Deaths of Natives from History of the Town of Ledyard, Connecticut (Avery) and State Overseers Records from 1740-1913. Request information on primary surnames of interest by contacting the I C R C by email or telephone
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