Capt. Theophilus Munson

See http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8638309 at p. 1747

See also http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8638309

GEDCOM Note

Category:New Haven, New Haven Colony

Biography

Theophilus Munson, son of Samuel was born 1 Sep 1675 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.<ref name=NHVR>Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917</ref><ref>Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862. Vol 2 p. 257</ref><ref name=Munson>Munson, Myron Andrews. 1637-1887. TheMunson Record: A Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (a Pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants, Volume 1. Connecticut, Munson Association, 1896. p. 65 & p 139</ref><ref name="Jacobus">Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. p. 1286</ref>
He married Esther Mix.<ref name="Jacobus" /> in 1710 in New Haven Colony.

Census ===:: 3 APR 1704: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut<ref>Families of Ancient New Haven page 1531</ref>:: The 1704 census was a drawing made for lots in the "half division" of New Haven lands, recorded in the volume of the Proprietor's records. The list gives the number of persons in the family of each proprietor and is equivalent to a census.

::: Theophilus had 5 people in the household in the 1704 census. He was a locksmith by trade and was active in the First Church as wellas holding civil and military positions in New Haven. On March 16, 1720, Theopholis donated one acre of land for the benefitof Yale College. Sixteen others contributed enough to make up 40 acres. This is the land on which the Campus is now located.

Occupation

:: 1 JAN 1700 a locksmith.<ref>Munson Record</ref>

Residence ===:: S.W. Cor. Of College & Wall St., New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut<ref>Munson Record</ref>

Death

:: 28 NOV 1747 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut<ref name="Jacobus" />

Burial ===:: 30 NOV 1747 Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut<ref name=FAG />

Inscription:Here Lies ye Body of Capt. Theophilus Munson died Nov'r ye 28th 1747 aged 72. <ref name=FAG>8638309</ref>Photo of gravestone See the Munson Record p 139

Children<ref name=Munson />

1. Elisabeth b. 26 Sept 1697
2. Esther b. 8 Nov 1699
3. Israel b. 11 Dec 1701
4. Martha b. 8 Aug 1704
5. Daniel b. 12 Jan 1708/9
6. Benjamin b. 28 Mar 1711
7. Theophilus b. 25 June 1713
8. James b. 1 Oct 1715
9. Ann b. 4 Jan 1717/8
10. Sybil b. 22 March 1719/20
11. Lois b. 7 June 1722

Sources

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See Also*Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 332