Oxford Past Genealogy Project

Citations

Amos WHEELER

¹Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), p. 18.

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.

⁴Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family, p. 18.

Abigail HOLBROOK

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.

²Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), p. 12.

³Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 730.

⁴Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle,  Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 481. . "Church Records ...
 May 4, 1777, Then was baptized Nabby the daughter of Dea. Daniel Holbrook & Anne his wife." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/481.html.

⁵Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family, p. 18.

⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.

⁷Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family, p. 18.

Pero

¹Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), pp. 203 - 204. . "
  Among the negroes that had been brought to Derby from the West Indies was a man named Pero, belonging to Deacon Riggs, who lived on the road, called from him Riggs Street, leading from Derby to Gunntown and Waterbury. Pero was supposed to be a native African; indeed, he used to boast that he was of royal blood.
  My fader, said he was king in his own country. He had plenty of wives, and heap of soldiers. My mammy she lived in a house in de bush; she had nice mat and calabash, and was one great lady. But one day, when my fader and his men was huntin', white man come and burnt all de houses. Den dey took my mammy and her two boys, - one younger dan me, - and drove us away to de ship. It was a bad time we had on de water. My poor little brother died, and dey trow him in de sea. Mammy cry and go crazy when dey takes him away from her, and when we got to Jamaica, she die too. I's a picka-ninny den, - little feller, - and I feel very bad to lose my mammy. But de new tings I see made me forgit, in little while. Dey sends me 'way to de sugar plantation, where I fared very well. Massa was kind to me, and I had little to do but lie in de sun, and suck de sugar-cane.
  But this lazy life of indulgence did not last long, and he was soon made to feel what slavery is. I know not how he came to be sold, but he had scarcely arrived at manhood before he found himself removed to Connecticut, under the comparatively mild ownership and authority of the good Puritan Deacon Riggs. In due time, by consent of his master, he took to himself, as a wife, Hagar, a slave of Rev. Dr. Mansfield. By her he had two sons, Tobiah and Laban, - both noted persons in their day, - and perhaps other children."

Hagar

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 35. . " ...  it has been said that the Rev. Mansfield was a slave owner. The Rev. Israel P. Warren wrote in 1874 that Mansfield had a woman named Hagar, who had two sons. One of the sons, Tobiah, was sold by the Rev. Mansfield to Captain Wooster of the area now included in Oxford. Tobiah was a grown man in the service of Wooster at the time of the American Revolution ..." http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp35.htm.

²Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), p. 204. . " ... he took to himself, as a wife,  Hagar, a slave of Rev. Dr. Mansfield ... two sons, Tobiah and Laban, - both noted persons in their day ..."

William Edgar RIGGS

¹Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 540.

²1850 Derby Census. "Joiner." Living beside his mother. John J. Lines and wife Eliza Riggs & family are living w/ him.

³John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 52. "Edgar."

⁴1850 Derby Census.

Harriet

¹1850 Derby Census.

²1850 Derby Census.

Ranford RIGGS

¹1850 Derby Census. "Farmer."

²1850 Derby Census.

Charles RIGGS

¹1850 Derby Census. "Springmaker."

²1850 Derby Census.

Harriet RIGGS

¹1850 Derby Census.

Charles DEFOREST

¹Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 103. "Charles DEMOREST."

²Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, p. 103. "
... by Rev. Henry B. Elliott."

Rhoda S. DAVIS

¹Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 103. "
... by Rev. Henry B. Elliott."

Lyman SMITH

¹Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, 252, 338. " ... of Woodbury ..."

²David Davis and Levi Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Gunntown Cemetery, #131. "Smith, Jennet, wife of Lyman, died Apr. 6, 1840, age 33."

³Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, 252, 338. " ... by Daniel Crane."

⁴Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap128.

Jennett NORTON

¹Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 338. " ... Genett NORTON, of Waterbury ..."

²David Davis and Levi Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Gunntown Cemetery, #131. http://www.oxfordpast.com/gtcemscan131.html.

³David Davis and Levi Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Gunntown Cemetery, #131. http://www.oxfordpast.com/gtcemscan131.html.

⁴David Davis and Levi Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Gunntown Cemetery, #131. "Smith, Jennet, wife of Lyman, died Apr. 6, 1840, age 33." http://www.oxfordpast.com/gtcemscan131.html.

⁵Gunntown Cemetery, Photograph - Naugatuck, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem2871.html.

⁶Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, 252, 338. " ... by Daniel Crane."

⁷Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap128.

Charles Burton ANDREWS

¹B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 14. . "  In continuing the reminiscences of Riggs street we will leave the main road nearly opposite the residence of Ransom Hinman and follow a crossroad for about three-fourths of a mile when we come to an ancient farm house known as the Andrews place.  This house was built some time in the seventies of the 17th century, by a man named Finch, who lived there many years and reared a family of five daughters.  I remember one very distinctly, the youngest, Sarah, who married Hiram Osborn. The place was vacant for several years until about the year 1854.  The farm was then purchased by Nehemiah Andrews of Bethany, then comparatively a young man. He was twice married.  HIs first wife was Phinette of Bethany. Seven children were born of this union, two daughters and five sons, namely:
   * Jay
   * John
   * Dwight
   * Adeline, married Charles Northrop of Woodbridge
   * Emily married Leverett Lindsley, formerly of Oxford, now located at Emporia, Va.
   * Dennis, married a widow lady form Shelton, named Fowler.
   * George, married Sarah Crandall of Woodbridge.
 The only ones now living of this family are the two daughters, Adeline and Emily. Dennis, Jay, George, John and Dwight all died while yet in their young manhood.
 The second wife of Mr. Andrews was Miss Nancy Alling, daughter of Eli Alling of Oxford. Six or seven children were born to them and I think they are all living.  Frank, of Oxford; Mary, lives in Newark, N.J.; William, somewhere in Montana; Charles in Seymour; Mrs. Fox (I don't recall her first name), lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Idella in Oxford (NOTE: She married Orlando Osborn, see below).  
  Mr. Andrews lived on the old homestead 35 years. He was a practical up-to-date farmer, and his crops alway showed good care and cultivation. For several years he catered to the wants of th e town's poor, and no one had cause to complain of the treatment they received under his care.  His death occurred Feb. 16, 1880, aged 76. Nancy, his wife, died April 4, 1908.
 Frank, who now owns and occupies the place, is a thrifty farmer and takes an active part in everything pertaining to the welfare of the town. He has a nice family and some of his boys are identified with the bit and auger industry in Seymour." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-14.html.

²Obituary. "  CHARLES B. ANDREWS (Burton) age 90, farmer, steel worker who died yesterday at the home of his son, Harold Andrews 620 Sebley Road.  Will be held Thursday at 1 P.M. at the Walter Mortuary. The Rev W.L. Snider, pastor of Broadway Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be at Toledo Memorial Park.

Mr. Andrews had been a Toledo resident 16 years.  Born in Oxford Conn, he lived most of his life in Seymour, Conn." Cop taken from the Toledo Times, Tuesday May 11, 1948
Died Monday May 10, 1948

Brenda C. Andrews.

³1870 Seymour Census. "works on farm."

⁴1860 Oxford Census.

⁵1870 Oxford Census.

⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 105. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. ".. Charles Burton, July 16, 1859."

⁷The Diaries of Laura Davis  1856-1857. . "Wednes 15th Cloudy in the morning, cleared off...  Mrs Nehimiah Andrey gave birth to a son." Jul 1857.

Lillian LATHROP

¹1860 Torrington Census.

²1870 Seymour Census.

³1860 Torrington Census.

Captain John COLLINS

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 590.

²Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 612.

³Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 429.

Hannah MERWIN

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 590.

²Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 429.

³Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 429.

⁴Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 429.

Samuel SANFORD 4th

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 590. "Samuel Sanford."

²Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 612.

³Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 429.

⁴Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 429.

Hannah MERWIN

¹Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 590.

²Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 429.

³Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 429.

⁴Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 429.

Commodore Isaac HULL Esquire

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, pp. 54 - 59. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp54.html.

²Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), pp. 568 - 575. " ...  Isaac early learned the arts of navigation."

³Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 4, p 886.

⁴Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle,  Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 480. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/480.html.

⁵Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 886.

⁶Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 886.

⁷Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.

⁸Published By Dorothy A. DeBisshop, Connecticut Heritage, Oxford, CT, April 15, 1989, p. 25. "He died February 12, 1843, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, with honors suited for a national hero."

⁹Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 261. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan261.html.

¹⁰Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem6680.html.

¹¹Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.

¹²Published By Dorothy A. DeBisshop, Connecticut Heritage, p. 25. "Ann McCurdy Hart of Saybrook."

Anna McCurdy HART

¹Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 4, p 886. "
... of Saybrook ..."

²Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 735. "
... of Saybrook, Conn ..."

³Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.

⁴Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.

⁵Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.

⁶Published By Dorothy A. DeBisshop, Connecticut Heritage, Oxford, CT, April 15, 1989, p. 25. "Ann McCurdy Hart of Saybrook."

Jethro MARTIN

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 60. . slave of David Humphrey, Revolutionary War.
http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp60.html.

²Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 21. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.

³Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 789. "Soldiers in the Revolution ...
Jethro Martin (colored), servant ot Gen. Humphreys, was a long time in the war. He died in New haven, having received a pension many years."

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Congregational Church ... 1788 ... Dec. 31st, Jethro Martain, negro, & Olive, Negro, married." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.

⁵Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap87.

Olive

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 21. .

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Congregational Church ... 1788 ... Dec. 31st, Jethro Martain, negro, & Olive, Negro, married." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.

³Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap87.