History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854 ... Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a Part of Oxford and Middlebury, Volume 2Bronson Brothers, 1872 - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) |
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Page 885
... Sarah Walker , a young girl of seventeen years , a niece of the venerable pastor , who was in Woodbury on a visit to her uncle , of some months duration . He was a youth of manly proportions , of graceful figure , and finely moulded ...
... Sarah Walker , a young girl of seventeen years , a niece of the venerable pastor , who was in Woodbury on a visit to her uncle , of some months duration . He was a youth of manly proportions , of graceful figure , and finely moulded ...
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... Sarah Judson , immediately mounted his horse , and with a deer - skin for a saddle , rode over in front of the house of the fair Sarah's father . Without dismounting , he sent for her to come out to him , and on her complying with the ...
... Sarah Judson , immediately mounted his horse , and with a deer - skin for a saddle , rode over in front of the house of the fair Sarah's father . Without dismounting , he sent for her to come out to him , and on her complying with the ...
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... Sarah Brown , not long before he came to this country . He preached in Mystic , Conn . , and Newbury Mass . The family of Noyes is one of Norman descent , and originated in England with William de Noyes , one of the followers of the ...
... Sarah Brown , not long before he came to this country . He preached in Mystic , Conn . , and Newbury Mass . The family of Noyes is one of Norman descent , and originated in England with William de Noyes , one of the followers of the ...
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... Sarah Eastman , a daughter of Dr. Azariah Eastman , of Roxbury , an eminent physician in his day , who bore the armor of his profession for nearly seventy years . The maiden name of the mother of Daniel Shipman was Temperance Frank- lin ...
... Sarah Eastman , a daughter of Dr. Azariah Eastman , of Roxbury , an eminent physician in his day , who bore the armor of his profession for nearly seventy years . The maiden name of the mother of Daniel Shipman was Temperance Frank- lin ...
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... Sarah Woodford , are recorded as having been mar- ried at Northampton , Sept. 21st , 1664. Their son Samuel , was b . Jan. 3d , 1665 The record of marriages at Northampton , between 1685 and 1695 , is miss- ing , but the births of ...
... Sarah Woodford , are recorded as having been mar- ried at Northampton , Sept. 21st , 1664. Their son Samuel , was b . Jan. 3d , 1665 The record of marriages at Northampton , between 1685 and 1695 , is miss- ing , but the births of ...
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