Slave Owners in my Family Tree – Part 2

Recently I published a list of my Connecticut ancestors who owned slaves (*1). The source data for this information was the 1790 census. However, someone then posted a link to some information on this subject that is maintained by the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury (*2). This list contains a all the individuals who owned slaves in Waterbury in roughly the period from 1700 to 1800. There are bios for all those who lived in Waterbury. I am related to all 16 of these individuals. Those which are direct ancestors of mine are bolded in the lists below, the other are mainly uncles or relatively close cousins.

·       Dr. Isaac Baldwin – (son-in-law of Rev. Mark and Sarah Leavenworth)

·       Deacon Stephen Bronson – first cousin, 7 times removed, grandson of Rev. John Southmayd, in addition, his wife was the daughter of Caleb Humaston

·       Deacon Thomas Clark – first cousin, 10 times removed, through his mother, Hannah Strong

·       Thomas Clark, Jr. – (son of Deacon Thomas Clark)

·       Timothy Clark – (son of Deacon Thomas Clark)

·       Dr. Edward Field – (son-in-law of Dr. Isaac Baldwin, grandson of Rev. Mark and Sarah Leavenworth)

·       Joseph Hopkins, Esq. – (son-in-law of Deacon Thomas Clark)

·       Caleb Humaston – great*7 uncle, his wife was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Todd

·       Rev. Mark and Sarah Leavenworth – Sarah is second cousin, 6 times removed

·       Isaac Newton – third cousin, 4 times removed through Thomas Hooker

·       Miles Newton – fourth cousin, 5 times removed through Thomas Hooker

·       John Nichols – (father-in-law of Rev. James Scoville)

·       Harmon Payne – first cousin, 7 times removed

·       Dr. Preserved and Lydia Porter – Lydia is first cousin, 6 times removed

·       Rev. James Scoville – great*6 uncle

·       Rev. John Southmayd – great*7 grandfather

This website also lists a number of individuals who lives in Westbury (now Watertown) which was part of Waterbury back in the 1700s. However, there is no biographical information for most of these, just a name with no dates, etc. However, I was able to confirm the relationship of all those with bios and a few others, so there are 15 more individuals who are part of my ancestral tree.

·       Ashur Blakely – first cousin, 7 times removed

·       Young Love Cutler

·       James Doolittle

·       Abijah Garnsey – husband of third cousin, 7 times removed

·       Deacon Jonathan Garnsey – (brother of Abijah Garnsey)

·       Captain Samuel Hickcox – first cousin, 8 times removed

·       Deacon Samuel Hickcox – (son of Captain Samuel Hickox)

·       Captain William Hickcox – (son of Captain Samuel Hickox)

·       Titus Hotchkiss – great*7 uncle

·       Elnathan Judd – fifth cousin, 6 times removed

·       Stephen Judd – fifth cousin, 6 times removed

·       Joshua Morse

·       Solomon Morse

·       Joshua Moss

·       Susanna Nettleton – first cousin, 7 times removed

·       Capt. George Nichols – (father of John Nichols)

·       Jonathan Prindle – great*6 grandfather

·       Theophilus Ransom

·       Benjamin Richards, Jr. – first cousin, 7 times removed

·       Lieut. Thomas Richards – great*7 uncle

·       David Jonathan Scott

·       Capt. E Scovill

·       David Skilton

·       Oliver Soughton

·       Lieut. Stow

·       Josiah Stow

·       Richard Treat

·       Rev. John Trumbull – great-nephew of great*9 uncle

·       Elijah Woodard

·       Israel Woodruff

·       Joseph Allen Wright

Notes:

*1 - https://ramblinrussells.blogspot.com/2020/07/slave-owners-in-my-family-tree.html

*2 - http://fortunestory.org/waterburysslaveowners/