The town of Brooklyn was incorporated May, 1786, and taken from Pomfret and Canterbury.
Trinity Episcopal Church dates from 1769 and a church erected in 1771.
The Rev. Daniel Fogg was rector from 1772.
The following are the marriages recorded:



Name Spouse Date
John Cambell Mary Johnson July 17, 1772
Jeremiah Wheeler Elizabeth Troop Oct. 27, 1778
Daniel Putnam Catharine Hutchinson Sept. 2, 1782
Stephen Finch Margareta (Tyler) a mulatto girl

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Jesse Parke Kezia Adams Jan. 1, 1784
Joseph Cheney Selah Tyler June 22, 1784
Samuel Brown Clarissa Geer April 7, 1785
Jonathan Stevens Eleanor Adams Oct. 20, 1785
Asaph Adams Orinda Abbot Oct. 20, 1785
William Brown Sarah Whaley Oct. 8, 1786
Smith Barrett Abigail White Oct. 4, 1787
William Eldredge Sarah Austin Feb. 14 (or 24), 1788
Sylvester Daily Abigail (a negro girl) June 15, 1788
Benj. Brayton Zerviah Adams Sept. 10, 1788
William Kelly Delight Adams Jan. 27, 1791
David Bissell Hart Wickham Feb. 7, 1791
Peter Davison Susanna Weaver Nov. 6, 1791
Israel Putnam Claryna Chandler Feb. 26, 1792
Francis Casar (?) Leroy Unice Moulton June 5, 1793
Cuff Fellows Dinah Black Sept. 5, 1793
John Rice Mary Allen Nov. 21, 1793
Abner Adams Desire Ashcraft Sept. 25, 1794
Daniel Fogs Deborah Brinley Dec. 2, 1794
Lewis Adams Hannah Luce April 12, 1795
Eddy Winslow Azubah Allen July 5, 1795
Geo. Candall Betsy Adams Oct. 18, 1795
Joseph Ashcraft Sarah Hall Dec. 24, 1795
Lathtop Cushman Catharine Allen Dec. 22, 1796
Jas. Hide Lucy Ashcraft Nov. 7, 1797
Andrew Hopkins Susanna Hollis Nov. 26, 1797
Frederick Perkins Lucy Eldridge Nov. 8, 1798
Abishai Sharp Mary Child Jan. 26, 1800
Geo. Lydia Black March 27, 1800
Sam'l Hide Anna Cundall Nov. 26, 1801
John Liscomb Hannah Waters Feb. 28, 1802
David Ingals Sarah Bowman Nov. 8, 1802
Geo. Brimley Caharine Putnam April 30, 1805
Martin Gallop, Ruth Pettingall Sept. 30, 1805
Ranford Button Eleanor Parke Nov. 3, 1805
Edward Brinley May Jonston of Newport April 15, 1807

           Transcribed & Contributed by Barb Z.
           Source: Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, edited by Frederic W. Bailey  ©1896

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