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Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914 · scan page 306

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294  FIRST    CHURCH,    NEW    HAVEN
3502.  c    Celestia  Jerome  (Edward)   Stevens
Dism.  Apr.,  1874
Daughter  of  Chauncey  and  Salome;    born  in  Bristol,  Oct.,  1828;
wife  of  3501.    *Jan.,  1893.
3503.  c    Theodosia     Davenport      (zv.      Russell      Canfield)
Wheeler  *Sept,  1883
Sister  of  3495;  born  N.  Y.  City,  Nov.,  1810;  mother  of  3514.
Admitted  from  the  3d  Church.
April  4.    3504.  c    Jennie  Flora  Chandler  *Sept.,  1878
Daughter  of  Rev.  John  Eddy  (2569)  and  Charlotte,  of  Madura,
India;  born  March,  1851  ;  married  William  York.  Admitted  from
the  Pearl  Street  Church,  Hartford.
3505.  c    Thomas  W.  Thompson  Curtis  *March,  1888
Son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  and  Betsey,  of  Epsom,  N.  H. ;    born  Apr.,
1823;  husband  of  3506;  father  of  3507  and  4059.  Admitted  from
the  1st  Church,  Hartford.
3506.  c    Virginia  Hamlin //i<&&a;'d  (Thomas  W.  Thompson)
Curtis
Daughter  of  John  and  Sarah,  of  Hallowell,  Me. ;    wife  of  3505.
3507.  c    Mary  W.  Curtis  Dism.  June,  1891
Daughter  of  Thomas  W.  Thompson  (3505)  and  Caroline  Hannah;
born  1858;  married  Rev.  George  Heber  Woodhull.  Admitted  from
the  1st  Church,  Hartford.  Dismissed  to  the  church  in  Chase,  Kan.
*Nov.,  1912.
3508.  c    John  Gardner  Lewis
Son   of    Enoch    Burroughs   and    Sarah    Knowles,   of    Hopkinton,
R.  I.;  husband  of  3509;  father  of  4047.  Admitted  from  the
Chapel  Street  Church.
3509-  ^    Jane  Abigail  Hart  (John  Gardner)  Lewis
*  March,  1907
Daughter  of  Aaron  and  Abigail  Bronson,  of  New  Britain ;    born
June,  1837;   wife  of  3508.
3510.  e   Jane  G.  Christie  (J.  Henry)  Root  Dism.  Aug.,  1874
Wife  of  3488.     Admitted  from  the  Chapel  Street  Church.     Dis-
missed to  the  1st  Presbyterian  Church,  Bloomfield,  N.  J.
0000.  c    Eliza  Blake  (w.  John  Frank)  Seely
See  3265.
May  2.    351 1.    Lucy  Jane  Phelps  (John  Phelps)  Atwater
Dism.  March,  1872
Daughter  of  Charles  and  Eliza,  of  West  Townshend,  Vt. ;  born
Jan.,  1828.  Dismissed  to  the  ist  Church,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.
*Aug.,  1897.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P001-0306. Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914, printed page not verified, PDF page 306. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920. cn; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/historicalcatalo00dext/page/n306/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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