Deaths of Natives from History of the Town of Ledyard Connecticut (Avery) and State Overseers Records. Request information on primary surnames of interest by contacting the ICRC by email or telephone.

1740-1913

1740

Hannah Scadaub, age 22 (from gravestone)

1772

May, child of Joshua George

1776

Revolutionary Soldiers who died this year:

Daniel Charles

Jacob Cocheats

Isaac Comwas

Solomon Spiat

Zachery Meason

Thomas Cocheats

Charles Charley

Jacob George

Thomas Segon

1776

May- Betsey Charles

October- child of Joshua George

Nov.- Thomas Cocheats

1777

Jan.- Mary Zachery

Feb.- Senshemon

Mar.- Peter Cocheats

Daniel Cocheats

Apr.- Esther Cocheats

Child of Moses Senshemon

Sept.- Tamer

Dec.- Aaron Senshemon

Amy Cocog

Silas Pomeat

1778

Mar.- child of Temperance Crank

Apr.- Moses Chunks

July- David Senshemon

Aug.- Abigail Senshemon

Simeon Charles

Sept.- Peg Chunks

Oct.- Elizabeth Daniels

1778 In the Army

John Tobey

Janer Charles

Wampey

Moses George

Joshua George

J. Comway

1779

Jan.- John Mason

May- Daniel Charles

Dec.- child of Colhorin Charles

1780

July- son of Joshua Charles

1781

Jan.- Ephraim Meson, drowned

Apr.- Temperance Charles

Nov.- child of Jeffery

1782

Feb.- Robert Meson

Oct.- John Oakes

1783

Apr.- John Cooper

July- Peter Senshemon

1784

Apr.- Mercy Meson

—– Chunks

July- Elizabeth Wampey

1785

July- child of — Mergan

Nov.- child of Joseph Sunshemon

Dec.- Anna Robins

1786

Mar.- child of Amy Charles

May- Grace Adams

1787

May- child of Jonas Senshemon

July- child of Job Tinker

Aug.- Job Tinker’s wife

Nov.- ——– Senshemon

Anna Adams

Peter Chunch

1788

Jan.- Hannah Charles, age 60

Feb.- ——- Tucker

Apr.- Elizabeth Barney

—– Jeffry

Aug.- Widow Meson

Sept.- Aaron Senshemon

1789

Jan.- George Toby

May- John Toby

Nov.- child of Hannah Wampey

1790

Feb.- Anna Dick

Mar.- Tamer Meson

June- child of Senshemon

Sept.- Aaron Senshemon, son of Moses, age 1

Dec.- Abigail Wailey

Jacob Charles

Elizabeth ——-

1791

Feb.- Mary Lewis

Hannah Cooper

Mar.- child of Josiah Squib

child of Anny Wampey

child of Moses Senshemon

Apr.- Daniel Cocheats

July- Olive Charles

Anna Enos

Oct.- John Charles

1792

May- Dolly ——-

Aug.- Timothy Brosset

1793

Oct.- Benjamin Charles

Dec.- Esther Cocheats

1794

Jan.- Mary ——, age 42

1795

Mar.- Jacob George

Apr.- Sarah Charles

Aug.- Peggy

Ruth

1796

Oct.- Hannah Bampin

1801

Aug.- Anna Wampin

1811

Aug.- Susannah Reed (from Rhode Island)

1822 (from overseers record)

Lucy Ashbow for funeral

Lydia Hendricks coffin

1824 (from overseers record)

May- coffin for sarah Mesen

Coffin fo Hannah George

1825 (from overseers record)

Coffin for Ben. George’s boy

1826 (from overseers record)

William George’s coffin

Apr. 14- digging grave for Joshua George

1831 (Eva Butler records)

Sept. 6- Ann Wampy, age 71.

1832 (from overseers record)

Oct. 10- grave clothes for Isaac Fagins

1833 (from overseers record)

Sept. 1- coffin for Margaret Gray’s child

Feb. 5- Ruth Pomham, “Old Ruth”, died age 100.(Eva Butler records)

1836 (from overseers record)

Feb. 18- digging grave for Anna Wampe

Grave for mary Ann Deshon’s child

1853-1854 (from overseers record)

Betsey Squib coffin and burial $10.50

James Squib coffin and burial $10.00

1859 (from overseers record)

Edwin Dick, coffin. To Stonington for corpse $2.50

Sept. 23- to bury E. Deshin

Sept. 28- N. Fagins, coffin and burial clothes

1862 (from overseers record)

Aug. 4- coffin for Peter George

1864 (from overseers record)

May 23- Esther Lawrence. Coffin and shroud & carrying child to grave.

1873 (from overseers record)

July- Thankful Charles died

1874 (from overseers record)

Feb. 28- to bury Caroline Wheeler

1875 (from overseers record)

Nov. 10- coffin for Peter’s child

Aug.- Jane Potter

1879 (Ledyard vital records)

Sept. 26- Amasa Lawrence, age 76

1895 (from Eva Butler records)

Nov. 11- Austin George

1897 (from Eva Butler records)

Mitchell Meech Newell, age 40

1898 (from Eva Butler records)

Oct. 1- Cyrus George, age 45

1913 (from Eva Butler records)

Aug. 25- Lyman Lawrence, age 78