Richard Mansfield (1723 - 1820)

Born 1 Oct 1723 in New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Hull) Mansfield — married 10 Oct 1751 in Derby, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1820 at age 96 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Reverend Richard MANSFIELD was born 1 Oct 1723 in New Haven, CT. He died 12 Apr 1820 and was buried in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT. Richard married Anna HULL on 10 Oct 1751 in Derby, New Haven, CT.

Sources

• Pettibone Registry, page 41, see K. Pontius.
• Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 5, 23. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_005.html

• http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_023.html.

• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 31, 32 - 41, 68 - 69, 71. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp31.htm.

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 4, p 878.

• Gordon Markiewicz, Tories in Oxford?, p. 4. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/Tories4.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), pp. 618 - 624.

• Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), pp. 7 - 8. " ... He lived on Great Hill, a part of Derby at that time, in the house built by his father between 1740 and 1745 ... He left the Episcopal Church... at the beginning of the war, because the pastor, Reverend Mr. Mansfield, preached and talked submission to the King of England... Captain John was one of the town's most reliable and trustworthy men..... When building the church at Oxford, he gave the committee liberty to cut any timber of his for its erection, excepting three trees, which they were strictly forbidden to touch. On looking around they found these trees to be just what they wanted and took them expecting to effect a reconciliation with him. They appointed a meeting. John wouldn't attend - "They" had forgotten their honor and he would have nothing to do with them." [Captain John Hull].

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 734.

• 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. 57.

• John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 26. " ... an Episcopal clergyman at Derby, who, like many of his brethren, was a strong adherent of the mother country ...."

• 1790 Derby Census. 1 slave.

• 1800 Derby Census. 2 other free persons.

• 1810 Derby Census.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 823. "To the memory | of | Mary Louisa | widow of | Giles Mardenbrough | of the Isle of St. Martin | West Indies | and the daughter of Rev. Richard Mansfield D D | died May 6 1863 | ae 89."

• Israel P. Warren, Chauncey Judd or A Boy Stolen (1874, Reprint: Naugatuck, CT, The Perry Press, 1906), p. 204. . " ... he took to himself, as a wife, Hagar, a slave of Rev. Dr. Mansfield ... two sons, Tobiah and Laban, - both noted persons in their day ..."

• Frederick John Kingsbury, L.L.D., A Narrative and Documentary History of St. John's Episcopal Church (formerly St. James) of Waterbury, Connecticut, New Haven, Conn: Price, Lee & Adkins Co., 1907, p. 141. http://books.google.com/books?id=cafVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=zodok+curtiss&source=bl&ots=EwEqUVsFl1&sig=TCXU01DlBwP4Y_QI91xe5eg-sVY&hl=en&ei=PYTmTcmtGciRgQfo1sSYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 4, p 878.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 5, p 1142.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 821.

• 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 204. http://oxfordpast.net/elmstcemscan204.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 821. "Rev Richard Mansfield D D | ordained in | London Eng 1748 | Rector of | St James Church Derby | 72 years | Died April 12 1820 | aged 96. He was a good man and full of | the Holy Ghost and of faith and | much people was added unto the Lord. Acts xi 24."

• Old Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem3650.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 745. " ... in Christ church in Derby, by Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson."

• 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. 265. " ... by Rev. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, in Christ Church."

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Records of St. James's Church, Derby, Conn., 1740-1796, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1922) Vol. 76, Page 130.

• "After being graduated at Yale College in 1741, he went over to the Church of England, and was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 7 Aug. 1748. Mr Mansfield received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Yale College in 1792, the first Episcopalian to receive that honor... Mr Mansfield labored as a missionary in several towns in Connecticut some of which were at a considerable distance from Derby"