On this Day, January 9th

1715- A son, Jeremiah, is born to Nathaniel Bacon & Hannah Wetmore in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1717- My eighth great granduncle, Joseph Cole, son of Hugh Cole & Deborah Buckland, marries Mary Eddy, daughter of Caleb Eddy & Elizabeth Bullock, in  Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

1727- My sixth great grandfather, Solomon Stimson, dies at the age of 45 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Born in March, 1681, Solomon is the son of James Stimson & Hannah Stearns.
At the age of 18, Solomon appeared before the Court for being drunk and fighting. When asked how he pleaded, he declared he would fight again if he had like occasion.
In 1715, he married Elizabeth Finch, daughter of Guy and Rebecca Finch.

Court Records of Prince George's County, Maryland 1696-1699

In March, 1699 true bills were found against Benjamin Stephens, Solomon Stimpson, Peter Scamper, Thomas Wells and John Robinson for being drunk and fighting against
"the Goods laws of God and this Province." All except Stimpson submitted to the
court, received fines of 100 pounds of tobacco and were cleared by proclamation.
Stimpson, when asked how he pleaded, declared he would fight again if he had
like occasion; he was then put in the stocks for 3 hours and required to give security
for his good behavior and appearance at the next court. At the June court he was
cleared by proclamation, nobody appearing against him.

Will of Solomon Stimson

Stimton (Stimson), Solomon, planter, Prince George's County, 9th Jan., 1726-7; 26th Jan., 1726/7.
To son Solomon, £30.
To son Benjamin, 50 A. where he now lives and £30.
To son-in-laws William and Thomas Elder, personalty.
To wife Elizabeth, extx., son Jeremiah, daus. Sarah and Mary, personal estate equally.
To dau. Ann, £5.
to wife Elizabeth and hrs., rights in land adj. Charles Bevans; shd. any of child. die during minority, their
portion to be divided among all child. equally.

Test: Thos. Chartur (Chartor), Paul Talbart (Tabart), Elizabeth Morris. 19.67

1736- A daughter, Phebe, is born to Joseph Moss & Lydia Jones in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

1737- Ebenezer Cole, son of Ebenezer Cole & Mehitable Luther, marries Prudence Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller & Ruth Curtis, in Swansea, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1745- A son, Benjamin, is born to William Tallman & Ann Lincoln in Berks County, Pennsylvania, British America.

(Jeremiah Bacon is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Wetmore.
Ebenezer Cole  is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.
Phebe Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Benjamin Tallman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)

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St. John-Ashwell House (1742)

In 1742, Jonathan Huested purchased a newly built house, on what is now Park Street in New Canaan, from Henry Inman. The house was next owned by Lt. David St. John. It was later home to the Lieutenant’s granddaughter, Hannah, who married the Congregational minister, Rev. Theophilus Smith in 1831. Her brother, Dr. Samuel St. John, was born in the house in 1813. A notable scientist, he was a professor at the Western Reserve College in Ohio and later the Cleveland Medical College. He later returned to New Canaan, serving for twenty years as Professor of Chemistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and lived in a house across from the old St. John House. A few months before his death, he gave a Historical Address in the Congregational Church on the Centennial, July 4, 1876. The old house remained in St. John family until it was sold to Helen M. Ashwell in 1919. The entrance was originally on the north side, but the current front door faces Park Street. Historical Buildings of Connecticut.

Esther Moss, daughter of John Moss & Martha Lothrop, dies at age 64 some time before November, 1743, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. In 1742, she had married her third husband, Samuel Frary.

(Esther Moss is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)

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November 8, 1742- A daughter, Submit Dowd, is born to Janna Dowd & Desire Cornwall in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

November 16, 1742- My eighth great grandmother, Mary Cornwall, dies at the age of 75 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
Mary was born in November 20, 1666, the daughter of John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
In 1688, on her 22nd birthday, she married Samuel Doolittle, son of Sergeant Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Solomon received land in Wallingford in 1689, and there they first settled.
After their second child was born they moved from Wallingford to Middletown.
Samuel suffered from poor health by 1714, and in 1717 he died at the age of 52. Mary survived him by nearly thirty years.
They had eleven children, all of whom lived to adulthood.

November 29, 1742- A son, Isaiah, is born to Isaiah Tuttle & Susanna Doolittle in North New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. The child would not reach adulthood, and dies young.

November 30, 1742- Solomon Moss, son of Solomon Moss & Ruth Peck, marries Elizabeth Fenn, daughter of Theophilus Fenn & Martha Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.


(Submit Dowd is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck. Elizabeth Fenn is her second cousin.
Isaiah Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Sergeant Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Elizabeth Fenn is his second cousin. Solomon Moss is his second cousin once removed.
Elizabeth Fenn is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Sergeant Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck. Solomon Moss is her second cousin once removed.
Solomon Moss is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)

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September 14, 1742- Mindwell Cornwall, daughter of Benjamin Cornwall & Mary Ward, dies in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. She is four years old.

A son, Samuel, is born to John Cornwall & Mary Foster in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

September 18, 1742- Noah Dowd, son of Janna Dowd & Desire Cornwall, dies in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He is four years old.

September 30, 1742- A son, David, is born to David Moss & Mindwell Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Mindwell Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Samuel Cornwall and Noah Dowd are her first cousins once removed. Samuel and Noah are first cousins. Samuel Cornwall is my second cousin 8 times removed. Noah Dowd is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
David Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles and Abraham Doolittle, and Paul Peck and Martha Hale.)

Ebenezer Evans House

 

According to the sign on the Ebenezer Evans House at 17 Long Bottom Road in Southington, the house was built “before 1767.” According to Heman R. Timlow’s Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Conn. (1875), Ebenezer Evans was the

son of Ebenezer and Mary Gridley, his wife, b. Sept. 19, 1742, in Farmington (Southington parish); m. Jan. 19, 1769, Sarah, daughter of Reuben Munson, of Southington. He resided in Southington, where Josiah H. Merriman now lives. He removed to Conway, Mass., where he was living in 1782; but returned to Southington, where he died of influenza, March 24, 1816, aged 75 years.

Anson Merriman (1786-1853) moved to the house in 1832. His father, Chauncey Merriman, had already started a farm on land purchased from Ebenezer Evans in 1809. Anson started the apple orchard on the farm that was continued by his son, Josiah H. Merriman (1834-1912), and then by Josiah’s daughter Sarah (1867-1957) and her husband (m. 1888) Elijah Rogers (1861-1949), who was one of the first farmers in Connecticut to grow peaches commercially. The Rogers Orchard continues today.









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May 2, 1742- Timothy Clark is born to Joseph Clark & Miriam Cornwell in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

May 4, 1742- A son, Hezekiah, is born to Hezekiah Doolittle & Hephzibah Tyler in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

May 5, 1742- Eunice Moss is born to Joseph Moss & Lydia Jones in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

(Timothy Clark is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
 Hezekiah Doolittle  is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Eunice Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)

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My eighth great granduncle, Reverend Izrahiah Wetmore, dies at the age of 86 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
Born in 1656 to Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall, he wed Rachel Stow, daughter of Reverend Samuel Stow and Hope Fletcher, of Middletown, in 1692, and left many descendants. His father-in-law made him his executor and speaks of him in his will in terms of the highest praise.
He was Magistrate of the town and had been deputy to the General Court of 1721-1728 inclusive.
 "a man of fine abilities, says tradition, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the colonists".
His son, Judge Seth Wetmore, served as Magistrate and Deputy of the Court of Connecticut at the time of Izrahiah's death.

Esther Moss, daughter of John Moss & Martha Lothrop, marries Samuel Frary in New Haven, Connecticut.

Annah Key is born to Samuel Key & Anne Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Ebenezer Blakeslee, young child of Ebenezer Blakeslee & Jemima Tuttle, dies in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Patience Barnes is born to Thomas Barnes & Abigail Brockett in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Esther Moss is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Annah Key is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Patience Barnes and Ebenezer Blakeslee are my third cousins 7 times removed. They are third cousins. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)

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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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English: 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)

December 4, 1740- Elizabeth Sleed and Peletiah Clark are married in Haddam, Connecticut. Soon, they would have their first son, Aaron.
The couple were the first settlers of the area of Haddam known as Little Town.

December 16, 1740- Simeon Moss is born to David Moss & Mindwell Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Elizabeth Sleed is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Simeon Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles, Abraham Doolittle, and Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale.)

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August 3, 1740- Lois Harrison is born to Amos Harrison & Esther Maltby in Northford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 7, 1740- Taphath Doolittle is born to Ebenezer Doolittle & Lydia Warner in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 14, 1740- Hepzibah Doolittle is born to Hezekiah Doolittle & Hepzibah Tyler in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 15, 1740- Susanna Tuttle is born to Isaiah Tuttle & Susanna Doolittle in New Haven, Connecticut.

August 18, 1740- Lydia Moss is born to Joseph Moss & Lydia Jones in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Lois Harrison is my third cousin 8 times removed. Lydia Moss is her second cousin. Lydia Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Taphath Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Hepzibah Doolittle is her second cousin once removed.  Susanna Tuttle is her second cousin. Hepzibah Doolittle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Susanna Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed.)


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Wethersfield, Connecticut

March 3, 1740- Lois Wright is born to Jonas Wright & Bathsheba Goffe in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She would die young.
Reuben Tuttle is born to Ezekiel Tuttle & Susannah Merriman in New Haven, Connecticut.

March 5, 1740- Hannah Cornwall, daughter of Benjamin Cornwall & Mary Ward, dies at the age of  4 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

March 26, 1740- My eighth great granduncle, Theophilus Doolittle, dies at the age of 61 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Born in 1678, Theophilus was the youngest child of Abraham & Abigail (Moss) Doolittle. He was just 12 years old when his father died. When he came of age, his father's estate was divided up, and he inherited considerable land. He settled at Wallingford, and became a farmer.
In 1699 he married Thankful Hall; service performed by Samuel Street. Following her death in 1715, he wed Elizabeth Howe.

(Lois Wright is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Hubbard & Mary Earle.
Reuben Tuttle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Hannah Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)

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