Eli was the son of Huldah Wakelee and Samuel Ruggles. Eli had 8 siblings: Thirza, Isaac Wakelee, Eldad, Huldah, Lodema, Marcia, Lucia and Samuel.
Eli donated the land for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, where he and many of his family are buried.
Note: From FAG contributor "Jane Brown": "In 1778 the location became Brookfield because of land donated by New Milford, Danbury, and Newtown to form Brookfield. He was the last child that lived in a house, still standing, and gave the land that was to become Laurel Hill Cemetery. He is the first person to be interred in that, now historic, cemetery. "
Eli donated the land for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, where he and many of his family are buried.
Note: From FAG contributor "Jane Brown": "In 1778 the location became Brookfield because of land donated by New Milford, Danbury, and Newtown to form Brookfield. He was the last child that lived in a house, still standing, and gave the land that was to become Laurel Hill Cemetery. He is the first person to be interred in that, now historic, cemetery. "
Eli was the son of Huldah Wakelee and Samuel Ruggles. Eli had 8 siblings: Thirza, Isaac Wakelee, Eldad, Huldah, Lodema, Marcia, Lucia and Samuel.
Eli donated the land for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, where he and many of his family are buried.
Note: From FAG contributor "Jane Brown": "In 1778 the location became Brookfield because of land donated by New Milford, Danbury, and Newtown to form Brookfield. He was the last child that lived in a house, still standing, and gave the land that was to become Laurel Hill Cemetery. He is the first person to be interred in that, now historic, cemetery. "
Eli donated the land for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, where he and many of his family are buried.
Note: From FAG contributor "Jane Brown": "In 1778 the location became Brookfield because of land donated by New Milford, Danbury, and Newtown to form Brookfield. He was the last child that lived in a house, still standing, and gave the land that was to become Laurel Hill Cemetery. He is the first person to be interred in that, now historic, cemetery. "
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Records on Ancestry
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Geneanet Community Trees Index
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Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
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Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
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