Thomas Wooster Jr (1692 - 1777)

Born 18 Feb 1692 in Derby New Haven County Connecticut

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Died 2 Feb 1777 at age 84 in Derby New Haven County Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Thomas WOOSTER Jr. was born 18 Feb 1692 and was the son of THOMAS WOOSTER & PHEBE TOMLINSON

Thomas married Sarah HAWKINS on 25 Dec 1718, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut and they had eight children:

1. John WOOSTER, 1719 – 1804
2. Ruth WOOSTER, 1722 – 1794
3. Thomas WOOSTER, 1724 – 1798
4. Phebe WOOSTER, 1726 –
5. Daniel WOOSTER, 1729 – 1807
6. Joseph WOOSTER, 1732 – 1751
7. David WOOSTER, 1735 – 1812
8. Henry WOOSTER, 1737 – 1815

He died 2 Feb 1777 and was buried in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #21657921

• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 44. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp44.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 2, p 497.

• George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 15.

• Oxford Land Records Vol. I, p. 9. " ... March 22 1727 There was a lot layed out to Thomas Wooster in right of Samuel Moss upon Toantuck Hill. 52 1/2 acres _____ north by the lot of John Pringle ______ south by ____ John Riggs ....

March 23 1727 There was a lot layed out upon Toantuck Hill for Captain John Riggs .... bounded north with the lot of Thomas Wooster in the right of Samuel Moss and south with the lot of Stephen Miles ..."

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 433.

• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 470. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/470.html.

• Ralph Clymer Hawkins, A Hawkins Genealogy 1635 - 1939, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts, The Hawkins Association, 1939, p. 245.

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 726.

• 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 3, p 590.

• 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. 320.

• 2Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 596.

• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, p. 321.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 824. "In memory of Mr | THOMAS WOOSTER | died | 2d Feb 1777 in | 85 year of his age.

Beneath this tomb an aged man lies here Who oft relieved the poor and needy ones."

• Old Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Ansonia, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem360.html.

• 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery, p. 217. http://oxfordpast.net/elmstcemscan217.html.

• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 596.

WOOSTER Vital Stats

Thomas son of Thomas & Phebe, born Feb 18, 1692

Thomas married Sarah HAWKENS, Dec 25, 1718

John, son of Thomas & Sarah, b Dec 22, 1719

Phebe, daughter of Thomas & Sarah, b March ___

Ruth, daughter of Thomas & Sarah, b March 30, 1722

Thomas, son of Thomas & Sarah, b Oct 11, 1724

Joseph, son of Thomas & Sarah, b June 30, 1732

David, son of Thomas & Sarah, b Jan 5, 1734/35

Thomas died Feb 2, 1777, age about 85 years

Sarah, widow of Thomas, died Dec 10, 1785, age 92 (=b1692)

Derby, Connecticut Vital Records

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