October 1741, Connecticut

View of East Haddam, Connecticut looking north from the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, showing some buildings and a cemetery in a rural scene. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

October 1, 1741- John Cotton marries 24 year-old Rachel Cornwall, daughter of Benjamin Cornwall & Hannah Merry, in Connecticut.

October 12, 1741- Elijah Ackley, son of Samuel Ackley & Bethia Adams, marries Abigail Blakesley, daughter of Samuel Blakesley & Elizabeth Doolittle, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

October 13, 1741- Jemima Atkins is born to Thomas Atkins & Martha Miller in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

October 31, 1741- Jared Abernathy is born to Caleb Abernathy & Lois Gaylord in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
"Jared sonne of Caleb and Lois Ebenatha was borne Oct last day 1741"
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Births, Marriages, and Death Records (1670-1850), Volume 8, page 532


(Rachel Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Abigail Blakesley is her first cousin once removed. Abigail Blakesley is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Jemima Atkins is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.
Jared Abernathy is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sergeant Abraham Doolittle.)

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June 1741, Connecticut

Map of Connecticut highlighting New Haven County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

June 15, 1741

A daughter, Hannah, is born to Samuel Blakesley & Elizabeth Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

June 17, 1741

A daughter, Sybil, is born to Joseph Doolittle & Rachel Cole in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
The child did not survive, dying two weeks later.

June 22, 1741

A son, Daniel, is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

June 23, 1741

A son, David, is born to David Dutton & Sarah Abernathy in  Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

June 26, 1741

A son, Robert, is born to Deacon Richard Ely & Phebe Hubbard in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.

(Hannah Blakesley, Daniel Cotton, and Sybil Doolittle are my second cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
David Dutton is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Robert Ely is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Deacon Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.)

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December 1739, Connecticut

East Rock, New Haven

December 1, 1739- Daniel Bacon is born to Joseph Bacon & Bethia Whitmore in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. (Daniel would later wed Mary Abernathy, listed below.)

December 5, 1739- Chloe Moss is born to David Moss & Mindwell Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

December 9, 1739- Mary Abernathy is born to Caleb Abernathy & Lois Gaylord in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

December 10, 1739- Twins, Grace and Patience Parker, are born to Andrew Parker & Susanna Blakeslee in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. They do not survive, dying within days of their birth.

December 14, 1739- Sarah Stow is born to Eliakim Stow & Lydia Miller in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

December 15, 1739- Elizabeth Bacon is born to Jeremiah Bacon & Elizabeth Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

December 24, 1739- Hannah Cotton is born to Ebenezer Cotton & Hannah Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Her mother, Hannah, would die a week later, at age 24, on December 31, 1739.

(Daniel Bacon is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Whitmore & Mary Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller, and Thomas Wetmore.
Cloe Moss and the Parker Twins are my third cousins 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle, John Moss & Abigail Charles and Paul Peck & Martha Hale.
Mary Abernathy is my third cousin 7 times removed. Chloe Moss is her third cousin. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Sarah Stow is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.
Elizabeth Bacon is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller, Thomas Wetmore, and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Hannah Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck. )

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November 1738, Connecticut

November 3, 1738- Daniel Whitmore marries Mehitable Hubbard in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

November 15, 1738- Theophilus Doolittle marries Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
It is his second marriage. His first wife, Susannah Moss, had died earlier in the year.

November 16, 1738- Samuel Cotton is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Daniel Whitmore is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.
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Samuel Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)

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September 1736, Connecticut

September 5, 1736- Mary Cotton is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

September 16, 1736- Daniel Maltby marries Mary Harrison in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.

September 18, 1736- Abishai Marks marries Martha Cornwall, widow of Abraham Doolittle, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.


September 27, 1736- Phebe Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Mary Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Martha Cornwall is her aunt. Martha Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Daniel Maltby is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Phebe Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Deacon Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.)

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