Melissa (Riggs) Candee (abt. 1785 - 1867)

Born about 1785 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Isaiah Candee — married 25 Oct 1807 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Died 22 Aug 1867 at about age 82 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

Biography

Melissa RIGGS was born calculated 1785. She died 22 Aug 1867 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut and was buried in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut. Melissa married Isaiah CANDEE on 25 Oct 1807 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Sources

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 10. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " 1809

Apriel 16, Samuel Heaton, Widdow Sabry Riggs, & Isaiah Cande & Malissa his wife, recvd to full Communion." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.

• 1850 Oxford Census.

• 1860 Oxford Census. Living w/ son John.

• 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, 34, 35.

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 541.

• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 117.

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 60. "Candee, Esther, relict of Naboth, died July 31, 1813, age 87 yrs.

Candee, Naboth, died Oct. 30, 1784, age 50 yrs. Candee, John, born May 4, 1816, died Mar. 22 1895 Candee, Lucy A., wife of John, born Jan. 19, 1836, died Mar. 6, 1900 Candee, Mary A., died Aug. 20, 1873, age 53 yrs. Candee, Eunice A., died Sept. 20, 1860, age 50 yrs. Candee, Melissa, wife of Isaiah, died Aug. 22, 1867, age 82 yrs. Candee, Isaiah, died Sept. 20, 1856, age 77 yrs. Candee, Julia A., daughter of Isaiah & Melissa, died Feb. 5, 1816, age 2 yrs. 5 mos. Candee, Burritt, son of Justice & Eunice, died Aug. 16, 1807, age 21 yrs. Mallory, Eunice C., daughter of Ransom & Lucy, died Mar. 13, 1815, age 7 days Candee, Justus, died Dec. 25, 1842, age 87 yrs. Candee, Eunice, wife of Deacon Justus, died Dec. 25 1840, age 83 yrs." http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.

• Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem2066.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 73. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/073.html.

• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy, p.3.

• Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 66, 85.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile. Melissa and Gregory are 6th cousins 6 times removed. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Greg and others.