New London County CT Archives History .....Town Poor, Etc. In Colchester Treasurer's Records 1801-1802 ************************************************ 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 6, 2009, 12:50 pm Colchester, Town Treasurer's Records, 1797-1805: Sept. 21, 1801 pd Joshua Beckwith for boarding Daniel Welch Nov. 2, 1801 pd Crippen Archer for boarding Betty Archer and child June 23- Sept. 23, 1801 Nov. 17, 1801 pd Elisha Buell for serving writ on Benjamin Curtiss; making a truss for Parker Jones pd Joseph Isham for making out town's account against the Town of Hebron for supporting Bette Archer for Feb. court, 1801; for going to Ann Taylor and to Abraham Skinner and settling Newcomb affair; going to Pine Swamp and pleading case of Lydia Isham; cash pd to Joseph Bulkeley for journey to Shrewsbury to take 2 depositions Nov. 23, 1801 pd Roger Bulkeley for journey to Westfield to procure evidence in case of Betty Archer, Hebron Nov. 24, 1801 pd Noah B. Foot for doctoring Betty Archer; delivering Lydia Isham, a difficult case; doctoring Daniel Welch pd John Staples for supplies for Elizabeth Gray pd William Brainard for wood for Chattis Commoo; coffin for Lydia Chattis pd Samuel Bridges for transporting the widow Alvord to Farmington pd Crippen Archer for boarding Betty Archer Mar. 23-June 23, 1801 & Sept. 23-Nov. 24, 1801 pd for clothing for Nathan Chapman pd Darius Clark for boarding & nursing Betty Coleman Jan. 1- 1801-Jan. 1, 1802; boarding Elizabeth Archer, the old woman, Jan. 1, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 pd Joel Foot for going to Benjamin Curtiss' to take care of his estate pd Dr. Howell Rogers for doctoring Betty Archer, William Wilson, Molly Bettis pd Dr. Zenas Strong for doctoring Betty Archer Feb. 16, 1800- Jan. 7, 1801 pd John C. Bulkeley for serving writ in case of Lydia Chattis v. Zachariah Olmstead; ditto Elisha Strong v. Town of Colchester; ditto William Way v. Richard Ryan Nov. 25, 1801 David Yeomans billed town for 1 day to Marlborough in Benjamin Curtiss matter; digging grave for Betty Gray pd Jonathan Skinner for boarding widow Hills Jan. 1, 1801- Jan. 1, 1802 Feb. 20, 1802 pd Christopher Crouch for boarding Molly Bettis Dec. 31, 1801- Jan. 1, 1802 (sic), 52 weeks Dec. 21, 1801 pd John Carrier for boarding John Woodworth & wife Dec. 31, 1800-Jan. 1, 1802 Jan. 22, 1802 pd Jared Brace of Tolland for keeping widow Catherine Brown July 14, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 Dec. 1801 Jerusha Skinner made 2 shirts for Paddy Brown Feb. 1802 Jerusha Skinner made 2 caps for William Wilson Nov. 28, 1801 pd Dorothy Jefferds for boarding (name omitted) Nov. 3-Dec. 1, 1801 Apr. 27, 1802 pd John Williams for boarding Poll Singleton's child George Oct. 11, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 Apr. 24, 1802 pd Mary Wright for boarding & nursing Eunice Coit, a Negro woman, in child birth 5 weeks 3 days and boarding her child about two and a half years old the same time; 1801 pd John McCartey for boarding & clothing Benjamin Randall Jan. 1, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 Dec. 21, 1801 pd Samuel Carrier for boarding Sally Gustin Dec. 31, 1800- Jan. 1, 1802; keeping widow Hills Dec. 19, 1800-Jan. 1, 1801, 12 days; keeping Sarah & Betty Hamblin 2 weeks; coffin for Betty Hamblin & funeral expenses; keeping Betty Hamblin Nov. 16, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 Jan. 2, 1802 pd Ichabod Lord for keeping Ruth Goff's child 39 weeks Dec. 1801 Zadock Smith billed town for keeping Wealthy Gustin Dec. 10, 1800-Jan. 1, 1801 pd Joshua Beckwith for boarding & clothing Daniel Welch Jan. 1, 1801-Jan. 1, 1802 Jan. 15, 1802 pd Sarah Skinner for 3 days with Lydia Chattis June 18, 1802 pd William Stoddard for keeping Parker Jones & wife 4 weeks in 1799 May 3, 1802 pd Elijah Strong for boarding Molly Bettis Dec. 19, 1800- Jan. 1, 1801 1801 Joseph Isham billed town for sundries for Samuel Robertson, William Wilson, Elijah Taylor Jan. 4, 1802 Dr. Eleazar McCray billed town for doctoring Parker Jones, Sept. 6, 1799-Sept. 2, 1801 Jan. 1802 Selectmen recorded Curtis' inventories estate; made a copy of Archer's certificate Sept. 20, 1802 pd for supplies for Benjamin Staples in his sickness Mar. 31, 1802 David G. Otis billed town for supplies for Joseph Comstock's family Feb. 18, 1802 Laban Gates billed town for reducing fractured arm of William, Indian boy Sept. 20, 1802 pd Elijah Staples for nursing Benjamin Staples Jan. 16-Apr. 16, 1802 Nov. 19, 1802 pd Jonathan Skinner for keeping widow Hills Kan. 1, 1802 - Jan. 1, 1803 pd Gurdon Clark for keeping Mary Jones Jan. 1, 1802-Jan. 1, 1803 Nov. 8, 1802 pd David Firman for keeping William Apes. an Indian boy, 18 weeks in 1802; clothing Nov. 19, 1802 pd Darius Clark for keeping Mrs. Archer & Betty Coleman Jan. 1, 1802-Jan. 1, 1803 pd Jasper Beckwith for boarding Benjamin Randall Jan. 1-Nov. 12, 1802; funeral expenses pd Jared Brace of Tolland for keeping Catherine Brown Jan. 1, 1802-Jan. 1, 1803 Nov. 20, 1802 pd Noah B. Foot for doctoring Daniel Welch Feb. 3-21, 1802 Nov. 12, 1802 Dr. Noah B. Foot gave medical assistance to Benjamin Randall Jan. 1802 Samuel Carrier billed town for wood for Sarah Hamblin writ of attachment William Way v. Richard Lynn Jan. 9, 1802 Joseph Isham billed town for journey to Tolland to agree about Catherine Brown; Archer case being tried in Superior Court in Norwich; Jemima Archer gave evidence Oct. 1, 1802 Dr. Howell Rogers billed town for doctoring Parker Jones' wife that day May 1801 Selectman billed town for 1 day to Marlborough to Parker Jones' Feb. 1802 John Worthington billed town for 1 day taking care of 2 Indian children; making indentures of 2 Indian children Jan. 22, 1802 Town made agreement with Jared Brace for support of Catherine Brown Mar. 8, 1802 Daniel Watrous billed town for boarding William Wilson Feb. 1 to date, 5 weeks Nov. 12, 1802 wrote appointment of overseer over Robert Balis Nov. 13, 1802 wrote indentures of George, a Negro boy; wrote appointment of overseer to Ethelred Tarbell Jan. 1, 1802 Solomon Scoville billed town for keeping Mrs. Welch through a fit of sickness of bilious colic Nov. 20, 1802 pd attorney's fees for case of Colchester v. Town of Hebron in Superior Court, Feb. & Sept. terms, 1801, Sept. term, 1802 pd Charles L. Tennant for boarding Wealthy Gustin Jan. 1, 1802- Jan. 1, 1803 Feb. 27, 1801 drew up warrant Lydia Isham alias Chattice v. Z. Olmsted; attorney's fees in said case of bastardy Jan. 12, 1802 clothing for Poll Singleton's boy & Benjamin Randall Mar. 5, 1802 supplies delivered to Mrs. Atwell June 17, 1802 supplies delivered to Robinson Sept. 20, 1802 supplies delivered to Parker Jones Jan. 14, 1802 supplies delivered to Ezekiel Fox Jan. 28, 1802 supplies delivered to Mary Fox June 19, 1802 clothing for Jeffers' boy George July 5, 1802 delivered rum for Welch's funeral Nov. 20, 1802 pd for sundries delivered to Elijah Taylor Nov. 19, 1802 clothing delivered to Nathan Chapman Nov. 20, 1802 account of State Paupers assisted through the year: William Wilson, Paddy Brown, Sam Robertson Nov. 22, 1802 pd Dr. John R. Watrous for doctoring Benjamin Staples in Feb. & Mar.; doctoring Robertson's wife in Mar. & Apr.; doctoring Moses Fuller in June; doctoring Parker Jones in July Apr. 1802 pd for wood delivered to Phyllis Day Dec. 10, 1801 supplies delivered to Elizabeth Stockwell Feb. 4, 1802 pd Dorothy Jefferds for boarding William Wilson Dec. 1, 1801- Feb. 8, 1802 and for 4 weeks after that date July 8, 1801 Dr. Robert Usher doctored daughter of Elijah Taylor Dec. 20, 1802 pd John Williams for boarding Polly Jeffers' boy Jan. 1, 1802- Jan. 1, 1803 pd Joshua Beckwith for boarding Elizabeth Fox Jan. 1, 1802- Jan. 1, 1803 Dec. 25, 1802 pd Uzziel Foot for boarding William Wilson Apr. 6-Sept. 1, 1802 Dec. 24, 1802 pd Christopher Crouch for boarding Mary Bettis 52 weeks Additional Comments: This record is found in the office of the Colchester Town Clerk. 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