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             Husband: Thomas WOOSTER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
                Born: 11 OCT 1724 (8 9)
             Married: 21 JAN 1747 in Derby, New Haven, CT (56 57)
                Died: 09 DEC 1798 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (10 11)
              Buried: in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (12 13)
              Father: Thomas WOOSTER
              Mother: Sarah HAWKINS
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Lois HAWKINS (14 15 16)
                Born: 05 JUL 1728 in Derby, New Haven, CT (17 18 19 20)
                Died: 29 AUG 1822 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (21 22 23 24)
              Buried: in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (25 26)
              Father: Eleazer HAWKINS
              Mother: Damaris WOOSTER
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Sarah WOOSTER
                Born: 02 FEB 1749 (27 28 29)
          Christened: 12 MAR 1749 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (30)
                Died: young (31)
             Spouses: 
02               (M): Ebenezer WOOSTER (32 33 34 35 36 37 38)
                Born:
                Died: 31 MAR 1800 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (39)
             Spouses: Ruth HAWKINS
03               (F): Elizabeth WOOSTER
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: Moses WELTON
04               (F): Sarah WOOSTER (40)
                Born:
                Died: 07 DEC 1814 (41)
             Spouses: Daniel FINCH
05               (M): Joseph WOOSTER
          Christened: 17 JUL 1757 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (42)
                Died: young (43)
             Spouses: 
06               (M): Thomas Bacon WOOSTER (44)
                Born:
                Died: 28 JUN 1800 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (45 46)
             Spouses: Elizabeth BISHOP
07               (F): Anna WOOSTER
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: unknown; Reuben HAWKINS
08               (M): Joseph WOOSTER (47 48 49)
          Christened: 26 JUN 1763 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (50)
                Died: MAY 1819 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (51)
             Spouses: 
09               (M): Eleazer WOOSTER
          Christened: 19 MAY 1766 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (52)
                Died: young (53)
             Spouses: 
10               (F): Lois WOOSTER
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: Joseph CLARK
11               (F): Susanna WOOSTER (54)
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: 
12               (F): Lucy WOOSTER
          Christened: 05 JUN 1774 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT (55)
                Died:
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #127.
    [Riggs Street, Oxford, CT
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  2. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 44- 46, 50 - 54.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/hp44.htm.]
  3. American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/veteran-graves.html.]
  4. 1790 Derby Census.
  5. Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), 89 - 90.
    ... About a mile south of Whittemore's tavern resided Henry Wooster, a brother of David Wooster, of Gunntown, of John and Thomas Wooster, in what is now Oxford, and of Daniel Wooster, of Derby. Like his brothers, he was a tory, and had become highly obnoxious to his patriotic neighbors, not only from his political sentiments, but from having, like so many other of the royalists, been ready to harbor and assist those who went from thence to join the British army ...
  6. Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 246.
  7. Ibid., 245.
  8. 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 596.
  9. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 320.
  10. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    Parks, Phebe, wife of Jacob, died Nov. 16, 1822, age 71 yrs.
    Terrill, Phinehas, died Nov. 27, 1822, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, N. Thomas, died June 28, 1800, age 42 yrs. (Flag)
    Wooster, Mr.. Ebenezer, died Mar. 31, 1800, age 50 yrs.
    Turrill, Ruth, died Oct. 20, 1840, age 86 yrs.
    Wooster, Mr. Thomas, died Dec 9, 1798, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, Lois, died Aug. 29, 1822, age 94 yrs.
    Finch, Sarah, wife of David, died Dec. 7, 1814, age 60 yrs.
    Lum, Deme, wife of Billy, died Nov. 4, 1863, age 84 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  11. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 85.
    ae. 74.
  12. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  13. St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem363.html.]
  14. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #127.
    [Riggs Street, Oxford, CT
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  15. 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 605.
    Thomas4 Wooster (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Edward1), of Oxford... married... Lois Hawkins...
    ... The will of Lois Wooster.. bequeathed to her son Joseph, her grandchildren Thomas Bishop Wooster, Hawkins Clark, Sarah wife of Hiram Osborn, Urana wife of Solomon Hinman, and Leman Wooster, and to the Episcopal Church.
  16. Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 245.
  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 592.
  18. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 235.
  19. Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (The Hawkins Association, 1939), 246.
  20. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 727.
  21. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 76, 78.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/076.html.]
  22. 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 592.
  23. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    Parks, Phebe, wife of Jacob, died Nov. 16, 1822, age 71 yrs.
    Terrill, Phinehas, died Nov. 27, 1822, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, N. Thomas, died June 28, 1800, age 42 yrs. (Flag)
    Wooster, Mr.. Ebenezer, died Mar. 31, 1800, age 50 yrs.
    Turrill, Ruth, died Oct. 20, 1840, age 86 yrs.
    Wooster, Mr. Thomas, died Dec 9, 1798, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, Lois, died Aug. 29, 1822, age 94 yrs.
    Finch, Sarah, wife of David, died Dec. 7, 1814, age 60 yrs.
    Lum, Deme, wife of Billy, died Nov. 4, 1863, age 84 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  24. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  25. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  26. St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem364.html.]
  27. 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 605.
  28. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 320.
  29. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 784.
  30. 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 605.
  31. Ibid., vol 3, p 605.
  32. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 98.
    £ 27.
    [1792 - Tax List - Oxford
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/098.html.]
  33. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 70.
    ... men having holdings of over 100 Lbs ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/070.html.]
  34. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 16.
    The First Town Meeting ... The town clerk was Ebenezer Wooster ...
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/p16.htm.]
  35. 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: ...
  36. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 83.
    ... Town Clerk ...
  37. Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 744.
  38. 1790 Derby Census.
  39. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    Parks, Phebe, wife of Jacob, died Nov. 16, 1822, age 71 yrs.
    Terrill, Phinehas, died Nov. 27, 1822, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, N. Thomas, died June 28, 1800, age 42 yrs. (Flag)
    Wooster, Mr.. Ebenezer, died Mar. 31, 1800, age 50 yrs.
    Turrill, Ruth, died Oct. 20, 1840, age 86 yrs.
    Wooster, Mr. Thomas, died Dec 9, 1798, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, Lois, died Aug. 29, 1822, age 94 yrs.
    Finch, Sarah, wife of David, died Dec. 7, 1814, age 60 yrs.
    Lum, Deme, wife of Billy, died Nov. 4, 1863, age 84 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  40. Oxford Land Records Vol. I, 1798-1805, 193.
    ... Daniel Finch and Sarah Finch, both of Oxford ... Toantic Hill ...
    [15 Apr 1801.]
  41. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    Finch, Sarah, wife of David, died Dec. 7, 1814, age 60 yrs.
    Lum, Deme, wife of Billy, died Nov. 4, 1863, age 84 yrs.
    Lum, Mr. Billy, died Oct. 17, 1820, age 41 yrs. 5 mos.
    Lum, Catharine, daughter of Mr. Billy & Mrs. Deme, died May 10, 1820
    Lum, Enos, died Apr. 27, 1879, age 78 yrs.
    Lum, Lois, E., wife of Enos, died May 6, 1848, age 42 yrs.
    Lum, William, died May 26, 1849, age 22 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  42. 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 605.
  43. Ibid., vol 3, p 605.
  44. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 528.
  45. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 85.
    ae. 42.
  46. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 15.
    Parks, Phebe, wife of Jacob, died Nov. 16, 1822, age 71 yrs.
    Terrill, Phinehas, died Nov. 27, 1822, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, N. Thomas, died June 28, 1800, age 42 yrs. (Flag)
    Wooster, Mr.. Ebenezer, died Mar. 31, 1800, age 50 yrs.
    Turrill, Ruth, died Oct. 20, 1840, age 86 yrs.
    Wooster, Mr. Thomas, died Dec 9, 1798, age 74 yrs.
    Wooster, Lois, died Aug. 29, 1822, age 94 yrs.
    Finch, Sarah, wife of David, died Dec. 7, 1814, age 60 yrs.
    Lum, Deme, wife of Billy, died Nov. 4, 1863, age 84 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/epcemscan15.html.]
  47. 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 605.
    Thomas4 Wooster (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Edward1), of Oxford... married... Lois Hawkins...
    ... The will of Lois Wooster.. bequeathed to her son Joseph, her grandchildren Thomas Bishop Wooster, Hawkins Clark, Sarah wife of Hiram Osborn, Urana wife of Solomon Hinman, and Leman Wooster, and to the Episcopal Church.
  48. Ibid., vol 3, p 606.
    ... removed to Vermont.
  49. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
    Jos[eph], Jr., d. May [ , 1819], ae. 57.
  50. 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 606.
  51. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 77.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/077.html.]
  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 3, p 606.
  53. Ibid., vol 3, p 606.
  54. Ibid., vol 3, p 606.
  55. Ibid., vol 3, p 606.
  56. Ibid., vol 3, p 592.
  57. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 320.

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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