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             Husband: Ebenezer N. BUCKINGHAM (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
                Born: 18 JUN 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (9 10 11 12)
             Married: 15 SEP 1835 in Naugatuck, New Haven, CT (70)
                Died: 05 SEP 1892 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (13)
              Buried: 07 SEP 1892 in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (14 15 16)
              Father: Ebenezer BUCKINGHAM
              Mother: Olivia WOODRUFF
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Betsey SPERRY (17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24)
                Born: 18 JAN 1807 (25 26)
                Died: 26 MAY 1897 in Roxbury, Litchfield, CT (27 28)
              Buried: in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (29 30)
              Father: Ezra SPERRY
              Mother: Abigail Eaton CRITTENDEN
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Ellen Maria BUCKINGHAM (31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41)
                Born: 19 MAY 1835 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (42 43)
                Died: 16 AUG 1921 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44)
             Spouses: Orrin Camp BUCKINGHAM; Robert Bruce LIMBURNER
02               (F): Jane Louisa BUCKINGHAM (45 46 47 48)
                Born: 15 JUN 1838 (49)
                Died: 1897 (50)
             Spouses: Charles H. LUM
03               (F): Mary Elizabeth BUCKINGHAM (51)
                Born: 24 NOV 1839 (52)
                Died:
             Spouses: Sheldon SMITH
04               (M): Samuel William BUCKINGHAM (53 54 55 56 57)
                Born: 22 MAY 1846 (58 59)
                Died: 13 NOV 1910 (60)
             Spouses: Hattie M.
05               (F): Fannie O. BUCKINGHAM (61 62 63 64 65 66)
                Born: 01 DEC 1849 (67)
                Died: 1917 (68)
              Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT (69)
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 30.
    June 18, 1809.
  2. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  3. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  4. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  5. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  6. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 60.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  7. 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), 63.
    He resides in the town of Oxford, and is a large and thrifty farmer. He and his wife and children are worthy members of the Congregational church.
  8. Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002), 69.
    ... of Oxford ...
  9. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 60.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/060.html.]
  10. 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), 51.
  11. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 30.
    June 18, 1809.
  12. Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 148.
  13. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59-60.
    Buckingham, Deacon Nathan, died Mar. 10, 1815, age 80 yrs.
    Buckingham, Esther, wife of Deacon Nathan, died Dec. 22, 1813, age 70 yrs.
    Buckingham, Anna, wife of Joel, died Dec. 10, 1835, age 67 yrs.
    Buckingham, Joel, died Oct. 15, 1845, age 77 yrs.
    Buckingham, Hannah, wife of Joel, died Sept. 5, 1868, age 93 yrs.
    Buckingham, Clark, died June 21, 1840 age 41 yrs. 10 mos.
    Buckingham, Samuel A., died Dec. 27, 1841, age 74 yrs.
    Buckingham, Mary, wife of Capt. Samuel A., died Dec. 18, 1815 age 40 yrs.
    Buckingham, Esther, wife of Samuel, died Mar. 4, 1802, age 39 yrs.
    Buckingham, Capt. Ebenezer, died Sept. 30 1795, age 68 yrs.
    Buckingham, Abigail, wife of Capt. Ebenezer, died July 19, 1811, age 79 yrs.
    Buckingham, Ebenezer, died Sept. 23, 1839, age 75 yrs.
    Buckingham, Olivia, wife of Ebenezer, died Nov. 1, 1849, age 82 yrs.
    Chatfield, Clarissa, wife of Chester, died Dec. 20, 1840, age 45 yrs.
    Buckingham, Ebenezer, born June 18, 1807, died Sept. 5, 1892
    Buckingham, Betsey Sperry, wife of Ebenezer, born Jan. 18, 1806, died May 26, 1897.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  14. Record of the Returns made by Sextons of Cemeteries.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/sexton-reports/1891-3-bottom.html.]
  15. Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3870.html.]
  16. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 60.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  17. Donald 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 7, p 1693.
  18. 1850 Oxford Census.
  19. 1860 Oxford Census.
  20. 1870 Oxford Census.
  21. 1880 Oxford Census.
  22. 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), 51.
  23. Ibid., 63.

    He resides in the town of Oxford, and is a large and thrifty farmer. He and his wife and children are worthy members of the Congregational church.
  24. Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002), 69.
    ... of Bethany ...
  25. 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), 63.
    Jan. 18, 1807.
  26. Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 148.
  27. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59-60.
    Buckingham, Deacon Nathan, died Mar. 10, 1815, age 80 yrs.
    Buckingham, Esther, wife of Deacon Nathan, died Dec. 22, 1813, age 70 yrs.
    Buckingham, Anna, wife of Joel, died Dec. 10, 1835, age 67 yrs.
    Buckingham, Joel, died Oct. 15, 1845, age 77 yrs.
    Buckingham, Hannah, wife of Joel, died Sept. 5, 1868, age 93 yrs.
    Buckingham, Clark, died June 21, 1840 age 41 yrs. 10 mos.
    Buckingham, Samuel A., died Dec. 27, 1841, age 74 yrs.
    Buckingham, Mary, wife of Capt. Samuel A., died Dec. 18, 1815 age 40 yrs.
    Buckingham, Esther, wife of Samuel, died Mar. 4, 1802, age 39 yrs.
    Buckingham, Capt. Ebenezer, died Sept. 30 1795, age 68 yrs.
    Buckingham, Abigail, wife of Capt. Ebenezer, died July 19, 1811, age 79 yrs.
    Buckingham, Ebenezer, died Sept. 23, 1839, age 75 yrs.
    Buckingham, Olivia, wife of Ebenezer, died Nov. 1, 1849, age 82 yrs.
    Chatfield, Clarissa, wife of Chester, died Dec. 20, 1840, age 45 yrs.
    Buckingham, Ebenezer, born June 18, 1807, died Sept. 5, 1892
    Buckingham, Betsey Sperry, wife of Ebenezer, born Jan. 18, 1806, died May 26, 1897.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  28. Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 148.
  29. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 60.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.]
  30. Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3871.html.]
  31. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #90.
    [Available a http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  32. 1875 Oxford Agricultural Society ((http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/oxford-ag-society.html)), 25.
    ... Flowers ...
    Judges: Mrs. M. E. Hyde, Mrs. R. B. Limburner, Miss Alice Radcliffe.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/oxford-agricultural-society/1875_25.html.]
  33. 1850 Oxford Census.
  34. 1860 Oxford Census.
  35. 1870 Oxford Census.
  36. 1880 Oxford Census.
  37. 1900 Oxford Census.
  38. 1910 Guilford Census.
    [She is living w/ "daughter-in-law" Emily Buckiingham Snow.]
  39. 1920 Guilford Census.
    [Same as 1910.]
  40. 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), 64.
  41. Ibid., 99.
    They reside in Oxford, Conn., and have no children.
  42. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 5.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan5.html.]
  43. 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), 99.
    May 19, 1836.
  44. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery (Congregational Cemetery), 5.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan5.html.]
  45. 1850 Oxford Census.
  46. 1860 Oxford Census.
  47. 1870 Middlebury Census.
  48. 1880 Middlebury Census.
  49. 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), 64.
  50. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), 27.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan27.html.]
  51. 1850 Oxford Census.
  52. 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), 64.
  53. 1850 Oxford Census.
    William.
  54. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Wm. S.
  55. 1870 Oxford Census.
    S. Willie / Butcher.
  56. 1880 Oxford Census.
    Meat Dealer.
  57. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 9.

    The next to occupy this place was Ely Carley who came form Monroe. He reared a large family of children.. John, Ely, Jr., Horatio, James, Charles, Emmett, Lucy and Ellen. The boys left home at an early age and I lost trace of them except Ely, Jr, and Ellen. Ellen was employed by the Derby Water Company for many years. About two years ago he met with an accident that caused his death. His sister Lucy, who was with him at the time he was seriously injured and died in the Masonic Home in Wallingford. Ellen married L. W. Lake of Newtown and lived in Oxford several times until she obtained a divorce and married Wm. Doudge of Seymour who was in the employ of the James Swam Co. Ellen, his widow, the last of the family, is an inmate of the Masonic Home in Wallingford. The place is now owned and occupied by Miss Fannie Buckingham, sister of the late S. W. Buckingham.
    [
    <http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-09.html>.]
  58. 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), 64.
  59. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 64.
    Buckingham, S. William, born May 20, 1846, died Nov. 13, 1910.
  60. Ibid., 64.
  61. 1850 Oxford Census.
  62. 1860 Oxford Census.
  63. 1870 Oxford Census.
    School Teacher.
  64. 1880 Oxford Census.
  65. 1900 Oxford Census.
  66. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 9.

    The next to occupy this place was Ely Carley who came form Monroe. He reared a large family of children.. John, Ely, Jr., Horatio, James, Charles, Emmett, Lucy and Ellen. The boys left home at an early age and I lost trace of them except Ely, Jr, and Ellen. Ellen was employed by the Derby Water Company for many years. About two years ago he met with an accident that caused his death. His sister Lucy, who was with him at the time he was seriously injured and died in the Masonic Home in Wallingford. Ellen married L. W. Lake of Newtown and lived in Oxford several times until she obtained a divorce and married Wm. Doudge of Seymour who was in the employ of the James Swam Co. Ellen, his widow, the last of the family, is an inmate of the Masonic Home in Wallingford. The place is now owned and occupied by Miss Fannie Buckingham, sister of the late S. W. Buckingham.
    [
    <http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-09.html>.]
  67. 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), 64.
  68. Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, 47.
  69. Ibid., 47.
  70. Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002), 69.
    ... by [Oliver Hopsome], at Naaugatuck.

Revised: 23-Jun-08
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