4th of 7 children of NATHANIEL WOOSTER & CHARITY PLUMB
Occupation: Merchant, auger manufacturer, blacksmith
Politics: Elected as first representative of Seymour to General Assembly
Married (1): Mar 16, 1823, SARAH "SALLY" BASSETT, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
Two children:
1. Charles B. WOOSTER
1824 - 1913
2. Sarah Jane WOOSTER
1826 - 1831
Married (2): Oct 5, 1837, ELSIE/ELSY LOUIZA WILLIAMS, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
No known children
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Bennett Wooster was a son of Nathaniel Wooster of Quaker Farms, who lived to the age of 94 years. He was a descendant of Edward Wooster of Derby, who was born in England in 1622, came to Milford in 1661, and to Derby in 1664, and was the grandfather of Gen. David Wooster who won fame in the French War and in the War of the Revolution. Bennett Wooster carried on the business of blacksmithing for many years where the copper mill now stands, and afterward carried on brick making near his residence on Pearl street. He was prominent in town and school affairs fifty to sixty years ago, and in 1851 was elected the first representative from the town of Seymour to the General Assembly. He died Oct. 1, 1883, aged eighty-six years, leaving one son, Charles B. Wooster.
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Source: Seymour, Past & Present
Occupation: Merchant, auger manufacturer, blacksmith
Politics: Elected as first representative of Seymour to General Assembly
Married (1): Mar 16, 1823, SARAH "SALLY" BASSETT, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
Two children:
1. Charles B. WOOSTER
1824 - 1913
2. Sarah Jane WOOSTER
1826 - 1831
Married (2): Oct 5, 1837, ELSIE/ELSY LOUIZA WILLIAMS, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
No known children
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Bennett Wooster was a son of Nathaniel Wooster of Quaker Farms, who lived to the age of 94 years. He was a descendant of Edward Wooster of Derby, who was born in England in 1622, came to Milford in 1661, and to Derby in 1664, and was the grandfather of Gen. David Wooster who won fame in the French War and in the War of the Revolution. Bennett Wooster carried on the business of blacksmithing for many years where the copper mill now stands, and afterward carried on brick making near his residence on Pearl street. He was prominent in town and school affairs fifty to sixty years ago, and in 1851 was elected the first representative from the town of Seymour to the General Assembly. He died Oct. 1, 1883, aged eighty-six years, leaving one son, Charles B. Wooster.
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Source: Seymour, Past & Present
4th of 7 children of NATHANIEL WOOSTER & CHARITY PLUMB
Occupation: Merchant, auger manufacturer, blacksmith
Politics: Elected as first representative of Seymour to General Assembly
Married (1): Mar 16, 1823, SARAH "SALLY" BASSETT, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
Two children:
1. Charles B. WOOSTER
1824 - 1913
2. Sarah Jane WOOSTER
1826 - 1831
Married (2): Oct 5, 1837, ELSIE/ELSY LOUIZA WILLIAMS, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
No known children
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Bennett Wooster was a son of Nathaniel Wooster of Quaker Farms, who lived to the age of 94 years. He was a descendant of Edward Wooster of Derby, who was born in England in 1622, came to Milford in 1661, and to Derby in 1664, and was the grandfather of Gen. David Wooster who won fame in the French War and in the War of the Revolution. Bennett Wooster carried on the business of blacksmithing for many years where the copper mill now stands, and afterward carried on brick making near his residence on Pearl street. He was prominent in town and school affairs fifty to sixty years ago, and in 1851 was elected the first representative from the town of Seymour to the General Assembly. He died Oct. 1, 1883, aged eighty-six years, leaving one son, Charles B. Wooster.
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Source: Seymour, Past & Present
Occupation: Merchant, auger manufacturer, blacksmith
Politics: Elected as first representative of Seymour to General Assembly
Married (1): Mar 16, 1823, SARAH "SALLY" BASSETT, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
Two children:
1. Charles B. WOOSTER
1824 - 1913
2. Sarah Jane WOOSTER
1826 - 1831
Married (2): Oct 5, 1837, ELSIE/ELSY LOUIZA WILLIAMS, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
No known children
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Bennett Wooster was a son of Nathaniel Wooster of Quaker Farms, who lived to the age of 94 years. He was a descendant of Edward Wooster of Derby, who was born in England in 1622, came to Milford in 1661, and to Derby in 1664, and was the grandfather of Gen. David Wooster who won fame in the French War and in the War of the Revolution. Bennett Wooster carried on the business of blacksmithing for many years where the copper mill now stands, and afterward carried on brick making near his residence on Pearl street. He was prominent in town and school affairs fifty to sixty years ago, and in 1851 was elected the first representative from the town of Seymour to the General Assembly. He died Oct. 1, 1883, aged eighty-six years, leaving one son, Charles B. Wooster.
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Source: Seymour, Past & Present
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Daughter Sarah is actually buried in Hillside Cemetery in Oxford, New Haven, CT
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