New London County CT Archives History .....Town Poor In Lebanon Selectmen's Records, 1858-1859 1858
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Lebanon, Selectmen's Records, 1837-1878:
   Jan. 5, 1858: Hartford to Lebanon.  William Sisson, wife Hannah ans 2 
children (Lydia, 15, and Eugene, 9) are on expense.  Sisson has been very 
unfortunate this lst summer and fall; family sick with small pox.
   Jan. 11, 1858: Coventry to Lebanon.  John Addison Jacobs on expense; inssane 
and unfit to be at liberty.
   Jan. 27, 1858: Lebanon to Hartford.  Request bill on William Sisson and 
opinion as to his future prospects.
   no date: Colchester to Lebanon.  Amasa Hyde, wife Rheua, and children 
Dorcas, Daniel, William and Harriet are on expense.
   Feb. 1, 1858: Hartford to Lebanon.  William Sisson will be able to support 
himself in the future if he can get work at his trade.
   Feb. 17, 1858: Lebanon to Hebron.  Julius Bill is not an inhabitant.
   Feb. 17, 1858: Lebanon to Woodstock.  John Coussens, his wife, and 2 
children (Charles and George) are sick and on expense.
   Mar. 2, 1858: Woodstock to Lebanon.  Need more particulars concerning 
Couzzens; are they able to be moved to our poor house and what are their 
prospects for the future?
   Mar. 6, 1858: Lebanon to Woodstock.  The Couzzens have been sick with small 
pox; several have now nearly recovered.  After 2 or 3 weeks they should be able 
to support themselves.
   Mar. 24, 1858: Colchester to Lebanon.  William Greenwood is dead; request 
funeral expenses.
   Apr. 17, 1858: East Hartford to Lebanon.  John Addison Jacobs is in our alms 
house.  He has a violent inflammation in one of his legs; lame and unable to 
walk.  Coventry says that he belongs to Lebanon.
   Apr. 17, 1858: Salem to Lebanon.  Lucy Ann, wife of John Henry Hancock, is 
on expense.
   Apr. 27, 1858: Lebanon to Salem.  John Henry Hancock not an inhabitant; 
think he belongs to Stonington.
   May 4, 1858: Windham to Lebanon.  Request family particulars concerning 
William Trim.
   May 8, 1858: Lebanon to Windham.  Sarah, wife of William Trim, and one child 
are on expense.
   June 26, 1858: Hebron to Lebanon.  Bill for supporting Julius Bill, his wife 
and children Dec. 24, 1857 to Mar. 1, 1858
   July 3, 1858: Coventry to Lebanon.  Ann Pierce on expense.
   Aug. 17, 1858: Lebanon to East Haddam.  Ezra Jones destitute and on expense.
   Aug. 27, 1858: Windham to Lebanon.  Ann Beckwith, alias Ann Pearce, is on 
expense.
   Sept. 25, 1858: Lebanon to Windham.  William Trim is the son of Alvin Trim.  
William married Sarah Wheaton of this town.  I don't know whom Alvin married; 
his widow (now married, I think) now lives in Deerfield, Mass.  William Trim's 
wife, of whom I wrote to you, is very (destitute) in consequence of her husband 
having left her; she soon after gave birth to a child, and she and her child 
are now at our poor houzse.  I have learned that there is another child, one 
she had before she married Trim.
   No date: Bozrah to Lebanon.  Bill for support of Mrs. Ellen Simmons and one 
child, Josiah Simmons, Nov. 2, 1853 to Jan. 16, 1854; interest for 5 years.
   Nov. 4, 1858: Lebanon to East Haddam.  Bill for keeping Ezra Jones, who is 
now in our poor house, Aug. 17 to Nov. 4, 1858.  (Note: East Haddam paid the 
bill.)
   Nov. 26, 1858: Norwich to Lebanon.  John Henry Hancock, his wife Lucy and an 
infant child are on expense.
   Dec. 1, 1858: Windham to Lebanon.  Bill for supporting Anna Beckwith,, alias 
Anna Pearce, Aug. 22 to Nov. 1, 1858.
   Dec. 8, 1858: Windham to Lebanon.  The Mrs. Trim for whom you sent us a bill 
does not belong to Windham.  George Trim, the grandfather of William, gained a 
residence here, but Alvin, the father of William, became 21 before his father 
gained his residence.  I cannot learn that Alvin ever lived in any town in this 
state after becoming 21 more than 2 or 3 years at a time, and William is not 
old enough to have gained a residence since he became of age.
   Jan. 18, 1859: Lebanon to Norwich.  A mulatto boy calling himself John Boyd, 
a bastard son of Betsy Thompson, is on expense.  /John Henry Hancock is not an 
inhabitant of this town.
   Jan. 21, 1859: Lebanon to Windham.  Ann Pearce, alias Ann Beckwith, is not 
an inhabitant.
   Feb. 15, 1859: Coventry to Lebanon.  John A. Jacobs is on expense.
   Feb. 21, 1859: Mansfield to Lebanon.  Betsey Taylor is on expense.
   No date: Lebanon to Mansfield.  Betsey Taylor is not on expense as stated.
She is living in Mansfield, keeping house for a man there.  It appears that the 
letter was written thinking it would prevent her from gaining a settlement in 
Mansfield.
   Apr. 29, 1859: Coventry to Lebanon.  Bill for supporting John A. Jacobs Jan. 
1, 1858 to Mar. 29, 1859,
   May 19, 1859: Franklin to Lebanon.  John Babcock on expense.
   June 4, 1859: Coventry to Lebanon.  John A. Jacobs on expense.
   June 6, 1859: Lebanon to Franklin,  John Babcock is not an inhabitant.
   June 24, 1859: Windham to Lebanon.  Ann Pearce sick and on expense.
   July 16, 1859: Franklin to Lebanon.  John Babcock is an inhabitant of 
Lebanon, not Franklin; sent bill for boarding John Babcock 3 weeks,
   July 20, 1859: Lebanon to Franklin.  John Babcock not an inhabitant.
   Sept. 17, 1859: Lebanon to Groton.  Bill for burial of Caroline Stark, wife 
of Charles Stark, dated Sept. 14, 1859.  Charles Stark, son of John Stark, an 
inhabitant of Groton, has not gained a residency in any town since leaving 
Groton.  John died in Colchester.  Charles is in Norwich jail indicted for the 
murder of his wife.
   Oct. 5, 1859: Groton to Lebanon.  John Stark left this town more than 40 
years ago, so we claim that he and his children have no settlement in this town.
   Nov. 3, 1859: Lebanon to East Lyme.  Bill for burial expense for Caroline 
Beckwith.
   Dec. 30, 1859: Windham to Lebanon.  Silas L. Rouse sick and on expense. 
Rouse is about 31 years old; he was born in Lebanon, his father living there at 
the time and for about 8 years afterwards.  He has never gained a residence for 
himself.  He is a lunatic, and it requires three hands to take care of him.
   
   

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