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Sheldon CANFIELD

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708. Gives Josiah Benjamin Canfield, who m. Jane Davis, as son of Sheldon and Betsey. Also, gives a Josiah Canfield who died suddenly, Jan. 11, 1834, aged 40, as son of Abijah and Charity Smith.

2Copied 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." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/481.html.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816.

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.

5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816. "Sheldon Canfield |  died  |  March 14 1837  |  aged 61 years."

61934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.

7Old Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16856.html.


Betsey PEASE

1Susan 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. 197.

21850 Derby Census. Living w/ her are son John J., age 29, and grandson Joseph E., age 24, with his wife Catherine.

31850 Derby Census.


Naomi G. CANFIELD

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.

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. 197.


John J. CANFIELD

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.

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. 197.

31850 Derby Census. "Copper Worker."

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816.

51934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816. "John J. Canfield  |  Died  |  June 20 1854  |  ae 38.
  We meet above."

71934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.


William H. CANFIELD

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 708.

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. 197.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816.

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816.

51934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 816. "William H. Canfield  |  Died  |  Feb 5 1853  |  ae 33.
  Farewell dear brother  |  the last farewell."

71934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 202. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan202.html.


Archibald WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 600. "In 1803 Elijah Humphreys formed a partnership with Archibald Whitney at No. 22 Burling Slip. They did a large grocery business."

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 252. "Here Capt. Henry Whitney, a bitter opponent of the encroachments of England to destroy our commerce, father of the New York millionare, Stephen Whitney, and Archibald Whitney, late of Derby, and one of the ancient worthies who assisted in laying the cornerstone of old King Hiram Lodge, for years carried on an extensive and profitable business of shipping horses to the West Indies ..."

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 778.

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. 482. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/482.html.

5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824. "In  |  memory of  |  Archibald Whitney  |  who died  |  Sept 18 1842  |  aged 62 years."

71934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 219. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan219.html.

8Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 779.


Nancy Ann BROWER

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 824.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 779.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824. "Ann  |  widow of  |  Archibald Whitney  |  died Nov 22 1869  |  ae 85."

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 219. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan219.html.

5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 779.


Alfred WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 779.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 779.

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824. "In  |  memory of  |  Alfred Whitney who died  |  May 28 1839  |  aged 33 years."

51934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 219. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan219.html.


Archibald WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 780.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824. "In  |  memory of  |  Archibald Whitney  |  who died Jan 10 1849  |  aged 41 years."

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 219. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan219.html.


Ann Eliza WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.


Jane Alida WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.

2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 200. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan200.html.


William WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.


Theophilus Brower WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 780.


John Dore WHITNEY

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 780.


Roger S. BALDWIN

11850 Derby Census.

21860 Derby Census.

31870 Derby Census. "Farm Laborer."

41880 Derby Census. "Farming."

51850 Derby Census.


Bell G.

11880 Derby Census.

21880 Derby Census.


BALDWIN

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 815.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 815.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 815. "Infant son of RS and BG Baldwin  |  Died Feb 28 1872  |  ae 2 weeks."

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 221. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan221.html.


Roger S. BALDWIN

11880 Derby Census.


Lewis S BALDWIN

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 815.

2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 815.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 815. "Infant son of |  RS and BG  |  Baldwin  |  Died Aug 28 1874  |  ae 7 weeks."

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 221. http://www.oxfordpast.com/elmstcemscan221.html.


Josiah SMITH

1Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 30.

2Compiled 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. 291.

3Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 761.

4Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem18994.html.

5Donald 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 8, p 2041.


Sally YALE

1Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 30.

2Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16886.html.

3Copied 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. 483. . "Church Records."

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 8, p 2041.


Elizabeth SMITH

1Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

2Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29507.html.


Lockwood SMITH

1Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29506.html.


Joseph CHUSE

1Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), p. 89. . " ... Upon the high bluff of land a little east of the present village of Seymour stood, in 1780, a tavern of some celebrity, kept by a man named Tural Whittemore. This locality was, and we believe still is, called "Indian Hill," having once been the residence of the remnant of a tribe of the Milford Indians, of whom the lands in this vicinity were purchased. Their sachem was Mauwee, named by the English settlers "Joe Chuse," it is said from the manner in which he pronounced the word "choose"; and from him the settlement was often called "Chuse-town." It was a part of the ancient town of Derby, which then included what is now Derby, Ansonia, Seymour and the larger portion of Oxford ..."

2Samuel 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 ...
  Joseph Mauwehu (Chuse) is said to have been in the war."

3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 10. "1738, About this date, Chief Chuse settled near the Falls."

4Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 11. "1780, About this time Chief Chuse went to state reservation, Scatacook."


Isaac DURAND

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), pp. 789-90. " The memorandum of Lieut. Jabez Pritchard, who was taken prisoner with Bradford Steele and others, was brought home by Lieut. Steele, and contains the list of guards detailed at Horseneck from September 15th to the 21st. A large part of the company was from the town of Derby. The names are: ..."

2Donald 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 5, p 1127.

3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 718.

4Lower White Hills Cemetery Photograph - Shelton, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16907.html.

5Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Statford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut - Vol 2, Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886, p. 992.

61934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, p. 46. http://www.oxfordpast.com/lwhcemscan46.html.


Sarah MALLORY

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 5, p 1127.

2Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Statford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut - Vol 2, Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886, p. 992.

3Lower White Hills Cemetery Photograph - Shelton, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem30002.html.

41934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, p. 46. http://www.oxfordpast.com/lwhcemscan46.html.


Samuel DURAND

1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 256. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan256.html.

2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

3Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66. "Samuel Durand owned a large farm on what is now the largest part of West  Ansonia, Conn."

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

5Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

7Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

8Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16918.html.


Susan HAWKINS

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

2Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66.

3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 256. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan256.html.

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 806. "In memory of  |  Mrs Susan Durand  |  wife of  |  Mr Samuel Durand  |  who died  |  Jan 31 1814  |  in the 23 year of her age  |  Also their two infant children  |  who were buried in the same grave.
May angels with their guardian wings
  This drear tomb o'erspread
And guard until the close of time
  This mansion of the dead."

5Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26119.html.


Samuel DURAND

1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 256. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan256.html.

2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

3Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66. "Samuel Durand owned a large farm on what is now the largest part of West  Ansonia, Conn."

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

5Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

7Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

8Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16918.html.

9Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.


Sarah HAWKINS

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

2Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66.

3Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.


Levi DURAND

1Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66.

2Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

3Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem43342.html.


Samuel DURAND

1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 256. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan256.html.

2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

3Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66. "Samuel Durand owned a large farm on what is now the largest part of West  Ansonia, Conn."

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

5Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

7Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

8Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16918.html.


Nancy BEERS

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

2Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66. " ... of Trumbull ..."

3Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.

4Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

5Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26115a.html.


Samuel Beers DURAND

1Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66.

2Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 118.

3Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

4Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem43345.html.


Samuel DURAND

1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 256. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan256.html.

2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

3Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66. "Samuel Durand owned a large farm on what is now the largest part of West  Ansonia, Conn."

4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

5Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.

6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 719.

7Hale Collection, Bare Plains Cemetery, Ansonia, hale-collection.com, New Horizons Genealogy. http://hale-collection.com/201-4-new-haven-ansonia-bare-plain.htm.

8Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem16918.html.

9Samuel Durand, Durand Genealogy, p. 66.


Nancy GORHAM

1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 719. "Samuel, son of Noah and Ann (Tomlinson) Durand, m. 1st Susan Hawkins; 2d Sally Hawkins, sister of the first wife; 3d Nancy Beers of Trumball; 4th Nancy Bourn of New Bedford. He was a farmer at Bare Plains."

2Samuel Durand, Dr. John Durand. A Huguenot Born 1664, La Rochelle, France, Palo Alto, Ca., 1965, p. 66.

3Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26116a.html.