New Haven Genealogical Magazine Jul 1922, No 1 Families of Ancient New Haven Donald Lines Jacobus ABBREVIATIONS b. born Lieut. Lieutenant Bapt. Baptist m. married bp. baptized Maj. Major bu. buried Meth. Methodist c. "circa"-about nat. "natural"-illegitimate Capt. Captain N.S. New Style Col. Colonel O.S. Old Style Cpl. Corporal Rev. Reverend (clergyman) d. died R. W. Revolutionary War da. daughter of rem. removed Dea. Deacon res. resided, residence div. divorced s. son of Dr. Doctor (physician) s.p. "sine prole"-without issue Ens. Ensign F. & I. W. French & Indian Wars Sgt. Sergeant Gen. General w. wife of hr. hour wid. widow of k. killed wk! week SYMBOLS FOR TOWNS B Bethany Mid Middletown S Southington Bd Branford My Middlebury St Stratford C Cheshire NH New Haven Sy Southbury D Derby NM New Milford W Wallingford EH East Haven NoB North Branford Wat Waterbury Farm Farmington NoH North Haven Wd Woodbridge G Guilford O Orange WH West Haven H Hamden Oxf Oxford Wol Wolcott L Litchfield P Plymouth Wtn Watertown M Milford Ppt Prospect Wy Woodbury SYMBOLS FOR KIND OF RECORD C Congregational Church record CCt County Court record F Family, private or Bible record (this symbol always stands alone) SupCt Superior Court record T Gravestone record V Vital (town) record x Episcopal Church record SPECIFIC SOURCES BAlm Beckwith's Almanac BD Mortality List of Bethany, 1788-1793 BTl "Cemetery in the Hollow", Bethany BT2 Episcopal graveyard, Bethany BT3 "Sperry Cemetery", Bethany BT4 "Carrington Cemetery", Bethany BT5 Methodist graveyard, Bethany BV Vital statistics, Bethany Bx Christ Church (Prot. Ep.), Bethany BdV Vital statistics, Branford CC Congregational Society, Cheshire CTl Old graveyard, Cheshire CT2 Episcopal graveyard, Cheshire CV Vital statistics, Cheshire Cx St. Peter's (Prot. Ep.), Cheshire ColR "Columbian Register", contemporary newspaper ConnH "Conn. Herald", contemporary newspaper DC Congregational Society, Derby DT1 Old graveyard, Derby DT2 Episcopal graveyard, Derby DT3 "Great Hill Cemetery", Seymour DT4 Graveyard, Beacon Falls DT5 Cemetery in north Derby on the Housatonic DV Vital statistics, Derby Dx St. James's (Prot. Ep.), Derby EHC Congregational Society, East Haven EHR "East Haven Register", by Rev. Stephen Dodd EHT Old graveyard, East Haven EHV Vital statistics, East Haven F Family, Bible or private records F&IWRolls Muster Rolls of Conn. Troops, French and Indian Wars FarmV Vital statistics, Farmington HC1 Congregational Society, Mount Carmel (in Hamden) HC2 Congregational Society', "East Plain" or Whitneyville (in Hamden) HT1 "Centerville Cemetery", Hamden HT2 "Hamden Plains Cemetery", Highwood (in Hamden) HT3 Old Graveyard, Mount Carmel (in Hamden) HT4 "State Street Cemetery", Hamden HT5 "Whitneyville Cemetery', Hamden HT6 "West Woods Cemetery", Hamden HV Vital statistics, Hamden LT "Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions", by Charles Thomas Payne LV Vital statistics, Litrhficld MC1 First Congregational Society, Milford MC2 Second Congregational Society, Milford MT Old graveyard, Milford MV Vital statistics, Milford (including mortality lists) MidV Vital statistics, Middletown MyT Graveyard, Middlebury NHC1 First Congregational Society, New Haven NHC2 Second Congregational Society, New Haven NHT1 City Burial Ground ("Grove Street Cemetery"), New Haven, including stones in Center Church crypt and those removed from the Green NHT2 "Westville Cemetery", New Haven NHT3 "Union Cemetery", Fair Haven (in New Haven) NHV Vital statistics, New Haven NHx Trinity Church (Prot. Ep.), New Haven NMV Vital statistics, New Milford NoBC1 Congregational Society (1725), Xorth Branford NoBC2 Congregational Society (1745), Northford (in North Branford) NoBT1 Graveyard, Northford NoHC Congregational Society, North Haven NoHT1 Old graveyard, North Haven NoHT2 Old graveyard, Montowese (in North Haven) NoHT3 Modern graveyard, North Haven NoHV Vital statistics, North Haven NoHx St. John's (Prot. Ep.), North Haven OC Congregational Society, Orange OT Graveyard, Orange OxfC Congregational Society, Oxford OxfT1 Two graveyards (close together), Quaker Farms (in Oxford) OxfT2 "Zoar Bridge Cemetery", Oxford, (now submerged) OxfV Vital statistics, Oxford PC Congregational Society, Plymouth (formerly Northbury) PT Graveyard, Plymouth PptT Graveyard, Prospect SC Congregational Society, Southington SalemC Congregational Society, Naugatuck Salemx St. Michael's (Prot. Ep.), Naugatuck StC First Congregational Society, Stratford StV Vital statistics, Stratford Stx Christ Church, (Prot. Ep.), Stratford SyV Vital statistics, Southbury WC1 First Congregational Society, Wallingford [records not includ ed] WC2 First Congregational Society, Meriden WT1 "Center Street Cemetery", Wallingford WT2 Old graveyard, Meriden WV Vital statistics, Wallingford Wx St. Paul's (Prot. Ep.), Wallingford [records not included] WatT1 City Cemetery (now destroyed), Waterbury WatT2 "East Farms Cemetery", Waterbury WatT3 Old graveyard and Hillside Cemetery, Naugatuck WatV Vital statistics, Waterbury Watx St. John's (Prot. Ep.), Waterbury WdC Congregational Society, Woodbridge WdT1 "North-West Cemetery", Woodbridge WdT2 Graveyard, "Miliord side", Woodbridge WdT3 Graveyard (near Seymour), Woodbridge WdV Vital statistics, Woodbridge WHD Mortality lists of Philemon Smith and "Aunt Lucena" Smith, West Haven WHT1 Congregational graveyard, West Haven WHT2 Episcopal graveyard. West Haven WHT3 "Oak Grove Cemetery", West Haven WolT Graveyard, Wolcott WtnD Mortality lists (Judd and Skilton), Watertown WtnT Graveyard, Watertown WyC First Congregational Society, Woodbury Wy Vital statistics, Woodbury ABBOT. FAM. 1. Robert, of Watertown, Mass., 1634, Wethersfield, 1640, NH 1642, Bd 1649; d 31 Sep 1658 BdV; m Mary ------, who m (2) 4 Nov 1659 BdV; John Robins. 1 Sarah; m [Matthew Rowe]. 2 Peter, d 16 Oct 1667; m Elizabeth Evarts. 3 Deborah, d Dec 1672 NHV; m Oct 1661 NHV Nathan Andrews. 4 John, bp 7 Oct 1649 NHC1, d soon. 5 Abigaii., b 2 Oct 1650 BdV, bp 1 June 1651 NHC1. 6 Robert, bp 1 June 1651 NHC1. 7 John, b 20 Apr 1652 BJK 8 Benjamin, b 10 Jan 1653 BdV [1653/4], d 27 Mar 1654 BdV. 9 Daniel, b 12 Feb 1654 BdV [1654/5]. 10 Mary, b 13 Mar 1657 BdV. BROOKS. FAM. 1. John, brother of Henry (fam. 2.); of NH. 1 Mary, b 5 Sep 1654 NHV, d 1712; m 12 Jan 1674 NHV - Matthew Ford. 2 Elizabeth, b 29 Sep 1656 NHV. 3 Mercy, b c. 1659; m (1) 24 Oct 1677 NHV - Ebenezer Hill; she div. him 1692; m (2) Edward Scott. 4 Sarah, b 9 Apr 1661 NHV; m (1) 29 Aug 1687 NHV - Benjamin Robbins; m (2) 10 Dec 1691 NHV - Nathaniel Thorpe. 5 Hannah, b 9/10 Feb 1663 NHV; she had a child by Daniel Ab- bot 1693 and apparently m him, though his wife is called Re- becca the same year & Hannah when he died. 6 Ruth, b 7 Feb 16^5 NHV; m 2 July 1688 NHV - William Baldwin. 7 Daughter, b Dec 1668 NHV. ADEE. FAM. 2. Aner & Abigail. (Potter) Adee: 1 Aner, b [Sep 1787], bp 30 Dec 1787 NHC2, d 19 May 1789 ae. 1-7 NHT1. 2 Aner, b [16 May 1790], bp 11 June 1790 NHC1 , d 21 Sep 1790 ae. 0-4-5 NHT1 3 Anna Maria, bp 15 Apr 1792 NHC1 4 Nathan Stoddard, bp 2 Feb 1794 NCH1. Daniel (son of Timothy Bonticou & Mary Goodrich), b 20 Apr 1779 F, bp 9 May 1779 NHx, d 24 Nov 1857; of Springfield, Mass.; m (1) 16 Mar 1798 Sybil Potter; m (2) Harriet Bliss. Nehemiah (son of Isaac Bradley & Lois Bishop), b c. 1777, d 3 Nov 1837 ae. 60 NHT1; m (1) 5 Nov 1796 NHC1 - Anna da. Stephen & Elizabeth (Pot- ter) Ford, b c. 1778, d 29 July 1826 ae. 48 NHT1; m (2) 10 Jan 1829 NHV - Rachel da. Stephen & Elizabeth (Potter) Ford, b c. 1786, d 25 Nov 1854 ae. 68 HT5. FAM. 41. Margaret H. (dau of John Bristol & Abigail Dickerman), b 15 May 1817 CV, d 19 Sep 1849; m 9 Nov 184? Henry J. Potter. Benjamin (son of Nathaniel Bunnell & Susanna Whitehead), d 17 May 1760; m Sarah Potter. (Descendants spelled Bunnell as Bonnell.) Jesse (son of John Bunnell & Puah Augur), b 12 June 1784 BdV, d 3 Sep 1866 F; m Amelia da. Daniel & Hannah (Potter) Foote. Liverus (son of Jeremiah Carrington & Mindwell Cook), b 28 Jan 1779 WV, d 23 Dec 1848 ae. 70 WTI; Dr.; m (1) 16 Feb 1800 WV - Thankful da. John & Mabel (Miles) McCleave, b 4 Aug 1776 WTI, d 19 Dec 1811 ae. 36 WT1; m (2) 12 Sep 1812 WV~Eliza da. Billious & Sarah (Potter) Kirt- land, b c. 1789, d 17 Jan 1826 ae. 37 WTI; m (3) 26 Aug 1826 her sister, Sarah Kirtland, wid. Selden Yale, b c. 1792, d 20 Sep l884 ae. 92 WT1. (By 1); i Anna Gorham, b 26 Jan 1801 WV, d 5 Sep 1802 ae. 2 WTI. ii Anna, b 18 Sep 1803 WV, d 26 Oct 1810 ae. 7-1-8 WT1. iii William, b 9 Dec 1808 WV, d 6 Apr 1878 ae. 69 WT1. (By 2): iv Sarah Potter, b 29 May 1813 WT1 d 23 Dec 1898 WT1. v Anna, b 1 July 1815 F; m 12 May 1840 F - Joel Peck. vi Ellen, b [May 1821], d 7 Nov 1823 se. 2-6 WTI (By 3): vii Kirtland. viii Ellen. Potter, Joel, Drummer, see No. 91. Potter, Philemon, see No. 332.