"EARLY CONNECTICUT MARRIAGES
AS FOUND ON ANCIENT CHURCH RECORDS PRIOR TO 1800,"
Edited by Frederick W. Bailey.
New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry (1896)

BOOK IV, STAMFORD — New Canaan
PAGE 22 - 23

The town of New Canaan was incorporated in 1801. Previous to this date what is now New Canaan was part of Norwalk and Stamford, and called Canaan Society,incorporated 1731. The Congregational Church of New Canaan was organized in 1733 from the churches at Norwalk and Stamford. The following are the marriages recorded on the New Canaan church book.

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John Fanshee or Fansher, Jr., & Hannah Weed, June 26, 1754

Jehiel Boutton & Ann Finch, July 4, 1754

Daniel Finch & Abigail Hoit, Sept 16, 1754

Jeremiah Beard Eells & Louis Benedict, Nov. 28, 1754

John Utter & Mary Rusco, Jan. 12, 1755

Nathaniel Boutton, Jr., & Lydia Penoyr, April 10, 1755

Andrew Seymour & Sarah Cryssey, Jan. 15, 1756

Thomas Rusco & Anne Dibble, Feb. 26, 1756

Jonathan Kellogg (alias Green) & Susanna Chichester, March 29, 1756

Ephraim Smith & Mehetable Parsons, Oct. 20, 1756

Wicks Seeley & Mary St. John, Nov. 4, 1756

Nathan Schofield, Jr., & Mercy Stevens, Dec. 30, 1756

Jacob Weed & Abigail Tuttle, Feb. 10, 1757

Jehiel Weed & Lydia Holt, March 2, 1757

John Ambler of Stamford & Sarah Weed, March 3, 1757

David Waterbury, Jr., & Prue Smith, March 7, 1757

Caleb St. John & Mary Seeley, March 10, 1757

Capt. Samuel Hanford & widow Mercy Kellogg, March 22, 1757

Elijah Hoit & Mary Raymond, June 28, 1757

Hezekiah Green & Susanna Hoit, Aug. 18, 1757

Joseph Clinton & Phebe Benedict, Dec. 1, 1757

Timothy Betts & Anne Wairing (?), Oct. 4, 1757

Matthew Seymour & Dinah Boutton [Bouton], Feb. 28, 1858

John Rusco & Jehannah Arnold, March 9, 175

David St. John & Jemime Penoyr [Pennoyer], March 9, 1758

Jedidiah Smith & Abigail Benedict, March 16, 1758

John Levake (?) & Esther Benedict, March 16, 1758

James Young & Mary Sherman Crane, March 16, 1758

Matthias St. John & Naomy Weed, June 28, 1758

Daniel Schofield [Scofield] & Mary Stevens, Oct, 23, 1758

Daniel St. John, 3d, of Norwalk & Ruth Benedict, March 3, 1759

Nathan Lounsbury & Elizabeth Talmadge, March 6, 1759

Hezekiah Benedict & Rachel Benedict, April 5, 1759

Samuel Lawrence & Rhoda Benedict, April 5, 1759

Thaddeus Seymour & Molly Smith, April 12, 1759

Moses Ferris of Horsebeck [Horseneck] & Sarah Kellog, April 20, 1759

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David Stevens, Jr., & Mary Talmadge, Aug. 16, 1759

Eliakim Smith, Jr & Catherine Hanford, Aug. 20, 1759

Levi Monger of Salisbury & Elizabeth Smith, Nov. 8, 1759

Ebenezer Mead, Esq., & Naomy Weed, Dec. 19, 1759

Thomas Risco [Rusco], Jr., & Elizabeth Raymond, Jan. 1, 1760

Daniel Smith of Norwalk & Ruth Fitch, May 22, 1760

Joseph Stevens & Sarah Lockwood, July 10, 1760

Abraham Dan & Rebecca Rusco, Oct. 2, 1760

Daniel Mills of Bedford & Bethiah Cryssey, Jan. 1, 1761

Nathan Finch & Mehetable Hoit, Jan. 8, 1761

Zuriel Finch & Susanna Betts, Jan 15, 1761

Matthew Hoit & Mary Lockwood, Jan. 21, 1761

Caleb Benedict, Jr., & Deborah St. John, Jan. 28, 1761

Timothy Hoit & Sarah Benedict, Feb. 4, 1761

Joseph Blatchley & Mercy Seeley, Feb. 17, 1761

Samuel Hanford, Jr., & Elizabeth Seeley, March 5, 1761

Israel Benedict of Danbury & Margaret Weed, June 3, 1761

Joseph Riggs & Mary Keeler, Aug. 4, 1761

Moses Hanford & Mercy Kellogg, Oct. 1, 1761

Daniel Wairing (?) & Hannah Raymond, Oct. 8, 1761

Thomas Seymour, Jr., & Sarah Westcot, Nov. 24, 1761

David Waterbury of the Patent & Martha Hait [Wait?], Dec. 16, 1761

Daniel Richards & Abigail Wairing, Dec. 31, 1761

Jesse Smith, Jr., & Ruhamah Hoit, Jan. 14, 1762

James Canfield (so called), of Salem & Dinah Keeler, April 29, 1762

William Reed, Jr., & Hannah Kellog, Sept. 29, 1762

Abijah St. John of Wilton & Ruth Hoit, Sept. 30, 1762

Timothy Betts & Lydia Finch, Oct. 21, 1762

Timothy Reed & Susannah Weed, Nov. 18, 1762

Jonathan Slosson & Lydia Lockwood, Dec. 2, 1762

Joseph Durand & Patience Weed, Dec. 22, 1762

Daniel Couch of Reading & Sarah Howes, Feb. 15, 1763

Seymour Fitch & Elizabeth Hoit, April 7, 1763

Eleazer Slawson & Susanna Benedict, April 27, 1763

James Benedict & Thankful Lockwood, May 25, 1763

Samuel Benedict, Jr., & Dianh Hoit, Sept. 8, 1763

Stephen Rusco & Ruth Boutton, Sept. 29, 1763

Stephen Benedict & Hannah Finch, Oct. 13, 1763

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Note: Surname in brackets [ ] are added by transcriber to assist search optimization. They are not part of the original printed record, published by Bailey.