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LIST OF BURIALS, CENTER CHURCH BURYING
GROUND, HARTFORD.

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Elizabeth (Flowers) Shepard], aged 72.

Feb. 16 The Town is charged the burial

Mar.

of J. Orr, aged 55.

16 Daniel Talcott is charged the burial of John, [Probably his brother John, who lost his reason by a fall; Son of Capt. John and Abigail (Theoball) Talcott born 1733], aged 56.

18 Caleb Bull [son of Caleb and

Elizabeth (Easton) [Bunce] Bull, born March 18, 1717-18, died in Pittsfield, February 14th], aged 72.

I Caleb Spencer, aged 8o.

4 The Wife of Benjamin Conklin, aged 36.

26 Wife of Rev. Nathan Strong [his second wife, Anna McCurdy, of Lyme], aged 29.

April 14 Deacon John Shepard [born April 28, 1710, son of Samuel and Bethiah (Steele) Shepard], aged 80.

May 17 Infant Child of Mrs. Carter. 19 Infant Child of Levi Kelsey.

June 2 Infant Child of Sabra Williams, 6 Child of Charles Phelps, aged 1. 7 Sabra Hosmer [born 1727, wife of Joseph Hosmer; daughter of Zebulon and Dorothy (Waters) Mygatt], aged 62.

1789. June 15 Wife of Benjamin Bigelow [Mary

Collyer], aged 44.

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1790 Jan. 24 Feb. 12

7 Wife of Mr. James Henry, aged Mår.

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7 Infant Child of James Goodwin.

II Zebulon Mygatt, Dec'd with

small pox, [s
[son of Zebulon

15, 1729;

Martha (Williamson) Good-
win], aged 60.

Infant Child of Roswell Taylor.
Son of Samuel Kilbourn, aged 16.
Abigail Taylor, aged 88.
The wife of Roswell Stanley
[Dorothy, daughter of Timothy
and Lydia (Phelps) Shepard,]
aged 41.

The Wife of Jonathan Phillips.
Caleb Bull is charged the burial
of a child supposed to be his
child, aged 8.

19 Gideon Bunce [Baptized Nov. 26, 1727; Son of Joseph and Ann (Sandford) Bunce], aged 64.

26 Infant Child of Stephen Skinner.

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and Dorothy (Waters) Mygatt], Apr. 20 aged 68.

18 Rosanna Bow, aged 24.

22 Wife of Capt. John Cook, aged 53.

23 Daughter of Caleb Turner, aged

16.

Capt. Hezekiah Marsh, [Born
April 26, 1720; Son of Capt.
John and Elizabeth (Pitkin)
Marsh,] aged 71.

23 Infant Child of William Knox.

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Querists are requested to write all names of persons and places so that they cannot be misunderstood, to write on only one side of the paper, and to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and ten cents in stamps for each query. Those who are subscribers will be given preference in the insertion of their queries and they will be inserted in the order in which they are received. All matters relating to this department must be sent to THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, Hartford, marked, Genealogical Department. Give full name and post office address.

It is optional with querist to have name and address or initials published.
Answers to Queries of this year which we have been able to obtain are here pub-

lished.

ANSWERS.

Query 13. (a) Mr. Smith Bloomfield of Metuchen, N. J. might be able to give assistance. My grand-mother told me "The Bloomfields are of Welsh origin and emigrated to London. Robert there received the honor of knighthood. He had a number of sons and two of them, John and Tom1, came to America in 1632, taking up tracks of land in Middlesex Co., N. J. Our family is descended from John1. He had a son, grand-son and great-grand-son named Timothy. This last had three wives. The first left no children; the second had five-one dau. m. a Randolph, one a Beekman and one an Ayers whose descendants still live The two sons went to in the county. Ohio and some of their descendants returned to N. Y. City. The third wife of of Timothy left two children, Timothy5 who m. and Rachel5 David Kent. Timothy m. Sarah Ford and had nine children--John, Ellis, William, Smith,

Charles, Nathan6, Unis (aged 16 when
Sarah
Lord Howe held Staten Island),
and Timothy. John had six children-
David, Lott, Smith, Timothy', Sarah",
and Rebecca. David' m. Sarah La Forge
and had Nathan8, Smith8, Miriam8,
Nathan8 m.
Sarah and Elizabeth8.
Elizabeth Butler and had Garrett", Emily",
Mary Elizabeth, David, Frank, Frank-
lin and Nathan". Garrett (or Garry)
m. Frances Kingsley and had Emma
Evangeline 10 (m. Ernest Lauren Robin-
son) and Howard Barrelle 10."

E. L. R.

13. (c) The Rt. Rev. Wm. Crane Gray, D. D., Orlando, Fla., is said to be a grand-son of Bishop Croes.

15. The Meriden Church Records -Farcontain the following; Mrs. rington wid., a member of this Church died Jan. 24, 1818. James Drake Farrington was received to membership on profession and bapt. Sept. 4, 1831 d. Nov. 21, 1850, aet. 40. Orrin a child of

Mr. and Mrs. Farrington was bapt. Sept. 1786. Nov. 1800, Mr. Farrington d. aet. 55 Helen Lucretia dau. of James Farrington d. Oct. 16, 1850 aet. 3: Geo. son of the late James Farrington d. May 12, 1854 aet. 15. On the Society records I find Jeremiah Farrington of this Society joined the Baptist Society Nov. 1805. Joseph Farrington of this Society joined the Episcopal Society, Nov. 4, 1816. [Albert H. Wilcox, Meriden, Ct.]

23. (b) Wm. Southwell m. Feb. 24, 1687 Sarah Stebbins; had eight children, the third being Sarah b. Nov. 19, 1690. Mr. Wm. L. Loomis of Suffield, Ct., writes that she m. July 26, 1749 Joseph Harmon : he d. Feb. 15, 1762 and she m. Sept. 1765 John Hate of Suffield.

QUERIES.

36. Murray.-Joseph b. about 1699. Ten dollars will be paid for 1. date of birth 2. place of birth, and 3. parents' names. On Fairfield, Ct., Probate Records Jan. 5, 1715, he chose Thomas Bennett of Stratford, Ct., to be his guardian. On New Milford, Ct., Land Records Nov. 8, 1723 he is spoken of as "resident in the town of Stratford." On April 16, 1724 he m. Hannah Patterson of Stratford Ct., and moved to Newtown, Ct., where the following children were born; Elizabeth Jan. 24, 1725, m. John Henry Nearing; James, May 19, 1727 m. Patience Hawley; John, July 2, 1729 m. Martha Howard; Mary, Oct. 2, 1731 m. Amos Northrup. About 1733 he moved to New Milford, Ct., where the following children were born: Elisha Mch. 19, 1734: Hannah, July 27, 1736 : Ruby, Mch. 12, 1739 m. Ezra Dunning: Parthena, June 7, 1741 m. Lemuel Hotchkiss of New Haven; Joseph, Feb. 27, 1744 m. Isabell Burritt; Philemon Aug. 2, 1746; Eunice, July 16, 1749. I have visited and searched the records

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of New Milford, Newtown, Stratford, Milford, Bethlehem, Woodbury, Branford, Litchfield, Kent, Wallingford, Meriden, Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, New Haven, East Haven, Derby, Brookfield, Guilford and Lyme-Hamburg, all in Ct. ; also wrote to Killingworth, Ct. Town Clerk. Archibald Murray, M. D., 120 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Holmes.-James born in Stanford (or Amenia) N. Y. d. near Smithfield, N. Y. mar. Amy Thompson and had 1. Caleb Thompson b. Mch. 8, 1798 Amenia d. Apr. 15, 1874 Washington, N. Y., m. Mch. 13, 1818 Stanford, to Elizabeth dau. of Caleb Morey. 2. Morris b. July 27, 1790 d. Feb. 23, 1865. m. Maria Dyer. 3. Philetus. 4. Son. 5. Maria b. Oct. 6, 1812 Cayuga, N. Y. d. Jan. 12, 1869. m. Jan. 1836 James Shourds. 6. Phebe m. James Mayhew. 7. Girl. 8. Cynthia. Caleb T. and Elizabeth Holmes had 1. Charlotte 2. Henry Stewart 3. John 4. Caleb Thompson 5. Robert Armstrong 6. William 7. Lewis. Who were parents of the above James Holmes? Did he have any brothers and sisters? Mrs. Phebe Mayhew is said to have had the Holmes family bible at one time she lived either at Seneca Falls, N. Y., or Savannah, N. Y. Letters addressed to each place have been returned. Desired her address or descendants. C. B. S.

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(a) Perry.-Michael m. Dec. 8, 1742 Grace Sturges and had David bp. Oct. 4, 1747 lived in Ridgfield Ct.: had a son Nehemiah Sr., M. D., of Ridgfield had Nehemiah Jr. M. D., of Ridgfield m. Emily Jennings, [from Sellick's Norwalk History.] Who was father of Michael? Whom did David marry? What were names of all his children? There was another David Perry in Ridgfield at the same time; he was born about 1740 and was son of

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Elisha and Anna Perry.

Whom did this David marry and what children did he have?

(b) Penfield, Jeremiah m. Elizabeth Williams and had Charlotte, Charles, Henry, Owen and Asa. Who were parents of Jeremiah and Elizabeth. They are supposed to have lived in Portland, Conn., perhaps near Penfield Hill. W. P. P. Wanser.-Priscilla m. Jan. 28, 1754 Abram. Vancoit: Thomas Wanser m. Dec. 8, 1763 wid. Hannah Purdy (South Salem, N. Y., Pres. Ch. Rec.) Who were parents of Thomas and Priscilla? And what children did they have? Were they related to the Wanzer's of New Fairfield, Conn.? Is this the Thomas named on p. 120? W. C. P. 40. (a) Mun.-Jedediah of Woodbury,

Ct., m. about 1750 Ruth b. about 1729. Who were his parents and what children had he?

(b) Briggs, Zebedee of Ridgfield, Ct., or Southeast, N. Y., m. abt. 1760 Mary or Maria b. about 1740. They had children, James, Joshua, Phebe, Elizabeth, Ruth (m. a Wildman), Zebedee, John, Benjamin and Thankful. Who were parents of Zebedee? What became of these children? Who were parents of Mr. Wildman and what children had he?

(c) Cozier (or Couzier), Thomas deceased by Mch. 12, 1776 and Benjamin Cozier was appointed administrator. He lived near Danbury, Conn. Did he m. about 1765 Hannah b. about 1742; and what children did he have? There was a Thomas Cozier late of New Fairfield who d. about 1800 leaving wid. Tabitha sons Benjamin (dead by Jan. 7, 1828 wife Sarah), Thomas, and Abel; daus. Ann (m. Mr. Hodgh), Sarah (m. a Sharp), Lydia (m. Feb. 6, 1759 Aaron Knapp jr.), Thankful (m.

Elisha Morehouse) and Mercy wife of
Henry Woster. Abel married-
and had 1. Thomas (m. Margaret
Spencer and had David Scribner Cosier
sometime of Danbury, Ct.)
2. John
3. Margaret? m. Dr. Wm. Daly. I
would like to have these Coziers
straightened out.

(d) Sherwood, Abel enlisted Apr. 12,
1758 aet. 33 b. in Conn.; Carpenter
--brown complexion-5 ft. 8-Duchess
Co., N. Y. Company commanded by
Joseph Crane Esq. Who were parents
of Abel? He was not son of David3
Isaac2 Thomas1 Sherwood for that
Abel was b. Dec. 20, 1720.

J. W. E. 41. Barber.-John m. Sept. 16, 1756 Carmel N. Y., Thankful Hamblin. What children did they have. were parents of John and Thankful. H. F. A.

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