The Congregational Church of East
Hartford was organized in 1702.
The town was incorporated in October,
1783, having been previously a part of Hartford.
The church records
have largely disappeared. The following are all of the early
marriages,
Marriage records found among Rev. Dr. Williams'
papers:
| Name |
Spouse |
Date |
| David Cadwell |
Mindwell Judson |
Dec. 18, 1783 |
| Theodore Treat |
Mary Williams |
Dec. 18, 1783 |
| James Morris |
Martha Risley |
Dec. 18, 1783 |
| Jason Miller |
Hannah Chadwick |
Jan. 1, 1784 |
| Jonathan Pratt |
Betsey Merrow |
Jan. 30, 1784 |
| Richard Goodwin |
Ruth Roberts |
Feb. 6, 1784 |
| Samuel Church |
Dorothy Olmstead |
March 11, 1784 |
| Lemuel Deming |
Thankful Roberts |
April 1, 1784 |
| Elijah Deming |
Lucy Risley |
April 8, 1784 |
| John Porter |
Mary Williams |
May 20, 1784 |
| Nehemiah Risley |
Martha Bemont |
June 3, 1784 |
| Ashbel Easton |
Sarah Arnold |
Aug. 22, 1784 |
| Samuel Roberts |
Anne Pratt |
Sept. 16, 1784 |
| Joseph Arnold |
widow Sarah Smith |
Dec. 30, 1784 |
| Stephen Roberts |
Mary Burnham |
Jan. 6, 1785 |
| John Church Hutchins |
Eliza Williams |
Feb. 17, 1785 |
| Philemon Stedman |
Anne Crosby |
June 2, 1785 |
| Peter Richie |
Louisa Griswold |
July 21, 1785 |
| Shubael Drake |
Bathsheba Williams |
Dec. 8, 1785 |
| Moses Ensign |
Jennie Forbes |
Feb. 16, 1786 |
| Ezra Brainard |
Mabel Porter |
March 9, 1786 |
| Shubael Griswold |
Saffa Flagg |
May 25, 1786 |
| Hezekiah Wilson |
Mehetable Kendall |
June 27, 1786 |
| Thomas Gulliver |
Thankful Porter |
Sept 21, 1786 |
| Noah Risley |
Mary Arnold, |
Nov. 2, 1786 |
| John Page |
Jerusha Olmstead, |
Nov. 9, 1786 |
| Ashbel Olmstead, Jr., |
Mary Forbes, |
Nov. 16, 1786 |
| Elisha Warren |
Lucretia Brewer, |
Dec. 28, 1786 |
| Isaac (?) Jones |
Anne Forbes, |
Jan. 10, 1787 |
| Aaron Colton |
Eliza Olmstead, |
April 5, 1787 |
| Timothy Cowles |
Eliza Olmstead, |
April 26, 1787 |
| Sergt. Timothy Cheeney |
Martha White, |
May 17, 1787 |
| Elisha Roberts |
Sally Risley, |
June 7, 1787 |
| George Pitkin |
Mabel Olmstead, |
July 5, 1787 |
| Ebenezer Kellogg |
Abigail Olmstead, |
Jan. 22, 1789 |
| Theodore ? |
Elizabeth Pitkin, |
Jan. 29, 1789 |
| Jonathan Thompson |
Eunice Fitch, |
April 24, 1789 |
| Timothy Hills |
Jerusha Stanley, |
Aug. 13, 1789 |
| Capt. Samuel Smith |
widow Sarah Stanley, |
Aug. 13, 1789 |
| John Cotton |
Eunice Warren, |
April 4, 1790 |
| Samuel Flags |
Polly Wyles, |
Nov. 28, 1790 |
| Shubael Griswold |
Sarah Stanley, |
Jan. 6, 1791 |
| Capt. Moses Forbes |
widow Mercy Wright, |
1792 |
| Samuel Pitkin |
Sally Parsons, |
July 25, 1792 |
| Solomon Ensign |
Elizabeth Chandler, |
Oct. 11, 1792 |
| John (?) Farrington |
Ruth Deming |
Dec. 29, 1792 |
| Enoch Kimball |
Polly Kilbourn |
Dec. 1, 1793 |
| George Hills |
Anne Warren |
March 9, 1794 |
| Daniel Roberts |
Mabel Easton |
July 8, 1794 |
| Elijah Fuller |
Hannah Chandler |
Sept. 21, 1794 |
| Solomon Warren |
Kate Kennedy |
Oct. 12, 1794 |
| Josiah White |
Rebecca Hills |
Dec. 2, 1794 |
| Benjamin Wicks |
Nabby Roberts |
Oct. 21, 1795 |
| Col. Jon. Wells |
widow Mabel Hill |
Jan. 20, 1795 |
| Jonah Williams |
Phene (?) Forbes |
Jan. 26, 1795 |
| Ozias Williams |
Anne Smith |
Sept. 18, 1797 |
| Ebenezer Hills |
Elizabeth Kennedy |
Jan. 17,
1798 |
Transcribed & Contributed by Barb
Z.
Source: Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church
Records Prior to 1800, edited by Frederic W. Bailey
©1896 |
East Hartford County 
