Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Woodbury, Connecticut, USA? Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
The founders of Ancient Woodbury came from Stratford in the 1670s. Ancient Woodbury consisted of the present towns of Woodbury, Southbury, Roxbury, Bethlehem, most of Washington and parts of Middlebury and Oxford.
Two groups of settlers came from Stratford. One, a group of religious dissidents unhappy with the church in Stratford, was led by Woodbury’s first minister, Reverend Zachariah Walker. The second group, led by Deacon Samuel Sherman, had been given approval by the general court to purchase land from local Native Americans in order establish a new settlement. The two groups, consisting of fifteen families (about fifty people), arrived in Ancient Woodbury, known as “Pomperaug Plantation, early in 1673.
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Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
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"Site of the first episcopal election in the United States. Built around 1750, Glebe House was the rectory for St. Paul's Church, Woodbury. The Rev. John Rutgers Marshall lived there from 1771 until 1785. On Mar. 25, 1783, ten clergy met there and selected Samuel Seabury and Jeremiah Leaming as candidates for Bishop of Connecticut. Eventually Glebe House was privately owned. In 1892 three Connecticut clergy bought it for $500 as a gift for their bishop, John Williams. In 1923 Edward C. Acheson, Bishop Coadjutor of Connecticut, formed the Seabury Society for the Preservation of Glebe House. It is now the Glebe House Museum." www.episcopalchurch.org)
Glebe House, Woodbury, Conn.
"Site of the first episcopal election in the United States. Built around 1750, Glebe House was the rectory for St.... Read MORE...
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1673 - Two groups, consisting of fifteen families (about fifty people), arrived in Ancient Woodbury, known as “Pomperaug Plantation", early in 1673.
In 1673 the original settlers of Woodbury drew up an agreement called the “Fundamental Articles,”...Read MORE...
In 1673 the original settlers of Woodbury drew up an agreement called the “Fundamental Articles,”...Read MORE...
1783 - Protestant Episcopal Church
Meeting of 10 Anglican clergy at Glebe House, Woodbury, leads to consecration of Bishop Samuel...Read MORE...
Meeting of 10 Anglican clergy at Glebe House, Woodbury, leads to consecration of Bishop Samuel...Read MORE...
1818 - First Congregational Church built in Woodbury
1819 - Woodbury
Woodbury is a flourishing post town, situated on the southern border of the county, 36 miles from...Read MORE...
Woodbury is a flourishing post town, situated on the southern border of the county, 36 miles from...Read MORE...
1833 - RobberyThe Post Office at Woodbury, Conn. was broken open on the night of the 28th ult. and robbed of all...Read MORE...
1839 - Masonic Temple built in Woodbury
Great Freshet, Nov. 13, 1853.
This was by far the largest and most destructive freshet that the town has suffered since its first ...Read MORE...
This was by far the largest and most destructive freshet that the town has suffered since its first ...Read MORE...
1906
Woodbury, a post-village in Woodbury township (town), Litchfield co., Conn., in a beautiful valley, ...Read MORE...
Woodbury, a post-village in Woodbury township (town), Litchfield co., Conn., in a beautiful valley, ...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Joseph HURLBUT (19 October 1644 - 13 July 1732) &
Rebecca BROWN (1652 - 2 February 1711)
married 15 December 1670 |
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John SHERMAN (8 February 1650 - 13 December 1730) &
Elizabeth THORNE (abt. 1653 - 1 October 1744)
married 1680 |
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Joseph HURLBUT (1677 - 21 June 1729) &
Mary CASTLE (19 September 1678 - 2 February 1711)
married 17 May 1698 |
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Abijah STODDARD (28 February 1718 - 6 May 1776) &
Eunice CURTIS (20 May 1720 - 10 October 1794)
married 1 August 1739 |
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Elisha BAKER (6 October 1724 - 1 August 1797) &
Phebe NICHOLS (1722 - 20 September 1796)
married 28 October 1746 |
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Eli STODDARD (17 June 1748 - 1796) &
Abigail HURLBUT (21 August 1747 - 18 December 1803)
married 24 December 1772 |
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Jonas MINOR (31 March 1762 - 8 May 1823) &
Anna MARTIN (1769 - 28 December 1821)
married 26 October 1785 |
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Minot SMITH (abt. 1787 - 16 March 1858) &
Electa MINOR (20 March 1799 - 18 December 1855)
married 26 June 1811 |
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