Oxford Past Genealogy Project

Citations

Washington BENHAM

¹Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan12.html.

²B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 9. . "  A little further on the left we come to a very old house known as the Washington Benham homestead. It is located on the corner of the Chestnut Tree Hill road and the Woodbury turnpike and was built about the beginning of the 18th century. It is a house that would attract attention from a stranger, being of the gambrel roof style of architecture that was little known a century ago. Mr.  Benham lived in this many years.  He was married three times. My memory does not serve me in regard to the names of his wives.  He had three children, two sons, and one daughter, John, who married Jessie Perry of Oxford and now lives in Beacon Falls, on the farm formerly owned by Stiles Fairchild.  Geo. Benham lives in Seymour, and the daughter Hattie married Wm. O. Davis and lives in Seymour. Mr. Benham moved to Beacon Falls.
 The place then passed into the hands of Orrin Tucker and soon he commenced to make the famous Oxford doughnuts and established a very profitable business in this line and the sale of the Tucker Doughnuts extended from Danbury to New Haven. He carried on this business for many years until from old age and infirmities he retired and moved to Milford where he died several years ago.
(NOTE:  The Washington Benham Homestead is house #81 in the EARLY HOUSES OF OXFORD, CONNECTICUT book, published 1976, Historic House Committee of  Oxford's Bicentennial Commission)." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-09.html.

³1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁴1870 Oxford Census. "Carpenter."

⁵1880 Beacon Falls Census. "Farmer."

⁶Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 84. . "1884  Annual Report ...
Abatements - Washington Benham, overpaid taxes list of 1882 ... $5.46." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p84.html.

⁷David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #15. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan15.html.

⁸David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #15. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan15.html.

⁹David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #15. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan15.html.

Sarah M. FAIRCHILD

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census. Sister and brother, Sarah M. and George A. Faichild, living together.

³1870 Oxford Census.

⁴1880 Beacon Falls Census.

⁵W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 112. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/112.html.

⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 124. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/124.html.

⁷David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #15. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan15.html.

Elihu BENHAM

¹1810 Waterbury Census.

²1820 Waterbury Census.

³1830 Waterbury Salem Society Census.

⁴1840 Waterbury Census.

⁵Compiled 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. 26.

⁶Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, p. 34. " ... of Waterbury ..."

⁷Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Naugatuck, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem11189.html.

Charles BENHAM

¹1850 Naugatuck Census.

Cosmos F. ALLING

¹B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 12. . "
 Leaving the main road and following an unused road a short distance east we come to the ruins of what was once the home of Cosmo F. Alling.  Mr. Alling was born in Westville in 1841, the son of Lyman and Mary Hotchkiss Alling. He married twice, his first wife was Mary Francis Jones of Westville. A very lovely girl. But her married life was of short duration. She died of consumption a year after they were married.
 Soon after her death in 1872, he came to Oxford and purchased of the Enos Candee heirs the house which is now the Episcopal parsonage and the farm on the hill, consisting of about 65 acres of land with two barns. At the death of his father, Lyman Alling, he came into possession of nearly $20,000. He then commenced the erection of a fine residence on the hill, and when completed it was one of the finest structures in the town.  He spent his newly acquired wealth with a lavish hand. He would give wine suppers at the Oxford House and I have known him to spend a hundred dollars in one night. He was considered an up-to-date sport and a good fellow.  
  When at the zenith of his popularity he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Taxter of Westville and they began housekeeping in the new residence with prospects for a happy future. But the young wife did not take kindly to the dull monotony of her rural home and in less than one year of domestic infelicity she conceived a plan to get her husband out of the way. She had his life insured for a good sum and secured the insurance papers on the house and waited for an opportunity to develop her plans.
 It came soon.  One dark and stormy night he came home very much under the influence of whiskey. She took advantage of his weakness and locked him in a closest, then set fire to the house and made her escape down the road toward Oxford.  Her husband in the meantime began to realize the situation and hearing the roaring of the flames and he a prisoner, by a superhuman effort, broke down the door and escaped just in time to be saved from being cremated.
 The house was consumed with all its contents.  After this he began a round of dissipation never witnessed in this town before or since. He soon squandered his little fortune and became an outcast, doing now and then a few day's work in order to sustain life.
 After a while he became a recluse and occupied an old unoccupied house on Governor's Hill, on the Quaker Farms road and, being missed from his accustomed haunts for several days, an investigation was made with the result that he was found dead with the top of his head blown off by a shot gun. Thus ended the career of a once bright and prosperous young man."
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²1870 Oxford Census. "Farmer." Living at the home of Lewis Robinson.

Mary

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 121. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.

Cosmos F. ALLING

¹B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 12. . "
 Leaving the main road and following an unused road a short distance east we come to the ruins of what was once the home of Cosmo F. Alling.  Mr. Alling was born in Westville in 1841, the son of Lyman and Mary Hotchkiss Alling. He married twice, his first wife was Mary Francis Jones of Westville. A very lovely girl. But her married life was of short duration. She died of consumption a year after they were married.
 Soon after her death in 1872, he came to Oxford and purchased of the Enos Candee heirs the house which is now the Episcopal parsonage and the farm on the hill, consisting of about 65 acres of land with two barns. At the death of his father, Lyman Alling, he came into possession of nearly $20,000. He then commenced the erection of a fine residence on the hill, and when completed it was one of the finest structures in the town.  He spent his newly acquired wealth with a lavish hand. He would give wine suppers at the Oxford House and I have known him to spend a hundred dollars in one night. He was considered an up-to-date sport and a good fellow.  
  When at the zenith of his popularity he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Taxter of Westville and they began housekeeping in the new residence with prospects for a happy future. But the young wife did not take kindly to the dull monotony of her rural home and in less than one year of domestic infelicity she conceived a plan to get her husband out of the way. She had his life insured for a good sum and secured the insurance papers on the house and waited for an opportunity to develop her plans.
 It came soon.  One dark and stormy night he came home very much under the influence of whiskey. She took advantage of his weakness and locked him in a closest, then set fire to the house and made her escape down the road toward Oxford.  Her husband in the meantime began to realize the situation and hearing the roaring of the flames and he a prisoner, by a superhuman effort, broke down the door and escaped just in time to be saved from being cremated.
 The house was consumed with all its contents.  After this he began a round of dissipation never witnessed in this town before or since. He soon squandered his little fortune and became an outcast, doing now and then a few day's work in order to sustain life.
 After a while he became a recluse and occupied an old unoccupied house on Governor's Hill, on the Quaker Farms road and, being missed from his accustomed haunts for several days, an investigation was made with the result that he was found dead with the top of his head blown off by a shot gun. Thus ended the career of a once bright and prosperous young man."
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²1870 Oxford Census. "Farmer." Living at the home of Lewis Robinson.

Sarah A.

¹1870 Oxford Census.

Mary ALLING

¹1870 Oxford Census. "Minnie."

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 107. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

John BUCKINGHAM

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 59. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/059.html.

²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 30.

³1800 Oxford Census.

⁴1810 Oxford Census.

⁵1820 Oxford Census.

⁶1830 Oxford Census.

⁷1840 Oxford Census.

⁸1850 Middlebury Census. Living w/ son David and family.

⁹Susan 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. 680.

¹⁰W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 13. " ... 1791 ...
Septr 18th, Truman Bristol & Polly his Wife renewed their Covenant.
Septr 18th, John Buckingham & Lucy his Wife renewd their Covenant."  (Oxford Congregational)
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/013.html.

¹¹Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

¹²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 36. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/036.html.

Esther OSBORN

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 59. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/059.html.

²Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

³1850 Naugatuck Census. Living w/ daughter Laura and family.

⁴1860 Naugatuck Census. Living w/ daughter Laura and family.

⁵W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 36. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/036.html.

Susanna Matilda BUCKINGHAM

¹Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 59. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/059.html.

³Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 31.

Letson BUCKINGHAM

¹1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

²Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 121. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.

BUCKINGHAM

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 59. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/059.html.

²Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 31.

Lucius E. BUCKINGHAM

¹Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

Linus BUCKINGHAM

¹Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 52.

Albert SEELEY

¹The Diaries of Laura Davis  1856-1857. . "Sat 18th Clear & cold. ....Albert Seely called in the evening." Apr 1857
http://www.our-oxford.info/diaries/Laura_Davis-1856-1857/Laura_Davie-1856-57.html.

²1850 Oxford Census.

³1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁴1870 Oxford Census. "Carpenter."

⁵1880 Stratford Census. "Carpenter."

⁶B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 7. . "  Just above the last named place we branch off from the main road and follow the mountain or short cut road that was used by the early settlers to travel to Naugatuck, thereby saving about one and a quarter miles each way.
 A short distance from the main line is located the old home of Ebenezer Seeley. He married Harriet Sanford of Oxford and lived all his long and eventful life on the secluded mountain farm. He was a charcoal burner by profession and made a comfortable living selling charcoal and other produce from the farm.
 They had three children -- Augusta, who married Enos Tyler of Naugatuck; Chary, who married Sir Henry Hine of Naugatuck; and Albert, who married Charlotte Bronson of  Middlebury. Albert learned the carpenter trade and worked at that  business all his life. He died several years ago. I think his widow is still living at Pinesbridge. Ebenezer Seeley died Jan. 13th, 1878, aged 76 years.  His wife died Feb. 8th 1873." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-07.html.

⁷W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 121. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.

⁸F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
  A. Seeley, Hunters Mountain Road
http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868GunntownArea.jpg.

⁹David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #14. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

¹⁰David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #14. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

¹¹David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #14-15. "Jewett, Thomas, died Dec. 4, 1869, age 34 yrs.
Osborn, George, born 1824, died 1900.'
Osborn, Cynthia A., wife of George, born 1832, died 1903.
Osborn, Harris F., born 1849, died 1908.
Osborn, Fannie M. Riggs, wife of H. F., born 1854, died 1930.
Sanford, Merrit, born 1797, died 1868.
Sanford, Charry, wife of M., born 1803, died 1882.
Osborn, Walter, son of G. & C. A., died April 6, 1848, age 1 yr.
Carrington, Daniel S., born 1852, died 1832.
Bronson, Caroline l., born 1831, died 1913.
Seeley, Albert, born 1833, died 1895.
Seeley, Charlotte A. Bronson, wife of A., born 1834, died 1911.
Seeley, Melissa E., born 1866, died 1867.
Seeley, Ebenezer, born 1803, died 1878.
Seeley, Harriet Sanford, wife of E., born 1797, died 1873." http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

Charlotte Ann BRONSON

¹1850 Oxford Census. Living w/ the Esquire Calvin Leavenworth family.

²1870 Oxford Census.

³1880 Stratford Census.

⁴B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 7. . "  Just above the last named place we branch off from the main road and follow the mountain or short cut road that was used by the early settlers to travel to Naugatuck, thereby saving about one and a quarter miles each way.
 A short distance from the main line is located the old home of Ebenezer Seeley. He married Harriet Sanford of Oxford and lived all his long and eventful life on the secluded mountain farm. He was a charcoal burner by profession and made a comfortable living selling charcoal and other produce from the farm.
 They had three children -- Augusta, who married Enos Tyler of Naugatuck; Chary, who married Sir Henry Hine of Naugatuck; and Albert, who married Charlotte Bronson of  Middlebury. Albert learned the carpenter trade and worked at that  business all his life. He died several years ago. I think his widow is still living at Pinesbridge. Ebenezer Seeley died Jan. 13th, 1878, aged 76 years.  His wife died Feb. 8th 1873." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-07.html.

⁵Compiled 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. 49.

⁶Edited 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, Ap26.

⁷David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #14. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

⁸David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #14-15. "Jewett, Thomas, died Dec. 4, 1869, age 34 yrs.
Osborn, George, born 1824, died 1900.'
Osborn, Cynthia A., wife of George, born 1832, died 1903.
Osborn, Harris F., born 1849, died 1908.
Osborn, Fannie M. Riggs, wife of H. F., born 1854, died 1930.
Sanford, Merrit, born 1797, died 1868.
Sanford, Charry, wife of M., born 1803, died 1882.
Osborn, Walter, son of G. & C. A., died April 6, 1848, age 1 yr.
Carrington, Daniel S., born 1852, died 1832.
Bronson, Caroline l., born 1831, died 1913.
Seeley, Albert, born 1833, died 1895.
Seeley, Charlotte A. Bronson, wife of A., born 1834, died 1911.
Seeley, Melissa E., born 1866, died 1867.
Seeley, Ebenezer, born 1803, died 1878.
Seeley, Harriet Sanford, wife of E., born 1797, died 1873." http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

Emma Augusta SEELEY

¹1870 Oxford Census.

²1880 Stratford Census.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 107. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/107.html.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 114. " ... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/114.html.

Ida May SEELEY

¹1870 Oxford Census.

²1880 Stratford Census.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 107. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/107.html.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 114. " ... This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. ... The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/114.html.

Melissa SEELEY

¹David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #14. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

²David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #14. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 121. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Melissa D." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.

⁴David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #14. "Melissa E." http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan14.html.

Gilbert A. ROBINSON

¹John H. Treat, Genealogy of the Treat Family, p. 442.

²1850 New Haven Census. "Brickmaker."

³1880 Southbury Census. "Blacksmith."

⁴1880 Southbury Census.

⁵Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries. . http://www.our-oxford.info/sexton-reports/1891-3-bottom.html.

Louisa T

¹John H. Treat, Genealogy of the Treat Family, p. 442.

²1850 New Haven Census.

³1900 Naugatuck Census. Living w/ daughter Lillian.

⁴1900 Naugatuck Census.

Stiles B. ROBINSON

¹1850 New Haven Census.

George ROBINSON

¹1880 Southbury Census. "Blacksmith."

Alice B. ROBINSON

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 121. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.

Lillian Brockett ROBINSON

¹1880 Southbury Census.

²1900 Naugatuck Census.

Carrie Zerniah ROBINSON

¹1880 Southbury Census.

David R. LUM

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 178. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. Oxford Legislature - 1861
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/178.html.

²Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), p. 65. . 1843 - St. Peter's Church
http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_065.html.

³Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford, Available at (http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm) (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #101. "The Oxford Hotel on Oxford Road was built.. 1795 by Daniel and Job Candee. Daniel Candee, who was also Oxford's first postmaster, operated the inn  until about 1811. David Candee succeeded him as innkeeper until his death in 1851. Frederick Candee then inherited the inn from his father and ran it for some twelve years. In 1865 the inn passed through inheritance to David R. Lum, he was follwed by Mary R. Lum and then Franklin Lum in 1873."   Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

⁴WEBSITE, http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/oxfordhouse.htm, [photograph of the Oxford Hotel]. http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/oxfordhouse.htm.

⁵W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 103. "From the Record of St. Peter's Church. Baptisms ...
Albert William, Franklin Miles, Charles Hudson, Mary Jane, children of David R. Lum, Feb. 27, 1848." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/103.html.

⁶1840 Oxford Census.

⁷1850 Oxford Census. "Hatter."

⁸1860 Oxford Census. "Hotel Keeper."

⁹Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 49.

¹⁰Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 514. " ... kept a hotel in Seymour for a number of years."

¹¹1850s Oxford Map. http://www.oxfordpast.com/1850-map/1850.html. http://www.oxfordpast.com/1850-map/1850.html.

¹²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 113. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/113.html.

¹³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 122. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/122.html.

¹⁴Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 13. "Lum, Albert W., born 1838, died 1923
Lum, David R., born 1815, died 1868
Lum, Mary B., Hudson, wife of David R., born 1816, died 1904." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan13.html.

¹⁵Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 13. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan13.html.

¹⁶St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem9460.html.

¹⁷Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 49, 56. " ... by Rev. Daniel Burhans."

Mary B. HUDSON

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 122. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/122.html.

²Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford, Available at (http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm) (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #101. "The Oxford Hotel on Oxford Road was built.. 1795 by Daniel and Job Candee. Daniel Candee, who was also Oxford's first postmaster, operated the inn  until about 1811. David Candee succeeded him as innkeeper until his death in 1851. Frederick Candee then inherited the inn from his father and ran it for some twelve years. In 1865 the inn passed through inheritance to David R. Lum, he was follwed by Mary R. Lum and then Franklin Lum in 1873." Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

³WEBSITE, http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/oxfordhouse.htm, [photograph of the Oxford Hotel]. http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/oxfordhouse.htm.

⁴1850 Oxford Census.

⁵1860 Oxford Census. "Land Lady."

⁶1870 Oxford Census. "Hotel landlady."

⁷1880 Oxford Census. "Nurse." Living w/ daughter Henrietta and family.

⁸Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 49.

⁹Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 514. " ... of Oxford ..."

¹⁰W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 113. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/113.html.

¹¹Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 13. "Lum, Albert W., born 1838, died 1923
Lum, David R., born 1815, died 1868
Lum, Mary B., Hudson, wife of David R., born 1816, died 1904." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan13.html.

¹²Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 13. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan13.html.

¹³Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries. . http://www.our-oxford.info/sexton-reports/1903-4-top.html.

¹⁴St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem9461.html.

¹⁵Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 49, 56. " ... by Rev. Daniel Burhans."

Charles Hudson LUM

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Humphreyville Census. "Clerk."

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 113. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/113.html.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 103. "From the Record of St. Peter's Church. Baptisms ...
Albert William, Franklin Miles, Charles Hudson, Mary Jane, children of David R. Lum, Feb. 27, 1848." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/103.html.

Mary Jane LUM

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

³W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 113. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/113.html.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 103. "From the Record of St. Peter's Church. Baptisms ...
Albert William, Franklin Miles, Charles Hudson, Mary Jane, children of David R. Lum, Feb. 27, 1848." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/103.html.

Clark BOTSFORD

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 122. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/122.html.

²W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 178. Oxford Legislature - 1850
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/178.html.

³Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford, Available at (http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm) (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #133. Chestnut Tree Hill Road, Oxford, CT
http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

⁴Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), p. 65. . 1843 - St. Peter's Church
http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_065.html.

⁵The Diaries of Laura Davis  1856-1857. .   He is the "Mr. Botsford" that Laura refers to throughout her diary. The 1868 map shows him living just north of Laura's father.
http://www.our-oxford.info/diaries/Laura_Davis-1856-1857/Laura_Davie-1856-57.html.

⁶Elijah B. Treat’s Diary for 1873, Transcribed by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, 7 May 1873. . "Father & Mother went to Clark Botsford’s funeral at 1 o'clock." http://www.our-oxford.info/eb-treat-1873.html.

⁷Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 28. " .. of Derby ..."

⁸1840 Oxford Census.

⁹1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

¹⁰1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

¹¹1870 Oxford Census. "Farmer." There is a Julia A. Hine, age 74, living w/ him.

¹²F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. Excerpt from1868 map, Available at (http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm)
 C. Botsford, Chestnut Tree Hill Road
http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868ChestnutHillNorth.jpg.

¹³B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 8. . "  Returning from a trip up the Mountain road we proceed a short distance north and come to another old landmark which for many years was the home of Clark Botsford.  It is located under the shadows of an old primeval forest where the sun is hardly seen until towards noon.
 Mr. Botsford was one of the most thrifty residents of Chestnut Tree Hill. He owned a large and productive farm, and in connection with farming he was engaged extensively in the timber business, being associated with Burritt Davis in getting ship timber for New York.
 He was twice married. His first wife was Betsy M. Hine. Three children were born to them." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-08.html.

¹⁴Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 469. "Betsey Melvina, born, 1797; m. Clark Botsford."

¹⁵Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 402.

¹⁶W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 123. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/123.html.

¹⁷David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery (Pines Bridge Cemetery), #18. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan18.html.

¹⁸B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 8. http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-08.html.

¹⁹David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #18. http://www.oxfordpast.com/pbcemscan18.html.

Susan

¹B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 8. . "  Clark Botsford married for his second wife Mrs. Susan Thomas of New Haven." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-08.html.

Mabel M. KANE

¹James William Towner, A Genealogy of the Towner Family; The Descendants of Richard Towner, Who Came From Sussex County, Eng., to Guilford, Conn., before 1685, Los Angeles, Cal.: Times-Mirror Prtg. and Binding House, 1910, p. 192. http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyoftowne00town/genealogyoftowne00town_djvu.txt.

Albert Buckingham TYLER

¹1880 Middlebury Census.

²1900 Middlebury Census. "USA Soldier Private."

³James William Towner, A Genealogy of the Towner Family; The Descendants of Richard Towner, Who Came From Sussex County, Eng., to Guilford, Conn., before 1685, Los Angeles, Cal.: Times-Mirror Prtg. and Binding House, 1910, p. 192. http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyoftowne00town/genealogyoftowne00town_djvu.txt.