Susa Bronson (1769 - 1782)

Born 7 May 1769 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Died 24 Nov 1782 at age 13 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Susa was born in 1769. She died in 1782 at the age of 13.

Parents: Ebenezer Bronson II 1737 - 1808 and Miriam (Nichols) Bronson 1741 - 1812.

Sources

• Susa is said to be buried at Library Park Cemetery in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. I could not find a Findagrave page for her. Cemetery #1993987 There is a article on the page about the Cemetery being abondoned in 1891 to make way for a public library. "Soon after the opening of Riverside Cemetery in 1853, removals from the old to the new place of burial were begun, and the old place soon showed the effect thereof. Re-opened graves, with fragments of coffins left uncovered in them, and overturned headstones and footstones became features of the place, and before many years had passed, the ground was overgrown with weeds, briers and bushes, save that a few careful hands kept in order the graves of their friends and relatives. Mr. Sturges prepared a complete map of the Grand Street burying-ground, and a copy of the map accompanied by a record of the names and ages of the persons interred as found upon the headstones, and a list as far as known, of person there buried without monumental stones, including the Roman Catholic cemetery was deposited in the public library. On April 26, 1882, interest in the Grand Street Cemetery was conveyed from the Town of Waterbury to the City of Waterbury. "The city shall make arrangements for suitable places in other cemeteries to which the remains and monuments remaining in said old burial grounds may be removed, in all cases where friends of those buried in the old burial grounds do not provide for the same. . . Upon the passage of the final decree and the payment to the parties of the respective sums, and the removal of the remaining bodies and monuments from the old burial grounds, said old burial grounds shall be used as a public park by the city of Waterbury, or the same may be used for any suitable public building, or other public purpose." In 1891, excavations were done and the remaining stones were sunken out of sight, at times over the graves to which they belonged and in some cases two or three stones were buried together. The remainder were placed in what was once "the vault." The grounds were subsequently graded, and a portion of the land was conveyed to the board of agents of the Bronson Library. A record of the bodies removed in the sping of 1891 was kept by Nelson J. Welton. Some were taken out of town, some removed to Mill Plain Cemetery and others to Riverside."

• Susa Bronson: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7BL-JLD

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre - 1870 (Barbour Collection). Susa Bronson, female. Birthdate/place: 5/7/1769 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Father: Ebenezer Jr. Mother: Meriam.

• Connecticut Town Death Records, pre - 1870 (Barbour Collection). Susa Bronson, female. Death date/place: 11/24/1782 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Father: Ebenr. Jr.