New London County CT Archives History .....Town Poor In Colchester Treasurer's Records 1793-1794 ************************************************ 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 January 7, 2009, 4:47 pm Colchester, Town Treasurer's Records, 1781-1797: Mar. 10, 1794: Jonathan Keeney billed town for keeping the widow Skinner and the widow Beebe Jan. 1-Dec. 5, 1793 Jan. 1, 1793 pd Darius Clark for boarding Betty Coleman said year, 52 weeks pd Daniel Clark for boarding Jonah Clark said year, 52 weeks pd Israel Newton Jr. for boarding Nathan Chapman said year Dec. 3, 1793 pd Joseph Bulkeley for carrying load moving Aaron Carter to Windsor Dec. 4, 1793 pd Capt. Charles Taintor for boarding Molle Jones through the year 1793 and to Jan. 8, 1794 pd Elisha Buell for boarding Timothy Buell and wife pd Dr. John Watrous for doctoring Benjamin Dodge in the year 1793 pd Lucy Johnson for boarding John Johnson pd for wood for Amos Carter pd Gad Talcott for supporting Mrs. Ingraham pd David Treadway for keeping Mrs. Gustin to Jan. 29, 4 weeks pd Eunice Treadway for boarding Mrs. Gustin 4 weeks 1 day pd David Farman for boarding Mrs. Gustin 2 weeks wood for Peter Graves Mar. 15, 1794 pd Peter Mason for supplies for Daniel Welch for the year 1793 pd for serving writs in favor of Elias Worthington Jr. v. Caleb Chapman, Elias Worthington Jr. v. Christopher Crouch, Elias Worthington Jr. v. Joseph Kellogg Dec. 8, 1794 pd for supplies for Jeffers, Mr. Bettis, Lieut. Johnson, Benjamin Dodge, widow Bill received cash from Asaph Carter as part payment for moving his father Dec. 18, 1794 wood delivered to John Woodworth Jan. 1794 Betsey Huntley billed town for nursing Edmund Hobbs' family 13 days Dorothy Jefferds billed town for nursing Edmund Hobbs' family 12 days Peter Graves Jr. billed town for laying a hearth in the house of Peter Graves Sr. Mar. 12, 1794 Solomon Scoville billed town for keeping Simeon Brown 1 night and part of 2 days and finding him his support; also carrying him from Freedom Chamberlain's to John Breed's and back to John Holmes' and from thence to the Baptist Meeting House; to fencing across the road by Ephraim Brown's & erecting a signal of the small pox Mar. 28, 1794 Israel Newton Jr. billed town for boarding Nathan Chapman Dec. 5, 1793-Mar. 27, 1794 Jan. 1794 Sarah Skinner billed town for attendance & nursing Moses Fuller's wife in childbirth Apr. 5, 1794 pd for supplies for Jacob Carter Jan. 1794 supplies delivered to Jonathan Morgan Apr. 10, 1794 Jonathan Keeney billed town for boarding & nursing widow Esther Skinner & widow Thankful Beebe Dec. 5, 1793-Apr. 10, 1794 May 22, 1794 pd for wood delivered to John Woodworth Dec. 18, 1793-Apr. 1, 1794 May 28, 1794 Joshua Bolles took indentures of Nancy Ingraham, a town pauper in her seventh year May 29, 1794 pd for supplies delivered to John Johnson Dec. 5, 1793-May 19, 1794 June 24, 1794 pd for supplies delivered to Thomas Bettis July 4, 1794 pd Darius Clark for boarding & attending Betty Coleman Jan. 1- July 2, 1794 July 7, 1794 pd Samuel Kellogg for boarding Jonah Coleman Feb. 18-Apr. 8, 1794 Aug. 1794 pd for supplies for John Woodworth Sept. 20, 1794 supplies delivered to Thomas Bettis in July & September Apr. 1, 1794 Jacob Ingraham billed town for keeping a child of widow Naomi Ingraham 12 weeks Oct. 3, 1794 pd George Sexton for moving widow Bill and her effects into town; house rent for Moses Fuller 1 year, Apr. 1, 1794- Apr. 1, 1795 Oct. 9, 1794 pd Elisha Buell for keeping Timothy Buell Apr. 3-June 27, 1794; keeping Mrs. Buell Apr. 3-Nov. 10, 1794 Sept. 1794 Peter Beebe billed town for supplies for Benjamin Dodge Oct. 30, 1794 Anthony Tatton billed town for digging grave for Jacob Carter July 13, 1794 Gibbons Mather billed town for 1 day in search after Jeremiah Finney & serving warrant for theft. N.B. The above bill of cost arose on complaint of grand jury, and it appearing that sd Finney was insane, the process was stopped Dec. 3, 1794 pd Elisha Buell for keeping widow Buell Nov. 10-Dec. 8, 1794 Dec. 1794 pd for supplies delivered to John Johnson May 29-Dec. 8, 1794 Feb. 8, 1794 John Fox billed town for digging grave for Jonathan Morgan's wife July 8, 1794 John Fox billed town for digging grave for widow Skinner Dec. 6, 1794 pd Roger Bulkeley for 1/2 day taking care of Dan Boham's family; wood for Dan Boham's wife; grog for Whitney; supplies for widow Bill; to going to Joshua Hall's and E. Bigelow's concerning the small pox Oct. 1794 Samuel Gillett billed town for making coffin for Jacob Carter July 1794 Solomon Wolcott billed town for making coffin for widow Skinner Dec. 6, 1794 pd for supplies for Jonathan Morgan's family (delivered Jan. 4- Jan. 29) supplies for Daniel Boham's wife (delivered Jan. 30) supplies for Jonathan Morgan's family (delivered Feb. 1 & Feb. 5 rum for Jacob Carter (delivered Feb. 18) supplies for widow Skinner (delivered May 16 & 19) supplies for Dorothy Jefferds (delivered May 28) supplies for John Woodworth (delivered July 29) supplies for Daniel Welch (delivered Oct. 22 & Dec. 4) clothing delivered to Benjamin Dodge (Sept.) wood for widow Bill (delivered Dec. 3) pd Darius Clark for keeping Betty Coleman July 2-Dec. 8, 1794 pd John Bulkeley for use of his house for the widow Bill for 1 year Dec. 8, 1794 pd Dr. John R. Watrous for doctoring town's poor in 1794; Jonathan Morgan's family; Daniel Boham's family; widow Bill; John Woodworth & family; Dorothy Jefferds; Thomas Bettis & family; John Johnson; Jacob Carter Dec. 27, 1793 pd David Wyles for mending Mrs. Gustin's shoes Feb. 3, 1794 David Kilborn billed town for boarding Wealthy Gustin for 1 week Apr. 19, 1794 supplies delivered to Philip for Edward Carter Nov. 1794 supplies delivered to Daniel Welch David Kilborn billed town for 1/2 day to Elijah Kilborn's and widow Church's to provide for Clark and Gustin Dec. 8, 1794 David Kilborn billed town for boarding Jonah Clark 6 days pd Jonathan Keeney for boarding & nursing widow Skinner & widow Beebe Apr. 10-July 7, 1794 pd Jonathan Keeney for boarding widow Beebe July 7-Dec. 8 pd Jonathan Keeney for nursing widow Skinner in her last sickness, May 3-July 7, 1794 pd Israel Newton Jr. for boarding Nathan Chapman May 27-Dec. 8 Dec. 3, 1794 wood delivered to Dorothy Jefferds Sept. 3, 1794 Peter Graves billed town for making coffin for Peter Graves deceased Dec. 8, 1794 pd Daniel Clerk for boarding Jonah Clark Dec. 31, 1793-Dec. 2, 1794, except 7 weeks Dec. 6, 1794 pd Jacob Carter for keeping Edward Carter May 20-Oct. 30, 1794 pd Mercy Carter for keeping Edward Carter Oct. 30-Dec. 8, 1794 Sept. 29, 1794 felt hats delivered to Benjamin Dodge's two sons May 8, 1794 Daniel Watrous billed town for trip to Joshua Hall's concerning small pox on that date May 19, 1794 indentures made for Nancy Ingraham June 18, 1794 indentures made for James Jefferds Oct. 24, 1794 pd John Johnson for 3 pairs of shoes for Benjamin Dodge's wife & family 1794 pd Jonathan Bigelow for keeping Mercy Strong Feb. 1794 William Gardner billed town for digging Peter Graves' grave Apr. 3, 1794 Elisha Buell billed town for keeping Timothy Buell & wife from Jan. 9, 1794 Dec. 8, 1794 pd Sarah Church for keeping Mrs. Gustin's child Dec. 5, 1793- Feb. 27, 1794; for keeping Mrs. Gustin's child 6 weeks 2 days Additional Comments: This record is located at the office of the Colchester Town Clerk. 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