Erastas Lines (1751 - 1815)

Born 24 Nov 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Died 15 Nov 1815 at age 63 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Erastus LINES was born 24 Nov 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. ^[1][2], baptized Dec 8 1751 ^[3]

He married Sarah Doolittle Jan 15 1778 in Wallingford, CT. She was born Jul 5 1748 in Wallingford to Caleb & Tamar (Thompson) Coolittle. She died Nov 26 1815, age 67 ^[3]

Erastus and Sarah had the following children: ^[4]

1. Zipporah, b Nov 17 1778 Wallingford, d Jan 3 1864, ag 85, m Mar 1 1798 Sebe Thorpe
2. Ransom, b Jan 21 1780, bpt Mar 19 1780, d Nov 6 1815, age 36, m Sep 21 1801 Elizabeth Gilbert, dau of Isaac Gilbert & Anna Mix. Had 7 children
3. Ralph, b May 28 1782, bpt Jul 27 1782, res Oxford, m Lois ____, who d Jun 8 1865, age 87, had 6 children
4. Caleb, b Sep 27 1783, d Dec 28 1784
5. Betsey, b Nov 17 1785, d Jun 29 1812, age 27. she had a child Lyman Jacobs, b abt 1804, d Jul 18 1818, age 14
6. Sarah, b May 29 1788, d May 15 1847, age 59, m Josiah Lounsbury

He died 15 Nov 1815 in Oxford, New Haven, CT ^[5][6][1] , age 64 ^[3]

He was buried in Pinesbridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven, CT. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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. 56.
2. ↑ Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 8051.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Jacobus: Vol. V, Page 1093, Fam #4 Ebenezer, #2 Ralph - v Erastus
4. ↑ Jacobus: Vol. V, Page 1099, Fam #9 Erastus
5. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 77. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/077.html.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} David Davis & Levi L. Glasson, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Pines Bridge Cemetery, #16. http://oxfordpast.net/pbcemscan16.html.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 October 2019), memorial page for Erastus Lines (24 Nov 1751–15 Nov 1815), Find A Grave: Memorial #21516677, citing Pinesbridge Cemetery, Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine)

Acknowledgement

• Lines-357 was created by Gary Knoss through the import of export-Forest.ged on Dec 13, 2014.
• Lines-361 was created by Gary Knoss through the import of export-Forest.ged on Dec 18, 2014.