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             Husband: Joseph WOOSTER (1 2 3 4 5)
                Born: l 1743 (6)
             Married: 22 JAN 1772 (106)
                Died: 11 DEC 1819 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (7 8)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (9 10 11)
              Father: Samuel WOOSTER
              Mother: Ann MOSS
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Hannah WOODRUFF (12 13 14 15 16)
                Born: l 1755 (17 18)
                Died: 11 DEC 1835 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (19 20 21)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (22 23 24)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Polly WOOSTER
                Born: l 1773 (25)
                Died: 07 MAR 1777 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (26 27 28)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (29 30)
             Spouses: 
02               (M): David WOOSTER
                Born: 01 DEC 1774 (31)
                Died: 15 JAN 1778 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32 33 34 35)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (36 37)
             Spouses: 
03               (M): Joseph WOOSTER (38 39 40 41)
                Born: 11 DEC 1776 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (42 43 44)
                Died: 27 MAY 1856 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (45 46 47 48)
             Spouses: Elizabeth Ann
04               (M): David WOOSTER
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: Joanna STILSON
05               (F): Polly WOOSTER (49)
                Born: in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died:
             Spouses: Philo SPERRY
06               (F): Lucy WOOSTER
                Born: l 1782 (50)
                Died: 03 DEC 1782 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (51 52 53)
             Spouses: 
07               (F): Lucy WOOSTER
                Born: l 1782 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (54)
                Died: 20 NOV 1783 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (55)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (56 57)
             Spouses: 
08               (F): Susanna WOOSTER (58 59 60)
                Born: in Oxford, New Haven, CT
                Died:
             Spouses: Jabez PRINDLE
09               (M): Sheldon WOOSTER (61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68)
                Born: l 25 AUG 1785 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (69 70)
                Died: 19 FEB 1862 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (71 72 73)
             Spouses: Sally HULL; Lucy Ann
10               (F): Ruth Ann WOOSTER
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: Elijah SHERMAN
11               (M): Nathan WOOSTER
          Christened: 27 JUL 1788 in Oxford Congregational Church (74 75)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
12               (M): Samuel WOOSTER (76 77 78 79 80 81)
                Born: 16 JUL 1789 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (82)
                Died: 08 JUL 1872 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (83 84)
             Spouses: Priscilla WILLIAMS
13               (M): Russell WOOSTER (85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93)
                Born: 26 APR 1791 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (94 95 96)
                Died:
             Spouses: Avis A. BURR
14               (F): Sarah WOOSTER
                Born: 05 AUG 1792 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (97 98 99)
                Died:
             Spouses: Stephen TURNER
15               (F): Hannah WOOSTER (100 101 102)
                Born: 07 JUL 1794 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (103 104 105)
                Died:
             Spouses: Ira SHERMAN

Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  2. 1800 Oxford Census.
  3. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  4. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 13.
    ... 1773 ...
    Septr 26th, Joseph Wooster & Hannah his Wife owned ye Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/013.html.]
  5. Ibid., 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ... 1777 ...
    March 9th, Joseph Son to Joseph Wooster & Hannah his Wife.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  6. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  7. Ibid., 84.
    Joseph Wooster, died Dec. 18, 1819, in his 76th year.
    Samuel Wooster, his father, died Sept. 16, 1776, in his 70th year.
    Ann Wooster, his mother, died Sept. 14, 1791, in her 81st year.
    His children
    Dolly, died Mar. 7, 1777, aged 3.
    David, died Jan. 15, 1778, aged 3 years.
    Lucy, died Nov. 20, 1783, aged 1 year.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  8. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 38.
    Wooster, Hannah, wife of Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1835, age 80 yrs,
    Wooster, Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1819, age 75 yrs.
    Wooster, Samuel, died Sept. 10, 1776, age 69 yrs.
    Wooster, Ann, wife of Samuel, died Sept. 14, 1791, age 80 yrs.
    Wooster Polly, daughter of Joseph, died Mar. 7, 1777, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, David, son of Joseph, died Jan. 15 1778, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, Lucy, daughter of Joseph, died Nov. 21, 1783, age 1 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 8, 1804, age 83 yrs. (Flag)
    Bassett, Maomi, first wife of John, died May 1772, age 50 yrs.
    Bassett, Sarah, 2nd wife of John, died May 3, 1804, age 72 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 14, 1832, age 74 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan38.html.]
  9. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  10. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem1620.html.]
  11. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 38.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan38.html.]
  12. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.]
  13. 1820 Oxford Census.
  14. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  15. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 13.
    ... 1773 ...
    Septr 26th, Joseph Wooster & Hannah his Wife owned ye Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/013.html.]
  16. Ibid., 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ... 1777 ...
    March 9th, Joseph Son to Joseph Wooster & Hannah his Wife.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  17. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  18. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan37.html.]
  19. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  20. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan37.html.]
  21. 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 599.
  22. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  23. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 37.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan37.html.]
  24. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem1621.html.]
  25. 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 599.
  26. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  27. Ibid., 47.
    [gives death date as 7 Feb 1777
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/047.html.]
  28. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 38.
    Wooster, Hannah, wife of Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1835, age 80 yrs,
    Wooster, Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1819, age 75 yrs.
    Wooster, Samuel, died Sept. 10, 1776, age 69 yrs.
    Wooster, Ann, wife of Samuel, died Sept. 14, 1791, age 80 yrs.
    Wooster Polly, daughter of Joseph, died Mar. 7, 1777, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, David, son of Joseph, died Jan. 15 1778, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, Lucy, daughter of Joseph, died Nov. 21, 1783, age 1 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 8, 1804, age 83 yrs. (Flag)
    Bassett, Maomi, first wife of John, died May 1772, age 50 yrs.
    Bassett, Sarah, 2nd wife of John, died May 3, 1804, age 72 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 14, 1832, age 74 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan38.html.]
  29. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  30. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem8614.html.]
  31. 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 599.
  32. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 47.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/047.html.]
  33. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  34. 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 599.
  35. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 38.
    Wooster, Hannah, wife of Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1835, age 80 yrs,
    Wooster, Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1819, age 75 yrs.
    Wooster, Samuel, died Sept. 10, 1776, age 69 yrs.
    Wooster, Ann, wife of Samuel, died Sept. 14, 1791, age 80 yrs.
    Wooster Polly, daughter of Joseph, died Mar. 7, 1777, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, David, son of Joseph, died Jan. 15 1778, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, Lucy, daughter of Joseph, died Nov. 21, 1783, age 1 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 8, 1804, age 83 yrs. (Flag)
    Bassett, Maomi, first wife of John, died May 1772, age 50 yrs.
    Bassett, Sarah, 2nd wife of John, died May 3, 1804, age 72 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 14, 1832, age 74 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  36. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  37. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem3786.html.]
  38. 1800 Oxford Census.
  39. 1820 Oxford Census.
  40. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [living w/ daughter Elizabeth Ann French.]
  41. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 83, 84.
  42. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 56.
  43. Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).
  44. 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 599.
  45. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 83.
  46. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 56.
  47. Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).
  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 3, p 599.
  49. Ibid., vol 3, p 599.
  50. Ibid., vol 3, p 599.
  51. Ibid., vol 3, p 599.
  52. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 48.

    1782
    April 16th, Lois Riggs, Widow to Edward Riggs, died.
    April 17th, Robart Wheeler, died Aged 35.
    Decr. 3rd, Lucy, Daughter to Joseph Wooster, died aged One Year.
    1783 ...
  53. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 38.

    Wooster, Hannah, wife of Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1835, age 80 yrs,
    Wooster, Joseph, died Dec. 11, 1819, age 75 yrs.
    Wooster, Samuel, died Sept. 10, 1776, age 69 yrs.
    Wooster, Ann, wife of Samuel, died Sept. 14, 1791, age 80 yrs.
    Wooster Polly, daughter of Joseph, died Mar. 7, 1777, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, David, son of Joseph, died Jan. 15 1778, age 3 yrs.
    Wooster, Lucy, daughter of Joseph, died Nov. 21, 1783, age 1 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 8, 1804, age 83 yrs. (Flag)
    Bassett, Maomi, first wife of John, died May 1772, age 50 yrs.
    Bassett, Sarah, 2nd wife of John, died May 3, 1804, age 72 yrs.
    Bassett, John, died May 14, 1832, age 74 yrs.
  54. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  55. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  56. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  57. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem8622.html.]
  58. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 68.
  59. 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 599.
  60. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 64.
  61. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 102.
    ... of Oxford ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/102.html.]
  62. 1820 Oxford Census.
  63. 1830 Oxford Census.
  64. 1840 Oxford Census.
  65. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  66. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  67. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 85.
  68. William Leavenworth, A Genealgy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States (Syracuse, N.Y., S. G. Hitchcock & Co., 1873), 179.
  69. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 57.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/rscemscan57.html.]
  70. 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 599.
  71. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 82.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/082.html.]
  72. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 57.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/rscemscan57.html.]
  73. 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 599.
  74. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 22.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/022.html.]
  75. 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 599.
  76. 1820 Oxford Census.
  77. 1830 Oxford Census.
  78. 1840 Oxford Census.
  79. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  80. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  81. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  82. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 53.
  83. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 83.
  84. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Riverside Cemetery (Riverside Cemetery), 53.
  85. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  86. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 110.
  87. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 85.
  88. 1830 Oxford Census.
  89. 1840 Oxford Census.
  90. 1850 Oxford Census.
  91. 1860 Seymour Census.
    Farmer.
  92. 1870 Derby Census.
    Farmer.
  93. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 674.
    ... a thrifty farmer, who cultivated large fields of rocky land.
  94. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  95. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 783.
  96. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  97. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  98. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 783.
  99. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
    Sally.
  100. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 69.
  101. Earl F. Curnan 3rd, Riverside Cemetery Map (April 2004).
  102. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 69.
  103. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 72.
  104. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 783.
  105. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 84.
  106. 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 599.

Revised: 19-Oct-08
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