Canterbury Congregational Church

The town of Canterbury was incorporated in October 1703, having been taken from Plainfield.
The Congregational Church dates from 1711.
After Oct. 24, 1771, no more marriages are recorded until 1812.

Alphabetical by Groom:

Adams, David, son of Henry, & Katherine Adams, daughter of Samuel, June 17, 1718
Adams, David & Dorcas Payn, Aug. 27, 1723
Adams, David & Sarah Proctor, ______ [no date given]
Adams, Doctor David & Lucy Fitch, Oct. 27, 1761
Adams, Elihu & Jerusha Adams, Mar. 7, 1753
Adams, James & Sarah Rich, Feb. 5, 1751
Adams, John & Submit Butt, Dec. 24, 1765
Adams, Levi & Margaret Perkins, Dec. 26, 1751
Adams, Nathan & Phoebe Ensworth, Apr. 3, 1771
Adams, Phinehas & Lydia Fitch, Dec. 31, 1751
Adams, Samuel & Eunice Cook, Feb. 8, 1770
Adams, Samuel 3rd, & Lydia Adams, Apr. 1, 1756
Adams, Solomon & Abigail Monroe, Apr. 28, 1726
Aspenwall, Asa & Anna Adams, Apr. 9, 1761

Backus, John & Jehannak Downing, ______ [no date given]
Bacon, Abner & Abigail Ensworth, Jan. 26, 1764
Bacon, Asa & Edith Bradford, May 16, 1765
Bacon, Benjamin & Deborah Adams, Dec. 14, 1749
Bacon, David & Elizabeth Ensworth, Dec. 10, 1767
Bacon, Henry & Hannah Woodward, Nov. 10, 1720
Bacon, William & Jerusha Ensworth, Mar. 7, 1765
Baker, Stephen & Hannah, daughter-in-law to John Bacon, July 3, 1732
Baker, Tyral & widow Elisabeth Tippets, Dec. 23, 1718
Baker, William & Constance Pain, Apr. 27, 1730
Baker, William & Susannah Jones, ______ [no date given]
Baldwin, John & Mary Adams, Feb. 22, 1721
Baldwin, Joseph & Thankful Baldwin, June 2, 1763
Belcher, Andrew & Abigail Burt, Aug. 18, 1769
Bennet, Ebenezer & Grace Ensworth, Nov. 17, 1768
Biggington, William & Esther Whitney, Jan. 19, 1727
Bingham, Gideon & Abigail Baker, Nov. 11, 1761
Bingham, William & Mary Nevins, Oct. 9, 1758
Bissel, Daniel & Jerusha Fitch, daughter of Major James, of Windsor, Mar. 18, 1718
Bond, Bethuel & Lydia Hide, Sept. 20, 1753
Bond, Jonas & Esther Wright, Feb. 7, 1765
Bond, William & Sarah Woodward, Sept. 25, 1754
Boswell, Robart & widow Mary Cleavland, Jan. 22, 1722
Bottom, Daniel Long & Sarah Dow, June 3, 1762
Bradford, James & Susannah Adams, Dec. 7, 1724
Brown, Benjamin & Hannah Benjamin, Feb. 25, 1755
Brown, Deliverance, son of Deacon Ebenezer, & Mary or Abigail Waldo, Oct. 28, 1717
Brown, Ebenezer & Susannah Bradford, Jan. 8, 1760
Brown, John & Abigail Adams, Nov. 30, 1721
Butt, Ebenezer & Prudence Glass, Jan. 4, 1769
Butt, Samuel & Mary Adams, Jan. 6, 1736
Butt, Samuel & Phoebe Brown, Dec. 24, 1765
Button, Daniel & Anne Button, Oct. 1, 1716
Button, Matthias & Hannah Williams, Oct. 1, 1716
Button, Matthias & Elisabeth Butt, July 10, 1764

Cady, Daniel, son of Daniel, & Hannah Winter of Killingly, June 25, 1713

Cady, Ezra & Joanna Leech, Apr. 18, 1720
Cady, Jonathan, son of John, & Hannah _____, Jan. 14, 1713
Cady, Uriah & Hannah Boswell, Jan. 2, 1724
Cady, William & mercy Cady, _____ [no date given]
Capron, Hezekiah & Charity Reed, May 13, 1761
Carew, William & Mary Bond, Oct. 3, 1764
Carter, Joseph & Patience Pellet, Oct. 3, 1762
Carter, Reuben & Sibil Smith, June 29, 1769
Carver, David & Susannah ____, 1739
Carver, Jonathan & Abigail Robbins, Oct. 20, 1746
Cleaveland, Isaac & Susannah Johnson (Mrs. Stevens, formerly Johnson), Nov. 20, 1721
Cleavland, Edward, Sr. & Zerviah Church, Jan. 1, 1722
Cleavland, Henry & Lucy Fitch, daughter of Major James, Mar. 19, 1719
Cleavland, Hopestil & Patience Benjamin, May 9, 1754
Cleavland, Joseph & Deborah _____, May 19, 1718
Cleavland, Joseph & Sarah Ensworth, Mar. 31, 1725
Cleavland, Joseph & Mary Woodward, June 26, 1725
Cleavland, Moses, son of Aaron, & Mary Johnson, daughter of Obadiah, Oct. 21, 1717
Cleavland, Samuel & Sarah Buswell, Dec. 10, 1719
Cleavland, Samuel & Mary Darbee, Nov. 12, 1724
Cleavland, Shubael & Eunice Luce, Mar. 30, 1769
Cleavland, Silas & Elisabeth Hide, May 10, 1750
Cleavland, Timothy, Jr., & Esther Fish, Jan. 30, 1760
Cobb, Gideon & Margaret Cleavland, Sept. 25, 1717
Cobb, Gideon & Abigail Dyar, 1739
Collier, Hezekiah & Jennet Nevins, 1753
Conkling, Samuel & Abigail Darbe, May 15, 1757

Darby, William & Elisabeth Spaulding, daughter of Ensign Edward, June 9, 1718
Davenport, Paul, Jr. & Elisabeth Frost, ______ [no date given]
Davis, Ephraim & Hannah Steward, Mar. 20, 1733
Deans, Bennajah & Mary Monrow, Mar. 23, 1733
Delop, James & Mercy Tippets, Feb. 15, 1734
Delop, James & Susannah Frost, Apr. 24, 1771
Dewey, Josiah & Huldah Frost, Jan. 3, 1759
Dimmock, Thomas & Sibil Pain, Mar. 12, 1761
Dodge, Joel & Dorcas Smith, Jan. 14, 1753
Durkee, Jeremiah & Abigail Adams, ____ [no date given]
Dyar, John of Windham & Abigail Fitch, daughter of Major James, Oct. 22, 1713
Dyar, Joseph & Martha Darbe, Feb. 1, 1749

Eaton, Ebenezer & Lois Cobb, Apr. 15, 1770
Eaton, Joseph & Lucy Bacon, Mar. 1, 1750
Ensworth, Jabez & Mehetabel Tracy, Nov. 17, 1748
Ensworth, John, son of Tyxhal, & Elizabeth Cleavland, daughter of
Samuel, Apr. 21, 1717
Ensworth, John & Mary Cleavland, Oct. 5, 1719
Ensworth, John & Hannah Butt, ______ [no date given]
Ensworth, Nehemiah & Abigail Davenport, Apr. 15, 1730
Ensworth, Samuel & Sibil Tracy, Nov. 17, 1763
Ensworth, William & Hannah Cogswell, Feb. 21, 1754

Falkener, Caleb & Esther Moss, Feb. 27, 1761
Farnam, Eliphalet & Mary Adams, Jan. 31, 1757
Felch, John, son of John, of Weston, & widow Elizabeth Johnson, Oct. 18, 1714
Felch, John & Mary Green, Mar. 7, 1737
Felch, John & Sarah Adams, Nov. 5, 1761
Felch, Samuel & Mary Backus, Aug. 25, 1765
Fish, John & Esther Johnson, July 19, 1726
Fish, Nathan & Olive Ensworth, Dec. 22, 1757
Fisk, John of Killingly, & Mrs. Abigail Hobart, formerly of Newtown,
Nov. 26, 1717
Fitch, Ebenezer, son of James, & Bridget Brown, daughter of Eben, Sept. 18, 1712
Fitch, Jabez & Lydia Gale, May 29, 1722
Fitch, John & Mercy Lothrop, Nov. 7, 1753
Fitch, William & Mary Pain, 1739
Flint, Nathaniel & Mary Davis, May 2, 1727
Frost, Henry & Allice Butt, Feb. 28, 1765
Frost, Stephen & Mary Adams, Oct. 29, 1724
Frost, Deacon Stephen & widow Sarah Pike, June 5, 1765

Gates, Stephen & Betty Monroe, Jan. 6, 1737
Green, Jabez Jr., & Sarah Lambert, May 1, 1754
Green, Robert & Mary White, Apr. 26, 1749

Hagget, Moses & Rebeca Adams, daughter of Richard, all of Norwich, Oct. 16, 1712
Hale, Deacon Richard & widow Abigail Adams, June 13, 1769
Harris, Paul & Mary Herrington, Sept. 20, 1749
Harris, Stephen & Mary Wentworth, Feb. 24, 1761
Hascal, Jonathan & Anna Lothrop, Oct. 13, 1766
Herrick, John & Elisabeth Smith, Sept. 27, 1753
Herrick, John & Sarah Smith, June 6, 1754
Herrick John ye 3d, & Mary Butt, Mar. 27, 1771
Herrington, Elisha & Hannah Williams, Oct. 11, 1764
Hide, David & Sarah Adams, Feb. 23, 1769
Hide, John & Mary Thompson, Apr. 17, 1753
Hides, James & Miriam Woodward, Dec. 3, 1754
Hides, Jonathan & Mary ____, formerly of Newtown, Jan. 4, 1734
Hopkins, John & Mary Rundils, Oct. 9, 1732
Huntington, Christopher & Elisabeth, daughter of Samuel Cleavland, May 2, 1733

Johnson, Obadiah & Lydia, daughter of Mary Buswell, Nov. 6, 1723

King, Joseph & Lucy Aspenwell, Dec. 27, 1763
Kinnee, Ira & Miriam Goodale, Nov. 12, 1765
Kinsley, Amos & Ruth Adams, June 12, 1723

Lothrop, Barnabas & Sarah Davis, July 7, 1757
Lothrop, Nathaniel & Anna Fitch, Apr. 5, 1759
Lungluff (Youngluff), John of Killingly and Patience Winter, July 1715
Lyon, Ephraim & Eunice Leach, Dec. 31, 1767

Mason, Daniel & Hannah Davis, Oct. 27, 1730
Matthews, James & Keziah Cady, Mar. 21, 1760
Miller, Peter & Miriam Hide, Oct. 1, 1766
Monroe, Josiah & Mary Hyde, Apr. 16, 1752
Morse, Joseph & Keziah Cleavland, Apr. 27, 1730
Mott, Gershom & Anna Walton, Apr. 4, 1720
Murfee, Edward & Jane Long, Aug. 13, 1750

Pain, Abraham, son of Elisha, & Ruth Adams, daughter of John, Dec. 19, 1717
Park, John, Jr. & Eunice Frost, July 12, 1764
Parrish, Lemuel & Zerviah Smith, May 4, 1758
Payn, Elisha & Mary Johnson, Nov. 25, 1720
Payn, Joshua & Constance Pain, Jan. 6, 1737
Pellet, Samuel & Hannah Underwood, July 1752
Perkins, Jacob Jr., & Mary Fitch, Oct. 10, 1766
Perkins, William & Dorcas Williams, Feb. 11, 1762
Phinney, Joshua & Lucy Ensworth, May 16, 1754
Poney, Simon & Hannah Tobias, Dec. 23, 1750
Proctor, John & Sarah Cleavland, Dec. 9, 1731

Rainsford, Solomon & Waitstil Adams, July 17, 1735
Raynsford, Richard & Zerviah Norwood, 1751
Reynolds, Robert & Olive Smith, Mar. 13, 1770
Ried, David & Hannah Rainsford, Mar. 22, 1733
Robbins, Jehiel & Mary Bennit, Oct. 9, 1758
Robbins, Nathaniel & Phebe Varnum, Jan. 3, 1734
Rood, Ebenezer & Mary Green, May 9, 1726
Rood, Samuel & Mary Lambert, all of Norwich, May 14, 1715
Rowland, Rev. David & Mrs. Mary Spalding, Feb. 21, 1754

Safford, Joseph & Lydia Ensworth, Apr. 25, 1753
Simonds, Francis & Zipporah Cleavland, Nov. 21, 1750
Sims, John & Mary Stevens, Apr. 11, 1762
Smith, Jedidiah & Biel Boswell, Feb. 7, 1727
Smith, John & Mehetabel Adams, Feb. 26, 1739
Smith, Richard & widow Mary Cleavland, Jan. 30, 1716
Spalding, Stephen & Sarah Brown, Oct. 24, 1771
Spaulding, Benjamin & Abigail Kight, Mar. 7, 1720
Spaulding, Jonas & Rachel Boswell, July 5, 1722
Standish, Samuel & Abigail Backus, Sept. 21, 1752
Stark, John & Eunice Adams, Apr. 16, 1764
Stephens, Asa & Sarah Adams, Oct. 2, 1761
Stephens, Jonathan & Mary Tracy, June 3, 1732
Stephens, Ensign Thomas & Mary Johnson, July 6, 1719
Stephens, Willard & Deborah Case, Jan. 1755
Stevens, Peter, Jr., & Lois Glass, 1759

Thompson, Jonathan & Hannah Dean, Jan. 11, 1749
Throope, Benjamin & Sibil Dyar, Nov. 27, 1735
Tocommowas, George & Hannah Tobias, Jan. 5, 1753
Tracy, Eliashib & Zerviah Adams, Feb. 19, 1769
Tracy, Thomas & Mary Hide, Feb. 7, 1750
Tyler, Daniel & Jane Cady, Dec. 31, 1722

Walker, Jonathan & Mary Sampson, Feb. 25, 1720
Warner, Ichabod & Anne Rudd, Oct. 1752
Whitney, Ezekill & Sarah Parks, July 22, 1730
Williams, Daniel & Anna Bennet, Feb. 18, 1760
Williams, Elijah & Abigail Adams, Nov. 17, 1768
Wilson, Samuell & Mary Davenport, Nov. 25, 1734
Witter, William & Zerviah Smith, Jan. 1, 1736
Wood, Josiah & ______ Hofford, Sept. 1763
Woodward, Amos & Hannah Meecham, May 6, 1725
Woodward, James & Abigail Harris, Jan. 14, 1762
Woodward, Joseph, son of John, of Newton, & Elizabeth Silsbey, daughter of Jonathan, of Windham, June 24, 1714
Woodward, Peter & Alethea Armstrong, Dec. 24, 1755
Woodward, Samuel & Margaret Cleveland, Feb. 13, 1751

Youngluff, John – see Lungluff, John
Youngluff, John & Jemima Price, June 5, 1725