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John DUTTON

1American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003). . http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/veteran-graves.html.

2Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 42. "DUTTON ...
Hosea, physician, s. John & Abigail, of Southington, m. Elizabeth TROWBRIDGE, d. Israel & Mary, of Oxford, Jan. 19, 1783."

3Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 18.

4W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 78. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.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 3, p 587.

6Compiled by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 48 - Wallingford 1670-1850, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 138.

7W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 78. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.

8Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 18. "Dutton, Doct. Hosea, died Oct. 9, 1826, age 72 yrs.
Dutton, Elizabeth, wife of Doct. H., died July 2, 1837, age 80 yrs
Dutton, Israel, son of Doct. H. & Elizabeth, died at New Orleans, Sept. 16, 1812, age 27 yrs.
Dutton, Sebastain M., son of Doct. H. & Elizabeth, died Sept. 9, 1824, age 24 yrs.
Dutton, John, died 1819, age 90 yrs. (Flag)
Dutton, Abigail, died 1819, died, 1824, age 93 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan18.html.

9Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 587.

10Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 18. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan18.html.

11St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem7741.html.

12Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 587.

13Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Farmington 1645-1850, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, 211, 359.


Abigail WEBSTER

1Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 42. "DUTTON ...
Hosea, physician, s. John & Abigail, of Southington, m. Elizabeth TROWBRIDGE, d. Israel & Mary, of Oxford, Jan. 19, 1783."

2Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Farmington 1645-1850, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, p. 359.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 79. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/079.html.

4Compiled By Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 41.

5Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 18. "Dutton, Doct. Hosea, died Oct. 9, 1826, age 72 yrs.
Dutton, Elizabeth, wife of Doct. H., died July 2, 1837, age 80 yrs
Dutton, Israel, son of Doct. H. & Elizabeth, died at New Orleans, Sept. 16, 1812, age 27 yrs.
Dutton, Sebastain M., son of Doct. H. & Elizabeth, died Sept. 9, 1824, age 24 yrs.
Dutton, John, died 1819, age 90 yrs. (Flag)
Dutton, Abigail, died 1819, died, 1824, age 93 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan18.html.

6Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 18. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan18.html.

7St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem7742.html.

8Donald 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 587.

9Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, Barbour Collection - Farmington, 211, 359.


John DUTTON

1Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Farmington 1645-1850, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, p. 211.


Levi DUTTON

1Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Farmington 1645-1850, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, p. 211.


Joel PERRY

1W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 41. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 43. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 177. Oxford Legislature - 1824
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/177.html.

4W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 149. Taxpayers of Oxford in 1802
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/149.html.

5Historic 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), #100. "built in 1790 by Captain Joel Perry for his bride Elizabeth Riggs." Governor's Hill Road, Oxford, CT
http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

6Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 71. . "The first men to take the oath as Freemen ...1799.." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/071.html.

7Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 102. "..sawmill.." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/102.html.

8J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. "  The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."

9Oxford 1798 Dodrasquicentennial, Oxford Historical Society, Inc., 1973, p. 26. . "1836 ... The following three hundred and thirty one electors Cast ballots to elect Hiram Osborn as Representative to the General Assembly. Abner Cable ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/104.html.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 155. " ... sawmill ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/155.html.

111800 Oxford Census.

121820 Oxford Census.

131840 Oxford Census.

141850 Oxford Census.

15Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch, (http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html), Seymour Record, 1914. "  "Uncle Joel Perry," as he was called by all the neighbors, was the grandfather of the present one of that name; built the house next to where the present Joel Perry lives. His wife was Betty Riggs. They raised a moderate family of ten children.
 Uncle Joel Perry's son, David Perry, built the house where the present Joel Perry lives in 1830, on the ground where his grandfather, James Perry, had lived.
 David Perry's brother, Bennet Perry, lived where Mr. Beecher now lives, who built the house in 1840, and is yet owned by the Perry family." http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.

16Compiled 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, 63, 64.

17Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

18John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

19W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 13. " ... 1792 ...
Novr 4th, Joel Perry & Betty his Wife renewed their Covenant."  (Oxford Congregational)
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/013.html.

20Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

21Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

22Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

23Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem824.html.

24W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.

25Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 102. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/102.html.


Betty RIGGS

1W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 41. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/041.html.

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 43. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.

3Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

4Historic 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), #100. "built in 1790 by Captain Joel Perry for his bride Elizabeth Riggs." Governor's Hill Road, Oxford, CT
http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

5Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 102. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/102.html.

6Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch, (http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html), Seymour Record, 1914. "  "Uncle Joel Perry," as he was called by all the neighbors, was the grandfather of the present one of that name; built the house next to where the present Joel Perry lives. His wife was Betty Riggs. They raised a moderate family of ten children.
 Uncle Joel Perry's son, David Perry, built the house where the present Joel Perry lives in 1830, on the ground where his grandfather, James Perry, had lived.
 David Perry's brother, Bennet Perry, lived where Mr. Beecher now lives, who built the house in 1840, and is yet owned by the Perry family." http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.

7Compiled 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, 63, 64.

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 13. " ... 1792 ...
Novr 4th, Joel Perry & Betty his Wife renewed their Covenant."  (Oxford Congregational)
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/013.html.

9W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

10Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 65.

11Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

12John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

13Copied 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. 477. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/477.html.

14Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

15John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 19.

16Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

17Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem823.html.

18W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.

19Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 102. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/102.html.


John Riggs PERRY

1W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.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. 63.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 24. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/024.html.

4Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

5Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

6Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem4718.html.


Betty PERRY

1Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 63. "Betsey."

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.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. 63.

4W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 24. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/024.html.

5Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

6Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

7Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem3212.html.


Bennett PERRY

1Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch, (http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html), Seymour Record, 1914. "  "Uncle Joel Perry," as he was called by all the neighbors, was the grandfather of the present one of that name; built the house next to where the present Joel Perry lives. His wife was Betty Riggs. They raised a moderate family of ten children.
 Uncle Joel Perry's son, David Perry, built the house where the present Joel Perry lives in 1830, on the ground where his grandfather, James Perry, had lived.
 David Perry's brother, Bennet Perry, lived where Mr. Beecher now lives, who built the house in 1840, and is yet owned by the Perry family." http://www.our-oxford.info/short-stories/lounsbury-sketch.html.

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 25. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/025.html.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

4Compiled 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. 63.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 24. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/024.html.

6Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 8. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan8.html.

7W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 118. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/118.html.

8Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 8. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan8.html.

9Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem4719.html.


Nathan PERRY

1W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

21850 Oxford Census.

31860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

41870 Oxford Census. "Farmer." Living w/ sister Eunice.

5Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 64.

6W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 43. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/043.html.

7Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

8Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

9Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem4725.html.


Eunice PERRY

1Historic 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), #100.   Governor's Hill Road, Oxford, CT
Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

21850 Oxford Census.

31860 Oxford Census. Living w/ brother Nathan.

41870 Oxford Census. She is head of household. Brother Nathan living w/ her.

51880 Oxford Census. Living alone.

6W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

7Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

8Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 9. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan9.html.

9Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem6593.html.


Captain Philo BEECHER

1Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 128. . discharge from military duty - 1810
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/128.html.

2Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 70. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/070.html.

3Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 27. "Capt. of 1st Co. in Oxford."

41800 Oxford Census.

5Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

6John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

7W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 14. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... 1794.
Aug. 24th, Samuel Riggs and Charry his wife renewed their Covenant.
Aug. 24, Philo Beecher & Mary his Wife renewed their Covenant."  (Oxford Congregational)
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 77. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/077.html.

9Donald 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 1, p 179. "..  7 Nov 1815 ae. 42 Oxf; Capt. ..." From the photograph it would appear that December is correct rather than November.

10Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 2. "Chatfield, Abijah, died Nov. 19, 1835, age 68
Chatfield, Hannah Ball, wife of Abijah, died Sept. 25, 1826, age 73
Beecher, Capt. Philo, died Dec 7, 1815. age 42
Beecher, Isaac, died Sept. 23, 1789, age 41." http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan2.html.

11Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 2. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan2.html.

12Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem826.html.

13Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 179.

14W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.


Mary RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

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 1, p 179.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 14. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... 1794.
Aug. 24th, Samuel Riggs and Charry his wife renewed their Covenant.
Aug. 24, Philo Beecher & Mary his Wife renewed their Covenant."  (Oxford Congregational)
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/014.html.

4Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 179.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

6Compiled 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. 66.

7Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

8John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

9John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 19.

10Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 179.

11W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 35. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.


Timothy Russell NICHOLS

1J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. "  The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."

21830 Oxford Census.

31840 Oxford Census.

4Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 156. . " ... In Oxford, these funds were in the control of First Selectmen, Benjamin Nichols. He was born in Oxford, son of Russell and Nabby Riggs Nichols. He grew to manhood on the old family farm there ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/056.html.

5Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537. "R. T. Nichols."

6John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19. "R. T. Nicholls."

7Compiled 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. 272. "NICHOLS ...
  Timothy Russell, s. Isaac & Abigail, b. Nov. 30, 1776."

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

9Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. "Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/hscemscan36.html.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

11Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem4001.html.

12Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. http://www.oxfordpast.com/hscemscan36.html.

13W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.


Abigail RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

21850 Oxford Census. Living w/ son Benjamin.

31860 Oxford Census. Living w/ son Benjamin.

4Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 156. . " ... In Oxford, these funds were in the control of First Selectmen, Benjamin Nichols. He was born in Oxford, son of Russell and Nabby Riggs Nichols. He grew to manhood on the old family farm there ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/156.html.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

6Compiled 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. 66.

7Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

8John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

9W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 18. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/018.html.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.

11W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 136. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/136.html.

12W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

13Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. "Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/hscemscan36.html.

14W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 140. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/140.html.

15W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

16Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem827.html.

17W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.


Isaac NICHOLS

11850 Oxford Census. Living w/ brother Benjamin and their mother.

21860 Oxford Census. Living w/ brother Benjamin and their mother.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 67. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/067.html.

4Compiled 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. 59.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

6Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. "Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/hscemscan36.html.

7W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

8Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. http://www.oxfordpast.com/hscemscan36.html.

9Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem4002.html.


Benjamin NICHOLS

1W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 178. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. Oxford Legislature - 1862
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/178.html.

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 178. "..State Senators from Oxford.." 1875-1876
http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/178.html.

31875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 13. "Chairman of Committee." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_13.html.

41840 Oxford Census.

51850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

61860 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

71870 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

81880 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

9Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 156. . " ... In Oxford, these funds were in the control of First Selectmen, Benjamin Nichols. He was born in Oxford, son of Russell and Nabby Riggs Nichols. He grew to manhood on the old family farm there ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/156.html.

101856 Oxford Map, Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian. "B Nichols."   Quaker Farms Road, just south of Moose Hill Road. His cousin, Miss Sarah Nichols, is shown owning property on Moose Hill, just east of Quaker Farms Road, and on Quaker Farms Road, just south of Governors Hill Road.
http://www.oxfordpast.com/map.html.

11F. W. Beers, 1868 map, Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977. "B Nichols." Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
  B. Nichols, Quaker Farms Road, between Moose Hill Road, and Punkup Road.
http://www.oxfordpast.com/1868District5.jpg.

12Historic 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). "Nichols Homestead."   Map, photo and information about the Nichols house can be found in this book.
Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.

13W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 163. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/163.html.

141997 photo by Andrew Pehanick, courtesy of Oxford Municipal Historian, Dorothy DeBisschop. "http://www.oxfordpast.com/h001.jpg."

15W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 67. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/067.html.

16Compiled 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. 59.

17Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 45. "Stone broken and frozen to ground.
Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A." http://www.oxfordpast.com/bscemscan45.html.

18Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem828.html.

19Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries. . http://www.our-oxford.info/sexton-reports/1895-96.html.

20W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.

21W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 136. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/136.html.

22Compiled 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. 271. " ... by John D. Smith."


Minerva TOMLINSON

1Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 156. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/156.html.

21875 Oxford Agricultural Society, (http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html), p. 28. "Judges: Mrs. Benjamin Nichols, Mrs. Joel White." http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_28.html.

31850 Oxford Census.

41860 Oxford Census.

51870 Oxford Census.

61880 Oxford Census.

7Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5694.html.

8Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 45. "Stone broken and frozen to ground.
Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A." http://www.oxfordpast.com/bscemscan45.html.

9Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5694.html.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.

11W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 136. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/136.html.

12Compiled 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. 271. " ... by John D. Smith."


Arthur Russell NICHOLS

11850 Oxford Census.

2Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5695.html.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.

4W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 136. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/136.html.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 140. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/140.html.

6Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 45. "Stone broken and frozen to ground.
Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A." http://www.oxfordpast.com/bscemscan45.html.

7W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 140. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/140.html.

8Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem5695.html.


Major Gideon RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

2Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 65. "RIGGS ... Gideon, Capt. of 1st Co. in Oxford."

31810 Oxford Census.

4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539. "Removed to Kirtland, Ohio."

5John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35. "In the war of 1812 he entered the military service in Command of a ceompany of infantry, and after two years he was promoted to the rank of major, which position he held till the close of the war. In 1816 he went to the New Connecticut, as the reserve in Ohio was then called, and purchased land at Kirtland in Geaugua County ..."

6W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

7Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 537.

8John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, 19, 34.

9John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 35.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 37. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/037.html.


Susan PITCHER

1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539. " ... of Oxford ..."

2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

3Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 539. "She was born Dec. 27, 1780. Removed to Kirtkand, Ohio."

4W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 37. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/037.html.


Dwight RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35.


Harpin RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35.


Burr RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35.


Doctor John RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35.


Marriette RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35. "Maryette."

2John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 35. "Maryette."


Harriette RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35. "Harriette, b June 11, 1818."

2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539. "Henrietta, born Feb. 11, 1818."


Adaline RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 35. "Adaline, b. December 20, 1819."


Ebenezer UMBERFIELD

1Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83.

21830 Derby Census.

31840 Derby Census.

4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

5Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 537.

6Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 411.

7Donald 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 903.

81934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour, Arthur Walker, Union Cemetery, Seymour, p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/uncemscan12.html.

91934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour, p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/uncemscan12.html.

10W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 37. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html.

11Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 903.

12Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 905.


Anna RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83.

31850 Seymour Census. Living w/ daughter Catherine & family.

41860 Humphreyville Census. Living w/ daughter Catherine & family.

5Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

6Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 537.

7Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 411.

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

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. 65.

10John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19. "19 Annie, b. June 30, 1784, m. E. Underfield."

111934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour, Arthur Walker, Union Cemetery, Seymour, p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/uncemscan12.html.

121934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour, p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/uncemscan12.html.

13W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 37.

14Donald 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 903.

15Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 905.


Esther M. UMBERFIELD

1Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sycgcemscan83.html.

2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sycgcemscan83.html.

3Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83. http://www.oxfordpast.com/sycgcemscan83.html.

4Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem18519.html.


Roswell CANDEE

1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19. "Rozell Candee."

3Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 28.

4Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy, p. 52.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 23. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/023.html.

6W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 37. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/037.html.

7Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy, p. 52.


Lucy RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

2W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.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. 66.

4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

5John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19.

6W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 37. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/037.html.

7Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 52.


Leveritt RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

21820 Oxford Census.

3Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem832.html.

4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

6Compiled 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. 66. "b. July 16, 1788."

7John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, 19, 34. " ... born July 17, 1788."

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 118. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/118.html.

9Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 7.

10John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 34.

11Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 7.

12Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 539. " ... married, first, Betsey Wheeler, 1812 ..."

13John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 34. "In 1812 he married Betsey Hawkins, who was born 1789 ..."


Betsey

1Compiled 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. 66.

2Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 77. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "1816 ..
Leverett Rigg's wife, 25." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/077.html.

4John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34. "died February 29, 1816."

5Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539. "Betsey died Feb. 26, 1816."

6Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

7Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem1107.html.

8Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 539. " ... married, first, Betsey Wheeler, 1812 ..."

9John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 34. "In 1812 he married Betsey Hawkins, who was born 1789 ..."


Leveritt RIGGS

1Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 6. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cgcemscan6.html.

21820 Oxford Census.

3Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem832.html.

4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 68. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/068.html.

6Compiled 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. 66. "b. July 16, 1788."

7John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, 19, 34. " ... born July 17, 1788."

8W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 118. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/118.html.

9Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 7.

10John H. Wallace, The Riggs Family, p. 34.

11Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, p. 7.


Rachel CHATFIELD

11850 Oxford Census.

2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.

3W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 60. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/060.html.

4Compiled 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. 37.

5W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 22. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/022.html.

6Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem882.html.


Clark RIGGS

11840 Derby Census.

2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.

3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.


Elliott RIGGS

1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.

2John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.


Eliza RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.

2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.


Charles RIGGS

1John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 34.

2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 539.