New London County CT Archives History .....Town Poor, Etc., In Colchester Town Treasurer's Records, 1844-1848 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara W. Brown buwbrown@comcast.net September 12, 2009, 10:27 pm Colchester, Town Treasurer's Records, 1839-1851: July 1, 1845 Asa Pease (keeper of the alms house) billed town for keeping William Cone's wife and three children 5 1/2 weeks and moving them from Westchester; keeping O'Connell, a transient person, over the Sabbath July 30, 1845 pd Town of Windham for boarding and nursing the wife & infant child of George Freeman Dec. 1, 1844-Jan. 29, 1845 Aug. 1845 bill of committing Arunah Freeman and John Freeman to jail at Norwich Oct. 1, 1845 pd Dr. A. Pratt for medical attendance for Mrs. Taylor during confinement Feb. 14, 1844 Sept. 20, 1845 pd for supplies delivered to Ransiel N. Hurchins on Sept. 13, 16 & 18 Oct. 1, 1845 pd Asa Pease for boarding the wife and 3 children of William H. B. Cone July 21-Sept. 17; also boarding infant child of Mrs. Cone 3 weeks & 4 days Oct. 4, 1845 A.B. Pierce billed town for coffin for Caleb Beckwith; coffin for John George, transient person Oct. 3, 1845 pd Town of East Haddam for supporting Henry Freeman 7 months 14 days in the year 1840 Oct. 4, 1845 pd for supplies furnished to Horace B. Cone's family Dec. 27, 1844-Apr. 2, 1845 pd for grand juror case v. Russell Button Apr. 2, 1844 pd for grand juror case v. Reynolds boy June 8, 1844 pd for grand juror case v. Oliver Williams June 10, 1844 pd for grand juror case v. Elisha Beckwith Jan. 7, 1845 committed an unknown female to work house July 1, 1845 committed William H.B. Cone to jail Aug. 1844 Dr. Frederick Morgan billed town for attending Mrs. Stephen Augur at childbirth July 26, 1845 carried Mrs. Cone and family to alms house William Adams billed town for providing for Abel Stevens Jan. 8, 1845 selectman's time 1 day going to Lyme on account of the Taylor family Jan. 10, 1845 selectman's trip to Windham on account of George Freeman's family Feb. 14, 1845 selectman's trip to Hartford settling bill for Edmonson family and bringing home boy Sept. 1845 selectman's expenses attending court in New London in Perry case June 16, 1845 Moses Culver billed town for attorney's fees in grand juror case v. Henry Brown; same for grand juror case v. William Carroll Oct. 10, 1845 Moses Culver billed town for attorney's fees in case of State v. Diodate Mitchell Nov. 5, 1845 pd attorney's fees for trying Perry case in court in Mar. & Sept. 1843 Dec. 5, 1845 pd George Perry for damage allowed by Superior Court sustained by upsetting wagon Jan. 5, 1846 pd Asa Pease for keeping _____ (left blank) Fuller, a transient person, 1 week June 1, 1846 pd Dr. Austin Lord for medical attendance on Abel Stevens in June 1845 June 8, 1846 pd Dr. William W. Chapman for doctoring Stephen Augur Sept. 1843 & Jan. 1844 July 2, 1846 pd Town of Bozrah for keeping Levi Webster, a pauper, unable to be removed, 5 weeks pd Pomeroy Hall for house rent for Harvey Hyde Nov. 15, 1845 Moses Culver billed town for attorney's fees in cases of State v. N.D. Niles, State v. Russell Button Sept. 30, 1846 pd Town of Waterford for boarding Ellen Graves & child Feb. 8- Mar. 31; time & expense of putting her aboard the stage Apr. 1844 Town of Norwich billed Town of Colchester for support of Maria Freeman & funeral expenses May 1845 Town of Norwich billed Town of Colchester for support of Henry Miller & wife 4 weeks Feb. 5, 1846 Town of Norwich billed Town of Colchester for cash paid Ira Tossett & Thomas Williams for board of Albert Brown 6 weeks Jan. 12, 1845 Dr. Frederick Morgan billed town for visit to Caleb Beckwith at the house of Julius Thomas Feb. 14, 1845 Dr. Frederick Morgan billed town for funeral expenses for John George, transient man Mar. 23, 1846 Dr. Frederick Morgan billed town for operating on cataract on eye of daughter of George Primus May 1846 served warrant on Abel Moore Aug. 12, 1846 served warrant on Alfred Crowley Sept. 16, 1846 served warrant on Jack Hopper Sept. 26, 1846 served warrant on Harvey Hyde June 1845 wrote contract for setting out Mary Jane Wells Jan.-Feb. 1846 supplies furnished for Charles Dowd & family Sept. 29, 1846 summons served on Fidenlia Studley Carrier Sept. 1, 1846 Dr. S.E. Swift billed town for 16 visits to Studley's child Dec. 6, 1846 pd Town of Salem for keeping Silas Freeman 1 week during sick- ness; funeral expenses 1846 Asa Pease billed town for expenses in fitting up a room for J. Cushing Asa Pease billed town for keeping Richard Rose, a transient person Jan. 9, 1847 pd Town of Lyme for support of the Taylor family Jan. 1-Apr. 2, 1845 Apr. 3, 1847 Asa pease billed town for keeping Mr. Call 2 nights; keeping Benjamin T. Simpson, an inhabitant of Massachusetts, 2 weeks & 4 days during sickness; keeping Peter Dyer & wife 2 nights; keeping a transient person 5 days pd Town of Lebanon for support of Rufus Riley's wife & child 2 weeks May 3, 1847 pd for supplies furnished to family of Erastus Brown, an inhabitant of Lebanon, during his sickness Nov. 16, 1846 warrant served on A. Peters Feb. 5, 1847 warrant served on Daniel S. Norton Mar. 1847 constable billed town for arresting Joseph Beckwith & keeping him 1 day July 1847 warrant served on Abram Peters Aug. 7, 1847 pd expenses of keeping Joseph Beckwith at the Retreat at Hartford for 3 months Sept. 1, 1847 pd for transporting Veniah Woodworth to Lebanon Nov. 13, 1846 pd for supplies for Studley's family Dec. 16, 1846 medicine delivered to Asa Champlin's wife July 5, 1845 pd Town of Lyme for supplies for Ann Taylor and family Mar. 1847 pd Town of Lyme for supplies furnished to Phebe Rood & child Sept. 25, 1847 pd Justus W. Williams for supplies furnished to wife & family of John P. Williams July 7-Aug. 8 Oct. 1, 1847 pd for supplies delivered to Elisha Taylor Sept. 1846 committed Rufus Riley to Norwich jail Nov. 16, 1846 pd attorney's fees in case of State v. Abram Peters Feb. 5, 1847 drew warrant Town v. Daniel S. Norton Mar. 22, 1847 pd attorney's fees in case of State v. Nathan Hancock July 12, 1847 pd expenses of Joseph Beckwith in Retreat for the insane at Hartford Aug. 6, 1846 Dr. J.R. Dow gave medical attendance to a child of James W. Wright Mar. 20, 1847 Dr. J.R. Dow billed town for doctoring Erastus Brown July 7, 1847 Dr. J.R. Dow billed town for medical attendance on wife of J. Williams Sept. 1846 Superior Court case, Town of Colchester v. Town of East Lyme Mar. 1847 Same case tried in March term Sept. 1847 Same case in Supreme Court of Errors; fees and expenses of W. Cone & Olive B. Cone, witnesses Oct. 2, 1847 Asa Pease billed town for going to Lyme after Sterling Rood's wife; keeping James Allen, a transient person, and wife and child; bringing Hiram Wanton's wife and 4 children from Chatham pd for shoes for Hannah Becket pd Solomon Gillett for 1 day to Vernon on account of Edward Freeman Jan. 31, 1848 pd Rufus Riley for boarding Hannah Beckwith 1 week 1848 pd Town of Voluntown for furnishing John Palmer 5 weeks Apr. 13, 1848 prosecution v. Hazard Wells pd for legal counsel in regard to the settlement of Harriet Wanton & children 2 prosecutions v. Henry H. Holdridge Apr. 17, 1848 pd Asa Pease for supporting Hiram Wanton's wife & 4 children Feb. 24-Sept. 17, 1847 pd for supplies furnished to Harvey Hyde's family; supplies for Elisha Taylor and wife May 15, 1848 pd Elias Harvey for nursing & providing for Henry Edwards 42 days; funeral expenses 1848 pd Dr. Frederick Morgan for doctoring Hannah Beckwith, a pauper of Waterford Sept. 18, 1848 pd Town of Hebron for supporting Henry Kellogg June 7-July 5, 1848 pd for wood furnished to Harvey Hyde's wife last winter pd for wood furnished Griswold Apes' family pd Reuben Watrous for boarding Abel Stephens June 24-July 4, 1847; said Stephens belonmgs to the town of Guilford and they were notified Feb. 28, 1847 shoes delivered for Harvey Hyde's boy Sept. 30, 1848 pd legal fees for complaint v. David Carrier pd for warrant on Henry Morgan pd for warrant on Samuel Beckwith Sept. 29, 1848 pd Dr. S.E. Swift for 29 visits to Henry Edwards, Dec. 24, 1847- Jan. 24, 1848 Sept. 30, 1848 pd for 1 day to Mr. Harrington's to determine where the settle- ment of Griswold Holmes is pd for 1 day to Marlborough & Hebron to determine the settle- ment of a child by the name of Henry Kellogg; 1 day to Hebron to bring the pauper home Feb. 27, 1849 pd Benjamin Russell for claim for damages in consequence of being thrown from or upset in a wagon near the bridge or sluice on the road leading from the Hartford-New London Tpke. by Harvey Gillett's: $17.50. Nov. 1848 committed William Augur and Edwin Augur to jail in Norwich Additional Comments: This record is located at the office of the Colchester Town Clerk: File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/newlondn/history/other/townpoor14nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ctfiles/ File size: 10.9 Kb