Lemuel Northrop (1757 - 1843)

Born 31 May 1757 in Newtown, Connecticut, County of Fairfield

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Woodward) Northrop — married Mar 1795 in Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died Nov 1843 at age 86 in Peacham, Vermont, County of Caledonia, United States

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Biography

Lemuel Northrup was born May 31, 1757, in Newtown, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan and Ruth (Booth) Northrop. He removed to Peacham, Caledonia Co., Vermont, about 1785. He was a farmer, and a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. He married Lois Woodard in March 1795. He died in November 1843.

Their children, born Peacham:

1. Jonathan Northrop, b. Feb., 1796.
2. Joseph Northrop, b. 1799.
3. Prudence Northrop, b. Oct. 15, 1802 ; m. Jan. 4, 1824, Samuel Sweat ; d. May 6, 1857.

Sources

See also:

• A. Judd Northrup, The Northrup-Northrop genealogy : record of the known descendants of Joseph Northrup, who came from England in 1637, and was one of the original settlers of Milford, Conn., in 1639 (NY, NY: Grafton Press, 1908), p. 62

• Jennie Chamberlin Watts, Elsie A. Choate People of Peacham (Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1965)

• Northrups\Northorps\Gallops & Families a Rootsweb profile. (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)

• FamilySearch.org
• Affadavit on pension application of John Gilbert

Peacham, VT Land Records:

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-F983?i=154&cat=24896
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-F9J6?i=155&cat=24896
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-F99F?i=235&cat=24896
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-FTD?i=327&cat=24896