1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768. " ... m. Sarah Packard, sister of the first Congregational minister in Wilmington, Vt., before he settled in Roxbury, Conn ..."
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 658.
4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 768.
5Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Rev Zephaniah Swift | born at Wilmington Vt | 1771 graduated Dartmouth College | 1792 | Installed as pastor of the | Congregational Church on Roxbury Ct | 1796 and dismissed in 1813 | settled over the first church in this | Town in 1813 in which relation | he continued until his decease | Feb 7 1848.
Eminent for his virtues and usefulness in | all his relations to mankind while he | lived he was universally revered and | loved and being dead | his memory is Blessed."7Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem25943.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768. " ... m. Sarah Packard, sister of the first Congregational minister in Wilmington, Vt., before he settled in Roxbury, Conn ..."
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
31880 Derby Census. Son Urbane has both parents listed as born in Vermont.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 768.
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
7Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Mrs Sarah | wife to | Rev Zephaniah Swift | died | Sept 27 1840 | on the 68 year | of her age."
8Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem25944.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 768. "d. Feb. 15, 1845."
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Theodosia Swift | daughter of Rev Zephaniah and Sarah Swift | died | Feb 15 1845 | in the 50th year of her age."
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 768.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Chipman Swift | son of Rev Zephaniah | died Oct 23 1819 | aged 21 years | and 9 months.
A member of the Medical Institution in Yale College."
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Zephaniah Swift | son of Rev Zephaniah | and Mrs Sarahy Swift | died April 13 1817 | aged 17 years | and 36 months."
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 768.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
2Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Samantha Swift | daughter of Rev Zephaniah | and Mrs Sarah Swift | died Dec 3 1822 | aged 13 yrs."
11850 Derby Census. Living w/ brother Urbane and family.
21860 Derby Census. Living w/ brother Urbane and family.
31870 Derby Census. Living w/ brother Urbane and family.
4Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768.
5Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan250.html.
7Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem25954.html.
1Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 768. " ... b. Sept. 26, 1807; d. Mar. 30, 1816."
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 245. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan245.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 813. "Samuel | son of Rev Zephaniah | and Sarah Swift | died Mar 30 1816 | æ 8 yrs and 6 mos."
1Donald 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 5, p 1219.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 647. " ... many years selctman, and represented the town in the Legislature, and was instrumental in building the first Methodist church in Birmingham. He was the father of thirteen children ..."
2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 554.
31850 Derby Census. "Farmer."
41860 Derby Census. "Farmer."
5Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 293.
6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 761.
7Oak Cliff Cemetery Photograph - Derby CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem18997.html.
8Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 814. "Josiah Smith | died Nov 23 1829 aged 81.
Esther Smith his wife | died Sept 13 1800 aged 45.
Hannah Smith his 2d wife | died Dec 30 1810 aged 57.
Mabel Smith his 3d wife | died June 12 1825 aged 59.
Also three children and one grand child | of Josiah and Esther Smith.
Esther died Nov 22 1793, aged 18
Elijah died May 12 1794 aged 5 ys.
Sally died May 25 1800 aged 7 mo.
Laura daughter of Sheldon and | Grace Smith died March 19 1810 aged 2 years."2Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 554.
31850 Derby Census.
41860 Derby Census.
51870 Derby Census. Living w/ daughter Julia Ann and husband.
6Oak Cliff Cemetery Photograph - Derby CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem19002.html.
7Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 814.
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814.
3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814. "Josiah Smith | died Nov 23 1829 aged 81.
Esther Smith his wife | died Sept 13 1800 aged 45.
Hannah Smith his 2d wife | died Dec 30 1810 aged 57.
Mabel Smith his 3d wife | died June 12 1825 aged 59.
Also three children and one grand child | of Josiah and Esther Smith.
Esther died Nov 22 1793, aged 18
Elijah died May 12 1794 aged 5 ys.
Sally died May 25 1800 aged 7 mo.
Laura daughter of Sheldon and | Grace Smith died March 19 1810 aged 2 years."4Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem19011.html.
1Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29478.html.
11850 Derby Census.
2Oak Cliff Cemetery Photograph - Derby CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29480.html.
3Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
11850 Derby Census.
21860 Derby Census. At home w/ parents.
31870 Derby Census. At the home of her sister Julia Ann.
41880 Derby Census. At the home of her sister Julia Ann.
5Oak Cliff Cemetery Photograph - Derby CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29481.html.
6Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
1Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29477.html.
1Oak Cliff Cemetery Photograph - Derby CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29482.html.
2Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oak Cliff Cemetery, p. 140. http://www.oxfordpast.com/occemscan140.html.
11850 Derby Census.
21850 Derby Census.
3Bare Plains Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem29479.html.
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 814. "Mary | widow of | Josiah Smith | formerly wife of Jacob M. Pope | died | July 6 1865 | aet 97."
2Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 812.
3Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 812.
4Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 268. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan268.html.
5Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 812. "In | memory of | Jacob M Pope | who died | Dec 10 1815 | aged 75 years."
6Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 268. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan268.html.
7Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem19013.html.
1Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 279.
2Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 814.
3Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 268. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan268.html.
4Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814.
5Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 268. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan268.html.
6Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814. "Mary | widow of | Josiah Smith | formerly wife of Jacob M. Pope | died | July 6 1865 | aet 97."
7Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 268. http://www.oxfordpast.com/dccemscan268.html.
8Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem19012.html.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census. "Merchant."
2Henry Winchester Cunningham, John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants, p. 245.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
1Harriet Bauer, My Story, 1992, p. 5. http://www.oxfordpast.com/MyStory/MyStoryCover.html.
11900 Derby Census.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
2Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, Barbour Collection - Litchfield, p. 202. "
... by Rev. Mr. Wathams."
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
2Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, Barbour Collection - Litchfield, p. 202. "
... by Rev. Mr. Wathams."
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 201.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 201.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
1Compiled by Debra F. Wilmes, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 25 - Litchfield 1719-1854, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 202.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census. "Merchant."
2Henry Winchester Cunningham, John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants, p. 245.
3Henry Winchester Cunningham, John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants, p. 245.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
2Henry Winchester Cunningham, John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants, p. 245.
3Henry Winchester Cunningham, John Winchester of New England and some of his Descendants, p. 245.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.
11850 Baltimore, Maryland Census.