897855 A Branch of Connecticut Northrops 1619 to Present


Northrops


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Before the founder England
 Joseph Northrup            

1619(1639)-1669
Milford

 Joseph Northrup             narrrow

1666 Milford ~ 1736
 William Northrop   
 

1694 Milford ~ 1737
 William Northrop
  
 

1731 Greenfield ~ 1800
 Lois Northrop
&
1732 Newtown ~ 1805
John Northrop, Jr.
(Jeremiah 1652 line)


1754 Newtown ~ 1810

Peter Northrop              

1778? Washington? Newtown? Kent?~1855 Warren
Amos Northrop                


1803 NY? Kent,~1875 or 86
Alvin Northrop

1844 Cornwall~1906 Southport
George Elmore Northrop



1871 Southport ~ 1923 SouthportGeorge Ives  Northrop     


 1905 Southport/Norwalk ~ 1980 Fairfield Alvin Jennings  Northrop  


Hannigan

Ives

Jennings

Keeler

Webster (offsite)

This is a work in process and there are still other possible fathers for Amos.

Other Amos Father Possibilities arrow

Names Source?
Allen (William line) wife of Joseph bro to William1694
Alvin

 

Alvin spouse of Sarah Wakeman Alvord and Alvin Jennings Northrop perhaps from Alvin Bradley ? spouse of another Lucy Ives
Alvord Alvin's wife Sarah
Anzo-
netta
from book character AnzonettaPeters by John Alonzo Clark - fatherwasEpiscopal missionart western, NY. There may well be a family connection?. Isaiah served as a private in Captain Samuel Clark's Co, also Nehemiah wifea Clark, also Episcopal Rector Samuel Clark New Milford 1768 on also served Kent.
Baker William Fenn Northrop's wife
Barber
Molly Barber Chaugum connection
Barthol -omew Connection to Rachel Ives Lucy Ives Wallingford married Bartholomew children born Cazenovia, Madison, NY [prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews ]
Beach

Gerrit Northrop's son in law

Beecher RachelConnection to Rachel Ives brother Ransom Ives Wallingford married Eunice F. Beecher
Benedict  
Blakes-
lee or Blakes-
ley
RachelConnection to Rachel Ives sister Ruth Ives (Wallingford) Jonathan Webb Blakeslee Wallingford
Booth William's son William III m. Elizabeth (Jeremiah line d/o Jonathan and Ruth Booth) Rachel check other Calebs Connection to Rachel Ives Caleb Ives Wallingford, Durham & VT married
Sarah Booth
Bradley Rachel Ives possible cousin Lucy Ives m. Alvin Bradley (parish of Mt.Carmel),
Alvin married (1) Lucy Ives on 31 Dec 1797 in Hamden,   Alvin married (2)Abigail Hall on 3 Feb 1802 in Hamden, .[prob cousin Lucy Ives b. 1815 in CT married Garrett Andrews moves and dies Linn County, Iowa]Also David Bradley (not Alvin's brother -- Amos and Rachel's neighbor in 1800 Kent
Brins-
made Brins-
mead
 

Bulkley

Alvin's son in law

   
Burr burr history Alvin's daughter plus other burr connections
Butler Rachel Ives Mother was Sarah Butler (Ives)
Castle /Caswell Aner Ives (neighbor and cousin /uncle to Rachel), Abigail Northrop d/o Benjamin (Jeremiah Newtown) m. Sybil Castle her sister Eunice married Ebenezrer Castle
Chamber- lain

Sarah Alvord sister-in-law

Chaugum Probable Barbour listing of marriages only known Amos in the area at the time Amos 2nd or 3rd wife Susan daughter of Samuel. Susan's mother Miss Green, brother Solomon m.Sophia Bills, brother Benjamin no listing
Clark William1794's son Nehemiah1733 m. Anna Clark1738
Drew William's dau Mary "Nory" m. John Drew1724
Elmore Alvin's son William's son and ??? A Good possibility that this somes from someone with a Keeler ancestor
Fenn

could Jeremiah's wife be Phebe Fenn??? Alvin's son ALSO through Rachel Ives Hannah Ives married in New Haven perhaps married to Austin Fenn's of Theophilus (buried in Litchfield) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin , d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829); ) or Edward. Hannah died Weston, VT? in VT by 1801 and perhaps as early as 1794. Austin Fenn, b. 23 Dec 1763 his mother's surname is Austin married before 1793 prob in Vermont by 1805, d. 30 Jul 1845, . Hannah Ives (d. 20 May 1829);
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Also neighbor in 1800 Kent. Also lived close to Ives in 1790 Wallingford

Frances Alvin Daughter, Frances Josephine ??? OR Connection to Rachel Ives Charles Ives m. Mary Frances Wallingford their son (Rachel's nephew) is Elihu
Francis Alvin son who died young b.1835
George  Alvin Son
Gerrit or et Alvin's brother Gerry in Census
Gilbert William1694's dau Johanna m. Ebenezer Gilbert
Gillet (William line?) William1694's brother Job m Mabel / Mehetible maybe Gillett
Griswold Rachel probable check other Levis Connection to Rachel Ives brother Levi m. Huldah Killingworth thru 1826
Gunn (William Line, Samuel line) Wife of Ephraim bro of William 1694
Hall Gerrit Northrop's son in law Connection to Rachel Ives Elihu Ives b: 8 Feb 1764 in Wallingford married Phebe Ann Hall 1792 in VT by 1797 children born Ludlow, VT OR [may be a cousin, Elihu Ives ] Married Polly or Mary Northrup in Cheshire (Dau of Joel & Mabel Sarah Bird) and second marriage to Lucy Whittimore
Hard (some sources say it's a version of Hurd)  
Hemson Sarah Alvord brother-in-law also 1880 neighbor
Hubbell William's dau Abigail1731 &/or Elizabeth m. Jedediah Hubbell1720 kids b. Woodbury & Newtown He has 6 marriages. Williams1794 nephew & ward, Isaiah (s/o) Job m. Mary Hubbell1746
Ives George Ives middle name, grandson of Alvin Amos' wife, also Rachel sister Olive Ives m. Joel Ives Wallingford
Elihu Ives is Rachel's nephew ( son of brother Charles)Charles)
Jelliff William's first carpentry partner and Southport neighbor Also John Benedict Jelliff (1850 New Canaan )m Emma Frances Northrup (Ridgefield)
Jennings

Alvin J. Middle name and Sarah's mother and sister-in-law Also possible through Samuel Mead Northrup (1817) s/oPhillip ???

Josephine Alvin's daughter Frances Josephine ??? from Joseph?
Keeler

Mary Keeler Middle name

Kirtland Sarah Ives m. Isaac Kirtland Wallingford
Louisa Azonetta  Alvin’s daughter spelling? ??? May be Antoinette
Meeker Alvin's son in law 
Millard

Amos' sister-in-law (Gerrit's wife Elizabeth Betsy Millard )
also Sarah's sister-in-law Nelson Alvord's 2nd wife Adelia Millard

Mills

Alvin's son in law

Munson Aner Ives conection also Patty Munson married Caleb Northrup, s/o Abel both Milford
Peck (William line) William1666, William's brother Job m.2 Violet Peck
Porter (Jeremiah Line) William's dau Lois m. John (Jeremiah line s/o John Northrup & Mary Porter) Ruth Porte r(d/o Timothy b.1702) w/o Gamaliel Fenn 1800 Kent neighbors John, Joseph, William Gould and Mabel married Porters
Prichard (William line) husb of Hannah sister of William1694
Rhode(s) (William line) Wiiliam's dau reported as Herodias1725 died 1740 is this a last name?
Roberts William's brother John m. Rebecca
Sanford  
Shepard William1794's son William III 2nd m. Mary Shepard
Smith (William line) Is Abel1740 m. to a Smith?
Terrill (William line) William1694 2nd wife
Thorp

Sarah Alvord sister-in-law

Wakeman

Alvin's wife

Whitney William dau Anne, Annie, Amy m. Capt. Samuel Whitney1711
William

 Alvin’s eldest son

   
   
   

 

 

 

1790 Census
free white males
over 16;
free white males under 16;
women of all ages; "all other free people"
slaves
5 columns

 

1800 Census
head of family

free white males
FWM < 10

FWM age 10-1
FWM age 16-26
FWM age 26-45
FWM 45+
free white females
FWF < age 10

FWF age 10-16
FWF age 16-26
FWF age 26-45
FWF over age 45
# all other free persons
# slaves

 

1810 Census

City or township
Name head of family
free white males
FWM <10

FWM 10-15
FWM 16-25
FWM 26-44
FWM 44+

FWF <10
FWF 10-15
FWF 16-25
FWF 26-44
FWF 44+

#all other free persons

#slaves

 

1820 Census

Name head / family

free white male
FWM < 10

FWM 10-16
FWM 16-18
FWM 16-26
FWM 26-45
FWM 45+
FWF < 10
FWF 10-16
FWF 16-26
FWF 26-45
FWF 45+

# foreigners not naturalized
# engaged in agriculture
# engaged in commerce
# engaged in manufacture
# Slaves
MS <14

MS 14-26
MS 26-45
MS 45+
# female slaves
FS< 14
FS
14-26
FS 26-45
FS 45+
free male colored persons
FMC < 14
FMC 14-26
FMC 26-45
FMC 45+
free female colored persons
FCP < 14
FCP 14-26
FCP 26-45
FCP 45+
all other persons except Indians not taxed

Several of these columns were for special counts, and not to be included in the aggregate total. Doing so would have resulted in counting some individuals twice. Census takers were asked to use double lines, red ink or some other method of distinguishing these columns so that double counting would not occur. For example, the count of free white males between 16 and 18 was a special count, because these individuals were also supposed to be tabulated in the column for free white males of age 16 and under 26. The other special counts were foreigners not naturalized, persons engaged in agriculture, persons engaged in commerce, and persons engaged in manufacture.

Census takers were also instructed to count each individual in only one of the occupational columns. For example, if an individual was engaged in agriculture, commerce, and manufacture, the census taker had to judge which one the individual was primarily engaged


1830 Census

head of family
Address

free white males and females

in five-year age groups to age 20
in 10-year age groups from 20 to 100
100 years and older

number of slaves and free colored persons in six age group
n
umber of deaf and dumb

under 14 years old
14 to 24 years old
25 years and older
number of blind
foreigners not naturalized


1840 Census
head of family
Address
# free w males females
five-year age groups to age 20
10 yr age groups fm 20 - 100
100 years and older
#slaves free colored six age groups
#deaf and dumb
# blind
# insane idiotic in public or private charge
#persons in each family employed in seven classes of occupation
# schools & number of scholars

number of white persons over 20 who could not read and write

number of pensioners for Revolutionary or military service


1850 Census

name
address
age
sex
color (white, black, mulatto)
deaf / dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
value of real estate owned (required of all free persons)

profession, occupation or trade of each male over 15 years of age

place (state, territory or country) of birth

whether married within the year

whether attended school within the year

whether unable to read and write (for persons over 20)

whether a pauper or convict

1860 Census
name
address
age
sex
color
(white, black or mulatto)
deaf , dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
value of real estate and of personal estate owned (all free persons)
profession, occupation or trade of each male and female over 15 years of age
place of birth
(state, territory or country)
married within the year
attended school within the year

unable to read / write (for persons over 20)
a pauper or convict


Housatonic Times

Covering New Milford, Brookfield, Sherman, Washington, Bridgewater, and Roxbury
Historic Resting Places for Old Brookfield Families Published: Thursday, August 30, 2012
By JAN HOWARD

Former town historian Peter Thompson cleans a gravestone at Merwin Brook Cemetery. Photo by Alice Tessier.

Five historic Brookfield cemeteries are protected and cared for by the Historic Cemeteries of Brookfield Association, ... of the Brookfield Museum & Historical Society. ...originally named the Old South Cemetery Association, .... Some of the town’s earliest citizens are buried in these historical burial grounds, including veterans of the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil wars and town and church leaders. The three earliest cemeteries — Huckleberry Hill, Merwin Brook, and Northrop — were located on farms. As ... burial grounds were closed became part of the farms. Some stones fell to the ground and were covered by soil or undergrowth or were damaged by vandalism. earliest cemetery stones were usually slate, sandstone or freestone. Marble began to be used after 1800. Many stones featured ornamentation and symbolic designs, with arched tops and carvings of death’s head and wings, representing mortality, and side panels depicting flowers, vines, and fruits. Later, the cherub’s head, urn, and weeping willow were favorite designs. Letters were usually Roman capitals until the introduction of lower case letters during the Revolutionary period.
Huckleberry Hill Cemetery

FINDAGRAVE
The Huckleberry Hill burial ground is Brookfield’s earliest cemetery, dating from the late 1700s through the early 1800s. It is located on Old State Road, near the junction of Federal Road. The Wildman house opposite (now the site of the Assembly of God Church) was known as the “pest” house. It was said that those with smallpox were taken to this house and then, when they died, were buried across the road. The Cemeteries of Brookfield book lists 13 known burials here, bearing the names of the Barlow, Bradley, Bristol, Bush, Lobdell, and Wheeler families. According to Emily Hawley’s “Annals of Brookfield,” “Mr. Charles Stuart, a resident of Brookfield, recalled when this spot was in use as a burial ground, as he taught the Huckleberry School in his youth.” Ms. Hawley wrote that the inscriptions on these stones were faintly legible in the early years of the 20th century. Many years ago, Judge Samuel Sherman had the existing headstones moved to Central Cemetery. At that time, a shovelful of soil was removed from each gravesite. Some stones bore the names of families related to Mr. Sherman, according to the “Annals.” The reason for removing the stones is unknown; however, one theory is that the road needed to be widened and the stones were in the way. A few years ago, the Historic Cemeteries of Brookfield Association worked with the property owners, the state archaeologist, and the town’s Planning Commission to have a portion of the area identified as a cemetery. As a result, the burial ground will remain separate from development of the adjacent property. In 1995, Timothy J. Jaquith, as an Eagle Scout Project, cleaned the area and put in benches. A plaque on a large boulder identifies this site as the Huckleberry Hill Cemetery. Employees of the Town of Brookfield maintain the site.
Merwin Brook Cemetery

FINDAGRAVE
The town’s second-earliest burial ground, Merwin Brook, is located on the Gurski Farm open space off Obtuse Hill Road, and it was named for the brook that runs through the property. The brook may was most likely named for the Merwin families whose homes were located nearby. The cemetery, located to the west of the brook, has been fenced, and a sign identifying the cemetery was designed and created by Ryan Blessey, a member of the Conservation Commission that oversees the property. Unfortunately, many of the stones in this burial ground have been lost or broken. A few were standing until 1918 and five were visible through the 1950s. Historic Cemeteries members and other volunteers have been working to find and uncover the tombstones that have been buried under the earth for up to 90 years or longer. Radar imaging of the cemetery took place in 2004, at which time the gravestone of Lucy Bennett, who died in 1806 at age 17, was found. Other potential gravestones also were indicated during the imaging, but some have not yet been uncovered. This burial ground was in use between 1778 and 1810. In Miss Hawley’s book, published in 1929, she noted a Brookfield resident, Harmon S. Lockwood, told her that in his youth 50 stones were visible, and he thought there were probably additional interments that were unmarked. A newspaper story written between 1882 and 1905 stated that approximately 16 tombstones were visible at that time, plus six pairs of common stones without inscriptions or initials that appeared to mark as many unknown graves. Some of the stones mentioned are among those recently uncovered though others have not been located. In 2003, the town of Brookfield purchased the final portion of the Gurski Farm, which included the cemetery. In August 2007, cemetery association members discussed the need to locate tombstones here and how best to preserve them once they were found. Several work sessions have been held, and, to date, 12 tombstones and one footstone with the name Merwin, possibly a plot marker, have been uncovered. Most of the stones are of white marble or blue slate. Among early settlers buried here are members of the Hawley, Wheeler, Merwin, Northrop, Bennett, and Baldwin families, including at least two Revolutionary War veterans, Asa Northrop and Samuel Hawley. Both of their gravestones are visible. One of the tombstones uncovered is that of Stephen Hawley, one of the first settlers of Brookfield and large landowner. According to “Annals of Brookfield,” he served in Colonial wars in the mid-1700s. Nehemiah Hawley, son of Stephen, was on the committee appointed in 1780 by the General Assembly for inspection of provisions for the Revolutionary Army. An epitaph of Henry Baldwin, who drowned at age 22 in 1798, reads: “Here lies interred a blooming youth, He lived in love, and died in truth Call and behold as you pass by As you are now, so once was I, As I am now so you must be Prepare to die and follow me.” Brookfield employees mow this cemetery, and members of the cemetery association conduct spring and fall cleanups.
Northrop Cemetery

FINDAGRAVE
This burial ground is the third earliest. It was established for the convenience of the Danbury portion of Newbury and is located on the west side of the railroad tracks off Stony Hill Road, landlocked between a business, railroad tracks, and town protected wetlands. It is not easily accessible because of its landlocked state and is completely overgrown. Most of the stones have been destroyed, some by vandalism, or are lost in undergrowth. Though the current adjacent property owner has allowed access to the cemetery, there is concern regarding continued access under future owners. Brookfield’s cemetery book lists 60 known burials. In 1910, Emily Hawley counted at least 50 headstones. Among those interred here are members of the Dunning, Dibble, Gray, Sturdevant, Northrop, Stevens, Beebe, Vrorman, Barnum, Benedict, Glover, Smith, and Stevens families. Burials date from 1788 to the 1850s. They include five Revolutionary War veterans—Ezra Dibble Jr., Capt. Ezra Dibble, Jeremiah Dunning, Isaac Gray, and Joshua Stevens. Deacon John Dunning, one of the first deacons of the Congregational Church, and Deacon Joseph Beebe are buried here. In 1908, the tombstones were clearly visible to rail passengers, according to a June 20, 1908, story in the Danbury Evening News. The story noted the tombstones were weather stained and inscriptions were illegible. On Jan. 4, 1964, then Town Attorney A. Searle Pinney issued a clarification edict to dispose of a legal challenge by Ernest Marquardt that the cemetery was part of his land. Mr. Pinney stated that the law protects ancient burial grounds and that the town has a right to maintain such graveyards. In 1989 and 1991, there was legal review by the Connecticut Historical Commission to ensure the 24-foot wide right of way for the Iroquois Gas Transmission pipeline would have the least impact on the cemetery. In the fall of 1991 it was agreed the line would be drilled along the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad right of way on the eastern edge of the cemetery but drilled under the entire cemetery. In 2010, Boy Scout Troop 5 partnered with the Brookfield Museum and Historical Society to rehab the cemetery as a service project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The Scouts removed brush and fallen trees and installed granite boundary posts. They also placed a four-foot-tall granite post inscribed Northrop Cemetery, 1778 - 1860” and “BSA Troop 5, 2010.” Scouts and parents worked a full day at the site. The first person buried in Northrop Cemetery was Thomas Barnum. He died Aug. 19, 1778, at age 21. His clearly legible granite headstone exists within the roots of a large tree growing around it. Another legible tombstone is that of Lucy (Smith) Dibble, who died in 1858 at the age of 92. She appears to be the last person buried here. Another legible stone is that of Phebe (Smith) Dunning, who died in 1807. Parts of broken stones are also in evidence. The following epitaph was copied in 1908 from the tombstone of Jeremiah Northrop: “Dearest father, thus hast left us. And thy loss we deeply feel, But tis God that hath berefit us—He can call our sorrows heal.”
Old South Cemetery
FINDAGRAVE
This burial ground is located on the corner of Sunset Hill Road and Whisconier Road. According to the town’s cemetery book, there were more than 328 burials here. Some families buried here bear the names Camp, Smith, Hawley, Peck, Baldwin, Babbitt, Canfield, Dibble, Dunning, Fairchild, Lockwood, Northrop, Wood, and Sherman, among others. The first person buried here was Lucy Gunn, the 3-year-old daughter of Abel and Lucy Gunn, in 1792. In 1794, her father donated this property to the town to be used as a burial ground. Col. Isaac Hawley gave the western section in 1805. His wife was the first adult buried here. The cemetery was in use for more than 100 years. Also among those buried here are Dr. Preserve Wood, the town’s first physician and a Revolutionary War veteran who was appointed a surgeon’s mate in July 1776; four deacons of the Congregational Church— Michael Dunning, Ashbel Dunning, Mathew Baldwin, and Luther Smith; and the town’s first town clerk, Elijah Starr. In addition to Dr. Wood, 15 other Revolutionary War veterans are buried here: Samuel French, Nathan Gregory, Liverus Hawley, Capt. Sidney Hawley, David Keeler, Nathan Keeler, Isaac Lockwood II, Nathan Merwin, Samuel Merwin, Andrew Northrop, David Peck, Capt. Joseph Smith, Capt. Elijah Starr, and Daniel Wheeler. There is also one French & Indian War veteran, Benjamin Hawley, and Joseph Smith, who may have served in Colonial wars. There are three Civil War veterans buried here — Charles Hayes; William Henry Holley, who was wounded and captured at Cedar Creek, VA and died a prisoner of war at Salisbury, N.C., on Dec. 11, 1864; and Lemuel Peck, who died in service on Dec. 6, 1862. In 1984, Michael Fisch removed dead trees and brush and made a sign for this cemetery as part of an Eagle Scout project.
Gallows Hill Cemetery
FINDAGRAVE
This burial ground is located on the east side of Federal Road on the border with New Milford. In 1734, the town of New Milford passed a resolution to establish this as a cemetery. The land, donated by a member of the Nobel family, was measured and laid out by Selectmen James Hine, Nathaniel Bostwick, and Joseph Bostwick. Tradition states that the name of the cemetery came from a man who had committed murders and was hung here. The town’s cemetery book lists 292 burials. For many years this was the burial place of people who resided in the northern section of town. Among them are members of the Baldwin, Bassett, Bostwick, Camp, Hubbell, Keeler, Knapp, Lake, Morehouse, Palmer, Stebbins, and Wildman families. The first person buried here was 3-year-old Benjamin Waller; the last was Charles Vincent, in 1923. There are 12 Revolutionary War veterans interred here: Thaddeus Baldwin, Israel Camp, Abel Edward, Levi Merwin, John Morehouse, Dr. Eli Perry, David Bostwick, Samuel Ruggles, Joseph Tomlinson, Capt. John Warner, Martin Warner, who also served in the Colonial War of 1759, and Samuel Ruggles, who was captain of Newbury’s first military company. The tombstone of John Morehouse is of interest. The carver apparently ran out of room on the stone and finished the last letters of his name above the others. There is one Civil War veteran, Dr. D.W. Knowles. An inscription recorded for a 14-year-old girl reads: “Alas sweet youth not all your charms could save you from death’s icy arms.” One for Stephen Bennett notes: “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” Huldah Camp’s epitaph reads: “Lye still and sleep in silent shades Enjoy a quiet rest Let no disturbing foe invade your calm and peaceful breast.” Samuel Orcutt’s “History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater” lists several inscriptions from this burial ground. The Historic Cemeteries of Brookfield hires Sunburst Landscaping to mow and do cleanup in the Old South and Gallows Hill cemeteries, and the town then reimburses the association. Members of the association periodically visit the five cemeteries, such as following storms, to determine whether additional work is required. The Historic Cemeteries of Brookfield Association is seeking volunteers to help find hidden tombstones and to maintain these historic burial grounds. For information or to volunteer, contact the Brookfield Museum & Historical Society 203-740-8140 or at 
www.brookfieldcthistory.org.
Copies of The Cemeteries of Brookfield book can be ordered through the museum. The book lists burials in all of Brookfield’s cemeteries.

The Cemetery

"The Merwin Brook Cemetery parcel is under the jurisdiction of the Historic Cemetery Association, which is part of the Historical Society, Heise explained. The cemetery has no visible headstones and is in the process of being restored.  At one point, the farm was for sale so the owner decided it would be a better selling factor if the headstones were removed.  He took them down and buried them in the ground.  

As soon as they acquired the property, the State Archeologist Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni came to begin searching for the headstones. There are stones that date back to the 1790s, with flags marking graves from Revolutionary War soldiers."
GURSKI MERWIN BROOK LINK


 

Frances Josephine Northrop b ~ (census dates) Charles A. Meeker

My Great grandfather's sister, Julia Burr Northrop married Charles Bulkley in Southport. Below are extended Bulkley family connections.

In the small Southport community it is likely that fellow Southporters were well aware of the family connections between their neighbors. It is likely the bonds bridged generations -- perhaps the 11910 Bulkley and Northrop side-by-side residences in are an example.

Julia's husband Charles had a very long life - age 92 y 5 m. Son, Charles E, CE or Charles Edward reached an good age passing at age 81.

Sadly, many of the female Northrops had a short life span. I wonder if the conventions of the day -- the corsets, the sometimes toxic cosmetics, remedies, restrictions in exercise and diet along with the hazards of childbirth contributed to their deaths.

Frances Josephine Meeker died first in 1876 at age 38 leaving daughter,Harriet E "Hattie" (Mrs John J Lee) 1856, son, Frank M, N.or E Meeker ~ 1857/8, son, John (Jonathan) H., daughter, Jennia Jennie (1870) ( Mrs. Charles Parsell), daughter, Louisa S. (Mrs. Fred Parsell) 1868, son, Frederick B. "Freddy" 1871 d. ~ 1882, > daughter, Mary 1871 d ~5 and son, Charles A. Meeker, Jr. 1874. Another son, Henry H. 1879 was b. to 2nd wife Sarah E. Hubbell Meeker. Charles & Frederick Parsell are on index of Southport ME church members.

Next was Julia Burr Northrop Bulkley d 1883 at age 50 leaving son, Charles Edward Bulkley confectioner ? electrical 1859 - 7/4/1940 OAKLAWN age 81,OAKLAWN ), son, William Alvin Bulkley (William A.) b. 1869 d. 10/18/1946 reached about age 77 (HAVE TO CHECK OAKLAWN for wife maybe Mary E. b 1877 age 97??? less likely d. 1911 Mary Louisa ), grandaughter, Grace Bulkley Oct 1883 - ?, granddaughter, Lauretta Bulkley Wheeler 1886 - bet 1910 & 1920 (prob no kids) was born after her death.

Louisa Anzanetta Northrop Mills died in 1890, age 40 leaving son, Alvin Ebenezer Mills 1872, son, Howard Stanley Mills 1881, and son, Willis Northrop/Northrup Mills 1884. Son, George I. Mills b. 1890 had already died at one day old just 3months before Louisa's own death. Husband George Mills m2 Clara Beers. There may have been other children who died in infancy. Most were buried at OAKLAWN.

 


Frances Josephine
8/20/1838 Kent- 3/13/1875
&
m. Rye, NY 12/13/1854

Charles A. Meeker

"C, A."
Southport ME Church
1832? -
3/18/1876 Westport, CT.
m2
Sarah E Hubbell
"a native of Greenfield" 6/11/1877


     
n Harriet E Meeker
~ 1856 "Hattie" shows in 1860 and 1870
Mrs John J Lee of Newark, NJ
   
n Frank M, N.or E Meeker
~ 1857 or 8
Frank M of East Bridgeport
   
n John (Jonathan) H. Meeker
early 1860 also shows as 1862
John H of Southington, CT
   
n Jennie Meeker
~ 1867
Jennia (1870)
Jennie, Mrs. Charles Parsell of Southington, CT
   
n Louisa S. Meeker
~ 1868
Louise Mrs. Fred Parsell also of Southington, CT
   
n Frederick B. Meeker
~ 1871
Freddy deceased at the age of eleven years
   
  Mary Meeker
Mary deceased at 5
   
n Charles A. Jr.
~ 1874
   
hubbell Henry H. Meeker
~ 1879
   
       

 

Frances Josephine b 1838 Kent m. Charles A Meeker 1854 Rye NY lived Spt Greens Farms CT d. March 18, 1876 ~ age 38
 

Alvin 1803 + Sarah Wakeman Alvord Northrop Descendants
(Alvin d age 73, Sarah d age 77) Both buried Fairfield East Cemetery.
  1832
BORN
Julia Burr Northrop b. 1832 Kent m. Charles Bulkley 1854 Southport d. 27 Apr 1883
descendants Bulkley

age 50 1883
DIED
  1835 BORN Francis Nelson Northrop1835 Kent d 1837 DIED YOUNG
no descendants
age 2 1837
DIED
  1836 BORN William Fenn Northrop b. 1836 Kent m Abbie Jane Baker 1857 d 1904 Started work Greens Farms ~ age 18 around 1854 and worked a 2 years Woolcottville carriage shop (Almost certainly Alvord Carriage)
descendants Northrop,
LINK
age 68 1904
DIED
  1838 BORN Frances Josephine Northrop b 1838 Kent m. Charles A (CA) Meeker 1854 Rye NY lived Spt Greens Farms CT d. March 13, 1875 ~ age 36 CA m2 Sarah E Hubbell"a native of Greenfield" 6/11/1877 All members of ME church. CA b. 1832 d.1910 Co. C 28th Reg Conn.Vols. Buried Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT. LINK
descendants Meeker, Parsell, Lee


age 38 1876
DIED
  1844 BORN George Elmore Northrop b 1844 Cornwall m. Margaret Ellen Hannegan d. 3/17/1906
descendants Northrop
LINK
age 62 1906
DIED
  1850 BORN Louisa Anzanetta Northrop b 1850, 12 APR 1850 Westport m. George B. Mills died at Greens Farms d.1 DEC 1890  bur Oaklawn Cem Aftermath of childbirth?? George I. Mills b: 18 SEP 1890 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut LINK
descendants Mills,



Mother
Louise A.Northrop
Wife of
George B Mills
1850 - 1891

Father
George B. Mills
1845 - 1818 white type version



age 40 1890
DIED

1803 Alvin b Chatham maybe lived
Kent Alvin d age 73, Sarah d age 77 both bur Fairfield EastS

 

 

Julia Burr Northrop b. 1832 Kent m. Charles Bulkley 1854 Southport d. between 1880 & 1899

1832 Kent

 

Charles A Meeker b ~ 1832 or 3    

Francis Nelson 1835  Kent d 1837

1835 Kent

 

William Fenn Northrop b. 1836 Kent m Abbie Jane Baker 1857 d 1904 Started work Greens Farms ~ age 18 around 1854 and worked a 2 years Woolcottville carriage shop (Almost certainly Alvord Carriage)

1836 Kent

 

Francis Nelson dies ~ age 2 Kent d 1837

1837 Kent

 

Frances Josephine b 1838 Kent m. Charles A Meeker 1854 Rye NY lived Spt Greens Farms CT d. March 18, 1876 ~ age 38

1838 Kent

 

George Elmore b 1844 Cornwall m. Margaret Hannegan

William Fenn starts working on local farms ~ age 8

1844 Cornwall/Kent

 

Louisa Anzanetta b 1850, 12 APR 1850 Westport m. George Mills died at Greens Farms d.1 DEC 1890  bur Oaklawn Cem ?? Aftermath of childbirth?? George I. Mills b: 18 SEP 1890 in Westport,  CT

1850 Westport

 

Julia Burr Northrop ~ age 22 m. Charles Bulkley 1854 Southport d. between 1880 & 1899

1854 Southport MARRIED

 

Frances Josephine b 1838 Kent ~ AGE 16 m. Charles A Meeker (age 22) 1854 Rye NY lived Spt Greens Farms CT d. March 18, 1876 ~ age 38

1854 Rye MARRIED YOUNG

 

1850 Census with Bradley B Meeker (age 15 maybe brother) and Molly Beers (age 77 grandmother??)    
Harriet E Meeker ~ 1856 "Hattie" shows in 1860 and 1870

 

 

Frank n.or E Meeker ~ 1857 or 8    
Jonathan h Meeker early 1860 John in 1870 (maybe civil war pension)    
1860 Census Westport    
John Meeker~ 1862    
JennieMeeker ~ 1867 Jennia (1870) Jannie    
Louisa S Meeker ~ 1868    
1870 Census    
Frederic B Meeker ~ 1871 Frederick Ellsworth Meeker born Nov. 13, 1869    
Spt ME May 1872 Sally Hubbell Greenfield received in full membership from probation    
Charles A. Meeker b. 1874 maried 09 Apr 1901 Ross, Ohio, United States age 27 to Eleanora Houser    
Spt ME 3/5/1876  Mrs. William Wallace Parsell of Greens Farms adult by Rev. L. W. Abbott       Frank M., Harriet E., John H Meeker all 3 adults of Greens Farms by Rev L. W. Abbott    
Frances Josephine Northrop Meeker d. March 18, 1876 ~ age 38    
1877 Charles A. Meeker remarries 2nd m. 'Sarah E. Hubbell, b. 1838, daughter of 1136. "William, m. Charles A. Meeker, 
of Westport, Conn., June nth, 1877, in Fairfield, Conn.
   
Henry Holman .Meeker b. June 9th, 1879.     
1880 Census    
Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881.    
no 1890 Census    
1900 Census now in Fairfield East side    
1910 Charles A Meeker died    
     
     
     
     

Frances Josephine b 1838 Kent m. Charles A Meeker 1854 Rye NY lived Spt Greens Farms CT d. March 18, 1876 ~ age 38

2nd m. 2344. 'Sarah E. Hubbell, b. 1838, daughter of 1136. "William, m. Charles A. Meeker,  of Westport, Conn., June nth, 1877, ln Fairfield, Conn., and had issue: 3617. 8 Henry Holman, b. June 9th, 1879. Daughter of William and Mary (Sturgis) Hubbell.



They had the wrong sister, listing Julia instead of Frances Josephine.

OAKLAWN D Lot 15 Our Meekers Other Meekers
Child Freddie E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 5/31/1881 
D Lot 15
Infant A. Thomas Meeker 
Date of Death: 8/28/1887 
A Lot 27
Mr. Charles A. Meeker 
Date of Death: 1/7/1910 
D Lot 15
Child Abraham L. Meeker A Lot 27
Mr. Chas. A. Meeker D Lot 15 Miss Ada Amelia Meeker 
Date of Death: 4/18/1880 
B Lot 10
Child Meeker D Lot 15 Mr. Albert E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 7/12/1990 
NA Lot 53
Mrs. Frances J. Meeker 
Date of Death: 3/13/1875 
D Lot 15
Mrs. Ann Eliza Meeker 
Date of Death: 8/9/1943 
HB Lot 140
Child Mary E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 12/16/1876 
D Lot 15
Mrs. Aretta Meeker 
Date of Death: 2/4/1900 
A Lot 27
Mrs. Sarah E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 10/25/1913 
D Lot 15
Child Aretta Meeker A Lot 27
  Infant Baby Meeker 
Date of Death: 3/12/1921 
A Lot 27
  Mrs. Beatrice Meeker 
Date of Death: 1/21/1974 
NA Lot 53
  Mr. Bruce A. Meeker R Lot 20
  Infant Child Meeker F Lot 26
  Child Cornelius Meeker A Lot 27
  Mr. Daniel H. Meeker 
Date of Death: 12/26/1887 
F Lot 19
  Ms. Diane Meeker O Lot 78
  Mrs. Edith Meeker 
Date of Death: 7/20/1989 
HA Lot 159
  Mr. Edward C. Meeker Jr. HA Lot 158
  Mr. Edward C. Meeker Sr. 
Date of Death: 2/21/2001 
HA Lot 159
  Mr. Edward Meeker 
Date of Death: 8/1/1907 
L Lot 8
  Mrs. Eliza Jane Meeker 
Date of Death: 4/6/1927 
C Lot 56
  Mrs. Eliza H. Meeker 
Date of Death: 10/9/1901 
B Lot 10
  Child Ellen J. Meeker 
Date of Death: 8/22/1887 
A Lot 27
  Miss Emily Meeker 
Date of Death: 9/3/1911 
B Lot 10
  Mrs. Fannie W. Meeker 
Date of Death: 2/27/1981 
M Lot 46
  Mr. Frederick S. Meeker 
Date of Death: 6/27/1915 
A Lot 27
  Mr. George H. Meeker 
Date of Death: 12/20/1950 
I Lot 142
  Mr. George H. Meeker Sr. P Lot 112
  Child Georgiana Meeker 
Date of Death: 3/11/1864 
C Lot 12
  Mr. Glenn Meeker 
Date of Death: 4/24/2012 
O Lot 133
  Mrs. Harriet E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 10/4/1901 
C Lot 12
  Mr. Hull Meeker 
Date of Death: 9/21/1894 
L Lot 8
  Mrs. Jennie M. Meeker 
Date of Death: 6/30/1959 
A Lot 27A
  Mrs. Joan M. Meeker 
Date of Death: 1/20/1986 
P Lot 112
  Mr. John Meeker 
Date of Death: 5/27/1905 
C Lot 12
  Mr. John W. Meeker 
Date of Death: 1/20/1915 
A Lot 27A
  Mr. Leroy Ferris Meeker 
Date of Death: 9/3/1918 
C Lot 56
  Mrs. Margaret P. Meeker 
Date of Death: 2/25/1887 
C Lot 40
  Mrs. Margaret E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 10/11/1915 
A Lot 27
  Ms. Marietta Meeker 
Date of Death: 11/22/1864 
B Lot 10
  Miss Martha C. Meeker 
Date of Death: 4/27/1900 
F Lot 19
  Mrs. Mary C. Meeker 
Date of Death: 1/24/1906 
F Lot 19
  Miss Mary Louise Meeker 
Date of Death: 2/26/1936 
F Lot 19
  Mr. Oliver Hill Meeker 
Date of Death: 7/29/1947 
F Lot 19
  Ms. Rachel E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 10/29/1862 
B Lot 31
  Mr. Samuel S. Meeker 
Date of Death: 3/7/1887 
A Lot 27
  Infant Son of John Meeker 
Date of Death: 11/20/1853 
C Lot 12
  Mr. Wakeman B. Meeker 
Date of Death: 3/1/1915 
B Lot 10
  Captain Wakeman B. Meeker Sr. 
Date of Death: 12/23/1862 
B Lot 10
  Mr. William B. Meeker 
Date of Death: 8/30/1940 
HB Lot 141
  Mr. William Clayton Meeker 
Date of Death: 11/6/1958 
HA Lot 159
  Mr. William E. Meeker 
Date of Death: 12/19/1971 
M Lot 46

 

Charles Augustus Meeker

There are numerus references to Meekers in this volume on Southport Congregational Church. I believe I included most of them below, but I might have missed something important to you.

http://www.archive.org/stream/southportcongreg00sout/southportcongreg00sout_djvu.txt

Not sure where I got the info on the Oysterman “Frances Josephine Northrop b 8/20/1838 Kent m. Charles Augustus Meeker (1832-1910) m. 12/13/1853 lived westport greens farms. She died 3/13/75 in Westport. Charles A. Meeker was an Oysterman and Farmer. He belonged to C. 28 Connecticut Volunteers - honorably discharged in 1864.Charles M2 Sarah E. Hubbell of Greenfield ( d/o) William & Mary Sturgis Hubbell) on 6/11/77 in Fairfield, ct one child Henry Hubbell Meeker 6/9/79 “

 

 

Meeker Records by Date


B ~ 1811

Southport Congregational Church Record

308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years.

1826

Southport Congregational Church Record

172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years

1836
or 1832

 

Charles A Meeker b. ABT 1836
Westport, Fairfield,Connecticut

1846

Southport Congregational Church Record

20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847.

1847

Southport Congregational Church Record

20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847.

1847

Southport Congregational Church Record

57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years.

1847

Southport Congregational Church Record

56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years.

1847

Southport Congregational Church Record

55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years.

1847

Southport Congregational Church Record

58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years.

1848

Southport Congregational Church Record

79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years.

1850

Southport Congregational Church Record

93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881.

1854

Southport Congregational Church Record

276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)

1852

Southport Congregational Church Record

115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years.

1855

Southport Congregational Church Record

58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years.

12/6/1857

Spt ME 

Charles A. Meeker (Greens Farms) recd as member from probation an 1877 entry declares he "backslide" but was reclaimed 1877 record shows he was in army USA

1857

Southport Congregational Church Record

65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57-

1857

Southport Congregational Church Record

65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57-

1857

Southport Congregational Church Record

85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864.

1860

Southport Congregational Church Record

172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years.

1860

Southport Congregational Church Record

173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years.

1861

Southport Congregational Church Record

98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.

2/12/1862

Spt ME

2/12/1862 John A. Meeker to Emma O Roe by Rev D. Osborn at Mr. Roe's home  

1862

Southport Congregational Church Record

55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years.

Feb. 1, 1862

Greenfioeld Hill Cemetery

Death of Aaron B Meeker Inscription:
Age 35 years 4 months

1864

Southport Congregational Church Record

56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years.

1864

Southport Congregational Church Record

85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864.

1867

Southport Congregational Church Record

98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.

1869

Southport Congregational Church Record

132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized
May 23, 1881.

1872

Southport Congregational Church Record

115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years.

may 1872

Spt ME

May 1872 Sally Hubbell Greenfield received in full membership from probation   Sally Hubbell died 5/??/95 (no date perhaps after 1872?) Adelia and Agustus Hubbell received as members      

1874

Spt ME

 1874 George F. Meeker of Southport received     1887

??1874  CHECK

Spt ME

Sarah Meeker recd into membership by letter from Cong Church

5/3/75

Spt ME

5/3/75 William Meeker to Elizabeth Anderson by Rev L.W Abbott in parsonage.

May 7,
1876

Southport Congregational Church Record

276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. B ~

3/5/1876 

Spt ME

3/5/1876  Mrs. William Wallace Parsell of Greens Farms adult by Rev. L. W. Abbott       Frank M., Harriet E., John H Meeker all 3 adults of Greens Farms by Rev L. W. Abbott

1876

Southport Congregational Church Record

276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)

About 1880

Greens Farms, Connecticut, the old West parish of Fairfield books.google.comGeorge Penfield Jennings, George Penfield Jennings - 1933 - 152 pages - Snippet view

The late Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms invented the Meeker smoothing harrow about 1880, which prepared onion ground so well that very little hand raking was necessary. This harrow has been adapted to various other uses such as ...
*** More about the Meeker Smoothing Harrow

June 11, 1877

Spt ME

Charles A. Meeker m Sarah E. Hubbell

1878

Southport Congregational Church Record

309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.

1878

Southport Congregational Church Record

314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.

1878

Southport Congregational Church Record

308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years.

1879

Southport Congregational Church Record

127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879.

1879

Southport Congregational Church Record

127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879.

~ 1880

 

Charles A Meeker invented the Meeker Smoothing Harrow
more on Onion farming ***

1881

Southport Congregational Church Record

132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker: born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881.

1881

Southport Congregational Church Record

93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881.

1882

Southport Congregational Church Record

172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Charles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887.

1885

Southport Congregational Church Record

396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt Parsell; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895.

1887

Southport Congregational Church Record

172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Charles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887.

1887

Spt ME

1887 Chas Meeker recd into membership by leter fm Cong Church died 1/7/1910    

1887

Southport Congregational Church Record

314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.

1887

Southport Congregational Church Record

309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.

1887

Spt ME

recd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church

1887

Spt ME

recd by letter 1887 Sarah Meeker Died Oct 25, 1913

1888

Southport Congregational Church Record

418. Mrs. Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker, wife of Charles Meeker; confession, May 6, 1888.

11/11/1888

Spt ME

11/11/1888 Kate and Frank Meeker recd into membership by letter

5/6/1888

Spt ME

5/6/1888 Charles Alvin Meeker of Southport born 1873 by Rev. George A. Hubbell

1889

Southport Congregational Church Record

204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892,

1891-1907

Spt ME??

DEACONS
Charles Meeker, June 5, 1891 — December 24, 1907:

1891

Southport Congregational Church Record

205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892.

1891

Spt ME

recd from probation 1891 Clara A. Meeker Died Nov 1899

1892

Southport Congregational Church Record

204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892,

1892

Southport Congregational Church Record

205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892.

Sept 1892

Spt ME

recd Sept 1892 from probation Henry H Meeker Later removed without certificate

  prob 1893

Spt ME 

  prob 1893 Charles Meeker, Jr. recd  later ?remarried and letter to Episcopal church?

Oct 1893

Spt ME

recd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church

1894

Southport Congregational Church Record

308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years.

6/10/1894

Spt ME

6/10/1894 Charles Meeker infant of Fred Meeker of Southport by Rev Geo Boswell

1895

Southport Congregational Church Record

396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt Parsell; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895.

1901

Southport Congregational Church Record

173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years.

1901

Southport Congregational Church Record

537. Emeline Meeker Disbrow; confession, Sept. 1, 190 1 ; married Seth Wright Morris.

1903

Htfd Courant

Filed Bankruptcy ***

1907

Southport Congregational Church Record

172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, 1860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years.

1907

Southport Congregational Church Record

276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)

1/5/1910

NY Times

Charles Meeker Retired Farmer of Southport attempts suicide.~ age 80 (~ 1830) ***

1910

Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 for

Charles A. Meeker death (birth date 1832)

1911

Southport Congregational Church Record

57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years.

1915

Southport Congregational Church Record

79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years.

 

Southport Congregational Church Record
INDEX TO ROLL OF MEMBERS

Meeker, Mrs. Aaron Burr .
Meeker, Charles
Meeker, Mrs. Charles .
Meeker, Charles Augustus .
Meeker, Mrs. Charles Augustus
Meeker, Eleanor
Meeker, Emily
Meeker, Harriet
Meeker, Louisa Elsie
Meeker, Wakeman Burr
Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr
Meeker, Wakeman Burr, Jr.
Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr, Jr
Simpson, Matilda Meeker

Other Meekers in Locations where Northrops and allied families lived at earlier dates


MEEKER CHANCY CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820

MEEKER ELIJAH    CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820

MEEKER ELIPHALET    CT LITCHFIELD SHARON 1820

MEEKER JOSEPH    CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820

Ancestral File  United States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker  (WESTON)


Name:
Charles Meeker

Residence:

Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut

Age:

17 years

Calculated Birth Year:

1833

Birthplace:

Connecticut

Gender:

Male

Race (original):

 

Race (expanded):

 

Death Month:

 

Death Year:

 

Film Number:

3066

Digital GS Number:

4193074

Image Number:

00146

Line Number:

6

Dwelling House Number:

153

Family Number:

158

Marital Status:

 

Free or Slave:

 

 

Household

Gender

Age

 

Charles Meeker

M

17y

 

Bradley B Meeker

M

15y

 

Molly Beers

F

77y

 

United States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker  (WESTPORT)


Name:

Charles Meeker

Residence:

Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Age:

17 years

Calculated Birth Year:

1833

Birthplace:

Connecticut

Gender:

Male

Race (original):

 

Race (expanded):

 

Death Month:

 

Death Year:

 

Film Number:

3066

Digital GS Number:

4193074

Image Number:

00206

Line Number:

3

Dwelling House Number:

378

Family Number:

420

Marital Status:

 

Free or Slave:

 

 

Household

Gender

Age

 

Edwin Taylor

M

37y

 

Mary F Taylor

F

26y

 

Henry Taylor

M

8y

 

Mary J Taylor

F

5y

 

Sarah Taylor

F

76y

 

Abigail Taylor

F

75y

 

Charles Meeker

M

17y

Westport Census 1860 (Westprt PO)

The 1867 Westport Map shows C. A. Meeker just north of the RR a block away from the Greens Farms ME Church near Jennings, Alvord and Crossman


 

1870 Westport Census (Wilton PO)

1880 Census Greens Farms, Town of Westport

United States Census, 1900 for Charles A Meeker  (FAIRFIELD EAST SIDE)


Name:
Charles A Meeker

Titles & Terms:

 

Residence:

Fairfield township (east side), Fairfield, Connecticut

Birth Date:

Feb 1832

Birthplace:

Connecticut

Relationship to Head of Household:

Self

Spouse:

Sarah E Meeker

Spouse's Titles & Terms:

 

Spouse's Birthplace:

Connecticut

Father:

 

Father's Titles & Terms:

 

Father's Birthplace:

Connecticut

Mother:

 

Mother's Titles & Terms:

 

Mother's Birthplace:

Connecticut

Race or Color (expanded):

White

Head-of-household Name:

Charles A Meeker

Gender:

Male

Marital Status:

Married

Years Married:

47

Estimated Marriage Year:

1853

Mother How Many Children:

 

Number Living Children:

 

Immigration Year:

 

Enumeration District:

0067

Page:

4

Sheet Letter:

B

Family Number:

71

Reference Number:

65

Film Number:

1240133

Image Number:

00137

 

Household

Gender

Age

 

Charles A Meeker

M

 

Spouse

Sarah E Meeker

F

 

Child

Henry H Meeker

M

 

 

Walter Renson

M

 

1900 Fairfield Census (Fairfield Town)

 

There is a Sarah H Meeker Widow in Stamford in 1910
From Alvord Genealogy


Alvord genealogy pdf

Meeker Pictures Pequot Library Picture Collection
http://pequotlibrary.cdmhost.com/cdm/search/searchterm/Meeker/order/nosort

Guide to the history and the historic sites of Connecticut: Volume 1; Volume 1

books.google.comFlorence S. Marcy Crofut, Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution - 1937 - Snippet view


Charles A. Meeker was born in Greens Farms in 1832. He invented the smoothing harrow, used particularly for onion ... was built on the present meetinghouse green, and a fourth was dedicated in 1 8 5 3 . Connecticut Historical Society. ...

More editions

Westport, Connecticut: the making of a Yankee township

books.google.com Edward Coley Birge, Mary Coley Gage, Edward Coley Birge - 1926 - 200 pages - Snippet view

seed down lawns and golf courses was the invention of Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms and its object was the preparation of the ground for onion sowing. Several hand culture tools had the same source. A safety razor so closely ...

 

Annual report of the secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture: Volume 17 - Page 320

books.google.comConnecticut. State Board of Agriculture - 1884 - Free Google eBook - Read


The Green's Farms Agricultural Club exhibited as follows : HB Wakeman — Three dishes apples ; half-dozen beets ; two varieties potatoes ; one dish of wheat ; one sample white onions ; one sample corn. Chas. B. Meeker — Bed onions; ...

 

Samuel Meeker p 547 lawsuit  1853 LINK

Early Connecticut meetinghouses

books.google.comJohn Frederick Kelly - 1948 - Snippet view


In 1832 thirty-six persons were, at their own request, dismissed from the Congregational Church at Greens Farms, ... F. Rowland's bill underpinning Stone Charles Jesup's bill FW Jesup's bill Burr Meeker's bill Wheeler & Staple's bill ...

This may be the beginning of the Saugatuck Meeting House??

More on Onion Farming
New World Cousins
From these early arrivals, new varieties were developed. They were given names to represent the places where they were grown or the farmers who grew them, and so we have yellow, red, and white Southport Globe onions from Southport on Connecticut’s Mill River, and Wethersfield Reds from the Connecticut Valley. “These are all relatively famous, high-quality onion types,” says Dr. Michael Havey, USDA Research Genetics and Professor of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Southport Yellow Globes are mild onions, known for their shape and their storage qualities. The ability to hold up for long storage periods was important before the advent of refrigeration, since onions were an important staple through long, cold winters when no fresh foods were available. Storage onions are typically yellow, and they are low in water content, which is what makes them good for keeping. They have multiple layers of thicker, papery skin. Spring and summer onions, with higher water content, tend to have a milder flavor and only one layer of skin as thin as tissue paper.
A Burpee seed catalog from 1916 describes the stronger-flavored Extra Large Red Wethersfield onion as “the most popular standard variety for winter market in many Northern States.” According to Professor Irwin Goldman of the University of Wisconsin, the “Wethersfield Large Red was the dominant red onion on the East Coast. This variety had a flattened bulb. The Southport Red Globe, which may have traced back to the Danvers Yellow Globe, exhibited
a globe-shaped bulb.” People associate red or burgundy skins with a milder flavor. This is true of Spanish red onions, but it’s not true of all red onions. Southport Reds are actually quite hot. “
All of these early onion varieties were closely related and came out of the same genes,” says Dr. Havey.
Shipping the Bounty
With these tasty, high-quality onions, towns like Wethersfield and others further south, such as Southport, Fairfield, Westport, and Weston, blossomed into onion-growing centers and began exporting early in the 1700s. By the early 1800s, millions of bunches of onions were being shipped from the state each year. Southport was known as the “Onion Capitol” and Wethersfield as “Oniontown.” The Civil War increased demand, as pickled onions could be used to ward off scurvy.
Proximity to urban markets like New York City was a major advantage to growers in the state. According to Fairfield town records, in the mid-1800s, the Mill River harbor at Southport was bustling and thick with boats headed for New York and southern ports. Fairfield and Southport farmers were harvesting tens of thousands of bushels of globe onions per year and their output continued to grow well into the 1890s. From July to September, harvest time, market
boats—sloops and schooners—moved barrels of onions, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables from Southport to New York City.

From October to May, holds of these cargo ships were filled almost entirely with onions. Onions were stored in boxes and baskets inside warehouses, barns, and sheds until they could be transported, sold, or consumed. Farmers kept a lookout on the harbor from Mill Hill and Greenfield Hill in Fairfield, watching for market boats that could carry their produce to larger urban centers. When a boat was spotted on approach, word quickly spread, and lines of carts and wagons loaded with onions and other vegetables would begin moving along the dirt roads into Southport. This was the golden age of onion production in Connecticut.
Competition from the West
But as the young country grew and demand for onions increased, new producers outside the state began appearing. Disease, bad weather, or oversupply in the market could be very financially challenging for small farmers and resulted in many giving up the pursuit. Too much rain at harvest time, perhaps from a fall hurricane, could destroy a crop. In the growing West, soil was cultivated more easily, and hot, dry conditions kept plant diseases at bay. Soon after 1900, extensive onion production began in Texas, California, and Louisiana, and the onion industry began to decline in Connecticut.
As the years passed, Connecticut land was increasingly valued more for its development potential than for growing crops. Real estate prices increased and farmland was sold for homes, shopping centers, and industry. “Vegetable production can be high-value, but not if it’s competing with urbanization,” says Dr. Havey. Connecticut’s great onion farming industry virtually disappeared by the mid-1900s, and Washington, California, Idaho, and Oregon satisfied demand. Over the past 20 years, there has been no largescale commercial onion farming in Connecticut. According to Kimberly Reddin of the National Onion Association, “Since our inception in 1913, we have never had a Connecticut-based grower in our membership.”
From http://www.ediblecommunities.com/nutmeg/early-winter-2010/edible-traditions.htm

Beth: I grew up in Southport in the 50s-60s and went to Pequot (elementary) School in Southport.  Segments on local history explained that fertilizing the onion fields with manure for decade after decade left the fields mucky. Over the years the handling of the land changed the nature of the soil from a sandy, well drained soil that was apparently very good for onions, to a more dense soil that held moisture and proved to foster disease and lower yields.

 

1856 Westport-Southport Line

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New York Times


Hi Nina: 

Please let me know if you did NOT receive an email earier today with document with census and other stuff (sometimes Juno hiccups with large attachements)

I checked some notes on Fairfield East Cemetery (where William Fenn Northrop and family are buried).  He might be there, but I just noted names directly around William. 

Here’s another link that might have more than find-a-grave

 

http://connecticut-genealogy.com/Fairfield-County-Cemetery-Records.cfm

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Hi Nina:

The Middletown connection is interesting – you might find this of interest.

Beth

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Bonanza!!!

Just found 2 listings in Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut.  The link below has a couple of other Meekers.  F course I found it looking for something else entirely.  It never showed up in my Northrop searches.

Best, Beth

COMMEM BIO LINK

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barbara

note sent aug 2013

 

Charles A Meeker, "United States Census, 1900"
Name: Charles A Meeker
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 67 Fairfield township (east side), Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Birth Date: Feb 1832
Birthplace: Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 47
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1853
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 4
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 71
Reference ID: 65
GS Film number: 1240133
Digital Folder Number: 004118692
Image Number: 00137
  Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles A Meeker M 68 Connecticut
Wife Sarah E Meeker F 62 Connecticut
Son Henry H Meeker M 21 Connecticut
Servant Walter Renson M 36 New York

 

Charles Meeker, "United States Census, 1850"
Name: Charles Meeker
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Connecticut
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
House Number: 153
Family Number: 158
Line Number: 6
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 38
GS Film number: 3066
Digital Folder Number: 004193074
Image Number: 00146
  Household Gender Age Birthplace
Charles Meeker M 17 Connecticut
Bradley B Meeker M 15 Connecticut
Molly Beers F 77 Connecticut

 

Charles A. Meeker, "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
Name: Charles A. Meeker
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Connecticut
Death Date: 1910
Death Place:
Age:
Birth Date: 1832
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03754-0
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 3333
Reference ID: 67

Citing this Record

"Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7JL-SYM : accessed 07 Aug 2013), Charles A. Meeker, 1910; citing reference 67, FHL microfilm 3333.

 

Charles A Mecker, "United States Census, 1860"
Name: Charles A Mecker
Event Type:
Event Year:
Event Place:
Minor Civil Division: Westport
Age (Expanded): 27 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace:
Gender:
Page: 109
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803075
Digital Folder Number: 4211334
Image Number: 00114

Chas A Meeker, "United States Census, 1870"

Name: Chas A Meeker
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 35y
Race: White
Birthplace: Connecticut
Event Place: Connecticut, United States
  Household Gender Age Birthplace
Chas A Meeker M 35y Connecticut
Frances Meeker F 32y Connecticut
Hattie Meeker F 14y Connecticut
Frank Meeker F 12y Connecticut
John Meeker M 10y Connecticut
Jannie Meeker F 4y Connecticut
Louisa Meeker F 2y Connecticut
Fred Meeker M 6m Connecticut
Frederick Brown M 20y Connecticut

 

Charles A. Meeker, "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917"

Name: Charles A. Meeker
Military Rank: Corp.
Military Company: C
Military Regiment: 28
State: Connecticut
Military Unit: Infantry
Event Date: 26 Feb 1910
Military Company/Regiment:
Affiliate Name: National Archives and Records Administration
Affiliate Publication Number: T289
Affiliate Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900
Affiliate Record Type: Civil War Pensions

 

Charles A. Meeker, "United States Civil War Soldiers Index"
Name: Charles A. Meeker
Name Note:
Also Known As Name:
Also Known As Note:
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Beginning Rank Note:
Military Final Rank: Private
Military Final Rank Note:
Military Side: Union
Military Side Note:
State or Military Term: Connecticut
Military Unit: 28th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry
Military Unit Note:
Military Company: C
Military Company Note:
Note:
Affiliate Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Connecticut.
Affiliate Publication Number: M535
Affiliate Film Number: 11
GS Film number: 821919
Charles A Meeker in entry for Charles A Meeker and Eleanora Houser, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994"
Name: Charles A Meeker
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Apr 1901
Event Place: Ross, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original):
Age: 27
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birth Date:
Birthplace: SOUTHPORT, CONN
Father's Name: Charles A Meeker
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Francis Northrop
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Eleanora Houser
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1878
Spouse's Birthplace: CHILLICOTHE, ROSS, OHIO
Spouse's Father's Name: Gp Houser
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Schroeder
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID: P420
GS Film number: 281644
Digital Folder Number: 004016203
Image Number: 00626

Citing this Record

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZTJ-558 : accessed 07 Aug 2013), Charles A Meeker in entry for Charles A Meeker and Eleanora Houser, 1901.

 

Chas. B. Meeker in entry for Sadie Tomlinson Meeker, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Name: Sadie Tomlinson Meeker
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1876
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Chas. B. Meeker
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah T. Hubbell
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02122-9
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 1428300
Reference ID: 329

 

 

Charles Augustus Meeker

There are numerus references to Meekers in this volume on Southport Congregational Church.  I believe I included most of them below, but I might have missed something important to you.

http://www.archive.org/stream/southportcongreg00sout/southportcongreg00sout_djvu.txt

Not sure where I got the info on the Oysterman

“Frances Josephine Northrop b 8/20/1838 Kent m. Charles Augustus Meeker (1832-1910) m. 12/13/1853 lived westport greens farms. She died 3/13/75 in Westport. Charles A. Meeker was an Oysterman and Farmer. He belonged to C. 28 Connecticut Volunteers - honorably discharged in 1864.Charles M2 Sarah E. Hubbell of Greenfield ( d/o) William & Mary Sturgis Hubbell) on 6/11/77 in Fairfield, ct one child Henry Hubbell Meeker 6/9/79 “

Meeker Records by Date

B ~ 1811Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 1826 Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years1836 or 1832

Charles A Meeker b. ABT 1836 Westport,Fairfield,Connecticut1846Southport Congregational Church Record
20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years. 1848Southport Congregational Church Record79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years. 1850Southport Congregational Church Record93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881. 1854Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)1852Southport Congregational Church Record115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years. 1855Southport Congregational Church Record58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years. 12/6/1857 Spt ME Charles A. Meeker (Greens Farms) recd as member from probatiob an 1877 entry declares he "backslide" but was reclaimed 1877 record shows he was in army USA1857Southport Congregational Church Record65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57- 1857Southport Congregational Church Record65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57- 1857Southport Congregational Church Record85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864. 1860Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years. 1860Southport Congregational Church Record173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years. 1861Southport Congregational Church Record98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.2/12/1862Spt ME2/12/1862 John A. Meeker to Emma O Roe by Rev D. Osborn at Mr. Roe's home 1862Southport Congregational Church Record55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years. Feb. 1, 1862Greenfioeld Hill CemeteryDeath of Aaron B Meeker Inscription: Age 35 years 4 months1864Southport Congregational Church Record56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years. 1864Southport Congregational Church Record85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864. 1867Southport Congregational Church Record98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.1869Southport Congregational Church Record132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881. 1872Southport Congregational Church Record115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years. may 1872 Spt ME may 1872 Sally Hubbell Greenfield received in full membership from probation Sally Hubbell died 5/??/95 (no date perhaps after 1872?) Adelia and Agustus Hubbell received as members 1874Spt ME 1874 George F. Meeker of Southport received 1887 ?? 1874 CHECKSpt MESarah Meeker recd into membership by letter from Cong Church 5/3/75Spt ME5/3/75 William Meeker to Elizabeth Anderson by Rev L.W Abbott in parsonage.May 7, 1876Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. B ~ 3/5/1876 Spt ME3/5/1876 Mrs. William Wallace Parsell of Greens Farms adult by Rev. L. W. Abbott Frank M., Harriet E., John H Meeker all 3 adults of Greens Farms by Rev L. W. Abbott1876Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)About 1880Greens Farms, Connecticut, the old West parish of Fairfield
books.google.comGeorge Penfield Jennings, George Penfield Jennings - 1933 - 152 pages - Snippet viewThe late Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms invented the Meeker smoothing harrow about 1880, which prepared onion ground so well that very little hand raking was necessary. This harrow has been adapted to various other uses such as ...*** More about the Meeker Smoothing HarrowJune 11, 1877Spt MECharles A. Meeker m Sarah E. Hubbell1878Southport Congregational Church Record309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887. 1878Southport Congregational Church Record314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.1878Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 1879Southport Congregational Church Record127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879. 1879Southport Congregational Church Record127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879. ~ 1880Charles A Meeker invented the Meeker Smoothing Harrow more on Onion farming ***1881Southport Congregational Church Record132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881. 1881Southport Congregational Church Record93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881. 1882Southport Congregational Church Record172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Gharles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887. 1885Southport Congregational Church Record396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt ParseU; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895. 1887Southport Congregational Church Record172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Gharles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887. 1887Spt ME1887 Chas Meeker recd into membership by leter fm Cong Church died 1/7/1910 1887Southport Congregational Church Record314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.1887Southport Congregational Church Record309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887. 1887Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church1887Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Sarah Meeker Died Oct 25, 1913 1888Southport Congregational Church Record418. Mrs. Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker, wife of Charles Meeker; confession, May 6, 1888. 11/11/1888Spt ME11/11/1888 Kate and Frank Meeker recd into membership by letter5/6/1888Spt ME5/6/1888 Charles Alvin Meeker of Southport born 1873 by Rev. George A. Hubbell1889Southport Congregational Church Record204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892, 1891-1907Spt ME??DEACONSCharles Meeker, June 5, 1891 — December 24, 1907:1891Southport Congregational Church Record205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892. 1891Spt MErecd from probation 1891 Clara A. Meeker Died Nov 18991892Southport Congregational Church Record204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892, 1892Southport Congregational Church Record205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892. Sept 1892Spt MErecd Sept 1892 from probation Henry H Meeker Later removed without certificate prob 1893Spt ME prob 1893 Charles Meeker, Jr. recd later ?remarried and letter to Episcopal church?Oct 1893Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church1894Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 6/10/1894Spt ME6/10/1894 Charles Meeker infant of Fred Meeker of Southport by Rev Geo Boswell1895Southport Congregational Church Record396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt ParseU; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895. 1901Southport Congregational Church Record173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years. 1901Southport Congregational Church Record537. Emeline Meeker Disbrow; confession, Sept. 1, 190 1 ; married Seth Wright Morris. 1903Htfd CourantFiled Bankruptcy ***1907Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years. 1907Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)1/5/1910NY TimesCharles Meeker Retired Farmer of Southport attempts suicide.~ age 80 (~ 1830) ***1910Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 forCharles A. Meeker death (birth date 1832)1911Southport Congregational Church Record57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years. 1915Southport Congregational Church Record79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years. Southport Congregational Church Record INDEX TO ROLL OF MEMBERS Meeker, Mrs. Aaron Burr . Meeker, Charles Meeker, Mrs. Charles . Meeker, Charles Augustus . Meeker, Mrs. Charles Augustus Meeker, Eleanor Meeker, Emily Meeker, Harriet Meeker, Louisa Elsie Meeker, Wakeman Burr Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Wakeman Burr, Jr. Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr, Jr Simpson, Matilda MeekerOther Meekers in Locations where Northrops and allied families lived at earlier dates
MEEKER CHANCY    CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820 MEEKER ELIJAH    CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820 MEEKER ELIPHALET    CTLITCHFIELD SHARON 1820 MEEKER JOSEPH    CT LITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820
Ancestral File United States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker (WESTON)Name:Charles Meeker Residence:Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut Age:17 years Calculated Birth Year:1833 Birthplace:Connecticut Gender:Male Race (original):Race (expanded):Death Month:Death Year:Film Number:3066 Digital GS Number:4193074 Image Number:00146 Line Number:6 Dwelling House Number:153 Family Number:158 Marital Status:Free or Slave: HouseholdGenderAge Charles Meeker M17y
Bradley B Meeker M15y Molly Beers F77yUnited States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker (WESTPORT)Name:Charles Meeker Residence:Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut Age:17 years Calculated Birth Year:1833 Birthplace:Connecticut Gender:Male Race (original):Race (expanded):Death Month:Death Year:Film Number:3066 Digital GS Number:4193074 Image Number:00206 Line Number:3 Dwelling House Number:378 Family Number:420 Marital Status:Free or Slave: HouseholdGenderAgeEdwin Taylor M37yMary F Taylor F26y Henry Taylor M8y Mary J Taylor F5ySarah Taylor F76yAbigail TaylorF75y Charles Meeker M17yWestport Census 1860 (Westprt PO)The 1867 Westport Map shows C. A. Meeker just north of the RR a block away from the Greens Farms ME Church near Jennings, Alvord and Crossman 1870 Westport Census (Wilton PO)1880 Census Greens Farms, Town of WestportUnited States Census, 1900 for Charles A Meeker (FAIRFIELD EAST SIDE)Name:Charles A Meeker Titles & Terms:Residence:Fairfield township (east side), Fairfield, Connecticut Birth Date:Feb 1832 Birthplace:Connecticut Relationship to Head of Household:Self Spouse:Sarah E Meeker Spouse's Titles & Terms:Spouse's Birthplace:Connecticut Father:Father's Titles & Terms:Father's Birthplace:Connecticut Mother:Mother's Titles & Terms:Mother's Birthplace:Connecticut Race or Color (expanded):White Head-of-household Name:Charles A Meeker Gender:Male Marital Status:Married Years Married:47 Estimated Marriage Year:1853 Mother How Many Children:Number Living Children:Immigration Year:Enumeration District:0067 Page:4 Sheet Letter:B Family Number:71 Reference Number:65 Film Number:1240133 Image Number:00137 HouseholdGenderAge Charles A Meeker M Spouse Sarah E Meeker F Child Henry H Meeker M WalterRenson M1900 Fairfield Census (Fairfield Town) There is a Sarah H Meeker Widow in Stamford in 1910
From Alvord Genealogy Meeker Pictures Pequot Library Picture Collection

Guide to the history and the historic sites of Connecticut: Volume 1; Volume 1
books.google.com Florence S. Marcy Crofut, Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution - 1937 - Snippet viewCharles A. Meeker was born in Greens Farms in 1832. He invented the smoothing harrow, used particularly for onion ... was built on the present meetinghouse green, and a fourth was dedicated in 1 8 5 3 . Connecticut Historical Society. ...More editionsWestport, Connecticut: the making of a Yankee townshipbooks.google.comEdward Coley Birge, Mary Coley Gage, Edward Coley Birge - 1926 - 200 pages - Snippet viewseed down lawns and golf courses was the invention of Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms and its object was the preparation of the ground for onion sowing. Several hand culture tools had the same source. A safety razor so closely ...Annual report of the secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture: Volume 17 - Page 320books.google.com Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture - 1884 - Free Google eBook - Read The Green's Farms Agricultural Club exhibited as follows : HB Wakeman — Three dishes apples ; half-dozen beets ; two varieties potatoes ; one dish of wheat ; one sample white onions ; one sample corn. Chas. B. Meeker — Bed onions; ...Samuel Meeker p 547 lawsuit  1853 Book link John Frederick Kelly - 1948 - Snippet viewIn 1832 thirty-six persons were, at their own request, dismissed from the Congregational Church at Greens Farms, ... F. Rowland's bill underpinning Stone Charles Jesup's bill FW Jesup's bill Burr Meeker's bill Wheeler & Staple's bill ...This may be the beginning of the Saugatuck Meeting House??More on Onion FarmingNew World Cousins
From these early arrivals, new varieties were developed. They were given names to represent the places where they were grown or the farmers who grew them, and so we have yellow, red, and white Southport Globe onions from Southport on Connecticut’s Mill River, and Wethersfield Reds from the Connecticut Valley. “These are all relatively famous, high-quality onion types,” says Dr. Michael Havey, USDA Research Genetics and Professor of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Southport Yellow Globes are mild onions, known for their shape and their storage qualities. The ability to hold up for long storage periods was important before the advent of refrigeration, since onions were an important staple through long, cold winters when no fresh foods were available. Storage onions are typically yellow, and they are low in water content, which is what makes them good for keeping. They have multiple layers of thicker, papery skin. Spring and summer onions, with higher water content, tend to have a milder flavor and only one layer of skin as thin as tissue paper.A Burpee seed catalog from 1916 describes the stronger-flavored Extra Large Red Wethersfield onion as “the most popular standard variety for winter market in many Northern States.” According to Professor Irwin Goldman of the University of Wisconsin, the “Wethersfield Large Red was the dominant red onion on the East Coast. This variety had a flattened bulb. The Southport Red Globe, which may have traced back to the Danvers Yellow Globe, exhibited
a globe-shaped bulb.” People associate red or burgundy skins with a milder flavor. This is true of Spanish red onions, but it’s not true of all red onions. Southport Reds are actually quite hot. “
All of these early onion varieties were closely related and came out of the same genes,” says Dr. Havey.Shipping the Bounty
With these tasty, high-quality onions, towns like Wethersfield and others further south, such as Southport, Fairfield, Westport, and Weston, blossomed into onion-growing centers and began exporting early in the 1700s. By the early 1800s, millions of bunches of onions were being shipped from the state each year. Southport was known as the “Onion Capitol” and Wethersfield as “Oniontown.” The Civil War increased demand, as pickled onions could be used to ward off scurvy.Proximity to urban markets like New York City was a major advantage to growers in the state. According to Fairfield town records, in the mid-1800s, the Mill River harbor at Southport was bustling and thick with boats headed for New York and southern ports. Fairfield and Southport farmers were harvesting tens of thousands of bushels of globe onions per year and their output continued to grow well into the 1890s. From July to September, harvest time, market
boats—sloops and schooners—moved barrels of onions, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables from Southport to New York City.
From October to May, holds of these cargo ships were filled almost entirely with onions. Onions were stored in boxes and baskets inside warehouses, barns, and sheds until they could be transported, sold, or consumed. Farmers kept a lookout on the harbor from Mill Hill and Greenfield Hill in Fairfield, watching for market boats that could carry their produce to larger urban centers. When a boat was spotted on approach, word quickly spread, and lines of carts and wagons loaded with onions and other vegetables would begin moving along the dirt roads into Southport. This was the golden age of onion production in Connecticut.Competition from the West
But as the young country grew and demand for onions increased, new producers outside the state began appearing. Disease, bad weather, or oversupply in the market could be very financially challenging for small farmers and resulted in many giving up the pursuit. Too much rain at harvest time, perhaps from a fall hurricane, could destroy a crop. In the growing West, soil was cultivated more easily, and hot, dry conditions kept plant diseases at bay. Soon after 1900, extensive onion production began in Texas, California, and Louisiana, and the onion industry began to decline in Connecticut.As the years passed, Connecticut land was increasingly valued more for its development potential than for growing crops. Real estate prices increased and farmland was sold for homes, shopping centers, and industry. “Vegetable production can be high-value, but not if it’s competing with urbanization,” says Dr. Havey. Connecticut’s great onion farming industry virtually disappeared by the mid-1900s, and Washington, California, Idaho, and Oregon satisfied demand. Over the past 20 years, there has been no largescale commercial onion farming in Connecticut. According to Kimberly Reddin of the National Onion Association, “Since our inception in 1913, we have never had a Connecticut-based grower in our membership edible communities.”From Beth: I grew up in Southport in the 50s-60s and went to Pequot (elementary) School in Southport.  Segments on local history explained that fertilizing the onion fields with manure for decade after decade left the fields mucky. Over the years the handling of the land changed the nature of the soil from a sandy, well drained soil that was apparently very good for onions, to a more dense soil that held moisture and proved to foster disease and lower yields.1856 Westport-Southport Line *** New York Times Back to family

 

Hi Beth,

I'm glad you found my "stuff" on RootsWeb and the blog. Unfortunately, I don't have anything that can help you with your Solomon Northrop marrying Sarah Knap.

If I hadn't already known about Jonathan Knap's Loyalist ties, I would have been thrilled with your information. However, I discovered his burial site, by accident when I was up in Canada about 11 years ago. And it was a double thrill that Mary Alvord's was next to his, and both had a lot of information. I noticed I hadn't done a blog post on that, and perhaps I should, esp. since I have another Loyalist from CT buried in the same area.

You have a lot on your Northrop line, but the ones you want are always hidden, and cause us so much grief. Jonathan's father David married a Anna Meeker (I think), and she is a brick wall.

If you want to use my Mary Alvord tombstone picture or any information, please ask first. I will say yes, but please ask.

Thanks so much for writing.

Barbara

2011/9/14 ej northrop

Thank you, Beth, for this information.  Uretta is Abel's second wife.  Caroline died on 31 December 1839.

I have Northrup ancestors in Fairfield County, CT, as well.  I will make a note to look for the Meeker/Northrop connection whenever I am doing research.

Anne
 

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From: ej northrop <ejnorth123@juno.com>
To: plimothplantation2003@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, March 6, 2011 7:20:32 AM
Subject: Abel Meeker
Hi Annep:

I’m researching my Northrop (my Amos is in an “unconnected” line) genealogy and trying to find some connection with Meekers in Southport, CT and/or the Methodist Episcopal Church there.  In the process I came across this listing – your Abel is the only one I found in the likely time slot.  Perhaps this will be of assistance.

Cheers,

Beth

Meeker, Abel

ABT 1805 

Montgomery County, NY 

3 JUL 1881 

Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY 

stamford 

Order a copy of the original certificate from RootsWeb.com

Census
Newspapers
Histories

Search for this name at Ancestry.com Has Notes Has SourcesHas children

Spouse: Caroline Unknown 

 

I have very little solid data for the parentage of my Amos, my ggg grandfather(see bottom of page). I've checked and rechecked the documented Amos Northrops and none of them fit. Amos' branch is "unconnected" in the A. Judd Northrop genealogy with a birth "probably Chatham, NY ~ 1778"( While it's possible he was born in Chatham, NY, there are no direct connections to Northrop families in that part of NY--There are some Northrop to Amenia/Fishkill, NY
Perhaps he was born in Chatham/Canaan, New Lebanon, while visiting Elisha Alvord In-laws, the Alvords, who had connections to Chatham, CT and David's brother Elisha lived in Canaan (1810 census), adjacent to Chatham. Canaan was reportedly named for settlers arriving from Canaan, CT Cannan, NY was on the Albany-Boston stagecoach route. I understand it was not unusual for the mother to stay with family when she was pregnant -- more commonly her family.).
A number of the places where Amos lived have numerous connections to the names we see for his daughter-in-law and grandchildren (link to grandchildren) Alvord, Burr, Fenn, Elmore Ives. (some of these names may be from both the Alvord and the Northrop sides (Elmore, Burr, ?)

. Both my father's parents died young and thus he lost a good deal of family information.

In addition to family names and census data,there are a few family documents that may offer some other clues.
1) "a genealogical record" that points to William 1694 of Greefield as an ancestor.
It is perhaps penned by a generation as early as Sarah Wakeman Alvord, my gg grandmother(d. 1886)After comparing the day books of gg grandfather Alvin (d. 1875), I think the size of the handwriting is too large to be his. Document could also be from a later generation.
There is also an Ira of Vermont on the sheet -- I become more persuaded that the Ira connection is Ira of New Milford. A nephew?second or third cousin?

 
Ira Northrop 1 b. 1 JUN 1799 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT 2 s/o Jared Northrop b: 1 MAY 1774 in Newtown & Lucretia Hard d/o Niram Hard  &: Sarah Birdseye Curtiss) b: ABT 1776 in Newtown m. 1 Abigail Joyce b: 1799 in Sherman, CT Married: 24 DEC 1820 1Children
Has No   Children George R Northrop b: 5 NOV 1822 in CT,
Has Children Nelson William Northrop b: 19 MAY 1824 in New Milford,
Has Children Jane A Northrop b: 24 SEP 1825 in New Milford,
Has No Children Emily M Northrop b: 1828 in CT

The name Nelson could suggest a connection to Nelson Alvord?
The name HARD is found in nearby census records for MyAmos.
The Birdseye Curtiss connection (Elmore Curtiss) (Curtiss Isaiah Northrop) (Thomas Grant Northrop Curtiss)


2) a list of known family from a second cousin Susan link link2

3) an Aunt's correspondence referencing the possibility of some scandal or disreputable part of the family's history. She says there is " nothing of which to be ashamed on the Jennings side of the family". Might or might not be a scandal today. Could be anything from
involvement with abolition and/or the underground railway, connections with the Native American missionary movement in Cornwall, religious dissent, Quaker connection , disgrace of cancer, to murder, theft, suicide.
I think I may have found a less obvious Northrop scandal!! link

4) Census lists

Apparent connections to several Northrop lines leading me to speculate a kissing cousin match along the way. It's also quite possible the connections include multiple marriages, or step-parent relationships. The William1694 and Jeremiah lines seem to have connections to myAmos.

Why Poughkeepsie? around 1791 for Drakes kids

marriage location for Northrop Keeler and for Alvin Sarah girls

 

Read the ebook The records of Christ church, Poughkeepsie, New ...

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Online etexts of The records of Christ church, Poughkeepsie, New York (Volume 1) by Poughkeepsie (N.Y.). ... 7, Samuel Smith, s. of Jacob Bush, in plot no. 158.

name: D B Northrup estimated birth year: 1828 gender: Male age in 1870: 42y color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White birthplace: New York home in 1870: New York, United States Household Gender Age Birthplace D B Northrup M 42y New York Cornelia Northrup F 38y New York William B Northrup M 9y New York Arthur Northrup M 4y New York Cornelia Brewster F 62y New York

NY Mercantile Union DB Northrop Fishkill category Clothiers and ready-made clothing

203 ISAAC" NORTHRUP (Eli% Eli\ Joseph', Joseph\ Joseph^), b. May 14, 1790, in Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; m. about 1810, Priscilla Hazclton (b. Aug. 5, 1791; d. May 16, 1874), of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Took his father's place in a woolen factory ; sold, and bought a farm in Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y. ; removed to Barrington, Yates Co., N. Y., then to Tyrone, Schuyler Co., N. Y., where he d., Dec. 19, 1852.

Poughkeepsie (N.Y.). Christ Church

More about Poughkeepsie Rye Connections

lots of ME Osborns in Poughkeepsie
Chil. of Lewis and Betsey Ann (Andrews) Osborn. 

8289 I. Edward Andrews Osborn, b. at Danbury, Conn., 20 Sept. 1834;  a jeweller; settled at Newark, N. J., where he married, 2 Ap. 1856, Mary  Catharine Sofleld, dau. of Randolph and Esther (Mandeville) Sofield, of  Newark, where she was born in Oct. 1837. She died at Newark, 23 Dec.  1856, and was buried at Pompton Plains, N. J. He served in Co. A, First  Conn. Artillery, from 19 Feb. 1862 till Ap. 1865. He married (2d), 28  Jan. 1867, at Newark, Phebe Wilhelmina Mack, dau. of John Conrad and  Margaret (Schwien) Mack, of Newark, where she was born 19 Jan. 1845.  They were living at Newark in 1873. 

8290 II. Orrin Wright Osborn, b. at Bethel, Conn., 26 Jan. 1837; was drowned, while bathing, at Brookfield, Conn., 25 July 1853, and was buried  in Prickback Cemetery. 

8291 III. Elias Northrop Osborn, b. at Brookfield, Conn., 13 May 1838;  a saddler and harness- maker ; married at Danbury, Conn., 4 Oct. 1865,  Elizabeth White Hoyt, dau. of Philo and Laura Jane (Barlow) Hoyt, of  Danbury, where she was born 25 Aug. 1845.' They settled at Danbury,  and were living there in 1 873. He served, as a corporal, in Co. B, 23d Reg.,  Conn. Vol. Infantry, from 19 Aug. 1862 till 29 Aug. 1863. 

8292 IV. Frederick Augustus Osborn, b. at Brookfield, Conn., 18 July 1840; served in Co. B, ist Reg., Conn. Heavy Artillery; died in hospital at Fair Oaks, Va., on the second day of the seven days fight at that  place, 26 June 1862 ; and was buried at Brookfield, in Prickback Cemetery. 

8293 V. Eliza Maria Osborn, b. at Brookfield, Conn., 14 Aug. 1842; married there, 30 Ap. 1 861, Charles Treat Allen, a miller, son of Treat  and Sarah (Blackman) Allen, of Southbury, Conn., where he was born 20  Aug. 1 841. They settled at Brookfield, and were living there, near the railway station, in 1873. 

8294 VI. George Howard Osborn, b. at Brookfield, Conn., 19 Sept. 1843; a carpenter; was living at Rafael, Cal., ten miles from San Francisco, in  1873 ; unmarried. 




Approximate 1766 town lines on a 1930 map. The early Fairfield Parish included half of Westport (incl Greens Farms), part of Bridgeport, the majority of Weston and Easton perhaps a half of Redding and perhaps little bits of Trumbull, Wilton and Newtown.
1830
The original Fairfield - the northern portion was Greenfield. Later some maps have Weston embracing both Weston and Easton.

Milford, to the east embraced Orange Woodbridge & Bethany. Later Amity became a society with most of Woodbridge and Bethany.

Stratford extended up to Newtown.
Derby (including Ansonia & Derby was an inland port very early.)
see sidebars for more early parish or town names.

CENSUS NEIGHBORS LINK to details

1790 prob too young OR Newtown w/parents who is Washington Amos?
1800 Kent
1810 MIA OR New Milford OR w/ family OR Vermont?? ???
1820 Kent
1830 Kent
1840 Warren
1850 Washington
1855 dies Washington, buried, Warren

Charles Augustus Meeker

There are numerus references to Meekers in this volume on Southport Congregational Church.  I believe I included most of them below, but I might have missed something important to you.

http://www.archive.org/stream/southportcongreg00sout/southportcongreg00sout_djvu.txt

Not sure where I got the info on the Oysterman

Frances Josephine Northrop b 8/20/1838 Kent m. Charles Augustus Meeker (1832-1910) m. 12/13/1853 lived westport greens farms. She died 3/13/75 in Westport. Charles A. Meeker was an Oysterman and Farmer. He belonged to C. 28 Connecticut Volunteers - honorably discharged in 1864.Charles M2 Sarah E. Hubbell of Greenfield ( d/o) William & Mary Sturgis Hubbell) on 6/11/77 in Fairfield, ct one child Henry Hubbell Meeker 6/9/79 “

Meeker Records by Date


B ~ 1811Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 1826Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years1836
or 1832Charles A Meeker b. ABT 1836
Westport,Fairfield,Connecticut1846Southport Congregational Church Record20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record20. Matilda Meeker Simpson, daughter of John Simpson and Matilda Jennings (Meeker) Simpson; born Aug. 14, 1846; baptized Sept. 5, 1847. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years. 1847Southport Congregational Church Record58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years. 1848Southport Congregational Church Record79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years. 1850Southport Congregational Church Record93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881. 1854Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)1852Southport Congregational Church Record115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years. 1855Southport Congregational Church Record58. Eleanor Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; married William White Howell; died, Aug. 26, 1855, aged 30 years. 12/6/1857 Spt ME  Charles A. Meeker (Greens Farms) recd as member from probatiob an 1877 entry declares he "backslide" but was reclaimed 1877 record shows he was in army USA1857Southport Congregational Church Record65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57- 1857Southport Congregational Church Record65. Ada Amelia Meeker, daughter of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr. and Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker; born Jan. 3, 1857; baptized Sept. '4' '^57- 1857Southport Congregational Church Record85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864. 1860Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years. 1860Southport Congregational Church Record173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years. 1861Southport Congregational Church Record98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.2/12/1862Spt ME2/12/1862 John A. Meeker to Emma O Roe by Rev D. Osborn at Mr. Roe's home  1862Southport Congregational Church Record55. Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Dec. 23, 1862, aged 74 years. Feb. 1, 1862Greenfioeld Hill CemeteryDeath of Aaron B Meeker Inscription:
Age 35 years 4 months1864Southport Congregational Church Record56. Mrs. Marietta (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Nov. 22, 1864, aged 72 years. 1864Southport Congregational Church Record85. Elizabeth Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Oct. 9, 1857; baptized Aug. 21, 1864. 1867Southport Congregational Church Record98. Harriet Meeker, daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker and Emeline (Perry) Meeker; born Sept. 12, 1861 ; baptized July 28, 1867.1869Southport Congregational Church Record132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881. 1872Southport Congregational Church Record115. Mrs. Eleanor (Meeker) Bulkley, widow of Zalmon Bulkley; confession, March 7, 1852; died, April 23, 1872, aged 88 years. may 1872Spt MEmay 1872 Sally Hubbell Greenfield received in full membership from probation   Sally Hubbell died 5/??/95 (no date perhaps after 1872?) Adelia and Agustus Hubbell received as members      1874Spt ME 1874 George F. Meeker of Southport received     1887 ??1874  CHECKSpt MESarah Meeker recd into membership by letter from Cong Church 5/3/75Spt ME5/3/75 William Meeker to Elizabeth Anderson by Rev L.W Abbott in parsonage.May 7, 1876Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. B ~ 3/5/1876  Spt ME3/5/1876  Mrs. William Wallace Parsell of Greens Farms adult by Rev. L. W. Abbott       Frank M., Harriet E., John H Meeker all 3 adults of Greens Farms by Rev L. W. Abbott1876Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)About 1880Greens Farms, Connecticut, the old West parish of Fairfield books.google.comGeorge Penfield Jennings, George Penfield Jennings - 1933 - 152 pages - Snippet viewThe late Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms invented the Meeker smoothing harrow about 1880, which prepared onion ground so well that very little hand raking was necessary. This harrow has been adapted to various other uses such as ...*** More about the Meeker Smoothing HarrowJune 11, 1877Spt MECharles A. Meeker m Sarah E. Hubbell1878Southport Congregational Church Record309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell)
HarrowJune 11, 1877Spt MECharles A. Meeker m Sarah E. Hubbell1878Southport Congregational Church Record309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887. 1878Southport Congregational Church Record314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.1878Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 1879Southport Congregational Church Record127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879. 1879Southport Congregational Church Record127. Henry Holman Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker; born June 9, 1879; baptized Nov. 16, 1879. ~ 1880Charles A Meeker invented the Meeker Smoothing Harrow
more on Onion farming ***1881Southport Congregational Church Record132. Frederick Ellsworth Meeker, son of Charles Augustus Meeker and Frances Josephine (Northrop) Meeker; born Nov. 13, 1869; baptized May 23, 1881. 1881Southport Congregational Church Record93. Mrs. Julia Frances (Meeker) Taylor; widow of William Roswell Taylor; letter from Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N. Y., May 4, 1850; dropped, Dec. 20, 1881. 1882Southport Congregational Church Record172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Gharles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887. 1885Southport Congregational Church Record396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt ParseU; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895. 1887Southport Congregational Church Record172. Walter Lloyd Meeker, son of Gharles Meeker and Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker; born March 28, 1882; baptized June 12, 1887. 1887Spt ME1887 Chas Meeker recd into membership by leter fm Cong Church died 1/7/1910    1887Southport Congregational Church Record314. Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., April 28, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887.1887Southport Congregational Church Record309. Mrs. Sarah Esther (Hubbell) Meeker, wife of Charles Augustus Meeker; letter from First Church of Christ, Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 6, 1878; letter to Methodist Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn., July i, 1887. 1887Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church1887Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Sarah Meeker Died Oct 25, 1913 1888Southport Congregational Church Record418. Mrs. Mary Montgomery (Van Dalsem) Meeker, wife of Charles Meeker; confession, May 6, 1888. 11/11/1888Spt ME11/11/1888 Kate and Frank Meeker recd into membership by letter5/6/1888Spt ME5/6/1888 Charles Alvin Meeker of Southport born 1873 by Rev. George A. Hubbell1889Southport Congregational Church Record204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892, 1891-1907Spt ME??DEACONSCharles Meeker, June 5, 1891 — December 24, 1907:1891Southport Congregational Church Record205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892. 1891Spt MErecd from probation 1891 Clara A. Meeker Died Nov 18991892Southport Congregational Church Record204. Adrian Northrop Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; bom July i, 1889; baptized June 12, 1892, 1892Southport Congregational Church Record205. Herbert Orlando Parsell, son of Frederick Piatt Parsell and Louisa Elsie (Meeker) Parsell; born Jan. 21, 1891; baptized June 12, 1892. Sept 1892Spt MErecd Sept 1892 from probation Henry H Meeker Later removed without certificate   prob 1893Spt ME    prob 1893 Charles Meeker, Jr. recd  later ?remarried and letter to Episcopal church?Oct 1893Spt MErecd by letter 1887 Chas A Meeker Died 1/7/1910 recd Oct 1893 from probation Chas A. Meeker, Jr. Later removed without letter to Episcopal Church1894Southport Congregational Church Record308. Mrs. Mary (Sturges) Hubbell, widow of William Hubbell; letter from Westminster Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, 111., Jan. 6, 1878; died, Aug. 1 1, 1894, aged 83 years. 6/10/1894Spt ME6/10/1894 Charles Meeker infant of Fred Meeker of Southport by Rev Geo Boswell1895Southport Congregational Church Record396. Louisa Elsie Meeker; confession, March i, 1885; married Frederick Piatt ParseU; letter to Congregational Church, Plainville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1895. 1901Southport Congregational Church Record173. Mrs. Eliza Hull (Jennings) Meeker, wife of Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 6, i860; died, Oct. 9, 1901, aged 67 years. 1901Southport Congregational Church Record537. Emeline Meeker Disbrow; confession, Sept. 1, 190 1 ; married Seth Wright Morris. 1903Htfd CourantFiled Bankruptcy ***1907Southport Congregational Church Record172. Mrs. Emeline (Perry) Meeker, (b ~ 1826)wife of Aaron Burr Meeker; letter from Greenfield Congregational Church, Greenfield Hill, Conn., March 5, i860; died, Aug. 31, 1907, aged 81 years. 1907Southport Congregational Church Record276. Charles Meeker; confession, May 7, 1876; died, Dec. 24, 1907, aged 53 years. (b ~ 1854)1/5/1910NY TimesCharles Meeker Retired Farmer of Southport attempts suicide.~ age 80 (~ 1830) ***1910Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 forCharles A. Meeker death
(birth date 1832)1911Southport Congregational Church Record57. Emily Meeker; confession, Jan. 3, 1847; died, Sept. 3, 191 1, aged 90 years. 1915Southport Congregational Church Record79. Wakeman Burr Meeker, Jr.; confession. May 7, 1848; died, March i, 1915, aged 86 years.

Southport Congregational Church Record
INDEX TO ROLL OF MEMBERS
Meeker, Mrs. Aaron Burr .
Meeker, Charles
Meeker, Mrs. Charles .
Meeker, Charles Augustus
Meeker, Mrs. Charles Augustus
Meeker, Eleanor
Meeker, Emily
Meeker, Harriet
Meeker, Louisa Elsie
Meeker, Wakeman Burr
Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr
Meeker, Wakeman Burr, Jr.
Meeker, Mrs. Wakeman Burr, Jr
Simpson, Matilda Meeker

Other Meekers in Locations where Northrops and allied families lived at earlier dates
MEEKER CHANCY    CTLITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820MEEKER
ELIJAH    CTLITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820MEEKER ELIPHALET    
CTLITCHFIELD SHARON 1820

MEEKER JOSEPH    CTLITCHFIELD WASHINGTON 1820

Ancestral File  United States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker  (WESTON)
Name:Charles Meeker Residence:Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut Age:17 years Calculated Birth Year:1833 Birthplace:Connecticut Gender:Male Race (original):Race (expanded):Death Month:Death Year:Film Number:3066 Digital GS Number:4193074 Image Number:00146 Line Number:6 Dwelling House Number:153 Family Number:158 Marital Status:Free or Slave: HouseholdGenderAge  Charles Meeker M17yBradley B Meeker M15yMolly Beers F77y
United States Census, 1850 for Charles Meeker  (WESTPORT)

Name:Charles Meeker Residence:Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut Age:17 years Calculated Birth Year:1833 Birthplace:Connecticut Gender:Male Race (original):Race (expanded):Death Month:Death Year:Film Number:3066 Digital GS Number:4193074 Image Number:00206 Line Number:3 Dwelling House Number:378 Family Number:420 Marital Status:Free or Slave: HouseholdGenderAgeEdwin Taylor M37yMary F Taylor F26yHenry Taylor M8yMary J Taylor F5ySarah Taylor F76yAbigail Taylor F75y  Charles Meeker M17y
Westport Census 1860 (Westprt PO)

The 1867 Westport Map shows C. A. Meeker just north of the RR a block away from the Greens Farms ME Church near Jennings, Alvord and Crossman

1870 Westport Census (Wilton PO)
1880 Census Greens Farms, Town of Westport
United States Census, 1900 for Charles A Meeker  (FAIRFIELD EAST SIDE)

Name:Charles A Meeker Titles & Terms:Residence:Fairfield township (east side), Fairfield, Connecticut Birth Date:Feb 1832 Birthplace:Connecticut Relationship to Head of Household:Self Spouse:Sarah E Meeker Spouse's Titles & Terms:Spouse's Birthplace:Connecticut Father:Father's Titles & Terms:Father's Birthplace:Connecticut Mother:Mother's Titles & Terms:Mother's Birthplace:Connecticut Race or Color (expanded):White Head-of-household Name:Charles A Meeker Gender:Male Marital Status:Married Years Married:47 Estimated Marriage Year:1853 Mother How Many Children:Number Living Children:Immigration Year:Enumeration District:0067 Page:4 Sheet Letter:B Family Number:71 Reference Number:65 Film Number:1240133 Image Number:00137  HouseholdGenderAge  Charles A Meeker MSpouse Sarah E Meeker FChild Henry H Meeker MWalterRenson M

1900 Fairfield Census (Fairfield Town)

There is a Sarah H Meeker Widow in Stamford in 1910
From Alvord Genealogy

Books on Film

Meeker Pictures Pequot Library Picture Collection

Guide to the history and the historic sites of Connecticut: Volume 1; Volume 1

books.google.com Florence S. Marcy Crofut, Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution - 1937 - Snippet view
Charles A. Meeker was born in Greens Farms in 1832. He invented the smoothing harrow, used particularly for onion ... was built on the present meetinghouse green, and a fourth was dedicated in 1 8 5 3 . Connecticut Historical Society. ...More editions

Westport, Connecticut: the making of a Yankee township

books.google.com Edward Coley Birge, Mary Coley Gage, Edward Coley Birge - 1926 - 200 pages - Snippet view
seed down lawns and golf courses was the invention of Charles A. Meeker of Greens Farms and its object was the preparation of the ground for onion sowing. Several hand culture tools had the same source. A safety razor so closely ..

Annual report of the secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture: Volume 17 - Page 320

 

ubooks.google.comConnecticut. State Board of Agriculture - 1884 - Free Google eBook - ReadThe Green's Farms Agricultural Club exhibited as follows : HB Wakeman — Three dishes apples ; half-dozen beets ; two varieties potatoes ; one dish of wheat ; one sample white onions ; one sample corn. Chas. B. Meeker — Bed onions; ...
uSamuel Meeker p 547 lawsuit  1853

books.google.comJohn Frederick Kelly - 1948 - Snippet viewIn 1832 thirty-six persons were, at their own request, dismissed from the Congregational Church at Greens Farms, ... F. Rowland's bill underpinning Stone Charles Jesup's bill FW Jesup's bill Burr Meeker's bill Wheeler & Staple's bill ...This may be the beginning of the Saugatuck Meeting House??

books.google.com John Frederick Kelly - 1948 - Snippet view In 1832 thirty-six persons were, at their own request, dismissed from the Congregational Church at Greens Farms, ... F. Rowland's bill underpinning Stone Charles Jesup's bill FW Jesup's bill Burr Meeker's bill Wheeler & Staple's bill ...This may be the beginning of the Saugatuck Meeting House??
More on Onion Farming
New World Cousins
From these early arrivals, new varieties were developed. They were given names to represent the places where they were grown or the farmers who grew them, and so we have yellow, red, and white Southport Globe onions from Southport on Connecticut’s Mill River, and Wethersfield Reds from the Connecticut Valley. “These are all relatively famous, high-quality onion types,” says Dr. Michael Havey, USDA Research Genetics and Professor of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Southport Yellow Globes are mild onions, known for their shape and their storage qualities. The ability to hold up for long storage periods was important before the advent of refrigeration, since onions were an important staple through long, cold winters when no fresh foods were available. Storage onions are typically yellow, and they are low in water content, which is what makes them good for keeping. They have multiple layers of thicker, papery skin. Spring and summer onions, with higher water content, tend to have a milder flavor and only one layer of skin as thin as tissue paper.
A Burpee seed catalog from 1916 describes the stronger-flavored Extra Large Red Wethersfield onion as “the most popular standard variety for winter market in many Northern States.” According to Professor Irwin Goldman of the University of Wisconsin, the “Wethersfield Large Red was the dominant red onion on the East Coast. This variety had a flattened bulb. The Southport Red Globe, which may have traced back to the Danvers Yellow Globe, exhibited a globe-shaped bulb.” People associate red or burgundy skins with a milder flavor. This is true of Spanish red onions, but it’s not true of all red onions. Southport Reds are actually quite hot. “All of these early onion varieties were closely related and came out of the same genes,” says Dr. Havey.

With these tasty, high-quality onions, towns like Wethersfield and others further south, such as Southport, Fairfield, Westport, and Weston, blossomed into onion-growing centers and began exporting early in the 1700s. By the early 1800s, millions of bunches of onions were being shipped from the state each year. Southport was known as the “Onion Capitol” and Wethersfield as “Oniontown.” The Civil War increased demand, as pickled onions could be used to ward off scurvy.

Proximity to urban markets like New York City was a major advantage to growers in the state. According to Fairfield town records, in the mid-1800s, the Mill River harbor at
Shipping the Bounty
uSouthport was bustling and thick with boats headed for New York and southern ports. Fairfield and Southport farmers were harvesting tens of thousands of bushels of globe onions per year and their output continued to grow well into the 1890s. From July to September, harvest time, market
boats—sloops and schooners—moved barrels of onions, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables from Southport to New York City.
uFrom October to May, holds of these cargo ships were filled almost entirely with onions. Onions were stored in boxes and baskets inside warehouses, barns, and sheds until they could be transported, sold, or consumed. Farmers kept a lookout on the harbor from Mill Hill and Greenfield Hill in Fairfield, watching for market boats that could carry their produce to larger urban centers. When a boat was spotted on approach, word quickly spread, and lines of carts and wagons loaded with onions and other vegetables would begin moving along the dirt roads into Southport. This was the golden age of onion production in Connecticut.
uCompetition from the West
But as the young country grew and demand for onions increased, new producers outside the state began appearing. Disease, bad weather, or oversupply in the market could be very financially challenging for small farmers and resulted in many giving up the pursuit. Too much rain at harvest time, perhaps from a fall hurricane, could destroy a crop. In the growing West, soil was cultivated more easily, and hot, dry conditions kept plant diseases at bay. Soon after 1900, extensive onion production began in Texas, California, and Louisiana, and the onion industry began to decline in Connecticut.
uAs the years passed, Connecticut land was increasingly valued more for its development potential than for growing crops. Real estate prices increased and farmland was sold for homes, shopping centers, and industry. “Vegetable production can be high-value, but not if it’s competing with urbanization,” says Dr. Havey. Connecticut’s great onion farming industry virtually disappeared by the mid-1900s, and Washington, California, Idaho, and Oregon satisfied demand. Over the past 20 years, there has been no largescale commercial onion farming in Connecticut. According to Kimberly Reddin of the National Onion Association, “Since our inception in 1913, we have never had a Connecticut-based grower in our membership.”

uBeth: I grew up in Southport in the 50s-60s and went to Pequot (elementary) School in Southport.  Segments on local history explained that fertilizing the onion fields with manure for decade after decade left the fields mucky. Over the years the handling of the land changed the nature of the soil from a sandy, well drained soil that was apparently very good for onions, to a more dense soil that held moisture and proved to foster disease and lower yields.

u1856 Westport-Southport Line u***uNew York Times

 

 

PARSELL/ PARSELLS

Blaine M Parsell
Birth:  Mar. 31, 1937
Death:  Mar. 17, 2004

 
Burial:
South End Burying Ground 
Southington
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
 
Created by: Jennifer Peterson
Record added: Jul 08, 2013 
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Blaine M Parsell
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Blaine M Parsell
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Parsell, Thomas Taylor ABT 1804  Vermont  3 MAY 1887  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut  hsullmann3    Census
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Parsell, Floy Zarina 22 MAR 1878  Greene Farms, Westport, Fairfield, CT  JUL 1958  Hyannis, Barnstable, MA  joes_genes    Census
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Parsell, Floy Zarina 22 Mar 1878  Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  Jul 1958  Hyannis, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts  :1547058    Census
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Parsell, Floy Zarina 22 MAR 1878  Westport (Green Farms), Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America  JUL 1958  Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America  nmoore22    Census
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Parsells, Norman 04 DEC 1908  Connecticut  JUN 1986    lanarast1    Census
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A JUDD NORTHROP GENEALOGY

AMOS ISSUES


AMOS BRIEF TIMELINE-CENSUS

FAMILY NAMES

NEIGHBOR NAMES

DETAILED TIMELINE

MAP 1766

MAP 1777

MAP 1780


MAP 1829

MAP WOODVILLE ROADS

MAP WOODVILLE SATELLITE

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Amos
Parent / Name
Speculations



Amos may have been a farmer, shoemaker (his eldest known son, Alvin, was a shoemaker) or in a profession related to leather.Chatham, NY reported as birthplace is suspicious. May be Chatham, CT (Alvords) or wrong Northrop line.
Names WITH connections - Amos, BurrNames with possible connections - Gerrit, George, Fenn, Elmore, Winthrop, Blaine, Anzonetta /Antoinetta

A number of Fenns have connections to Joseph Line - Second Congregational Church Milford "Plymouth" Amos had 2 known children but possibly more.Amos might have even spent some time in Berkshire County, MA.

 

It is interesting to observe on the gravestones that widows were called relicts and wives who predeceased their husbands are called consorts.

 

Now Then
Avon settled 1645 originally part of Farmington. 1750 Parish of Northington northern part of Farmington, 1830Northington incorporated as town of Avon. (Samuel fm Milford?)
Bethel Part of Danbury
Bethlem Bethlehem Woodbury
Brookfield Newbury
Bridge- water Shepaug Neck , the neck, South Farms, part of New Milford territory Samuel Clark of Milford, Jeremiah Canfield, Samuel Briscoe, Joseph Benedict, Ephraim Hawley, Jeheil Hawley later moved to Sharon or Salisbury, Joseph Treat Jr.John Treat, Gideon Treat, John Porter , Solomon Noble Sanford, David Lockwood, Joel Fenn, Nathan Bradley, Nathaniel Porter, Samuel Dunning, Lemuel Jennings, Platts, more Sanfords
Cornwall Sold at Fairfield w Western Lands
Cheshire West Farms on Mill River
Danbury Jeremiah also assoc w Newtown & Newbury
Derby Paugusset
Derby Birmingham Seymour - Humphreys-ville was earlier part of Derby , Paugassett
Derby 1st inland settlement on Naugatuck River
 
Greenfield included parts Redding, Wilton perhaps part of Newtown, Trumbull
Kent Bromica, Bull's Bridge, Ore Hill, Schaghti-coke, Flanders, Flat Rocks, Geer Mountain, Good Hill, Treasure Hill, Macedonia
Kent Scatacook Kent Hollow
Litchfield Bantam Bantam Falls Bradleyville Nettleton Hollow, Romford, Smoky Hollow
New Fairfield Abraham as Separate, Thomas as Separate
North of Litchfield New Bantam included Goshen
Milford Wepawaug
Morris South Farms
Newtown Pootatuck
Newtown Thomas Redding & Newtown Episcopal
Northville parts of kent warren washington much of it formerly the "North End of New Milford" including marbledale, new preston
Oxford Quaker Farms
town of Wash- ington & New Preston village 1710, Woodbury north purchase included much of area
Part of Kent & New Prestton 1716 Fairweather purchase just west of the lake.
Plymouth & Bristol) New Cambridge
Ripton north part of Stratford now Huntington Shelton Monroe
Seymour Humphreys-ville petition to be called Richmond also Chuse- town

Humphreys had always been interested in manufacturing and during his visits to England and France, studied their industrial systems carefully.  In 1803, Humphreys started one of the finest woolen mills in the country on a large piece of property located at the falls on the Naugatuck River near many other little mills. 

The village prospered and attracted other manufacturing concerns.  Items such as cotton cloth, paper, furniture and tools such as augers and bits were produced.

Southbury south part of Woodbury
South Britain now part of Southbury
Stratford Cupheag
 
Trumbull North Stratford

Trans- ylvania

Southbury/ Roxbury Road Route 67)

Trans- ylvania Crossroads, locally known as Pine Tree

Wash- ington territory from Woodbury, New Milford, Kent, & Litchfield
Wash- ington Judea & New Preston (was pt of New Milford Marbledale Washington Depot Nettleton Hollow part New Milford North Purchase Woodville Washington Green was Judea, Blackville, Romford
Warren formerly part of Kent
Warren East Greenwich Parish
Waterbury Mattatuck - everything north of early "Derby"part of Oxford & above
Water- town Westbury plymouth was taken from Water-town
Weston Northfield
Woodbury Pomperaug
Wood- bridge & Bethany Amity embraced most of both towns
Northern part of New Milford, & South & South East part of Kent Merryall or Merry-all

 

Freeman's Oath

The oath of fidelity to which freemen were obliged to subscribe before they could exercise the rights that accrued to them when they had taken the freeman's oath:

"You do swear by the ever-living God that you will truly and faithfully adhere to and maintain the government established in this state under the authority of the people, agreeable to the laws in force within the same, and that you believe in your conscience that the King of Great Britain hath not, nor of right ought to have any authority or dominion in or over this state, and that you do not hold yourself bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to him within the same, and that you will, to the unmost of your power, maintain and defend the freedom, independance and privileges of this state against all open enemies or traitorous conspiracies whatsoever, so help you God. And no person shall have authority to execute any of the offices aforesaid after the first day of January next, until he hath taken said oath, and all persons who hereafter shall be appointed to any of said offices shall take said oath before they enter upon the execution of their offices. And no freemen within this state shall be allowed to vote in the election of any of the officers of government until he hath taken the aforesaid oath in the open freemans' meeting in the town where he dwells."

"Names of those persons that have appeared to take the oath of fidelity prescribed by the General Assembly of this state at a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut holden at Hartford in said state on the second Thursday of May, A. D.( 1777."

 

!! Elijah S. Northrop is in Kent in 1830 not close to Alvin -- 3 or 4 pages away 2 pages away from Amos 1010010000000 / 2000010000000 between barlow& cole 1-5-10, 1-10-15, 1-30-40, Who is Elijah S. Northrop???

Formation of Brookfield

After nine years of patient pleading they were allowed to have preaching among themselves at their own expense. How surprising such proceedings seem at the present day. Winter Privileges Granted. "October, 1752. Upon the memorial of Isaac Barnum, Joseph Murry, and others, living in the northeast part of Danbury, the southwest part of New Milford, and the northwest part of Newtown, within the following limits and bounds (viz.): Beginning at a place known by the name of Pond Brook where it enters into the great river, being in Newtown; thence running northwardly on the bank of said river until it comes to the northeast corner of Capt. John Warner's farm lying by said river, being in New Milford, which is a white ash staddle market with stones about it; then running westerly a strait line to the top of the hill called Gallows Hill; thence running a straight line till it intersects New Fairfield east line; thence running southwardly on said line until it comes to the southeast corner of New Fairfield township; thence running a straight line to a certain rock with- stones upon it near the lower end of Beaver Brook Mountain, on the west side of the road leading from Danbury to New Milford; thence running easterly to a certain rock with stones upon it, being in the line between Danbury and Newtown, being on the south end of a swamp known by the name of Bound Swamp; and from thence continuing easterly to the road leading from New Milford to Newtown, including Lieut. Joseph Smith's farm where he now lives, and then running a straight line to the mouth of the Pond Brook where it empties into the great river; praying for liberty to procure and have the preaching of the Gospel among themselves for five months in the year annually, as by their memorial on file: It is thereupon enacted and granted by this Assembly that the memorialists have liberty and power, and the same is hereby granted to the memorialists according to the bounds aforesaid, to procure and have among themselves the preaching of the Gospel five months in the year (viz.): from the first day of November till the last of March annually, from this time, separate from the towns to which they respectively belong as aforesaid; and during the time of such liberty shall be freed from all stated ministerial taxes in the towns and societies to which they respectively belong, as to said five months annually, and have authority to tax themselves, and carry on preaching among themselves according to law, provided they employ some orthodox preacher among them." In this form the society continued until May, 1754, when they petitioned for an ecclesiastical society, and the matter was laid over until the next September, when they again urged their claims, alleging that it was impracticable for many to attend worship, and that they could more easily support preaching among themselves; that a meeting-house was erected; but that the inhabitants were new settlers, and, on account of the war with France, taxes were burdensome; and since much of the land belonged to non-residents, they desired a land-tax of two pence on the acre for four years on unenclosed lands. Upon this the society was incorporated by the same boundaries as given in 1752, and a land-tax of one penny on the acre granted. It was in the next December (1754) that the town of New Milford voted to return the money which had been collected by tax from persons in the Newbury society, for the New Milford Congregational meeting-house, to the Newbury people toward their meeting-house, which they were then building. It was to this church that the First society of the town sent the pulpit from their old meeting-house soon after the above date. In 1755 an effort was made to raise a fund for the Newbury Society by the donation of undivided lands. Stephen Hawley gave thirty acres, Joseph Murry five, and John Noble two and a half, and in 1771 another effort was made, when Stephen Hawley gave seven acres more. In 1772, when the people were trying to secure the organization of a town, New Milford voted not to oppose them. The church was organized in this society, September 28, 1757, and their first minister, Mr. Thomas Brooks, was ordained at the same time. The society of Newbury was organized into a town in 1788, and named Brookfield. The Assessors' list for that part of Newbury society which was contained within New Milford township in 1787, the last year the assessment was made before the town of Brookfield was organized, contained the following names: Josiah Burritt, Albert Barlow, Amarillis Barlow, Francis Burritt, Mitchel Barlow, Thaddeus Baldwin, Edward Beech, Tibbals Baldwin, Samuel Baldwin's heirs, Jonathan Beecher, Robert Bostwick, Enoch Buckingham, Sarah Camp, Theophilus Comstock, Ephraim Curtiss, Dea. Abraham Camp, Achilles Comstock, Levi Camp, Thomas Gushing, Esqr., John Dunning, Isaac Hawley, Jr., Liverius Hawley, Clement Hubbell, Benjamin Hawley, Nehemiah Hawley, Isaac Hawley, David Jackson, Ralph Keeler, Jonathan Keeler, David Keeler, Isaac Lockwood, Andrew Lake's heirs, Samuel Merwin, Jr., Samuel Merwin, Nathan Merwin, Isaac Merwin, Andrew Merwin, Levi Merwin, John Morehouse, Isaac Northrop, Elnathan Noble, Wait Northrop, Joseph Nearing, Henry Nearing. John H. Nearing, William Nichols, Joshua Northrop, Andrus Northrop, Jesse Noble, James Osborn, Israel Osborn, Joseph Olmsted, Richard Olmsted, Henry Peck, Esqr., David Peck, Amiel Peck, Ammi Palmer, Joseph Ruggles, Jr., Comfort Ruggles, Artemus Ruggles, Benjamin Ruggles, Timothy Ruggles, Esqr., Ashbel Ruggles, Samuel Ruggles, Hezekiah Stevens, Jr., John Starr, David Smith, Joseph Smith, James Starr, Rufus Sherman, Samuel Sherman, Thomas Smith, Elijah Starr, Jehiel Smith, Joseph Tomlinson, John Veal, David Wakelee, Samuel Wakelee, Amos Wakelee, Martin Warner, Solomon Warner, Daniel Wheeler. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF NEW MILFORD AND BRIDGEWATER, CONNECTICUT, 1703-1882, BY SAMUEL ORCUTT

Newtown / Newbury to Brookfield
Prior to the white men settling Connecticut in 1636, this area was inhabited by the Pootatuck Indians, members of the Algonkin Federation. Early deeds to lands on both sides of the Still River describe the land of Chief Pokono who for many years ruled in this area. Indian relics can still be found in the hills and fields of Brookfield.

In the year 1687, 20 families petitioned the General Court to become a town. Permission was granted and boundaries were laid out for the Town of Danbury. New Milford was settled in 1707 and Newtown in 1710. As the towns continued to grow and prosper, traveling to church from the northeast corner of Danbury, southwest part of New Milford and northwest part of Newtown became a hardship, especially in winter.

Settlers in our area petitioned the General Assembly in 1743 "to their being set off and made a district Ecclesiastical Society or having liberty for winter parish." "Winter privileges" were finally granted in 1752 and permission for the formation of Newbury Parish was granted in 1754. The name as taken from the three towns making up the area, and official bounds were given.

A meetinghouse site was selected and in 1755 building began in the area essentially occupied by the present Congregational Church. On September 28, 1757 Thomas Brooks was ordained and installed as permanent minister, the same day the meetinghouse was dedicated.

By resolution of the General Assembly in May 1788 the Parish of Newbury became the Town of Brookfield, the name given in honor of Rev. Brooks who had guided its destiny for 30 years. The first Town Meeting was held at the meetinghouse on Monday, June 9, 1788 at one o'clock in the afternoon to vote for Town officers for the ensuing year.

In the 1800's Brookfield was a thriving community with stage coach shops, 2 railroad stations and several taverns and hotels. Industry included saw mills, grist mills, shear shops, lime kilns, comb & button factories, iron works, and harness shops. There were once 8 public school houses, a private school for boys and an internationally aclaimed music school.


older Brookfield Historical Society site

 

"Fairweather Purchase"

 

The old deeds refer frequently to the Fairweather purchase, but as there is no deed on record in Kent of this property a search was made through the old colonial records where it was found that in 1707 there was a large tract of land granted to Hon. Nathaniel Gold, Peter Burr and several others of Fairfleld for a township in what is now the southern portion of Kent and the northern portion of New Milford, and that they in turn sold a part or all of it to Robert Silliman, Richard Hubbell and Benjamin Fairweather of Fairfleld." That contained some 3,800 acres and was six miles in length from east to west and three hundred rods wide. When the owner died the large tract was divided between his heirs.

Among the first Divisions of Kent

Ephraim Hubbel, Sherwood, Noble, Fuller Peter Hubbel (of Greenfield) ,Richard Hubbel, Jedediah Hubbel (also as JH, Esq. ) Johnathan Hubbel, Prudden, Burr, Silliman Morehouse,Wakeman Noble, Northrop, Hickox, Hurlbut, Wheeler Samuel Canfleld, John Smith, David Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Joseph Fuller, Pelatiah Marsh.Cyrus Marsh, , Ebenezer Marsh, ,,William Marsh Azariah Pratt, Daniel Pratt, Joseph Pratt Jr., Daniel Pratt, Peter Pratt, Joseph Peck, John Porter, ,Nathaniel Sanford, Henry Silsby, Jabez Swift, Zephania Swift, Nathaniel Slosson, Isaac Camp, Isaac Camp

 

 

 
 

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deed from the Ramapoo Tribe of Indians and their associates to the proprietors, viz. : John Belden, Samuel Keeler, Sen., Matthias Saint John, Benjamin Hickcock, John Beebee, Samuel Saint John, Mathew Seamor, James Brown, Benjamin Wilson, Joseph Birch- ard, John Whitne, Sen., John Bouton, Joseph Keeler, Samuel Smith, Junior, Jonathan Stevens, Daniel Olmstead, Richard Olmstead, John Sturtevant, Samuel Keeler, Junior, Joseph Bouton, Jonathan Rockwell, Edward Waring, Joseph Whitne, Daniel Olmstead, Thomas Hyatt, James Benedick, Joseph Crampton, Ebenezer Sension, Matthias Saint John, all of the Town of Norwalk in ye County of Fairfield in her Majesties Colony of Connecticut, in New England, and Thomas Smith, Thomas Canfield and Samuel Smith of ye Town of Milford in ye County of New Haven a 30th day of September in ye seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady, Anne, Queen of England, and in the Year of our Lord God 1708.

14. Norwalk, settled 1649; incorporated Sept., 1651, "Norwaukee shall bee a townee," Algonkin noyank, point of land, or more probably from the Indian name, "Naramauke."

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This home on Pequot Avenue, Southport, Connecticut is a recently restored example of the Northrop Brothers fine carpentry and building in the Southport-Greeens Farms area.

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