1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, 250, 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 810. "In memory of | Americas | daughter of William W and Sophia Johnson | of New York | who was born in Edgefield S C | May 25 1826 | and died in Derby | Sept 20 1832 aged | 6 years and 4 months.
The flower in the meadow, the leaf on the tree
The rush in the river are emblems of me
In innocence and beauty they flourish a day
Bloomed for a season then withered away."3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 810. "To the memory of | Wm Goodwin | son of | William W and | Sophia Johnson | who died of hooping | cough New York Oct | 24 1835 æ 1 year and 4 months.
A little while the beauteous gem
Bloomed on its mother's breast
But soon it withered on the stem
And sought a higher rest."4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 810. "In memory of Henry Owen | son of Wm W and Sophia Johnson | who died in New York | Jan 13 1840 | aged 2 years | and 10 months."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, 250, 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 810.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 810. "In memory of | Americas | daughter of William W and Sophia Johnson | of New York | who was born in Edgefield S C | May 25 1826 | and died in Derby | Sept 20 1832 aged | 6 years and 4 months.
The flower in the meadow, the leaf on the tree
The rush in the river are emblems of me
In innocence and beauty they flourish a day
Bloomed for a season then withered away."5Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26031.html.
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 810. "To the memory of | Wm Goodwin | son of | William W and | Sophia Johnson | who died of hooping | cough New York Oct | 24 1835 æ 1 year and 4 months.
A little while the beauteous gem
Bloomed on its mother's breast
But soon it withered on the stem
And sought a higher rest."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 810. "In memory of Henry Owen | son of Wm W and Sophia Johnson | who died in New York | Jan 13 1840 | aged 2 years | and 10 months."
5Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26030.html.
1Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 7204. " ... of Derby ..."
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 810. "In memory of | Henry Johnson | who died | March 3 1839 | aged 42 years and 3 months."
6Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26035.html.
7Ricker, Ricker Compilation, p. 7204. " ... by Rev. Samuel Merwin of Meth. Epis. Ch - New Haven VR."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
2Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 7204. " ... by Rev. Samuel Merwin of Meth. Epis. Ch - New Haven VR."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
4Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26037.html.
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 251. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan251.html.
4Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26038.html.
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 8, p 1818.
2Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 8, p 1818.
3Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 8, p 1818.
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 8, p 1818.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 184. "Early in March, 1780, another committee, unnamed before, appears, as inspectors of provisions: ... Reuben Baldwin ..."
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 186. "'Derby, Sept. 16, 1777. The persons hereafter named, had the oath provided by law for freemen administered to them in open freemen's meeting ... Reuben Baldwin ..."
3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 264. " ... below the Point of Rocks at the Thompson Place, near Reuben Baldwin's distillery, now known as Hallock's Old Ship Yard."
41790 Derby Census.
51800 Derby Census.
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
7Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
8Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
9Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 803. "Mr Reuben Baldwin | died May 12 1809 | in the 70 year | of his age | Also Mamre and Isaac infant | children of | Reuben and Catherine Baldwin.
Mamre died Nov 21 1793 | aged 11 months.
Isaac died May 1 1796 | aged 1 year 2 months.
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now soon you will be
Prepare for death and follow me."10Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26041.html.
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 803. "Mr Reuben Baldwin | died May 12 1809 | in the 70 year | of his age | Also Mamre and Isaac infant | children of | Reuben and Catherine Baldwin.
Mamre died Nov 21 1793 | aged 11 months.
Isaac died May 1 1796 | aged 1 year 2 months.
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now soon you will be
Prepare for death and follow me."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 803. "Mr Reuben Baldwin | died May 12 1809 | in the 70 year | of his age | Also Mamre and Isaac infant | children of | Reuben and Catherine Baldwin.
Mamre died Nov 21 1793 | aged 11 months.
Isaac died May 1 1796 | aged 1 year 2 months.
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now soon you will be
Prepare for death and follow me."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 803. "Mr Reuben Baldwin | died May 12 1809 | in the 70 year | of his age | Also Mamre and Isaac infant | children of | Reuben and Catherine Baldwin.
Mamre died Nov 21 1793 | aged 11 months.
Isaac died May 1 1796 | aged 1 year 2 months.
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now soon you will be
Prepare for death and follow me."
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698. "He was merchant many years; town clerk; justice of the peace, and finally engaged in manufacturing; was a prominent and influential citizen."
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 386. " Sheldon was the business manager of the Birmingham Iron Foundry at his death. His son, Royal M., became the president, and his son, Theodore S., the secretary and treasurer of the company."
4Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 130. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan130.html.
5Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 386.
6Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 387.
7Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 175. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan175.html.
8Compiled 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, 189, 247. " ... by Rev. Zepheniah Swift."
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698. " ... niece to Gen. Wm. Hull ..."
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 735.
3Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 130. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan130.html.
4Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 386.
5Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 387.
6Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 175. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan175.html.
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, 189, 247. " ... by Rev. Zepheniah Swift."
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698.
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. 188.
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
5Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, p. 188. "d. Aug. 28, 1831, ae 15 m. 8 d."
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 252. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan252.html.
7Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 803. "Lucy M | daughter of | Sheldon and Harriet Bassett | died Aug 28 1831 | aged 15 months and 8 days.
She's gone but where? Ah pause and see
Gone to a long eternity
She's gone but where from toil and pain
To where eternal pleasures reign
She's gone before her mind could know
The ills attending all below."8Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem26050.html.
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698. "Helen."
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. 187.
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
4Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 175. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan175.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698.
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. 189.
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698.
2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 386. " Sheldon was the business manager of the Birmingham Iron Foundry at his death. His son, Royal M., became the president, and his son, Theodore S., the secretary and treasurer of the company."
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. 189.
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 174. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan174.html.
1Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 174. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan174.html.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 699.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 699.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 699.
2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 174. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan174.html.
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 698.
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. 188.
3Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
1Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 130. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan130.html.
1Compiled 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. 188.
2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 387.
3Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 130. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan130.html.