings for Amos and descendants (details below):
The census listings have errors in spelling and may reflect omissions or other errors as well.
It is quite possible that Amos and/or his parents moved from Milford, Ridgefield / South Salem, Fairfield / Wilton / Redding to Kent. We know his son, Alvin, moved closer to the coast when he and Sarah Wakeman Alvord Northrop changed their residence to Westport.We don't know if this was a return to known Northrop family connections. It appears to be a return to family connections for Sarah Wakeman Alvord.
The Amos Questions:
Who were Amos' parents?
Where was Amos born?
Was Amos in Kent area before he married Rachel?
Where was Amos from birth to 1800?
Where was Amos and family in 1810 census?
Who is the extra female in the 1820 census?
Did Amos have a second or third marriage? Susan Chaugum? Sarah Osborn?
Was Amos' family,like the David Alvord Family from the Fairfield Redding area?
While there are, so far, no traceable connections, there are interesting correlations with:
Betts and Jelliff families -- possibly through Lewis Northrop/up.
William was in the carpentry business with Francis Jelliff (Southport, CT) and Betts and Northrop ran a carpentry business in Georgetown (Redding / Weston line). Betts and Jelliff families are related. see Jelliff page. There are marriages between Northrops and Betts (Ridgefield Norwalk area).
The same collection of names appears together in Ridgefield, Kent area and Lanesboro, MA
Some kind of Elmore connection --
Both Alvin's son, George Elmore Northrop and grandson, Frederick Elmore son of William bear the Elmore name.
Some means to meet Ives family and Rachel of Wallingford/Cheshire
Lived Close to Wallingford? New Haven, Durham, Woodbridge, Woodbury
The Ives had connections in New Haven, Wallingford, Cheshire, and later Cornwall and
Barkhamsted CT area;
no connections in the upper Hudson area of NY near Chatham and no very early
connections to Fairfield.
Northrop, Ives and Alvord connections may all be in one location
Plymouth is a location where Ives some Northrops and Alvords were in the same location. Many in Thomaston, Watertown, Waterbury, Litchfield as well.
Their co-location may be due to growing manufacturing concerns. Torrington, Hitchcocksville and Plymouth.erea cradles of innovation and industry from about 1790
to 1850. Industries include Chair making , Carriage making and clock making..
Family Naming conventions don't seem consistent
Male First name sometimes from GGF First Name
Male Middle from Father's Father's Mother's maiden name
later generations Eldest male gets mother's maiden as middle, eldest female gets father's mother's maiden name.
Connecticut map identified as 1766
Note how large some of the townships/parishes are -- before some were divided.
Top Picks for Connections to Amos
Rebecca Northrup(w/o Amos Smith) (RIDGEFIELD)(d/o John (Joseph, William) b. 1703 New Haven died RIDGEFIELD buried Lithgow, NY)
Some connection to :James NORTHRUP b: 9 Nov 1719 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut and Rachel SMITH b: 27 Mar 1723 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
BRIEF TIME LINE SUMMARY- CENSUS INFORMATION
Location Birth 1779-80 On.
Chatham area NY, South Salem area NY?, Ridgefield?, Milford?, New Milford?, Woodbury?, Woodbridge?, New Haven? Chatham CT?
~ 0
~1778 to 1780
--
--
No
Grew Up
?
--
--
No
Childhood
Warren?? no northrops
~10-12
1790
--
--
Census
Childhood
Kent ?? no northrops
~10-12
1790
--
--
Census
Childhood
Cornwall ?? no northrops
~10-12
1790
--
--
Census
Childhood
Litchfield Northorp, Joseph --------- 3 over 16, 3 m under 16, 6 females, 0, 0, Page 63 is this salisbury joseph? what about Abner? may have Bradley connection
May or may not
be a son, but probably some connection
ALVERD ELIHU CTLITCHFIELD LITCHFIELD 1790
looks to be in same part of Litchfield in 1790
Kent Thomas Grant 001 m 16-25 1 m 26-45 0 00000 between Comstock & Pratt Thomas ~ 29 in 1800. Who is male age 16-25?? no kids by aurelia til 1805. Amos Wilkes about 27?
1800
Census
Residence
?? New Milford 20010/20010 or Maybe Mass or Vermont? or living with someone else
In the absence of more definitive information, I've reviewed possible neighbors in the census (where available).
In census lists that are not alphabetical, I speculate name sequence reflects physical order of homes. Below are the names I watched for in the review.
The table lists the results as likely extended family connections. I speculate the earlier data is more likely to be significant. The years are links to images of the census pages.
Census neighbor names
Tibblas Nettleton A Clark Smith Smith Clark
Kent David Bradley (prob f Timothy m Mercy/Marcy Baldwin w Lydia Smith)
Amos Smith mother is Rebecca Northrup sister of Enos et al
Alvin spouse of Sarah Wakeman Alvord and Alvin Jennings Northrop
perhaps from Alvin Bradley ? spouse of another Lucy Ives possible Rachel cousin OR
??? Oliver Alvin NORTON Goshen from Norton Birdsey line OR
????Alvin Bingham Salisbury Allen, Bradley, Claytor, Cope, Mountjoy, Moxley, Newton, or as last name
Alvord
definite
Alvin's wife Sarah
Baker
definite
William Fenn Northrop's wife
Barber
possible
Molly Barber Chaugum connection
Bartholomew
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives Lucy Ives Wallingford married Bartholomew children born Cazenovia, Madison, NY [prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews ]
Beach
definite
Gerrit Northrop's son in law
Beecher
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives brother Ransom Ives Wallingford married Eunice F. Beecher
Connection to Rachel Ives Caleb Ives Wallingford, Durham & VT married
Sarah Booth
Bradley
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives possible cousin Lucy Ives m. Alvin Bradley (parish of Mt.Carmel),
Alvin married (1)Lucy Ives on 31 Dec 1797 in Hamden, Alvin married (2)Abigail Hall on 3 Feb 1802 in Hamden, .[prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews moves and dies Linn County, Iowa]
Also David Bradley (not Alvin's brother -- Amos and Rachel's neighbor in 1800 Kent
Aner Ives (neighbor and cousin/uncle to Rachel),
Abigail Northrop d/o Benjamin (Jeremiah Newtown) m. Sybil Castle her sister Eunice married Ebenezrer Castle
Chamberlain
Definite
Sarah Alvord sister-in-law
Chaugum
Probable Barbour listing of marriages only known Amos in the area at the time
Amos 2nd or 3rd wife Susan daughter of Samuel. Susan's mother Miss Green, brother Solomon m.Sophia Bills, brother Benjamin no listing
Elmore
definite
Alvin's son William's son
and ???
Fenn
Rachel / definite
Alvin's son ALSO through Rachel Ives Hannah Ives married
in New Haven perhaps married to Austin Fenn's of Theophilus
(buried in Litchfield) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763
his mother's surname is Austin , d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829); )
or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? in VT by 1801 and perhaps as early as 1794. Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin married before 1793 prob in Vermont by 1805, d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829);
--------------------------
Also neighbor in 1800 Kent. Also lived close to Ives in 1790 Wallingford
.
Frances
Definite
Alvin Daughter, Frances Josephine
??? OR Connection to Rachel Ives Charles Ives m. Mary Frances Wallingford their son (Rachel's nephew) is Elihu
Francis
Definite
Alvin son who died young b.1835
and ???
George
Definite
Alvin Son
and ???
Gerrit
Spelling?
Alvin's brother Gerry in Census
AND ???
Griswold
Rachel probable check other Levis
Connection to Rachel Ives brother Levi m. Huldah Killingworth thru 1826
Hall
Definite /Rachel
Gerrit Northrop's son in law
Connection to Rachel Ives Elihu Ives b: 8 Feb 1764 in Wallingford married Phebe Ann Hall 1792 in VT by 1797 children born Ludlow, VT OR [may be a cousin, Elihu Ives ] Married Polly or Mary Northrup in Cheshire (Dau of Joel & Mabel Sarah Bird) and second marriage to Lucy Whittimore
Hemson
definite
Sarah Alvord brother-in-law also 1880 neighbor
Ives
Rachel / Definite
George Ives middle name, grandson of Alvin
Amos' wife, also Rachel sister
Olive Ives m. Joel Ives Wallingford
Elihu Ives is Rachel's nephew ( son of brother Charles)Charles)
Jelliff or
Jelif
definite
William's first carpentry partner and Southport neighbor
Amos' sister-in-law (Gerrit's wife Elizabeth Betsy Millard )
also Sarah's sister-in-law Nelson Alvord's 2nd wife Adelia Millard
Mills
definite
Alvin's son in law
Munson
Aner Ives conection also Patty Munson married Caleb Northrup, s/o Abel both Milford
Porter
Definite
Ruth Porter(d/o Timothy b.1702) w/o Gamaliel Fenn 1800 Kent neighbors
? John, Joseph, William Gould and Mabel married Porters
Thorp
Definite
Sarah Alvord sister-in-law
Wakeman
definite
Alvin's wife
William
Definite
Alvin’s eldest son
and ???
With the inaccuracies of early maps, it's difficult to tell the exact borders of the older, larger, Litchfield. It may have encompassed as much as with area of green above -- parts of Plymouth, Washington, Kent and Warren. Some of what appears to be a move by Gerrit, may have actually been a change in the town borders.
Census Neighbor names with plausible family connections
William Elwell 1800
probable
connection to Phoebe Northrop (William Elwell) (d/o Isaac) b. LITCHFIELD CO.
Amos Smith 1800 right next door
almost definite
connection to Rebecca Northrup (RIDGEFIELD)(d/o John (Joseph, William) b. 1703 New Haven died RIDGEFIELD buried Lithgow, NY) - mother of Amos Smith Perhaps a connection to Jabez Smith Northrup??
Jabez Smith is one door away from
James Northrup in 1790 Ridgefield Second Society.
Amos Smith 1800 right next door
possible
neighbor Amos Smith (RIDGEFIELD OR WILTON) married to Sarah Keeler (RIDGEFIELD OR WILTON)
Gamamiel Fenn 1800
extended connection of Gamamiel Fenn to Mary Porter (B WATERBURY) m to John Northrup (b MILFORD d. NEWTOWN)
Aner and Asahel Ives 1800
Rachel
Aner and Asahel Ives (b. NEW HAVEN d. GOSHEN connected to Rachel, Munson Castle Caswell
David Bradley 1800
Rachel?
David Bradley ( b. NEW HAVEN OR WOODBRIDGE children in KENT) prob connected to Rachel Ives (mothers side)??
Northrop and other deaths before 1820 that could account for extra female in census
What female might be living with Amos and Rachel in 1820 perhaps as a result of a death? So...* who died around this time?
can't be Sarah Ives- she dies in 1813, can't be Jerusha Baldwin wife of Waite dies 1827 Brookfield Chloe Baldwin wife of Job (II b 1758) dies 1826
sisters NONE
Sisters in law -- wife of Nathaniel -- Esther Gould (death unknown) or Rebecca Baldwin -- no death dates
Sarah Beach wife of Abel Gillett Northrop who died 1812 her death unknown,
Patty Munson wife of Caleb Camp Northrop who died 1812 her death unknown but she remarried so prob living in 1820
, Zilpha wife of Isaac 1777 Northrop who died 1818 her death unknown,
Lydia Marsh wife of Isaac 1734 Northrop who dies about 1817 her death unstated,
Lucy Sherman wife of Peter Northrop who died in 1810 her death 1830
ID: I4735 Name:Isaac NORTHROP wife NOT hannah olmstead died 1810 Birth: in South Salem, New York Death: Apr 1812
son Amos perhaps a daughter?
ID: I178547 SEEMS LIKE SOME KIND OF CONNECTION TO ISAIAH OR JOB Name: Isaiah Northrop (s/o Job 1705)Birth: 1746 wife Mary Hubbell3 APR 1746 in Milford/Monroe formerly stfd, Fairfield Co., CT
1790 census huntington other huntington-- hubbell hawley porter, beardsley, booth, curtis, osborn, beach, platt Death: 1817 Fairport Perrinton, Monroe NY Isaiah and Mary daughter, Mabel b.1781 m.Alanson Porter b: 30 MAY 1780 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., MA
daughter Huldah m. Stratton Burr b: ABT 1781 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT and had kids in fairfield ct m. Clark 2nd
son Anson m. Martha Hard b: MAR 1792 in Milton, Litchfield Co., CT stays in Litchfield county
son Elijah m. Rhoda Betsey Bennett b: 3 JAN 1793 in Monroe, Fairfield Co., CT moved back and forth between NY and Monroe CT
Burial: Schummer's Cemetery, Perinton, Monroe Co., NY 2
Note:7 "....Removed with his wife and children to the town of Perinton (Fairport) Monroe County, N.Y., about 1808 where he resided with his son An drew and died there on 17 Aug 1817 (age 71). He was in the Revolutionary War. ...Isaiah served as a private in Captain Samuel Clark's Co.; Col. Rowell's (Bershire Co.) Regt. Service at New Haven, Ct. Roll sworn to at Lanesborough, Mass. He came to Perinton to live with his sons . He died 17 Aug 1817; his wife, Mary died 4 Mar 1817. They both are buried at Shummers' Cemetery which was part of the Northrup tract . ... The Northrup tract and cemetery are located west of Fairport , N.Y. on the Fairport-East Rochester Road; in the township of Perinton. The cemetery was originally the Northrop family cemetery and was just recently deeded to the township."
Note:7 Isaiah, Sarah and Mary chose William Northrup as their guardian after their father's death.
Note:2 NORTHRUP Isaiah; d Aug. 17, 1817 @ 74y Isaiah Jun.; d Oct. 20, 1819 @ 40y 6m 11d Lewis; d May 2, 1853 @ 72y 4m Mary, consort of Isaiah; d March 4, 1817 @ 71y Rebecca, wife of Isaiah & Louis; d April 15, 1863 @ 80y Sally, dau. of Isaiah Jun. & Rebecca; d Sept. 10, 1823 @ 14y 8d Susannah, wife Jared; d July 27, 1841 @ 24
Change Date: 16 JUN 2005
Father:Job Northrup b: 1705 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT Mother:Mehitabel (Mabel) ?Gillet or Gillett? b~1722
[ Father:Abel GILLET b: 10 MAR 1697/98 in Wethersfield,Hartford,CT Mother:Sarah KIMBERLY c: 23 JUL 1704 in Stratfield,Hartford ,CT m.1722 m2nd Joseph PRINDLE b: Abt 1699 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Married: Abt 1728 2] Marriage 1 Mary Hubbell b: ABT 1746 c: 4 JUN 1749 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT Married: 17 DEC 1767 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT 38Children
ID: I5088 Name: Job NORTHROP Birth: 25 APR 1731 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Death: 9 NOV 1813 in Sherman,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I03885 Name: Elihu Northrup 12345 (s/o Benjamin and Sara Platt) Birth: ABT. FEB 1746/47 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2 Death: UNKNOWN Baptism: 16 FEB 1746/47 Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
m. Keziah Seeley (b: 1747 in New Milford) 1767 in New Milford
ch b VT Strafford last 1774 possibility of a later child?
ID: I2149 Name: Thomas Northrop ( s/o Thomas Northrup b: 5 DEC 1727 in Ridgefield, Ridgebury - farmer & laborer Mother:Rachel [mother Bouton/Boulton] Morehouse b: 11 FEB 1726/27)
??married Clary/Clarissa Cone in 1783?? Birth: 26 SEP 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Death: 3 JUN 1807 in North Salem, Westchester, New York, Bur.N. Salem Cemetery Event: Misc. See Note Page Note: Graves not marked at cemetery.
m. 1770 .Melicent Keeler b: 11 JUN 1753 in Ridgefield d. 1836 N. salem Rachel Northrup b: 5 MAR 1772 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. pulling Lydia Northrup b: 4 APR 1774 in North Salem, Westchester Co., NY m. Riggs Lewis Northrup b: 17 JAN 1791 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. polly smith Betsey Northrup b: 8 JAN 1793 in North Salem, New London Co., CT m. BloomerBig time break ? other children
ID: I581 Name:William Northrop12345 (s/o John & Rebecca Roberts) Birth: 9 DEC 1734 in Greenfield, Fairfield Co., CT 267 Christening: 15 DEC 1734 Greenfield, Fairfield Co., CT 2 Death: 17 MAY 1800 in Newtown., CT 5
m. 1764 Newtown Elizabeth Northrup b: 29 SEP 1744 in Newtown (d/o Jonathan 1715 & Ruth Booth)
m.2 1775 Newtown Mary Shepard b: 19 JUN 1733 in Milford Note:5 Father William Northrop - b. abt 1710, same place. Married unknown abt 1732. Note:8 Division of his estate, Feb. 14, 1798. Sheldon Northrop b: BEF 3 AUG 1766 c: 3 AUG 1766 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT prob died young no wife mentioned Daniel Northrop b: 27 MAR 1768 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT David Northrop b: BEF 2 JUN 1771 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT c: 2 JUN 1771 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT m. Polly Underhill Newtown Betty Northrop b: ABT 1773 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT m. Lewis Northrup Newtown maybe kids after 1773? with Mary Shepard?
ID: I30700 Name:John NORTHROP(s/o William and Mary Peck) Birth: 17 JUN 1703 in Milford,New Haven Co., Connecticut Death: 2 MAY 1794 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
m.Rebeckah (Rebecca) Roberts b: ABT 1708 in Ridgefield
last child b. 1746 M. 2 ElizabethMarried: BEF 1789 a child with Elizabeth?
ID: I578724438 Name: Wright NORTHROP (s/0 Jeremiah & Hannah Benedict) Birth: 1730 Brookfield 12 Death: Wft Est 1749-182112
m. 1755 Anna Benedict b: 22 Feb 1730 in Ridgefield d. 1806 Brookfield (d/o Matthew Benedict & Ruth Keeler) Andrew Northrop b: 1758 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Waite Northrop b: 12 May 1765 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut John Northrop b: 14 Jan 1772 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut maybe kids after 1772?
A the Torrington, Hitchcocksville, Winchester, Plymouth area is a nexus of family names - references to Ives, Alvords, Northrops, Fenns and some others. . The region, with it's favorable water power, was a cradle of innovation and industry from about 1790
to 1850. It included Chair making, Carriage making and Clock-making -- all of which may have family connections.
Chairs Alvord/Alford The famous Hitchcock chairs were manufactured in Riverton/ Hitchcockville. Jesse Ives was a Riverton/Hitchcocksville Tavern Owner and postmaster across from the Hitchcock
chair factory. His connection is more remote - he and Rachel may share a GG grandfather (Joseph).
An interesting Ives connection -- Jesse Ives wrote the obituary for one of the Barkhamsed lighthouse
tribe. Amos second or third wife was from this tribe. Barkhamsted tribe -- one of Chaugum girls marries John Elwell (b. 1815) may have been Amos
neighbor???
Carriages Alvord Sarah's brother Nelson ends up manufacturing carriages in Torrington -- apparently quite a successful business.
Clocks Ives Have yet to find connection for clockmaker Ives to Rachel.
by Alain C. White - 2006 - Reference
Originally, Bantam Falls and Bradleyville were divided like the rest of the ... It was located opposite the Bantam Burying Ground, and completed in 1797. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0976634279... -
Amos may have been a farmer, shoemaker (his eldest son Alvin was
a shoemaker) or in a profession related to leather
Chatham, NY reported as birthplace is suspicious. May be Chatham, CT (Alvords) or wrong Northrop line.
Names WITH connections - Amos, Burr
Names with possible connections - Gerrit, George, Fenn, Elmore, Winthrop, Blaine, Anzonetta /Antoinetta
Amos had 2 known children but possibly more.
Amos might have even spent some time in Berkshire County, MA.
Northrops
Family Tree
Before the founder England
Joseph Northrup 1619(1639)-1669Milford
Joseph Northrup 1649 Milford ~ ???1700
James Northrop 1693 Milford ~ 1747
James Northrop 1719 Ridgefield ~ 1784
Amos Northrop 1778? Milford 1855 Warren
Alvin Northrop 1803 Ridgefield, Kent, Milford, Salem ~1875 or 86
George Elmore Northrop 1844 Cornwall~1906 Southport
George Ives Northrop 1871 Southport ~ 1923 Southport
Alvin Jennings Northrop 1905 Southport/Norwalk ~ 1980 Fairfield
Hannigan
Ives
Jennings
Keeler
Webster (offsite)
This is a work in process and there are still other possible fathers for Amos.
Other Amos Father Possibilities
Amos Northrop b ~ 1779-80 (census dates)
Some of the epitaphs are in the form of admonition to the living to reform their ways that they may die in peace - the Rev. Joseph Bellamy's stone.
Beneath the roots of tangled weeds,
Afar in country graveyards lie,
The men whose unrecorded deeds,
Have stamped this nation's destiny
The prosperity of the town of Kent was checked with the advent of the railroad. It was once a flourishing community when every night twenty- one two and four horse teams could be seen entering the town from the direction of Quaker hill loaded with iron ore to be cast into pigs and then hauled thirty miles to Poughkeepsie to market. The crack of the whips of so many drivers is gone and the charm of the town now lies in its quietness and solitude.
.....The period of the settlement of Kent was that of Connecticut's first attack of the western fever, and this is how it was brought on. As has been said, but little value was attached to the teritory of Litchfield county, before the beginning of the last century. There was lan<l enough nearer the center of the colony, and the population was still too limited for the peopling of new towns. But after the reinstatement of the colonial charter in 1694, and the consequent restored security of the colony, enterprise, which had languished during the reign of James, revived, the population of the colony increased, and inquiry began to be made for territory for new settlements. The earliest response to this demand, in this section of the state,.was the exploration and sale of the territory of the town of Litchfield. This territory was included in the "Western Lands" conveyed by the colony to the towns of Hartford and Windsor in 1686-7, and the sale of it was the ilrst disposal of that territory which the towns had made. In the spring of 1715, a committee of these towns, of whom John Marsh, the ancestor of the Marshes of Litchfield, was one, and the seeming chief, visited the region, "viewed" it, and secured deeds of it from the Indians; their bills for service, against the towns, giving intimation of the primitive wildness of the region, as by the following items from the Hartford records: —...
The sale of the territory of Litchfleld by the towns of Hartford and Windsor, roused the colony to assert its claim to the Western Lands, and in 1719 at the May session, the legislature enacted: —
"That the whole of said tract of Land shall lie for the further dispose of this assembly, and all surveyors and persons appointed to lay out lands, are hereby forbidden to bound or lay out any of said land without the special order of this assembly."
Nevertheless, Hartford and Windsor went on disposing of the land, and a fierce controversy arose between the colony on the one side, and these two towns and the settlers in the Western Lands to whom they had sold tracts, on the other, which was settled as records show, by compromise, in 1726, the colony taking one, the western half, and the two towns the other, the eastern half; Litchfield, as already disposed of, being left out of the division.
This long controversy had thoroughly advertised the unsettled lands,
1738; Cornwall at Fairfield, in February of the same year; Kent at Windham, in March;
...young men "went west to grow up with the country;" and all north and east of Kent was alive, as was itself, with the interest of.new settlement.
all at once," to use a familiar phrase, the country sprang into life at the period of the settlement of Kent: Nortnbury church, organized 1740; Westbury, 1740; Bethlehem, 1740; Washington, 1742; Kent, 174i; Goshen, 1740; Cornwall, 1741; Canaan, 1741; Torrington, 1741; Harwinton, 1737; New Hartford, 1738. So that Kent was by no means born alone. Its settlement was but one manifestation of a movement that pervaded the colony, the first great set of Connecticut's westward tide; the tide that, with its successive flowings, has peopled the continent with its best inhabitants and noblest life.
While the new life of Kent society was crystalizing into form, the same process of the beginnings of religious and civil organization was going on in the communities around it. As the primeval forest still covered this parish, unbroken save by the settler's clearings, so over Litchfield county the primitive wilderness stretched unbroken, save where here and there the centres were being established of the several towns. It is the period from which the life of Litehfield county takes its date.
Westbury, now Watertown, was constituted an ecclesiastical society in 1738, the same year as Kent.
In Bethlehem, the first settlers are petitioning the General Assembly to be constituted a distinct society, which petition was granted at the October session, 1739, and the church was organized the following spring, March 27, 1740.
In Washington, too, the first settlement is under way, the pioneer settler, Joseph Hurlburt, locating there in 1736, and the community petitioning in 1741, to be organized into an ecclesiastical society, which was done by the General Assembly at the October session of that year, the society being named "Judea," likely from the hill country of Palestine, which of old bore that name. Immediately on the organization of the society, the building of the meeting-house was proceeded with, the inhabitants stating, in a petition to the General Assembly in May 1742,that they had "Unanymously and Lovingly Agreed upon a place for to set a Meeting House; ' the only instance of the kind in the early history of the county. The house was built during the same year; the cnurch being organized Sept. 1st., 1742; Rev. Reuben Judd, the first pastor being ordained the same day; the ceremonies taking place in a grove—the other society in the town, that of New Preston, was organized October, 1752.
Into the "Wilderness" the first invasion was the settlement of Litchfield, and this introduces us to one of the most curious and interesting chapters of Connecticut history, as well as to a matter which early engaged the attention of Northbury; it being the subject of a controversy which the new society waged with the mother town, from the time of its organization as a society until after it became a town itself—the famous affair of the"Western Lands." In the records of Waterbury, 1741, there is the following entry with reference to the matter: —
"There having been considerable discourse about the money for which the western lands were sold and granted for the use of the school, and not agreeing in what method it should be disposed of, (the town) did by vote agree that they would refer it to some indifferent gentlemen, to be decided by them where the said money shall be disposed, whether it belongs to the first parish (of Waterbury) or should be divided among the several parishes (including Westbury and Northbury)."
What were these "western lands?" The original title to the territory of New England was the grant, in 1620, by James I. to the Plymouth Company, of England of
"All that part of America lying and being in breadth from the fortieth degree of north latitude, from the equinoctial line, to the forty-eighth degree of said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length of and with all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main land from sea to sea."
Among the first division of Kent were:
Ephraim Hubbel, multiple m. Abigail Bradley d. Kent, Sherwood, Noble, Fuller
Peter Hubbel, multiple of greenfield connection to betts,, hurlburt
Richard Hubbel, multiple stratford, ffld, newtown fairweather, burritt wheeler
Jedediah Hubbel (also as JH, Esq. both later)...Fairfield, Newtown Stratfield Bradley (mother) Noble, Northrop, Hickox, Hurlbut, Wheeler later Lanesboro
Johnathan Hubbel, multiple Fairfield, Newtown, Stratforfd Bethlehem, Derby Prudden, Burr, Silliman Morehouse,Wakeman in 1631 in Eng Alford m. in Ill
Samuel Canfleld, multiple Samuel Canfield and others,
and later
John Smith, multipleDavid Smith,Nathaniel Smith,
Joseph Fuller,
Pelatiah Marsh.Cyrus Marsh, ,multipleEbenezer Marsh, multiple ,Heirs of Colonel Ebenezer Marsh,William Marsh
Azariah Pratt, Daniel Pratt, multiple Joseph Pratt Jr., Daniel Pratt, Peter Pratt,
Joseph Peck,
John Porter,
,Nathaniel Sanford,
Nathaniel Sanford and Henry Silsby,
Jabez Swift,
multipleZephania Swift,
Nathaniel Slosson,
Isaac Camp, Isaac Camp
1738,
The old deeds refer frequently to the Fairweather purchase, but as there is no deed on record in Kent of this property a search was made through the old colonial records where it was found that in 1707 there was a large tract of land granted to Hon. Nathaniel Gold, Peter Burr and several others of Fairfleld for a township in what is now the southern portion of Kent and the northern portion of New Milford, and that they in turn sold a part or all of it to Robert Silliman, Richard Hubbell and Benjamin Fairweather, the latter being described as the "cornet of the troop in Fairfleld." The latter's purchase contained some 3,800 acres and was six miles in length from east to west and three hundred rods wide. When the owner died the large tract was divided between his heirs.
1826
About this time there was considerable agitation to have a canal from Stockbridge, Mass., to tide water at Derby. This is the language of the resolution the town meeting passed: "That we claim it is the interest and duty of every individual situated near the proposed route to aid and assist in the completion of this object oy endeavoring to promote and otherwise concert in measures calculated to effect it by lending funds as circumstances may enable and the vastness of the undertaking may require. That no other route to tide water heretofore suggested is by us regarded as equally important or can equally well accommodate this town or that portion of the public subjected to land carriage which lies between the Connecticut and Hudson rivers."
May. 1739, passed a resolution that "the military companies in the towns of Kent, Woodbury, New Milford, Litchfleld, Cornwall, Goshen, Canaan, Norfolk, Salisbury, Sharon, and New Pairfleld shall be one entire regiment to be distinguished by the name of the Thirteenth regiment."
...The War of the Revolution impoverished where it did not devastate. For many years there was practically no money. Mr. Bordwell was from necessity a farmer, and during the long winter a tutor as well; for like most of the ministers of the day, he fitted many a boy for college. The spiritual destitution of the period was even greater than the material. Skepticism and infidelity were rampant, and the church that held its own did well.
...wife of John Millard, Sr.
1776.
Widow Rebeckah Millard,
1784.
Abram Beecher and his wife,
Lois Coleman,
Aaron Coleman,
i807.
Dr. Oliver Fuller and his wife,
Aurelia Northrop,
1816 Hannah Fenn,
Record Is incomplete previous to 1812, and there is no means by which the manner of removal from the church can be ascertained.
no record after 1812 on -- so maybe before 1812 or not members of this church?
EPISCOPAL
The next rector was Samuel Clark, who went to New Milford in 1768. He was a native of West Haven and a graduate of Yale college. Under him the first real attempts at organization were made. They are upon the parish register two very old documents of his day; they are the earliest records the parish now possesses. The first of these papers is dated at New Milford February 7, 1770; it is a receipt to Reuben Swift for his ministerial (church tax) for the year 1769. The second is dated Dec. 2, 1771, and shows that occasional services were being kept. It is a notice of Mr. Clark's intention to preach in Kent the coming Sunday. It was owing to the co-operation of this worthy layman, Reuben Swift, that the church for which Mr. Palmer began to gather subscriptions in 1760, was finally built in 1772 or early in 1773. Mr. Swift lived just to see it finished as he died the same year. This ancient building stood about thirty yards to the south of the present church. It was afterwards converted into a town hall, and still later the frame was used for a barn, now the property of George Hopson.
Mr. Clark remained at his post until 1787 when he migrated to Nova Scotia. The years 1768-87 covered by Mr. Clark's ministry were dark days for the church in America. The nearest bishop was 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. It was not until 1785 that a bishop set foot upon these shores. Besides the want of a bishop there were other hardships to bear. The church was small in numbers; she was hated and despised by the multitude who regarded Episcopacy as hostile to civil as well as religious liberty. When the war really broke out many of the clergy had to fiee, others were persecuted and imprisoned, churches were closed, many of them desecrated and defiled by the mob.
In 1790 Rev. Truman Marsh was stationed at New Milford and remained for nine years, and it is probable he looked after the church in Kent. In February, 1808, the parish was duly organized according to the state laws, the first officers being Lewis St. John, clerk; Reuben Booth, moderator; John Smith, treasurer. In May following Rev. Sturgis Gilbert was offered $6 to preach every third Sunday during the summer. May 4, 1809, a meeting was called to see whether the society would adopt the constitution of the church in America as set forth by general convention. From 1808 to 1816 yearly meetings were held on the great plain of Kent as it was then called. In the latter year the old church was renovated. In September Mr. Gilbert was released from his contract. The records are broken from here until 1819, when in April of that year at the annual meeting the committee of the church were authorized to lay out the present subscriptions lately obtained in hiring, as it was said, Rev. George B. Andrews to officiate as clergyman. Under him the old church which had been built nearly fifty- two years in 1820 was consecrated. Mr. Andrews immediately afterward set to work to build the present edifice. On September 30, 1822, a meeting was called to adopt plans for building. Jeremiah Fuller, John H. Swift, Garrett Winegar, Alpheus Fuller, and John Hurd, were chosen as a building committee. The original papers, contracts, etc., are still preserved. Various subscription papers tell of the struggles of the faithful few to get the church built. Those who had no money to give gave of their goods, timber, stone, brick, or lime, anything in short, that would prove available as building,
M. E. CHURCH AT GAYLORDSV1LLE.
Many of the people in the southern part of the town are connected with the Methodist Episcopal church in Gaylordsville, and that church must not be overlooked in enumerating the religious forces of the town. For many years it has maintained regular preaching services at Ore Hill and Bulls Bridge. Situated at the Center, as the churches are, there are many who find it difficult to reach them, and the neighborhood Sunday schools at South Kent, Bulls Bridge, Macedonia, and North Keat have been, and are, of inestimable value.
Mention should here be made of Rev. Wm. H. Kirk, a consecrated Reformed Methodist minister, who was for fifty-one years a resident of tho town of Kent. He was born of Scottish parentage in Springfield, Vermont, March 24, 1824. His mother was a lineal descendant of Robert Bruce, the eminent Scottish chief, and a daughter of Rev. Rufus Bruce of Chester, Vermont. Mr. Kirk was converted to Christ at the age of ten years, and for sixty-one years was a devout Christian. He edited for several years the denominational paper of his church, which was published under the name of "The Banner and Banquet." His church granted him license as an exhorter at the age of seventeen years and in 1844, at a sitting of the Vermont annual conference of the Reformed Methodist church he was ordained an elder in said church, which office he held until his death on February 19, 1896, at Kent. He was always under appointment by his conference as pastor, visiting elder or evangelist, in which capacity he labored faithfully and successfully in different states in the Union. Mr. Kirk was an anti-slavery man during the days of slavery, and was one of the only three men in the town of Kent to vote the anti-slavery ticket when that ticket was first presented to the people, the other two being the late Rev. Jeremiah Fry and the late Deacon Lewis Spooner. He thereafter voted with the Republican party until the excitement of war times began to subside when it was discovered that the greatest foe to our race was the liquor traffic. Accordingly, he identified himself with the Prohibition party. Possessing great strength of character and independence of thought, he was never misunderstood as to his sentiments. He was the champion of every cause and measure that tended to suppress vice and exalt virtue. Sympathetic and kind towards the suffering and distressed, he was often called to comfort bereaved ones in officiating at funerals until he had attended one thousand during his ministry He took a Christian interest In the welfare of the Scatacook Indians and many of them, under his influence became Christians. The oldest remaining members of the tribe declare him to have been the first person to visit their reservation and tell them they "had souls and might have a Saviour." January 12, 1845, he was married to Miss Maria Houghton of Pownall. Vermont. Their three children were: Sarah A., wife of Edward Eaton, of Warren; Laura J., wife of Edward Thorpe, and a resident of Danvers, Mass., and Charles F., who married Miss Lillian Newton, and resides in Kent.
While of a social nature, of Mr. Kirk it could be truly said he feared God, and feared nothing else but sin. Eminently successful as a revivalist, many of the members of different churches in and around Kent were converted under his labors and teaching. For a period of more than three years previous to his death he was an invalid, suffering from a partial paralysis and other diseases.
In 1757, Jabez Smith was chosen overseer of the tribe; being the first officer of the kind appointed for the Scatacooks.
The Half-Way Covenant was a form of partial church membership created by New EnglandPuritans in 1662. It was promoted in particular by the Reverend Solomon Stoddard, who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose. First-generation settlers were beginning to die out, while their children and grandchildren often expressed less religious piety, and more desire for material wealth.
Full membership in the tax-supported Puritan church required an account of a conversion experience, and only persons in full membership could have their own children baptized. Because the second and third generations, and later immigrants, did not have the same stresses of leaving their home country to follow their faith, they did not have the same conversion experiences. These individuals were thus not accepted as members despite leading otherwise pious and upright Christian lives. It was significant because after years, wealth grew stronger and just about anyone could become a member.
In response, the Half-Way Covenant provided a partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of church members. Those who accepted the Covenant, and agreed to follow the creed and rules of the church, could become church members without claiming a spiritual experience. These half-members could not vote on any issues within the church, although all members could participate in the sacrament of the Supper.
Puritan preachers hoped that this plan would maintain some of the church's influence in society, and that these 'half-way members' would see the benefits of full membership, be exposed to teachings and piety which would lead to the "born again" experience, and eventually take the full oath of allegiance. Many of the more religious members of Puritan society rejected this plan as they felt it did not fully adhere to the church's guidelines, and many of the target members opted to wait for a true conversion experience instead of taking what they viewed as a short cut.
Overall, religious piety began to decrease and secular values began to become more prevalent in colonial society.[citation needed]
Response to the Half-Way Covenant may have sown the seeds for the First Great Awakening in the 1730s, launched by Stoddard's grandson Jonathan Edwards. Along with Calvinist evangelist George Whitefield, he preached that God is "in the now", and there must be an "urgent call for languid will", in response to the half-hearted will that the Half-Way Covenant allows.
History of Bethlehem society
"east part of the north purchase-- not divided among proprietors until 1734 remained woodland
Among the first proprietors -- from the first society (woodbury) came Reuben and Josiah Avered
1739 allowed to set up minister and school Rev Joseph Bellamy at age 22
Fall of 1740 Mr. Whitefield preached through country religion was revived 1750 the "nervous fever prevailed and spread== not enough wel l to take care of the sick and - a mortal distemper carried off 30 persons in the prime of their life.
1791 Rev Azel Bakus was ordained and settled in Bethlehem.he also "fitted boys for college" teaching latin and greek . later left to become president of hamilton college (1813).
1787 society incorporated into a town
Bethlem is a small town, ita average length being four and a half miles, and its breadth four miles. Its population by the census of 1850, was 815. It is almost wholly an agricultural town, its soil being fertile, with little waste land. It has, however, one woolen manufactory, two wagon shops, three saw-mills, one grist-mill, three cider distilleries, one blacksmith's shop, one shoemaker's shop, and three mercantile stores. It also has two churches, a town hall, a flourishing lyceum, two ministers and one physician.
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washington
The present town of Washington is made up of territory taken from the towns of Woodbury, New Milford, Kent, and Litchfield, and is about six miles square. It contains two ecclesiastical societies, Judea and New Preston, though not the whole of the latter is included within the town. Judea society embraces all the territory taken from Woodbury and Litchfield, and constitutes about two-thirds of the extent of the town. But a small portion of this is contributed by Litchfield. New Preston embraces all the territory taken from Kent and New Milford. In both of these societies are Episcopal churches, having houses for religious worship. The first settlement in the town was made in Judea society, in 1734, the year this society and Bethlehem were divided among the proprietors of Woodbury. Joseph Hurlbut was the first settler, and the first framed house was built in 1736. The next settlers after Hurlbut were Increase Moseley, Nathaniel Durkee, John Baker, Friend Weeks, Joseph Gillett and Samuel Pitcher. The first sermon preached in the society was by Isaac Baldwin, of Litchfield, who afterward relinquished his profession, and became the first clerk of the county court for Litchfield county
Five years later, the inhabitants had become more numerous, and twenty persons preferred a memorial to the General Assembly, at its May session, 1739, representing that they lived " full eight miles from the Meeting House," and that their wives and children had " to . tarry at home from the worship of God about half of the year," and therefore they pray for " liberty to have preaching six months in the winter," and to be released from paying taxes for a new school-house just built in the first society, and also from parish taxes, that they may build a school-house of their own. The privilege asked for was granted, to continue two years, and they were released from one-half of the parish taxes, and from taxes to build a new meeting-house, provided they were " in no ways Active in the Affair of Building a new Meeting House in said first Society."1 At the October session, 1741, twenty-six individuals petitioned to be incorporated into an ecclesiastical society, and appointed " Our Trusty and well-beloved friend, Friend Weeks, agent and attorney to prosecute our Petition." The petition was signed by Nathaniel Durkee, John Baker, Joseph Gillett, Joseph Chittenden, Elisha Stone, Samuel Pitcher, Jr., James Pitcher, Increase Moseley, Lemuel Baker, Daniel Castle, Samuel Branton, Ezra Terrill, Jr., Ebenezer Allen, Zadock Clark, Elijah Hurd, Joseph Hurd, Joseph Hurlbut, Benjamin Ingraham, Jr., Robert Durkee, Samuel Bell, Jonah Titus, Benjamin Ingraham, John Royce, John Hurd, Jr., Jedediah Hurd, Benjamin Hinman.
non-resident owners will not sell to settlers.
till the troubles arose which involved the country in the war of the Revolution. The unhappy divisions in this society then arose to a high pitch. Almost the entire people became dissatisfied with their minister, though no heresy nor scandal was alleged against him. This contention finally ceased, after which Mr. Brinsmads was much respected till his death,
December, 1795, Rev. Ebenezer Porter came here and preached the greater part of the time till his ordination Sept. 7, 1796 Dr. Porter was dismissed from his pastoral charge, Dec. 18,1811, having been elected Professor of Andover Theological Seminary.-not far from the so-called ' Athens of America."
In 1753, a putrid fever prevailed in this society, of which twenty or thirty died in six months. In 1776, the dysentery prevailed with great mortality. About thirty persons were swept away by it to the grave. During the preceding year, not a single death occurred, and for the last twenty years preceding 1812, the average mortality in the society was but about one per cent, of the population per annum.
During the first seventy years after the establishment of the church, the people of Judea were uniformly prosperous and happy. They were never divided—never split into sects—but deservedly acquired the reputation of being industrious, orderly and harmonious, with but one exception. The exception alluded to, was during the last ten years of Mr. Brinsmade's ministrations, from 1774 to 1784. This was a contention concerning the half-way covenant system, and it is worthy of notice, that during this whole period of ten years, but three members were added to the church. Thus do contentions, even for just causes, ever diminish the prosperity of the church.
There have been several revivals, by which considerable numbers were added to the church, as follows: fifty-four in 1804; twenty in 1816; fifty-eight in 1821 ; twenty-nine in 1825; twenty-two in 1827 ; and one hundred and thirty-one in 1831.
n October, 1748, eleven persons dwelling in the south-eastern part of Kent, and nine living in the north-eastern part of New Milford, petitioned the General Assembly for liberty to hire a minister six months in the year, on the ground of their living " from seven to ten miles from their places of worship in New Milford and Kent." This request was granted, to continue four years, with exemption from parish rates. Before the end of the four years, in May, 1752, forty- one individuals petitioned for a new ecclesiastical society. Their names were Samuel Averill, Caleb Rude, Samuel Lake, Moses Aver- ill, Henry Davis, Jehiel Murray, Isaac Averill, Joseph Carey, John Guthrie, Daniel Averill, Zebulon Palmer, Jacob Kinne, Samuel Cogs- well, Thomas Hodgship, Thos. Morris, Benj. Darling, Samuel Waller, Nathaniel Deuine, Enoch Whjttlesey, Joseph Jons, Stephen Bos- worth, Thomas Beeman, John Benedict, Stephen Noble, Gilead Sperry, Elnathan Curtis, John Bostwick, Benajah Bostwick, Matthew Beale, John Cogswell, Zephaniah Branch, Edward Cogswell, Emerson Cogswell, Josiah Cogswell, James Terrill, Joseph Miles, Nathan Hawley, Samuel Cogswell, John Cobb, Benjamin Capuen.
At the same session, sixteen persons of East Greenwich, (now Warren,) remonstrated against the incorporation of a new society, stating that their society had lost " thirty-five rateable persons, and £1467 on their list," and that they therefore protest against having any part of their society cut off, as no families can be spared. Kent, at the same time, passed a vote, that this statement was true. New Milford also sent a committee to oppose the application, and it failed. In October, 1753, thirty-nine persons "in the Northern part of New Milford, and the South and South East part of Kent, and a place Called Merry-all," renewed the application for an ecclesiastical society, which was granted, and the society called New Preston, with the following boundaries :
" Beginning at the South east corner of New Milford North Purchase, then tunning Southwardly joining upon Woodbury line one mile, from thence running a West line to ye part of the Long Mountain, South West of Capt. Bastwick's farm, then a Northline to the place called the Rockhorse Cobble, and so that course to Merryall line, and then across Merryall to Kent line, and then Running East to the South West corner of James Lake's farm North Easterly to the North West corner of John Henderson's farm, that he now lives on, then running East to East Greenwich line, then running South to y« South West corner of East Greenwich line to Sheppauge river, then running Southwardly upon s<l river to Woodbury Ijne, then running Westwardly on Woodbury line to y« first mentioned bounds," <kc.
The first meeting of the society was held at the house of Jacob Kinne, Nov. 23, 1753. The officers chosen were Benajah Bostwick, Clerk, and Samuel "Waller, Stephen Noble and Joseph Gary, Society's Committee. A vote was then passed to " meet at Jacob Kinne's house for 3 months for public AVorship in the winter season," provided they could obtain a minister. John Bostwick, Samuel Waller and Samuel Averill, were appointed a committee to hire a minister for three months. On the first Monday in December following, the society laid a tax of 12rf. on the pound, to hire a minister " for a season." They also voted to build by subscription, " two school-houses for the use of the society, one to be located between Nathaniel Bost- wick's house and Steep Brook, in ye Highway, and the other near Joseph Gary's in the Highway." The following vote also passed :
There have been several revivals, which added considerable numbers to the church : thirty in 1780 ; twenty-five in 1804 ; thirteen in 1812 ; eighty in 1816 ; forty-one in 1821; thirteen in 1826 ; thirty- eight in 1827 ; and thirteen in 1829.
Washington, composed of the two societies of Judea and New Preston, was the first town incorporated in the state, after the declaration of independence. It was incorporated at a special session of the General Assembly, January 7,1779. The petitioners, who numbered forty-seven in Kent, one hundred and seventy-six in Woodbury, twenty in Litchfield, and twenty in New Milford, desired the Assembly to call their town by the name of Hampden, but their agents were persuaded to consent to have it called Washington, in honor of the commander-in-chief of the American armies. Its first meeting was held February 11, 1779, and William Cogswell was the first moderator.
Its boundaries are as follows:
" Beginning at the south-west corner of Judea parish; thence running a straight line easterly, to the south-west corner of Bethlehem, five miles and about one quarter of a mile; thence North by Bethlehem to Litchfield line, it being the north-west corner of Bethlehem ; thence continuing north in a straight line, to the north-east corner of the tract annexed from Litchfield; (the east line of Washington, so far as it is straight, is between five and six miles;) thence in a north-westerly direction, across the western part of Mount Tom, to Mount Tom bridge, crossing the western branch of Sheppauge river : thence in a line westerly, between Washington and Warren, to the West Pond; thence across said pond ninety rods to Fairweather's Grant. The diagonal line from the northeast corner of Washington to Mount Tom bridge, is about two miles and an half: the north line is about five miles in length. From the northwest corner of Washington the line runs about South, between Washington and
Kent, one mile and a half to New Milford line; thence still South to the South line of New Milford, north purchase ; thence Southerly to the South-east bounds of the parish of New Preston, about one mile and an half; thence by New Mil- ford, about three miles and an half to the first mentioned bounds."
This is a good agricultural town, and has a considerable manufacturing interest. There are within its limits, six mercantile stores, employing a capital of from $12,000 to $15,000 ; one woolen manufactory, employing a capital of some $10,000, and making from 70,000 to 80,000 yards of cloth annually. There are two forges, not now in operation, and one cotton manufactory. There are two pocket furnaces with machine shops attached, employing from twelve to twenty men each, four wagon shops, one saddler's shop, one tannery, one chair and cabinet shop, one manufactory for making carpet yarn and seine twine, and fourteen saw-mills. From 600 to 1,000 casks of lime are annually burned, and from 25,000 to 30,000 feet of marble per annum, are quarried and sawed. There are three Congregational churches, and two Episcopal; a celebrated female seminary, under the care of Miss Brinsmade, and a select school for boys, under the care of Frederick W. Gunn, A. B. There is also a good circulating library. The population of the town, by the census of 1850, is 1,802.
In 1708, an act of toleration passed, allowing all persons who should conform to it, the liberty of worshiping God in a way separate from that established by law, but it did not excuse them from paying taxes to the approved, settled ministers of the churches. In 1727, the members of the church of England made an application to the legislature to be exempted from paying taxes for the support 'of the ministry of any other denomination, and for liberty to tax themselves for the support of their own ministry. Accordingly an act was passed, directing that all persons within the limits of a parish, belonging to the church of England, and to the churches established by law, should be taxed by the same rule, and in the same proportion, for the support of the ministry in such parish, and where there was a society of the church of England, so near to any person who had declared himself to be of that church, that he could conveniently and did ordinarily attend public worship there, then the collector of the tax, on levying the same, should pay it to that minister of the church of England on which such person attended, who should have power to receive and recover the same ; and when the amount so obtained should be insufficient for the support of any such minister, the members of the society were vested with the power of taxing themselves, and they were also exempted from paying taxes for building or repairing the meeting-houses of the established churches. The same privileges were afterward granted to other dissenters from the established faith. In the revision of 1784, all dissenters were exempted from paying taxes to the established societies, where they had a society of their own and contributed to its support, on lodging a certificate from such church or society, properly authenticated, of the fact of such membership. Some disputes having arisen as to the validity of such certificates, and suspicions arising that an undue advantage was taken of the law, an act was passed, May, 1791, directing that certificates to be valid, must be approved by a justice of the peace. This law excited general disapprobation, and in October, the same year, an act was passed, authorizing dissenters to make certificates in their own names, and lodge them with the clerk of the society, in the limits of which they lived, which should exempt them from taxes as long as they ordinarily attended public worship in the society which they joined, and dissenting societies were authorized to tax themselves for all the purposes of other ecclesiastical societies. This was in effect placing all religious denominations on the same footing. Yet there was a nominal distinction, members of one society being obliged to lodge certificates with another. But now by the constitution, all distinction among societies is done away, and all denominations are placed on equal ground.
History of ancient Woodbury, Connecticut
By William Cothren
Elijah son of Samuel in records m. Lucina Easton born before 1767
Name: Elijah Northrup 123 Birth: ABT. 1761 in Washington Co., Connecticut 2Death: 1829 in Humphreysville, Connecticut Military Service: Served (American Revolutionary War) Event: Pension Awarded a pension (#s36199)
Father:Job Northrop is this the right one? Marriage 1 Eliza Atwood b~1796?? d/o Name: Daniel Atwood Birth: 8 JUL 1773 in Woodbury (Litchfield), Connecticut Death: 25 JUL 1839 in Watertown (Litchfield), Connecticut Burial: Old Cemetery, Watertown, Connecticut
Children Sarah Northrop
Eliza Atwood's brother Hermon Garry Atwood m. Betsey Northrop d. of widow phebe northrop
perhaps phebe fairchild widow of Joshua NORTHROP??? Birth: 11 APR 1761 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut 1Death: 12 DEC 1803 2
Father:Joshua NORTHROP b: 1722 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Mother:Mary BENNETT b: 6 JAN 1726/1727 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
Marriage 1 Phebe FAIRCHILD b: ABT 1764 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Married: 178 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
Lydia m. Elisha Barlow June 24, 1811 perhaps d/o Samuel 1757 his daughter Lydia Northrup b: ABT. 1795
Not a remarriage for Elijah's mother, Lydia a different Lydia
Elisha Barlow Sr is still married (Lydia, Mother of Elijah died Dec 24, 1814 age 91)
First marriage for Elisha Barlow, Jr.b. 1787 S. Amenia, NY
OR a son ofJohn BARLOW b: 5 MAR 1748 in Kent, Litchfield, CT andTemperance BRANCH b: 3 MAY 1756 in Kent, Litchfield, CT
Phebe of Washington m. John Stoddard of Woodbury Sept 11, 1786
Father Unknown Phebe Northrop b: 19 Feb 1766 in Salisbury, , Litchfield, Connecticut OR Birth: ABT 1770 in Washington,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
s/o Father:Gideon Stoddard b: 24 Mar 1740 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut andRebecca Hunt John dies Death: 15 Sep 1859 in Peru, , Clinton, New York
Samuel Northrop Jr. m. June 3 1799 wid Sarah Dutton of Bethlehem
THIS IS Samuel Northrup IV (Samuel b: ABT. 1757 in Milford Township, Connecticut samuel later moves to VT but prob some or all children b. CT
who marries Sarah Frisbie b: ABT. 1755 who was formerly married to Asahel Dutton b: ABT. 1753 he died BEF. JUN 1779
NOT -Samuel 1687 dies Death: 1748 in Amity (now Woodbridge, New Haven Co.)
son Samuel appears to be still be married to Lydia Thomas
MY AMOS could be son of Samuel 1757 but year is way off.
census search no vt 1790
census 1800 Samuel Northrop 01010/10110/00 Shoreham, Addison Cnty
census 1800 Samuel Northrop 10110/11010/00 Middletown, Rutland Cnty
Samuel in Middletown 1810 does not seem to include Amos
William Henry born -- son of Charles , laborer, and Harriet Dec 17, 1849
Birth: 14 NOV 1786 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Death: 7 DEC 1860 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 1
Father:Nathan CANFIELD b: 28 JUL 1739 in Bridgewater, Mother:Lois HARD b: 12 MAY 1748 in Newtown,
ID: I1018
Name: Azariah CANFIELD
Sex: M
Birth: 1692 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
Christening: 24 MAR 1694/1695 Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut
Death: 1769 in Bridgewater,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut
Note:
RESIDENCE: Settled in New Milford about 1728.
MARRIAGE: WR Baldwin lists Mercy Bassett. Could be 2nd wife, or widow of
either a Baldwin or a Bassett. Mercy often short for Mary. Mercy Bassett b.
1694 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut
MILITARY: 12 Jun 1779 with Continental Guards (?); Conn. State Library, War,
7, 31
123
Father:Jeremiah CANFIELD b: SEP 1662 in Milford,c: 28 SEP 1662 in Milford, Mother:Alice HINE b: 16 DEC 1667 in Milford, c: 21 NOV 1669 in First Congregational,Milford
Marriage 1 Mercy BASSETT b: 1694 in Milford, c: 24 OCT 1703 in Milford,
Married: 26 FEB 1719/1720 in Milford,Children
Azariah CANFIELD b: 25 NOV 1720 in New Milford,c: 22 JUN 1729 in New Milford,
Death: 30 Sep 1824 in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, CT
Burial: 1824 South Cemetery, Bridgewater, CT
Note: Listed in the 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820 Censuses for new Milford, CT. Father:Jeremiah CANFIELD III b: 1774 in Bridgewater, Mother:Polly BENNETT b: 1770 in Bridgewater,
Marriage 1 Priscilla PECK b: 1791 in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, CT Children
Death: 19 Apr 1828 in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, CT
Burial: 1828 South Cemetery, Bridgewater, CT
Note:
From an old family of Bridgewater.
A prominent inhabitant of Bridgewater, CT.
Member of the Ecclesiastical Society of the local church in 1809.
Had at least four children. Only Elijah is listed here.
Marriage 1 Polly BENNETT b: 1770 in Bridgewater
Children
Father:Jeremiah Canfield Sr<<$>> b: 26 Sep 1662 in Milford,c: 28 Sep 1662 in First Church,Milford, Mother:Alice Hine --<<< b: 16 Dec 1667 in Milford, c: 21 Nov 1669 in First Church,Milford,
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Married: 24 Jul 1711 in Milford,New Haven,Ct
D: I7574
Name: John CANFIELD
Birth: ABT 1766 in New Milford,Litchfield Co.,Connecticut 12
Note: MILITARY: Served in French and Indian War 1755, 1758. 24
Change Date: 16 NOV 2007 at 23:23:24
Father:Jeremiah CANFIELD b: SEP 1662 in Milford,c: 28 SEP 1662 in Milford, Mother:Alice HINE b: 16 DEC 1667 in Milford,New Haven Co.,Connecticut c: 21 NOV 1669 in First Congregational,Milford
Note:2 Hattie was grand-daughter of Nira Northrup. Hattie died on the Washington Green on 5-4-1901 of a heart attack in her horse carriage. She went to the drug store on Washington green to get medicine. She got into the buggy and suffered a heart attack. The horse continued on the the Depot and that is where they found her dead. She was 43. Hattie & John Burr met on campus in Storrs CT. They moved to Ohio, had their sons there and then migrated back to CT before 1886.
Author: laura sales
Title: schenkel Web Site
Text: MyHeritage.com family tree
Family site: schenkel Web Site
Family tree: schenkel Family Tree
Page: Gershom Fenn
Date: 19 MAR 2009
Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match
Quality: 3
Died Litchfield
ID: I31824
Name: Aaron Fenn
Birth: 20 DEC 1772 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut
Death: 4 OCT 1818
Father:Aaron FENN b: 20 NOV 1746 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Mother:Mary BRADLEY b: 05 AUG 1750 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Abbrev: The American Genealogist (TAG)
Title: The American Genealogist; a continuation of the New Haven Genealogical Magazine (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932 on)
Page: 24:131 (1948)
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Name: Samuel Fenn
Birth: 27 Sep 1746 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: Feb 1827 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
petition requested that the town be named "Richmond.
Chuse-town.
The name given to Seymour when it was the camping-ground of Joe Chuse
(Joseph Mainveelm) and his band, and by which the place was known until it became
Humphreysville.
Derby checked (Seymour - Humphreysville was earlier part of Derby)
Birmingham, CT checked part of Derby name used through at least 1880
Derby was to become the first inland settlement on the Naugatuck River.
Dr. Daniel W. Northrup was the fourth homœopath in the state, having begun practice at Sherman, Fairfield county, in 1843. Dr. Daniel Holt, another pioneer in New Haven, was born at Hampton, July 2, 1810. He was educated at Ashford and Amherst academies and in 1831 entered the scientific department of Yale.
Ripton
northern portion of Stratford -- now Huntington Shelton, Monroe
Bromica, Bull's Bridge, Ore Hill, Schaghticoke, Flanders, Flat Rocks, Geer Mountain, Good Hill, Treasure Hill,
kent
Washington JUDEDA & NEW PRESTON
checked
Marbledale checked
Nettleton hollow
New Preston Hills
New Preston/Marbledale-washington depot
Blackville-washington
Calhoun Street - washington
Church Hill - washington
Romford-washington
Washington Green
Marbledale Checked,
New Preston, checked
Woodville, checked Washington Depot Parish of New Preston belonged to New Milford became Washington 1779
prob part of New Milford North Purchase
In 1746, William Cogswell's father, Edward, secured the right to mine iron ore in the New Milford North Purchase.
The Iron Works was established along the Aspetuck River, near the foot of the road leading to New Preston hill. The Iron Works was the first industry in the North Purchase.
During the first half of the 19th century, a variety of new industries began to spring up and flourish in the town of Washington. A coopers' shop prospered in Marbledale, while grist, cider, flax and saw mills churned.
Factories producing everything from twine, hats and cheese boxes to ax handles, shoes and harnesses were able to thrive in the growing community.
Turnpikes were built to connect Washington to neighboring communities, and by 1872 the area's first railroad -- The Shepaug Railroad -- was expanding the small town's reach. (The Shepaug Railroad ran a freight line until 1948.)
Washington Green. This section of town encompasses "Judea," Joseph Hurlbut's original parish on the land that would later become the town of Washington.
Watertown checked PLYMOUTH FROM WATERTOWN
WESTBURY
CHESHIRE
WEST FARMS ON MILL RIVER
DERBY
PAUGUSSET
greenfield checked
woodbury checked
POMPERAUG
southbury SOUTH PART OF WOODBURY
The town of Southbury was one of several towns formed out of a parcel of land purchased from the Paugussett Indians in 1659. It was originally part of Woodbury, which was settled in 1673. A new meetinghouse for the Southbury Ecclesiastical Society was built in 1733, and in 1787 the town of Southbury was incorporated.[1] Although incorporated as part of Litchfield County, Southbury has been in New Haven county for most of its existence.[2]
In the 1800s, water power became essential to the growth of Southbury's industries, which included mills, tanneries, and distilleries.[3] The water power came primarily from the Pomperaug[4] and Housatonic rivers. As the industrial revolution progressed, many of these businesses left for Waterbury.
south britain
northville
parts of kent warren washington much of it formerly the "North End of New Milford" including marbledale, new preston
Kent Hollow
No proof, but I'm sure this is a connection to Amos -- can't be sister
Elihu married (1) Mary Northrop on 16 Mar 1802 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born about 1780. She died before 1804 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Elihu married (2) Lucy Whittimore on 29 Jul 1804 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Lucy was born on 6 Mar 1781 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 3 Feb 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She was buried in Grove Street Cem., New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
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Mary Whittimore Ives was born on 2 Jul 1805 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 17 Sep 1806 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
4013
F
ii
Mary Northrop Ives was born on 4 Sep 1806 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 4 Jan 1881 in Montgomery, alabama, USA.
4014
M
iii
William Augustus Ives was born on 26 Dec 1809 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 16 Jul 1885 in Rubicon, Wisconsin, USA.
William married Elizabeth M. Pardee daughter of Isaac Holt Pardee and Sarah Hotchkiss on 22 Mar 1842 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born on 24 Feb 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 19 Oct 1907.
4015
F
iv
Jane Catherine Ives was born on 21 Oct 1812 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died after 1850 in (prob.) Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Jane married Henry Hall. Henry was born about 1808 in Columbus, Georgia, USA.
4016
F
v
Sophia Ives was born on 2 Sep 1814 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died after 1850 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
4017
F
vi
Anne Vose Ives was born on 1 Dec 1816 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 14 Sep 1838.
4018
M
vii
Elihu Lafayette Ives was born on 7 Oct 1818 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 27 Nov 1872.
Elihu married (1) Grace Ann Lego on 1 Jun 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Grace was born on 25 May 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 8 Apr 1844 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Elihu married (2) Sarah R. Bray on 19 May 1847 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born on 16 Mar 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 8 Jan 1870 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
4019
F
viii
Lucy Whittimore Ives was born on 13 May 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
4020
M
ix
George Washinton Ives was born on 11 May 1822 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died after 1850 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
4021
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Lydia Augur Ives was born on 12 Apr 1824 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Lydia married Abraham C. Thompson on 5 Sep 1844 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Abraham was born about 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Note: In 1827 she signed a document transferring all of her assets to her son, Amos Frisbie Northrop, in exchange for him agreeing to support her the rest of her life. In 1838 she moved with him from Middleton, VT to Cass county, MI.
Text: The evidence that Asahel Dutton and Sarah Frisbie were the parents of Asahel E. Dutton is circumstantial, but highly pursuasive:
1.Asahel and Sarah's birth dates and marriage date are appropriate for them being the parents of the younger Asahel.
2. The fact that both men had the same name is an obvious clue.
3. The younger Asahel named one of his sons James Frisbie Dutton. James Frisbie was the name of one of Sarah's brothers.
4. James Frisbie shared a claim to land in Bradford county, Pennsylvania with Solomon Moss, who was the father-in-law of the younger Asahel Dutton.
5. The families of both the suspected parents and Asahel E. Dutton all moved to Poultney, VT. Sarah Frisbie and 4 of her brothers moved to the Poultney area when the younger Asahel was a young child. Further, the sister of the elder Asahel, Lois Dutton, moved to Poultney. The first docuement event involving the younger Asahel was his moving from Poultney in 1800.
Text: Edward Frisbie of Branford and His Descendants, by Nora G. Frisbie. Published 1984 by Gateway Press, Inc.
Text: Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923
---------------------------------IS THIS AMOS' FATHER OR UNCLE??
Father:Samuel Northrup III b: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Mother:Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut This Samuel is Gideon's brother Mother was ~37 when Gideon born
Is this his only marriage? waited til age 27? ID: I03791 Name: Samuel Northrup III 12345Sex: M ALIA: Samuel * /Northrop/ Birth: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut 2Death: BEF. 1787 Will: 1787 Samuel's estate settled. He spelled his name "Samuel Northrop" in his will. 2ADDR: Washington
Connecticut
U. S. A.
Father:Samuel Northrup , Jr. b: ABT. JUN 1687 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Mother:Sarah Andrews b: ABT. SEP 1688 Marriage 1 Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Married: 10 JUN 1746 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 2Children
Lydia Northrup b: 22 OCT 1747 in Washington Co., Connecticut Will: Probably died young as she was not mentioned in her father, Samuel's, will.
Samuel Northrup b: 1 APR 1749 Death: 25 APR 1749 in Died in infancy 2
Perhaps something more than Ethan Allen’s personal charism made the Brownsons especially responsive to his influence. Allen had joined the Brownson family back in Connecticut; he had married Mary, the daughter of Cornelius Brownson, on June 23, 1762, in Judea parish, Woodbury. The wedding ceremony cost him four shillings. (9)
Between the years 1806 and 1816 several boys had drifted
away from the Sandwich Islands as seamen and became temporarily residents of New England ; some of them had begun to acquire an education by private assistance and a few, in 1816, were
gathered into a flourishing school at Morris, Conn. Henry
Obookiah, one of the most influential, had joined the church in
Torringford the previous year, and was preparing to be a missionary to his native land under the direction of the Litchfield North
Consociation.
Tracing the family lineage of the Bushnells, we find them
among the first settlers of Guilford and later of Saybrook,.
Conn. We learn of no titled or distinguished persons among
them. Whether Francis Bushnell, " ye elder," signer of the
covenant for the settlement of Guilford, made on ship-board
by the colonists in June, 1639, was or was not the father of
the three original Saybrook Bushnells remains a moot point
among genealogists, but there was undoubtedly a relationship
between them. Deacon Francis Bushnell, Lieutenant Will
iam Bushnell and Kichard Bushnell, all of Saybrook, were
brothers, and from them the Connecticut Bushnells are de
scended. Fifth in the line of descent from Lieutenant Will
iam was Abraham Bushnell, \vho married Molly Ensign of
West Hartford and Salisbury, lived many years at Canaan
Falls, Conn., and finally removed to Starksboro, Vermont.
They had thirteen children, the second of whom was Ensign,
the father of Horace Bushnell.^
* For genealogy see note p. 569 et seq.
EARLY LIFE AT HOME.
In 1805, Eiisign Buslmell removed his family to New
Preston, a village about fifteen miles distant from Litchfield, and in the most picturesque part of the same county.
There is reason to think that the inducement to this removal
lay in the superior water-power of New Preston, and that an
interest in carding wool and dressing cloth by machinery had
come to Ensign Bushnell from his father at Canaan Falls,
where was erected in 1802 the first carding machine ever built
in the State. At all events this, in addition to farming, soon
became his business.
The scenery of New Preston abounds in lovely pictures of
which Lake Wararnaug is the centre. Its outline is irregular,
the shores hilly and on the east even mountainous and densely
wooded. From the base of a mountain on the eastern side,
known as the Pinnacle, the lake turns westward with a wider
sweep, its banks indented with little coves and crowned with
green farms, which are freshened here and there by sparkling
brooks. Boiling hills fill the western distance. The scene
is one of purely New England character, full of fresh suggestion and rural charm untamed by culture. The outlet is from
the southern end, and pours its foaming stream through a
narrow valley, from which the hills on either side rise steep
ly. The little mills and shops which line this stream and use
its water-power, and the rugged farms that climb these hill
sides, compose the village of New Preston, which still, nes
tled in the safe seclusion of woods and mountains, keeps
much of its old character of remoteness from the world.
The Bushnells chose their farm and fixed their home upon
the southeastern slope of " a broad-backed hill, which stretches
a mile upward and westward to a rounded summit, where
stands the church." As this hill turns its back upon the lake,
the view does not include the water, but is a wide outlook
down the winding valley and across the rolling summits of
the hills which, for ten miles, part it from that of the Housatonic. The farm lying on this sunny slope is a rough
and rocky one one to tax the strength and patient skill
of him who tilled it. " No ornamental rock-work is needed
to set off the landscape. Nature s rock-work will stand, and the toil that is necessary to clear the soil is just what is requisite to sharpen the vigor of our people. The necessities of a
rough country and an intractable soil are good necessities."
This was the lesson of early experience as recalled by Horace
Bushnell in manhood. the New Preston Academy was opened, in 1818
by Connecticut. Superior Court, Ephraim Kirby ... - 1898 - Law reports, digests, etc - 485 pages
Adjudged insufficient for uncertainty. Society of South Farms v. ... the omission could only be pleaded in abatement. Northrop v. Brush, 108. ...
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assault on northrop w pistols
Litciifield, the shire town of the county, is 58 miles from Hartford, by rail, and has a population of about 3,000. The township is on high land, with strong soil. Bantam Lake, tire largest body of water in the county, is situated partly in this town. The village commands a beautiful and extensive prospect, and has a fine park in the centre, in which stands a monument to commemorate the lives of those who fell in the late war. The prominent buildings are the old court-house, with its turret and bell; the jail, and a new Congregational church edifice costing about $30,000. With its beautiful shade-trees, the village, at present, is a most delightful resort for those in quest of pleasure and recreation. The Lake-view House, capable of accommodating several hundred people, is a sightly place, and a favorite resort for metropolitan guests during the heated term. The city of New York, distant about 115 miles by rail, is reached by the Norwalk, Ilousatonic, Shepaug and Naugatuck railroads. The churches in the town are six in number; and there are two banks, one newspaper, and 20 public schools. Manufacturing is carried on to a greater or less extent at East Litchfield, Bantam Falls, Milton and Northfield.
Among the eminent men of Litchfield have been Oliver Woleott (172C-97), the commander of a company in the French war, first sheriff of the county, delegate to Congress in 1775, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of the State at the time of his death; Benjamin Tallmadge (1754—1835), a colonel in the Revolutionary war, serving with distinction in many battles, several times a representative in Congress, and instrumental in causing the capture of Maj. Andre; Gen. Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), congressman and U. S. senator; Hon. O. S. Seymour, LL. D., former member of Congress and chief justice of the State; George C. Woodruff, formerly a member of Congress; Gideon H. Hollister, author of a standard history of Connecticut; Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; and Gov. Chas. B. Andrews.
edited by R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - History
The prominent buildings are the old court-house, with its turret and bell ... or less extent at East Litchfield, Bantam Falls, Milton and Northfield. ...
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C.S.Miller Journals
John Northrop painted on shop. 08\03\{1887}(We) Spenser Monroe act 7.07 for July, for June 7.34, for. May 5.48. 08\04\{1887}(Th) Doctor came. ......Connecticut's number to be sent is 1286 men. This morning ...... Shepanhg River 8 miles, then to Woodville...... 7th 1778 to May{Mgg!} 25 1779, a fin_{fins?} monument ...
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(VI) James Chamberlain, son of Rufus Cleveland, was born January 9, 1787, in East Windsor, Connecticut; died in Winsted, September i, 1875, aged eighty-eight. He married (first) in Winchester, Connecticut, February 3. 1813, Philenda, born in Winchester, August 29, 1793, died in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, May 19, 1814, daughter of Lewis and Mary (Allen) Miller. He married (second) in Hartland, Connecticut, September 19, 1816, Sally, born December 8, 1791, died in Winchester, December 27, 1819, daughter of Prince and Lucy (Adams) Taylor. He married (third), in Salisbury, Connecticut, August 21, 1820, Lucy Northrup, born April 20, 1798, died March 26, 1884, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bradley) Northrup. Hon. James Chamberlain Cleveland removed to Philadelphia in 1813, and engaged in business selling groceries and clocks; also taught school six months. The early death of his wife greatly disheartened him, and he sold out his entire business, stock and fixtures, returning June, 1814, to Winsted, where he always dwelt afterward. He was a clock manufacturer and farmer. He represented his town in the legislature in 1834; was assessor for fifteen years, and filled several offices of trust with ability. He was of small size, had light hair and blue eyes. He was a man of few words, but of plain speech when occasion, required. He died after a short, but severe illness, universally esteemed and respected. His third wife survived him. Child of first marriage: Charles Miller, born May 4, 1814; children of third marriage: Jane, mentioned below; son, born and died April 28, 1825.
(VII) Jane, daughter of James Chamberlain Cleveland, was born July 21, 1821, in Winsted, Connecticut, died in Winsted, August 29, 1888. She married in Winsted, May It, 1842, Charles Hamlin Blake (see Blake VI).
Stephen Northrup was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, in 1780, and died in Fulton Settlement in 1872. At the time of his decease, he was the last of the pioneers of his locality. He came to Bethel (prob NY)in May, 1807, and after viewing the country, concluded to go back to his birthplace. When he reached the Neversink, he met /Minimi Hawley, one of his old neighbors, who was. moving to Bethel with his family. Hawley was very glad to meet him; but sorry to learn that he was returning. After a conversation concerning their affairs, Northrup was led to alter his purpose once more, and again return to Fulton Settlement.
This meeting took place on the east side of the Neversink. The river was very much swollen by the spring rains. There was no bridge, and the ford was impassable: at least Hawley did not dare to put his oxen, cart, wife and children in peril by attempting to cross in the usual manner. So he took the yoke from the necks of his cattle, and compelled them to swim over a short distance from the ford, where the water was smooth and deep. Then he unloaded his cart, took off its wheels and box, and conveyed or towed every thing to the opposite shore in or behind a log canoe! The task was difficult and dangerous: but was safely performed, and the adventurers proceeded on their way.
* Adam, a ion of John Pintler, was born May 2, 1805. and Eve Flutter was born October 7,1808. Both of these births preceded that of Catharine Fulton
They spent two days in traveling from the Neversink to the west-branch of the Mongaup. When they passed the latter, a heavy rain set in. Night was approaching, and they were in an almost trackless forest, far from human nabitation. The discomforts of the day were bad enough; but they were far exceeded by the prospective miseries of the night. The first care of the men was for the young mother and her two little children. With an axe they made the frame of a diminutive tent, which they covered with blankets. In this, Mrs. Hawley and the little ones passed the dismal night, while the men fared as well as they could under the dripping trees.
On the third day they reached a clearing made by one of the Fultons, where they found a deserted cabin. Into this Hawley moved. Having thus piloted his friends to their new home, Xorthrup returned to Connecticut, and three weeks later came back with, his family. After occupying a temporary shelter for a few months, he moved to the place where he spent the remainder of his days. During the last fifty-six years of his life, his daily walk and conversation were in accord with the strict rules of the Presbyterian faith. He never sought to occupy a conspicuous position in this life; but was content with what was far better: the discharge, honestly and earnestly, of those duties which give life and beauty to Christian society.Joseph K. Northrup, a son of Stephen, was the first male child born hi Fulton Settlement.
Allyn Hays b: August 05, 1718 in Norwalk,Fairfield,CT d: September 12, 1784 in Salisbury,CT
................. +Joseph Northrop b: May 11, 1716
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Bridgewater.
The record of the organization of St. Mark's Episcopal Society begins with a
meeting held at the dwelling house of Jonas Sanford, on Easter Monday, April 23,
1810, at which William Gillett and Julius Camp were chosen wardens, Daniel
Booth, Jeremiah Platt, and James Jessup, vestrymen, William Gillett, reading
clerk, Samuel Lockwood, treasurer; also David Merwin, Joseph Wheeler, Blackman
Jessup, Jeremiah Canfield, Treat Canfield, Jehiel Summers, and John Treat were
chosen choristers, and Joel Sanford was elected to attend the State Convention
within the year.
The service was held at the dwellings of the several members, but more
frequently at the house of Jonas Sanford, by lay-readers and neighboring
ministers, for nearly twenty years, when an effort was made to build a house of
worship. The site was located near the old burying-place west of where they
finally built their first house, and the timber for the frame was collected at
that place, but the question of the location or something of the kind caused the
work to cease, and the matter was delayed some time. In 1835, the first house
was erected about half a mile south of the present village, in the field, and
afterwards a highway was made past it for the accommodation of the people. This
building is still standing, is two stories high, and in a beautiful location.
Soon after this the village began to increase in dwellings and population, and
to become a center of trade, in consequence of the increase of the business of
manufacturing hats, particularly by Glover Sanford, and this house of worship
was found to be inconveniently located. Hence, in 1859 anew edifice was erected
in the village where it now stands, which was consecrated March 14, 1860, by the
Rt. Rev. John Williams.
Among those ministers who officiated here before a house of worship was
erected, are the names of Rev. B. Northrop, the Rev. Benjamin Benham of New
Milford, and the Rev. Joseph S. Covel. Since 1835 the church has been under the
pastoral charge of the following clergymen: Revs. Joseph S. Covel, Abel Nichols,
George H. Nichols, William Atwell, Abel Ogden, William O. Jarvis, H. F. M.
Whitesides, Abel Nichols, Merritt H. Wellman, William H. Cook, James Morton, H.
D. Noble, X. Alanson Welton, W. B. Colburn, D.D., and G. V. C. Eastman, D.D.,
who resigned and removed to the West in 1882.
The officers of the parish at the present time are: Jeremiah G. Randall, Eli
Sturdevant, Wardens; Arza C. Morris, Albert B. Mallett, and Amos Northrop,
Vestrymen (in 1882); Arza C. Morris, Treasurer; Jeremiah G. Randall, Delegate to
Convention; and Eli Sturdevant, Clerk.
Northrop, Sarah of Ammete (Amity
)
and Hezekiah Camp Jr. of Sal., m
Nov. 21, 1752, by Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, Pastor.
Northrup, Abi, d. of Joseph Jr. and Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1767.
Northrup, Annah and Abijah Rood, both ofSal., m. Aug. 22,
1763, by John Hutchinson, J. P.
See under A. Rood.
Northrup, Elisabeth, d. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield,
Dec. 4, 1756.
Northrup, Eunice, d. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield, May
3, 1755-
Northrup, Jeremiah, s. of Joseph and Allen, b. in Ridgefield, Jan.
8, 1759; d. Sept. 29, 1762, in his 4th year.
Northrup, Jeremiah, s. of Samuel and Phebe, b. Feb. 12, 1765.
Northrop, Mary, d. of Joseph Jr. and Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1765.
Northrup, Phebe, d. of Samuel and Phebe, b. Feb. 19, 1766.
he society of Newbury was organized into a town in 1788, and named Brookfield.
The Assessors' list for that part of Newbury society which was contained
within New Milford township in 1787, the last year the assessment was made
before the town of Brookfield was organized, contained the following names:
Josiah Burritt,
Albert Barlow,
Amarillis Barlow,
Francis Burritt,
Mitchel Barlow,
Thaddeus Baldwin,
Edward Beech,
Tibbals Baldwin,
Samuel Baldwin's heirs,
Jonathan Beecher,
Robert Bostwick,
Enoch Buckingham,
Sarah Camp,
Theophilus Comstock,
Ephraim Curtiss,
Dea. Abraham Camp,
Achilles Comstock,
Levi Camp,
Thomas Gushing, Esqr.,
John Dunning,
Isaac Hawley, Jr.,
Liverius Hawley,
Clement Hubbell,
Benjamin Hawley,
Nehemiah Hawley,
Isaac Hawley,
David Jackson,
Ralph Keeler,
Jonathan Keeler,
David Keeler,
Isaac Lockwood,
Andrew Lake's heirs,
Samuel Merwin, Jr.,
Samuel Merwin,
Nathan Merwin,
Isaac Merwin,
Andrew Merwin,
Levi Merwin,
John Morehouse, Isaac Northrop,
Elnathan Noble, Wait Northrop,
Joseph Nearing,
Henry Nearing.
John H. Nearing,
William Nichols, Joshua Northrop,
Andrus Northrop,
Jesse Noble,
James Osborn,
Israel Osborn,
Joseph Olmsted,
Richard Olmsted,
Henry Peck, Esqr.,
David Peck,
Amiel Peck,
Ammi Palmer,
Joseph Ruggles, Jr.,
Comfort Ruggles,
Artemus Ruggles,
Benjamin Ruggles,
Timothy Ruggles, Esqr.,
Ashbel Ruggles,
Samuel Ruggles,
Hezekiah Stevens, Jr.,
John Starr,
David Smith,
Joseph Smith,
James Starr,
Rufus Sherman,
Samuel Sherman,
Thomas Smith,
Elijah Starr,
Jehiel Smith,
Joseph Tomlinson,
John Veal,
David Wakelee,
Samuel Wakelee,
Amos Wakelee,
Martin Warner,
Solomon Warner,
Daniel Wheeler.
(I) Jasper Gunn, immigrant ancestor, came
to New England in the ship "Defiance," in
1635, then aged twenty-nine years. He settled
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was a
proprietor of the town, and was admitted a
freeman. May 25, 1636. He removed to Milford, Connecticut, but was living in Hartford, Connecticut,^ in 1648. He settled finally,
however, in Milford. In 1649 '^c was "freed
from watching during the time that he attends
the service of the mill." In 1636 he is called
a physician in the public records. He was
deacon of the church in Milford and perhaps
school master, and on one occasion appeared
before the court in the capacity of attorney.
He was a deputy to the general court and an
extremely active and versatile citizen. He
married Sarah Hawley. He died January 12,
1671. Children: Samuel: Jebomah, mentioned below ; Daniel, married Deborah Coleman and died in 1690: Nathaniel, settled in
Branford ; Mehitable, baptized in 1641 ; Abel,
baptized in 1643, '* physician at Derby, Connecticut.
(II) Jebomah, son of Jasper Gunn, was
born 1641. He was also a resident of Milford. He married, in 1660, Sarah Lane.
Among their children was Captain Samuel,
mentioned below.
(III) Captain Samuel Gunn, son of Jebomah Gunn, was born in Milford in 1669, died
there in 1749. He married, in 1698, Mercy Smith. Among their children was Lieutenant
Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Lieutenant Samuel (2) Gunn, son of
Captain Samuel (i) Gunn, was born at Milford, January 15, 1701, died in 1756. He married Sarah Clark, who was born October 24,
1706. Among their children was Samuel,
mentioned below.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Lieutenant Samuel
(2) Gunn, was born in Milford in 1740, died
in Washington, January 7, 1782. He settled
at Woodbury, Connecticut. He married Phebe
Northrop, born April, 1735, a descendant of
Joseph Northrop, a founder of Milford.
Among their children was John Northrop, mentioned below.
(VI) John Northrop(Gunn), son of Samuel (3)
Gunn, was born at Milford, June 5, 1772, died
in Washington, October 3, 1826. He was a
farmer, but for many years held and discharged the duties of deputy sheriff, an office
then held in much honor, which he so accept
ably filled that he became widely known and
still lives in local tradition as "Sheriff" Gunn.
He married, at Washington, Connecticut, October 25, 1797, Polly Ford, born June 19, 1773,
at Milford, died January 15, 1827. She was
highly esteemed for her goodness and refine
ment and for her ready kindness and skill in
nursing the sick. She was the daughter of
Samuel and Susannah (Stone) Ford. Fler
grandfather, Samuel Ford, died 1760, was son
of John Ford, born 1654, died 171 1, and
grandson of Thomas Ford, who came from
England and died at Milford in May, 1662. Children of John Northrop and Polly Gunn :
John Northrop, born August i, 1798: Louisa,
March 3, 1800: Susan, October 10. 1801 :
Abby, November 30, 1804; Lewis, November
30, 1806; Sarah, October i, 1809; Amaryllis.
September 14, 181 1 ; Frederick William, mentioned below.
(VII) Frederick W'ilIiam, son of John
Northrop Gunn, was born at Washington,
formerly Woodbury, Connecticut. October 4,
1818, died August "19, 1881. At the age of
thirteen he began to attend a school in Cornwall kept by Rev. William Andrews. He prepared for college in 1831-32 at Judea Academy, then taught by Rev. Watson Andrews,
son of Rev. William Andrews, and he .grad-
uated from Yale College in the class of 1837.
He taught in the academy at New Preston during the winters of 1837-38 ; in the Judea
Academy, 1839-43 ; in the New Preston Academy, 1845-47 : in Towanda, Pennsylvania,
1847-48-49. He established the famous private school at Washington, i^>49. ami il came
to be known as the Gunnery, in his lionor.
It is at tile ijrescnt time one of tlic foremost
preparatory schools of the country, of national
fame, lie was Master nf the Gunnery from
1S49 t"i 1881. As a thinker an«I teacher, Mr.
Gunn was far in advance of his time; in his
schcx>l and town he exercised a powerful influence for the good of the community. The
gratitude and reverence of his inijiils are ex-
pressed in the book written and published by
tlieiu. entitled " The Master of the Gunnery."
The people of Washington have shown their
appreciation of his life and work among them
by erecting the Gunn Memorial Library, a
beautiful building which stands on a corner
of Washington Green. It is described further ill the account of .\bigail Brinsmade
Gunn elsewhere in this work. Mr. Gunn was
alwa)s a strong supporter of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Society of the First Congregational
Church of Washington, of which his wife and
dan;.;lilir were members. lie married, at
Washington, .April 16. 1848, .Abigail Irene
Iiriii>inade, born at Washington, July 18,
1820, died September 13, \C)oS, daughter of
Daniel liourbon and Mary Wakeman (Gold)
Brinsmade (see Drinsmade XTII). Children:
I. Daniel Brinsmade, born January 9, 1849, at
Towanda, Pcnnsylvania, died .April 19. 1865,
at Washington. 2. Mary Gold, January 20,
185.V at Washington : married, October 4,
187^1, John Chapiii Brinsniade (see Brinsmade IX (.
(V) Captain Isaac Gallup, son
G.ALLUr of Captain John Gallup (q. v.),
was Iwrn in X'oluniown. Connecticut, the iiart now called Sterling, I'ebru-
ary 24, 1712. He lived on his father's homestead, and was prominent in town and church
affairs. He representc<] the town in the gen-
eral court from I7(>8 until 1773. He served
in the revolutionary war, being lieutenant
under Captain .\hel Spencer, of Grotoii. in the
Tenth Company, Sixth Regiment. Colonel
Samuel Ilolden Parsons. He served in Bos-
ton and Connecticut. In 1776 he served in
New York and Loni: Island campaigns, and
was in the battles of Long Island an<l White
Plains, under Colonel I'arsons. He was cap-
tain of the Groton company. He also fought
'" '777. I'is name being on the Connecticut
rolls, pages 78-0(^100 and r>i8. He married
Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel and Mar-
prct Gallup, of Stonington, March 29. 1748.
She was born October 12, 1730, died Decem-
ber 9, 1817. He died .\ugust 3. 1791^ Chil-
dren: John. l)orn December 29. 1749: Eliza-
beth. January 22, 1755; Martha, Eebruary 17, Full text of "Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation"
In the year 1779, the township of Washington was formed in the County of Litchfield, and within its limits were included the lands owned by the Davies family, and it is recorded that on the 12th day of April, 1779, a number of the inhabitants took the oath of allegiance to the States, in open Freemen's Meeting.
Among the names of those who, by the list given in the record, pledged themselves to the cause of the Revolution, we look in vain to find a single Davies, a fact which shows the steadfastness with which the whole family clung to their traditions of loyalty, although, possibly, it may not commend them to the patriotic feelings of their descendants.
It had been the custom of Mr. John Davies to present annually to the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Woodbury, a fat cow, and this he continued with great difficulty to do during the whole period of the war, although to accomplish this purpose in those times, it was necessary, as he has told, to take the animal by night, and by a long and circuitous route, to avoid being intercepted and robbed by those of the opposite political faith, in whose judgment a gift to an Episcopal clergyman was a treasonable offense. An instance of his generosity and kindness, which never failed even in those trying times, appears from an anecdote that is told in the biography of his youngest son, the Rev. Thomas Davies. After the close of the war a man who had taken an active part in driving off a number of cattle from his farm, and had committed other acts of plunder, having become destitute, applied for relief in his extremity to Mr. Davies, who not only pardoned him for the wrongs he had done, but liberally relieved his wants.
After the close of the war, Mr. Davies' life was passed quietly and peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, the greater part of whom depended upon him for support, and lived at or near the family homestead. His sons, John and William, had been ruined by the confiscation of their property during the war, and the latter had taken refuge in Canada.
He still had in mind his father's wish that an Episcopal Church should be built at Birch Plains, upon the lands of the Davies family, and late in life he succeeded in accomplishing this object, as is told in Cothren's " History of Ancient Woodbury."
After the separation of what was called Birch Plains or Davies Hollow from the township, the Davies family, one of considerable note and zealously attached to the Church, withdrew from the Litchfield Parish, and built a church edifice of their own in Davies Hollow, where, with assistance from some few families, who resided near, they sustained religious services according to the Liturgy of the Church of England, and kept up a distinct parochial organization, for a considerable period. The following is a copy of the Deed given by John Davies, father of Rev. Thomas Davies, to the Churchmen in Washington, making to them a conveyance of the lands upon which the house of worship was erected :
" Know ye that I, John Davies, of that part of Washington formerly belonging to Litchfield, and known and called by the name of Birch Plains, in the County of Litchfield, for the consideration of an agreement or promise, made with and to my honored father, John Davies, late of Birch Plains, in said Litchfield, deceased, and for the love and affection I have and bear toward the people of the Church of England now in said town of Washington, and for securing and settling the service and worship of God among us, according to the usage of our most excellent Episcopal Church, whenever there shall be one legally organized in said Washington, and at all times forever hereafter, do therefore demise," etc., eta
The measurement of the land as described in the deed must have been equal to ninety-six square poles, and it was restricted to use as a public burying- ground, and for the purpose of having a suitable place of worship erected upon it The same condition was annexed to it as that which was expressed in the deed given by his father to the church in Litchfield, viz.: the requirement of one peppercorn to be paid annually on the feast of St Michael the Archangel, if demanded. The above deed was given on the 2id of January, 1794. Upon this ground, principally at his own expense, an Episcopal Church subsequently was erected. Aged and infirm, and seated in an arm-chair at the door of his boose, he witnessed the raising of the edifice, with a feeling similar to that of the pious Simeon when he said, "Lord, now lettest thon thy servant depart in peace." He survived about three years, and at the age of eighty-six years he died on the 19th day of May, 1797, and was buried in the family burial-ground in Davies Hollow.
John Davies, Jr.,
Jokl Titus,
Samuel P. Treat,
Jakes J. Davies,
Walter Davies,
David Davies,
George Davies,
Abraham Woster,
John Hull,
William Lyons.
St. John's Church, Washington, CT (birch Plains/Davies Hollow area) moved in 1815 to the town of washington
From Sketches of Litchfield 1818 Litchfield as Lister
Listers or Rate Makers From 1721 to 1819 At the later date, Assessors were substututed - the dutiees of the twoo office being much the same.
1817 Northrop, Abner 7
Joshua Garritt of Hartford listed as a first settler of Litchfield
The first French war began in 1744
Some Acadians (from Nova Scotia were distributed throughourt the Connecticut towns often separating families)
"Last" French war began in 1755 an Litchfield was activelu involved
The Underground Railroad in Litchfield County
(And surrounding areas)
This is information I have gleaned from reading area history books, talking with people, etc. If you have anything to add, any references I missed, any family oral traditions, I would appreciate hearing from you. I will include them in this page with your permission. Thank you.
I am also working on a book, and this is only a fraction of the information that I have. Any help you can give, any information, even the slightest, would be most appreciated. I am interested not only in Litchfield County but any surrounding areas.
The first undergroud RR in CT began around 1820 in New Haven,
"the first anti-slavery society in Connecticut was started in Georgetown in Oct. 1838...
On Dec. 4, 1838, the Georgetown Anti-Slavery Society was formed. President, Eben Hill; Secretary, William Wakeman; Treasurer, John C. St. John. Among those who were members of this Society were Sturges Bennett, Aaron Bennett, William Bennett, Sauruch Bennctt, Jonathan Betts, Alonzo Byington, Edwin Burchard, Walter Bates, Ezra Brown, Charles Cole, Benjamin Gilbert, William Gilbert, Matthew Gregory, Brad-ley Hill, Edmund Hurlbutt, John B. Hurlbutt, Aaron Jelliff, William Jelliff, Aaron Osborn, Gregory Osborn, Timothy Parsons, William Wakeman, Timothy Wakeman, and many others who years later became Republicans and voted for Abraham Lincoln. "
-Quotes from "The Underground Railroad in Connecticut" by Horatio T. Strother, 1962.
-p. 121-122- " As a conductor, Wakeman (of Norwalk), was bold and tireless, taking his "packages of hardware and dry good" to places as distant as Plymouth and Middletown - trips of forty and fifty miles as the crow flies, farther than that by road....
"William Wakeman of Wilton, Fairfield County and Joel Blakeslee of Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut were Agents]"
"[Reverend H. H. Northrop Conducted Slaves in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan]"
"[Route from St. Joseph County to Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and then East not far from the Line Occupied by the Michigan Central Railroad; N. H. Northrop of White Pigeon Preached Anti-Slavery]"
"[Reverend John Smith of Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, Belonged to the Underground Railroad; Taler Grose and Soloman Northrup Aided Slaves]"
"25 [Samuel Dutton and Amos Townsend were Station Keepers at New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut]"
"[Wesley Cady was an Abolitionist in Central Village, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut]"
from The Underground Railroad in Connecticut relating to Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties, Connecticut; Worcester County, Massachusetts; and Onondaga County, New York
-p. 122- "The Plymouth operators, to whom Wakeman presumably made his deliveries, included Joel Blakeslee, Ferrand Dunbar, and William Bull. They not only handled passengers from Wilton; they also had to keep watch for unaccompanied fugitives on foot who had lost their way on the western line between New Haven and Farmington. The Plymouth "minute men" had to set these wanderers on the right track, which took them a dozen miles eastward to Farmington."
-p. 123 -Thus it is known that New Milford was a center of Underground work; but whether fugitives came to this town by traveling northward from the vicinity of Wilton, or eastward via a lateral from the Hudson River line in New York, or both, remains unclear."
-"There are several stations here, (New Milford), one of which was the house of Charles Sabin. Another was the home of Augustine Thayer. He and "his good wife devoted their lives to the Abolition cause. They helped many poor slaves on their way, rising from their beds in the night to feed and minister to them and secreting them till they could be taken under cover of darkness to Deacon Geradus Roberts' house on Second Hill and from there to Mr. Daniel Platt's house in Washington."
-p. 123-124 - Frederick W. Gunn of Washington, Connecticut, who founded the private school bearing his name, "The direction or runaways on the road to freedom, however, remained Gunn's private affair.
-p. 124-"Daniel Platt and his wife....accomodating "many a trembling black refugee" on their farm. ...Their son, Orville,...later recalled that "the slaves stayed, as a rule, but a short time, though some remained several weeks until it was learned through the channels of communication among the Abolitionists that their whereabouts was suspected." They were then forwarded to either of two destinations - to Dr. Vaill on the Wolcottville Road or to Uriel Tuttle in Torrington."
-p. 124-125 - "Yet, curiously, Uriel Tuttle was the only Underground stationmaster here of whom a record survives.
-p. 125- "At Winchester, a few miles north of Torrington and close to Winsted, there was a small but active antislavery society. Noble J. Everett was its secretary; Jonathan Coe, a member who lived in nearby Winsted, managed a well-patronized Underground station at his house. Another station many have been the home of Silas H. McAlpine, poet, philanthropist, and abolitionist of Winchester; in the foundation wall of his house was a hidden crypt that was possibly a hiding place for fugitives, but there is no positive evidence that it was so used."
-p 126 - "Beyond this point, there were stations to the north in Colebrook and to the northwest in Norfolk. Who were the Undergroung agents in Colebrook remains unknown, but there were certainly several of them. One may have been J. H. Rodgers, secretary of the ninety-member antislavery society in 1836.
-"It is also reported that there was a network of Underground byways in this vicinity and that residents of Norfolk were responsible for paving many of them."
-p. 126-127- " For the fugitive traveling through northwestern Connecticut, Norfolk was the last stop in the state. From here, he was sent across the Massachusetts border to New Marlboro, thence over to the Housatonic River line through Stockbridge and Pittsfield to Bennington, Vermont."
-from Appendix 2 - "Underground Railroad Agents in Connecticut" (Probable agents are indicated by *) Litchfield County Blakeslee, Joel - Plymouth Bull, William - Plymouth Coe, Jonathan - Winsted Dunbar, Daniel - Plymouth McAlpine, Silas H. * - Winchester Pettibone, Amos - Norfolk Roberts, Geradus - New Milford Sabin, Charles - New Milford Thayer, Augustine - New Milford Tuttle, Uriel - Torrington
-Quotes from "Barkhamsted Heritage-Culture and Industry in a Rural Connecticut Town", edited by Richard G. Wheeler and George Hilton, 1975.
-p. 235 - "Lamont's Christmas Tree Plantation - Located at the site of one of Barkhamsted's earliest houses, which saw use as an inn on the route from the Salisbury iron works toward Granby.....The house, known 50 years ago as the Oscar Tiffany place, was bought in 1952 by Thomas and Marguerite Lamont...Legend has it that the house was also a stop on the Underground Railroad."
Scan of Colebrook River, from an old postcard
(Kind of tickles me, Cotton Mill in town and they were hiding slaves?)
-Quotes from "Colebrook Stories", by Alan DeLarm, 1979.
-"Chamberlain's hotel, The Colebrook River Inn, was at one time used as a station in the underground railroad." -"The Davidson house on the Old Colebrook Road is also said to have been an underground railroad station."
-Quotes from "Howard Peck's New Milford - Memories of a Connecticut Town", edited by James E. Dibble, 1991.
-p. 58-60- "Seventy-five years after the Bostwick place was erected it became one of the stations on the Underground Railroad. It is known that there was a hiding place beneath the floor of the attic. This compartment could hold two persons, and as it was near a chimney could provide warmth during the cold winter season. ..."
-"Another alleged station in this system was a home in the Lanesville section of this town. It is located about four miles south of the village center and has been known as the Wanzer Farm......(they were Quakers)"
-"Fugitives from slavery in the deep South entered New Milford at several places. Some were directed from New York State, directly west of New Milford. It would seem natural that they might have entered through the Town of Sherman, although little has been written or recorded as to that being the case. However, it has been stated that one known station on the system was in Sherman, a short distance north of the center of town in an old colonial residence lying on the westerly side of the present road leading north from the center toward the New York State line or to Gaylordsville. This station was in the Stuart family. The residence is still standing, a landmark and heritage to be preserved. James Stuart was reportedly the agent. It is alleged that there was a small out-building on the premises just north of his dwelling where the escapees would be housed and it would seem likely that some of them would come over the hills to New Milford."
-"Again, near the village, was the home of Augustine A. Thayer, known to his cronies as "Baccus."....from a New York newspaper....a reward of five hundred dollars offered for the apprehension of two runaway slaves. It was expressed by one of the men present that it would not surprise him, "if they would be found at that moment at Baccus' home."
-"Many of the fugitives were aided over the hills to Washington, about five or six miles east of New Milford. One of the most ardent supporters of the movement there was Frederick W. Gunn. ...With Mr. Gunn was Daniel Platt, as devoted an agent on the system as there was anywhere. Mr. Platt and his wife rescued and aided many a poor soul fleeing to Canada."
-"The route continued from Washington north to Litchfield, then on to Torrington, which was the birthplace of John Brown. It is reported that as early as 1837 there was an organization composed of forty members of an antislavery group in that town. Colebrook and Norfolk were the actual jumping off places in Connecticut. From these towns the fugitives crossed the line into Massachusetts, crossed the Housatonic River to Stockbridge, to Pittsfield, into Vermont, to Bennington, Burlington, Rutland, and on into Canada and freedom."
Underground Railroad notes from various sources:
When the first pages of my web site were posted, I received an email from someone (I wish that person, if they ever read this, would get back in contact with me) that mentioned that the Christmas shop in the town of Bethlehem was used to hide runaway slaves. If I remember correctly, I was told it was a printing shop and the slaves would spend the night there before moving on to the next station, most likely in Litchfield.
I heard from a friend that a home north of the rotary in Goshen was a station in the 1800's. I quote from the Goshen history, 1897, page 363: "The store built and occupied by Wadhams and Thompson, and later by Moses Wadhams, was purchased by A. Miles and Sons, who also had a store at West Goshen. Moses W. Gray entered their employ as clerk, in 1841. At this time, Mr. MIles and one son lived at West Goshen, and another son at the Center, with whom Mr. Gray boarded. At his death, Mr. Gray managed the store for about three years, when he purchased a one-half interest and continued to manage it for several years under the firm name of Miles and Gray. He then purchased the interest of his partner and conducted the business alone, the sign over the door bearing the name of M. W. Gray. In 1857, he sold his stock of goods, and, removing to Chicago, enaged in the wholesale grocery business......" -I have talked to a previous landowner, and he told me there is a room in the basement that is undetectable, unless you know it is there. Convienent having a freight business with a hidden room for that special cargo.
I also heard that a house in South Kent has "extra rooms" on the fireplace foundation in the basement. I know which house, but nothing more than that.
Another reference I have, and have no idea where it came from, is Blueberry Hill Farm, between Norfolk and Colebrook, on Rock Hall Road. Supposedly there are false panels behind the fireplace, concealing an entrance to another room.
Mentioned in a Register Citizen article, (I didn't get the date), the Cook homestead on Charles Street in Torrington was used as a station. Runaways were hidden in a section of a dining room closet.
Also, a Register Citizen article, dated 12-31-94, by Bryan T. Morytko, mentions the following: Harwinton - Rt. 4, the Chiarmonte and the Hinnan houses, the Hinnan home have a secret place in the attic floor, next to a chimney, large enough for three people. Torrington - Torringford Street (very active antislavery society in this area) - three or four houses on this street, including the Florian home, with a secret basement room Winchester - the Silas H. McAlpine home (already mentioned above)
These are notes about Underground Railroad sites from visitors to my web site. Some are not exactly in northwestern Connecticut, but close enough.
(Every little piece of the puzzle helps!)
From Kevin Purcell, of Fairbanks, Alaska: "I can remember two houses in Northern Westchester that were rumored to be stops on the Underground. One is located on Route 138 east of Goldens Bridge, it is a large colonial just before the Increase Miller Elementary School on the north side of the road. The other is on Route 100 south of Somers, New York. It is a larger stone house that had one of the old stone mile markers out front."
New quote - added August 29, 1999
-from "Mysteries and Histories of Goshen", June 21, 1938, by Mrs. Lora Ives. Handwritten manuscript
-"At my father's place, known as Whist Pond Manor......The Manor house was built in 1772 by Nathaniel Parmelee. It contained a secret chamber by the great stone chimney, to which access was easy from the downstairs closet, under the stairs in the front hall, by moving a board in the ceiling, also by a movable panel in a shallow closet upstairs, and by a loose board in the attic floor. The chimney kept the room warm in winter and it is supposed to have been used to secrete English refugees in Colonial days, also for runaway slaves during and before the Civil War. The place called Bald Ledge where the Sterlings lived for several years at the north end of the street, is said to have a similar room."
Elijah Sherman Woodbury known as Father Sherman was Episcopal became dissatisfied and joined the methodists (1812 became a class leader). He was active and zealous and encourage the groth of and a meetinghouse was built 1824
At bridgewater is the junction with state 67 left on state 67 winding over the hills to the shepaug river ad Roxbury station at 2.9 miles onthe left (dirt road Mine Hill 1750 mine opened hoping to find silver later run as an iron mine -- large perfect pyrite crystals can be found and other minerals in small crystals -- it is an ore vein along a fault.) nothe of roxbury station state 67 crosses a concrete bridge and passes pulpit rock L 3.1 miat the river's edge behind a barnwhere John Eliot, apostle to the indians, is believe to have preached his Gospel of Peace State 67 swings sharpe R and combines with state 199 at 4.6 mi
Left on state 199 is Washington Green 4.5 mi (see tour 4c) traversing a region rich in old houses , fragrant with sweet rocket in season, this is a pleasant journey for any travelkers with time to spare for leisurely exploration.
ROXBURY
route 67 5.3 mi was the home of Ethan Allen, Seth Warner (hero of Crown Point)and Remember Baker. [Rigt from Roxbury Green, rte 199 at 2.8 mi Roxbury Falls, ]
at Roxbury green, state 67 swings right to the valley of Jack's Brook, a trout stream winding toward the Shepaug.
(Transylvania -- Southbury/Roxbury Road Route 67)
At 10 m. is the Transylvania Crossroads, locally known as Pine Tree . At transylvania is the junction with State 172. -- Right at State 172 .3 mi, under the hilll at the west of the highway is an unusual building probably the oldest n the South Britain Society hald wood, half stone.
Route 47 is Woodbury/Washington Road
1740 woodbury maybe towards southbury which was a part of woodbury at the time, several families Masters, Castle, Squire, Warner Ward, were early among those who adopted Episcopal opinions.a church was erected on the hill between Rosbury and Transylvania near the old graveyard.
another episcopal church was erected in the ancient limits of the township of woodbury at Judea, now Washington, in Davis Hollow.(There is a davis Road in East Kent near spectacle ponds.)
The woodbury church( Episcopal), St. Paul';s Church Woodbury, members of the parish living in southbury, Bethlem and middlebury --Wheelers, Benham, Osborne of Southbury, Doct Hull and Prentices of Bethlem. In 1791 the Rev Mr. Sayre was opposed to the adpotion of the state constitution. It was apparently a bitter controversy which included imputations on the Bishpo and clergy and left a mark even after Sayre left. The committee of the convention inclcuded MessrsPhillip, Perry, Truman, Marsh and Ives.the constitution was accepted in Nov 1794.IOt was during this controversy that Mr. Elijah Sherman left the Episcopal church for the methodist "He could not adopt Calvinistic opinions then ardentluy pressedin all the Congregational pulpits:.for 20 years worshipers gathered at his house.He lived to see the erection of a methodist church at his own homestead.
Later led by Rev S. G Hitchcock. After 1801 the number of worshipers dwindled to almost noone. But increased again after 1809.
List Of Clergymen Who Have Officiated In St. Paul's Church, Woodburv.
Commencement. Termination.
November, 1771, Rev. John Rutgers Marshall, died January 7th, 17S9.
1790, " JaruesSayre, 1791.
1791, " Seth Flint, 1793. 1793, " Reuben Ives, 1797. 1797, " Tillotson Bronson, D. D., 1798. 1799, " Bethel Judd, D. D.. August, 1SOI.
Easter, 1S09, " Joseph D. Welton, June, 1818.
August, 1816, " Sturges Gilbert, August, 1827.
1S27, " Bennett Glover, 1827.
List Of Clergymen Who Have Officiated In St. Paul's Church, Woodburv.
Commencement. Termination.
November, 1771, Rev. John Rutgers Marshall, died January 7th, 17S9.
1790, " JarmesSayre, 1791.
1791, " Seth Flint, 1793. 1793, " Reuben Ives, 1797.
1797, " Tillotson Bronson, D. D., 1798.
1799, " Bethel Judd, D. D.. August, 18OI.
Easter, 1809, " Joseph D. Welton, June, 1818.
August, 1816, " Sturges Gilbert, August, 1827.
1827, " Bennett Glover, 1827.
November, 1827, Rev. Samuel Fuller, Jr., D. D, April, 1S98.
1S2S, " William H. Judd, 1828.
November, 182S, " William Lucas, . 1829.
1829, " Ulysses M. Wheeler, 1830.
1831, " Daniel Hurhans, D. D., July, 1831.
July, 1S31, « Joseph Scott, April, 1S33.
1834, " _ John Dowdney, 1838.
Easter, 1835, " Edmund C. Bull, Easter, 1S36.
July, 1S36, " P. Teller Babbitt, March, 1S37.
May, 1837, " Solomon G. Hitchcock, August, 1S44.
October, 184-4, " Richard Coxe, November, 1845.
November, 1845, " David P. Sanford, February, 1847.
Easter, 1847, " Charles S. Putnam, April, 1848.
June, 1849, «' P. Teller Babbitt, September, 1850.
October, 1850, " Robert C. Rogers, January, 1853.
May, 1853, " F. D. Harrimon.
The following persons born in this parish, and receiving their religious impressions and culture in the Episcopal church, have been ordained priests and officiated as such :
Rev. Phillips Perry, Rev. "William Preston,
" Philo Perry, « Martin Moody,
" James Thompson, " Thaddeus Leavenworth,
" Rufus Murray, " Henry B. Sherman.
notes to Woodbury Episcopal Church and Woodbury Methodis church 6/22/09
Militia during the first 2 years o the was able bodied men between the ages ofd sixteen and fifty. Early In 1777 enlistements of three years or during the war were called for and the quota for each town established. It was a severe levy on the already weakened strength of the towns. Large bounties were offered for those who would enlist and neavy taxes laid on the property of inhabitants who were not liable for military duty or did not enlist.
Avis BURR b: 26 May 1797 in Of Southbury, New Haven, Ct
Children of Heth Northrup and Anna Newton are:
+
160
i.
Newton Northrop was born 26 MAY 1781 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 6 JAN 1858.
161
ii.
Elizabeth Ann Northrup was born 7 MAY 1783 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN in Morris, Connecticut. She married Job Smith 7 JAN 1803, son of Caleb Smith and . He was born ABT. 1781, and died UNKNOWN.
An old-fashioned senator: Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut By Louis Arthur Coolidge
The accumulation of unwelcome tasks meant months of dismal drudgery to Senator Platt. Just how great a sacrifice it all was to him may be gleaned from his correspondence. Congress adjourned the last week in June, and he hurried home to Judea for such rest as he could get. Writing from there to John H. Flagg he says:
My summer seems already broken up. I have to enjoy this place thinking about it when I am far away from it. If there is anything that will bring you health, enjoyment, and happiness it is this Litchfield County life. I have read first and last a good many entertaining disquisitions on where the Garden of Eden was located, but it seems strange that in all the places that have been claimed for it between the North and South Poles, no one has ever said Litchfield County, but I am sure that this was the original paradise. Norfolk is rather on the outer edge of it. Washington, and especially the Judea end of Washington, was right in the centre of the garden. I do not think that the tree of knowledge of good and evil where Eve cut up such a prank at the instance of Old Nick was just hereabouts. I think she must have wandered out of the garden a little to find the tree; for every tree here is pleasant to the sight and good for food.
But that summer was to be a busy one, with little in it of the peace of Judea. Not only was he burdened with the work of analyzing Cuban finances but he was called upon as usual to bear his part in the Presidential campaign which resulted in the election of McKinley and Roosevelt. When he returned to Washington at the beginning of the short session in December he was weary rather than rested by this summer's absence; but the session upon which he was about to enter proved to be one of the most exhausting, as it was perhaps the most momentous of his entire career.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
Litchfield, Connecticut
The Town of Washington encompasses the following Villages:
Washington Depot
Washington (or Washington Green) -- the Old Judea
New Preston -- located on the Aspetuck River.
Marbledale (or Marble Dale)
Geology:
Washington sits on Green Hill overlooking the winding Shepaug River. Washington Depot lies along the Shepaug River at the foot of Green Hill.
26 miles of the Shepaug River here are deemed "wild."
History: (information about Washington Depot overrepresented)
1734 – the eastern section of Washington was settled by Joseph Hurlbut. It was known as the Parish of Judea and belonged to Woodbury.
The western section was known as the Parish of New Preston and belonged to New Milford.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belong to Litchfield.
1740 -- the Titus family settled on Lower Church Hill.
1741 -- the western section, part of the New Milford North Purchase, was first settled.
1741 -- Judea Parish gathered.
1746 – Edward Cogswell secured the right to mine iron ore in the New Milford North Purchase. The Iron Works, the first industry in the North Purchase, was established along the Aspetuck River, near the foot of the road leading to New Preston hill.
1746 – land purchased from the Indians for the building of the Averill Homestead (on Baldwin Hill Road about 1.5 miles from New Preston). The Averill family still lives there.
as early as 1748 -- 1.5 miles downstream from Factory Hollow, the South Shepaug Factory Complex (consisting of a sawmill and gristmill and first known as Platt's Mills then Baldwin-Olmstead mills) built.
1753 – the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut granted a petition to establish the New Milford North Purchase section as the Ecclesiastical Society of New Preston.
1758-1794 -- Judah Baldwin ran the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1760 – the Titus Homestead built.
1772 – in Washington Village, the Old Red House built by two brothers Leman and Joel Stone, a Whig and a Tory.
1775-1783 – American Revolution. General George Washington came through the area several times. He even spend a night in New Preston at Cogswell Tavern. Thirty Revolutionary soldiers were buried in the original Judea Cemetery.
1778 – there were 270 families living in the area
1779 – the Town of Washington incorporated. It was taken from Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, and New Milford. The town was named in honor of General George Washington, who traveled through the area several times during wartime.
1780s -- Mallory Brook was named for Caleb Mallory and his family who were murdered at this time. Their hired hand, Davenport, was hanged for the crime.
1781 – Major Cogswell owned a tavern along the "turnpike" at which General Washington dined. Justice of the Peace, Major William Cogswell, son of Edward, was elected the town's first selectman.
1790-1831 -- Moody ran the Moody Fulling Mill for 41 years. He was a leading citizen of Washington.
1794 -- in Romford, St. John's Episcopal Church built.
1801 – on the Green in Washington Village, the Congregational Church built.
1802-1876 -- on New Preston Hill Rd., was the boyhood home of Horace Bushnell, Congregational clergyman. (His birthplace was at Bantam in Litchfield.) He was the pivotal American theologian who freed mainstream Protestant theology from its Puritanism, thus helped to clear the way for religious liberalism.
1815 -- the St. John's Episcopal Church was moved by oxen to a site on Green Hill.
1816 -- the dam at the South Shepaug Factory Complex rebuilt by brothers Levi S. and Ely Platt.
At first Washington was principally a farming community.
Some of the early industries were ironworks and quarries as well as small mills and factories run by waterpower along the Shepaug and Aspetuck Rivers.
1822 – at Marbledale, where there were quarries in an earlier day, the brick St. Andrews Episcopal Church built.
1824 – at the west end of New Preston, the native stone Congregational Church built.
1827 -- birth of the future Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt in Washington.
1832 -- Marvin Dimcock built a cotton-woolen plant, the third mill factory complex along the Shepaug River.
1835 -- Olmstead took over the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1843 -- the Dimcock complex was sold at a loss.
1844 -- the old Dimcock mill sold and became the Washington Company (until 1851). Other owners included Herman Baldwin, Frank Kilbourn and Charles Dipple.
1844 -- Joseph W. Titus bought an area along the Shepaug River.
1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. He erected a weir dam and directed some of the river water to a sawmill built at the southern end of his channel.
1849 -- Orville Hitchcock Platt admitted to the Bar. (He had attended the Yale University Law School.)
1850 – the Gunnery School, a preparatory school for boys, established by a remarkable teacher, Frederick W. Gunn (1816-1881.)
1854 map -- there were mills on the Shepaug River and the Kirby and Mallory Brooks.
Underground Railroad -- the Underground Railway stopped on Blackville Road at Mrs. Ney's barn.
1861-1865 – the Civil War.
1866 -- Olmstead bought the old Moody Fulling Mill for $6.07 for non-payment of town taxes.
by 1871 -- Henry Woodruff gained control of the land and mill of Joseph W. Titus.
1871 -- Factory Hollow became Washington Depot.
1871 photo -- shows the Match Factory and Henry Woodruff's mill and factory in Factory Hollow.
1872 – the Shepaug Railroad reached Washington.
1873-1877 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed the Match Factory.
1877-1881 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed part of his carriage making venture.
1879-1905 -- Orville Hitchcock Platt became a U.S. Senator.
1879 -- birth of the future Major General Benjamin D. Foulois (1879-1967). He would serve in the Spanish-American War.
shortly before 1880 -- shortly before Olmstead's death, the South Shepaug Factory Complex was foreclosed.
1881 -- death of Frederick W. Gunn.
1881-1908 -- Henry Woodruff's factory building housed Kingman Mills.
1881 -- Carl Bader (1853-1924) entered the U.S. from Alsace-Lorraine.
1882 -- Carl Bader arrived in Washington Depot. He would eventually establish a meat market and run it for 40 year. The store was known variously as Carl Bader, Bader & Sons and Bader's Market.
c. 1887 photo -- the marshalling yard and the Washington Market building.
1888 -- notorious Blizzard of 1888.
late 1880s -- the mills of the South Shepaug Factory Complex run by various owners until ice jams and flooding destroyed the dam.
1893-1918 -- the home farm for Holiday House was in existence. Holiday House was a summer vacation home for the Working Girls' Club. The club was associated with Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York City.
Edward Hook Van Ingen, a man grown wealthy from the woolen imports business, had architect Ehrick K. Rossiter design a house in memory of their oldest daughter Jeannine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of 16. The house was on a promontory overlooking the Shepaug River valley.
c. 1900 photo -- the mill in Factory Hollow.
c. 1900 photo -- Ezra Hull's blacksmith shop.
1902 – about 3/4 mile northeast of Washington Village, Wykeham Rise, a preparatory school for girls, established.
1908 – the Gunn Memorial Library, named for abolitionist and Gunnery School founder Frederick William and his wife, Abigail Brinsmade Gunn, dedicated.
1909 -- Lt. Foulois accompanied the Wright brothers on their flight tests for the U.S. Army. He would become the first living person to be enshrined in the Air Force Museum.
1910 photo -- looking down river from the Green Hill bridge.
1912 -- St. John's Episcopal Church (of wood) burned; Ehrick Rossiter designed the present church (of stone).
1919 -- architect Ehrick Rossiter and family moved to Edgewood. He brought his New York caretaker, Ed Coll, up to Washington to look after his first and second house. Ed Coll's sister Anne married an artist named deValera and had a child named Emon. When deValera died, Ed Coll send his sister and nephew back to Ireland to grow up with close relatives. Emon deValera grew up to be a prime mover of Irish independence and later prime minister of Ireland.
1925 – Ehrick Rossiter gave the town its first preserve, the Steep Rock Reservation.
1928 -- Borden's Cremery closed.
1929 – Pavilion Hall erected in New Preston as a cultural club.
1930s -- in Washington Depot, Borden's Creamery torn down to build Bryan Memorial Town Hall. It was named for hometown boy Gregory Seeley Bryan, owner of the Weed Chain Company in Bridgeport and donator of the money for the new town hall. The old town hall was taken down and the area became the town park. The World War I memorial placed here.
1930s -- Bob's Diner sold out to bouncer Jack Williams who built Jack's Grill.
1930 -- passenger trains stopped running to the aea.
1930 -- the Romford School for children established in Washington Depot. It is now Rumsey Hall.
1932 -- the new town hall finished.
1936 -- the Bader Brothers sold the old Titus/Woodruff mill to Thomas Rosford who ran it until 1952.
1941-1945 -- World War II.
1941 -- Americans set up the Emergency Rescue Committee to help artists escape from the Nazis to the USA. The committee arranged for French artist André Masson (whose wife Rose was Jewish) to travel to the Caribbean island of Martinique, and from there to enter the United States. The Masson family settled in New Preston, Connecticut. After the war he returned to France.
after World War II -- in Washington Depot, Jack's Grill, the working man's bar, became the Shepaug Club.
1947 -- the old Dimcock mill ended as Dipple's cider mill.
1947 -- Irish hero Emon deValera came to Washington to see his American relatives.
1948 – the Shepaug Railroad‘s freight line closed.
1952 -- the old Titus/Woodruff/Bader/Rosford mill turned into an egg candling factory.
1955 – a flood destroyed many homes and businesses in Washington Depot.
closed 1964 -- Robert Woodruff, a descendent of Henry Woodruff, was the last man to run a mill on the Aspetuck River. He ran a machine shop out of the old Beeman mill in New Preston. (He was also the last man to run a mill on the Shepaug River.) After leaving the mill, Robert was struck with MS and was never able to stand again.
1967 -- death of Major General Fulois.
1990s -- the Shepaug Club closed down as a bar and restaurant.
1999 -- the designer Bill Blass sold his company for $50 million and retired to his home in New Preston.
Today – the population exceeds 4,000.
Sources:
William C. Bader (with Pamela M. Redmer). 1998. An American Village: The Light at the North End of the Tunnel. Washington Depot, CT: Design to Printing.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belong to Litchfield. ... 1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. .... The Town of Washington, Connecticut: About Washington. ...
www.nynjctbotany.org/lgtofc/washingtonconnhist.html - Cached - Similar
Two Revolutionary War veterans, Asa Northrop and Samuel Hawley, are buried here. As in other Brookfield cemeteries Brookfield
Some interesting cases involving Northrops -- mention of a John Northrop and Gad Northrop
1865 Alvin day book
Mention of "Went to Woodville". This would be after Amos death. AJN shows Gerry's death as March 14, 1875, New Haven, Conn.
Redding Ridge's tavern owner, Stephen Betts, certainly fits the profile:
Lieutenant Stephen Betts, was a prominent character in the Revolution. He was an active patriot, and was taken prisoner by the British on their march to Danbury in April, 1777. A County Convention was held at his house/tavern on August 10, 1779.
Betts was prominent in town politics, serving as Town Selectman during the Revolution, as well as several town committees formed in support of the war.
General Samuel H. Parsons was headquartered at Betts' home/tavern from 1778 to 1781.
1840 census warren map has an a.t. peck in the western district by the
Kent border just above Trout Brook. No Northrop, Osborn185? by 1850
Northrops were in Washington
1868
Col Canfield District 9 Washington map maybe route 147?
also LA Canfield by cemetery east of Kirbys Brook in the Centre
DN Canfield right in the center 1 door away from Cong Parsonage
Mrs. J. Bishop Calhoun Street District 2 next to Washington Station
Kent vital records NORTHROP
Agur Curtis, s. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. May 8, 1812
Agur Curtiss, m. Lucy Marsh SWIFT, b. of Kent, Jan. 22, 1839,
by Rev. Henry B. Sherman, of New Preston
Alvin, m. Sally ATWOOD, July 2, 1826, by Rev. L.P. Hickox
Amos, m. Susan CHOCUM, Oct. 26, 1829, by John Mills, J.P.
Ann Aurilla, m. Joel B. PRATT, Oct. 3, 1827, by Rev. L.P. Hickox
Aurelia, d. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. Oct. 11, 1806
David, Jr., of Sherman, m. Adaline FULLER, of Kent, Oct. 9, 1820, by Rev. Asa Blair
Maryann, m. John HINCKLEY, June 24, 1832, by Lewis Mills, J.P.
Thomas Wells, s. Thomas G. & Amelia, b. May 25, 1808
Alvord, David died July 7, 1831 age 35
Northrop, Agur C 1812-1857
Northrop, Aurelia wife of Thomas G died Mar. 4, 1839 age 54y9m11d
Northrop, Charles C son of A.C. & Lucy M died Nov. 28, 1852 age 2y5m4d
Northrop, Lewis S 1843-1903
Northrop, Lucy M Swift wife of A. C 1815-1900
Northrop, Sarah Abby Barnum wife of L. S. 1839-1918
Northrop, Thomas G died Sept. 8, 1850 age 79y8m3d
Northrop, Thomas Mills born May 25, 1808 died July 24, 1885 age 77y2m
Good Hill Cemetery Kent, Ct.
Stones copied by Francelia Johnson
Burials listed from Kent Burial Records
...........This is the original cemetery located in Kent, Ct. It is on Route 7
north of the present town of Kent and north of the original settlement which
was located in Flanders. One of the first churches is said to have been located
on this site. Many of the stones are worn from the ages of time and hard to read.
Early marriages Washington
Samuel Northrop widow Sarah Dutton of Bethlehem June 2, 1779
John Stoddard of Woodbury Phebe Northrop Sept. 11, 1786
Record of Mortality
IN
Westbury and Watertown
From March, 1741, TO May, 1859
Child of Mr. Northrop --- Age 1 --------- 21 may 1853
Daughter of Abigail Northrop --- Age 3 --------- 06 Feb 1791
Jonathan Northop --- Age 70 --------- 11 Mar 1803
Alfred M. Northrup --- Age 50 --------- 20 Oct 1849
Child of Alfred Northrop --- Age 1 --------- 29 Jun 1845
John Allen, son of John Northrop --- Age 2 --------- 07 Sep 1839
John Northrup ( Middlebury) --- Age 59 --------- 11 Mar 1834
Mrs. Sarah Northrop ( buried in Midbury) --- Age 80 --------- 02 Jan 1853
Polly, wife of Alfred Northrop --- Age 41 --------- 10 Aug 1845
Prisoners under sentence for life:
Names, age when admitted, nativity, where convicted, when convicted, crime.
Those marked with an asterisk were sentenced to be hanged,
and their sentences
were commuted by the Legislature
to imprisonment for life.
Benjamin Scott, ae 27, b. New York; Litchfield; Sept. 2, 1841; attempt at
murder
Harry Andrews, ae 17, b. Weston, Ct.; Fairfield; Oct. 30, 1845; rape
Lucina Coleman, ae 50, b. Hartford, Ct.; Sept. 25, 1849; murder, 2nd degree
John Brown, ae 35, b. Ireland; Tolland; Nov. 3, 1849; murder, 2nd degree
William O. Chapin, ae 32, b. Massachusetts; Hartford; Feb. 8, 1849; rape
Benjamin S. Balcomb*, ae 21, b. Colebrook, Ct.; Litchfield; July 8, 1851;
murder
Henry Mennasseth*, ae 48, b. Farmington, Ct.; Litchfield; July 8, 1851;
murder
William H. Calhoun*, ae 20, b. Nassau, NY; Litchfield; July 8, 1851; murder
Catharine Dunn, ae 34, b. Ireland; New London; Sept. 29, 1851; murder, 2nd
degree
Nicholas Parrava, ae 24, b. Island of St. Jago; New London; Oct. 5, 1853;
murder, 2nd degree
Michael Mooney, ae 28, b. Ireland; New Haven; Nov. 8, 1853; murder, 2nd
degree
Morris Nichols, ae 29, b. Greenfield, Ct.; Fairfield; Mar. 10, 1854; murder,
2nd degree
Isaac Randolph*, ae 45, b. Pennsylvania; N. Haven; July 16, 1856; murder, 2nd
degree Albert Northrop, ae 22, b. Washington, Ct.; New Haven; Sept. 13, 1856;
bestiality
John A. Benson, ae 35, b. Rocky Hill, Ct.; Middlesex; Sept. 25, 1858; perjury
with intent to take life
Benjamin Roberts, ae 40, b. New Milford, Ct.; Hartford; Dec. 29, 1858;
murder, 2nd degree
John P. Warren, ae 21, b. Coventry, Ct.; Tolland; Dec. 14, 1859; murder, 2nd
degree
from
Statewide County CT Archives History .....Report
Of The Directors Of The Connecticut State Prison, 1860 May 1860
Daniel, Samuel, and Stephen Gold (now written Gould), brothers, members of a Fairfield family that had been prominent in church and state for several generations, were among the early settlers of the town, though none of their descendants are now found among us. Daniel appears first: he married Grace, daughter of Deacon Stephen Burr, and lived where James Lord now lives. His children, as named in the will of Deacon Burr, were: Abigail, who married Richard Nichols. Esther, who married Nathaniel Northrop. Sarah, who married David Turney. Mary, who married Seth Price; and Elizabeth.
Samuel Gold settled in Lonetown, and built the house now owned by Seth Todd. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was wounded at the skirmish in Ridgefield. Some of the officers of Putnam's commnd had their quarters at Mr. Gold's during their encampment in Redding. Their children were: Hezekiah, Daniel, Burr, Aaron, Sarah, Polly, and Grace. Stephen Gold settled on the farm later owned by Timothy Platt in Lonetown. He is called captain in the records. He did not long remian a resident of Redding, but returned, it is said to Greenfield.
33. HOMER18 BUCKINGHAM (GILBERT17, ABEL16, SARAH15SMITH,
JOSEPH14, SARAH13FOWLER, WILLIAM12, WILLIAM11, JOHN10,
WILLIAM9, THOMAS8, ROGER7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, HENRY4, JOHN3,
JOHN2, JOHN1LE FOWLER) was born 29 November 1828 in
Northville, Litchfield, Connecticut, and died 17 October 1907 in New Milford,
Litchfield, Connecticut. He married ADELINE COUCH 11 November 1850
in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Notes
Buried in Northville Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Children of Homer Buckingham and Adeline Couch are:
i.
NUANIA19 BUCKINGHAM, b. Abt 186141.
ii.
LOTTIE BUCKINGHAM, b. Abt 186442.
34. JOSIAH NORTHROP18 BUCKINGHAM (DANIEL17, DANIEL16,
DANIEL15, DANIEL14, HANNAH13FOWLER, WILLIAM12, WILLIAM11,
JOHN10, WILLIAM9, THOMAS8, ROGER7, WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5, HENRY4,
JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1LE FOWLER) was born 26 July 1805. He married
MINERVA FORD 1825.
In 1712 there were here 12 families or between 60 and
70 persons. A census, taken in 1756, reports 1137 in the
town ; another taken in 1774, reported 2776, while in
1800, after pans of the town had been ceded to Brookfleld
and Washington, the population was 3198. The census of
of 1870, gives the population of the present New Milford,
as 3588, while Bridgev/ater, formerly a part of this town,
has 877 inhabitants.
Much of this line is pretty well documented. However, Amos has been the brick wall preventing a connection to the earliest Northrop/ups. ,
In the published Northrup/ Northrop genealogy, neither Amos Northrop/up's nor Rachel Ives' parents are documented. I believe I've tracked down Rachel, but Amos is still a mystery. Regardless of the location or spelling almost all of these Northrops are descended from Joseph Northrup of Milford, CT. Here are a few facts, speculations and clues to help pin them down..What we know about Amos Northrop/Northrup
Amos was probably born in Eastern New York or the Western half of Connecticut -- an area with many Northrops. He spent a most of his life in Kent and adjoining Warren & Washington, CT. There is no mention of his early life or profession.
Enos married Elizabeth Northrup, daughter of Phineas Northrup and Elizabeth Brinsmade.81 (Elizabeth Northrup was born on 17 Jan 1732/33 in Milford, New Haven Co, CT 81.)
The death record of Washington CT has his birth as Kent and occupation Laborer. There is a conflict in his age at death 69 in Washington, but by the time he was buried in Warren Cemetery he was ten years older! age 79.
Thanks to the Town Clerks office at Washington!
I was able to confirm Amos Death and burial with the Warren Town Clerk's Office (Thanks for your wonderful assistance!).
"I found a listing in a notebook refering to a sexton's book that lists his burial on May 18, 1855, age 79. That is all the information listed in the book." This gives Amos a birthdate of around 1776 !! a new date in all the research.
The sextons book is by F. B. Taylor, Warren and refers to burials from 1847-1869. I believe he was the Sexton or Clerk for the Warren Congregational Church.
'The Church of Christ was established in May 1750 as, "The East Greenwich Society of Kent" by division of "The First Society." Since then the church has been known as "The Congregational Society of Warren", "The First Ecclesiastical Society of Warren", The First Congregational Church of Warren", and in 1941, when the Society and the Church incorporated, it became known as "The Warren Congregational Church, Incorporated." In the National Historic Register, the Church is known as "The Warren Congregational Church." Records include baptism and marriage records.'
The Washington Town clerk also provided this transcription (made in 1915?) of Northrops in Washington.
(Rev. Daniel Brinsmade was of Judea Parish, Rev. Hart Talcott ordained 1817 of Warren)
The Northrop name does not appear in any of the original divisions of Kent.The earliest Northrop I find in Thomas Grant Northrop son of Amos who went to Yale.
[His brother, 27. Amos, b. Oct. 11, 1772. appears to have life his entire life in New Milford. m. Hannah ELDERKIN. Thomas' uncle, David (22. David, b. July 27, 1746. .) was married to Rachel Grant sister to Anne, wife of Amos Northrop 3d but all children were born in NewMilford.]
No record of Northrops as members of the church in Kent although several neighbors appear. Atwater History of Kent Perhaps they were associated with another Parish -- especially if they were closer to an adjacent parish or had a family connection to another parish.
Perhaps the Northrops stayed in the same area from the earliest census. I thought perhaps it was the Woodville section from names on some of the maps (NE of Washington by Mt. Tom), but perhaps they were in the corner where Kent, Warren and Washington meet.
1859 Hopkins Map Litchfield County
Kent
Warren
Washington
Woodville Section of Washington by Mount Tom
Warren
Litchfield
Washington
West of Litchfield. Warren, formerly a part of Kent, was settled about 1737. The parish of East Greenwich was organized in 1750. In 1786, a town was incorporated and named for a Massachusetts man, Gen. Joseph Warren, the Revolutionary hero, who lost his life at Bunker Hill. The town consists of a high plateau, bordered on the south by Lake Waramaug.
Lake Waramaug
New Preston, Connecticut. From the top of the "hill" that's just southeast of Lake Waramaug called The Pinnacle.
above from http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardspics/718893025/in/pool-24554386@N00
THE tract now comprising the towns of Kent and Warren was sold at auction at the court house in Windham, in March, 1738. The settlernent commenced the same year.The principal settlers were from Colchester, Fairfield and Norwalk The first minister was the Rev. Cyrus Marsh, ordained in May, 1741.
Kent
the Moravian church or mission house was standing 30 or 40 years since, near the house of Mr. Raymond, by the Episcopal church. The Moravians left this place about half a century since. The Scatacook tribe, for whose benefit this mission was established, occupied the interval on the west side of the river for about three miles.
It may be that this earlier mission set the stage for the Mission School in nearby Cornwall.
Warren
The agricultural productions are grass and some grain. Butter and cheese are made, and beef and pork raised by the inhabitants. The town is watered by the Shepaug, a branch of the Housatonic. Raumaug pond, a considerable body of water, is situated partly in this town, and partly in Washington. The population of the town in 1810 was 1,096; in 1830 it was reduced to 986.
John Warner Barbor print of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1836. Courtesy of the Litchfield Historical Society.
search yielded raymonds and olmsteads with many northrop connections
"1 AMOS NORTHROP, b. Jan. 8, 1778, probably at Chatham, N. Y ?? most of children's census records say NY-- between 1774-1800 but may not have been LIVING in NY. Amos' 1850 Census record says CT . Lived also at Warren and Kent, Conn. D. May 16,1855, Warren, Conn. (have not found any record of his death or marker) M. Rachel Ives (b. March 15,1775).had at least two wives married Susan Chaugham/Chaugum (Lighthouse tribe Molly Barber descendant) Kent, CT Oct. 26, 1829.
Census support Amos in Kent and Warren. see Census Summary Below
i Alvin, b. Apr. 15, 1803, Chatham, N. Y BORN NY don’t know where and don't know if family was LIVING there OR
Kent, CT . 3 ii Gerrit, b. Aug. 9, 1812, Most/all of the Census listings say born CT Chatham, N. Y. "
2 ALVIN NORTHROP (Amos),[need Record of Death from Westport] b. Apr. 15, 1803, ? Chatham, N. Y. ;
shoemaker at Kent, Conn. ; m. at Kent, July 2,
1826, Sarah Wakeman Alvord (b. May 25, 1809, Kent; d. June
2, 1886, Southport, Conn.), dau. of Daniel (probably David) and Abigail (Wakeman)
Alvord /or / David and Abigail Jennings. David is born in Fairfield. They are married in Fairfield 1800 and move to Kent by 1802. Why did they move to Kent? Their children are born in Kent and David dies in Kent 1831. Sarah and Alvin moved to Westport after the death of Sarah's father and lived for a time next to her mother and sister in Westport. Most of her family was in the Westport area. Alvin d. Nov. 29, 1875, Westport, Conn. Northrop name is on a Westport map dated 1867.
i Julia Burr (sarah's grandmother was Eunice Burr), b. Nov. 28, 1832, Kent, Conn. ; m. Feb. 1,
1854, Charles Bulkley ; d. ??. perhaps Charles Seymour Bulkley ("a successful engineer") mentioned on page 816 of Jacobus (1933) and a descendant of the Rev. Peter Bulkeley in the Gershom, Peter line
ii Francis, b. June 4, 1835, Kent ; d. July 9, 1837. (Age 2)
4 iii William Fenn, (where did name Fenn come from?) b. Nov. 6, 1836, Kent
IV Frances Josephine b. Aug 20, 1838, Kent m. at Rye, N. Y.,
Dec. 13, 1854, Charles Meeker; > Charles A b 1832? d. March 18,
1876, Westport, Conn.
6 v George Elmore, (where did name Elmore come from?) b. Feb. 17, 1844, Cornwall, Conn.
vi Louisa Azonetta, b. Apr. 12, 1850, Westport; m. March
2, 1871, at Westport. Geroge B. MILLS b: Abt 1845 in Westport,CT
3 GERRIT NORTHROP (Amos), b. Aug. 9, 1812, Chatham? , N. Y. Census listings say CT;
m. Feb. 11, 1834, Betsey (Elizabeth) Millard probably daughter of Joel Millard (son of Joshua ancestors from Mass) b. Cornwall, CT and Tabitha GREEN Milford or New Milford (Sarah Wakeman Alvord Northrop's brother Nelson marries Caroline (1829 Kent) Chamberlain then Adelia Millard in Torrington 1858 Nathan Skiff in Cornwall was probably Adelia's first marriage (d. May 8, 1868).
He d. March 14, 1875, New Haven, Conn.
6 i James Edward, b. Jan. 26, 1839, Warren, Conn.
ii Charles Alvin, b. July 6, 1886. Five years in Civil War ;
Second Lieutenant. Sailed, about 1880, as steward,
on a voyage to Africa ; not heard from since. Supposed
to have been lost at sea. Neglected to give
name of vessel he sailed on.
iii Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1847 ; m. William Hall, and living
at Milton, Litchfield Co., Conn. ; 2 children.
4 WILLIAM FENN NORTHROP (Alvin, Amos), (name may be from Hannah Ives Fenn prob sister of Rachel) b. Nov.
6, 1836, Kent, Conn. Carpenter and builder, and dealer in lumber,
coal, etc., firm of "Northrop Brothers," at Southport,
Conn. M. Dec. 23, 1857, at Mamerneck, N. Y., Abbie Jane,
dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Jane Baker, who are now dead,
but formerly lived at Greens Farms, Conn.
i Ella Angelina, b. Nov. 4, 1858 ; d. Sept. 8, 1864.
ii Frederick Elmer, b. Sept. 2, 1871, Southport.
6 GEORGE ELMORE NORTHROP (Alvin, Amos), b.'
Feb. 17, 1844, Cornwall, Conn. Served through the Civil War,
in Company A, 8th Connecticut Volunteers. M. at ________________, N. Y., Margaret Harrigan.
i George Ives, b. July 15, 1871.
ii Winthrop Blaine, b. Dec. 1, 1884. .
JAMES EDWARD NORTHROP (Gerrit, Amos)
b. January 26, 1839 Warren, CT Merchant residing at New Haven, Conn. m. Nov 24, 1864 Sarah Secelia Burnes, dau of James and Elizabeth ( Norton) Burnes of New Haven
i Lillie E b. Aug 6, 1865 m. June 3, 1885 Oscar D. Beach of Milton CT
ii Mary Elizabeth b. Sept 17, 18 70, d. Nov 5, 1870.
The only hard facts - the A Judd Northrup genealogy:
The genealogy has some known errors and omissions especially with some of the families on the CT/NY border. Some family lines have been merged and some dates inaccurate. Connection of Amos Alvin and Gerrit is supported, Rachel as wife highly probable. Questions or possible errors: location of Alvin's 's birth. supported as NY but not (yet?) supported as Chatham;
year of Amos birth may be 1780 (census) rather than 1778; location of Gerrit's birth CT not NY (census),
Rachel's birth year may be 1780 rather than 1775.
...and the census listings for Amos and descendants (details below):
The census listings have errors in spelling and may reflect omissions or other errors as well.
It is quite possible that Amos and/or his parents moved from Milford, Ridgefield / South Salem, Fairfield / Wilton / Redding to Kent. We know his son, Alvin, moved closer to the coast when he and Sarah Wakeman Alvord Northrop changed their residence to Westport.We don't know if this was a return to known Northrop family connections. It appears to be a return to family connections for Sarah Wakeman Alvord.
The Amos Questions:
Who were Amos' parents?
Where was Amos born?
Was Amos in Kent area before he married Rachel?
Where was Amos from birth to 1800?
Where was Amos and family in 1810 census?
Who is the extra female in the 1820 census?
Did Amos have a second or third marriage? Susan Chaugum? Sarah Osborn?
Was Amos' family,like the David Alvord Family from the Fairfield Redding area?
While there are, so far, no traceable connections, there are interesting correlations with:
Betts and Jelliff families -- possibly through Lewis Northrop/up.
William was in the carpentry business with Francis Jelliff (Southport, CT) and Betts and Northrop ran a carpentry business in Georgetown (Redding / Weston line). Betts and Jelliff families are related. see Jelliff page. There are marriages between Northrops and Betts (Ridgefield Norwalk area).
The same collection of names appears together in Ridgefield, Kent area and Lanesboro, MA
Some kind of Elmore connection --
Both Alvin's son, George Elmore Northrop and grandson, Frederick Elmore son of William bear the Elmore name.
Some means to meet Ives family and Rachel of Wallingford/Cheshire
Lived Close to Wallingford? New Haven, Durham, Woodbridge, Woodbury
The Ives had connections in New Haven, Wallingford, Cheshire, and later Cornwall and
Barkhamsted CT area;
no connections in the upper Hudson area of NY near Chatham and no very early
connections to Fairfield.
Northrop, Ives and Alvord connections may all be in one location
Plymouth is a location where Ives some Northrops and Alvords were in the same location. Many in Thomaston, Watertown, Waterbury, Litchfield as well.
Their co-location may be due to growing manufacturing concerns. Torrington, Hitchcocksville and Plymouth.erea cradles of innovation and industry from about 1790
to 1850. Industries include Chair making , Carriage making and clock making..
Family Naming conventions don't seem consistent
Male First name sometimes from GGF First Name
Male Middle from Father's Father's Mother's maiden name
later generations Eldest male gets mother's maiden as middle, eldest female gets father's mother's maiden name.
Connecticut map identified as 1766
Note how large some of the townships/parishes are -- before some were divided.
Top Picks for Connections to Amos
Rebecca Northrup(w/o Amos Smith) (RIDGEFIELD)(d/o John (Joseph, William) b. 1703 New Haven died RIDGEFIELD buried Lithgow, NY)
Some connection to :James NORTHRUP b: 9 Nov 1719 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut and Rachel SMITH b: 27 Mar 1723 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
The "family sticks together" speculation
In the absence of more definitive information, I've reviewed possible neighbors in the census (where available).
In census lists that are not alphabetical, I speculate name sequence reflects physical order of homes. Below are the names I watched for in the review.
The table lists the results as likely extended family connections. I speculate the earlier data is more likely to be significant. The years are links to images of the census pages.
Census neighbor names
Tibblas Nettleton A Clark Smith Smith Clark
Kent David Bradley (prob f Timothy m Mercy/Marcy Baldwin w Lydia Smith)
Amos Smith mother is Rebecca Northrup sister of Enos et al
Alvin spouse of Sarah Wakeman Alvord and Alvin Jennings Northrop
perhaps from Alvin Bradley ? spouse of another Lucy Ives possible Rachel cousin OR
??? Oliver Alvin NORTON Goshen from Norton Birdsey line OR
????Alvin Bingham Salisbury Allen, Bradley, Claytor, Cope, Mountjoy, Moxley, Newton, or as last name
Alvord
definite
Alvin's wife Sarah
Baker
definite
William Fenn Northrop's wife
Barber
possible
Molly Barber Chaugum connection
Bartholomew
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives Lucy Ives Wallingford married Bartholomew children born Cazenovia, Madison, NY [prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews ]
Beach
definite
Gerrit Northrop's son in law
Beecher
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives brother Ransom Ives Wallingford married Eunice F. Beecher
Connection to Rachel Ives Caleb Ives Wallingford, Durham & VT married
Sarah Booth
Bradley
Rachel
Connection to Rachel Ives possible cousin Lucy Ives m. Alvin Bradley (parish of Mt.Carmel),
Alvin married (1)Lucy Ives on 31 Dec 1797 in Hamden, Alvin married (2)Abigail Hall on 3 Feb 1802 in Hamden, .[prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews moves and dies Linn County, Iowa]
Also David Bradley (not Alvin's brother -- Amos and Rachel's neighbor in 1800 Kent
Aner Ives (neighbor and cousin/uncle to Rachel),
Abigail Northrop d/o Benjamin (Jeremiah Newtown) m. Sybil Castle her sister Eunice married Ebenezrer Castle
Chamberlain
Definite
Sarah Alvord sister-in-law
Chaugum
Probable Barbour listing of marriages only known Amos in the area at the time
Amos 2nd or 3rd wife Susan daughter of Samuel. Susan's mother Miss Green, brother Solomon m.Sophia Bills, brother Benjamin no listing
Elmore
definite
Alvin's son William's son
and ???
Fenn
Rachel / definite
Alvin's son ALSO through Rachel Ives Hannah Ives married
in New Haven perhaps married to Austin Fenn's of Theophilus
(buried in Litchfield) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763
his mother's surname is Austin , d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829); )
or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? in VT by 1801 and perhaps as early as 1794. Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin married before 1793 prob in Vermont by 1805, d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829);
--------------------------
Also neighbor in 1800 Kent. Also lived close to Ives in 1790 Wallingford
.
Frances
Definite
Alvin Daughter, Frances Josephine
??? OR Connection to Rachel Ives Charles Ives m. Mary Frances Wallingford their son (Rachel's nephew) is Elihu
Francis
Definite
Alvin son who died young b.1835
and ???
George
Definite
Alvin Son
and ???
Gerrit
Spelling?
Alvin's brother Gerry in Census
AND ???
Griswold
Rachel probable check other Levis
Connection to Rachel Ives brother Levi m. Huldah Killingworth thru 1826
Hall
Definite /Rachel
Gerrit Northrop's son in law
Connection to Rachel Ives Elihu Ives b: 8 Feb 1764 in Wallingford married Phebe Ann Hall 1792 in VT by 1797 children born Ludlow, VT OR [may be a cousin, Elihu Ives ] Married Polly or Mary Northrup in Cheshire (Dau of Joel & Mabel Sarah Bird) and second marriage to Lucy Whittimore
Hemson
definite
Sarah Alvord brother-in-law also 1880 neighbor
Ives
Rachel / Definite
George Ives middle name, grandson of Alvin
Amos' wife, also Rachel sister
Olive Ives m. Joel Ives Wallingford
Elihu Ives is Rachel's nephew ( son of brother Charles)Charles)
Jelliff or
Jelif
definite
William's first carpentry partner and Southport neighbor
Amos' sister-in-law (Gerrit's wife Elizabeth Betsy Millard )
also Sarah's sister-in-law Nelson Alvord's 2nd wife Adelia Millard
Mills
definite
Alvin's son in law
Munson
Aner Ives conection also Patty Munson married Caleb Northrup, s/o Abel both Milford
Porter
Definite
Ruth Porter(d/o Timothy b.1702) w/o Gamaliel Fenn 1800 Kent neighbors
? John, Joseph, William Gould and Mabel married Porters
Thorp
Definite
Sarah Alvord sister-in-law
Wakeman
definite
Alvin's wife
William
Definite
Alvin’s eldest son
and ???
With the inaccuracies of early maps, it's difficult to tell the exact borders of the older, larger, Litchfield. It may have encompassed as much as with area of green above -- parts of Plymouth, Washington, Kent and Warren. Some of what appears to be a move by Gerrit, may have actually been a change in the town borders.
Census Neighbor names with plausible family connections
William Elwell 1800
probable
connection to Phoebe Northrop (William Elwell) (d/o Isaac) b. LITCHFIELD CO.
Amos Smith 1800 right next door
almost definite
connection to Rebecca Northrup (RIDGEFIELD)(d/o John (Joseph, William) b. 1703 New Haven died RIDGEFIELD buried Lithgow, NY) - mother of Amos Smith Perhaps a connection to Jabez Smith Northrup??
Jabez Smith is one door away from
James Northrup in 1790 Ridgefield Second Society.
Amos Smith 1800 right next door
possible
neighbor Amos Smith (RIDGEFIELD OR WILTON) married to Sarah Keeler (RIDGEFIELD OR WILTON)
Gamamiel Fenn 1800
extended connection of Gamamiel Fenn to Mary Porter (B WATERBURY) m to John Northrup (b MILFORD d. NEWTOWN)
Aner and Asahel Ives 1800
Rachel
Aner and Asahel Ives (b. NEW HAVEN d. GOSHEN connected to Rachel, Munson Castle Caswell
David Bradley 1800
Rachel?
David Bradley ( b. NEW HAVEN OR WOODBRIDGE children in KENT) prob connected to Rachel Ives (mothers side)??
Northrop and other deaths before 1820 that could account for extra female in census
What female might be living with Amos and Rachel in 1820 perhaps as a result of a death? So...* who died around this time?
can't be Sarah Ives- she dies in 1813, can't be Jerusha Baldwin wife of Waite dies 1827 Brookfield Chloe Baldwin wife of Job (II b 1758) dies 1826
sisters NONE
Sisters in law -- wife of Nathaniel -- Esther Gould (death unknown) or Rebecca Baldwin -- no death dates
Sarah Beach wife of Abel Gillett Northrop who died 1812 her death unknown,
Patty Munson wife of Caleb Camp Northrop who died 1812 her death unknown but she remarried so prob living in 1820
, Zilpha wife of Isaac 1777 Northrop who died 1818 her death unknown,
Lydia Marsh wife of Isaac 1734 Northrop who dies about 1817 her death unstated,
Lucy Sherman wife of Peter Northrop who died in 1810 her death 1830
ID: I4735 Name:Isaac NORTHROP wife NOT hannah olmstead died 1810 Birth: in South Salem, New York Death: Apr 1812
son Amos perhaps a daughter?
ID: I178547 SEEMS LIKE SOME KIND OF CONNECTION TO ISAIAH OR JOB Name: Isaiah Northrop (s/o Job 1705)Birth: 1746 wife Mary Hubbell3 APR 1746 in Milford/Monroe formerly stfd, Fairfield Co., CT
1790 census huntington other huntington-- hubbell hawley porter, beardsley, booth, curtis, osborn, beach, platt Death: 1817 Fairport Perrinton, Monroe NY Isaiah and Mary daughter, Mabel b.1781 m.Alanson Porter b: 30 MAY 1780 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., MA
daughter Huldah m. Stratton Burr b: ABT 1781 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT and had kids in fairfield ct m. Clark 2nd
son Anson m. Martha Hard b: MAR 1792 in Milton, Litchfield Co., CT stays in Litchfield county
son Elijah m. Rhoda Betsey Bennett b: 3 JAN 1793 in Monroe, Fairfield Co., CT moved back and forth between NY and Monroe CT
Burial: Schummer's Cemetery, Perinton, Monroe Co., NY 2
Note:7 "....Removed with his wife and children to the town of Perinton (Fairport) Monroe County, N.Y., about 1808 where he resided with his son An drew and died there on 17 Aug 1817 (age 71). He was in the Revolutionary War. ...Isaiah served as a private in Captain Samuel Clark's Co.; Col. Rowell's (Bershire Co.) Regt. Service at New Haven, Ct. Roll sworn to at Lanesborough, Mass. He came to Perinton to live with his sons . He died 17 Aug 1817; his wife, Mary died 4 Mar 1817. They both are buried at Shummers' Cemetery which was part of the Northrup tract . ... The Northrup tract and cemetery are located west of Fairport , N.Y. on the Fairport-East Rochester Road; in the township of Perinton. The cemetery was originally the Northrop family cemetery and was just recently deeded to the township."
Note:7 Isaiah, Sarah and Mary chose William Northrup as their guardian after their father's death.
Note:2 NORTHRUP Isaiah; d Aug. 17, 1817 @ 74y Isaiah Jun.; d Oct. 20, 1819 @ 40y 6m 11d Lewis; d May 2, 1853 @ 72y 4m Mary, consort of Isaiah; d March 4, 1817 @ 71y Rebecca, wife of Isaiah & Louis; d April 15, 1863 @ 80y Sally, dau. of Isaiah Jun. & Rebecca; d Sept. 10, 1823 @ 14y 8d Susannah, wife Jared; d July 27, 1841 @ 24
Change Date: 16 JUN 2005
Father:Job Northrup b: 1705 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT Mother:Mehitabel (Mabel) ?Gillet or Gillett? b~1722
[ Father:Abel GILLET b: 10 MAR 1697/98 in Wethersfield,Hartford,CT Mother:Sarah KIMBERLY c: 23 JUL 1704 in Stratfield,Hartford ,CT m.1722 m2nd Joseph PRINDLE b: Abt 1699 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Married: Abt 1728 2] Marriage 1 Mary Hubbell b: ABT 1746 c: 4 JUN 1749 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT Married: 17 DEC 1767 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT 38Children
ID: I5088 Name: Job NORTHROP Birth: 25 APR 1731 in Newtown,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Death: 9 NOV 1813 in Sherman,Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
ID: I30693 Name: John NORTHROP, JR Birth: 9 JUL 1732 in Newtown, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut OR Birth: 14 JAN 1729 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut Death: 11 MAR 1805 in Newtown, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
BET. 1752 - 1765 Succeeded his father as Town Clerk, Newtown, Connecticut Mother:Mary Porter b: ABT. 1689 Lois Northrup b: 28 FEB 1731/32 in Newtown, Connecticut D: 3 DEC 1800 in Newtown, Age 68 years 2
John III last child listed 1772 (lois 40) any possibility of a later child?
ID: I03885 Name: Elihu Northrup 12345 (s/o Benjamin and Sara Platt) Birth: ABT. FEB 1746/47 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2 Death: UNKNOWN Baptism: 16 FEB 1746/47 Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
m. Keziah Seeley (b: 1747 in New Milford) 1767 in New Milford
ch b VT Strafford last 1774 possibility of a later child?
ID: I2149 Name: Thomas Northrop ( s/o Thomas Northrup b: 5 DEC 1727 in Ridgefield, Ridgebury - farmer & laborer Mother:Rachel [mother Bouton/Boulton] Morehouse b: 11 FEB 1726/27)
??married Clary/Clarissa Cone in 1783?? Birth: 26 SEP 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Death: 3 JUN 1807 in North Salem, Westchester, New York, Bur.N. Salem Cemetery Event: Misc. See Note Page Note: Graves not marked at cemetery.
m. 1770 .Melicent Keeler b: 11 JUN 1753 in Ridgefield d. 1836 N. salem Rachel Northrup b: 5 MAR 1772 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. pulling Lydia Northrup b: 4 APR 1774 in North Salem, Westchester Co., NY m. Riggs Lewis Northrup b: 17 JAN 1791 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. polly smith Betsey Northrup b: 8 JAN 1793 in North Salem, New London Co., CT m. BloomerBig time break ? other children
ID: I581 Name:William Northrop12345 (s/o John & Rebecca Roberts) Birth: 9 DEC 1734 in Greenfield, Fairfield Co., CT 267 Christening: 15 DEC 1734 Greenfield, Fairfield Co., CT 2 Death: 17 MAY 1800 in Newtown., CT 5
m. 1764 Newtown Elizabeth Northrup b: 29 SEP 1744 in Newtown (d/o Jonathan 1715 & Ruth Booth)
m.2 1775 Newtown Mary Shepard b: 19 JUN 1733 in Milford Note:5 Father William Northrop - b. abt 1710, same place. Married unknown abt 1732. Note:8 Division of his estate, Feb. 14, 1798. Sheldon Northrop b: BEF 3 AUG 1766 c: 3 AUG 1766 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT prob died young no wife mentioned Daniel Northrop b: 27 MAR 1768 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT David Northrop b: BEF 2 JUN 1771 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT c: 2 JUN 1771 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT m. Polly Underhill Newtown Betty Northrop b: ABT 1773 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT m. Lewis Northrup Newtown maybe kids after 1773? with Mary Shepard?
ID: I30700 Name:John NORTHROP(s/o William and Mary Peck) Birth: 17 JUN 1703 in Milford,New Haven Co., Connecticut Death: 2 MAY 1794 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
m.Rebeckah (Rebecca) Roberts b: ABT 1708 in Ridgefield
last child b. 1746 M. 2 ElizabethMarried: BEF 1789 a child with Elizabeth?
ID: I578724438 Name: Wright NORTHROP (s/0 Jeremiah & Hannah Benedict) Birth: 1730 Brookfield 12 Death: Wft Est 1749-182112
m. 1755 Anna Benedict b: 22 Feb 1730 in Ridgefield d. 1806 Brookfield (d/o Matthew Benedict & Ruth Keeler) Andrew Northrop b: 1758 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Waite Northrop b: 12 May 1765 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut John Northrop b: 14 Jan 1772 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut maybe kids after 1772?
A the Torrington, Hitchcocksville, Winchester, Plymouth area is a nexus of family names - references to Ives, Alvords, Northrops, Fenns and some others. . The region, with it's favorable water power, was a cradle of innovation and industry from about 1790
to 1850. It included Chair making, Carriage making and Clock-making -- all of which may have family connections.
Chairs Alvord/Alford The famous Hitchcock chairs were manufactured in Riverton/ Hitchcockville. Jesse Ives was a Riverton/Hitchcocksville Tavern Owner and postmaster across from the Hitchcock
chair factory. His connection is more remote - he and Rachel may share a GG grandfather (Joseph).
An interesting Ives connection -- Jesse Ives wrote the obituary for one of the Barkhamsed lighthouse
tribe. Amos second or third wife was from this tribe. Barkhamsted tribe -- one of Chaugum girls marries John Elwell (b. 1815) may have been Amos
neighbor???
Carriages Alvord Sarah's brother Nelson ends up manufacturing carriages in Torrington -- apparently quite a successful business.
Clocks Ives Have yet to find connection for clockmaker Ives to Rachel.
Birth: 1756 Christening: 1756 Branford, CT Death: 24 FEB 1840 in Cass co., MI
Note: In 1827 she signed a document transferring all of her assets to her son, Amos Frisbie Northrop, in exchange for him agreeing to support her the rest of her life. In 1838 she moved with him from Middleton, VT to Cass county, MI.
Text: The evidence that Asahel Dutton and Sarah Frisbie were the parents of Asahel E. Dutton is circumstantial, but highly pursuasive:
1.Asahel and Sarah's birth dates and marriage date are appropriate for them being the parents of the younger Asahel.
2. The fact that both men had the same name is an obvious clue.
3. The younger Asahel named one of his sons James Frisbie Dutton. James Frisbie was the name of one of Sarah's brothers.
4. James Frisbie shared a claim to land in Bradford county, Pennsylvania with Solomon Moss, who was the father-in-law of the younger Asahel Dutton.
5. The families of both the suspected parents and Asahel E. Dutton all moved to Poultney, VT. Sarah Frisbie and 4 of her brothers moved to the Poultney area when the younger Asahel was a young child. Further, the sister of the elder Asahel, Lois Dutton, moved to Poultney. The first docuement event involving the younger Asahel was his moving from Poultney in 1800.
Text: Edward Frisbie of Branford and His Descendants, by Nora G. Frisbie. Published 1984 by Gateway Press, Inc.
Text: Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923
CORNWALL write to hist Soc sent 4/8/09 no further information
THE SOUTHPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH p.77
464. Sarah Elizabeth Hughes; letter from Second Congregational Church, Cornwall, Conn., Jan. 5, 1894; married Frederic Elmore Northrop; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., Dec. 23, 1898.
1826 – North Cornwall Second Congregational Church built.
1877 -- in West Cornwall, the chapel, an offshoot of the Second Congregational Church in North Cornwall, built.
Cornwall.
Congregational.
First Church of Christ in Cornwall.1 Ecclesiastical Society organized in 1740 as a town. Society records, 1798-1904, but fragmentary during earlier years. Partial church records, 1755-1803; full records from 1803. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, incomplete, 1755-1800. 1 The church was incorporated in 1904.
Second Congregational Church of Cornwall.
Second Ecclesiastical Society.
Church organized in 1780; Society organized in 1804.
Society records, December 30, 1793-1906.
Records of marriages and deaths in pastor's parish record.1
1 History of Cornwall, by Theodore S. Gold (1904), contains records by several pastors. There is a copy in the State Library.
Coventry. Congregational.
first Congregational Church, South Coventry. Organized 1712; incorporated, 1901.
Church and Society records — Dates not given.
Record of marriages, 1763-1794. Bill of mortality, 1763-1844;
1782 . Other records give deaths of church members and
by Alain C. White - 2006 - Reference
Originally, Bantam Falls and Bradleyville were divided like the rest of the ... It was located opposite the Bantam Burying Ground, and completed in 1797. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0976634279... -
There are fewer than 1,526 people in the U.S. with the first name Northrop. The estimate for this name is not absolute.
There are fewer than 1,526 people in the U.S. with the first name Northrup. The estimate for this name is not absolute.
deed from the Ramapoo Tribe of Indians and their associates to the proprietors, viz. : John Belden, Samuel Keeler, Sen., Matthias Saint John, Benjamin Hickcock, John Beebee, Samuel Saint John, Mathew Seamor, James Brown, Benjamin Wilson, Joseph Birch- ard, John Whitne, Sen., John Bouton, Joseph Keeler, Samuel Smith, Junior, Jonathan Stevens, Daniel Olmstead, Richard Olmstead, John Sturtevant, Samuel Keeler, Junior, Joseph Bouton, Jonathan Rockwell, Edward Waring, Joseph Whitne, Daniel Olmstead, Thomas Hyatt, James Benedick, Joseph Crampton, Ebenezer Sension, Matthias Saint John, all of the Town of Norwalk in ye County of Fairfield in her Majesties Colony of Connecticut, in New England, and Thomas Smith, Thomas Canfield and Samuel Smith of ye Town of Milford in ye County of New Haven a 30th day of September in ye seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady, Anne, Queen of England, and in the Year of our Lord God 1708.
14. Norwalk, settled 1649; incorporated Sept., 1651, "Norwaukee shall bee a townee," Algonkin noyank, point of land, or more probably from the Indian name, "Naramauke."
ejnorthrop damnedcomputer.com #BEAD75
This home on Pequot Avenue,
Southport, Connecticut is a recently restored example of the Northrop Brothers
fine carpentry and building in the Southport-Greeens Farms area.
Image Courtesy of
David Parker Associates
Probably close to Litchfield -New Milford Turnpike Route 202
underground railway in Litchfield County http://www.skyweb.net/~channy/URR.html
This may be Marjorie Northrop Rutili I think the connection may be through the Ives side, but it might be through both sides. Seems to me I remember Dad (Alvin J.) mentioning relatives in Danbury and maybe an Aunt Emma.
ID: I1633
Name: Ernest Weeks NORTHROP
Grocer at B. Hawley & Co.
Residence: Stepney, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Residence: Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Father:Joseph Henry Ives b: 27 AUG 1848 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Mother:Emma Frances Comes b: 16 JUL 1860 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Marriage 1 Bessie Lucinda IVES b: 14 Aug 1885 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Married: ABT 1906Children
(traces back to John Ives and Mary Hall.)
Repository:
Name: Kay Lewis Baker
Provo, Utah 84604
Title: Michael Northrup--E-mail
Publication: <m-northrup@nwu.edu>
Note: Data received 5 Feb 2000.
TIMELINE comprehensive
Goshen settlers
1738
A good many settlers were attracted to Goshen in 1738 (spring) in the expectation that it would bemade the county seat. when a county should be formed; an expectation justified by its entral position in the county, but which in the event was destined to be disappoinyed.
~ 1750
Newtown was known as "An important crossroads throughout its early history" Wickipedia
French and Indian War,
1755-1769
dau in law, Rachel Ives later marries Amos Northrop prob Wallingford/Cheshire
BORN
~ 1775 or 1780
A Judd Northrup
Danbury Burned
1777
Amos Northrop born
Isaac ~ 44
BORN
1778-1780
(Children of Isaac Probably others?.) Note in A Judd Northrop
moving West for Security?
1778
John Jay book mentions that he and hiw wife moved 40 mi. w of kent to fishkill for a short while stating it not as pleasant or conveninent, while more secure and even that is not certain.
Major Garrit
1779?
A Major Garrit who was Majr of a Regiment was killed in the Wyoming Battle. ...The Company as I stated was commanded by a Capt. Mc Characan [sic] & he was killed in the Wyoming Battle.
Town of Washington (New Preston & Judea) incorporated 1799
1799
74. Washington, incorporated and taken from Kent, Litchfield, New Milford and Woodbury, Jan., 1779;
named named in honor of General George Washington,
who traveled through the area several times during wartime Formerly parishes of Judea and New Preston. The lines changed again later and apparent move from Warren to Washington is likely to be a change in town lines It encompasses the following Villages:
Washington Depot, Washington (or Washington Green), New Preston, Marbledale. Formerly parishes of Judea and New Preston.
For many years, Washington was
principally a farming community. Among early local industries were ironworks and quarries as well
as small mills and factories run by waterpower along the Shepaug and Aspetuck Rivers.
Brookfield becomes a town
BROOKFIED
1780
A part of the town was set off from Newtown & others to form part of the town of Brookfield
Newtown French General Rochambeau and his troops encamped here in 1781 on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, which ended the Revolution.
Isaac ~ 47
Amos ~ 3
REVOLUTION
1781
Wickipedia
Litchfield area
1784 -1834
Unlike many Connecticut towns, Litchfield prospered during the Revolution. While Connecticut's coastal and river towns were under constant attack by British forces, and while New York City was occupied by the British, Litchfield became a major "safe town" of the Continental forces. The main roads from Hartford and Southern Connecticut to the Hudson Valley ran through Litchfield and most of the provisions and munitions for the Continental Army beyond the Hudson followed this route. Litchfield became a chief depot for military stores and a safe place to jail Loyalist prisoners.
The fifty years between 1784 and 1834 are known as Litchfield's "Golden Age". During these years, the town was an active, growing urban center. Local merchants made fortunes in the China trade, small industries were developed, and by 1810 the central village contained 125 houses, shops and public buildings. The town had an active artisan community with goldsmiths, carpenters, hatters, carriage makers, joiners, cabinet makers, saddlers, blacksmiths, potters and other craftsmen all located within the central village.
from http://www.litchfieldct.com/twn/history.html
The iron
works
thrived in the mid-1800s, but the ore petered out.Dairy farming was the principal occupation in Kent
from the early 1800s until the 1950s
Warren made a town
May, 1786; taken from Kent
Transportation
~ 1790 -1802
Amos Bronson's second son, Noah Miles, was a man of strong mind and of a public spirit. He built the turnpike road along the banks of the Naugatuck to Salem Bridge in Waterbury, connecting there with the turnpike road to New Haven and with the road to Derby Landing (prob started around 1790) . The building of this road through its length was thought an undertaking of no ordinary kind in those days. It was not completed until 1802. Before this time in passing from Jericho to Waterbury, after the Revolution, one was obliged to ford the stream four or five times and remove from twenty-five to thirty sets of bars.
Warren, Washington, Litchfield
1792
A 1792 map shows Mt tom as the point where Warren, Washington and Litchfield meet making
Woodville section in warren at an earlier date.
GARRET IVES
BORN
March 19, 1794
GARRET IVES, b. March 19, 1794. son of Aner and Rachel -- neighbors and indirect relatives to Rachel and Amos Possible source for Garritt's name?
Elijah Northrop
CENSUS
1800
Washington, CT
CENSUS 11010 12010 00
Amos Northrop matches A Judd info for ages and location mentioned Kent, CT
CENSUS
1800
CENSUS
Amos marries Rachel Ives
MARRIES
?
Amos ' son AlvinNorthrop born (Amos about 25 Rachel about 28 ) later census check ny or ct Chatham NY or ??? (Alvin's 1870 census says born NY)
BORN
4/15/1803
A Judd Northrop
Sarah Wakeman Alvord b: 25 MAY 1809 in Kent
1809
No Amos only Thomas g Northrup in Kent
Kent Ct Census
1810
CENSUS
woodbridge
00001 00001
Woodville, Washington
1811
1811 map puts Woodville area within Washington with a distinct jag upwards
Amos's son Gerrit Northrop born (Alvin about age 9 Amos 34, Rachel 37)Chatham, NY NO HIS CEnsus says CT
Move to Sharon CT from Chatham, NY. None of the children listed are named Amos. NORTHROP, Adeline, dau. of Job and Susan, b. July 8, 1816,
d. June 26, 1817. in Ellsworth Sharon (charon) burying ground.
Amos Northrup
one male under 10, one male 18-26, one male 26-45, one female 26-45, one female 45 and over, 3 engaged in agriculture Alvin about 17, Gerrit about 8 Kent, CT
CENSUS
1820
CENSUS
Alvin Northrop prob with Amos
1823
Kent CT
date of leather purse
Sarah Northrop Ridge Cherokee
1824
Cornwall
Sarah (Sally) m. to John Ridge
Wallace & Northrop(Isaac) now just Wallace
1824
Waite Northrop probate
1825
Brookfield
Amos' son Alvin married Alvin age 23, Amos Kent,
MARRIES
July 2, 1826
x
Northrop Lydia w of Isaac
DIES
Mar 11, 1828
middlebury, CT
d Mar 11, 1828 age 81 yrs from records of Middlebury, CT (Hale Collection
Amos 52, Alvin age 27 Rachel Kent
CENSUS
1830
CENSUS
Julia Burr Northrop d. Alvin b. Nov. 28, 1832, Kent, Conn
Alvin in Kent
1832
Francis, b. June 4,1835, Kent ; d. July 9,1837
Alvin in Kent
1835
William Fenn, b. Nov. 6, 1836, Kent.
Alvin in Kent
1836
Frances Josephine, b. Aug. 20, 1838, Kent
Alvin in Kent
1838
Gerrit's son James Edward Northrop Amos age 62, Alvin age 37 Warren, CT
BORN
Jan. 26, 1839,
A Judd Northrop
Alvin Northrop of Kent
Alvin in Kent
1835
other date in leather purse
Cornwall CT census
1840
1840 census cornwall beardsley, beach jon jennings, smith,
Drake Northrop (son of Enos and Naomi Bishop)
, Albert Northrop, Clark, Theidire Ives, Isaac Marsh (George b. Cornwall 1844)
Amos Age No Census Available online where ??
CENSUS
1840
CENSUS
Alvin as separate household appears to be next to Garry
Warren
1840
George Elmore, b. Feb. 17,1844, Cornwall, Conn
Alvin in Cornwall
1844
Gerrit's son Charles Alvin Northrop, b. ( Amos age , Alvin age 43) BORN July 6,1886 prob shd be 1846
BORN
1846
A Judd Northrop posibly lost at sea
Gerrit's dau, Eliza Ann Northrop (Alvin Age 44, Amos Age 69 ) BORNDec. 7, 1847
BORN
1847
A Judd Northrop later living at milton litchfield, ct
Louisa Azonetta, b. Apr. 12, 1850, Westport
Alvin In Westport
1850
Amos Age 72, Alvin age 47 where?
CENSUS
1850
CENSUS
Amos Northrop aged 69
DIES
5/19/1855 means birth of about 1786??
fm History of Ancient Woodbury deaths in Washington, CT
Amos Dies age 80, Alvin is 55
DIES
5/16/1858
Warren, CT
A Judd Northrop
CENSUS
Garry Northrop? Gerrit?
1860
WASHINGTON,CT
Farm Laborer
CENSUS
Julia Northrop
1860
NEW PRESTON, CT/WASHINGTON
School Teacher
Gerry (Gerrit) Northrop farm laborer $100 personal
47
CENSUS
1860 Woodville, Washington, CT
CENSUS
1810 Jerry Ridgefield 200100211
Betsy Northrop
48
CENSUS
1860 Woodville, Washington, CT
CENSUS
Eliza Ann
13
CENSUS
1860 Woodville, Washington, CT
CENSUS
Sally Millard 1000 RE Gerry motherin law
68
CENSUS
1860 Woodville, Washington, CT
CENSUS
CENSUS
1860 Woodville, Washington, CT
CENSUS
dau in law, Rachel Ives
1790 Census free white males over 16; free white males under 16; women of all ages; "all other free people"; and slaves - 5 columns
Detailed Census Listings
Census Year
Census Location - Amos
Estimate Birth years
Age stated in census
approximate Age
1790
Washington, CT
1776-1780
~10-14
1790
Washington, CT Older Amos Northrop
1790
Washington, CT Older Elijah Northrop
1800
Kent
1774-1786
~22
1810
New Milford or Maybe Vermont? or living with someone else
1775-1784
~32
1820
Kent
1775- 1794
~42
1830
Kent
1780-1790
~52
1840
Warren
1770-1780
~62
1850
Washington
1774 +
stated age 71
~72
1850
Kent pauper -another Amos??
1772
78
1790 JOSEPH LITCHFIELD
AMOS (OLDER) 1790 WASHINGTON, CT
one male 16 or over (born 1774 or earlier -- prob at least 22 ~ born 1768 or earlier), 2 males under 16, 2 females
196 ELIJAH8 NORTHRUP (Elijah*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Joseph2, Joseph1), b. Apr. 11, 1778, Lenox, Mass. Fanner. M. March 8, 1803, Laura Millard, of Pittsfield, Mass. He d. 1844, at Deansville, Oneida Co., N. Y.
i ElizaT, b. July 21, 1803: d. March 5, 1804. ii Lucius Millard, b. Nov. 17, 1805.
iii Lucy Park, b. Nov. 17, 1805; m. Oct. 7, 1827, John Campbell, of Homer, N. Y. ; d., leaving s. John.
443 iv William, b. 1807, Manlius, N. Y.
v Aurelia, b. 1811 : m. Joseph Alexander; d. 1878.
vi Jane, b. 1817 ; m., 1st, James Babcock, and had James and another child; m., 2d, George Babcock, and had 3 children, of whom Mary and Emeline are (1887) living. 443a vii Royal M., b. 1819, Lenox, Mass.
Elijah of Washington, CT (1790 census) is supported as Revolutionary Veteran by
Honor RollOFLitchfield County Revolutionary Soldiers Josephine Ellis Richards, Editor PUBLISHED BY Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Litchfield, Conn. 1912
Town of: Washington
Mary FENN b: 5 OCT 1779 in Plymouth, Connecticut, USA
Marriage of aaron Fenn of Northbury to Mary Bradley March 16th 1770 and
William Oatman of Ripton m. Phebe Elmore May 26, 1756 and
Job Hawley formerly of Stratford m Anna Elmer of Ripton March 2, 1760 from
Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records ..., Volume 7 By Frederic William Bailey
Guthrie, James
Hall, John
Hamlin, Cornelius, perhaps served from Sharon.
Hull, John" Northrop, Elijah
Platt, John
Trowbridge, Elihu
from same book
Representatives from Lenox Elijah Northrop, 1803
Also served Elijah Northrop, 1817
Lenox Soldiers in the Revolution. Job Northrop, Caleb Northrop, Elijah Northrup.
Samuel Northrop removed his family from Salisbury, Conn., to Lenox, in 1770, when his daughter Phebe was but three years of age, coming with an ox team most of the distance, but at times being obliged to travel on horseback by the guidance of marked trees. Samuel located on East street. He died in 1786, aged 42 years. Col. Elijah Northrop, a younger brother of Samuel, accompanied him to Lenox, and erected a house next south of his brother on the place now owned by Thomas Sedgwick, which house was used as a tavern during the Revolutionary war, and is one of the oldest houses in the place. Col. Northrop died in 1832, at the age of eighty-two. During the Revolution, Indians and wild game were plenty, and often troublesome. Mr. Northrop used to relate that on one occasion he and others killed three bears close to his house. At another time he had killed a deer and brought it into the house, when an Indian called and claimed it, as he had followed it all day. It was finally decided to give it to the "child of the forest."
Revolutionary Soldiers Becket, MA
Job and Samuel Northrop Lanesborough
Stephen Northrop, Thomas Northrop Lee and Lenox
Job Northrop Sheffield
Jacob Northrop, JoelNorthrop Stockbridge
Thomas Northrop Tyringham
Amos Northrop
" JOSEPH1 NORTHRUP (Joseph3, Joseph*, Joseph1), b. May 11, 1716, Ridgefield; m. Aug. 9, 1738 (recorded at Ridgefield), Allyn Hayes (dau. of James Hayes, of Norwalk, Conn., who had: (1) Eunice, m. John St. John; (2) Mary, m. Isaac Sherwood, Jr.; (3) Rachel, m. Samuel Gates; (4) Allyn, m. Joseph Northrup). She d. Sept. 12, 1748, aged 66. He d. Sept. 23, 1785. Both buried at Salisbury, Conn.Children b. at Ridgefield "
by Alain C. White - 2006 - Reference ... by the harnessing of the Bantam Falls does the work of great bodies of men. ... 4 From The History of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut 1720-, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0976634279... - by bantam lake litchfield
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Nest, Echo Rock, Panther Den Hollow, Rattlesnake Peak and the Devil's Jump. ..... Commenced going to school to Mr. Northrop. Thomas Johnson ...
www.our-oxford.info/june/riggs-on-oxford-past-net.pdf - Similar -
site with reference to Gideon Northrup
References to link to
Another possibility is an undocumented son of George Northrop. There is a record of George having an earlier marriage to a "Miss Kimberly" before his marriage to Mary Kimberly perhaps a sister or cousin to Mary. She would have died before 1782. Amos' reported DOB is 1778, so this could be possible. "Miss Kimberly" would likely have a date of birth of about 1760 or earlier. (at least age 18 when he was born).
There are several points that would support this option. The name George -- Amos named his son George -- and the fact that he is a shoemaker. Amos' son Alvin worked with leather making shoes harnesses etc. as well as farming. We don't know what Amos did, but he probably farmed and may have been a shoemaker as well.
Birth: 21 MAR 1754 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
Death: 11 AUG 1821 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
Occupation: Shoemaker, Newtown, Connecticut
Residence: Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
ADDR: Newtown, Fairfield Co.
Connecticut
U. S. A. Father:Jonathan Northrup )John ,Jeremiah,Joseph) b: 3 MAR 1714/15 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Mother:Ruth Booth b: ABT. 1717 Marriage 1 Mary Kimberly b: ABT. 1760
Married: 28 OCT 1782 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2 IT IS POSSIBLE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN EARLIER CHILD and EARLIER MARRIAGE
Children
Jonathan Northrop b: 5 AUG 1783 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Anna Northrop b: 16 APR 1785 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Phoebe Northrop b: 28 DEC 1786 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Marriage 2 Anna Booth b: 29 OCT 1768 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Married: 21 MAY 1789 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
Children
Booth Northrop b: 8 JAN 1790 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Elijah Booth Northrop b: 10 FEB 1791 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
** Elijah B. came to Pine Plains, NY in 1815,
carpenter, introduced the system of "the square rule" in framing
Event(s) Birth: 21 Mar 1754
Newton, Fairfield, Conn Death: 11 Aug 1821
Newton, Fairfield, Conn Parents Father: Jonathan NORTHROP (AFN: RMG3-9H) Family Mother: Ruth BOOTH (AFN: XZP8-MH) Marriage(s) Spouse: (Miss) KIMBERLY (AFN: 1Q0Z-B6H) Family Marriage: Abt 1774 Spouse: Mary KIMBERLY (AFN: 1BZ1-CZQ) Family Marriage: 28 Oct 1782
Ann, Anna Abrigail Abiah, ELizabeth, Esther, Hanah, Hannah, Jane, Katharine,Lauranna, Lois, Mabel, Mary, Mary Osborne,Phebe, Prudence, Ruth, Sabra, Sarah, Susanna are names of Kimberlys within a plausible date range.
Name: Mary Kimberly 1 Birth: BEF 31 AUG 1760 Father:Abraham Kimberly b: 6 JAN 1738/39 in Newtown, CT Mother:Tamar Bennett b: ABT 1738 Spouse: (Miss) BOOTH (AFN: 1Q0Z-B7P) Family Marriage: George Northrop 1790 Newtown 12300 amos about 12 if birth is correct
George Northrup 1800 Newtown 41001000201- about 22
George Northrop 1810 Newtown 0130102010
Millard file has mention of both Northrup and Waldo http://www.geocities.com/heartland/garden/7021/genfam/mm6.html
Elihu Alverd (Alvord) is in Litchfield prob same part of town in 1790.
ID: I265 Name:Joseph Northrop12345678 Birth: 20 MAR 1742 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT 91031167 Death: 25 APR 1812 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 211128 Burial: Chapinville Cemetery, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 8 Note:2 PS in CT Military. Note:7 Joseph, son of Joseph & Allen NORTHRUP, b. 20 Mar 1742/ Note:8 Northrup, Mr. Joseph, d. Apr. 25, 1812, in 71th y. Father:Joseph Northrop b: 11 MAY 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Mother:Allyn Hayes b: 5 AUG 1718 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Marriage 1 Mary Jewell b: 23 AUG 1743 in Cornwall, Litchfield Co., CT Married: ABT 1765 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 13
Children
Mary Northrup b: 17 FEB 1765 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT
Joseph Northrop married mary jewel of cornwall ct descendants may have
been in cornwall 1844 for George's birth
78 JOSEPH0 NORTHRUP (Joseph*, Joseph3, Joseph1, Joseph1), b. March 20, 1742, Ridgefield; m. Mary Jewell (b. Aug. 23, 1743, Cornwall, Conn., and d. March 23, 1823, Salisbury, Conn.). D. Apr. 25, 1812.
190 i Joseph«, b. March 25, 1769.
ii Eunice, b. ; m. Cole.
191 iii Abner, b. Nov. 29, 1777, Salisbury, Conn.
192 iv Stephen.
v Abi, b. ; m. Levi Weed.
vi Hannah, b. ; m. Mr. Ferry.
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Sex
Race
Birthplace
State
County
Location
Year
NORTROP
JOSEPH
CT
LITCHFIELD
SALISBURY
1810
ID: I265 Name:Joseph Northrop12345678 Sex: M Birth: 20 MAR 1742 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT 91031167 Death: 25 APR 1812 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 211128 Burial: Chapinville Cemetery, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 8 Note:2 PS in CT Military. Note:7 Joseph, son of Joseph & Allen NORTHRUP, b. 20 Mar 1742/ Note:8 Northrup, Mr. Joseph, d. Apr. 25, 1812, in 71th y. Change Date: 29 NOV 2005 Father:Joseph Northrop b: 11 MAY 1716 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Mother:Allyn Hayes b: 5 AUG 1718 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Marriage 1 Mary Jewell b: 23 AUG 1743 in Cornwall, Litchfield Co., CT Married: ABT 1765 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT 13
Children
Mary Northrup b: 17 FEB 1765 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Abi Northrup b: 13 FEB 1767 Joseph Northrup b: 25 MAR 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Abigail Northrup b: 19 FEB 1771 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Eunice Northrup b: 9 MAR 1773 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Hannah Northrup b: 2 OCT 1775 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Abner Northrup b: 29 NOV 1777 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Stephen Northrup b: 26 SEP 1780 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT Heman Northrup
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July 1835 George Dibble Dies age 80 in Cornwall
ID: I2043 Name:Amos Northrup1 prob some connection to Betts & Northrop in Georgetown, CT Sex: M 2 Birth: 25 JUN 1815 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT 1 Occupation:carpenter1 Note:1 Had 2 children. He settled in Ridgefield, where his children were born. Father:Philip Northrup b: 9 OCT 1785 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Mother:Hepsey Mead b: 23 JAN 1787 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT Marriage 1 Eliza Ann Betts b: 15 MAY 1818 in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., NY Married: 29 NOV 1839 in Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., NY 1
Children
786 CHARLES BETTS" NORTHRUP (Amos1, Philip", Josiah*, Aaron*, Joseph*, Joseph", Joseph1), b. Jan. 10, 1889, Ridgefield, Conn. ; m. Aug. 1, 1865, Vineland, N. J., Lucy Ann, dau. of Alexander and Harriet Humphrey (Gray) Smith, who was b. Oct. 9, 1844, Dover, 0. In Vineland for awhile and removed to Ridgefield, Conn.
i Caroline", b. Apr. 28, 1866, Vineland, N. J.
n Rebecca, b. Oct. 14, 1867, Ridgefield.
787 REV. CHARLES' ADDISON NORTHROP (Rev. C. A. Northrop) (Benjamin Keeler1, Cyrus*, Josiah*, Aaron*, Joseph3, Joseph1, Joseph1), b. March SI, 1850, Ridgefield, Conn. Educated at Williston Seminary, Massachusetts, and graduated at Yale College 18—, and from Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 18—. Pastor of First Congregational Church, Norwichtown, Conn. (1889). M. Nov. 10, 1879, Charlotte E. Huributt, of Georgetown, Fairfield Co., Conn.
i Christina Louisa*, b. March 19, 1881, Litchfield, Mich,
ii Enid Hawley, b. May 6, 1888, Jewett City, Conn,
iii Florence Vivien, b. Nov. 14, 1886, Norwich, Conn,
iv Ruth Katherine, b. July 18,1888, Norwich, Conn.
v Addison Hurlburt, b. Sept. 10,1890.
vi Marion Ethel, b. July 22, 1892.
ISAAC APPEARS IN 1790 census for woodbridge and have people living with him
In 1790 12400 one male 16 and up, 2 males under 16 [~1775-1790], 4 females perhaps 2 sons, 3 daughters?
Richard Baldwin (s/o Theophilus BALDWIN) , Isaac Northrop,Enoch Baldwin m Sarah Pierson (s/o Timothy Baldwin), Charles Baldwin (s/o Sylvanus BALDWIN )
Birth: 28 MAR 1760 in Woodbridge, New Haven Co., CT 6728
Death: 19 FEB 1841 in Woodbridge, New Haven Co., CT 910111213
Note:14 A.J. Northrup asks in his book "Did he have a wife Hannah?" No other researcher has found any wife for him yet. No children either. His obit makes no mention of a wife or children, but does mention he was a pensioner. [1840 head of household William Hargee]
Note:4 Mar 3, 1841, Vol III, No. 27 (131) Died - In Woodbridge, Con., on the 19th ult., Lieut. Isaac Northrop, age 81; a revolutionary pensioner, and late one of the nine surviving officers of the Connecticut Line.
Change Date: 16 JUN 2005
Father:Job Northrup b: 25 APR 1731 in Amity, Woodbridge, New Haven Co., CT Mother:Violet Peck b: 28 MAY 1735 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT
Isaac 1800 Woodbridge 21010 12110
Isaac 1810 none besides Isaac Ridgefield. There is one in VT
ENOCH NORTHROP APPEARS IN 1790 Woodbury census
Other Woodbury Benedict, Beach, Blakesley Booth, Castle, Clark, Canfield, Ives Asa, Aner 1, 2, Osborn, Perry, Smith (incl. Amos Smith), Terrill,
ID: I03791 Name: Samuel Northrup III 12345 Birth: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut 2 = Death: BEF. 1787 Will: 1787 Samuel's estate settled. He spelled his name "Samuel Northrop" in his will. 2 ADDR: Washington Connecticut Father:Samuel Northrup , Jr. b: ABT. JUN 1687 in Milford, Connecticut Mother:Sarah Andrews b: ABT. SEP 1688 Marriage 1 Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut Death: 10 DEC 1814 in Washington Co., Connecticut 2
Married: 10 JUN 1746 in New Milford, Connecticut 2
Children
marriage Washington Samuel Northrop widow Sarah (Frisbie) Dutton of Bethlehem June 2, 1779
Woodbridge (Amity), CT marriage Simeon Andrus (b. 08 Jul 1758, Southington, CT) & Anna Northrop -- April 12, 1780(perhaps in Derby in 1790 Census Oxford in 1800 & 1820 & 1830 age 70-80 b~ 1850-60 Census close to Sanfords) (Perhaps dau of Joel 1732 (<Joel 1690< samuel1651 <joseph) and Abigail Camp)
Abigail Northrop & Lawrence Clinton -- May 20, 1746
Abigail Northrop & Richard Sperry -- Dec. 9, 1755
Abigail Northrop & Eli Stilson of Bethlehem -- Feb. 22, 1786
Abigail Northrop & Joshua Austin of East Haven -- July 25, 1787
Elizabeth Northrop & Amos Thomas of Bethany -- Oct. 7, 1767
Hannah Northrop & Elnathan Chatfield of Derby -- Sept. 12, 1754
Isaac Northrop & Susanna Persons of Derby -- April 20, 1780
Job Northrop & Cloe Baldwin -- May 3, 1779
Joel Northrop & Rhoda Hine -- Dec. 2, 1784
Mary Northrop & Denman Coe of Derby -- Feb. 20, 1781
Ruth Northrop & Samuel Brisco -- Dec. —, 1746
Sarah Northrop & Hezekiah Camp of Salisbury -- Nov. 21, 1752
ELMER? ELMORE CONNECTION TO George Dutton Northrop
When I told Philip Osofsky that I only knew of two Jewish-owned working
farms in Ellsworth: his father’s and the Northrop Farm on Northrup
Road that George D. Northrop sold to Morris Schulman in April 1909, Philip
said there was one more. That was a very small farm at the foot of Northrup
Road, still in Ellsworth, and owned by the Cohen family. 1 He also reported
the existence of a few small Jewish-owned family farms that fattened beef
cattle and calves. A local Jewish-owned slaughter house provided kosher
beef prepared according to ritual law. The soil of the Northwest corner may be thin and rocky Sharon Historical Society
maybe George Dutton?
ID: I14706
Name:George Dutton NORTHROP
Surname: Northrop
Given Name: George Dutton
Birth: 12 Nov 1855 in Brookfield Center, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death: 9 Sep 1928 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
_UID: 78867400384CF546A287DAB90818DFD9C517
Occupation: Teacher, School principal Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut 1
This Amos is son of Isaac Northrup and Hannah Olmsted( b: 8 Jan 1750) (Hannah Born Milton, CT rootweb ID: I05894 ) of South Salem no birth dates for amos separate file Amos born ABT. 10 APR 1783 South Salem, Westchester Co., New York IS IT POSSIBLE AMOS had a second marriage after the birth of Alvin??? There is a 9 year break between Alvin and Gerrit.
12/266; Made 3/21/1823, rec. 3/26/1823; Northrup Osborn (s/o.Gamaliel Osborn 16 AUG 1751 Ridgefield) of North Salem, West Chester Co., NY to Aaron Turner of Phillips Town, Putnam Co., NY; $50 for his interest in the estate of Jonah Osborn (uncle), dec'd being in Ridgefield, Ridgebury Parish; This is the same land sold by Gamaliel Osborn to Northrup Osborn (father to son)
13/370; Made 12/4/1816, rec. 2/1/1817; Martha Osborn of Weston, Fairfield Co., CT to her three daughters viz. Mabel Morgan, Molly Wakeman, + Sarah Northrup; Will of her husband Isaac Osborn, dec'd; Sons Turney and Saml. Osborn. 44/713; Made 7/14/1855, rec. 3/7/1856; Nathan E. Northrop + wife Sarah M. Northrop, William W. Hoag + wife Hannah C. Hoag of Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT, Francis D. Wanzer + wife Lusia S. Wanzer, Miner Davis + wife Mary Ann Davis of New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT to Abraham Osborn of New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT; all interest in land of Hannah Osborn at the time of her decease it being 1/12 part + descended to Sarah M. Northrop, Hannah C. Hoag, Lusia S. Wanzer, Mary Ann Davis, Susan P. Sherman, + Charles H. Osborn as heirs of Hannah Osborn dec'd in right of our father Stephen Osborn, dec'd.
Birth: 18 NOV 1820 in New York City, New York, New York 1
Death: 11 APR 1875 in Southold, Suffolk, New York 1 Father:Stephen R. JENNINGS b: 1788 in Southold, Suffolk, New York Mother:Sophronia CLEVELAND b: 17 FEB 1791 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
142 WAITE5 NORTHROP (Waite4, Jeremiah3, Jeremiah2, Joseph1), b. May 2, 1763, Brookfield, Conn.;one source says a first unknown name wife perhaps a Benedict?
John is a child of that marriage John NORTHRUP (2) b: 1772 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
m2nd?. July 5, 1787, Jerusha (b. July 26, 1770; d. Nov. 6, 1827), dau. of Thaddeus and Sarah Baldwin, [and sister of Sarah, wife of Waite's brother John]. Waite d. Dec. 6, 1824.
313 i ElmerBaldwin.6, b. Aug. 12, 1794 Brookfield Marriage 1 Lucy Hawley 4 Dec 1821 kids Mary Amaryllis Northrup b: 5 SEP 1824 in Brookfield, Fairfield Co., CT Elmer Hawley Northrup (ELMER/ELMORE) b: 24 OCT 1828 in Brookfield, Fairfield Co., CT
d.30 APR 1830 in Brookfield, Fairfield Co., CT 4123Burial: Old South Cemetery, Brookfield, Fairfield Co., CT
ii Sarah, b. March 23, 1800 Brookfield; m. Jan. 20, 1824, Hiram Fairchild; d. Dec. 20, 1830. One child, Clement P.,b. May 20, 1827, and . Nov. 28, 1832.
iii Anna, b. June 27, 1802 Brookfield; m. Apr. 10, 1826, Charles Hawley; d. Neverseov. 13, 1832. Two children: (1) Waite N., (2) Hiram D.
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143 JOHN5 NORTHROP (Waite4, Jeremiah3, Jeremiah2, Joseph1), b. about 1772; m. Sarah Baldwin (b. March 30, 1777; d. June 21, 1865, Skaneateles, N. Y.), sister of Jerusha, wife of John's brother Waite; of Brookfield, Conn. Children all b. there. He d. Sept. 9, 1847, "in his 75th year."
i Lemuel B.6, b. (???), 1799; had dau., Mrs. Carrie Leach, Danbury, Conn.
ii John H., b. (???), 1801; d. about 1826.
iii Flora, b. Apr. 6, 1803; m. (???) Dunning; resided at Orange, N. J.
iv Sarah Ann, b. about 1806; d. about 1813, Brookfield, Conn.
314 v BurrBenedict, b. May 27, 1809.
POSSIBLE BROTHER??
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ELMORE northrop side
1) Jonathan Northrup b: 3 MAR 1714/15 in Milford>Jonathan Northrup b: 3 MAR 1714/15 in Milford>Joseph Northrop b: 1799 in Peacham, Caledonia Co., VT>John Crosby Northrop & Roxana Porter. 4 JUL 1824 in Peacham, Caledonia Co., Vermont > Elmore F. Northrop b: ABT. 1856 in VT
LEWIS -- William Connection, Methodis Episcopal Connection, Norwalk Connection, Lockwood Connection
54 EZRA4 NORTHRUP (Jeremiah3, Jeremiah2, Joseph1), b. 1724 or 5; m. Susanna Botsford, dau. of Henry, of Newtown (b. 1736, d. Sept. 24, 1825, aged 89). He d. May 21, 1770, in the 46th year of his age. Was of Brookfield, Conn.
i Ezra5.
ii Amos, b. (~1761); gave all his property to his brothers and sisters; distribution, 1808. (Probably unmarried.)
iii Lucy; m. Robert B. Ruggles.
iv Hannah; m. Henry5 Peck, Jr. (s. Henry4, Henry3; he m., 1st, Ann Ford; 2d, Mary Northrop, widow of Amos).
v Phoebe, b. July 20, 1768; m. June 25, 1789, Francis Knapp Benedict, s. of Thomas and Mercy (Knapp) Benedict. (He b. July 7, 1766, and d. Oct. 24, 1848, at Canaan, Conn.) She d. Dec. 19, 1746. Had 10 children, including Amelia, b. Dec. 29, 1792?? who m. Francis Knapp, of Norwalk, Conn.
vi Matilda; m. Daniel Osborn.
Morgan Seelye, b. Aug. 12, 1815 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Ezra Northrop.(connected to Giddings)
He was by occupation a carpenter and joiner in Bridgeport, Conn.; d.
They had ch.,
Elizabeth,
1n.; Ezra, is a city missionary in New Haven, and
Carrie.
Ezra G in Sherman
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MISSION MOVEMENT American Home Missionary Society Report 1852 Directors for Life
Northrop, В. K., Ridgefleld, Ct perhaps Benjamin Keeler son of Cyrus (carpenter) and Catherine Keeler (She is of Whitney descent, and is recorded in Whitney Genealogy.) Northrop, C. 8., Bridgeport, Ct perhaps Charles Sherman son of Nicholas Booth Northrop and Caroline Sherman 1840 Manufactured chairs at Bridgeport, Connecticut 2
Alvord, N.B. Fairfield, CT
Ives, Mrs. Lucius Hamden, Ct. Ives, Mrs. Lucy, Mount Carmel. Ct.
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METHODISTS Methodists in Ellsworth originally gathered in the
home of Joshua Millard, a native
of nearby Cornwall.
J. Thomas Scharf, in his monumentalHistory of Westchester County,
New York, L. E.
Preston & Co., Philadelphia, 1886 Reprinted by Picton
Press, 1992. Vol. 2, p. 493, told
of the early days of the Methodist Episcopal
Church,
. . . circuits were the adopted form of
regular pastoral visitations to
preaching-points, some
being termed "six weeks' circuits," some
"four weeks circuits", this being the length of time
required
by the preacher to fill his various preaching appointments on the circuit
and reach
his starting-point again.
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Rev C. A. Northrop pastor from 1878 name changed from methodist protestant to congregational
--- Capt. JOHN5 WOOLSEYRICHARD4, THOMAS3, GEORGE "JORIS"2, GEORGE SR1) was born on 24 May 1731 in Bedford, Westchester, New York. He died on 12 Dec 1815 in Marlborough, Ulster, New York. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Marlboro, Ulster, New York. He is the son of Richard Woolsey and Sarah Fowler. He married CHLORINE "CLOE" PECK January 06, 1757 in NY - Salem, Westchester, daughter of PECK. She was born 1731 in CT - Stamford, Fairfield, and died July 27, 1816 in NY - Marlborough, Ulster.
Dutchess Court 1812 Smith, James H. "The Churches of Pawling" from History
of Dutchess County,
New York. 1882. "The Methodist Society was organized
here a few years after the
beginning of the present century. The first
attempt to build a house of worship was
made in the year 1812. Among the
early ministers were Revs. Wm Thatcher, Nathan
Streathen, Nathan or John
Emory, an Irishman by the name of Moriarity, Billy Hibbard,
Elijah Woolsey,
and Beardsley Northrop.
Baptist Churches
"The Baptist Church (Cross River) was incorporated March 28, 1842, with Lewis
Holmes, Abijah Reynolds, Lewis Mead, Titus Reynolds, and Josiah M.Elmore, trustees."
"In 1830 a Baptist Church was erected in the lower part of Lewisboro, near the present
residence of Aaron O. Wakeman, by Walker Wakeman, Asa Raymond, Amos Northrop and others. Rev. Ebenezer Raymond preached in this house for a number of
years. Other ministers who supplied the pupit there were Elder Flandreau, of New
Rochelle; Elder Goldsmith, of Guilford, Conn.; and Rev. Mr. Card, of Cross River.
Elder Hobby, of Cross River, was the last. In 1870 the church was taken down and the
material removed."
[Source: Scharf's History of Westchester...., Vol. 2, page 559, published 1886.]
Beardsley Northrop
Early in life he became a Methodist minister, but later an Episcopalian. Ordained deacon by Bishop Brownell, May 2, 1821, at New Haven, CT; and to priesthood June 5, 1822. Had parishes at Oxford and Trumbull, Fairfield Co., CT; at one time rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church at Bridgewater, CT; organized Apr. 23, 1810, and lived in many places. In 1798, his parents then living in New Milford, removed to Clinton Co., NY. Died in Utica, Oneida Co., NY where his last parish was.
Reverand Elijah Woolsey (1771-1850) northrop ME.htm
parishofoxford 1822
and many otherlocations in ctandNY
TOWN OF FENNERFrom “The History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York”by James H. Smith (D. Mason & Co. - Syracuse, New York 1880)
Great Hill United Methodist Church History Timeline Great Hill United Methodist Church 225 Great Hill Road Seymour, CT 06483 Curcuit Riders, Lay pastors and Ordained Clergy
northrops, osbornes,smiths coleman
1813-1815 preacher on the pittsfield circuit
Both the era (with the "Great Awakening") and documentation of preaching & church membership suggest religion must have been a subject of much discussion and reflection among the Northrup/Northrop brothers. Congregeations around Connecticut were occupied with who should be allowed in the congregation and whether any of the new branches of thought were acceptable. Meanwhile members were "Falling away" to Quakerism, Methodism and Baptism in all their flavors.
BRADLEY CHATHAM REFERENCE
I checked for any kind of Chatham reference CT or NY with all the family names...
4. John Bradley Jr. m. Sarah Gilbert. 1725,
and had Hannah, born 1726; Lois, 1729;
John, 1731 ; Reuben, 1733 ; Seth, 1735 ; Miriam, 1737; Enos, 1739 ; Lockwood,
1742 ; Ephraim, 1744; Moses, 1746; Abel, 1750.
Of these, Seth Bradley, esquire,
resided in Greenfield, where he died in 1798. Amongst other sons he (Seth) had Hull,
born 1770, and Alton, b. 1778. Hull Bradley, esquire, resided in Greenfield and died
there in 1850. Alton removed to Roxbury, Litchfield Co. Conn, and died 1838.
Eli N. Bradley and other sons & descendants of Alton, reside in Roxbury, others
in Chatham, New-York, William in Brooklyn, & Frederick (now deceased) removed
to New Haven.
only one in old fairfield book with Chatham ny or ct
Married November 10, 1768 Nathaniel Northrop and Esther Gold (Gould) p 196 [sister sarah married
David Turney, Abigail married Richard Nichols, Mary who married Seth Price and Elizabeth
perhaps unmarried.
1767 Nathaniel Nothrop marries Esther Gold (Gould) daughter of Daniel Gold married to Grace daugher of Deacon Stephen Burr lived on where James Lord lived later
November 9, 1768 Solomon Northrop m. Sarah Knapp p 197
No northrop baptisms or deaths, but a few pages missing. Years go up to 1780 and begin again 1809. Early Episcopal records missing, Town records 1767 to 1804 and fragmentary.
22 Rhoda Northrup (William Northrup II3, Mary Peck2, Joseph Peck1) was born 26 APR 1743 in Greenfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN. She married 15 NOV 1764 Gideon Northrop in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, son of Jonathan Northrup (b: 3 Mar 1714/15 in Milton, CT s/o John Northrop and Mary Porter ) and Ruth Booth (Stratford) . He was born 20 MAY 1742 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 21 APR 1818.
Children of Rhoda Northrup and Gideon Northrop are:
no details on any of them in rootsweb
113 i Lemuel Northrop was born ABT. 1765 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN.1820 Peacham, Caledonia Co., VT 010001001010100 next to Jonathan Northrop??
114 ii Johanna Northrop was born ABT. 1767 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN.
115 iii Dolly Northrop was born ABT. 1768 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN.m?
116 iv Martha Northrop was born ABT. 1 MAR 1771 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN. m?
117 v Moses Northrop was born ABT. 1772 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN. m ?
1810 Carmel Dutchess, NY census??
118 vi Nancy Northrop was born ABT. 1773 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN. m ?
119 vii Ruth Northrop was born ABT. 1776 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died UNKNOWN.
Northrops appear to have roots in fairfield as well as Milford and some other place.
ID: I51758
Name: William NORTHRUP (NORTHROP) [son of Wiliam 1666 (eldest son of Joseph "founder" and Mary Norton) and Mary Peck]
Birth: 16 DEC 1694 in Milford, New Haven County, CT 1231
_UID: CE9F6A25DF462844A439F4B8500A95DCE1AB
Note: Removed to Greenfield, Connecticut, where he signed in 1736 as "of Greenfield." ( the "Greenfield" of 1736 extended much further than it does today -- into Easton and Weston even part of Redding and Trumbull and perhaps a bit of Newtown.) ,The Northrop genealogy lists children William and Anna, and says "perhaps others"; it also says he probably died in 1736 or 1737, as his children quit-claimed in 1737. Jacobus gives a much more detailed list of the children, including one born as late as 1743.
Where was he in Fairfield Colony before he left? Why did David Alvord move from Fairfield Colony to Kent?
FRANCIS NAME
His children & grandchildren bear the following names which might indicate other family connections:
323. AMOS13 NORTHRUP (AMOS12, MOSES11, JOSEPH10, MARY9 NORTON,
FRANCIS8, FRANCIS7, WILLIAM6, RICHARD5, JOHN4, JOHN3, SIR JOHN2,
SIR1 DENORVILLE) was born 14 Apr 1765, and died 12 Oct 1835 in Smithfield, Madison,
New York. He married BETSEY STEDMAN 10 Mar 1796, daughter of TRISTAM
STEDMAN. She was born 18 Dec 1773, and died 15 Nov 1852. Child of AMOS
NORTHRUP and BETSEY STEDMAN is: i. RENSSELAER14 NORTHRUP, b. 10 Aug 1804.
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389 ISRAEL6 NORTHRUP (Nathaniel*. Enos\ John*, Wuliam*, Joseph), b. March 20, 1786; m. Dec. 24, 1809, Orra Evarts, at Capt. Nathaniel Evarts', Salisbury, Conn.
i Sarah Ann7, b. Aug. 31, 1811, Boston Corners,
Mass. ; m. Joseph B. Jenkins ; d. July 7, 1878. ii Esther Miranda, b. Nov. 29, 1813, Salisbury; ш. Rev. Richard Wymond, of New York Conference, M. E. Church, iii Louise, b. Oct. 17, 1815 ; m. Walter R. VanFalkenburg, merchant.
iv Israel Hoit, b. Sept. 11, 1818, North East, N. Y. ; m., Ist, Lydia Woodbury, dau. of Judge Wood-bury, of Richfield, N. Y. ; m., 2d, Rhoda A., sister of 1st wife. (Not ascertained whether they had children or not.) Presbyterian minister. Resides (1894) in New York City.
v Phœbe Adaline, b. Oct. 2, 1820, at Austerlitz, Columbia Co., N. Y. ; m. Sylvester Shufelt. Resides Chatham, N. Y.
721 vi Katherine L., b. March 8, 1828, Austerlitz.
vii Melissa I.., b. June 3, 1825, Austerlitz; m., 1st, Charles Norton Park ; m., 2d, Rev. P. W. Howe, minister of M. E. Church. Resides Lincoln, Neb.
viii Mary Moore, b. Jan. 16, 1828, Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y. ; m. Francis Irving Park. Resides Chatham, N. Y.
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493 FRANCIS JEROME7 NORTHROP (Jeremiah", Jonah*, Isaac*, Joseph3, Joseph*, Joseph1), b. March 15, 1834, Brookfield, Conn. Resides New Haven, Conn. M. June 20, 1855, Caroline (b. May 20, 1838), dau. of William and Rozena Osborn, of New Fairfield, Conn.(Alvin's son born 1835)
i Edgar Smith', b. July 21, 1856; m. May 19, 1878, Carrie Turner, at New Haven; d. Feb. 1, 1882.
799 ii Eugene Melville, b. July 13, 1859, Danbury.
iii Ellen Frances, b. July 23, 1863, Danbury; m. Dec. 16, 1878, Joseph N. Perkins, New Haven. Children : (1) Ellen Josephine, b. Nov. 30, 1879, White Hills, Conn. ; (2) Elliott Clark, b. March 27,1883, Woodbridge, Conn. ; (3) Julia Irene, b. July 21, 1885.
NORTHROP AMOS CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1790
NORTHROP JOSEPH CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1800 NORTROP JOSEPH CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1810
NORTHROP JOSEPH JR CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1800 NORTROP JOSEPH JR CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1810 NORTHROP JOSEPH CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1820 NORTROP ABNER CT LITCHFIELD SALISBURY 1810
also Drake Northrop, Enos Northrop, NORTHROP JOSEPH CT LITCHFIELD PLYMOUTH 1800 NORTHRUP JOHN P CT LITCHFIELD LITCHFIELD 1810 NORTHRUP THO G CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1810 NORTHRUP ENOS MA BERKSHIRE TYRINGHAM 1810 NORTHRUP JOHN MA BERKSHIRE TYRINGHAM 1810
NORTRIP ANDREW NY SCHOHARIE BLENHEIM 1800 NORTRIP JOSEPH P NY SCHOHARIE BLENHEIM 1800 NORTRIP WILLIAM NY WASHINGTON CAMBRIDGE 1800
NORTHROP JOSEPH CT FAIRFIELD RIDGEFIELD 1820 NORTHRUP AMOS CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1820
NORTHRUP DAVID A CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP DRAKE CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP DRAKE CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP JOHN P CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP THOS G CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1820
NORTHRUP JOHN P CT LITCHFIELD LITCHFIELD 1810 NORTHRUP THO G CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1810 NORTHRUP ENOS MA BERKSHIRE TYRINGHAM 1810 NORTHRUP JOHN MA BERKSHIRE TYRINGHAM 1810
NORTRIP ANDREW NY SCHOHARIE BLENHEIM 1800 NORTRIP JOSEPH P NY SCHOHARIE BLENHEIM 1800 NORTRIP WILLIAM NY WASHINGTON CAMBRIDGE 1800 NORTHOP JOB NY COLUMBIA CHATHAM 1810
NORTHRUP AMOS CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1820 NORTHRUP CALVIN CT HARTFORD SIMSBURY 1820 NORTHRUP DAVID A CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP DRAKE CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP JOHN P CT LITCHFIELD CORNWALL 1820 NORTHRUP THOS G CT LITCHFIELD KENT 1820
Why they moved where they moved
Milford- perhaps to Ridgefield - perhaps to Plymouth - to Kent -to Warren - to Washington - to Westport
* Some of the later moves may have been changes in town lines, rather than moves.
*In early years power through voting or property was derived through church membership. Church attendance was mandatory even if the church was hours away through wilderness inclement weather and forbidding terrain.
* a community had to seek permission to form a new parish. Sometimes it took decades for permission to be granted. In some cases only winter priveleges were granted. Since taxes were paid to the parish, it is no wonder that substantial opposition to a new parish was rather common.
* It was not uncommon for some settlers to have several separate pieces of property in a colony which later ended up in separate towns. A number of towns stated out with dividing ertain areas for home lots and separate areas for farm lots (Newtown is an example).
*Some colonists ended up with additional property in unsettled areas -- especially property in northwestern (mostly Litchfield County) and Durham CT. These properties may have been granted in lieu of payment for military service or for supplying provisions for defense.
Discourses on Religious Subjects By Job Swift, Lemuel Haynes Amos Northrop Fairfield, subscriber pub 1805 Reverend maybe evangelical congregational??
known as the "Apostle of Vermont" associated with Williams College SHOULD GO ON AMOS PAGE MAY BE OUR AMOS
perhaps Amos Wilkes Northrop? his nephew Augur Curtis was married to Lucy Marsh Swift?
FAIRFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Of this little is known.4 In 1752 the town petitioned the general court that " the school which time out of mind among us has been called the Grammar School" has such small means of support as to induce them to ask for advice and encouragement. The appropriation of excise money raised in the county for the privilege of retailing strong liquors was recommended, but this was not adopted, and it is to be feared the school died.
4 Barnard's Hist, of Ed. in Conn. In 1678, the general court recommended " the court of Fairneld to improve so much of their county revenue as they can spare for the settlement and incouragment of a grammer schoole." (Conn. Rec., in, 8.) See p. 48.
THE ACADEMY.
About the time of the Revolution a second type of school succeeded the old free school. This type was the academy. Whence the name came has been questioned. It has been suggested that the term followed the emigrants from England, having been applied in that country "to seminaries of learning established by the non-Conformists, to dis
1 Kennedy's History of Shrewsbury Royal Free School.
2 American Journal of Education, I, 297-314.
3 Conversation with. Henry Barnard.
tinguish them from the schools and colleges of the Church of England."1 Another theory, first advanced by the Hon. Henry Barnard, is that the name and idea of the academy came from Defoe through Franklin.
In 1697 Defoe issued an Essay on Projects, which contained plans for an academy of English philology, on the plan of the French and Spanish academies, and also plans for a military academy and an academy for women, in which cases the term is used as at present in education. In Defoe's "Augusta Trinmphans" he had a scheme for an academy of music.2
Franklin expresses his indebtedness to Defoe's Essay on Projects, and so it is quite reasonable to presume that from him he derived the term " academy," which he used in the Proposals for the Education of Youth, issued in 1749. This tract contained Proposed Hints for an Academy, intended for the use of those who were interested in the founding of such an institution in Philadelphia.3 From Franklin, the idea easily may have come to Connecticut, as some think the idea of town subscription libraries did. Franklin was familiar with the State, and one of his most cherished correspondents was the Rev. Jared Eliot, M. D., of Killingworth. Of the old academies which came into being, one, that at Lebanon, has already been described. Others soon sprang up in the State, and furnished the highest education which over three-fourths of the young men received. Of these schools, as of the old free schools, the clergymen were the leading spirits, and the sons and daughters of these educated clergymen became, from the training thus received, the most prominent and distinguished of our citizens.
FAMOUS ACADEMIES.
One of the earliest and best of these old-time academies was that of President Dwight, at Greenfield Hill,4 which he conducted from 1783 to 1796. It was one of the earliest coeducational institutions in the country and gave a most thorough training. These academies were different from the high schools which have followed them in that they were designed not only for the children from one town but from all those in the neighborhood. The pupils were picked boys and girls, the elite of twenty or more towns, often coming to the academy at great sacrifice. The trustees were often chosen from different towns, and it was a great event when some celebrated trustee visited the school. As the pupils came really to study, there was but little difficulty in maintaining good discipline.5
The Staples Academy, at North Fairfield(Weston?), was founded in 1781, and succeeded the Fairfield grammar school. Mr. Staples made to it a generousdeviation in land and notes on interest. He named the trustees and appointed them to erect a free school. They were incorporated in May, 1781, as "The Trustees of the Staples Free School," and authorized to hold property yielding an income of not over $1,000.1-1 Later moved to Weston.
1 Contributions to Ecclesiastical History of Connecticut, p. 251. (D. N. Camp.)
"American Journal of Education, xxvi, 427.
'American Journal of Education, xxvn, 441.
4 It was incorporated 1804. (Barnard's History of Education in Connecticut.)
'Conversation with Henry Barnard, Sept., 1889.
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1-1 Trumbull, n, 546. The Fairfield Academy was chartered in 1804.
Caleb Alexander m. Lucina youngest dau of Rev Thomas Stron Yale 1740
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In 1804 the Fairfield Academy was founded. It stands on the south side of the
Old Post Road, next to St. Paul's Church. In 1925 the town placed the building
Thomas Burr Osborne, born July 8, 1798, in Weston, Conn. He was fitted for college at Staples' Academy in that town, and graduated at Yale College in 1817. He studied law under the instruction of Hon. Seth P. Staples, and was admitted to the bar at New Haven in 1820. In the same year he commenced the practice of law in Fairfield, Conn
DWIGHT
After the Revolution Fairfield county became distinguished throughout the country for its men of learning & talent. Among these were the celebrated Rev. Dr. Timothy Dwight of Greenf1eld Hill, whose widespread influence at that time & subsequently gives his name a f1tting & honored place in these reminiscences. He was installed pastor of the Congregational Church in Greenf1eld on the 5. of Nov. 1783. His brilliant talents drew from the neighboring churches the frequent attendance of the lovers of religious eloquence. His home became the resort of learning, talents & refinement. His doors were ever open to welcome the stranger as well as the friend. Soon after he settled at Greenf1eld he established a school which became celebrated throughout the country. From all parts of the United States children were sent to this school. Among the most distinguished of his pupils were Henry Baldwin, afterwards " one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, & Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina, who became Secretary of War during the administration of President Van Buren."* This school educated young ladies as well as gentlemen in a higher degree of culture than was usually given in those days.
Trumbull, n, 546. The Fairfield Academy was chartered in 1804.
» Trumbull, II, 547.
Fairfield Academy, founded in 1821, had at first a prosperous existence then a
difficult one until 1880, when its sessions ceased
The Underground Railroad in Litchfield County(And surrounding areas)
-Quotes from "The Underground Railroad in Connecticut" by Horatio T. Strother, 1962.
Perhaps a relative of Rev Hezekiah Gold m to Elizabeth Wakeman? Gold was Minister in Cornwall for many years
-p. 121-122- " As a conductor, Wakeman (of Norwalk), was bold and tireless, taking his "packages of hardware and dry good" to places as distant as Plymouth and Middletown - trips of forty and fifty miles as the crow flies, farther than that by road....
-p. 122- "The Plymouth operators, to whom Wakeman presumably made his deliveries, included Joel Blakeslee, Ferrand Dunbar, and William Bull. They not only handled passengers from Wilton; they also had to keep watch for unaccompanied fugitives on foot who had lost their way on the western line between New Haven and Farmington. The Plymouth "minute men" had to set these wanderers on the right track, which took them a dozen miles eastward to Farmington."
-p. 123 -Thus it is known that New Milford was a center of Underground work; but whether fugitives came to this town by traveling northward from the vicinity of Wilton, or eastward via a lateral from the Hudson River line in New York, or both, remains unclear."
-"There are several stations here, (New Milford), one of which was the house of Charles Sabin. Another was the home of Augustine Thayer. He and "his good wife devoted their lives to the Abolition cause. They helped many poor slaves on their way, rising from their beds in the night to feed and minister to them and secreting them till they could be taken under cover of darkness to Deacon Geradus Roberts' house on Second Hill and from there to Mr. Daniel Platt's house in Washington."
-p. 123-124 - Frederick W. Gunn of Washington, Connecticut, who founded the private school bearing his name, "The direction or runaways on the road to freedom, however, remained Gunn's private affair.
-p. 124-"Daniel Platt and his wife....accomodating "many a trembling black refugee" on their farm. ...Their son, Orville,...later recalled that "the slaves stayed, as a rule, but a short time, though some remained several weeks until it was learned through the channels of communication among the Abolitionists that their whereabouts was suspected." They were then forwarded to either of two destinations - to Dr. Vaill on the Wolcottville Road or to Uriel Tuttle in Torrington."
-p. 124-125 - "Yet, curiously, Uriel Tuttle was the only Underground stationmaster here of whom a record survives.
-p. 125- "At Winchester, a few miles north of Torrington and close to Winsted, there was a small but active antislavery society. Noble J. Everett was its secretary; Jonathan Coe, a member who lived in nearby Winsted, managed a well-patronized Underground station at his house. Another station many have been the home of Silas H. McAlpine, poet, philanthropist, and abolitionist of Winchester; in the foundation wall of his house was a hidden crypt that was possibly a hiding place for fugitives, but there is no positive evidence that it was so used."
-p 126 - "Beyond this point, there were stations to the north in Colebrook and to the northwest in Norfolk. Who were the Undergroung agents in Colebrook remains unknown, but there were certainly several of them. One may have been J. H. Rodgers, secretary of the ninety-member antislavery society in 1836.
-"It is also reported that there was a network of Underground byways in this vicinity and that residents of Norfolk were responsible for paving many of them."
-p. 126-127- " For the fugitive traveling through northwestern Connecticut, Norfolk was the last stop in the state. From here, he was sent across the Massachusetts border to New Marlboro, thence over to the Housatonic River line through Stockbridge and Pittsfield to Bennington, Vermont."
-from Appendix 2 - "Underground Railroad Agents in Connecticut" (Probable agents are indicated by *) Litchfield County Blakeslee, Joel - Plymouth Bull, William - Plymouth Coe, Jonathan - Winsted Dunbar, Daniel - Plymouth McAlpine, Silas H. * - Winchester Pettibone, Amos - Norfolk Roberts, Geradus - New Milford Sabin, Charles - New Milford Thayer, Augustine - New Milford Tuttle, Uriel - Torrington
-Quotes from "Barkhamsted Heritage-Culture and Industry in a Rural Connecticut Town", edited by Richard G. Wheeler and George Hilton, 1975.
-p. 235 - "Lamont's Christmas Tree Plantation - Located at the site of one of Barkhamsted's earliest houses, which saw use as an inn on the route from the Salisbury iron works toward Granby.....The house, known 50 years ago as the Oscar Tiffany place, was bought in 1952 by Thomas and Marguerite Lamont...Legend has it that the house was also a stop on the Underground Railroad."
Scan of Colebrook River, from an old postcard
(Kind of tickles me, Cotton Mill in town and they were hiding slaves?)
-Quotes from "Colebrook Stories", by Alan DeLarm, 1979.
-"Chamberlain's hotel, The Colebrook River Inn, was at one time used as a station in the underground railroad." -"The Davidson house on the Old Colebrook Road is also said to have been an underground railroad station."
-Quotes from "Howard Peck's New Milford - Memories of a Connecticut Town", edited by James E. Dibble, 1991.
-p. 58-60- "Seventy-five years after the Bostwick place was erected it became one of the stations on the Underground Railroad. It is known that there was a hiding place beneath the floor of the attic. This compartment could hold two persons, and as it was near a chimney could provide warmth during the cold winter season. ..."
-"Another alleged station in this system was a home in the Lanesville section of this town. It is located about four miles south of the village center and has been known as the Wanzer Farm......(they were Quakers)"
-"Fugitives from slavery in the deep South entered New Milford at several places. Some were directed from New York State, directly west of New Milford. It would seem natural that they might have entered through the Town of Sherman, although little has been written or recorded as to that being the case. However, it has been stated that one known station on the system was in Sherman, a short distance north of the center of town in an old colonial residence lying on the westerly side of the present road leading north from the center toward the New York State line or to Gaylordsville. This station was in the Stuart family. The residence is still standing, a landmark and heritage to be preserved. James Stuart was reportedly the agent. It is alleged that there was a small out-building on the premises just north of his dwelling where the escapees would be housed and it would seem likely that some of them would come over the hills to New Milford."
-"Again, near the village, was the home of Augustine A. Thayer, known to his cronies as "Baccus."....from a New York newspaper....a reward of five hundred dollars offered for the apprehension of two runaway slaves. It was expressed by one of the men present that it would not surprise him, "if they would be found at that moment at Baccus' home."
-"Many of the fugitives were aided over the hills to Washington, about five or six miles east of New Milford. One of the most ardent supporters of the movement there was Frederick W. Gunn. ...With Mr. Gunn was Daniel Platt, as devoted an agent on the system as there was anywhere. Mr. Platt and his wife rescued and aided many a poor soul fleeing to Canada."
-"The route continued from Washington north to Litchfield, then on to Torrington, which was the birthplace of John Brown. It is reported that as early as 1837 there was an organization composed of forty members of an antislavery group in that town. Colebrook and Norfolk were the actual jumping off places in Connecticut. From these towns the fugitives crossed the line into Massachusetts, crossed the Housatonic River to Stockbridge, to Pittsfield, into Vermont, to Bennington, Burlington, Rutland, and on into Canada and freedom."
Underground Railroad notes from various sources:
" mentioned that the Christmas shop in the town of Bethlehem was used to hide runaway slaves. If I remember correctly, I was told it was a printing shop and the slaves would spend the night there before moving on to the next station, most likely in Litchfield.
I heard from a friend that a home north of the rotary in Goshen was a station in the 1800's. I quote from the Goshen history, 1897, page 363: "The store built and occupied by Wadhams and Thompson, and later by Moses Wadhams, was purchased by A. Miles and Sons, who also had a store at West Goshen. Moses W. Gray entered their employ as clerk, in 1841. At this time, Mr. MIles and one son lived at West Goshen, and another son at the Center, with whom Mr. Gray boarded. At his death, Mr. Gray managed the store for about three years, when he purchased a one-half interest and continued to manage it for several years under the firm name of Miles and Gray. He then purchased the interest of his partner and conducted the business alone, the sign over the door bearing the name of M. W. Gray. In 1857, he sold his stock of goods, and, removing to Chicago, enaged in the wholesale grocery business......" -I have talked to a previous landowner, and he told me there is a room in the basement that is undetectable, unless you know it is there. Convienent having a freight business with a hidden room for that special cargo.
I also heard that a house in South Kent has "extra rooms" on the fireplace foundation in the basement. I know which house, but nothing more than that.
Another reference I have, and have no idea where it came from, is Blueberry Hill Farm, between Norfolk and Colebrook, on Rock Hall Road. Supposedly there are false panels behind the fireplace, concealing an entrance to another room.
Mentioned in a Register Citizen article, (I didn't get the date), the Cook homestead on Charles Street in Torrington was used as a station. Runaways were hidden in a section of a dining room closet.
Also, a Register Citizen article, dated 12-31-94, by Bryan T. Morytko, mentions the following: Harwinton - Rt. 4, the Chiarmonte and the Hinnan houses, the Hinnan home have a secret place in the attic floor, next to a chimney, large enough for three people. Torrington - Torringford Street (very active antislavery society in this area) - three or four houses on this street, including the Florian home, with a secret basement room Winchester - the Silas H. McAlpine home (already mentioned above)
These are notes about Underground Railroad sites from visitors to my web site. Some are not exactly in northwestern Connecticut, but close enough.
(Every little piece of the puzzle helps!)
From Kevin Purcell, of Fairbanks, Alaska: "I can remember two houses in Northern Westchester that were rumored to be stops on the Underground. One is located on Route 138 east of Goldens Bridge, it is a large colonial just before the Increase Miller Elementary School on the north side of the road. The other is on Route 100 south of Somers, New York. It is a larger stone house that had one of the old stone mile markers out front."
New quote - added August 29, 1999
-from "Mysteries and Histories of Goshen", June 21, 1938, by Mrs. Lora Ives. Handwritten manuscript
-"At my father's place, known as Whist Pond Manor......The Manor house was built in 1772 by Nathaniel Parmelee. It contained a secret chamber by the great stone chimney, to which access was easy from the downstairs closet, under the stairs in the front hall, by moving a board in the ceiling, also by a movable panel in a shallow closet upstairs, and by a loose board in the attic floor. The chimney kept the room warm in winter and it is supposed to have been used to secrete English refugees in Colonial days, also for runaway slaves during and before the Civil War. The place called Bald Ledge where the Sterlings lived for several years at the north end of the street, is said to have a similar room."
Esther GOLD (AFN: 240V-PQ3) Pedigree
Sex: F Family
Event(s)
Birth: Abt 1747
Of, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut
Parents
Father: Daniel GOLD (AFN: 1NXN-67J) Family
Mother: Grace BURR (AFN: 13SJ-KJ5)
Marriage(s)
Spouse: Nathaniel NORTHROP (AFN: 240V-PW4) Family s/o Benjamin and Sarah Platt Lived Newtown
Marriage: Abt 1767
Of, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut
Another Nathaniel lived New Milford Marriage 1 Abby CAMP b: 09 DEC 1789 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Married: 07 JUN 1809 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
Westbury
A book listing the graves in "The Old Burying Ground of Ancient Westbury and Present Watertown" was published by the Sarah Whitman Trumbull Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1938. It has been reprinted by Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, MA 01970. It is their publication number CT0412, and is available on their website at http://www.higginsonbooks.com/
The book shows the wording on each of the 981 stones, and a map indicates where they are located in the cemetery. The cemetery is located at the intersection of Main Street and French Street in Watertown, CT.
As an aid to genealogical research, listed here is the index that is in the book. The number after a name indicates the sequential number of the tombstone.
Use your browser's Edit / Find command to search for a particular name. Be careful about spelling, some names may not be as you expect.
"More than 210 years ago the area that is now Watertown belonged to the local Paugasuck Indians. But in 1684, Thomas Judd and 35 other proprietors bought the land from the Indians and Town history began.
Around 1700, Obadiah Richards settled in the area of Upper Middlebury Road, and John Scott on Nova Scotia Hill Road.By 1710 they both had left for safer places. In 1729 a family named Garnsey settled in the section now called Guernseytown. Built in 1735, the Belden saltbox house on lower Main Street is the oldest house in Watertown.
With 338 inhabitants, the First Ecclesiastical Society of Westbury was formed in 1738, and 42 years later, in 1780, Westbury separated from Waterbury and was named officially Watertown.For 15 years, however, it also included its territory Plymouth and Thomaston. The eastern area was incorporated as Plymouth in 1795. It soon became the crossroads for a number of early highways, and 12 scheduled train trips between Watertown and Waterbury. John Trumbull, poet of the Revolutionary War, who was also a lawyer and judge, was born here in 1750."
from http://www.watertownct.org/content/10339/6913/7102/default.aspx
----------------------The Old Burying Ground, Watertown, CT
JEFFERSON- was formed from Blenheim, Feb. 12, 1803. A part of Summit was taken off in 1819. It is on the S. line of the co., near the S.W. corner. Its surface is a hilly upland, the principal summits being about 1,000 ft. above the valleys and 2,000 ft. above tide. Mine Hill, in the extreme S. part, is estimated to be 3,200 ft. above tide. A high ridge extending N.E. and S.W. through near the center forms the watershed between Delaware and Mohawk Rivers. Utsyanthia Lake is a small sheet of water on the S. line.* The soil is a gravelly and clayey loam. Jefferson, (p.v.,) near the center, contains 2 churches and 25 houses. Morseville, in the N. part, is a p.o. The first settlements were made, in different parts of the town, in 1794.** The first preacher was Rev. Stephen Fenn.
*This lake is 1,800 ft. above tide. It is often mentioned in old documents, and was an angle in the bounds of Albany co. in colonial times. It is the source of the W. branch of the Delaware.
**Amos and Caleb Northrop settled in the E. part; Samuel and Noah Judson, near Utsyanthia Lake; Henry Shelmerdine and James McKenzie, on West Kil; Stephen Marvin, Erastus Judd, and Aaron Jones, near the village. These were mostly from New England. The first marriage was that of Marvin Judd and Lois Gibbs, Aug. 1800; and the first death, that or Elsie Judd, in June 1799. Heman Hickok taught the first school, in 1799. Canfield Coe kept the first inn, in 1794; and Rodman Lewis the first store in 1800. Stephen Judd built the first sawmill, in 1796; and Heman Hickok the first gristmill, in 1799. Eli Jones built the first tannery, in 1810.
Note: In 1827 she signed a document transferring all of her assets to her son, Amos Frisbie Northrop, in exchange for him agreeing to support her the rest of her life. In 1838 she moved with him from Middleton, VT to Cass county, MI.
Text: The evidence that Asahel Dutton and Sarah Frisbie were the parents of Asahel E. Dutton is circumstantial, but highly pursuasive:
1.Asahel and Sarah's birth dates and marriage date are appropriate for them being the parents of the younger Asahel.
2. The fact that both men had the same name is an obvious clue.
3. The younger Asahel named one of his sons James Frisbie Dutton. James Frisbie was the name of one of Sarah's brothers.
4. James Frisbie shared a claim to land in Bradford county, Pennsylvania with Solomon Moss, who was the father-in-law of the younger Asahel Dutton.
5. The families of both the suspected parents and Asahel E. Dutton all moved to Poultney, VT. Sarah Frisbie and 4 of her brothers moved to the Poultney area when the younger Asahel was a young child. Further, the sister of the elder Asahel, Lois Dutton, moved to Poultney. The first docuement event involving the younger Asahel was his moving from Poultney in 1800.
Text: Edward Frisbie of Branford and His Descendants, by Nora G. Frisbie. Published 1984 by Gateway Press, Inc.
Text: Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923
CORNWALL write to hist Soc sent 4/8/09 no further information
THE SOUTHPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH p.77
464. Sarah Elizabeth Hughes; letter from Second Congregational Church, Cornwall, Conn., Jan. 5, 1894; married Frederic Elmore Northrop; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., Dec. 23, 1898.
ID: I578724438 Name: Wright NORTHROP (s/0 Jeremiah & Hannah Benedict) another name for Waite Birth: 1730 Brookfield 12 Death: Wft Est 1749-182112
m. 1755 Anna Benedict b: 22 Feb 1730 in Ridgefield d. 1806 Brookfield (d/o Matthew Benedict & Ruth Keeler) Andrew Northrop b: 1758 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Waite Northrop b: 12 May 1765 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut John Northrop b: 14 Jan 1772 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut maybe kids after 1772?
ID: I4735 Name:Isaac NORTHROP wife NOT hannah olmstead died 1810 Birth: in South Salem, New York Death: Apr 1812
son Amos perhaps a daughter?
ID: I03885 Name: Elihu Northrup 12345 (s/o Benjamin and Sara Platt) Birth: ABT. FEB 1746/47 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2 Death: UNKNOWN Baptism: 16 FEB 1746/47 Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 2
m. Keziah Seeley (b: 1747 in New Milford) 1767 in New Milford
ch b VT Strafford last 1774 possibility of a later child?
ID: I30700 Name:John NORTHROP(s/o William and Mary Peck) Birth: 17 JUN 1703 in Milford,New Haven Co., Connecticut Death: 2 MAY 1794 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut
m.Rebeckah (Rebecca) Roberts b: ABT 1708 in Ridgefield
last child b. 1746 M. 2 ElizabethMarried: BEF 1789 a child with Elizabeth?
ID: I2149 Name: Thomas Northrop ( s/o Thomas Northrup b: 5 DEC 1727 in Ridgefield, Ridgebury - farmer & laborer Mother:Rachel [mother Bouton/Boulton] Morehouse b: 11 FEB 1726/27)
??married Clary/Clarissa Cone in 1783?? Birth: 26 SEP 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Death: 3 JUN 1807 in North Salem, Westchester, New York, Bur.N. Salem Cemetery Event: Misc. See Note Page Note: Graves not marked at cemetery.
m. 1770 .Melicent Keeler b: 11 JUN 1753 in Ridgefield d. 1836 N. salem Rachel Northrup b: 5 MAR 1772 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. pulling Lydia Northrup b: 4 APR 1774 in North Salem, Westchester Co., NY m. Riggs Lewis Northrup b: 17 JAN 1791 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT m. polly smith Betsey Northrup b: 8 JAN 1793 in North Salem, New London Co., CT m. BloomerBig time break ? other children
Connecticut Reports By Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors
Some interesting cases involving Northrops -- mention of a John Northrop and Gad Northrop
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Connecticut
The Town of Washington encompasses the following Villages:
Washington Depot
Washington (or Washington Green) -- the Old Judea
New Preston -- located on the Aspetuck River.
Marbledale (or Marble Dale)
Geology:
Washington sits on Green Hill overlooking the winding Shepaug River. Washington Depot lies along the Shepaug River at the foot of Green Hill.
26 miles of the Shepaug River here are deemed "wild."
History: (information about Washington Depot overrepresented)
1734 – the eastern section of Washington was settled by Joseph Hurlbut. It was known as the Parish of Judea and belonged to Woodbury.
The western section was known as the Parish of New Preston and belonged to New Milford.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belong to Litchfield.
1740 -- the Titus family settled on Lower Church Hill.
1741 -- the western section, part of the New Milford North Purchase, was first settled.
1741 -- Judea Parish gathered.
1746 – Edward Cogswell secured the right to mine iron ore in the New Milford North Purchase. The Iron Works, the first industry in the North Purchase, was established along the Aspetuck River, near the foot of the road leading to New Preston hill.
1746 – land purchased from the Indians for the building of the Averill Homestead (on Baldwin Hill Road about 1.5 miles from New Preston). The Averill family still lives there.
as early as 1748 -- 1.5 miles downstream from Factory Hollow, the South Shepaug Factory Complex (consisting of a sawmill and gristmill and first known as Platt's Mills then Baldwin-Olmstead mills) built.
1753 – the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut granted a petition to establish the New Milford North Purchase section as the Ecclesiastical Society of New Preston.
1758-1794 -- Judah Baldwin ran the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1760 – the Titus Homestead built.
1772 – in Washington Village, the Old Red House built by two brothers Leman and Joel Stone, a Whig and a Tory.
1775-1783 – American Revolution. General George Washington came through the area several times. He even spend a night in New Preston at Cogswell Tavern. Thirty Revolutionary soldiers were buried in the original Judea Cemetery.
1778 – there were 270 families living in the area
1779 – the Town of Washington incorporated. It was taken from Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, and New Milford. The town was named in honor of General George Washington, who traveled through the area several times during wartime.
1780s -- Mallory Brook was named for Caleb Mallory and his family who were murdered at this time. Their hired hand, Davenport, was hanged for the crime.
1781 – Major Cogswell owned a tavern along the "turnpike" at which General Washington dined. Justice of the Peace, Major William Cogswell, son of Edward, was elected the town's first selectman.
1790-1831 -- Moody ran the Moody Fulling Mill for 41 years. He was a leading citizen of Washington.
1794 -- in Romford, St. John's Episcopal Church built.
1801 – on the Green in Washington Village, the Congregational Church built.
1802-1876 -- on New Preston Hill Rd., was the boyhood home of Horace Bushnell, Congregational clergyman. (His birthplace was at Bantam in Litchfield.) He was the pivotal American theologian who freed mainstream Protestant theology from its Puritanism, thus helped to clear the way for religious liberalism.
1815 -- the St. John's Episcopal Church was moved by oxen to a site on Green Hill.
1816 -- the dam at the South Shepaug Factory Complex rebuilt by brothers Levi S. and Ely Platt.
At first Washington was principally a farming community.
Some of the early industries were ironworks and quarries as well as small mills and factories run by waterpower along the Shepaug and Aspetuck Rivers.
1822 – at Marbledale, where there were quarries in an earlier day, the brick St. Andrews Episcopal Church built.
1824 – at the west end of New Preston, the native stone Congregational Church built.
1827 -- birth of the future Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt in Washington.
1832 -- Marvin Dimcock built a cotton-woolen plant, the third mill factory complex along the Shepaug River.
1835 -- Olmstead took over the South Shepaug Factory Complex.
1843 -- the Dimcock complex was sold at a loss.
1844 -- the old Dimcock mill sold and became the Washington Company (until 1851). Other owners included Herman Baldwin, Frank Kilbourn and Charles Dipple.
1844 -- Joseph W. Titus bought an area along the Shepaug River.
1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. He erected a weir dam and directed some of the river water to a sawmill built at the southern end of his channel.
1849 -- Orville Hitchcock Platt admitted to the Bar. (He had attended the Yale University Law School.)
1850 – the Gunnery School, a preparatory school for boys, established by a remarkable teacher, Frederick W. Gunn (1816-1881.)
1854 map -- there were mills on the Shepaug River and the Kirby and Mallory Brooks.
Underground Railroad -- the Underground Railway stopped on Blackville Road at Mrs. Ney's barn.
1861-1865 – the Civil War.
1866 -- Olmstead bought the old Moody Fulling Mill for $6.07 for non-payment of town taxes.
by 1871 -- Henry Woodruff gained control of the land and mill of Joseph W. Titus.
1871 -- Factory Hollow became Washington Depot.
1871 photo -- shows the Match Factory and Henry Woodruff's mill and factory in Factory Hollow.
1872 – the Shepaug Railroad reached Washington.
1873-1877 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed the Match Factory.
1877-1881 -- Henry Woodruff's three-story factory building housed part of his carriage making venture.
1879-1905 -- Orville Hitchcock Platt became a U.S. Senator.
1879 -- birth of the future Major General Benjamin D. Foulois (1879-1967). He would serve in the Spanish-American War.
shortly before 1880 -- shortly before Olmstead's death, the South Shepaug Factory Complex was foreclosed.
1881 -- death of Frederick W. Gunn.
1881-1908 -- Henry Woodruff's factory building housed Kingman Mills.
1881 -- Carl Bader (1853-1924) entered the U.S. from Alsace-Lorraine.
1882 -- Carl Bader arrived in Washington Depot. He would eventually establish a meat market and run it for 40 year. The store was known variously as Carl Bader, Bader & Sons and Bader's Market.
c. 1887 photo -- the marshalling yard and the Washington Market building.
1888 -- notorious Blizzard of 1888.
late 1880s -- the mills of the South Shepaug Factory Complex run by various owners until ice jams and flooding destroyed the dam.
1893-1918 -- the home farm for Holiday House was in existence. Holiday House was a summer vacation home for the Working Girls' Club. The club was associated with Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York City.
Edward Hook Van Ingen, a man grown wealthy from the woolen imports business, had architect Ehrick K. Rossiter design a house in memory of their oldest daughter Jeannine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of 16. The house was on a promontory overlooking the Shepaug River valley.
c. 1900 photo -- the mill in Factory Hollow.
c. 1900 photo -- Ezra Hull's blacksmith shop.
1902 – about 3/4 mile northeast of Washington Village, Wykeham Rise, a preparatory school for girls, established.
1908 – the Gunn Memorial Library, named for abolitionist and Gunnery School founder Frederick William and his wife, Abigail Brinsmade Gunn, dedicated.
1909 -- Lt. Foulois accompanied the Wright brothers on their flight tests for the U.S. Army. He would become the first living person to be enshrined in the Air Force Museum.
1910 photo -- looking down river from the Green Hill bridge.
1912 -- St. John's Episcopal Church (of wood) burned; Ehrick Rossiter designed the present church (of stone).
1919 -- architect Ehrick Rossiter and family moved to Edgewood. He brought his New York caretaker, Ed Coll, up to Washington to look after his first and second house. Ed Coll's sister Anne married an artist named deValera and had a child named Emon. When deValera died, Ed Coll send his sister and nephew back to Ireland to grow up with close relatives. Emon deValera grew up to be a prime mover of Irish independence and later prime minister of Ireland.
1925 – Ehrick Rossiter gave the town its first preserve, the Steep Rock Reservation.
1928 -- Borden's Cremery closed.
1929 – Pavilion Hall erected in New Preston as a cultural club.
1930s -- in Washington Depot, Borden's Creamery torn down to build Bryan Memorial Town Hall. It was named for hometown boy Gregory Seeley Bryan, owner of the Weed Chain Company in Bridgeport and donator of the money for the new town hall. The old town hall was taken down and the area became the town park. The World War I memorial placed here.
1930s -- Bob's Diner sold out to bouncer Jack Williams who built Jack's Grill.
1930 -- passenger trains stopped running to the aea.
1930 -- the Romford School for children established in Washington Depot. It is now Rumsey Hall.
1932 -- the new town hall finished.
1936 -- the Bader Brothers sold the old Titus/Woodruff mill to Thomas Rosford who ran it until 1952.
1941-1945 -- World War II.
1941 -- Americans set up the Emergency Rescue Committee to help artists escape from the Nazis to the USA. The committee arranged for French artist André Masson (whose wife Rose was Jewish) to travel to the Caribbean island of Martinique, and from there to enter the United States. The Masson family settled in New Preston, Connecticut. After the war he returned to France.
after World War II -- in Washington Depot, Jack's Grill, the working man's bar, became the Shepaug Club.
1947 -- the old Dimcock mill ended as Dipple's cider mill.
1947 -- Irish hero Emon deValera came to Washington to see his American relatives.
1948 – the Shepaug Railroad‘s freight line closed.
1952 -- the old Titus/Woodruff/Bader/Rosford mill turned into an egg candling factory.
1955 – a flood destroyed many homes and businesses in Washington Depot.
closed 1964 -- Robert Woodruff, a descendent of Henry Woodruff, was the last man to run a mill on the Aspetuck River. He ran a machine shop out of the old Beeman mill in New Preston. (He was also the last man to run a mill on the Shepaug River.) After leaving the mill, Robert was struck with MS and was never able to stand again.
1967 -- death of Major General Fulois.
1990s -- the Shepaug Club closed down as a bar and restaurant.
1999 -- the designer Bill Blass sold his company for $50 million and retired to his home in New Preston.
Today – the population exceeds 4,000.
Sources:
William C. Bader (with Pamela M. Redmer). 1998. An American Village: The Light at the North End of the Tunnel. Washington Depot, CT: Design to Printing.
Nettleton Hollow, Romford and Smoky Hollow belong to Litchfield. ... 1846 -- Titus leased from John Northrup Gunn the right to a stretch of Shepaug River. .... The Town of Washington, Connecticut: About Washington. ...
www.nynjctbotany.org/lgtofc/washingtonconnhist.html - Cached - Similar
Francis Bradley (Bradley connection)
Francis' great granddaughter m. Marriage 1 Abraham Northrup b: 25 NOV 1770 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT Married: 24 APR 1798 in Vermont Children
David Northrup b: 26 JAN 1799 in Fairfield, Franklin Co., VT
Father:Amos Northrup b: 1765 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT Mother:Zerviah (Zorah) Hungerford b: 13 JUN 1763 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT c: JUL 1763 in New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT
below from Bradley family genealogy http://www.retrowildcat.com/bradley.html
The beautiful country of Fairfield county so impressed Francis that he immediately began making plans to settle there. Although he went to Branford in 1657 and remained there for a time, he made his settlement in Fairfield county in 1660. He married Ruth Barlow, daughter of John Barlow. He purchased the house and homestead lot of 2 1/2 acres from William Hayden of Greenfield Hills in March, 1666. ... Francis secured large tracts of land in these different allotments, and his land extended from Green Field hill north of the Aspetuch River and to the north of Saugatuck. These parcels were known as the "Bradley Lands". Francis lived for a long time on what was called the "Long Lot" and other parcels of land assigned to him.
1771
the names of those who had accounts at the store of
Daniel Merritt, on Quaker Hill, (In New York across from the Kent furnaces) as the names appear in his
Ledger: A number of Northrops and related families appear on the list. Of course, at this date, they are a generation or more older than myAmos.
In 1790 Captain Charles Pond, a seafaring man, who had commanded the " New Defense" in 1779 as a privateer, and others engaged in trade, shipbuilding and merchandising, as Charles Pond & Co. In 1793 they built the wharf on Gulf Neck, where is now the Merwin oyster industry. In 1811 Adam Pond, a son of Captain Charles Pond, and others formed the firm of Pond, Fowler & Co., and continued in trade until 1823. He was a successful foreign trader, and was well known among the shippers of New York. Pond, Baldwin & Co. were also in trade until 1814, when the firm was dissolved. Later came Miles, Strong & Miles, who were largely engaged in the shipping trade until the failure of the firm in 1821, since which time there has been but little foreign trade with Milford.
Ships were built at Milford as early as 1690, by Bethuel Langstaff, who that year built a 150-ton brig for Alexander Bryan. In 1695 he built another vessel for Boston parties.
The " Sea Flower," built for Richard Bryan, was launched in 1717, and from that time, for a little more than one hundred years ship- building was one of the leading industries of the town. Nearly every
* Lambert.
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trader built his own vessels, and several yards were maintained at the village. A few small vessels were also built at Wheeler's Farm, on the Housatonic.
About 1760 Eli Gunn came to Milford and had a ship yard near his residence. In later times the principal ship yard was on the east side of the harbor, below Fowler's mill. Another yard was on the west side, between Dock lane and Wharf street.
Among the master builders were Isaac Jones, called " Boss " Jones, and "Boss" John Rhodes. As ship carpenters there were, among others, John Hepburn, William Tibbals, Newton Northrup, Nathan Bristol, John Bump, Samuel Greene, John Bassett, John Rood, Caleb Northrup, Isaac Bristol, Samuel B. Gunn and Asa Gunn. Other ship builders were William Durand, David and William Atwater, Abraham Tomlinson and Farrand Clark.
Captain Noah Kelsey, who had a shop near the Episcopal church, made many of the vessel irons used. Two of the last vessels of any size launched were the " Isabella," in 1818, and the " Marcellus," in 1820. This was built for Captain David P. Halsey, but was sold to Captain Nathan Gillett. The builders were W. H. Fowler and D. L. Baldwin.
The venerable John W. Fowler says that in the period of Milford's greatest commercial activity, for about thirty years, ending in 1820, the following vessels were owned in Milford and sailed from that port:
Ships: " Hesperus," by Pond, Baldwin & Co.; " Garune," by Miles, Strong & Miles; " Chase," "Vaucher," " Hamlet," by Stephen A. and Isaac Treat. Brigs: " Charles," " Susan," " Martha," " Pond," by Pond, Baldwin & Co.; " Calena," " Behurin,"by Tomlinson & Clark; " Wepo- wage," " Milford," by Miles, Strong & Miles; " Friendship," " Thomas," by S. A. & I. Treat; " Patriot," by William Durand.
The schooners built or sailing from Milford in the interests of the above were more than a dozen in number, and there was about the same number of sloops.
A number of seafaring men dwelt at Milford, and it has been esti- mated that the casualties of such a life caused more than one hundred persons to find their last resting places in the waters of the mighty deep. It should be noted in this connection that an unusual propor- tion of Milford's seamen became the commanders of their vessels, which commends the bravery and the intelligence of this class of citi- zens. Indeed, some of the best people of the town followed the sea, and "at one time nearly every house contained a retired sea captain or the memory of one." Among those who rose to the rank of captain were: Benedict Bull, James Bull, Freeman Bassett, Mix Bradley, Philip Bull, Nehemiah Bristol, Edward Brown, William Coggeshall, Farrand Clark, Freegift Coggeshall, Charles Coggeshall, William Coggeshall,
230 HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
Tr., George Coggeshall,* Isaac Dickinson, Samuel Dickinson, William Davidson, Howe Davidson, Samuel Davis, David Foster, Joseph Green, William Glenney, James Hitchcock, Richard Hepburn, David Hepburn, John Hepburn, William Larrabee. Daniel Miles, Isaac Miles, Daniel Mallory, Benajah Mallory, Robert Meadows, William Nott, Charles Pond, Charles H. Pond, Adam Pond, Peter Pond, Samuel Peck, Dan Peck, Joel Plumb, James Riley, Josiah Rogers, Stephen Stow, Anthony Stow, Samuel Stow, Samuel Stow, 2d, Phineas Stow, William Sanford, Frederick Stow, Elisha H. Stow, Henry Turner, Isaac Treat, William Tomlinson, Samuel Tibbals, David Treat, Stephen Trowbridge.
In the ordinary lines of merchandising, Abraham Tomlinson & Co. were in trade at the beginning of the century, and in 1802 David L. Baldwin was one of their clerks. He became one of Milford's merchants, and was in trade until 1854. Contemporary with him latterly were Mark Tibbals, John W. Merwin and A. Clark. Nathan Fenn, a later merchant, was killed by burglars who entered his store. P. S. Bristol and the Cornwalls were merchants of a later period, the latter continuing and having as contemporaries the Fords, Platts, Shepherds and Buckinghams.
THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY.
Description and Natural Features. — Settlement and Settlers. — Civil Organization. —
Town Officers. — Roads and Bridges. — General Interests. — Middlebury Village.—
Physicians. — Quassepaug Lake. — Schools. — Religious Interests. — Cemetery. — Biographical Sketches.
ORGANIZED as a parish in 1791 and incorporated a town in 1807, Middlebury received its name from the fact that it occupies a middle position between Waterbury and Southbury, from which it was mainly formed. On the north is Watertown, and northwest Woodbury, in Litchfield county; south and southeast are Oxford and Naugatuck. The town is small, being less than five miles square, with greater length north and south. The surface is elevated and broken by high hills, the chief ones being Mount Fair, on the east, Sandy Hill, on the south, and Breakneck in the northwestern part. The latter, tradition says, received its name in the times of the revo- lution, when General Lafayette, with his command, passed over it on his way from the east to the Hudson river country. In descending the steep hill, one of the oxen used in transporting goods, fell and broke his neck — hence the name. It is a fact, however, that the name Breakneck was applied to that locality many years before the revolution,* and was, no doubt, suggested by its perpendicular appearance, as viewed from some directions. Many huge rocks are scattered over the surface of the town, or appear in ledges. Most of them are granite. There are fine lands in some localities, which have been well improved. In other parts the soil is not susceptible of successful tillage, being rough and sterile, but has been used for grazing purposes.
Nearly the entire drainage is into the Naugatuck and the Housa- tonic. Into the latter stream flows the Eight Mile brook, being the boundary line on the west and the outlet of Quassepaug lake or pond. This is a beautiful sheet of water, with pleasant surroundings which have caused it to become a place of resort. Southeast is Kissawaug or Long Meadow pond, whose outlet, flowing into the Naugatuck, is Towantic brook. Hop brook, flowing into the same stream several miles farther north, drains the northeastern part of the town, having *See Cothren's " History of Woodbury."
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as affluents a number of small brooks. Numerous springs abound in
the town.
Nearly all the present territory of Middlebury was included in the Mattatuck purchase and the early history is closely connected with that of Woodbury and Waterbury. Settlements were not made as early as in the localities along the Naugatuck and the Pomperaug and by far the greatest influx was after the revolution. Among those who claim pioneer distinction were the Bronsons, in the Breakneck section, where, in 1707, was born in the family of Isaac Bronson, the first white child. This also received the name of Isaac, who became a well-known citizen of that part of the town and was the great-grand- father of Julius Bronson, born in the same locality in 1807, and who was, in 1890, one of the few surviving old men in the town. The Bronsons were numerous and influential; but few have remained in Middlebury. Here the Abbott family settled later and descendants occupy some of the old places improved many years ago. The Tyler family lived west of the Bronsons, in what is to this day called the Tylertown district. Here was born the Reverend Bennett Tyler, D. D., who became famous as one of the old school theologians, and was president of Dartmouth College.
Ebenezer Smith was nearer the outlet of the Quassepaug, locating there about 1720. He had sons named Ebenezer, Samuel and Daniel, the former serving in the revolution. For many years they were lead- ing men in that part of the town, in which some of the Tuttles also settled in 1740, and became active in affairs of the community.
In the southern part of the town David Wooster settled about the same time. He opened a good farm and made fine improvements. The Wooster house, built before the revolution, still remains in a good state of preservation. Historic interest attaches to it on account of the fact that Chauncey Judd was there confined several days after the robbery of Captain Dayton, of Bethany,* in the revolution. The prop- erty still belongs to the Wooster family.
In 1800, or soon after, there lived in Middlebury, James Tyler, Ash- bel Munson, Abner Munson, Thaddeus Bronson, Elisha Blackman, James Porter, Jonathan Sanford, Titus Bronson, Thomas B. Wooster, Philo Bronson, Gad Bristol, Anson Tuttle, Ephraim Tuttle, Jairus Bronson, Roswell Tyler, Jacob Hall, Beers Radford, Job Wheeler, Daniel Abbott, Eli Thompson, Ebenezer Smith, Jr., Daniel Tyler, Jr., Aaron Benedict, Ebenezer Richardson, David Hine, Adonijah Scott, Samuel Benham. Jr., Daniel Wooster, Thomas Mallory, Ezekiel Stone, John Stone, Phineas Benham, Eli Hine, David Wooster, Japhet Ben- ham, Amos Benham, Enos Bradley, David Porter, Alexander Hine, Nathaniel Richardson, Simon Manville, Asahel Bronson, Augustus Peck, Roswell Bronson, John Bradley, Truman Stoddard, Horace Bronson, Daniel Tyler, Samuel Porter, Hezekiah Clark, Josiah Porter, *See account of Bethany.
HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY. 759
John Manville, Enos Gunn, David Mallory, Gamaliel Fenn, Edward Smith, Jr., Samuel Merrill, Jesse Roberts, Jonas Bronson, Marcus Bron- son, Caleb Munson, Lambert Munson, Seth Bronson, Benjamin Hine, Larmon Townsend, Asa Wheeler, David Abbott, Jacob Scott, Samuel Fenn, John Northrup, Uri Manville, Isaac Bronson, David Mallory, Gideon Piatt, Thomas Riggs, Amos Camp, John Gunn, Asa Fenn, David Hungerford, Mark Mead, William Bassett, A. M. Northrup, Stephen Stone, Agur Bassett, Andrew Clark, Hezekiah Peck, Anson Piatt, Philo Scott, Miles Newton, Henry Tyler, Alvin Tuttle, Mark Stone, Joseph Munson, Laban Hine, Nathan Clark, Caleb Nettleton, Calvin Camp, Leonard Bronson, Manville Scott, William H. Smith, Erastus Tyler, Abraham Osborne, Azubah Munson, Larmon G. Town- send, Charles Townsend, Anson Piatt, Henry Townsend, Horace Manville, Ira Mallory, Garry Scott, Stephen S. Hawley, Chester Riggs, Al- vin Hine, Garry Wooster, Elihu Baldwin and James Williams.
In the last 50 years the character of 'the population has been changed, many of the old families becoming extinct and a new ele- ment coming in. The inhabitants are also less in number than 50 years ago, being less than 700.
Middlebury was incorporated as a town by an act of the October, 1807, general assembly, on the petition of Ebenezer Smith and others of the Society of Middlebury, in the towns of Waterbury, Woodbury and Southbury. The petition was filed April 24th, 1807, and the prayer was that the bounds of the town should be the same as those of the parish of Middlebury. The towns of Woodbury and Southbury con- sented to the incorporation without protest, but Waterbury objected, as the arrangement would deprive it of some of its best citizens. The question of the relative support of the poor and the maintenance of the bridges on division lines was left for decision to a commission com- posed of Andrew Hull and Rufus Hitchcock, of Cheshire: Josiah Dud- ley, of Derby, and Mark Harrison, of Wolcott. This committee was to meet at Beecher's inn, at Naugatuck, in December, 1807.
The Ecclesiastical Society of Middlebury was created by the general assembly December 29th, 1790, and the new parish was made to embrace parts of Woodbury, Waterbury and Southbury. The meet- ing for organization was held January 27th, 1791, and arrangements were soon made for preaching services. Provision was also made for building a meeting house. A frame structure, 38 by 54 feet, was put up in 1793, and was used early the following year. It was last occupied May 5th, 1839, when it was taken down and the erection of the present edifice begun. This was dedicated April 29th, 1840, and cost, as then arranged, $3,438.41. It was at that time regarded as a fine place of worship, but subsequent improvements have modernized it and made it more attractive. A parsonage on an adjoining lot affords a comfortable home.
The members of the society were not constituted a church until February 10th, 1796, when the following 12 persons entered into cov- enant relations: Josiah Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Thomas Richardson, Nathan Osborn, Samuel Chatfield, Seth Bronson, James Tyler, Titus Bronson, Elijah Bronson, Josiah Bronson, Jr., Eunice Richardson, Elizabeth Osborn.
At this time Josiah Bronson was chosen as the clerk of the church. On the following March 22d, 24 more persons were added to the membership of the church, the males being Daniel Tyler, John Stone and John Thompson. Among the females were the wives of Isaac Bronson, Josiah Bronson, James Tyler, James Manville, Samuel Chat- field, Seth Bronson, Elijah Bronson, Eli Bronson, Nathaniel Richard- son, Thomas Barnes, Asa Lyman, Daniel Tyler, Eli Thompson, Amos
764 HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
Curtis, John Thomson, Josiah Bronson, Jr., Ezekiel Tuttle, Reuben Webb, Roswell Bronson. The deacons appointed this year were Na- than Osborn and Seth Bronson.
In 1799 15 persons were enrolled as members, and in 1800, 37 joined. For the next dozen years, but a few joined each year, but in 1814, 26 joined, and in 1817, 28. A like number were added in 1822. In the three years following 1830, about 100 persons entered into fellowship. In 1842 there was another period of revival, some 25 persons joining ; about the same number were added in 1855, and nearly double that number joined in 1868. In 1889 the church had 91 members, of whom 30 were reported as living outside of the bounds of the parish.
The church had no regular minister until the Reverend Ira Hart was ordained and installed November 6th, 179S. He was dismissed April 5th, 1809, and was succeeded by the Reverend Mark Mead, or- dained and installed November 4th, 1809, and dismissed March 30th, 1830; Jason Atwater, installed October 20th, 1830, and dismissed October 15th, 1845; George P. Prudden, as stated supply, from Decem- ber, 1845, to March 30th, 1851; Joel R. Arnold, as stated supply, from December 1st, 1851, to March, 1854; R. J. Cone, as stated supply, from June 3d, 1854, to December 16th, 1855; Jonathan S. Judd, installed June 25th, 1856, and died during his pastorate, May 11th, 1864; Clin- ton Clark, as stated supply, commencing June 1st, 1865. He was sud- denly taken ill September 23d, 1871, and died on the highway between the farms of Eli and Jerad Bronson.
Reverend David Breed began preaching in May,1872, and was install- ed October 17th, the same year. He resigned October 30th, 1876, and was the last regular pastor. The ministers since that time have been stated supplies, as follows: H. G. Marshall, from June 1st, 1877, to June 7th, 1885; William J. Murphy, from October 4th, 18S5, to November 6th, 1887; Myron A. Munson, from May 28th, 1888, to November 25th, same year; William F. Avery, since December 17th, 1888.
Those elected to the office of deacon were, in 1796, Nathan Osborn and Seth Bronson, the latter serving until his death in 1828; John Stone, 1799-1834; Ebenezer Richardson, 1818-26; Sherman Curtis, 1825-48; Leonard Bronson, 1833-50; Daniel Clark, 1833-6; Giles A. Gaylord, 1836-42; Robert H. Bronson, 1845-52; Joseph P. Piatt, 1852- 63; Marcus Bronson, 1853-6; Gillman E. Hill, 1856-79;* Gould S. Clark, 1864 to present time; Lewis B. Tucker, 1872-6; J. C. Scovill, 1877-87;* David M. Fenn, 1888 to present time; Frederick G. Scott, 1888 to pres- ent time.
Doctor M. De Forest is clerk of the parish and treasurer of the several funds created for the maintenance of the church work. The oldest of these, the "Ministerial Fund," was begun March 17th, 1790, and was raised to £1,086, or about $3,621. The contributions varied
*Died in office.
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from £1 to ^105, the latter being given by Benjamin Munson. Josiah Bronson was the treasurer of this so-called "Bank for the support of the Gospel in Middlebury." In 1890 this fund amounted to $3,725. A second or new fund was raised by "The Middlebury Fund Company," organized January 13th, 1814, and originally amounted to $1,136. Philo Bronson was clerk of this fund and was succeeded by Ebenezer Smith, Robert Camp and Doctor De Forest, in the order named.
The Sabbath school connected with the church has 75 members en- rolled, and D. M. Fenn is the superintendent.
It is said that Jesse Lee visited the town as early as 1790* and preached the doctrines of Methodism; that eight years later Peter Van Ness came, and was followed, in 1800, by James Coleman; by Ebenezer Woodburn, in 1803; Phineas Pierce, in 1808; Gad Smith, in 1812; and Billy Hibbard, in 1815. They held meetings at the houses of Daniel and David Abbott; in a barn and cider mill, near Tylertown; at the Breakneck school house, and more latterly at the academy at the Cen- ter. As a result a number of persons were converted and the present Methodist church thus early had its beginning. Among the early members were: at the first period named, Daniel Abbott; in 1806, Thomas B. Wooster, Jacob Hall, Ephraim Tuttle, Joseph Mun- son, Lucinda Wooster Munson; in 1810, James Wooster and Nancy his wife, the former a very pious man and the latter also abounding in good works which were richly attested in her legacy of $1,500. In 1812 or 1813, David Abbott and Sarah Tyler, his wife, became Meth- odists, the latter leaving the Congregational church, much against the will of her parents and friends. For many years this worthy couple were leading Methodists, and their son, Ira, was a minister from 1839 until 1875. Another son, Alvin, also preached a short time. Four grandsons followed in the same steps, viz.: Larmon W. Abbott, Alvin V. R. Abbott (son of Alvin Abbott), Bennett F. Abbott (son of Ira Abbott) and Joseph W. Munson. Daniel Wooster also became a Meth- odist minister.
In 1814, among the additions were Daniel Wooster, Almira Wheeler, Aunt "Becky" Buckley, so wonderfully gifted in prayer, and Aunt "Becky" Tuttle. In about 1818 the additions were Ruth Mallory, Anson Tuttle, Philo Woodruff, Eliza and Mary Northrup Harriet and Lucy Munson, Susan Tyler, Willis Treat, Joseph Wheeler, Joel Atwood, John Northrup and Truman Wooster.
For a period of ten years the growth was slow and some members removed; but in 1831, under the preaching of Heman Bangs, there was a renewed interest and the purpose of building a church was now formed. In 1832 James Wooster leased a lot of land at the Center on which to build the house of worship. On this lot the district school house stood and there was some objection to the Methodists occupying it, but these were overruled. The school house was moved ♦From account by Anson F. Abbott.
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and good fellowship with the opposing Congregationalists was soon established. The building, begun in 1832, was not completed for several years, when it was occupied at a cost of $3,000. It is a plain, al- most square structure, having a two-story appearance so as to afford gallery room. In 1878 it was thoroughly improved at an outlay of about $500, and a parsonage, near by, was purchased for $1,000. The principal actors in this movement were Nelson J. Hayes, H. W. Mun- son, Ira Abbott, Lewis Tyrrell, Levings Abbott, Harriet L. Gaylord and Charity S. Fisher, a few only of whom lived in 1890. The house has a most beautiful location and the surroundings are fairly well kept. The property is valued at $4,500.
caleb 1790 census New Milford 1 16under, 2 16 up 2 females 00
all the calebs northrop/northrup are in NY by 1800
Revolutionary officers from Richmond history of Lenoox and richmond
Job Northrop, Caleb Northrop,
Elijah Northrup.
before 1764 the Yokuntown (Lenox and Richmond area was purchased from the indians and petition ws made to the leg to raise taxes in 1764. The first meeitng was at the house of John Chamberlain
Amos Northrop Tyringham Berkshire, NY 00101/00101 Moses Ridgefield line
Marriage 1 Lydia Thomas b: ABT. 1723 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Married: 10 JUN 1746 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut 2Children
Lydia Northrup b: 22 OCT 1747 in Washington Co., Connecticut
It appears most of the remaining Northrops in Newtown are the children of Alanson and Lydia Hull Northrop He died in 1812 was thrown from a horse when cyrenius as ~ 17, Lydia Ann ~ 13, Elizur ~ 5
Also Walter (Peter)
1830 Netown Huldah is prob widow of Hezekiah (Nathaniel[benjamin<Jeremiah] & Esther Gould)
1840 Nabby is prob Mable Abigail Baldwin widow of John1772<John1732 & Lois
Heman is son of Oliver (Alanson Jeremiah line) & Nancy Northrop(john<John & lois)
1830 Newtown Polly age 60-70 b 1760-1770 prob Polly Underhill Northrop widow of David son of William1734 & Elizabeth(Northrop Northrup - Jonathan line)
JOSTAH Whitney, son of Henry and Eunice Whitney; m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Joseph Riggs in 1784, and dwelt in Derby; was commander of a vessel in the South American trade; was cast away in 1794, and died in consequence of his sufferings in Demarara, in August of that year. She afterwards m. Philo Northrop of Woodbridge and had two Children: Deborah Ann Northrop and George Northrop. Children:
47. Hannah, b. June 20, 1785; m. Aug. 10, 1805, Henry Remer, who carried on a large business as shoe-maker in Derby until May, 1827, when they removed to Seneca Falls, N. Y.
48. Maria, b. Mar. 14, 1787; m. George Finley, grandson of Rev. Samuel Finley, D. D., of New Jersey. He d. at Bridgeport. She d. at Tremont, N. Y.
49. Josiah Clark, b. Apr. 1, 1789; m. in 1811, Esther E. Mosier of Derby; was a cooper; d. in New York; she d. in Trumbull, Conn., in 1873.
50. Martha, b. Mar. 26, 1792; m. Mar. 4, 1808, at Hinesburgh, Vt., Jonathan Stone, where they resided; had family.
51. Stephen Merit, b. Feb. 17, 1794; a master mariner; m. Charlotte Lewis Sept. 22, 1822; resided a time in New York city; removed to Mount Vernon, O.
Change Date: 7 May 2002 at 06:11:57
Father:Joel Northrup b: 27 Jan 1753 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Mother:Mabel Sarah Bird b: ABT 1757 in of Milford, New Haven, Connecticut c: 2 Jan 1757
dr dennison, ayers & northrop repeatedly practiced homeopathy
came to Bridgeport, then a small vilhige, as clerk for the late D. H. Sterling, who was a wholesale grocer, iind for that day doing a large business. He remained in the employ of Air. Sterling about four years, aud on the 12th of April, 1845, thirty-five years ago, commenced business for himself a-s a member of the firm of Morford. Blakcman & Co., wholesale grocers. Mr. Blakeman, who is now a member of the firm of Ivison, Blakeman, I'hinney & Co., publishers, of New York, continued with the firm only about six months, and disposed of his interest to Mr. L. C. Northrop, and the business wn.s conducted under the firm-name of Morford, Northrop it Co., the "Co." being Mr. Philo Hurd, about four years, when -Mr. Samuel C. and David Trubce pureha.scd Mr. Northrop's interest. Samuel C. remained with the firm but a few years, when he retired, and this large l)usiness has since been carried on under the name, familiar to business men throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts, of Morford & Trubce. During the long career of this firm they have occupied only two stores, the old one. No. ;54(J, and the present one, first occupied in 1870, 35l) aud 358 Water Street.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTHPORT.'S
From about the year 180.5 to 1820, Methodist meetings
were held at Green's Farms in the houses of
Peter Jennings and Noah Osborn, and in the schoolhouse.
Green's Farms formed part of an extended circuit,
and was visited by the Conference preacher once
a month. In the absence of the preacher, Bradford
Croft, a local preacher, supplied for them. Ebenezer
Washburn was the first preacher appointed by Conference
; Samuel Croft was the first class-leader. He
and Bradford Croft and Joshua and Peter Wakeman were among the first official members of the church.
The Crofts and their wives, Mrs. Wakeman, and Mr.
Stratten were among the first members of the church.
In 1820, when the Green'.s Farms church was built,
there were about forty members. They worshipped in that church till 1845, when the present church was
built at Southport, largely by the liberality of Capt.
Davis, a noble, generous, and faithful Chiristian, who
is still living. The determination to build the present
church was made during the ministry of Rev.
Zachariah Davenport, still living and greatly respected;
he preached on the circuit that included
Green's Farms during the years 1843—44. In 1845 it
was dedicated.
The following is the list of preachers who have been
appointed to Southport since the erection of the present
church: Charles C. Keys, 1845; Charles Bartlett,
1840; James H.Perry, 1847-48; G. Gilbert, 1849-
50; Levis. Weed, 1851; William McAllister, 1852-
.53; Reuben II. Loomis, 1854; George Hollis, 1855-
.56; Samuel A. Seaman, 1857-58; Seymour Landon,
1859-GO; David Osborn, 1861-62; Charles Kelsey,
1863; W. Smith, 1864-65; G. Gilbert, 1866;
David Nash, 1867-69; William Stebbins, 1870-72;
L. W. Abbott, 187.3-75; William Brown, 1876; Henry
A. Van Dalscm, 1877-78; .Joseph Smith, 1879-80.
The present official members of the church are
Stewards, Bradley Goodsell, Sr., Benjamin N. Hawkens,
Andrew W. Jennings, Lewis B. Jennings, William
F. Northrop, George E. Northrop, George F. :McKeel, A. P. Jennings, Elijah Gray ; Trustees, B.
N. Hawkens, A. W. Jennings, L. B. .Jennings, Bradley
Goodsell, Elijah Gray, Josiah Hawkens, William
F. Northrop, A. P. .Jennings, and George E. Northrop.
The present number of members is one hundred and
twelve.* History of Fairfield county, Connecticut (1881)Hurd
New Milford
1722: Town buys "North Purchase," taken from Waramaug's Reserve. Committee appointed to raise money to hire a school master three months in winter and a school mistress three months in summer.
1725: Ensign William Gaylord builds a log home in Gaylordsville. First Grand List made. Captain John Warner is he first settler of the "South Farms" (lower part of New Milford).
1731-32: Eighteen or so members of the First Church of Christ convert to Quakerism.
1733: Ironworks erected at Halfway Falls (now Brookfield).
1782: Jemima Wilkenson comes to New Milford and holds meetings in Northville. Jemima Wilkinson (November 29, 1752 - July 1, 1819) was a charismatic American evangelist who preached total sexual abstinence and the Ten Commandments to her congregation of "Universal Friends." Her family were strict Quakers, most of her views were from her upbringing in the Quaker religion. She changed her name to "Publick Universal Friend" and was reborn to her cause.Wilkinson was one of the first female visionaries of religion and Women's rights in the United States.
1790: Professor Nehemiah String is operating a private school for boys.
The Underground Railroad consisted of a series of places where slaves were able to take refuge on their trek to freedom. Started by the Quakers, abolitionists and black free men soon became involved. This secret avenue to freedom was taken by an increasingly large number of daring runaways from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the decade between the Fugitive Slave Act and the outbreak of the Civil War. New Milford has three documented houses (Gaylordsville has one and Washington, two) that were part of the Underground Railroad. Still standing today, they are:
Charles A. Sabin House
Lanesville Road, Wanzer Farm New Milford
Agustine A. Thayer House
Grove Street New Milford
Elisha Bostwick House
Grove Street New Milford
James Stuart House
Gaylordsville
Frederick W. Gunn House
Washington
Daniel Platt House
Washington
1812 - `New Milford Fever;' an epidemic lasting six months, claimed 99 lives.
1823 - A Baptist Meeting House erected near Lower Merryall burying place. Glover Sanford began making hats in Bridgewater.
1832 - Roswell and Sheldon Northrop started Machinery and Foundry business in Maryland District. Now carried on by The New Milford Foundry and Machine Works.
1844 greens register & Manual Lemuel B. Northrop Andrew Northrop commission on bridges - Hawley's
Board of relief Ira Northrop, Walter B. Ferris, Sanford H Gould
justices of the peaceNew MilfordGoshen—Truman Starr, Birdsey Baldwin, Phineas Ives, Myron Norton, Eber Bailey, Alexander Norton, Lemont Streot, Francis A. Beach, Charles Lewis, Nelson Brewster.Harwinton—Benajah Hayden, Abijah Catlin, Andrew Abernethy, Jacob O. Cat'.in, Sheldon Oaborn, Augustus S. Johnson, Henry Holt, Martin Cook, 2d., Lewis Smith. i
Kent—Nathaniel P. Perry, Hubboll Mellen, Rufus Fuller, Jr., Samuel H.Chamberlain, Benj. Tompkins, John Wilson, John L. Stewart, Luther Skiff, Jore. miah Fry, Clark Beardsloy, John R. Fuller, Epaphras B. Goodsell.
New Hartford—Heman Chapin, Isaac Kellogg, W. Garrett, Roger H. Mills, Royal A. Watson, Daniel Lyman, Anthony Baker, Freeman Graham, Salmon Merrill, Daniel S. Bird, Wilson B. Sprague, Edwin A. Wooden.
New Milford—Perry Smith, David C . Sanford, Nathaniel Perry, Samuel D. Orton, Daniel B. Wilson, Lyman Hine, Sherman Peek, Glover Sanford, Doming Babbitt, Philip Wells, Anson Squires,. Henry Mer. win, Solomon E. Bostwick, Isaac Northrop, Homer Waller, Sheldon Buckingham, Albert N. Baldwin, J. H. Keeler, Sheldon Northrop(prob sheldon G s/o jared & lucretia hard gs/o Abel<wm of Greenfield, Sylvanus Morwin.
Warren—George Starr, Elijah Hayes, Dan Carter, Benajah Mallory, Jarvis C. Howard, J. W. Bement.
Washington—Daniel B. Brinsmade, Wm. Moody, Frederick Chittenden, Matthew Logan, H. Baldwin, Joel Morehouse, Stiles Titus, Truman Baldwin, D. Tomlinson, John B. Newton, Alvin Brown, David C. Whittlesey, Frederick Beardsley.
Nathaniel Betts of Sandisfield & Candace Ives,
Jan. 27, 1791
Nathaniel Taylor, 3d, & Anne Northrop, Aug. 31, 1774
Thomas Wells & Anne Northrup, Jan. 11, 1780
Reuben Mills Booth & Anne Eunice Northrup,
Nov. 25, 1788
Elnathan Sanford & Patience Northrop, dec 30, 1792
David Northrop & Ruamah Rogers, 1796
Elijah Stone & Anna Northrop, 1797
Joseph Bradley & Rachel Burr, Jan. 18, 1784
Lent Ives & Hannah Burr, July 2, 1776
ID: I645 Name:Samuel Northrup123456 Birth: 9 JUN 1718 in Milford, New Haven Co.,
CT 891031156Death: BEF 1787 in Washington,
CT 12Note:12 He lived in Washington, CT and his
estate was settled in 1787. Father:Samuel Northrup
b: 5 JUN 1687 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT Mother: Sarah Andrews b: 30 SEP 1688 in Waterbury, New Haven
Co., CT Marriage 1 Lydia Thomas b: ABT 1722 in Milford,
New Haven Co., CTMarried: 10 JUN 1746 in New Milford,
Litchfield Co., CT 1314151617 Children
Lydia Northrup b: 22 OCT 1747 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT m. isaac northrop (s/0 Thomas)
Samuel Northrup b: 18 OCT 1755 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT m Sarah FRISBIE (Dutton) b: 1756 c: 1756 in Branford, CT Married: 3 JUN 1779 in Washington, CT
Enoch Northrup b: ABT 1757 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT
1786 John Stoddard Woodbury & Phebe Northrop
(Samuel1718<Samuel1687Joseph) Thomas Andrews
Porter(Birth: 19 Feb 1766 in Salisbury,)sept 1786
abigail northrop 1753 died bethlehem prob widow of Abraham or Thomas
Dr Elijah Northrop m. Betsey ? b: ABT. 1795
Married: ABT. 1816 move to Perinton then michigan
Perhaps this is why we see Amos in Kent and later in Warren - Woodville?
Warren and Litchfield Ironworks 1818 to 1822
Thanks to Howard Whitney of Warren we have been given notes on some of the ironworks gathered by him in his research on the Petersville Ironworks of Warren.
Woodville - Commings Forge
Originally built by Pratt and Hitchcock in the 1780s, the forge came under the control of Elias Guthrie by 1797, and was referred to as Guthrie's forge until taken over by Commings. The Commings/Cummings Forge was located in the vicinity of the junction of present day Route 202 and Route 341 (1988). In 1810, Abel Clemons of Litchfield sold to Israel Stone of Litchfield one third of a forge, about a half mile from Forbes and Adam's Slitting mill. In 1810, Levi Hoyt purchased from Jacob Commings one sixth of a forge a quarter of a mile below Forbes and Adam's mill. In 1815 Jacob Cummings of Washington bought five sixths of a forge about 80 rods south of Forbes and Adam's Slitting mill, together with a coal house from Israel Stone of Litchfield.
david whitney1783 - warren just above washinton border - is a census neighbor. close to the Iron works (1854 map)
Woodville - Forbes and Adam Slitting Mill
Samuel Forbes, iron master of Canaan, around 1794 began buying up interests in a Grist Mill, called Landon Mill, on the Shepaug River a little below old Mt. Tom Bridge, with dam and water privilege. By 1798 Forbes had a slitting mill in operation at the same place where the Grist Mill formerly stood. The mill was managed by John Adam, Jr.
After Samuel Forbes' death, the property fell to several inheritors, and was sold to John Adam of Litchfield, who in turn on October 21st, 1836 sold it to Frederick Chittenden. That same year Chittenden sold half of a rolling mill, sawmill, store and barn in Woodville to Isaac Toucy of Hartford. This sale included some of the Forbes property.
Milton - Simmons Forge
Simmons Forge in Milton was started by Ebenezer Marsh and Abner Land, both of Litchfield. It was known as Marsh Iron works and located in Blue Swamp on a stream flowing into the Shepaug River. Built around 1781, the terms to use and occupy were for 999 years. John and Solomon Simmons bought the iron works from Marsh, together with a dwelling house and a coal house in November of 1787.
In January of 1790 Elisha Forbes bought of John Simmons in the Blue Swamp, one acre of land, bounded east on Simmons, with intention of building a forge.
Guerdon Grannis bought of Solomon Simmons, one eighth part of the forge which was the same part Simmons had purchased of Seth Bishop on September 17, 1804, together with a coal house. In October 1807, Chauncey Dennison sold to Eri Grannis one eighth part of the forge known as Simmons Forge, with one fourth part of a coal house known as Landon's, also one eighth of anvil, hammer and tools, reserving use to May 1st, 1808. In 1809 Elisha Glover purchased of Thomas Grannis one eighth of the Simmons Forge in Milton and later in 1834 sold his right to Job Simmons.
Hicks Smith owned land around Simmons Forge. In 1814, he purchased from Samuel Gilbert the dwelling in Litchfield standing on land of Smith. It appears he worked for Simmons.
Warren - Hayes Forge
Eri Grannis sold to Justis Sackett, Elijah Hayes, Sherman Hartwell of Warren, and Alanson Swan of Litchfield, a water privilege on the west bank of the Shepaug, together with land required for the purpose of building and erecting a forge, coal house, etc., in the 1820s.
Stephen Wedge lived not far from the Warren road to Milton, and at one time owned one ninth of a forge south of the dwelling of Eri Grannis, with the middle small coal house. His estate sold to George F. Grannis his share of the forge operated by Hayes, Grannis and others in November of 1831.
Warren - Peters Forge
This forge was built by Abijah Pratt in the early 1790s, and had a number of part-time owners, until Eber Peters gained full control. The mill burned down October 15, 1815, but was rebuilt by Peters and called Peters Forge until its closing around 1860. It was on the west bank of the Shepaug, about one mile north of Woodville.
Around 1818, Samuel Gilbert of Warren gave a quit-claim to his share in a certain forge to Eber Peters, which had been bought by Lysander Curtis when it was known as Pratts Forge. Gilbert had several attachments against him, evidently due to his varied interests.
The mill was operated by Eber, Sr., and later by his sons Eber, Jr., John, and Manley. Eber, Jr. moved to the Macedonia section of Kent in 1830, continuing in the iron business. After the father died, John occupied his father's house on the east bank of the Shepaug in Litchfield, and Manley lived on the west bank, in Warren.
New Preston - Waramaug, Romaug, Raumaug Mill
Edward Cogswell built this mill around 1745, as records show sale of one half an iron works, located on the Aspetuck River, in New Milford North Purchase (south of Lake Waramaug) to Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts on October 24, 1747.
In 1791, Reuben Booth, "being highest bidder at Publick Vendue," sale of the Hitchcock estate, acquired one quarter of an iron works called Romaug's Iron Works on the Aspetuck River in New Milford North Purchase.
Owners in 1834 were David Whittlesey, Joseph Bennit, Benoni E. Beardsley, Erastus Lovenridge, and Daniel Beeman, Jr., of Warren. It was then known as Waramaug Iron Works.
Also noted without any details was the Wolcott Iron Works of Litchfield.
All of these forges used South Kent ore, and many of the names of the individuals mentioned appear in the records of Rufus Fuller.
from http://www.kenthistoricalsociety.org/rufus-fuller-south-kent-ore-bed.htm