New London County CT Archives History .....Town Poor, Etc. In Colchester Treasurer's Records 1797-1799 ************************************************ 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 February 4, 2009, 12:59 pm Colchester, Town Treasurer's Records, 1797-1805: Sept. 5, 1798 pd Ely Gillett for boarding Jeremiah Blish in the year 1796 Sept. 17, 1798 pd Elisha Buell for boarding Mrs. Buell Apr. 9-Sept. 17 Jan. 15, 1798 John Staples billed town for wood supplied to John Woodworth Oct. 7, 1798 Charles Taintor billed town for boarding Molly Jones July 8 to date Nov. 6, 1798 pd Darius Clark for keeping Betty Coleman Dec. 5, 1797-Dec. 5, 1798 Jan. 1798 Elijah Treadway billed town for keeping Sarah Tatson 16 days under the circumstance of a broken leg Oct. 1798 Benjamin Peters billed town for boarding & nursing Rhoda Niles 5 weeks through her lying in Nov. 1798 Crippen Archer billed town for keeping Molly Bettis Apr. 17- Dec. 10 Nov. 30, 1798 pd Lydia Taintor for keeping Mrs. Sarah Wells July 1-Nov. 14, 1798; to extra allowance for keeping her the last two weeks Dec. 6, 1798 pd John Adams for keeping Lydia Hills Mar. 29-Oct. 15 pd Silvester Burnham for keeping Lydia Hills Oct. 15-Dec. 10 Dec. 7, 1798 pd for clothing & shoes for Nathan Chapman Dec. 1798 Crippen Archer billed town for keeping Lucinda, a black child, 3 weeks to include Dec. 12 pd Alfred Isham for allowance for taking Ira Morgan Jan. 1798 wrote indentures for Abigail Waters May 1798 clothing for Pol Sheridan when sick July 1798 wrote indentures binding George Polontee to Mr. Woodbridge Nov. 23, 1798 Joseph Isham Esq. billed town for making a shirt & loose gown for Lucinda and boarding said girl 4 days Dec. 7, 1798 pd Joseph Taylor for use of house & garden for Moses Fuller for 1797 pd Amos Randall for providing for Daniel Welch May 7-Dec. 10 pd for supplies for John Woodworth pd Lucy Clark for keeping Mrs. Gustin & child when sick pd Darius Clark for clothing for Betty Coleman pd John Holmes for wood delivered to Dinah Squaw Dec. 5, 1798 Lucy Clark billed town for keeping Mrs. Gustin & child the year past, to Dec. 5, 1798 Dec. 1798 John Isham billed town for looking after Nancy Burgy, nursing 9 days, funeral expenses for Nancy; making clothes & looking for a place for her child Jonathan Keeney billed town for keeping widow Esther Beebe Dec. 4, 1797-Dec. 10, 1798 Sept.-Oct. 1797 Dr. Howell Rogers doctored Francis McCann Sept.-Oct. 1798 Dr. Howell Rogers billed Molly Bettis, Nancy Jeffreys Nov. 23, 1798 Joshua Root billed town for keeping widow Naomi Ingraham with a broken leg to Feb. 22, 1798, 13 weeks Dec. 8, 1798 Town of Colchester paid Town of Hebron for doctor's bills of widow Naomi Ingraham with a broken leg pd Simeon Dunham for keeping widow Ingraham 5 weeks pd Joseph Isham Esq. for finding house room, wood & necessaries for widow Bill Dec. 5, 1797-Dec. 10, 1798 pd for 2 indentures for Ira Morgan Apr. 1798 Peleg Williams billed town for keeping Daniel Welch 19 weeks Dec. 1798 Samuel Fuller billed town for supporting Moses Fuller & family the year past, to Dec. 5 Charles Taintor billed town for boarding Molly Jones Oct. 7- Dec. 7 Dec. 10, 1798 pd Cephas Cone for supporting widow Sarah Gates Dec. 5, 1797- Apr. 16, 1798 pd William A. Morgan for keeping Pemberton Brown, a transient person, June 23-29, 1797 pd Town of Lyme for supplies furnished William Miller, an inhabitant of Colchester pd for supplies delivered to Ichabod Allen & wife Feb. 5, 1798 rum delivered to Chloe Hazard Feb. 14, 1798 wood delivered to Mrs. Jeffers Oct. 9, 1798 rum delivered to Rhoda Niles Nov. 18, 1798 tow cloth for Lucinda Aug. 20, 1798 supplies for Esther Wells Dec. 1797 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Mrs. Jeffers Feb. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Mrs. Gustin's child; set ankle of Molly Jones Mar. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Mrs. Jeffers Apr. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Molly Jones June 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated John Woodworth, Mrs. Jeffers May 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Moses Fuller's child, widow Ingraham Oct. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous attended Rhoda Niles in delivery; set Gustin girl's arm; Pol Whitney Nov. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Mrs. Wells Dec. 1798 Dr. John R. Watrous treated Chloe Kilborn Dec. 17, 1798 Elisha Buell billed town for keeping Mrs. Hannah Buell Sept. 17- Dec. 17 Joshua Beckwith billed town for nursing & attending on Ichabod Allen & wife Mar. 19-Dec. 17, 1798 Dec. 18, 1798 Charles Taintor billed town for boarding Molly Jones Dec. 9-18 instant July 1798 Elisha Luther billed town for keeping his father Ellis Luther Feb. 20-July 1, 1798; funeral expenses Feb. 11, 1799 Lizzy Webster billed town for keeping Esther Taylor 3 1/2 weeks Mar. 1799 Samuel Bridges billed town for coffin for Moses Fuller's child Mar. 29, 1799 pd Lucy Clark for keeping Mrs. Gustin's child 8 days Dec. 17, 1798 Silvester Burnham billed town for keeping Lydia Hills 1 week July 1, 1799 Crippen Archer billed town for keeping Mary Bettis Dec. 10, 1798-June 30, 1799; keeping Lucinda Burgey 4 weeks and 3 days from Dec. 12, 1798; for going after Mrs. Fox pd James Ransom for taking Mary Sheridan to keep until she is 18 years old pd Obed Alvord for taking Lucinda Burgey to keep until she is 18 years of age June 3, 1799 bills of cost v. Tom George, John Green & Rufus Rude Aug. 5, 1799 pd for supplies for Ben Randall Additional Comments: This record is located at the office of the Colchester Town Clerk. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/newlondn/history/other/townpoor221gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ctfiles/ File size: 6.9 Kb