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Sarah buried in Colchester Common Cemetery, near Lt. John. Sarah was born Hartford, Hartford,CT unknown date. She is said to have been a tailoress by trade, and to have brought John as dowry a bushel of silver coins earned with her needle. With this money, they built "the most elegant house on Bulkeley Hill" bringing 12 men from Hartford, 25 miles through the woods by a blazed trail. There was not sufficient skilled labor to be found in Colchester. The house stood until the 1870's. Sarah died 13 Oct 1754 in an epidemic fever which claimed also her son Asa and 2 of his children, all within 6 weeks. John then married (3)Abigail ________,whose headstone states she died 1 Aug 1760 in the 58th year of her age, as John's 3rd wife. (Addenda: Abigail identified in Joshua Hempstead diary as follows: "Wed, Sept 17,1775. Afternoon I went to Capt. John Miller's and married his mother [Abigail) to Mr. John Bigelow and he carried her away about 3 o'clock." Hempstead was a justice-of-the-peace in New London, CT. Abigail said to have probably been nee Lewis, and a widow of Jeremaih Miller.)

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Cortney Humphrey Patrick Jr. [Male] b. 9 NOV 1881 IL - d. 1955

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Title: Nostarks.FTW

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Deaver Mary Isabelle [Female] b. MAY 1886 Jefferson Co, NE - d. 1942

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Cortney Humphrey Patrick [Male] b. ABT. 1844 Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland - d. 1893 Davenport, Scott Co, IA

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February 20th, 1865 - Sailed to New York
Unable to find work in the North, because of heavy snows
Headed south, and joined confederate army - war ended - discharged
Moved to Alton, Illinois, then Chesterfield, Illinois