FREEMEN OF COVENTRY, CT CONTINUATION OF 1738 LIST AND LATER ADDITIONS, SOME UNDATED. Submitter: Jan Wilson Ramos Date Submitted: 6 Dec 2003 *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** NOTE: The second page of Freemen of Coventry, page 57 of "Miscellaneous Town Records, Volume 1", includes overflow from the first page - those listed on 28 Apr 1738. However, more individuals were added over time on this second sheet and it is difficult to tell where the original list ends. Some later additions were dated, others were not. To discern many of the later additions from the originals, I noted differences in handwriting, ink, pen, and/or spelling. Sometimes knowing a birth year of some of the individuals helped. I made every attempt to group the persons accordingly in the charts below. PROBABLE CONTINUATION OF 28 APR 1738 (seems to be same handwriting and pen) Thomas Edwards Noah Skinner Doc Josiah Rose Samuell Liman[Lyman] Habakkuk Turner Joseph Clark Peleg Fuller Abraham Brown Ebenezer Colman John Sarls [Searles] Jonathan Shepherd John Roberson Juner Joseph Frink Ephram Brown Ebenezer Heath Mattha Grover Junr Simeon Rust Stephen Palmer Daniel Hearick Timothy Lad [Ladd] Jonathon Porter Richard Davenport Jonathan Brown Doc John Mead Nathall Woodward Junr Samuell Lely [Lilly] Joseph Hearick Ebenezer Stiles Elisha Fitch John Fowler John Boynton Daniel Rose Junr UNDATED LATER ADDITION (different handwriting and spelling) Elezer Kingbory [Kingsbury] Jabesh Kingsbory [Jabez Kingsbury] Daniel Allen Lanord Grover Elisha Sarles [Searles] Nathaniel Lad Junr [Ladd] UNDATED LATER ADDITION (different handwriting and spelling) George Palmer Thomas Kingsbury Ebenezer Grover Thomas Adams Jur John Sabins Joseph Liman [Lyman] Gorsham Palmer Samuel Hearick Jun Elijah Haman[?] Nathan Strong John Phine [Fine?] Joseph Clark Richard Halle [Hale] Isack Bridgman Jun Joshua Boynton Henry Lad [Ladd] James Fitch Aaron Woodward Gersham Colman Samuell Gibbord[?] John Burnap Benjamen Phelps Recompence Smith Stephen Strong Solomon Grant Noah Porter Nathan Richardson Seth Janes Ephram Andros [Andrews] John Holckins [Hawkins] Phinehas Strong Jesse Cook Jethro Turner UNDATED LATER ADDITION (different handwriting and spelling) Timothy Loomiss Jonathan Loomiss Samll Lilee Samuel Lilly Moses Boynton Thomas Page Stephen Root Thomas Edwards [jun?] Ebene Brown Benjamen Jones Jun Absalom Burnap Joseph Tilden Amos Richardson Junr Thomas Gilburt [Gilbert] UNDATED LATER ADDITIONS (different handwriting and spelling) Ebenezer Jones Simon Atherton Ebenezer Kingsbury John Parker Joseph Turner Nathaniel Loomus [Loomis] William Tailer [Taylor] Nathaniel Kindrick [Kendrick] Elijah Fuller Solomon Tailer [Taylor] Jonathan Long Enoch Strong Josiah Woolcot Eliezer Colman Jonathan Jones Joseph Parker Samuel Hous [House] Ephraram Roberson Nathan Kidder Joshua Coggashall Junr [Coggeshell] Daniel Roberson Joseph Clark Samuel Roberson Benajah Gears [Geer] Jonathan King John Carpenter William Badcock Joshua Tilden Nathaniel Gilburt Lemuel Long Ephraim Root SEVERAL UNDATED LATER ADDITIONS (several different handwritings and spellings; squeezed very tightly into the right margin) Gideon Southworth Zachariah Loomiss William Wilson Jacob Liman [Lyman] Hezekiah Hearick Robert Turner Joseph Halkins [Hawkins] John Pain [Payne] Elisha Carpenter Ebenezer Swetland [Sweatland] Joseph Griswold Samuel Lyman Junr Jonathan Crosby Benjaman Smith Jacob Waters APRIL 8, 1754 -- THEN WAS MADE FREEMAN- (different handwriting and spelling; squeezed into right margin) Amos Dorman Lemuel Richardson Amariah Rockwell Ebenezer Root Junr Absalom Kingsbery [Kingsbury] Rufus Price Elijah Liman [Lyman] APRIL 20, 1756 -- THEN WAS MADE FREEMAN- (different handwriting and spelling; squeezed into right margin) Andrus Crocker Daniel Fowler Amaziah Rockwell Jonathan Richardson Elijah Porter Elijah[?] Jones This list was transcribed from "Miscellaneous Town Records, Volume 1", Coventry, CT, page 57. This is a large bound volume of copies of the original documents. It is located in the Coventry Town Clerk's office. Per the label, the volume contains the following, but is obviously not all-inclusive: Town Meetings 1713-1782; Freemen 1730-1775; Vital Records 1692-1840 (includes birth dates of some of the founders of Coventry). The original restored documents are held in the Connecticut State Archives at Hartford. IMPORTANT NOTE: Although the pages within "Miscellaneous Town Records, Volume 1" are quite interesting and contain many documents of genealogical value, the copies are not in chronological order and dates are not noted on each page. Adding to the difficulty in using this book, the pages were re-numbered when restored, but old page numbers are sometimes still visible AND the book has no index. Due to these problems, please do not ask the nice folks in the Coventry Town Clerk's office to look up information in this volume. They will not be able to fulfill your request. The vital records information within this book was the town source for Susan Whitney Dimock's, "Births, Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths From the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844", Baker & Taylor Company, New York, 1897. If you need vital records information for your Coventry, CT ancestors, this is the best source at this time. Transcribed by Janette (Wilson) Ramos 3 Aug 1999 preserving original spelling. When known, I have inserted the contemporary spelling of surnames within brackets [ ] to facilitate searching with your FIND feature. I have also done this with the full name when the original doesn't resemble the current spelling at all. Illegible or hard to read letters and names are indicated with [?]. Copyright © 1999 Janette (Wilson) Ramos RamosGang@Worldnet.att.net