Early CT Marriages, Ashford CT

Early Connecticut Marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800
By: Frederick W. Bailey 1896-1906

Ashford Congregational Church (First)
Town named 1710. Congregational Church organized 1718.
Second Congregational Church of Ashford was organized in Westford District 1768.

Abbee, Abial of Willington & Polly Chandler, Mar. 3, 1793
Abbott, Reuben & Polly Snow, Nov. 8, 1798
Adams, Jesse of Pomfret & Merriam Smith, Apr. 12, 1798

Babcock, Billings & Zebia Winter, May 21, 1795
Backus, ____ of Canterbury & Sally Tuft, Oct. 20, 1791
Bailey, John & Clarissa Snow, Aug. 30, 1792
Bass, Lovell & Polly Russ, both of Mansfield, Aug. 21, 1798
Bibbins, Bela of Windham & Elizabeth Farnam, May 29, 1796
Bicknell, John Jr. & Anna Atwood, Aug. 30, 1781
Bicknell, Samuel & widow Mary Frink, Apr. 29, 1792
Boutell, Abner & Cynthia Lewis, Dec. 22, 1796
Boutell, Ezra & Cynthia Williams, Mar. 25, 1790
Bowdish, Nathaniel & Betty Huntington, Dec. 9, 1779
Brooks, Lemuel of Montpelier, Vt. & Rhoda Barber, Jan. 15, 1798
Brown, Ephraim & Sally Snow, Sept. 20, 1795
Buck, Elisha & Sarah Ryder, Sept. 28, 1794
Bugbee, Edward & Thankful Curtis, August 20, 1770
Bugbee, James & Hannah Morgan, Aug. 30, 1781
Bugbee, Samuel & Thankful Snow, Nov. 27, 1777
Bullard, Zuinglius & Sally Keyes, Aug. 28, 1791
Burgess, Stephen & Susanna Abbott, Sept. 15, 1773
Burnham, Capt. Roswell & Betsy Babcock, May 22, 1796
Butler, John & Sally Brown, Dec. 7, 1790
Byles, Josiah & Abigail Clark, Nov. 18, 1779

Carpenter, Stephen of Killingly & Nancy Smith, Mar. 25, 1793
Chaffee, Jonathan & Lucy Allen, May 1, 1776
Chaffee, Thomas & Abigail Knowlton, Nov. 21, 1791
Chapman, David & Sarah Chubb, March 4, 1772
Chapman, Elijah & Esther Jennings, Mar. 25, 1793
Cheney, Thomas & Polly Stowell, Nov. 14, 1792
Chidcy, Joseph & Mary Barker, Jan. 3, 1775
Clark, Dyer & Lucinda Holt, Jan. 14, 1799
Clark, Lemuel & Elizabeth Bicknell, Nov. 25, 1779
Clark, Samuel of Hardwick, Mass. & Mehitable Ingersol, Dec. 25, 1791
Coburn, Alexander & Susanna Mason of Woodstock, Oct. 26, 1797
Coggswell, Joshua of Coventry & Thankful Eaton, Nov. 29, 1792
Cook, Aaron & Mary Cummings, May 21, 1777
Cook, James of Franklin & Aphama Phelyn of Mansfield, May 5, 1796
Cotter, Ezekiel & Hephzibah Smith, June 18, 1795
Cresey, Benjamin of Pomfret & Anna Robinson, Mar. 9, 1796
Curtis, Jonathan & Mary Preston, Jan. 12, 1775

Dean, Elijah & Irene Sumner, Sept. 22, 1791
Deane, Ephraim of Woodstock & Percy Brown, Nov. 20, 1798
Durkee, Henry of Hampton & Sally Russell, Sept. 25, 1794

Eastman, Benjamin & Sylva Jones or Janes, Nov., 1796 [sic]
Eastman, Nathan & Miss Back of Hampton, Apr. 30, 1795
Eastman, Seth & Betsy Lyon, Nov. 29, 1798
Eaton, Asa & Abigail Goodell, Nov. 5, 1772
Eaton, Josiah & Ann Knowlton, Apr. 24, 1780
Eaton, Samuel & Martha Tubbs, Dec. 13, 1777
Eaton, Stephen & Phanely Knowlton, (?) Nov. 12, 1781
Ellis, John of Walpole, Mass. & Molly Richards, Nov. 29, 1798

Farnam, Isaac & Mehitable Snow, Oct. 15, 1792
Fay, Edward & Sarah Torry, Nov. 25, 1773
Fitch, John of Windsor, Vermont & Phebe Work, Nov. 2, 1774
Fletcher, Gurdon & Esther Clark Mansfield, Dec. 13, 1792
Foote, John of Tolland & Betsy Carey of Mansfield, Apr. 11, 1799
Frink, Elias & Clarina Holt, May 12, 1793
Frink, John & Roxana Bicknell, Feb. 17, 1793
Frizell, Samuel of Cazonosia, N.Y. & Polly Tiffany, Jan. 18, 1798
Fuller, Jacob & Elizabeth Mackgoon, April 1, 1719

Gaylord, Luther & Sally Preston, Sept. 27, 1792
Gillmore, William of Stafford & Rhoda Snow, Sept. 30, 1799
Goodale, Amos of Westminster, Vt. & Mehitable Hendee, Feb. 17, 1790
Gould, Jonathan & Patience Dyer, Jan. 1, 1795

Hale, John & Mehitable Knowlton, April 14, 1772
Hammond, William of Sturbridge & Zilvah Bugbee, Oct. 25, 1769
Hanfield, Benjamin & Bridget Lewis, Feb. 8, 1779
Hannah, Jonas of Burn, (?) N.Y. & Achsah Kowlton [sic], Jan. 17, 1797
Hayward, Capt. Benjamin of Woodstock & Elizabeth Messinger, Nov. 25, 1795
Hayward, Nathaniel & Priscilla Chubb, Nov., 1777 [sic]
Hayward, Stephen & Lucy Brooks, Dec. 4, 1776
Hendee, John & Annis Russ, July 11, 1793
Himes, Walter & Abigail Scarborough, Mar. 4, 1778
Holmes, Philip of Hardwick & Anna Powers of Greenwich, Dec. 1, 1772
Holt, Smith & Lydia Snow, Jan. 26, 1792
Holt, Uriah & Margaret Mason, Nov. 11, 1779
Horton, Moses & Silence Willison, Dec. 3, 1780
Horton, Pant [“Pant” was scratched out and “Paul” handwritten in] & Ruth
Swinnington, Oct. 12, 1794
Howe, Nehemiah & Mary Holt, Jan. 2, 1775
Huntington, Nathan & Ethalear Butler, May 31, 1798
Hutchins, Benjamin & Lois Babcock, June 16, 1793
Hutchinson, Rev. Elisha & Mrs. Jerusha Cadwell, July 16, 1778
Hyemes, Stephen & Hannah Watkins, Nov. 11, 1773

Jakis, Phencos of Canaan & Hannah Lewis, Dec. 10, 1770
Johnson, John & Sarah Byles, April 10, 1777

Kendall, Amos & Zuruiah Chapman, Jan. 29, 1772
Keyes, David & Sarah Sumner, Feb. 9, 1793
Keyes, James & Meriam Babcock, Dec. 26, 1773
Keyes, Jonas & Esther Bugbee, August 6, 1770
Kinney (?) Hayward of Woodstock & Lucy Payne, Apr. 4, 1798
Knox, Adam & Dorothy Chaffee, Nov. 27, 1777

Lassell, John & Elizabeth Dana, April 15, 1770
Lewis, Daniel & Sarah Lyon, Sept. 2, 1776
Loomis, Abner & Ruth Wilson, June 11, 1775

Marcy, Reuben, Jr. & Hannah Sumner, Dec. 1, 1791
Mason, Ebenezer & Christian Fitts, Mar. 5, 1778
Mecham, Daniel of Stafford & widow Jerusha Boutell, May 21, 1795
Morey, Thomas & Penelope Chapman, Jan. 18, 1771

Orcutt, John & Mary Hendee, Apr. 16, 1778
Ormsby, Bela of Manchester, Vt. & Ruth Russ, Dec. 10, 1792

Palmer, Joseph & Sarah Weld, May 20, 1778
Palmer, Nathan & Polly Brown, Nov. 27, 1792
Parish, Eliphaz & Jerusha Downing of Brooklyn, Jan. 3, 1796
Payne, Noah & Zeruiah Humphrey, March 5, 1771
Pearl, James & Polly Watkins, Sept. 22, 1796
Peck, Thomas of Brookfield, Vt. & Priscilla Howard of Woodstock, Feb. 8,
1792
Perry, John & Eunice Parish, Mar. 3, 1796
Phillips, Asa & Anna Work, Feb. 9, 1792
Phinney, Thomas & Anna Preston, Nov. 7, 1791
Pierce, William of Woodstock & Betsy Brown, Mar. 28, 1797
Pitts, Benjamin & Freelove Whipple, Sept. 19, 1776
Preston, Lieut. Jacob & Mrs. Mehitable Knowlton, Jan. 25, 1798
Preston, Jerub & Sarah Hayward, May 31, 1770
Preston, Tiras & Esther Eaton, Nov. 2, 1773
Preston, Zera & Hannah Smith, Apr. 20, 1794
Price, William & Esther Palmer, Nov. 3, 1779

Read, Benjamin & Mary Wilson, August 9, 1722
Read, Daniel & Augustina Fenton of Mansfield, July 5, 1798
Ripley, Nehemiah of Windham & Amy Gould, Feb. 24, 1791
Robinson, Amasa & Harmony Chubb, Nov. 24, 1789
Root, Erastus of Windsor & Mary Wright of Elington, Aug. 18, 1793

Sabin, Capt. Josiah of Pomfret & widow Sarah Work, Mar. 7, 1792
Shaw, Benjamin of Benson, Vt. & Sybel Eaton, Mar. 25, 1790
Shepherd, Whitmore of Pomfret & Lucy Parish, Apr. 3, 1793
Sibley, Samuel & Milla Squire, March 23, 1769
Simmons, Abel & Hannah Holmes, Nov. 3, 1774
Simmons, Abel & Marcy Haven, May 22, 1777
Smith, Benjamin & Hannah Smith, Nov. 12, 1772
Smith, Ebenezer, Jr. & Hannah Weston, March 28, 1776
Smith, Ezra & Roxana Kendall, Nov. 22, 1792
Smith, Hubbard & Keziah Snow, Oct. 4, 1774
Smith, John & Merriam Denison, June 29, 1769
Snow, Capt. Amos of S. Brimfield & Eunice Burnham, June 27, 1797
Snow, Bilarky & Molly Smith, May 20, 1781
Snow, Ezra & Levina Case, May 20, 1779
Snow, James & Anna Holmes, Nov. 14, 1771
Snow, Jonathan & Hannah Chubb, March 30, 1773
Snow, Lovell & Sarah Maynard of Pomfret, Apr. 7, 1791
Snow, Samuel, Jr. & Molly Wilson, Nov. 25, 1773
Southward, John & Levina Dana, Feb. 20, 1770
Southworth, Thomas & Rachel Cummings, Mar. 23, 1778
Spaulding, Ephraim & Esther Snow, May 20, 1772
Stanton, Nathan & Sarah Coggswell, May 30, 1776
Stebbins, Thomas & Sarah Tiffany, Jan. 14, 1772
Steel, George of Hartford & Betsy Babcock, Sept. 30, 1795
Storrs, Chester & Damaris Clark, both of Mansfield, Feb. 2, 1797
Stowell, John of Longmeadow & Polly Keyes, Aug. 10, 1794
Sumner, Benjamin & Ruth Palmer, Sept. 22, 1789
Sumner, Clapp & Mehitable Lassell, March 21, 1776
Swift, Asa of Mansfield & Saloma Snow, Nov. 5, 1795
Swinington, Michael of Pomfret & Lois Kendall, Dec. 23, 1790

Tenney, Daniel & Priscilla Dana, Feb. 14, 1771
Tiffany, Simeon & Esther Clark, Dec. 28, 1775
Tiffany, William & Molly Clark, Nov. 16, 1775
Torry, David & Eunice Bicknell, Feb. 5, 1778
Torry, Jack & Sylvia Clark, both negroes, Mar. 27, 1797

Wales, Ebenezer & Anna Babcock, Dec. 26, 1773
Wales, Elisha Smith & Mary Watkins, March 7, 1775
Ward, Joel & Elizabeth Woodward, Jan. 13, 1773
Ware, Richard & Anna Russell, Aug. 22, 1793
Warren, John & Abigail Eaton, May 8, 1778
Warren, Lemuel of Plainfield & Priscilla Spaulding, Aug. 22, 1793
Watkins, Willard & Tryphosa Burnham, Aug. 26, 1792
Weeks, Ebenezer of Stuborn, N.Y. & Olive Keyes, Feb. 19, 1797
Wentworth, Jedediah & Betsy Webb, May 9, 1799
Whipple, Samuel & Elizabeth Snow, Jan. 29, 1771
Whipple, Samuel & Mary Chaffee, Sept. 15, 1799
Willard, Dr. Samuel of Stafford & Abigail Perkins, Aug. 16, 1798
Williams, Eliakim of Tolland & Damaris Carey of Mansfield, Feb. 1, 1797
Wilson, Joseph & Landa Utley of Pomfret, Apr. 1, 1790
Woodward, Joseph & Elizabeth Sumner, Jan. 11, 1774
Woodward, Othniel & Zelinda Read, Feb. 9, 1793
Work, Andrew & Martha Phillips, Feb. 17, 1791
Work, John & Hannah Payne, May 9, 1798

Caesar, negro servant of Benjamin Sabin & Dinah, negro servant girl of Benjamin Clark, married with the consent of masters as servants, March 11, 1773

The town of Ashford was named in 1710. [The First Congregational Church records are listed in “Ashford Congregational Church”.] The Second Church at Westford, organized February 11, 1768, furnishes the following marriages:

Amidown, Capt. Jedediah of Willington & Hannah Walker, June 11, 1778
Averel, James & Mrs. Mary Parsons of Somers, Mar. 6, 1775

Brown, Cyrill of Woodstock & Mary Allin, Sept. 15, 1768
Bugbie, Amos & Martha Woodward, Mar. 21, 1782
Bullock, Lovel of Gilford, Vermont & Widow Jennet Ward, June 14, 1779
Burbank, Elias of New Molbury & Mrs. Meriam Dimmick, Dec. 15, 1774
Butler, Stephen & Mehitophel Robinson, both of Mansfield, Mar. 6, 1783

Chapman, Benjamin & Loas Hill, Aug. 27, 1772
Chapman, Christopher & Abigail Chaffee of Woodstock, Dec. 4, 1781
Cleaveland, Henry of Mansfield & Elizabeth Rice of Willington, Dec. 26, 1771
Convers, Stephen & Sarah Kimbal, Oct. 12, 1778
Coy, Amasa of Union & Sarah Hill, Feb. 10, 1774
Curtis, Francis & Betty Robins, Nov. 17, 1768
Curtis, Henry & Elizabeth Davison, Sept. 6, 1773
Curtis, Ransom & Ellice Whiton, Dec. 8, 1768

Darrow, Titus of Enfield & Anna Hill, Jan. 17, 1780
Davis John, of Willington & Tryphena Oulds, Mar. 28, 1782
Davison, Thomas & Eunice Pearl of Willington, Aug. 26, 1779
Davison, William & Molly Chapman, Aug. 31, 1779
Dudley, Rev. Nicholas of Townsend, Vermont & Priscilla Whiton, Nov. 12, 1778

Farnam, Joseph & Katharine Spring, Mar. 15, 1770
Foster, Abraham & Bethiah Old, Sept. 21, 1769

Goodell, Jacob of Monson, Mass. & Mrs. Mary Preston, Nov. 2, 1782
Griggs, Lemual of Stafford & Hannah (Grosevarnor?), Mar. 23, 1775

Hanks, Elijah & Mary Walker, Aug. 14, 1782
Harris, or Horris, Samuel, of Mansfield & Elizabeth Walker, Nov. 26, 1778
Hayward, Jonathan & Lydia Davison, Nov. 14, 1775
Heth, Elezer & Abigail Robbins, Dec. 16, 1779
Heth, William & Catherine Robbins, Feb. 4, 1779
Hill, Squir & Dorothy Walker, Oct. 25, 1770
Horris, or Harris, Samuel of Mansfield & Elizabeth Walker, Nov. 26, 1778
Humphrey, Ebenezer & Lucy Robbins, June 19, 1781
Huntington, Doctor Thomas & Molly Ward, Jan. 7, 1773

Knox, William & Hannah Robbins, Apr. 7, 1773
Kymbol, Samuel & Betty Pearl of Willington, Apr. 26, 1781

Pool, John Jr., of Willington & Elizabeth Burdwin, July 3, 1778
Post, Peter of Hebron & Mrs. Ruth Walker, Nov. 28, 1770
Preston, Enos & Abigail Kendal, May 28, 1771
Preston, Hovey & Phebe Barney, Nov. 23, 1773
Preston, Zere & Mary Ann Walker, Oct. 7, 1779

Roberson, Timothy of Woodstock & widow Anne Chaffee, Jan. 5, 1775
Robins, David & Lucy Knox, Nov. 6, 1771
Russel, Emery of Springfield & Elenor Smith, Nov. 1, 1781

Sibley, Jonathan of Willington & Patty Brooks, Nov. 17, 1774
Smith, Amos & Anne Chaffee, May 18, 1779
Stiles, Goold & Delight Broton, both of Willington, Feb. 7, 1770
Strickland, Samuel of Stafford & Esther Brooks, Apr. 11, 1782

Wadkins, Jedediah & Abigail Gould, July 3, 1782
Wakefield, Levi of Stafford & Grace Walker, Feb. 20, 1783
Walker, John & Mary Ann Cilborne, Mar. 2, 1769
Walker, Samuel & Bethiah Crary, Nov. 17, 1768
Walker, William & Hannah Smith, Sept. 15, 1768
Ward, John & Jennet Knox, Dec. 7, 1773
Wells, Capt. Henry of Hopkinton & Nancy Shirtleff, Nov. 29, 1779
Woodward, John & Hannah Bicknell, Apr. 24, 1783

Amidown, Capt. Jedediah of Willington & Hannah Walker, June 11, 1778
Averel, James & Mrs. Mary Parsons of Somers, Mar. 6, 1775

Farnam, Joseph & Katharine Spring, Mar. 15, 1770
Foster, Abraham & Bethiah Old, Sept. 21, 1769

Goodell, Jacob of Monson, Mass. & Mrs. Mary Preston, Nov. 2, 1782
Griggs, Lemual of Stafford & Hannah (Grosevarnor?), Mar. 23, 1775

Knox, William & Hannah Robbins, Apr. 7, 1773
Kymbol, Samuel & Betty Pearl of Willington, Apr. 26, 1781

Roberson, Timothy of Woodstock & widow Anne Chaffee, Jan. 5, 1775
Robins, David & Lucy Knox, Nov. 6, 1771
Russel, Emery of Springfield & Elenor Smith, Nov. 1, 1781