Tolland County CT Archives History .....Town Poor Of Hebron, 1800-1803 ************************************************ 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 August 5, 2008, 4:36 pm Hebron, Connecticut. Records of the Town Poor (Volume I, 1800-1803) Jan. 16, 1800: Contracts for keeping the town poor from Jan. 17, 1800 to Jan. 17, 1801 Daniel White to keep Moses Hutchinson and Daniel Bennet Zephaniah Davis to keep Phebe Davis Ebenezer Root to keep Samuel Darby and wife Joshua Root to keep widow Hannah Root Gideon Jones to keep widow Rosannah Green Azariah Bill to keep Sampsom, Negro Samuel Haughton to keep Jude Wright; "I am also to have the use of his house and yard" Aaron Baxter to keep Rebecca Baxter Jan. 22, 1800: Whereas Julia Belcher is a pauper of Hebron and the widow Eunice Belcher of Hebron is likely to become chargeable, Robert Barnet of Johnstown, N.Y. agrees to take Eunice and Julia for two years for $24.00, they to be transported as far as Albany at the expense of the town of Hebron. Jan. 30, 1800: paid Jonah Thomas for doctoring, nursing and boarding Silvester Summers in 3 fits of sickness Dec. 2, 1799: paid Daniel White for support of Phinehas Allen paid Joshua Root for keeping Hannah Root paid Amos Jones for supplies for Ebenezer Fuller paid Amasa Gillett for coffin for Reuben Phelps Jan. 6, 1800: paid Aaron Baxter for keeping his mother Sept. 2, 1799: paid Aaron Phelps for keeping Sally Wright Jan. 16, 1800: paid Gideon Jones for keeping widow Green Jan. 25, 1800: paid Eunice Belcher for keeping Julia Feb. 3, 1800: paid Ebenezer Root for keeping the Darbys paid Amos Hall for supplies for Sampson Wilson Feb. 13, 1800: paid Joel Porter for keeping Obadiah Phelps paid Dr. Daniel Sutton for doctoring reuben Phelps paid for supplies for Elijah Taylor's family paid Joshua Root for keeping widow Hannah Root paid John Curtis for supplies for Jude Wright paid Aaron Baxter for keeping his mother paid Ebenezer Root for keeping Samuel Darby & wife paid Roger Fuller for transporting widow Eunice and Lydia Belcher to Albany paid Samuel Haughton for keeping Phebe Davis and for supplies for Jude Wright Feb. 8, 1800: paid Andrew Mann for digging grave for Obadiah Pehlps and a squaw which died at Samuel Wright's Feb. 11, 1800: paid Samuel Wright for taking care of squaw Feb. 25, 1800: paid Heman Phelps for dressing cloth for Sampson paid Isaac Dunham for digging grave for Mrs. Wright paid William Sumner for supporting Naomi Ingraham Mar. 8, 1800: paid Ebenezer Gilbert for boarding Reuben Phelps Feb.-Apr. 1801: settlement of accounts for keeping paupers the previous year paid Daniel White for keeping Moses Hutchinson paid Zephaniah Davis for keeping Phebe Davis paid Joshua Root for keeping widow Hannah Root; part "by the use of your mother's land" paid Ebenezer Root for keeping Samuel Derby and wife paid Gideon Jones for keeping widow Rosannah Green paid Azariah Bill for keeping Hannah Bettis 1 year paid Jonathan Root Jr. for keeping Phinehas Allen Jan. 17, 1800- Jan. 17, 1801; "to an order in favor of your brother Caleb, May 6, 1899" paid Amos Hall for keeping Sampson, Negro, who died Dec. 8, 1800 paid Samuel Haughton for keeping Jude Wright paid Aaron Baxter for keeping Rebecca Baxter 1 year; note: "Rebecca Baxter died" (no date) May 6, 1800: paid Daniel Reed for kee[ping Adam's Negro boy paid Capt. Daniel White for taking care of Adam's widow, a Negro, in a fit of sickness paid Timothy Porter for supplies to Aaron Baxter June 2, 1800: paid Heman Phelps for boarding Reuben Phelps paid Erastus Phelps for making coffin for Cornelius Phelps paid Elijah Kellogg for necessaries for Perry child July 4, 1800: paid Aaron Baxter for keeping his mother Aug. 4, 1800: paid for supplies for widow Naomi Ingraham Oct. 6, 1800: paid Joseph Parker Esq. in full of his book account against the town except his account for doctoring Obadiah Phelps in the year 1796 and James, a Negro, supposed to be a State Pauper. Oct. 24, 1800: Moses Kellogg appointed overseer to Christopher Crouch Jr. for one year Nov. 3, 1800: paid Dr. Joseph Parker for doctoring Obadiah Phelps, Moses Hutchinson, James, a Negro said to be a state pauper Dec. 1, 1800: paid Obadiah Barber for Sarah Allen's last sickness paid Adoniram Bissell for Bryant Brown, state pauper Jan. 12, 1801: paid Benjamin Bissell for Sarah Allen's funeral expenses Jan. 16, 1801: contracts for keeping the town poor from Jan. 17, 1801 to Jan. 17, 1802 Ezekiel A. Post for keeping Phebe Davis Gideon Jones for keeping Rosanna Green Jedediah Post for keeping Jude Wright Azariah Bill for keeping Hannah Bettis David White for keeping Moses Hutchinson and Daniel Bennet Jonathan Root for keeping Samuel Darby and wife Jonathan Root for keeping Hannah Root Feb. 7, 1801: town settled accounts with Dr. John S. Peters for doctoring: Adam Sawyer Isaac Colton, supposed to be a state pauper Aaron Kindness, Indian Obadiah Phelps Bryant Brown, state pauper Nehemiah Roswell Clarissa Burdon, Negro widow Baxter Sarah Allen, sick 3 weeks wanting 1 day Feb. 2, 1801: paid Asaph Trumbull for supporting Sibyl, a Negro woman belonging to Glastonbury; 6 weeks board & nursing paid for coffin for Aaron Baxter's mother paid Dr. Eleazar McCoy for doctoring Silas Perry family paid Capt. Joseph Pepoon for supplying Esther Rayment paid Louis Allen for nursing Roswell's wife paid Benjamin Bissell for supplying Capt. Pomroy's family paid Dr. David Sutton for doctoring Sibyl Baxter paid Francis Norton for supplying widow Amanda Phelps paid Ahimhaz Allen for Nehemiah Roswell paid Daniel Horsford for digging Silas Perry's child's grave paid William Phelps for making Sarah Allen's coffin paid Amos Hall for nursing and boarding Sibyl, a Negro woman paid Jedediah Post for boarding widow Judith Curtis in her last sickness paid Elijah House and son for supporting Dick, a Negro boy, until he is 21 years old; $40.00 paid David Skinner for keeping Nehemiah Roswell family Apr. 6, 1801: paid Joshua Root for digging Dampson's grave paid Thomas Savery for supporting Chloe, a Negro woman paid John Moss for supplying Jude Wright paid John Finley for making coffin for old Sampson paid Frederick Phelps for wood for Capt. Pomroy's family and boarding Ezekiel Jones paid Robin Freeman for supporting Sibyl, a Negro woman July 6, 1801: paid Christopher Crouch for Sarah Allen Aug. 3, 1801: paid Gideon Jones for supporting his sister paid Guy Owen for digging Sarah Allen's grave paid Dr. Joseph Parker for administering to Chloe, a Negro in Andover (Mrs. Adam) Aug. 3, 1801: paid Thomas Savery for boarding and nursing Chloe Adam, a Negro woman, Jan. 8-Apr. 6, 1801 Aug. 17, 1801: paid Jedediah Post for Jude Wright paid Daniel Hosford for digging grave for Sibul, Negro paid Abijah Root for clothing Ezekiel Jones Nov. 2, 1801: paid Gideon Jones in part for boarding his sister paid Frederick Phelps for supporting Ebenezer Fuller and wife for 2 years ending Nov. 4, 1801 Nov. 4, 1801: Jared Phelps of Becket, Mass., signed contract to support Ebenezer Fuller and wife (who are now in Becket) for 1 year Dec. 4, 1801: paid Samuel Jones Jr. for keeping Ezekiel Jones to this time and for digging grave for Fortune, Negro Jan. 11, 1802: contracts for keeping paupers for the coming year Elias Jones to keep widow Rosannah Green Daniel White to keep Daniel Bennet and Moses Hutchinson Joseph Skinner to keep Samuel Darby and wife Eleazar Phelps to keep widow Hannah Roor Samuel Haughton to keep Jude Wright Ezekiel A. Post to keep Phebe Davis Ezekiel A. Post, Samuel Houghton, Luther Ford, Eleazar Phelps and Isaac Dunham to support Ezekiel Jones Jan.-Mar, 1803: paid Isaac Dunham, Samuel Horton, John Cone and Eleazar Phelps for keeping Ezekiel Jones 1 year Jan. 10, 1803: contracts for keeping paupers Azariah Bill to keep Hannah Bettis Elias Jones to keep widow Rosannah Green Crippin Archer to keep Betsy Archer and child Joseph Skinner to keep Hannah Root Daniel White to keep Moses Hutchinson Ezekiel Post to keep phebe Davis Joseph Skinner to keep Samuel Darby and wife Jedediah Post to keep Ezekiel Jones Feb. 7, 1803: Nathan Phelps of Becket to support Ebenezer Fuller and his wife Feb. 2, 1803: Town of Hebron billed town of Glastonbury for support of Sibyl, Negro woman, Glastonbury pauper Apr. 10, 1798: Town of Hebron billed State of Connecticut for [paying Joseph Parker's bill for medicines and assistance to Anna, an Indian woman, a transient; bill paid Oct. 6, 1800 May 19, 1800: Town of Hebron billed State of Connecticut: Solomon Phelph for supplies furnished Ben Banter, state pauper Adonirah Bissell for supporing Pembleton Brown Martin Powers for supporting Ben Dorson Dr. Peters for medicine for Isaac Colton David Skinner for supporting Patrick O'Brine (sic);doctoring and funeral expenses Dudley Summers for supporting little Irishman (end of record) Additional Comments: This record book is located at the office of the Hebron Town Clerk. 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