Agur Judson (1725 - 1791)

Born 23 Mar 1725 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Curtiss) Judson — married 23 Dec 1746 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Mehitable (Tousey) Judson — married 2 May 1750 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1791 at age 66 in Ripton, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Augur JUDSON was born ^[1] 23 Mar 1724 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Birth

23 MAR 1725 Stratford, Fairfield, CT

He first married Hannah Curtiss

He married second Mehitabel Tousey of Newtown on 2 May 1749/50 in Fairfield.^[2]

Death

16 JUL 1791 Ripton, Fairfield, CT, USA

Probate

His will is dated 20 January 1791 and proved on 18 August 1791 in Stratford. He is a slaveholder and divides his enslaved black people between his heirs. He mentions his wife Mehitabel, his two sons, Agur Judson, and David Judson, his daughter Hannah Platt, wife of Moses Platt, and his grandson Agur Platt.^[3]

His inventory was completed on 30 March 1792 in Stratford.^[4]

In 1792, the heirs signed a distribution agreement.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74P-9GH : accessed 13 April 2016), Agur Judson, 23 Mar 1724; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR1-ZJYC : 3 October 2019), Agur Judson and Mehitabel Towsey, 2 May 1750; citing Marriage, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B3JK : 17 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 371-373, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 284-287.
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKMR  : 20 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 12-13, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 5-7.
5. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B364  : 17 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 390-394, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 320-328.

• Tuttle, George Frederick. The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle (Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883) Vol. 1, Page 115.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #20975170: Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut