Arthur Wooster (1713 - 1796)

Born 26 Mar 1713 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

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Died 6 Aug 1796 at age 83 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Ensign Arthur WOOSTER ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} was born ^[7][8] 26 Mar 1713 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut . He died ^[9][10][11] 6 Aug 1796 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut and was buried ^[12][13][14] in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut . Arthur married Sarah Baldwin.

Sources

1. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 98. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Ð 27." 1792 - Tax List - Oxford http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/098.html.
2. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 592. " He was appointed ensign of Captain Elihu Hall's company in the expedition against Canada, in June 1746."
3. ↑ 1790 Derby Census.
4. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 83.
5. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 8. "Admissions to Church Fellowship ... 1766 ... Sarah, wife of Arthur Wooster, Apr. 6, by letter from the church at Newtown." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/008.html.
6. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 12. "Arther Wooster, and Sarah ye Wife of Ebenezer Basset received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Janr 8th, 1746." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/012.html.
7. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 318. "Asher."
8. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 592.
9. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 129. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/129.html.
10. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37. "Wooster, Arthur, died Aug. 6, 1796 Wooster, Sarah, wife of Arthur, died July 12, 1796 Wooster, Nathan, died Dec. 22, 1808, age 48 yrs. Skeeles, Henry, son of Burrill & Sarah, died Apr. 20, 1835, age 1 yr. 6 mos." http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan37.html.
11. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 592.
12. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 129. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/129.html.
13. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37. http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan37.html.
14. ↑ Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem1443.html.

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