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             Husband: Nathaniel WOOSTER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13)
                Born: 25 NOV 1766 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (14 15 16 17 18)
Christened: 02 AUG 1767 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (19)
Married: 05 FEB 1789 in Oxford Congregational Church (98 99 100 101)
Died: 23 NOV 1855 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (20 21 22 23 24 25)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (26 27 28)
Father: Samuel WOOSTER
Mother: Mary DELAVAN
Spouses:
                Wife: Charity PLUMB (29 30 31 32)
                Born: 26 JUL 1767 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (33 34 35 36)
Died: 25 DEC 1857 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (37 38 39)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (40 41 42)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Mamre WOOSTER (43 44)
Born: 23 SEP 1788 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (45 46 47 48)
Died: 28 JAN 1855 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (49 50 51 52)
Spouses: Divine CHATFIELD
02               (F): Grace WOOSTER
Born: 09 JAN 1791 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (53 54)
Died: 09 NOV 1848 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (55 56 57)
Spouses: John SMITH
03               (F): Anna Maria WOOSTER
Born: 13 NOV 1793 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (58 59)
Died: 29 OCT 1794 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (60 61)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (62 63 64)
Spouses:
04               (M): Bennett WOOSTER (65 66 67 68)
Born: 13 OCT 1795 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (69 70 71)
Died: 01 OCT 1883 (72 73)
Spouses: Sarah BASSETT; Elsie Louiza WILLIAMS
05               (F): Clarissa Maria WOOSTER (74 75 76 77 78)
Born: 04 MAR 1798 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (79 80)
Died: 25 FEB 1862 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (81)
Spouses: Nathan Lewis BUCKINGHAM
06               (M): Nathaniel Ransom WOOSTER (82 83 84 85)
Born: 18 NOV 1809 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (86 87 88)
Died: 05 OCT 1898 (89)
Spouses: Antoinette BASSETT
07               (M): Marcus WOOSTER
Born: 26 JAN 1815 (90 91)
Died: 02 JUL 1839 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (92 93 94)
Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (95 96 97)
Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 33.
  2. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 170.
    Capt. Nathaniel Wooster was a noteworthy citizen, and by trade a blacksmith.
  3. Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 21.
  4. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 90.
  5. J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, 534.
    The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ...
  6. 1800 Oxford Census.
  7. 1810 Oxford Census.
  8. 1820 Oxford Census.
  9. 1840 Oxford Census.
  10. 1850 Oxford Census.
  11. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 64, 83, 84.
  12. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 785.
    ... Oct. 11, 1811.
    We Quaker's Farm people have begun to build a church, and I, Cyrus Perry, drew the first stick of timber, 64 feet long ...
    The building committe were David Tomlinson, Nathaniel Wooster and Wells Judson; the last being treasurer.
  13. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 315.
  14. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  15. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
  16. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  17. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  18. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  19. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  20. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 140.
  21. Ibid., 129.
  22. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
  23. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  24. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  25. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.

    Smith, John, died Mar. 23, 1868, age 77 yrs.
    Smith, Grace, wife of John, died Nov. 9, 1848, age 58 yrs.
    Smith, Bennet, died in Montgomery Ala., Dec. 16, 1846, age 24 yrs.
    Smith, Laura, died May 7, 1850, age 22 yrs.
    Smith, Lucy, died July 25, 1884, age 64 yrs.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov.23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster. Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
    Russel, Hannah, wife of Timothy Esq., died May 26, 1773, age 76 yrs.
  26. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  27. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  28. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.

    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov. 23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster, Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
  29. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 73.
    Nathan Wooster and Charity Plum, Feb. 5, 1789.
  30. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 64, 84.
    m. Charity PLUMB, Feb. 5, 1789.
  31. 1850 Oxford Census.
  32. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 315.
  33. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  34. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
  35. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  36. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 83.
  37. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  38. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  39. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    Smith, John, died Mar. 23, 1868, age 77 yrs.
    Smith, Grace, wife of John, died Nov. 9, 1848, age 58 yrs.
    Smith, Bennet, died in Montgomery Ala., Dec. 16, 1846, age 24 yrs.
    Smith, Laura, died May 7, 1850, age 22 yrs.
    Smith, Lucy, died July 25, 1884, age 64 yrs.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov.23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster. Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
    Russel, Hannah, wife of Timothy Esq., died May 26, 1773, age 76 yrs.
  40. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  41. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  42. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
  43. 1850 Oxford Census.
  44. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 37.
  45. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [p. 72 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1788
    p. 73 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1789
    Headstone gives birth date as only 1788
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  46. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 14.
  47. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
    b. Sept. 23, 1789.
  48. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 315.
  49. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 139.
  50. Ibid., 118.
  51. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 14.
    Chatfield, Divine, born 1788, died 1860
    Chatfield, Mamre Wooster, wife of Divine, born 1788, died1855
    Chatfield, Thomas, son of Divine & Mamre, died Sept. 21, 1828, age 10 yrs.
    Chatfield, Jennett, daughter of Divine & Mamre, died Oct. 1, 1831, age 11 yrs.
    Chatfield, Edwin, son of Divine & Mamre, died Feb. 10, 1816, age 1 yr. 10 mos.
    Chatfield, George, son of Divine & Mamre, died June 9, 1815, age 4 yrs. 7 mos.
  52. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 315.
  53. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  54. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
    b. Feb 9, 1791.
  55. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 128.
  56. Ibid., 140.
    From the Records of Christ Church, Quaker Farms, A list of members and children, with sundry dates as far as given in the records ... Grace Smith, d. Nov. 10, 1848.
  57. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    Smith, John, died Mar. 23, 1868, age 77 yrs.
    Smith, Grace, wife of John, died Nov. 9, 1848, age 58 yrs.
    Smith, Bennet, died in Montgomery Ala., Dec. 16, 1846, age 24 yrs.
    Smith, Laura, died May 7, 1850, age 22 yrs.
    Smith, Lucy, died July 25, 1884, age 64 yrs.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov.23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster. Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
    Russel, Hannah, wife of Timothy Esq., died May 26, 1773, age 76 yrs.
  58. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  59. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 83.
    WOOSTER ...
    Anna Riggs ...
  60. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  61. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    Smith, John, died Mar. 23, 1868, age 77 yrs.
    Smith, Grace, wife of John, died Nov. 9, 1848, age 58 yrs.
    Smith, Bennet, died in Montgomery Ala., Dec. 16, 1846, age 24 yrs.
    Smith, Laura, died May 7, 1850, age 22 yrs.
    Smith, Lucy, died July 25, 1884, age 64 yrs.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov.23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster. Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
    Russel, Hannah, wife of Timothy Esq., died May 26, 1773, age 76 yrs.
  62. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  63. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov. 23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster, Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
  64. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  65. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 25, 83.
    ... of Oxford ...
  66. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Blacksmith.
    [Living w/ brother Nathan R.]
  67. 1870 Seymour Census.
    Retired Merchant.
    [Living w/ brother Nathan.]
  68. 1880 Seymour Census.
    [Living alone, next door to brother Nathan.]
  69. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  70. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 223.
  71. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 21.
  72. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  73. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 21.
  74. 1850 Oxford Census.
  75. 1860 Oxford Census.
  76. Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), 53, 71.
  77. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 30.
  78. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 58.
  79. Ibid., 72.
  80. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 61.
  81. Ibid., 61.
    Buckingham, Nathan L., died Apr. 6, 1842, age 50 yrs.
    Buckingham, Clarissa Wooster, wife of Nathan L., died Feb. 25, 1862, age 64 yrs.
    Buckingham, Joel, lost in battle at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, age 23 yrs.
    (Co. H. 20th Regm't. C.V.) Civil War (Marker).
  82. 1840 Oxford Census.
  83. 1850 Seymour Census.
    Mason.
  84. 1870 Seymour Census.
    Stone & Brick Mason.
  85. 1880 Seymour Census.
    Stone Mason.
  86. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  87. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 84.
  88. 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Seymour (Union Cemetery, Seymour), 30.
  89. Ibid., 30.
  90. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 223.
  91. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  92. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  93. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 223.
  94. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
  95. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 129.
  96. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  97. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov. 23, 1855, age 89 yrs.
    Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs.
    Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs.
    Wooster, Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs.
    Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos.
  98. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [p. 72 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1788
    p. 73 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1789
    Headstone gives birth date as only 1788
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  99. Ibid., 34.
  100. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 609.
  101. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 64, 84.
    m. Charity PLUMB, Feb. 5, 1789.

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