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Jeremiah (Jerry) Moulthrop |
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Born: 27 Apr 1771 East Haven, New Haven, CT
Married:1st: 1794 First Congregational Church of Wolcott Jeremiah Molthrop to Hester Beecher
2nd: 24 Dec 1795 First Congregational Church of Bristol to Sarah Upson
Died: After 1817
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
1st Hester Beecher
d. 09 Mar 1795 Wolcott, CT
The Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus pg 1239 gives as source of death "Graveyard, Wolcott"
Ancient Burying Grounds of the town of Waterbury by Katharine Prichard, 1917 lists under Wolcott Deaths, "Moulthrop, Mrs. Hester, wife of Jerry, d. March 9, 1795, aged 21 yrs.
2nd Sarah Upson
b. 23 Oct 1772
Sarah is listed in the Bible Record
d. 20 Aug 1853 Twinsburg, Summit Co., OH
CHILDREN with Hester Beecher
1. Hester B Moulthrop b. Abt. 1791
CHILDREN with Sarah Upson
1. Newell Molthrop b. 1798
2. Fanny Moulthrop b. 1801
3. Isabinda Moulthrop b. 1804
4. Jerry Truxton Molthrop b. 1806
Biography of Jerry Moulthrop
by Susan Brooke
July 2014
According to the bible record kept by his daughter Fanny, Jerry Moulthrop was born
April 27, 1771 in East Haven, New Haven, CT, the oldest of five children.
(1) His father, Elihu Moulthrop who had fought in the Revolution, died at
sea in 1782 when Jerry was just eleven. (2) His mother, then widowed with five young children to
raise, the youngest just under two, remarried a couple of years later to Charles Upson, an influential and
wealthy citizen of Wolcott. A year after her remarriage his mother, Mary
Hotchkiss Moulthrop Upson, joined the church in Wolcott on July 3, 1785 and had her five
children baptized July 7, 1785. (3) Jerry was fourteen. The following July he
received his share of his father's estate, 90 rods of land valued at £6.12.8.
(4)
He married Hester Beecher at the age of twenty-three in the Congregational
Church of Wolcott and had a daughter, Hester. (5) He donated 12
shillings for the hire of a new minister and then Hester died, probably in
childbirth, only a year after their marriage, leaving him with an infant
daughter to raise. He married in the church a few months later to Sarah Upson,
first cousin to his step-father, Charles Upson. (6) He and Sarah had four children
within a ten year span, the last being born in October 1808.
Jerry and Sarah seem to have been living in Bristol, the same place of
residence as Sarah's father, Asa Upson. However, even though they were
married with two young children, Jerry and Sarah are not to be found in the 1800
census records. Nor were they living with Sarah's father. However,
Jerry signed a petition to allow Abel Lewis to open a "tavern or house of public
entertainment" in Bristol on May 8, 1802. His signature can be seen on the
petition below. (7) In 1804 he was listed in the tax records for Bristol as a carpenter. (8)
Jerry was in the records, purchasing and
speculating in land. (9) Four months after
his marriage to Sarah he purchased land bordering "sd Moulthrop" On
March 1, 1798 he purchased an acre of land in Wolcott with a dwelling house. They seem to have been living in Bristol even though they
were purchasing land in Wolcott. He may have lost some money when Bani
Fishop filed for bankruptcy in 1800. Jerry is listed as one of the
creditors. (10)
Then Sarah's father died in 1807 leaving her one 1/5th of
the household furniture as mentioned in his will. She inherited a little
under $300.00. The distribution of her father's estate was made Jan 12, 1808. In
March of 1808 when there was much land speculation in Wolcott due to the rumor
of a potential turnpike, Jerry and Sarah together sold 1 acre of land with
dwelling house for $180 to Isaac Upson with the condition that they could buy it
back with interest before Jan 1, 1810. Then,
even though he had not repurchased his dwelling house and Sarah was pregnant
with a fourth child, three days before the birth
of that child on October 19, 1808 a Jerry Moulthrop, no age or city
listed, enlisted in the 4th US Infantry under Captain Adams for 5 years. (11) The
company was organized near Concord MA. The 4th Infantry was ambushed at Maguage, fourteen miles below Detroit, by a superior force of British,
Canadians, and Indians. Even though the American regulars captured the
enemy's concealed breastworks and wounded Tecumseh, General Hull surrendered his
entire force on August 16, 1812 to include the Fourth led by Captain Cook.
For this General Hull was found guilty of cowardness. The soldiers were
taken to Canada as prisoners of war. A Jerry Moulthrop was thus held as a
prisoner of war in Quebec for four months. He was returned to America from
Quebec on December 20, 1812 with the 4th Regt. Infantry. (12) There was
another "Jared" Moulthrop in East Haven at that time. He married an Ann
Byington on 18 Feb. 1817 in East Haven. However all records referring to
him have his name as Jared, and a Jared Moulthrop is listed as serving in the
War of 1812 in the 1st Reg.t in Brainerd's Reg't., no date given. Jerry
Moulthrop always used the name of Jeremiah, Jarey, Jere or Jerry and there is no
record for any other Jerry Moulthrop alive at that time.
On Aug 19, 1814 a Jerry Moulthrop enlisted
under Capt Boardam. He was discharged at Burlington June 16, 1815, term
expired. (13) On April 28, 1817 Jerry Moulthrop, private, aged 36, enlisted for
five years at Sackett's Harbor in the 2nd Infantry under Capt H Shell. He
was born in East Haven, New Haven. He was 5' 10 1/2" tall, gray eyes, fair complected
and a carpenter. The record says he deserted June 10,
1817. (14)Nothing is known about him after that date. A land warrant for 160
acres was issued to him on March 27, 1816. In 1840 there was a report on
the issuance of those land warrants showing that the warrant was never
"satisfied." (15)
Three days after Jerry enlisted in 1808, Sarah gave birth to their fourth
child, who she named Jerry, after his father. She had all four of the children baptized
as "the
children of Jerry Moulthrop on his wife's account" in 1816. In 1820 she is
named as Sarah Moulthrop of Burlington when purchasing land in
Wolcott. Her agent was son-in-law, Joseph Neal. By 1827 she was in Southington
where her step-daughter Hester, married to Joseph Neal, lived. She
was dismissed from the First Congregational Church of Southington on 2 Dec 1827 as Sarah, "wife of
Jeremiah Moulthrop," giving us the impression he may have still been alive.
In 1818 his brother-in-law, Saul Upson, moved to Twinsburg, Portage Co., OH .
On April 16, 1818 his daughter, Fanny, married Elijah W. Bronson and they too
moved to Twinsburg. However, Sarah stayed on in
Wolcott. Sarah did not ask for a leave from the church there until Dec 1827.
Jerry's mother, Mary Jane Hotchkiss Upson, had died on March 30, 1826 and is
buried in Wolcott. However, there is no record of Jerry.
Sarah moved to Twinsburg Ohio in 1828. She joined the church and there
is a record there of her daughters Fanny and Isabinda. There is also a
mention of a Jeremiah Moulthrop as being an original inhabitant of Twinsburg,
but that was probably referring to their son, Jerry Truxton Moulthrop who would have
been over 21 when Sarah moved. Sarah was buried in Twinsburg in 1853.
Sources
(2) History of East Haven by Sarah Eva Hughs, Stephen Dodd, 1908, pg
93
DEATHS "1782, Oct 27 Elihu Moulthrop, West
India Fever. age 35"
(3) July 7, 1785 Congregational
Church of Wolcott "Jere, Adonijah, Mary, Elihu, Esther, children of Mary, wife of Charles Upson by her former husband." |
Baptism of Jere Moulthrop |
(4) Hartford, CT Probate records, file 7174 Set out to Jarey Moultrup eldest son 90 Rods of Land in the Home Lot bounded South on the heirs of Jo" Smith Dec'd. East on Highway, West on the widow Hannah Smith's thirds £6 12 8. |
Distribution of estate of Elihu W Moulthrop |
(5) Marriage of "Jeremiah Moulthrop to Hester Beecher" FHL film 6216 image 31 1794 First Congregational Church of Wolcott Jeremiah Molthrop to Hester Beecher |
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(6) Marriage of "Jere Moulthrop of Wolcott to Sarah
Upson" FHL film 3791 image 241 24 Dec 1795 First Congregational Church of Bristol |
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(7) Petition for Tavern in Bristol Connecticut State Library Reel 198 75 Cs Travel etc. ser 2 1737-1820 VII Doc 73 a.b. Jerry signed a petition to allow Abel Lewis to open a "tavern or house of public entertainment" in Bristol on May 8, 1802. |
Signature of Jerry Molthrop petitioning for tavern in Bristol |
(8) Ten generations of the Barnes family in Bristol, Connecticut by Fuller
Forbes Barnes, Mrs George W Hull, 1946
pg 46. "It is somewhat puzzling to
discover in the assessment list of 1804 that Asahel Barnes was assessed as a
joiner and William Thorp, Jerry Moulthrop, and Elias Perkins were set down as
carpenters."
(10) Connecticut State Library Archives Reel 75 Cs insolvent Debtors V2 27 a.b.c.
Petition of Bani Bishop of Wolcott showing that he followed the mercantile
business & also traded at sea & through payment of debts of an insolvent
brother, loss of a vessel, illness & other misfortune he is now unable to pay
his debts & praying for liberty to resign his property for benefit of his
creditors."
"Beni Bishop of Wolcott" - "complete bankrupt unable to pay his
just debts." court "appoints commissioners to settle his debts" Beni
Bishop is "to resign up his property into the hands of such commissioners."
The following people were summoned: William Stevens, Moses Todd, Capt John Hion,
Walter Beecher, John Beecher, Abigail Pardee wife of Eliphlet Pardee, Eliphlet
Pardee, Jerry Molthrop of Wolcott in New Haven, Elihu Cook of
Branford, Rev. John Page. etc."
(12) Release of Prisoners of War A list of Commissioned officers, non commissioned officers, Musicians, Privates who arrived last month in Cartets from Quebec, and who are now guarded at Charlestown, Mass. Dec 20, 1812 |
( 11) & (13) US Army Register of Enlistments 1798-1914 | Jerry Moulthrop, Pvt. 4th U. S. Infantry. Capt. Adams. Oct.
19,1808 for 5 years. Roll dated 1813. "American prisoners of war paroled
and furloughed (BK 666)" Jerry Moulthrop, Pvt. 26th U.S. Inft'y, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches. Gray eyes, Brown hair, Dark complection, age 39, occupation Carpenter, East Haven Conn. R R Hartford, Aug 29 R 31. 1814, at Burlington - Capt. S Boardman Co, Book 1814 - 1815. present Aug 19 R Nov. 1, 1814 to Jan'y 1, 1815 - D. R. Lieut J. Boardman's Co Feb'y 16 R J. R. Feb'y 28 R April 30, 1815. Present. M. R. _ 1815 Disch'd at Burlington, June 16, 1815. term exp'. |
(14) Fold3 Registers of Enlistments
in the United States Army 1798-1914 Registers of Enlistments 1815, May 17-1821, Jun 30 I-M page 321 |
Jerry Moulthrop Pvt 2nd Inft'y, Capt. H. Shell, 5 feet 10 1/2 in tall, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complection, age 36, occupation Carpenter, East Haven, for 5 years. April 1817. deserted June 10, 1817. |
(15)
Google Books "Public Documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States" Volume II pg 2 |
There was "information showing the number of soldiers enlisted into the army of the United States, and entitled to bounty land, during the late war with Great Britain, designating those who were entitled to 320 acres, from those who were entitled to 160 acres; also, the number of warrants which have been drawn and satisfied for each of said quantities; also, the number of warrants undrawn and unsatisfied at this time, with the names of the soldiers entitled to receive the same; and how far it may appear from the rolls of the army that they have died in service, or have been discharged honorably, or otherwise." Under "List of warrants issued for servicer in the late war, not satisfied," we find "Warrant # 3496 Jerry Moulthrop. Discharged." |
March 27, 1816 To Jerry Moulthrop, private, 26th inft'y, 160 acres "on any unlocated parts of the six millions of acres appropriated by law for the original grantees of such military warrants; and this warrant is not assignable or transferable in any manner." |
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