Family Collection

Ephemera and documentation for Simsbury Families.

Family Collection

Accession #	Collection Title	Location	Call #	Collctn Box #	Folder #	Row #	Series	Description	Start Date	End Date	Notes
Accession #	Collection Title	Location	Call #	Collctn Box #	Folder #	Row #	Series	Description	Start Date	End Date	Notes
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.3.1	NA	NA		1. Case	Alonzo Grove Case (1834 - 1902)	1860	1883	Two volumes donated by Mary Jane Selby Guerry, 5/25/1998 A) War Songs, for Anniversaries and Gatherings of Soldiers, to which is added a Selection fo Songs and Hymns for Memorial Day. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., 1883 B) Alonzo Grove Case's Family bible, preface dated May 1860: Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible, New York: Petter and Calpin, [1860]
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.2.2.7	NA	NA		1. Case	John Case ([ ] - 1704)	2002		Ruth Cost Duncan, John Case and His Descendants, Simsbury, CT: Simsbury Free Library, 2002. (three copies for reprinting). A genealogy list ing 9 generations or six hundred and sixteen descendants of John Case, born in Aylesham, England, date unknown, and died Feb 21, 1703/4 in Simsbury, CT. This resource has 290 pages, with a name index from page 185 - 290. A supplemental "Errata and Corrections" was updated in 2022 by Mary Jane Springman. "Some of the material used in this book was taken from the unpublished manuscript that was compiled by Dr. Erastus E. Case. Permission to use this material was granted by the Connecticut Historical Society." Ruth Duncan, preface.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.2.2.8	NA	NA		1. Case	Andrew Case (1750 - 1815)			Donated by Arthur Sweeton III, 9/30/2005 A) Siblings of Andrew Case (b. 1750), handwritten note with siblings' names and birth dates, no date. B) Children of Andrew Case (b. 1750), handwritten note with children's birth and marriage dates and spouse's name, no date. C) Case family members, handwritten note on blue paper listing 16 relatives with birth and death dates ranging from 1792 to 1857, no date. D) Case family members, handwritten note of birth and death dates for 13 relatives from 1792 - 1833, no date. E) Advertisement for "Bliss Family Genealogy"
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.1.8	NA	NA		1. Case	Case Family Ancestry (1700 - 1990)	1700	1990	Donated by Ruth Duncan, 12/23/1995 Title: Case Family Ancestry Several photocopied pages.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.3.3.5	NA	NA		2. Chaffee	Alpheus Chaffee (1795 - 1878)	1833		Donated by Mary Jane Guerry, 11/28/1998 Account Book of Alpheus Chaffee Simsbury, CT (Jan 3, 1833)
2022.001				NA	NA		3. Curtis	Sylvester Curtis (1819 - 1889)	1867		The Holy Bible , containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, 4th edition. New York: American Bible Society, 1867. Family records, between the old and new testament, list Sylvester Curtis and Evaline Horton as the first marriage on Aug 25,1840. This bible came to the Simsbury Free Library with the George Mills' (1817 - 1890) family bible. George Mill's son, Washburn G Mill's (1865/66 - 1915) married Sylvester Curtis' daughter, Eugenia Curtis (1842 - 1914) Their daughter Josephine E. Mills married Robert Lane and their children, Mills Curtis Lane and William Charles Lane are listed in both bibles.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.1.9	NA	NA		3. Ensign	Richard Dudley Seymour (1895 - 1986)	1824	1986	Donated by Jean Bishop, 5/28/2003 Genealogical chart entitled "Ancestral Register of Richard Dudley Seymour" Orignal copy and two photocopies, one photocopy for of each side of the family. Richard Dudley Seymour (1895 - 1986), grandson of Sabra Thankful Ensign (1826-1901) and Chester Seymour (1824- 1895) of Granby, married June 27, 1849 by Rev. N. Whiting of Bloomfield.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	Need Box (10" x 12" x 4")	NA	NA		4. Mills	George Mills (1817 - 1890)	1851		Donated by Tom Killeen, 1/19/2007 Butler's Edition, The Holy Bible, containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tonuges and with the former translations diligently compared and revised with references and various readings, together with the Apographa. In Two volumnes, Vol. 1. Philadelphia, [PA]:E. H. Butler & Co., 1851. Inscription: George Mills A) Newpaper clipping: April, 16 1936 , Obituary for Emily Mills, of Winsted, CT only child of William H. And Kate (Skinner) Mills. She was buried in the Mills family plot in the Canton Street Cemetary. B) Bookmark This bible came to the Simsbury Free Library with the Sylvester Curtis (1819 - 1889) family bible. George Mill's son, Washburn G Mill's (1865/66 - 1915) married Sylvester Curtis' daughter, Eugenia Curtis (1842 - 1914) Their daughter Josephine E. Mills married Robert Lane and their children, Mills Curtis Lane and William Charles Lane are listed in both bibles.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.3.2	NA	NA		5. Pettibone	George Pettibone (1810 - )	1792	1854	Donated by Evelyn Green McIntyre (3/17/1995) A) George Pettibone's Bible: The Holy Bible containing the Old and new Testaments, translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translation diligently compared and revised, New York: American Bible Society, 1854. George Pettibone is the son of Samuel Pettibone (1784 - ) and Catherine Mills (1790 - ) p.275 Bates B) Jeremy Belknap, The History of New Hampshire, Vol. 1 Comprehending the events of one complete century from the discovery of the River Pascataqua.Boston: Reprinted for the author: 1792.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.3.3.5	NA	NA		6. Rowley	Leon R. Rowley	1893	1904	Donated by Barbara Rowley Stromgren Behrens, October 1989. Account books: A) Oversized ledger, 1893 - ? "West Simsbury Store, Leon R. Rowley, Proprietor and Post Master (store burned in 1925)" B) Oversized ledger, 1904 - ? "West Simsbury Store, Leon R. Rowley, Proprietor and Post Master (store burned in 1925)" C)
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.3.3	NA	NA		7. Ryerson	Lewis Ryerton (1734 - 1806)	1734	1806	Donated by Mary Dake Smith Ryerson, 05/31/18 The family bible for the Ryerson, Ryerss and/or Cockerns. Birth, death and marriage dates, from 1754 to 1806, are handwritten between the old and new testament. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated, out of the original Greek, and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Magesty's Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches (Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, His Magesty's Printer, 1769) The first few pages of the old testament is missing as well as the first 19 chapters of Genesis.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.1.8	NA	NA		8. Toy	Joseph Toy (1808 - 1887)			Donated by Starr Sayres, 3/13/2002 Genealogical table showing descendants of Joseph Toy, collateral branches of the family and their relationship to the American fuse industry. Lists descendants with his first wife, Jane Osler ( 1802 -1848), second wife, Sarah Humphrey Merritt (1817 - 1881), and third wife, Mary Seymour Toy (1852 -1934).
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.2.2.4	NA	NA		9. Tuller	Theona Holcomb Tuller (1890 - 1990)	1928		Donated by Barbara S. Tuller, Nov 2012 Theona Holcomb Tuller (1890 - 1990) A) Memoranda/Calendar book with hardwritten notes (5 1/2" x 2 3/4"x 1/2 ") B) Three pages of handwritten notes. C) 1918 Annual Report for the Tuller's Simsbury Dairy Company D) Photocopy of newspaper clipping: Dick and James Curtis purchase old grist mill, Farmington Valley Herald, Dec 27, 1945. E) Letter from Mary Jane Springman to Simsbury Historical Society, Jan 19, 2013 regarding copies of this collection that they recieved on CD- ROM and a copy of the CD-ROM.
2022.001	Family Collection	LIB	6.2.3.B		folder		Barnard	Joseph Barnard (d. 1695) and Sarah Strong (d.1733/34)			Walther M. Barnard, Notable Individuals and Notable Spouces of Individuals Related by Blood to Descendants of Joseph Barnard (d. 1695) and Sarah Strong (d. 1733/34), Mss. Fredonia, NY:May 23, 1999.
2022.001	Family Collection	ARC	1.1.1.9	NA	1		Whitfield - Sheafe	Rev. Henry Whitfield (c.1590 - 1657)	1982		Donated by Stephen E. Simon, 2/10/2001 Whitfield-Sheafe Ancestry: A)Eleven loose pages regarding family history B) Letter from John B. Threlfall to Stephen E. Simon, letter accompanied mateirals sent to Simon concerning the Sheafe family history. C) Family Tree (2 copies) "The Ancestors of Reverend Henry Whitfield, B.D. of New College, Oxford, Rector of Ockley, Surrey, Minister and One of the founders of Guilford, Connecticut." Compiled by John Brooks Threlfall, Madison, WI, 1982 C) One page description of Family Shields.

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