MIDDLESEX
Town incorporated 1668. Congregational Church organized 1700 though public worship began 1668. No records have been preserved prior to 1756, when Rev. Eleazer May took charge.
GROOM |
BRIDE |
DATE OF MARRIAGE |
| David Smith | Martha Brooks | July 27, 1756 |
| Stephen Johnson of Middletown | Sarah Ellis of Haddam | Sept. 4, 1756 |
| Solomon Bates | Widow Hannah Squier** | Sept. 21, 1756 |
| Jeremiah Ray of Haddam | Mehitable Hough or Huff | Nov. 8, 1756 |
| Eleazer Lewis | Abigail Tyler | May 26, 1757 |
| Elisha Cone | Martha Bates | May 26, 1757 |
| William Barnes of New Fairfield | Deborah Griswold of Haddam | Jan., 1758 |
| Daniel Bates | Lucy Squier ** | Jan., 1758 |
| Joseph Dickinson | Lydia Brooks | July, 1760 |
| William Marcum | Abigail Willey | June, 1760 |
| Francis Clark | Else Smith | Oct., 1761 |
| Jeremiah Hubbard | Mary Wells | Feb. 25, 1762 |
| Ezra Shailor | Jerusha Brainerd | Nov. 11, 1762 |
| Joshua Brooks | Elizabeth Brainerd | Nov. 16, 1762 |
| Joshua Strong of Middletown | Hope Smith of Haddam | June, 1763 |
| Peter Rich of Middletown | Penelope Bonfoye of Haddam | June 30, 1763 |
| Nehemiah Brainerd | Sarah Brainerd, both of Haddam | Nov. 15, 1763 |
| Jonathan Boardman | Widow Sarah Smith | Jan. 3, 1764 |
| James Stephens | Lydia Hazelton | Jan. 5, 1764 |
| Isaack Williams | Mary Arnold | June, 1764 |
| Jabez Brainerd, Jr. | Deborah Brainerd | Sept. 13, 1764 |
| Samuel Lee of Guilford | Agnis Dickinson of Haddam | Nov. 7, 1764 |
| Ezra Tyler | Prudence Richardson | Dec. 27, 1764 |
| Samuel Shailor | Elizabeth Butler | Jan. 3, 1765 |
| David Smith | Hannah Brainerd | Feb. 21, 1765 |
| Oliver Welles | Ann Brainerd | May 2, 1765 |
| Otis Southworth of Saybrook | Nancy Ray of Haddam | June, 1765 |
| David Halloburt of Middletown | D. Arnold of Haddam | Sept. 3, 1765 |
| Gersham Thairs of Middletown | Susannah Hazelton of Haddam | Sept., 1765 |
| Charles Sears | Sarah Clark | Nov. 2, 1765 |
| Joshua Brooks | Hannah Smith | Dec. 8, 1765 |
| Ephraim Baley | Mary Kelley | Feb. 6, 1766 |
| ,Samuel Hurlburt of Middletown | Jerusha Higgins of Haddam | Oct., 1766 |
| Bryant Brown of Killingly | Mary Dunbar of Haddam | Nov., 1766 |
| Jacob Catling of Harwington | Dorothy Griswold of Haddam | Dec., 1766 |
| Stephen Venters | Mary Church | May 30, 1767 |
| Jonathan Huntington of East Haddam | Silence Selden of Haddam | Sept. 17, 1767 |
| Jonathan Brooks | Hope Baley | Oct. 1, 1767 |
| William Smith | Esther Brainerd | Oct. 13, 1767 |
| Bazaleel Shailor | Susannah Bailey | Dec., 1767 |
| David Clark | Abigail Hazelton | Feb. 14, 1768 |
| Abner Ives of Wallingford | Anne Ferguson of Haddam | May 11, 1768 |
| Solomon Wakely | Rebeckah Hazelton | Sept. 1, 1768 |
| John Brooks | Esther Brainerd both of Haddam | Oct. 6, 1768 |
| Samuell Lord of Lyme | Elizabeth Bates of Haddam | Dec., 1768 |
| James Merwin | Martha Smith | Jan. 1, 1769 |
| Samuell Spencer | Anne Brooks | Jan. 10, 1769 |
| Abner Spencer | Deborah Clark | March 18, 1769 |
| Capt. Lemuel Hull of Killingworth | Widow Sarah Porter of Haddam | April 5, 1769 |
| Evan Thomas | Ann Smith | April 13, 1769 |
| James Knowles | Martha Smith | May 25, 1769 |
| Stephen Clark | Martha Cone | June 5, 1769 |
| Aaron Hubbard | Demaris Wakely | June 7, 1769 |
| Theodore Ray | Abigail Higgins | Nov., 1769 |
| Samuel Scovil | Ruth Chapmanb | Jan., 1770 |
| Samuel Clark of East Haddam ** | Sarah Higgins of Haddam | April, 1770 |
| John Smith | Widow Susannah White | July, 1770 |
| Jephthah Brainerd | Anne Fish ** | Dec. 20, 1770 |
| Abraham Spencer | Drusilla Brainerd | March 15, 1771 |
| James Arnold | Freelove Wellman | May 30, 1771 |
| William Kelley | Catherine Stillman, | June 3, 1771 |
| Samuel Spencer | Abigail Porter, both of Haddam | June 26, 1771 |
| Reuben Brooks | Abigail Cone | July 11, 1771 |
| Osias Bidwell of Hartford | Widow Esther Brooks of Haddam | Sept. 4, 1771 |
| Shailor Hubbard | Anne Wakeley | Oct. 10, 1771 |
| Thomas Hubbard, Jr. | Sarah Boardman | Nov. 6, 1771 |
| Joseph Selden, Jr | Susannah Smith | Nov. 12, 1771 |
| Capt. Abraham Brooks | Widow Eleanor Smith | Nov. 14, 1771 |
| John Selden of Middle Haddam | Jerusha Clarke of Haddam | May, 1772 BB |
| John Mahans (?) of Hartford | Huldah Brainerd of Haddam | Oct., 1772 |
| Solomon Tyler of Branford | Dorcas Fisk of Haddam | Nov. 9, 1772 |
| Nathaniel Brainerd of Haddam | Ann Johnson of Middletown | Feb. 10, 1773 |
| Joseph Post of Saybrook | Bethia Higgins of Haddam | Feb. 11, 1773 |
| Necho, servant of Lieut. Arnold | Tamur, my servant | Feb. 21, 1773 |
| Sylvanus Hull of Durham | Phebe Smith of Haddam | March, 1773 |
| William Heskell | Martha Porter | May, 1773 |
| James Clark | Mary White | May, 1773 |
| Justus Augur | Rhoda Allen | May, 1773 |
| Daniel Brainerd | Susannah Clarke | June, 1773 |
| Asa Wakeley | Elisabeth Thomas, both of Haddam | August, 1773 |
| Gideon Baley, Jr | Lydia Spencer | Sept. 6, 1773 |
| Richardson of East Haddam | Sarah Towner of Haddam | August, 1773 |
| Jonathan Clarke | Ruth Clarke | Oct., 1773 |
| James Thomas | Jerusha Clarke | Oct., 1773 |
| Roger Thomas | Sarah Comstock | Oct., 1773 |
| Amos Baley of Haddam | Ruth Gibbs of Chatham | Nov., 1773 |
| Isaach Johnson of Middletown | Anne Towner of Haddam | Dec. 9, 1773 |
| Henry Rockwell of Middletown | Desire Cone of Haddam | Dec. 14, 1773 |
| Jonathan Chapman | Mary Smith | Dec. 30, 1773 |
| William Gladden | Ama Hotchkiss | Dec. 31, 1773 |
| Beniah Cone | Ann Thomas | Jan. 4, 1774 |
| Joshua Gates, Jr of East Haddam | Eunice Fuller of Haddam | Feb., 1774 |
| Joseph Burr | Mary Knowles | April, 1774 |
| Joshua Smith | Abigail Knowles both of Haddam | April, 1774 |
| William Brainerd | Lydia Smith | May, 1774 |
| Whitmore Crook | Phebe Clarke | August, 1774 |
| Abijah Fuller | Hannah Spencer | August, 1774 |
| Lewis Smith | Anne Hubbard | Oct., 1774 |
| Luther Boardman | Esther Smith | Oct., 1774 |
| Obadiah Dickinson | Susannah Knowles | Oct., 1774 |
| Stephen Tryon of Middletown | Prudence Baley of Haddam | Nov. 17, 1774 |
| Stephen Smith | Esther Church | Nov. 17, 1774 |
| David Hubbard | Hannah Clarke | May 25, 1775 |
| Abner Tibbels | Elisabeth Knowles | July, 1775 |
| Joshua Symons | Helen Stillman | Nov. 16, 1775 |
| Benjamin Pelton of Guilford | Hannah Snow of Haddam | Dec. 9, 1775 |
| Richard Bonfoye | Widow Rebeckah Treadwell | Dec. 21, 1775 |
| Thomas Daniels of East Haddam | Lydia Kelsy | Dec. 21, 1775 |
| David Arnold | Jerusha Thomas | Feb., 1776 |
| Samuel Clark | Sussannah Thomas | Feb., 1776 |
| Jesse Brainerd | Mary Thomas | May 23, 1776 |
| Sylvenus Smith | Eunice Baley | July, 1776B |
| Porter Brooks | Elisabeth Clarke | Sept., 1776 |
| Henry Thomas | Jemima Baley | Oct., 1776 |
| John Brainerd | Hanah Hubbard | Dec. 5, 1776 |
| John Scovil | Elisabeth SpencerBB | Jan. 2, 1777 |
| Elias Cone | Ruth Crook | March, 1777 |
| Zachariah Brainerd | Dorothy Thomas | May 6, 1777 |
| David Clarke | Patience Kelley | May, 1777 |
| Josiah Brainerd | Abigail Lewis | June 4, 1777 |
| Arnold Hazelton | Mindwell Brainerd | August, 1777 |
| Cornelius Higgins, Jr | Esther Kelsey | Sept. 23, 1777 |
| Stephen Spencer | Eunice Augur | Oct. 16, 1777 |
| John Smith, Jr | Anne Clarke of Haddam | Oct., 1777 |
| Samuel Scovil | Widow Mary Ventre | Jan. 8, 1778 |
| Nathan Chase of Yarmoth | Mary Treadwell of Haddam | Jan., 1778 |
| Joseph Crook | Esther Clarke | Feb., 1778 |
| Cesar Black | Peg (Negroe) | July, 1778 |
| Doctor Eleazer Woodruff | Widow Abigail Spencer | July 27, 1778 |
| Daniel Chapman of East Haddam | Esther Shailor of Haddam | Nov. 18, 1778 |
| Daniel Clark | Widow Martha Ray | Dec., 1778 |
| Cephas Selden | Martha Brainerd | Dec., 1778 |
| Elias Spencer | Abigail Sextonb | Dec. 30, 1778 |
| Sylvenus Clarke | Dorothy Smith | May 6, 1779 |
| Thomas Bailey | Anna Kelley | May 19, 1779 |
| Joseph Taylor | Elisabeth Hotchkiss, | June 1, 1779 |
| Stephen Tibbels | Martha Burr | August, 1779 |
| Reuben Buel of Killingworth | Widow Anne Porter | Oct., 1779 |
| John Parmely of Killingworth | Dorothy Scovil | Dec., 1779 |
| Charles Williams of East Haddam | Susanah Shailor of Haddam | March 2, 1780 |
| James Treadwell | Mary Spencer | April, 1780 |
| Abraham Brooks | Abigail Clarke | May 4, 1780 |
| Frederick Smith | Sarah Brainerd | July, 1780 |
| Ebenezer Sage of Middletown | Diana Bailey | Sept., 1780 |
| Eliphalet Clarke | Lydia Thomas | Oct. 1780 |
| James Surtliff | Mehitable Clarke | Nov., 1780 |
| William Clarke | Anne Johnson | Nov., 1780 |
| David Thomas | Penelope Bonfoye | Dec., 1780 |
| - Johnson | Susannah Spencer | Jan., 1781 |
| William Clarke | Christian Baley | March, 1781 |
| Eliphalet Lester of Saybrook | Mary Smith of Haddam | May 1, 1781 |
| Joseph Stillman of Weathersfield | Huldah Mahans of Haddam | Sept., 1781 |
| Thomas Shailor, Jr | Widow Ann Brainerd | Nov., 1781 |
| Seth Hand of Killingworth | Thankfull Ray of Haddam | Dec., 1781 |
| John Hubbard of Middletown | & Phebe Brainerd of Haddam | Jan., 1782 |
| John Church | Widow Dorothy Brainerd | March, 1782 |
| William Brainerd | Susannah Tyler | March, 1782 |
| John Dickinson | Dorothy Scovil | Nov., 1781 |
| Hezekiah Whitmore | Elisabeth Brooks | July, 1782 |
| William Bailey, Jr | Ruth Thomas | June, 1782 |
| John Bailey | Mary Smith | July, 1783 |
| Aurunah Hubbard | Rebekeh Bates | July, 1783 |
| David Brooks of Middletown | Lucretia Sears of Haddam | May, 1783 |
| Josiah Carey of Middle Haddam | Lydia Clarke | Oct., 1783 |
| Nathaniel Hazelton | Sarah Smith | Nov., 1783 |
| Reuben Cone | Marger Childs | Dec., 1783 |
| Abraham Spencer | Sarah Hubbard | Dec., 1783 |
| Jonathan Russel | Molly Ray | Dec. 30, 1783 |
| Calvin Hubbard | Sarah Knowles | Jan., 1784 |
| Edward Selden | My daughter Sibbil May | Jan., 1784 |
| John Willcox | Lois Augur | Feb., 1784 |
| Simon Hazelton | Jedidah Smith | July, 1784 |
| David Johnson of Middletown | Martha Pelton | Aug., 1784 |
| Calvin Brooks | Temperance Hubbard | Aug., 1784 |
| Walker Knowles | Elisabeth Wells | Aug., 1784 |
| Abraham Tyler, Jr | Hannah Stephens | Sept., 1784 |
| Mr. David Selden | --- ** | May, 1784 |
| - Brainard | Anner Burr | 1784 |
| -- -y | Martha Clarke | 1784 |
| --n Ventrous ** | Hannah Ray | 1784 |
| - Johnson, Jr. | Phebe Burr | 1784 |
| Stephen Bailey, Jr | 1784 | |
| --m Barnes of Middletown | - of Haddam | 1785 |
| --iah Cone ** | Elisabeth Clarke | 1785 |
| Sylvester Child | Mary Cone | 1785 |
| --than Fuller | My daughter Anne | 1785 |
| Calvin Shailor | Sarah Clarke | 1785 |
| James Smith | --- ** | June, 1785 |
| Abijah Bailey | Widow Cone | Nov., 1785 |
| Joseph Arnold | Widow Prudence Tyler | Jan., 1786 |
| Richard Knowles | Hepsibah Wells | 1786 |
| Nathaniel Tyler, Jr | Widow Hannah (Bushnell) Towner | 1786 |
| James Childs, Jr | Prudence Brainerd | April, 1786 |
| William Nichols | Sarah Shailor | 1786 |
| Richard Skinner | Martha Bailey | June, 1786 |
| Frederick Brainerd | Anne Brainerd | Oct., 1786 |
Leaf of original record so torn that the dates between Sept., 1784, and June, 1785, are uncertain.
GROOM |
BRIDE |
DATE OF MARRAGE |
| Adnah Clarke | Thankfull Bailey | Dec., 1786 |
| Seymour Kelsey | Sarah Augur | Jan., 1787 |
| Joseph Dickinson | Tammy Shailor | Feb., 1787 |
| Levi Ray | Susanah Arnold | April, 1787 |
| Amos Cook | Jane Bailey | 1787 |
| Aaron - | Sarah Chapman of Haddam | April, 1787 |
| James Pe- ** | -- - of Haddam | May, 1787 |
| Josiah Prior of Middletown | Sussanah Smith of Haddam | Aug., 1787 |
| James Smith | -- Arnold | Nov., 1787 |
| Humphry Treadwell | Hannah Thomas | Dec., 1787 |
| Timothy Hubbard Jr. | Miss - Thomas | Dec., 1787 |
| Thomas Bailey | - Smith | Jan., 1788 |
| Lane of Killingworth | Elisabeth Porter of Haddam | Jan., 1788 |
| Robert Smith | Susannah Kelley | Jan., 1788 |
| Benjamin Johnson | Else Smith | April, 1788 |
| David Spencer | Damaris Brainerd | May, 1788 |
| Cornelius Higgins, Esqr | Widow Mary Smith | Sept., 1788 |
| James Tyler | Esther Dickinson | Dec., 1788 |
| Aaron Thomas, Jr | Martha Smith | Oct., 1789 |
| Jonathan Hubbard | Sally Thomas | Nov., 1789 |
| Curtis Smith | Arsenah Brainerd | Jan., 1789 |
| Amasa Pettibone | Mary Augur | Jan., 1789 |
| James Bates | Mary Ventrees | 1789 |
| James Spencer | Miss - Clarkethe -of Stephen Clarke | 1789 |
| Benjamin Stocking | Dimmis Shailor, | August, 1789 |
| My son John May | Dolly Arnold | Nov. 8, 1789 |
| James Brooks | Caroline Smith | Dec., 1789 |
| Joseph Augur | Samuel Tyler's daughter (Esther) | Jan., 1790 |
| Joseph Tyler, Jr | Allira Smith | Jan., 1790 |
| Nathan Tyler, Jr. | One of Ezra Shailor's daughters(Her name was Esther) | Feb., 1790 |
| Capt. Edmond Porter | Mary Smith** | Feb., 1790 |
| James Brainerd | Edetha Hubbard | 1790 |
| Ira Shailor | Anne Shailor | 1790 |
| Joshua Knowles | Concurrence Porter | 1790 |
| Gideon Brainerd, Jr | Hepsibah Hubbard | 1790 |
| Mr. Jesse Townsend of Andover | My daughter Anne | Oct., 1790 |
| , Dan Dickinson | Pruda Augur | 1791 |
| Shailor - | Miss - Ventres | 1792 |
| --- Sears** | --- Knowles | Jan., 1793 |
| William B Wells | Prudence May | Dec. 7, 1794 |
| Huntington May | Clara Brainerd | June 7, 1795 |
| Eleazur Augur | Abigail Church | April, 1795 |
| --- Rich** | --- Brooks** | March, 1795 |
| Mr. Williams of Middletown | Clara Shailor | Sept., 1795 |
| Russel Shailor | Anne Wells | Sept., 1795 |
| Shailor, son of Asa Shailor | Miss Shailor, daughter of Hez. Shailor | 1797 |
| Robert Smith | Sarah Kelly | 1797 |
| Asher Smith | Betsey Bidwell | 1797 |
| Ephraim Sawyer | Jabith Church | 1797 |
| Stephen Dickinson | Susana Tyler | 1797 |
| Heber Brainerd | Martha Tyler | 1796 |
| Robert Smith | Sally Kelly | -- 1788** |
| Jonathan Tyler | Rachael Porter | March, 1798 |
| David Smith | Jerusha Hubbard | June, 1798 |
| ,Joseph Clark | Ruae Shailor. (Ruea Shailor's husband was Warren Clark, son of Joseph), | Oct., 1798 |
| Col. John Wells of Row | My daughter Elisabeth May | Jan. 13, 1799 |
| Simon Smith | Huldah Brainerd | March, 1799 |