1729 - 1799
Congregational Church
Voluntown, Connecticut
Early Marriage Records - 1800

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Voluntown named May, 1708. This township was granted by the Court of Connecticut to the volunteers who served in the Narragansett war. The Congregational Church was organized (first as a Presbyterian Church), Oct. 15, 1723. Rev. Samuel Dorrance, pastor, 1723-1770. The following are the marriages.

• DEAN, Francis & Esther DEAN, Oct. 20, 1729.
• DIXON, Robert & Elizabeth HOUSTON, Jan. 29, 1730.
• REA, Mathew & Margaret NIVEN, Mar. 19, 1730.
• PARKE, Benjamin & Mary CHURCH, Dec. 29, 1730.
• KASSON, John & Mary DORRANCE, Oct. 14, 1731.
• MILLER, Peter & Isabella LOCKER, Dec. 28, 1731.
• GORDON, John & Jennet CARR, Mar. 30, 1732.
• RHODES, Jonathan & Martha STANBURY, June 5, 1732.
• STEWART, Alexander & Jennet ROGERS, Nov., 1732.
• PARKER, James & Jane McDOWELL, Nov., 1732.
• HOPKIN, David & Esther WILSON, Aug. 27, 1734.
• ELLSWORTH, Philip & Elizabeth GORDON, Dec., 1734.
• MONTGOMERY, John & Mary GORDON, Apr., 1735.
• GALLUP, Benjamin & Theody PARKE, May 22, 1735.
• PARKE, Joseph & Sarah JAMISON, May 27, 1735.
• GORDON, Samuel & Elizabeth CARR, Nov. 20, 1735.
• STEWART, Thomas & Anne ROGERS, Jan. 29, 1736.
• MILLER, Daniel & Jennet MCCURDY, 1736.
• KEIGWIN, Richard & ---- DOWNING, Aug., 1736.
• THOMPSON, Robert & Mary TAYLOR, Dec. 16, 1736.
• CAMPBELL, Robert & Mary TRUMBULL, Jan., 1737.
• WILSON, James & Martha HOPKIN, Feb. 10, 1737.
• KASSON, Thomas & Alice GIBSON, Jan. 7, 1741.
• MCNEIL, William & Jane HENRY, 1741.
• KINNE, William & Hannah GALLUP, Apr., 1741.
• TORRANCE, Samuel & Jemima PARKE, July, 1741.
• LOUDON, John & Agnes CAMPBELL, June, 1741.
• DIXON, John & Jennet KENNEDY, Aug. 7, 1741.
• MILLER, Gain & Mary HUNTER, 1741.
• DORRANCE, Samuel & Nancy ALEXANDER.
• BARNET, Moses & Mrs. SAFFORD, Nov. 11, 1742.
• WYLIE, John & Sarah CAMPBELL, 1742.
• HUNTER, Robert & Jean WYLIE.
• RHODES, John & Dorothy GALLUP, 1744.
• BILLINGS, Mr. & Ruth LAWRENCE.
• KASSON, Archibald & Jane DIXON, June 15, 1744.
• JACKSON, William & Jennet DIXON, Dec. 26, 1744.
• TRUMBULL, James & J--- KENNEDY.
• KASSON, Samuel & Eleanor DIXON, Jan. 22, 1745.
• CONVERSE, Thomas & Esther WILSON, Apr. 10, 1746.
• ORR, Robert & Mary MARTIN, Aug. 11, 1746.
• HINEMAN, John & Elizabeth PARKE, May 12, 1747.
• RHODES, Obadiah & Mary STANBURY, June 4, 1747.
• CADY, Benjamin & Mary NICHOLS, Jan. 12, 1748.
• DORRANCE, Samuel & Margaret TRUMBULL, Oct., 1748.
• GORDON, George & Jenet GIBSON, Dec., 1748.
• CAMPBELL, James & Dinah MCMAIN, May, 1749.
• CADY, Abijah & Alice MILES, June, 1749.
• STROWBRIDGE, Mr. & Jane GORDON, Oct., 1749.
• DIXON, Barnet & Mary BELLOW, Feb., 1750.
• COLE, Mr. & Mary YOUNG, Dec., 1749.
• GALLUP, Mingo & Sarah BABCOCK, Feb. 28, 1750.
• SWEET, James & Mary NICHOLS, Mar. 1, 1750.
• PATRICK, Matthew & Isabella STRANAHAN, Apr. 20, 1750.
• AMES, Abner & Rachel MANSFIELD, Oct. 14, 1755.
• DIXON, John, Jr., & Jane GORDON, Jan. 5, 1758.
• DORRANCE, George & Mary WILSON, Jan. 25, 1758.
• DIXON, Robert & Sarusana DORRANCE, Jan. 26, 1758.
• DORRANCE, John & Nancy DIXON, 1759.
• GORDON, Daniel & Jennet HINEMAN.
• ALEXANDER, Joseph & Sarah DORRANCE.
• PATRICK, Robert & Mary PHILLIPS.
• PARKE, Amariah & Hannah MANSFIELD, 1759 (?).
• KENNEDY, David & Mary CAMPBELL.
• PHILLIPS, John & Sarah DIXON.

(Congregational Church organized June 30, 1779)

• GALLUP, Benjamin of Plainfield & Martha GALLUP of Voluntown, Dec. 6, 1781.
• GREEN, William of Warrick, R. I., & Susannah DORRANCE of Voluntown, Jan. 14, 1782.
• DIXON, Robert of Groton & Sarah WYLIE, Jan. 15, 1782.
• SPAULDING, Stephen of Plainfield & Sarah KEIGWIN, May 23, 1782.
• BROWN, Jonas of Stoningham & Lucy FISH, June 13, 1782.
• CURTIS, John of Canterbury & Nancy DORRANCE, July 4, 1782.
• BLISS, Manassah of Pomfret & Lydia GRIFFITH, Dec. 19, 1782.
• GALLUP, Nathaniel & Rachel SMITH, both of Voluntown, Jan. 30, 1783.
• COLE, John of Partridgefield & Eunice COLE of Voluntown, June 19, 1783.
• WYLIE, Daniel & Elizabeth GARDNER, Oct. 9, 1783.
• ALLEN, Stephen of West GREENWICH, R. I., & Sarah RHODES, Feb. 12, 1784.
• WILKINSON, William & Lydia CADY, Mar. 11, 1784.
• GREEN, John & Mehitabel TUCKERMAN, Mar. 18, 1784.
• LILLIE, Jared of Windham & Susanna TUCKERMAN, Mar. 18, 1784.
• HUSTON, Joseph & Elizabeth CAMPBELL, Apr. 1, 1784.
• RHODES, Anthony & Rehebiah BUDLONG, Apr. 15, 1784.
• COGSWELL, John of Preston & Hannah GALLUP, May 13, 1784.
• BRIGGS, John & Mary HALL of Plainfield, May 27, 1784.
• LAWRENCE, Amos of Providence, R. I., & Phebe BABCOCK, Dec. 5, 1784.
• SPAULDING, Obed of Killingly & Margaret EAMES, Dec. 30, 1784.
• KNOX, James & Nancy MORSE, Jan. 20, 1785.
• BENNET, William & Sarah KNOX, Jan. 20, 1785.
• LARKHAM, John & Desire MORGAN, Feb. 6, 1785.
• EATON, Philemon of Ashford & Sarah FRINK, Feb. 10, 1785.
• KENNEDY, Hugh of Cliftonpark & Sarah THORNTON, Feb. 24, 1785.
• GALLUP, Benadam & Elizabeth DORRANCE, Mar. 31, 1785.
• HAMMOND, Edward & Phebe WHITING, Aug. 4, 1785.
• CORY, Lazarus of Coventry & Mary MONTGOMERY, Dec. 1, 1785.
• DUNLAP, H. Ledlie of Plainfield & Cynthia CAMPBELL, Dec. 22, 1785.
• MERRISS, Edward of Exeter, R. I. & Mary SHEFFIELD, Jan. 8, 1786.
• GALLUP, Nathan & Zeruiah GALLUP, Jan. 19, 1786.
• BLAIR, Increase of Worcester & Huldah CAMPBELL, Feb. 9, 1786.
• COLEGROVE, Andrew & Martha LARKIN, Feb. 19, 1786.
• BARDSLEY, William & Elizabeth LATHROP, Mar. 23, 1786.
• STANTON, John of Stonington & Elizabeth FISH, Apr. 13, 1786.
• THAYER, Reuben of Thompson & Hannah HERD, Apr. 20, 1786.
• CAMPBELL, Archibald & Molly WYLIE, May 4, 1786.
• HORTON, Capt. Benjamin of Barrington and Aleanor GREEN, June 4, 1786.
• GALLUP, Nathaniel, Jr., & Kesiah KINNE, Sept. 7, 1786.
• BREWSTER, Benjamin of Windham & Susanna GREEN, Sept. 28, 1786.
• STEWART, Capt. John and Susanna BRIGGS, Oct. 5, 1786.
• HILL, Nehemiah & Mercy KNIGHT, Oct. 12, 1786.
• KING, Jonathan & Margaret KNOX, Oct. 19, 1786.
• TUCKER, Elisha & Elizabeth KEIGWIN, Oct. 29, 1786.
• POTTER, Burden of Johnston & Deborah AVERY, Nov. 23, 1786.
• CAMPBELL, Patrick & Martha BABCOCK, Dec. 7, 1786.
• KINNE, Levi of Plainfield & Hannah GALLUP, Jan. 7, 1787.
• PALMER, Vose of Plainfield & Celinda STEWART, Jan. 12, 1787.
• HARRIS, Robert of Preston & Lucretia KENNEDY, Feb. 15, 1787.
• MULKIN, Rufus of Preston & Hannah PARTELOW, Mar. 14, 1787.
• PARTELOW, Asahel & Mary KENNEDY, Mar. 15, 1787.
• DOW, Nathan & Agnes GORDON, Sept. 16, 1787.
• DOW, Henry of Plainfield & Rebecca DOW, Dec. 6, 1787.
• HUSTON, John & Jennet DOUGLASS, Feb. 14, 1788.
• DOUGLASS, William & Ruth WILKINSON, Mar. 13, 1788.
• DOUGLASS, James & Sarah ROUSE, Mar. 16, 1788.
• CAMPBELL, Joseph, Jr., & Anna WHIPPLE of Plainfield, Mar. 30, 1788.
• GALLUP, Isaac, Jr., & Mary DEAN, Apr. 24, 1788.
• ALEXANDER, James & Mary BABCOCK, May 8, 1788.
• TILLINGHAST, Joseph of West Greenwich & Sarah GORTON, Sept. 14, 1788.
• WARREN, George & Mary MORELAND (transient persons), Sept. 21, 1788.
• CLARK, Benjamin of Plainfield & Bridget PALMER, Oct. 2, 1788.
• CUTLER, Seth L., said to be of Mansfield, & Sabrana JENCKS of Ellington, Nov. 27, 1788.
• POTTER, Nehemiah & Phebe BABCOCK, both of Plainfield, Nov. 27, 1788.
• GATES, Elijah of Preston & Anna PALMER, Dec. 4, 1788.
• KEIGWIN, Ephraim of Preston & Eunice KENNEDY, Jan. 1, 1789.
• SMITH, John of Saratoga & Lydia SHEFFIELD, Feb. 24, 1789.
• COLGROVE, Benjamin & Sarah LARKAM, Mar. 1, 1789.
• PIERCE, Preserved & Dorcas PIERCE, Mar. 1, 1789.
• MATTESON, Jesse of West Greenwich & Hannah DOW, Mar. 26, 1789.
• GIBSON, James, Jr., of Coventry & Elizabeth THOMPSON, Apr. 9, 1789.
• MONTGOMERY, Josiah & Ruth BENNET, Apr. 10, 1789.
• HIDE, Squire & Hannah MONTGOMERY, Apr. 22, 1789.
• BURLINGAME, Peter & Elizabeth MONTGOMERY, Apr. 23, 1789.
• DIXSON, Thomas & Phebe SMITH, May 3, 1789.
• WHIPPLE, Elisha of Plainfield & Lydia HUTCHINSON, May 3, 1789.
• BROWN, Col. Nathaniel of Foster, R. I., & and Mrs. Mary RHODES, May 30, 1789.
• STONE, William & Mercy BAILEY, July 16, 1789.
• CAMPBELL, Moses, Jr., & Phebe STEWART, Sept. 10, 1789.
• PHILLIPS, Levi of Preston & Abigail KINNE, Nov. 19, 1789.
• RHODES, William Green & Rebekah KENNEDY, Dec. 6, 1789.
• DOUGLASS, Samuel, Jr., & Catharine HALL, Dec. 24, 1789.
• CAMPBELL, James of Kinderhook & Elisabeth WYLIE, Jan. 14, 1790.
• STACY, Stephen & Sarah WILLIAMS, Feb. 4, 1790.
• DORRANCE, Alexander of Hampton & Rebekah DIXSON, Mar. 18, 1790.
• BLY, Job & Olive RATHBUN of West Greenwich, R. I., Apr. 8, 1790.
• PALMER, Roswell & Sarah CAMPBELL, Apr. 8, 1790.
• WHEATON, Jesse & Elisabeth DIXSON, May 5, 1790.
• ALLIS, Abraham of West Greenwich & Polly BOWDISH, Aug. 2, 1790.
• GALLUP, William, Jr., & Almy GALLUP, Sept. 2, 1790.
• MORSE, Benjamin & Phebe HALL, Sept. 2, 1790.
• PERKINS, Hansom & Huldah MONTGOMERY, Sept. 19, 1790.
• COLE, Levi & Hannah KINNE, Nov. 25, 1790.
• CAMPBELL, Allen & Mary GORDON, Feb. 24, 1791.
• DOUGLASS, Joseph & Mary CAMPBELL, Aug. 11, 1791.
• RHODES, Nicholas & Sarah ADAMS, Aug. 21, 1791.
• BARBER, William of Mason, N. H. & Mary CAMPBELL, Sept. 11, 1791.
• KNIGHT, James of Plainfield & Polly HERD, Sept. 25, 1791.
• COATS, Ambrose of Stonington & Lucy PARTELOW, Oct. 2, 1791.
• GORDON, Robert & Nancy DIXON, Oct. 20, 1791.
• WOODWORTH, Douglass of Norwich & Charlotte DORRANCE, Oct. 20, 1791.
• DIXSON, John, Jr., & Mary MATTESON, Oct. 30, 1791.
• DIXSON, William & Mary KINYON, Dec. 1, 1791.
• WELLS, Amos of Charlton & Mary CAMPBELL, Dec. 8, 1791.
• PHILLIPS, Ayer, Jr., of Plainfield & Anna KEIGWIN, Dec. 22, 1791.
• KASSON, Adam, Jr., of Coventry, R. I., & Margaret GALLUP, Dec. 29, 1791.
• LITTLE, Moses of Patridgefield & Anna STOYELL, Feb. 2, 1792.
• ADAMS, John & Jerusha COOPER, both of Killingly, Feb. 16, 1792.
• VAUGHN, Colonel & Anna MATTESON, both of Voluntown, Feb. 16, 1792.
• POPE, Job of Plainfield & Sarah DENISON, Feb. 23, 1792.
• PARKER, Peter of West Greenwich, R. I., & Mary BLY, Mar. 4, 1792.
• CAMPBELL, Alexander, Jr., & Salome FRINK, Mar. 29, 1792.
• STACY, Stephen & Lucy AVERY, Apr. 19, 1792.
• GORDON, Archibald & Ann Mercy GREEN, May 6, 1792.
• GIBSON, Moses of Coventry, R. I., & Esther MONTGOMERY, June 7, 1792.
• PHILLIPS, Daniel of Plainfield & Olive KEIGWIN, Aug. 16, 1792.
• CAMPBELL, Alexander & Polly FRINK, Sept. 3, 1792.
• BROWN, Elisha & Thankful COLGROVE, Oct. 11, 1792.
• GORDON, Thomas & Elisabeth STEWART, Dec. 23, 1792.
• PERKINS, Oliver, Jr., & Anna KENNEDY, Dec. 24, 1792.
• CAMPBELL, Charles & Phebe GORTON, Dec. 24, 1792.
• POPPLE, William & Rachel FRINK, Mar. 24, 1793.
• LAWRENCE, David & Morven WILKINSON, Apr. 21, 1793.
• BOARDMAN, Samuel of Preston & Nancy WYLIE, Aug. 22, 1793.
• DORRANCE, James of Foster, R. I., & Mehitabel GREEN, Oct. 14, 1793.
• HILL, Joseph & Sarah BUDLONG, Dec. 29, 1793.
• DOUGLASS, Robert & Jane HALL, Feb. 6, 1794.
• PARK, Douglass of Plainfield & Olive DOUGLASS, Apr. 24, 1794.
• COLGROVE, Stephen & Elisabeth PARTELOW, June 12, 1794.
• KASSON, Jareph of Granby & Margaret WYLIE of Sterling, Oct. 9, 1794.

(The Town of Sterling was set from Voluntown about the time of above date.)

• BURLINGAME, Thomas & Sarah MONTGOMERY, both of Sterling, Oct. 16, 1794.
• KINNE, Jeremiah of Plainfield & Martha DOW of Sterling, Oct. 30, 1794.
• DOW, Ebenezer, Jr., of Sterling & Anna STEWART of Voluntown, Nov. 30, 1794.
• WATERS, Gideon of Glastenbury & Thankful WELLS of Voluntown, Dec. 25, 1794.
• BROWN, Asa of Stonington & Lucy DOW of Sterling, Jan. 15, 1795.
• TAYLOR, George Alexander of Plainfield & Hannah MATTESON of Sterling, Feb. 19, 1795.
• FRINK, Zachariah, Jr., of Voluntown & Mary FRINK of Sterling, Oct. 22, 1795.
• THAYER, Porter & Rosanna HALL, Dec. 24, 1795.
• KINYON, Mumford of Charlestown, R. I., & Hannah WAGE of Voluntown, Jan. 12, 1796.
• PLACE, Soloman of Coventry, R. I., & Martha HEARD of Sterling, Feb. 7, 1796.
• GALLUP, Joseph & Hannah SMITH, both of Sterling, Apr. 7, 1796.
• LARKHAM, Lot & Elizabeth KENNEDY, both of Voluntown, Apr. 28, 1796.
• ALMY, William & Mary OLNEY, both of Sterling, Sept. 15, 1796.
• BAILEY, Jedediah of Groton & Mercy STONE of Sterling, Oct. 30, 1796.
• DORRANCE, Alexander of Foster & Elisabeth FRINK of Voluntown, Nov. 10, 1796.
• STEVENS, Russel and Margaret FRINK, both of Voluntown, Nov. 17, 1796.
• KEIGWIN, Elias & Rebekah RHODES, both of Voluntown, Jan. 3, 1797.
• PARK, John & Barbara WYLIE, both of Voluntown, Jan. 12, 1797.
• KNOX, Dorrance & Nancy BENNET of Sterling, Jan. 30, 1797.
• KEIGWIN, Lieut. Nicholas & Mary GORDON, both of Voluntown, Feb. 2, 1797.
• MOT, Joseph & Mary VAUGHN, both of Voluntown, Feb. 2, 1797.
• RICE, Nathan of Coventry, R. I., & Sarah HOXSIE of Voluntown, Feb. 2, 1797.
• MCNEIL, John of Sterling & Polly DIXON of Voluntown, Sept. 10, 1797.
• HERRICK, Samuel of Plainfield & Betsey DEWYER of Sterling, Mar. 25, 1798.
• BRIGGS, Lieut. William of Voluntown & Hannah STEPHENS of Sterling, May 3, 1798.
• BABCOCK, George of Pittsfield & Sarah BRIGGS of Voluntown, June 21, 1798.
• JOHNSON, Warden of Coventry, R. I., & Phebe KNOX of Sterling, June 28, 1798.
• SWEET, Ebenezer of Greenwich & Elizabeth AVERY of Sterling, Nov. 25, 1798.
• GORDON, Capt. Thomas & Sarah Susanna DIXON, both of Sterling, Dec. 2, 1798.
• COLE, Thomas of Fairfield, N. Y., & Sally BROWN of Sterling, Jan. 24, 1799.
• MILLET, Samuel of New York & Rachael DOUGLASS of Sterling, Feb. 7, 1799.
• DOW, Daniel & Susanna DOUGLASS, both of Sterling, Mar. 28, 1799.
• KINYON, John, Jr., & Susanna THURSTON, both of Sterling, Apr. 14, 1799.
• GORDON, Archibald of Sterling & Mrs. Sally WYLIE of Voluntown, June 23, 1799.
• BITGOOD, Jonathan & Hannah STANTON, both of Voluntown, July 4, 1799.
• ROBBINS, Samuel, 3d, & Phebe WAGE, both of Voluntown, July 16, 1799.
• BROWN, Hezekiah & Elisabeth COLE, both of Sterling, July 21, 1799.
• PERKINS, Caleb of Sterling & Sally ALEXANDER of Voluntown, July 25, 1799.
• SHURDEN, Allen of West Greenwich, R. I., & Dorcas BUTTON of Sterling, Dec. 15, 1799.
• POTTER, James & Olive WILSON, both of Sterling, Feb. 10, 1800.