Uncovering Their History: African, African-American, and Native-American Burials in Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground Project Database

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wdt_ID RecordID Person First Name Last Name Link to Person\'s Profile Confidence in ABG LinkedAT R/E Nation Gender Age at Death Date of Death or Burial Birthplace or Origin Baptism or Church Membership Master/Mistress Masters\' Ancestry Trees linked Indenture Date Purchase Date Manumisson Date Occupation R/E/T of Mother R/E/T of Father Spouses Children Additional Relationships Relationship Tree with link Most Recent Place of Residenc Longest Place of Residence Notes Bibliography/Sources
1 1 Aaron Aaron Aaron Somewhat Confident Aaron Family Tree Black M 1801 Wife Cate Aaron paid for the burial of Cate CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 12
2 2 Aaron, Wife of Wife of Aaron Aaron, Wife of Highly Confident Aaron Family Tree Black F 57 07/08/1791 Purchased for £60 on 09/11/1725 O.S. Cate The index on the microfilm gives the incorrect page number CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 46
3 3 Abbot, Flora Flora Abbot Abbot, Flora Not Confident Abbot Family Tree Black F William Guller (or Fuller)=former owner 05/31/1686 O.S. Hartford, CT for 4 years Springfield, MA? Flora Abbot was born in 1765 and once lived in Springfield BJB,19; KC
4 4 Abigail Abigail Abigail Not Confident Abigail Family Tree Native F 05/15/1789
5 5 Abigail, Child of Child of Abigail Abigail, Child of Highly Confident Abigail Family Tree Native F 3 04/01/1795 09/02/1777 Native Mother: Abigail Hartford, CT Listed only as "Child of Abigail, an Indian Woman." Sexton's List pdf; CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 53
6 6 Absalom, Child of Child of Absalom Absalom, Child of Highly Confident Absalom Family Tree Black M 08/27/1696 O.S. Woodbridge purchased him on 02/26/1726/27 O.S. CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 159 ("List of interments by Wm. Goodwin, burials recorded in Father Goodwin's book, copied from an inaccurate copy, 'ne nimium fide.'"
7 7 Alfred, Jeremiah (aka Alford) Jeremiah Alfred Alfred, Jeremiah (aka Alford) Not Confident Alfred or Alford Family Tree Multiracial M Purchased for £45 on 04/05/1710 O.S. Brother of John Alfred Hartford, CT Hartford, CT. for 22 years Jeremiah Alfred was a free man born in 1783; issued SPC on 12/25/1805 (listed as colored) BJB, 20; Seaman's Protection Certificate no. 3549
8 8 Alfred, John (aka Alford) John Alfred (Alford) Alfred, John (aka Alford) Not Confident Alfred or Alford Family Tree Multiracial M 08/23/1787 Brother of Jeremiah Alfred Hartford, CT Hartford, CT. for 14 years John Alfred was born in 1791. John was free. SPC issued 10/24/1806 (listed as Negro) BJB, 20; Seaman's Protection Certificate no. 3150
9 9 Alford, Alpheus Alpheus Alford Alford, Alpheus Not Confident Alfred or Alford Family Tree Black M Elisha Butler (d. 1783) Butler Family Tree (Slaveholder) 04/23/1767 About 1782 Former Servant Wife Jeremiah John Child Child Probably the father of Jeremiah and John, and possibly the grandfather of James (SPC no. 23) and Shaunch (SPC no. 25) who both registered in New Haven on 12/17/1839; Important Note: there is a family in New Haven of Alpheus Alford who also had sons go to Hartford, CT Hartford, CT. for 48 years Former owner, Elisha Butler, quitclaimed Alford land and buildings in Hartford; Butler died insolvent in 1783. BJB, 20; 1800 Federal Census; Connecticut Courant, 10-21-1783
10 10 Alvert, Alpheus (aka Alford), Child of Child of Alvert (Alford), Alpheus Alvert, Alpheus (aka Alford), Child of Highly Confident Alfred or Alford Family Tree Multiracial U Infant/twin 11/22/1787 Hartford 1676 (after King Philip's War) Described as "mulatto"; died with sibling CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 42
RecordID Person First Name Last Name Link to Person\'s Profile Confidence in ABG LinkedAT R/E Nation Gender Age at Death Date of Death or Burial Birthplace or Origin Baptism or Church Membership Master/Mistress Masters\' Ancestry Trees linked Indenture Date Purchase Date Manumisson Date Occupation R/E/T of Mother R/E/T of Father Spouses Children Additional Relationships Relationship Tree with link Most Recent Place of Residenc Longest Place of Residence Notes Bibliography/Sources

(Database last updated: 1/5/21)

Uncovering Their History: Africans, African Americans and Native Americans Buried in the Ancient Burying Ground  is a project of the Ancient Burying Ground Association, and was funded in part by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Economic and Community Development with funds from the Community Investment Act.