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Elisha Colt

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Elisha Colt

Birth
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
23 Aug 1827 (aged 69)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section F / Lot 31-32
Memorial ID
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The son of Harris & Elizabeth (Turner) Colt, he died at age 70 years. In 1790 he married (1) Rebecca Butler, (2) Amy Prentiss in 1809, and (3) Lucretia (Davis) Goodwin on October 10, 1812 (widow of Daniel Goodwin). He was one of the first subscriber of the Harford Bank in 1792.
Children:
1. Sally died Aug. 29, 1798, died at age 1, bur Center Church
2. Jabez died May 2, 1808 ae 10 days.
3. Rebecca died Sept. 12, 1814 ae 19 bur Old North
4. Elizabeth m. Marcus Bull & died ae 20
Ref: Families of Early Hartford, p. 191a

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"MARRIED—At New-Haven, Elisha Colt, esq. to Miss Amy Prentiss, daughter of Col. Jonas Prentiss."
—The Connecticut Courant newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, June 24, 1807, p. 3, col. 4.
The son of Harris & Elizabeth (Turner) Colt, he died at age 70 years. In 1790 he married (1) Rebecca Butler, (2) Amy Prentiss in 1809, and (3) Lucretia (Davis) Goodwin on October 10, 1812 (widow of Daniel Goodwin). He was one of the first subscriber of the Harford Bank in 1792.
Children:
1. Sally died Aug. 29, 1798, died at age 1, bur Center Church
2. Jabez died May 2, 1808 ae 10 days.
3. Rebecca died Sept. 12, 1814 ae 19 bur Old North
4. Elizabeth m. Marcus Bull & died ae 20
Ref: Families of Early Hartford, p. 191a

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"MARRIED—At New-Haven, Elisha Colt, esq. to Miss Amy Prentiss, daughter of Col. Jonas Prentiss."
—The Connecticut Courant newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, June 24, 1807, p. 3, col. 4.


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