Bible and Other Records for Harry⁶ and Israel^5-4 (Josiah³, John²) Terrill

Transcriptions, with comments, by Nancy Tyrrel Theodore March, 2010

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The Bible record for the Harry⁶ Terrill family shows that he was born in Connecticut, and removed to Yates co., NY by 1831 where he and his wife, Amelia (Plummer), had the first of their eight children:

FAMILY RECORD

Births

Deaths

* The number "8" is uncertain, is over-written.

** Goodwin was the maiden name of ancestor Josiah³ Terrill's wife, Mary. For more on Joseph Goodwin⁷ and Joseph Goodwin⁵ Terrill see DOR Newsletter, Volume V, No.2, pages 18-19 "Joseph Goodwin Terrill," under the "DOR1" tab on this site.

Harry⁶ was from the Waterbury, CT area. There is a memorial stone at Hillside Cemetery (formerly called Old Burying Ground at Salem Bridge), Naugatuck, New Haven co., CT- with the following inscription: CHILDREN OF ISRAEL^[5] TERRILL, JR./ MILES/ DIED IN 1876/ AE 76 Y'RS./ HARRY DIED IN 1856/ AE 54 Y'RS./ ISRAEL FOWLER/ DIED IN 1880/ AE 75 Y'RS./ HANNAH/ DIED IN 1818/ AE 11 Y'RS.

The record for Israel⁴ Terrill, Sr.'s family can be found in the Town Clerk's vital records for Waterbury, Connecticut 1680-1851, p. 235 (LDS Film #6111) as follows:

Israel Terrill ye son of Josiah Terrill of Waterbury was Married to Zeriah Beebe Daughter of Jonathan Beebe of said Waterbury February 9^th AD 1758

Their first Child a Son name Anah born Decembr 6^th AD 1759

Their Second Child a Daughter name Abigail born October 23 AD 1760

Their Third Child a Daughter name Hannah born October 17 AD 1762

their fourth Child Named Rejoyce born Sept^r ye 7^th AD 1764

their fifth Child a Daughter named Mary born Nov^r ye 15^th 1766

their Sixth Child Named Tirzah born Nov^r the 22 1769

Their Seventh Child a son Named Joseph Goodwin born Jan^ry 5^th 1773

The above Named Anah Daughter of the s^d Israel Terrill Dyed January 18^th 1762***

Here this record for the family ends. However, other records for Waterbury^a-b show Israel and Zeriah had an eighth child:

Israel, b. 29 August 1776.

Zeriah (sometimes Zeruah) d. 15 June 1781, and Israel married^a Lois Upson 15 January 1783. They had two children:

Fowler, bp. at Naugatuck, 25 Feb 1787

Heman bp at Naugatuck, 5 June 1791^b

*** Anah's birth record says "Son," yet the death record shows "Daughter." Obviously, a Clerk error. The name "Anah" is mentioned in the Bible, Gensis 32:24, "These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father." Therefore, we'll assume that the first reference is correct and Anah is a son.

a The Town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, edited by Joseph Anderson, Volume I, by Sarah J. Prichard and others, New Haven 1896. Marriages by Deacon Samuel Lewis Justice of the Peace, taken from his record and incorporated into Anderson's history, Page Ap135

b TAG - The American Genealogist, Volume 25, "The Terrill Family of Connecticut," by Donald Lines Jacobus, pp. 50-51.