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John Bird deed
00-2002-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2002-23-0
Scope and Contents
John Bird of Litchfield, Conn. deed to William Gibbs of Litchfield for one and a half acres in Litchfield. Dated Litchfield, Jan 30, 1750/51 and witnessed by Joseph Sanford, Lenuel Little and Thomas Harrison, Justice of the Peace.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1750/1752 Jan 30; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2001
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
James Birge deed
00-2010-296-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-296-0
Scope and Contents
Deed to William F. Baldwin for land in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1847 Apr 3; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bishop family collection
2011-14-0
Collection
Identifier: 2011-14-0
Scope and Contents
The Bishop family collection (2011-14-0, .42 linear feet) documents the families of Charles B. Bishop (1832-1913) and Jane Farnsworth Bishop (1829-1892) of Litchfield, Conn. A number of individuals are represented in the collection, including Charles, his father Charles Bishop (1791-1871), his grandfather John Bishop (1756-1848); Charles’s brothers James Ensign Bishop (1828-1903) and Theophilus Fenn Bishop (1820-1846); Theophilus’s wife Susan Amelia Pratt Bishop (1818-1848); several of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1825-1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Bissell family collection
1949-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1949-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Bissell and Bissell-Baldwin families, including family members, friends, and business associates. The collection consists of correspondence, business records, account books, and other records.
Isaac Bissell (1682-1744) moved to Litchfield in 1723, where he owned a 60th share, approximately 700 acres. He was the father of ten children, including Benjamin (1717-1747) and Zebulon (1724-1777).
The Bissells were farmers, although there is little material in the Society's...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1760-1926; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1949
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
John Bissell commissioner of deeds appointments
00-1947-13-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1947-13-0
Scope and Contents
Appointments by governors of John Bissell, who attended the Litchfield Law School, to serve as commissioner of deeds in various states, 1836-1878. There is also a letter from S. C. Hall of Nevada, Mo., to William Bissell, 1869. Bound volume housed in 3B Box 20.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1878; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1947
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Warren W. Bissell et al. deed
00-2010-247-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-247-0
Scope and Contents
Deed from Warren W. Bissell, Samantha J. Bissell, Dwight H. Seelye, Marcella W. Sellye, Lawson Taflin and Antoinette Taflin to Mary P. Earle for land in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1902 Oct 21
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Edward Blakeslee and Charlotte Blakeslee deed
00-2010-297-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-297-0
Scope and Contents
Deed to James P. Peck for land in Litchfield, Conn.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840 Jun 5; Other: Date acquired: 01/09/2012
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Ebenezer Bolles family papers
1932-22-0
Collection
Identifier: 1932-22-0
Scope and Contents
The Ebenezer Bolles family papers relate to Ebenezer Bolles (1764-1826), his sons Ebenezer W. Bolles (1793-1854), Samuel Penfield Bolles (1795-1875), and Henry Bolles (1802-1849), and Samuel's wife's half-brother William Mather Clark (1805-1878). The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, legal papers, and account books.
Ebenezer Bolles (1764-1826) married Abigail Penfield Bolles (1763-1844). They settled in Litchfield, where all of their children where born; as adults, most of them moved...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1789-1849; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1932
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Thomas Braine deed
00-2010-04-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-04-0
Scope and Contents
Thomas Braine of Jamaica, Queens County, New York sells and gives title to James Akin of the Oblong, Dutchess County, New York, land from grant given by the King, being a tract of land called the Oblong in Dutchess County, wherein was reserved the pine trees, mines and certain income for the king.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1753 May 15
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Whitney L. Brooks collection of Coe family papers
1950-23-0
Collection
Identifier: 1950-23-0
Scope and Contents
The Whitney L. Brooks collection of Coe family papers relates primarily to Levi Coe (1760-1832) of Litchfield, Conn., and his son Levi Coe (1810-1881). The papers consist of finanical and legal records, correspondence, deeds, estate papers, land surveys, and other items.
Levi Coe (1760-1832) was married twice, the second time to Deborah McCall (1769-1843). They had 11 children, including Levi Coe (1810-1881) and Elizabeth Coe Oviatt (1805-1875). The collection includes a number of deeds and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1785-1854; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1950
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society