Nathaniel Wooster (1766 - 1855)

Born 25 Nov 1766 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Charity (Plumb) Wooster — married 5 Feb 1789 in Oxford Congregational Church, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1855 at age 88 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Capt Nathaniel Wooster served with 1776 Project Needs Additional Sources during the American Revolution.

Captain Nathaniel WOOSTER ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} was born ^{[14][15][16][17][18]} 25 Nov 1766 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America and was christened ^[19] 2 Aug 1767 in St. James Episcopal Church, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America. He is the son of Samuel Wooster and Mary Delavan.

He died ^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]} 23 Nov 1855 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried ^[26][27][28] in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Nathaniel married ^{[29][30][31][32]} Charity PLUMB on 5 Feb 1789 in Oxford Congregational Church, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), p. 33. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_033.html.
2. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 170. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Capt. Nathaniel Wooster was a noteworthy citizen, and by trade a blacksmith." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/170.html.
3. ↑ Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, CT, p. 21. http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_021.html.
4. ↑ Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 90. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp90.html.
5. ↑ J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. " The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."
6. ↑ 1800 Oxford Census.
7. ↑ 1810 Oxford Census.
8. ↑ 1820 Oxford Census.
9. ↑ 1840 Oxford Census.
10. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census.
11. ↑ 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, 64, 83, 84.
12. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 785. " ... Oct. 11, 1811. We Quaker's Farm people have begun to build a church, and I, Cyrus Perry, drew the first stick of timber, 64 feet long ... The building committe were David Tomlinson, Nathaniel Wooster and Wells Judson; the last being treasurer."
13. ↑ 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 1, p 315.
14. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 129.
15. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37.
16. ↑ Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
17. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 609.
18. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 84.
19. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 609.
20. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 140.
21. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 129.
22. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37.
23. ↑ Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
24. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 609.
25. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37. " Smith, John, died Mar. 23, 1868, age 77 yrs. Smith, Grace, wife of John, died Nov. 9, 1848, age 58 yrs. Smith, Bennet, died in Montgomery Ala., Dec. 16, 1846, age 24 yrs. Smith, Laura, died May 7, 1850, age 22 yrs. Smith, Lucy, died July 25, 1884, age 64 yrs. Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov.23, 1855, age 89 yrs. Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs. Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs. Wooster. Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs. Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos. Russel, Hannah, wife of Timothy Esq., died May 26, 1773, age 76 yrs."
26. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 129.
27. ↑ Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
28. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 37. " Wooster, Nathaniel, born Nov. 25, 1766, died Nov. 23, 1855, age 89 yrs. Wooster, Charity, born July 26, 1767, died Dec. 25, 1857, age 90 yrs. Wooster, Marcus, died July 2, 1839, age 25 yrs. Wooster, Sarah Jane, daughter of Bennet & Sarah, died Sept. 13, 1831, age 5 yrs. Wooster, Anna Maria, daughter of Nathaniel & Charity, died Oct. 29, 1794, age 11 mos."
29. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 72. p. 72 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1788 p. 73 gives marriage date as 5 Feb 1789 Headstone gives birth date as only 1788 http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.
30. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 34. gives date as 5 Feb 1788 http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/032.html.
31. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 609.
32. ↑ Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 64, 84. " m. Charity PLUMB, Feb. 5, 1789."

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