Oxford Past Genealogy Project

Citations

Enoch FRENCH

¹1790 Derby Census.

²Derby Land Records, Vol 7 pg 250.

³Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 224.

⁴Donald 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 3, p 626.

⁵Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 721.

⁶Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 626.

Comfort

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 3, p 626.

²Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 722.

³1850 Seymour Census. Living w/ son Israel.

⁴1850 Seymour Census.

William FRENCH

¹Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 722.

²Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 722.

Bird FRENCH

¹Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 722.

Enoch FRENCH

¹Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 722.

²Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 722.

Joseph SMITH

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Keziah MURRAY

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Tobiah

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 21, 22. . "Captain John Wooster owned Tobias and Rachel." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.

²Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), p. 198. . "  Captain Wooster's most important helps in the management of his farm and tavern were a colored man, named Tobiah, and his wife Rachel."

³Dorothy 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.

⁴Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen, 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 ..."

⁵Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen, pp. 239-40. " ... Tobiah's patriotism at last won for him the boon which, more than all else, he craved - his freedom ... he served long enough to win his own liberty, and enroll his humble name in the list of those brave men, who by their heroic endurance as well as active efforts, achieved, with the divine blessing, the liberty of their country ..."

⁶Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen, Chapter 29. " ... respecting our friends, Tobiah and Rachel, and their descendants. After the war they, continued to reside in Derby, now Seymour, maintaining a respectable character in the humble class to which they belonged. The advantage of common schools, free to  all, the abolition of slavery, and the gradual abatement of prejudice against the colored race, have opened to them possibilities which were formerly denied them. One of Tobiah's descendants, a great-grandson, we believe, the Hon. Ebenezer D. Bassett, was appointed by President Grant, in l869, minister resident to Hayti, and now worthily represents the dignity of the United States at that republic."

⁷W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Negro Servants of Capt. John Wooster." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/031.html.

⁸Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years, p. 21. http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.

Rachel HULL

¹Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 21, 22. . "Captain John Wooster owned Tobias and Rachel." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.

²Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), p. 198. . "  Captain Wooster's most important helps in the management of his farm and tavern were a colored man, named Tobiah, and his wife Rachel."

³Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen, p. 207. " ... the daughter of Peter Hull, an aged negro, who had long been in the service of the Woosters."

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Negro Servants of Capt. John Wooster." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/031.html.

⁵Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years, p. 21. http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.

Larmon JOHNSON

¹1840 Oxford Census.

²1850 Oxford Census. "Lyman / Farmer."

³1860 Oxford Census. "Day Laborer."

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, Ap77. " ... of Oxford ..."

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. 195. " ... Lorman, of Oxford ..."

⁶Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap91. "Larmon Johnson."

⁷Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap77.

⁸Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, p. 195. " ... by Jesse Frost, Elder."

Anna MIX

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

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, Ap77.

⁴Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap91.

⁵Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap77.

⁶Compiled 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. 195. " ... by Jesse Frost, Elder."

Philander JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1850 Oxford Census.

Jesse E. JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census. "Day Laborer."

³1850 Oxford Census.

Julia JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1850 Oxford Census.

Edward JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census. "Farm Labor." Living w/ Truman and Ellen Towner.

³1850 Oxford Census.

George JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census. Living w/ Albert B. & Louisa Towner.

³1850 Oxford Census.

Dice JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1850 Oxford Census.

David J. JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1850 Oxford Census.

Mary JOHNSON

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

³1850 Oxford Census.

Sarah JOHNSON

¹1860 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

Ephraim SKEELS

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Sarah BALDWIN

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Caleb PERRY

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Sarah EATON

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Charles M. CLARK

¹1850 Oxford Census. Living w/ Stephen and Anna Thompson on Chestnut Tree Hill Road.

²1860 Oxford Census. "Tailor."

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. 73.

⁴W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 62. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

⁵Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 38.

⁶Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 38, 73. " ... by John D. Smith."

Delia THOMPSON

¹Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 38, 73.

²1850 Oxford Census. Living w/ Stephen and Anna Thompson on Chestnut Tree Hill Road.

³Compiled By Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 38, 73. " ... by John D. Smith."

Madison B. CLARK

¹1850 Oxford Census.

Alice E. CLARK

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

³1850 Oxford Census.

Stephen THOMPSON

¹1840 Oxford Census. [Chestnut Tree Hill Road].

²1850 Oxford Census. "Hatter." Between George Sperry and Atwater Treat.

³1860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

⁴B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 4. . "  Passing on to the Stephen Thompson house, anyone who has traveled over Chestnut Tree Hill in rears past, could not help notice the old low-? roof structure situated on one of the highest elevations on the hill. Thompson and his wife, Amy, lived here most of their lives. He followed the business of hatting in his early life at the time of the hatting boom which happened in Oxford back in the forties.  After the hatting business closed he returned to his farm. He was a very genial disposition and played the violin, during the long winter evenings it was quite a pleasant pastime for the neighbors to assemble at Uncle Steve's for a social time. He was a charger member of Morning Star Lodge, F. & A. M. in Oxford, which met in the building at the upper end of the green. Amy, his wife, died about 1857. He died in 1862. They had three children, one daughter, I forget her name or who she married, and two sons George and Lewis. George went to California and was gone several years, returning to Oxford about 1856, and spent the rest of his life in Oxford.
 Lewis located at Lake Mahopac, N.Y, and was the proprietor of a summer hotel in that place, where he died many years ago." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-04.html.

⁵1850 Oxford Census.

Anna

¹1850 Oxford Census.

²1860 Oxford Census.

³1850 Oxford Census.

David THORPE

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

Elizabeth TOMLINSON

¹W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 31. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.