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             Husband: David TOMLINSON (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22)
                Born: 29 MAR 1761 in Oxford, New Haven, CT
Married: 1784 (127)
Died: 24 MAR 1822 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (23 24 25)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (26 27)
Father: Isaac TOMLINSON
Mother: Sibyl RUSSELL
Spouses:
Title: Esquire
                Wife: Lorena BACON (28 29 30)
                Born: 29 DEC 1766 (31)
Died: 25 OCT 1837 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32 33)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (34 35)
Father: Jabez BACON
Mother: Lydia HUNGERFORD
Spouses:
Children
01               (M): Charles TOMLINSON (36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43)
Born: 19 JUN 1785 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (44 45)
Died: 04 APR 1879 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (46)
Spouses: Esther CANDEE
02               (M): David TOMLINSON
Born: 11 JUL 1787 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (47 48)
Died: 01 MAR 1788 in Woodbury (49 50 51)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms Cemetery, Oxford, CT (52 53)
Spouses:
03               (F): Maria Theresa TOMLINSON (54 55)
Born: 01 AUG 1789 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (56 57)
Died: 10 JAN 1868 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (58 59)
Spouses: Edwin Elisha LEWIS
04               (M): David TOMLINSON
Born: 01 AUG 1791 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (60 61)
Died: 22 SEP 1814 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (62 63)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (64 65)
Spouses:
Title: Jr.
05               (F): Lorena TOMLINSON (66)
Born: 04 AUG 1793 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (67 68)
Died: 08 MAR 1826 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (69)
Spouses: Samuel MEIGS
06               (F): Lydia Augusta TOMLINSON (70)
Born: 25 SEP 1795 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (71 72)
Died: 06 NOV 1858
Spouses: William C. DEFOREST
07               (F): Jane Caroline TOMLINSON (73)
Born: 30 JUN 1797 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (74 75)
Died: 24 APR 1821 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (76 77)
Spouses: Jared HAWLEY
08               (M): Bennett Benedict TOMLINSON (78)
Born: 05 MAY 1799 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (79 80)
Died: 04 SEP 1822 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (81 82)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (83 84)
Spouses:
09               (F): Marian Harriet TOMLINSON
Born: 10 MAR 1801 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (85 86)
Died: 21 MAR 1832 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (87 88)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (89 90)
Spouses:
10               (M): George Albert TOMLINSON (91 92 93 94 95 96)
Born: 06 JUL 1803 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (97 98)
Died: 09 DEC 1860 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (99 100)
Spouses: Eliza Antoinette JUDSON; Ellen CANDEE
11               (F): Jennet Adeline TOMLINSON (101 102 103 104 105)
Born: 06 JUL 1803 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (106 107)
Died: 13 APR 1847 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (108 109)
Spouses: William Scott HOTCHKISS
12               (F): Eliza Catherine TOMLINSON (110)
Born: 29 MAY 1805 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (111 112)
Died: 21 FEB 1881
Spouses: Isaac T. HOTCHKISS
13               (F): Henrietta Louisa TOMLINSON
Born: 13 SEP 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (113 114)
Died: 14 AUG 1829 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (115 116 117)
Buried: in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (118 119)
Spouses:
14               (M): William Augustus TOMLINSON (120 121 122 123)
Born: 15 SEP 1809 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (124 125)
Died: 24 FEB 1890 (126)
Spouses: Susan L.

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 177.
    [Oxford Legislature - 1800, 1803, 1809-1814
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/177.html.]
  2. Ibid., 178.
    ..State Senators from Oxford..
  3. Ibid., 170-171.
    ... merchant ... remarkably successful in his business ... His acres numbered 1,500 ... He chartered vessels, fitted and put to sea ... eleven times sent ot the House of Representatives ...
  4. Ibid., 149.
  5. Ibid., 98.
    £ 27.
  6. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 90.
  7. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 5.
    ... Quaker Farms ... about 1782 ... owned 1,500 acres of land in the area ...
  8. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 70, 101.
  9. Ibid., 70.
    ... men having holdings of over 100 Lbs ...
  10. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 16.
    The First Town Meeting ... first selctmen of the town of Oxford ...
  11. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 305.
    Oxford Tax List, 1792.
  12. WEBSITE, (http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/).
    [Photograph of Jonathan Griffin house, later owned by David Tomlinson, Esq.
    http://www.electronicvalley.org/tour/QuakerFarmsHistoricHomes2.htm.]
  13. 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: ...
  14. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  15. Oxford Land Records Vol. I, 1798-1805, 151.
    ... David Tomlinson of Oxford ... to Joseph Durand of Oxford ... Moose Hill ...
    [Jan 1801.]
  16. Ibid., 161.
    ... David Tomlinson of Oxford ... to Gideon Chatfield of Oxford ... lying in Oxford at a place called Riggs Hill ...
    [Jan 1801.]
  17. 1800 Oxford Census.
  18. 1820 Oxford Census.
  19. Emma Lounsbury, Oxford - A Historical Sketch (Seymour Record, 1914).
    It has been said that Esquire David Tomlinson was the first mover in having the church built; he lived nearby and only raised a moderate family of 14 children, had a farm and store, and quite a number of helpers of men and women, both black and white, and as he had to come to Oxford to church, when the old church stood up by the cemetery, he had to provide quite a number of vehicles to bring them. He would drive up to Southford (Slap Jack as it was called then) and down the main street through Oxford center, and attend two services and return by the old Church road, or by the old Doctor Dutton Road. The road from the Bennet Perry place to Governors Hill was not built until 1830 and as the "Colored Folk" had to go too, there was one load of them, which concluded the rear of the procession. Esquire Tomlinson was once state senator. He died in 1822, aged 61 years.
  20. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 77.
    Deaths ...
    1818 ...
    Philip, Esq. Tomlinson's negro, 36.
  21. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74, 75.
  22. 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.
  23. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 76, 78.
  24. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Tomlinson, Simon, died Aug.25, 1818, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Marian Harriet, daughter of David & Lorena, died Mar. 21, 1832, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Henrietta Louisa, daughter of David & Lorena, died Aug. 14, 1829, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Bennet Benedict, son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 4, 1822, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Lorena, wife of Hon. David, died Oct. 25, 1837, age 71 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Hon. David, died Mar, 24, 1822, age 61 yrs.
    Griswold, Sarah, wife of Rev. John, her first husband was Doctor Phineas Meigs, died Dec. 13, 1856, age 91 yrs.
  25. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
    David, Senator, d. Mar. 23, 1822, ae. 60.
  26. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
  27. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  28. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 107.
  29. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  30. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74, 75.
  31. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 517.
  32. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Tomlinson, Simon, died Aug.25, 1818, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Marian Harriet, daughter of David & Lorena, died Mar. 21, 1832, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Henrietta Louisa, daughter of David & Lorena, died Aug. 14, 1829, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Bennet Benedict, son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 4, 1822, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Lorena, wife of Hon. David, died Oct. 25, 1837, age 71 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Hon. David, died Mar, 24, 1822, age 61 yrs.
    Griswold, Sarah, wife of Rev. John, her first husband was Doctor Phineas Meigs, died Dec. 13, 1856, age 91 yrs.
  33. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 517.
  34. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
  35. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  36. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 171.
  37. Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), 31.
  38. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  39. 1820 Oxford Census.
  40. 1840 Oxford Census.
  41. 1850 Oxford Census.
  42. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Living w/ son Horace.]
  43. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  44. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
  45. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  46. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 44.
    Tomlinson, Carrie J. born 1869----------
    Tomlinson, Wallace G., born 1869, died 1933
    Tomlinson, Horace., born 1819, died 1891
    Tomlinson, Mary H. Candee, wife of Horace E., born 1836, died 1922
    Tomlinson, Richard W., born born 1930, died 1930
    Tomlinson, Andrew Kidston, son of Horace E. & Mary H., died Sept. 22, 1864, age 2 yrs. 13 das.
    Tomlinson, Charles, died Apr. 4, 1879, age 93 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Esther, wife of Charles, died Mar. 16, 1857, age 67 yrs.
    Tomlinson, David, son of Charles & Esther, died Oct. 24, 1834, age 19 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Charles, A., died Dec. 22, 1870, age 57 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Julia M., wife of Charles A., died Mar. 25, 1841, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, wife of Charles A., died Dec.28, 1878, age 54 yrs.
  47. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  48. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  49. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 49.
  50. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Hotchkiss, William A., son of William S. & Jennett, died Sept. 17, 1867, age 40 yrs. Civil War (Marker)
    Tomlinson, David Jr., son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 22, 1814, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, David , son of David & Lorena, burried at Woodbury, Mar. 1, 1788, age 8 mos.
    Hawley, Jane Caroline, wife of Jared, died Apr. 24, 1821, age 23 yrs.
    Hawley, Jared Esq., died Jan. 27, 1822, age 41 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, William S., died Aug. 16, 1835, age 37 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Jennet A.., wife of William S., died Apr. 13, 1847, age 43 yrs.
  51. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
    d. Mar. 4, 1788.
  52. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    ... buried at Woodbury.
  53. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  54. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 45.
    Stone broken and frozen to ground.
    Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
    Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
    Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
    Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
    Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
    Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
    Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
    Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
    Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
    Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A.
  55. 1860 Oxford Census.
  56. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  57. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
    b. Aug. 17, 1789.
  58. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 135.
  59. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 47.
    Lewis, Rev. John, born Apr. 12 1746, died Apr. 28, 1792
    Lewis, Eunice Williams, wife of Rev. John, born July 28, 1754, died Mar. 2, 1842
    Lewis Edwin E., son of Rev. John & Emma W., born Nov. 9, 1790, died May 28, 1880
    Lewis, Maria T. Tomlinson, wife of Edwin E., born Aug. 1, 1789, died Jan. 10, 1868
    Lewis, Maria A., daughter of Edwin & Maria T., born June 18, 1816, died Dec. 19, 1908
    Lewis, Jane C., daughter of Edwin & Maria T., born Dec. 20, 1823, died July 31, 1854
    Lewis, Elizabeth S., daughter of Edwin & Maria T., born Feb. 26, 1821, died Jan. 22, 1857
    Lewis, Edwin A., son of Edwin & Maria T., born May 21, 1829, died, June 19, 1829.
  60. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  61. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  62. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 76.
  63. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Hotchkiss, William A., son of William S. & Jennett, died Sept. 17, 1867, age 40 yrs. Civil War (Marker)
    Tomlinson, David Jr., son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 22, 1814, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, David , son of David & Lorena, burried at Woodbury, Mar. 1, 1788, age 8 mos.
    Hawley, Jane Caroline, wife of Jared, died Apr. 24, 1821, age 23 yrs.
    Hawley, Jared Esq., died Jan. 27, 1822, age 41 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, William S., died Aug. 16, 1835, age 37 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Jennet A.., wife of William S., died Apr. 13, 1847, age 43 yrs.
  64. Ibid., 42.
  65. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  66. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 67.
  67. Ibid., 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  68. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
  69. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 43.
    Meigs, William Henry, son of Samuel & Hannah, died Aug. 23, 1850, age 14 yrs.
    Meigs, infant of Samuel & Hannah, died Mar. 5, 1834
    Meigs, David Tomlinson, son of Samuel & Lorena, died July 9, 1889, age 67 yrs.
    Meigs, Samuel, died Apr. 10, 1855, age 64 yrs.
    Meigs, Lorena Tomlinson, wife of Samuel, died Mar. 8, 1826, age 32 yrs.
    Meigs, Benjamin Clark, son of Samuel, died Apr. 12, 1821, age 8 mos.
    Lum, George G., died Jan. 6, 1850, age 36, yrs.
    Lum, Jane G. Meigs, died Oct. 25, 1902, age 84 yrs.
    Dick, Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Charles L., died July 16, 1888, age 72 yrs.
    Dick, Charles L., died at Harpers Ferry, Va., Dec 22, 1862, age 47 yrs., Civil War (Marker).
  70. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 40, 75.
    ... Lydia Agusta TOMLINSON, of Oxford ...
  71. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  72. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
  73. Ibid., 47.
  74. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  75. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
  76. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 78.
  77. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Hotchkiss, William A., son of William S. & Jennett, died Sept. 17, 1867, age 40 yrs. Civil War (Marker)
    Tomlinson, David Jr., son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 22, 1814, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, David , son of David & Lorena, burried at Woodbury, Mar. 1, 1788, age 8 mos.
    Hawley, Jane Caroline, wife of Jared, died Apr. 24, 1821, age 23 yrs.
    Hawley, Jared Esq., died Jan. 27, 1822, age 41 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, William S., died Aug. 16, 1835, age 37 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Jennet A.., wife of William S., died Apr. 13, 1847, age 43 yrs.
  78. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  79. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  80. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  81. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 78.
  82. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Tomlinson, Simon, died Aug.25, 1818, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Marian Harriet, daughter of David & Lorena, died Mar. 21, 1832, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Henrietta Louisa, daughter of David & Lorena, died Aug. 14, 1829, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Bennet Benedict, son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 4, 1822, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Lorena, wife of Hon. David, died Oct. 25, 1837, age 71 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Hon. David, died Mar, 24, 1822, age 61 yrs.
    Griswold, Sarah, wife of Rev. John, her first husband was Doctor Phineas Meigs, died Dec. 13, 1856, age 91 yrs.
  83. Ibid., 42.
  84. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  85. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  86. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
    Mary Ann.
  87. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Tomlinson, Simon, died Aug.25, 1818, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Marian Harriet, daughter of David & Lorena, died Mar. 21, 1832, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Henrietta Louisa, daughter of David & Lorena, died Aug. 14, 1829, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Bennet Benedict, son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 4, 1822, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Lorena, wife of Hon. David, died Oct. 25, 1837, age 71 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Hon. David, died Mar, 24, 1822, age 61 yrs.
    Griswold, Sarah, wife of Rev. John, her first husband was Doctor Phineas Meigs, died Dec. 13, 1856, age 91 yrs.
  88. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
    Mary Ann.
  89. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
  90. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  91. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #34.
  92. Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), 64.
  93. 1840 Oxford Census.
  94. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  95. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  96. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 54, 74.
    ... of Oxford ...
  97. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  98. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
    ... twin ...
  99. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 137.
  100. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 45.
    Stone broken and frozen to ground.
    Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
    Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
    Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
    Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
    Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
    Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
    Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
    Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
    Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
    Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A.
  101. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #20.
    ... built around 1840 by Janette and William Hotchkiss..
    [ A map, photo and information about this house can be found in this book.
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  102. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 45.
    Stone broken and frozen to ground.
    Chatfield, Mary L., daughter of Albert & Ann J., died Apr. 28, 1878, age 9 mos.
    Nichols, Benjamin, born Apr. 10, 1817, died Mar. 5, 1897
    Nichols, Minerva Tomlinson, wife of Benjamin, born Dec. 7, 1818, died Nov. 12, 1896
    Nichols, Arthur Russell, son of Benjamin & Minerva T., born Dec. 7, 1846, died Sept. 10, 1851
    Wirth, Nancy E. T., wife of Henry P., born June 12, 1843, died Oct 22, 1900
    Tomlinson, Nancy, wife of Truman, died Nov. 8, 1841 age 58 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Truman, died Dec. 25, 1846, age 65 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Nov. 15, 1891, age 59 yrs. 10 mos.
    Tomlinson, Jane C., died Dec. 13, 1904, age 57 yrs. 7 mos.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, daughter of George A. & Ellen, died Nov, 11, 1867, age 24 yrs. 9 mos.
    Tomlinson, David Wells, son of George A. & Eliza A., died Apr. 27, 1854, age 19 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Eliza, A., wife of George A., died Oct. 4, 1841, age 35 yrs.
    Tomlinson, George A., died Dec. 9, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Ellen Candee, wife of George A., died Apr. 17, 1891, age 72 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Infant of Jennett A.
    Lewis, Infant of Maria T.
    Tomlinson, Infant of Eliza A.
  103. 1840 Derby Census.
  104. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 49.
    ... of Oxford ...
  105. Ibid., 75.
    ... twin ..
  106. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  107. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
    ... twin ...
  108. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 139.
  109. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Hotchkiss, William A., son of William S. & Jennett, died Sept. 17, 1867, age 40 yrs. Civil War (Marker)
    Tomlinson, David Jr., son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 22, 1814, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, David , son of David & Lorena, burried at Woodbury, Mar. 1, 1788, age 8 mos.
    Hawley, Jane Caroline, wife of Jared, died Apr. 24, 1821, age 23 yrs.
    Hawley, Jared Esq., died Jan. 27, 1822, age 41 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, William S., died Aug. 16, 1835, age 37 yrs.
    Hotchkiss, Jennet A.., wife of William S., died Apr. 13, 1847, age 43 yrs.
  110. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 48, 74.

    ... of Oxford ...
  111. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  112. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  113. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  114. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  115. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 76.
  116. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
    Tomlinson, Simon, died Aug.25, 1818, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Marian Harriet, daughter of David & Lorena, died Mar. 21, 1832, age 31 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Henrietta Louisa, daughter of David & Lorena, died Aug. 14, 1829, age 21 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Bennet Benedict, son of David & Lorena, died Sept. 4, 1822, age 23 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Lorena, wife of Hon. David, died Oct. 25, 1837, age 71 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Hon. David, died Mar, 24, 1822, age 61 yrs.
    Griswold, Sarah, wife of Rev. John, her first husband was Doctor Phineas Meigs, died Dec. 13, 1856, age 91 yrs.
  117. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 74.
  118. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 42.
  119. Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
  120. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #18.
    ... built in 1836 ...
    [ Quaker Farms Road, Oxford, CT
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  121. 1840 Oxford Census.
  122. 1860 New York, NY Census.
    Artist.
  123. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer & Photographer.
  124. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 70.
    Tomlinson, children of Esq. David and Lorena:
    Charles, June 19, 1785. Bennett Benedict, May 5, 1799.
    David, July 11, 1787. Mary Ann, March 10, 1801.
    Maria Theresa, Aug. 1, 1789. Janet Adeline, July 6, 1803.
    David, Aug. 1, 1791. George Albert, July 6, 1803.
    Lorena, Aug. 4, 1793. Eliza, May 29, 1805.
    Lydia Augusta, Sept. 25, 1795. Henrietta, Sept. 13, 1807.
    Jane Caroline, June 30, 1797. William Augustus, Sept. 13, 1805.
  125. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 75.
  126. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, 47.
    Tomlinson, William A., died Feb. 24, 1890, age 80 yrs.
    Tomlinson, Susan L., wife of William A., died Feb 15, 1876, age 62 yrs.
    Fletcher, Alice Eliza Tomlinson, born Oct. 6, 1841, died Jan. 10, 1915
    Downs, Lorena Bacon, Tomlinson, wife of William Edson, born Feb. 2, 1835, died July 4, 1920
    Downs, William Edson, died Nov. 23, 1910, age 73 yrs.
    Meigs, Charles A., died July 3, 1907, age 82 yrs.
    Meigs, Lucy E. Yale, wife of Charles A., died Nov. 1, 1858, age 25 yrs.
    Meigs, Bernice Riggs, Wife of Charles A., died May 2, 1918, age 76 yrs.
    Meigs, David Tomlinson, son of C. A. & Bernice, died Nov. 2, 1867, age 18 das.
    Meigs, Charles Edward, born June 1, 1872, died Dec. 20, 1925.
  127. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 517.

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