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Genealogy of Windham Co. Families

Rick Duffy  (View posts) Posted: 8 Apr 1999 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Burnham, Clark, Flint, Lincoln, Moseley, Tucker, Harvey, Cozzens
I am looking for information on several families who lived in Windham Co. From the 1600s-1900s among them are the following surnames: Burnham,Clark,Flint,Lincoln,,Moseley,Tucker,Harvey,
and,Cozzens. I have a great deal of information on most of these families but am especially interested in the following 3 generations:First Generation
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1. Joseph Tucker IV - 16. Born 10 Jan 1765 in Stoughton, Mass. Died 5 Feb 1847 in Willimantic (N. Windam ?), CT.

Had 5 children

Research: There is a Captain Joseph Tucker who was a prominent shipmaster in the European Packet Service married to Mary Hayden. Lived in Essex CT at the time of this gentleman and the Tucker and Hayden families contributed funds to build the Saint John's Episcopal Church

He married Nancy Cozzens (Cousins) Widow - 73. Born 1786. Died 1840. They had the following children:

2 i. Cyrus "E ShonKaa" Tucker Medicine Man - 15

3 ii. UNNAMED - 2838

4 iii. UNNAMED - 2839

5 iv. UNNAMED - 2840

6 v. UNNAMED - 2841

Second Generation
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2. Cyrus "E ShonKaa" Tucker Medicine Man - 15. Born 28 Dec 1818 in North Woodstock, CT. Died 11 Feb 1886 in Goody's Bluff, Oklahoma. Buried in Indianapolis?. Occupation Inventor and Medicine Man in Winnebago Tribe.

Born in North Woodstock, CT on Dec. 28, 1818. Married Frances Harvey April 1839. They removed to La Cross Wisconsin in April of 1856. Mechanic, trapper, farmer, inventor. Adopted into Winnebago tribe and called E-Shon-Kah (White Chief (??)). Lived in Bloomington Illinois 1867-8. Indianapolis 1869-77. Indian Territory (Oklahoma?) 1877 to death on February 11, 1886. Buried in Indianapolis.

He married Frances (Fanny) Harvey - 74, daughter of Asa Harvey - 75, Apr 1839. Born 27 May 1812. Died 15 Feb 1890 in Indianapolis, Indiana. They had the following children:

7 i. Sarah Jane Tucker - 14

3. - 2838.

4. - 2839.

5. - 2840.

6. - 2841.

Third Generation
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7. Sarah Jane Tucker - 14. Born 17 Nov 1839 in Willimantic, CT. Died 12 Jul 1897 in Willimantic, CT.

First child of Cyrus and Fanny

She married Edgar P40V-48 Burnham - 77, son of Elisha Burnham - 78 & Eliza Manchester - 80, 9 Apr 1856. Born 13 Dec 1834 in Hampton, CT. Died 2 Sep 1907 in Pleasure Beach, Waterford, CT.

An E.E. Burnham had an add to sell his farm in Windham center, 90 acres of land of which 39 were in a high state of cultivation and having an orchard on the land with woodland as well. The ad appeared Fri. Dec. 18 1863 in the Williamantic Journal News.

Research: An Edgar A. Burnham is listed as born 1837c dying 1902 at BW 0131 in the CENTER CEMETERY, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

They had the following children:

8 i. Carrie Luela P40V-GL Burnham - 13

9 ii. Idela Burnham - 428

10 iii. Arthur Elisha Burnham - 429
Any help would be appreciated as I am directly descended from Carrie Luela Burnham.

Rick Duffy

fsduffy@iaxs.net
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