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CRITTENDEN, CRUTTENDEN [from Durham, Middlesex Co., CT. Barbour Records] transcribed on the internet by Coralynn Brown

Abraham, son Abraham & Sarah, b Aug 3, 1714; bap. Aug 5, 1716
Anna, dau Abraham & Sarah, bap. Dec 25, 1726
**Ebenezer, son Samuel & Sarah, b Oct 18, 1757; bap. Oct 23, 1757
Esther, of Durham, m Ens. Edward CAMP of Middletown, June 20, 1758, by Rev Elizur Godrich
George, m Eliza A STRONG, may 19, 1824
**Immer, son Samuel & Sarah, b Mar 17, 1766; bap. Mar__, 1766
**John, son Samuel & Sarah, b Oct 27, 1761; bap. Nov 1, 1761
Mary, dau Abraham & Sarah, bap. Sept 23, 1722
Mary, dau Abraham & Sarah, b Sept 27, 1722
**Medad, son Samuel & Sarah, b May 23, 1764; bap. May 27, 1764
Nathaniel, son Abraham, bap. Apr 5, 1730
Nathaniel, son Abraham & Sarah*, b July 21, 1731; bap. July 25, 1731 *(Changed from "Barbara" to "Sarah" in baptism)
**Noah, son Samuel & Sarah, bap. Aug 14, 1768
**Osee, son Samuel & Sarah, b Jan 18, 1760; bap. Jan 20, 1760
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**Samuel, son Samuel & Sarah, b Sept 27, 1755; bap. Sept 28, 1755
Sarah, dau Aabraham & Sarah, b May 10, 1715; bap. May 15, 1715
Sarah, dau Abraham & Sarah, b Sept 12, 1718; bap. Sept 15, 1718
Sarah, m Abner TIBBALS, Aug 26, 1747
Susannah, dau Abraham & Sarah, b Sept 5, 1720; bap. Sept 11, 1720

I am sure this is the real father of Osee.* His birth is listed on the same page of the Barbour Records in Durham, and the dates fit a lot better than the Samuel b. 1712. However, the Crittenden Genealogy states otherwise. It lists his father as Samuel b. 1712, son of Samuel and Mindwell Meigs. I am not sure of the identity of Sarah Mason, his alleged wife. Several websites have her listed as such but I have seen her named nowhere in the actual records.
*This has been confirmed by a copy of a letter written in 1932 by one Rebecca Crittenden of Detroit Michigan, a direct descendant of Samuel through his son John. She confirms that there is an error in the genealogy and that the Samuel b. 1734 is the correct Samuel that is the father of this group of sons. Specifically she cites the NEHGR Vol. 5, p. 466-468 [Oct. 1898] In the letter she states that this Samuel [b. 1733/34] "moved to Conway c. 1772 with his wife and 7 small sons. Then later at least five of them married and moved to New York State, where he died at the home of his youngest son." Further she states that " John Jr. married in this state in 1831. My father at 73 still lives in the old homeseat near Mt. Clemens in which he was born and which his grandfather built from bricks made on the old farm. "

Samuel had a son named Noah baptized in Durham, CT. in Aug. of 1768. Three years later, in Nov 1771, he had another Noah baptized in Conway, MA. About that same time, wife Sarah vaished from the records. He was also in Ontario Co. N.Y. near Seneca and is buried there. The whereabouts of the other Samuel is not certain, but it is believed that both Samuels spent time back and forth between Conway and Durham. Because of the proximity of him to this entire family I beieve that the Crittenden genealogy is wrong and he is the father of Osee and his brothers. It is easy to see why two Samuels with wives named Sarah would be mixed up.

Here's another thought. There are descendants who insist that Samuel's wife was Sarah Joslin. That is only possible if she was his second wife and not the other of these first 8 children. According to the Guilford, CT Barbour records, Sarah Joslin, d/o Joseph and Sarah Joslin, was b. Nov 10, 1757 in Guilford.
She m. Samuel Cruttenden (but which one?) June 24, 1778 also in Guilford.
She died March 29, 1796 'in her 39th yr.' (Guilford VR) If indeed she did marry this Samuel as his second wife, they also had children together. Recorded in the VR are: Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah, Dec 18, 1778; Sarah, Nov 3, 1786; Polly, July 23, 1789; there may be others, perhaps b. in Conway, MA.
Or, the Samuel who m. Sarah Joslin may be another Samuel altogether. There were several: one, son of Joseph and Lucy Spencer, b. Nov 22, 1755 in Guilford, and another, son of Nathaniel and Mary Parmelee, b. Jan 2, 1747/48 in Guilford. Would he have named a second son Samuel? His firstborn with the Sarah above, b. 1755, was also named Samuel, and he lived until 1839, so it is not a case of naming a second son after a deceased son.

Here is an excerpt borrowed from the web:

Crittenden Cemetery
Excerpt from The Country Cousin by Lucille M. Harford (1976), page 137, under Cemeteries in the Town of Geneva, New York:

"At the corner of Pre-Emption and Castle Roads is the Whitney-Crittenden Cemetery, the only well-preserved family cemetery in the Town of Geneva. Captain Jonathan Whitney, a soldier in both the French and Indian War and the Revolution, first came to the Geneva area as an explorer in 1789. He remained four months and then returned to his home in Conway, Massachusetts. The following year he returned with his seven sons and their families and located on the north side of Castle Road where he died in 1792. He owned well over 1,200 acres of land, which was divided at his death among his family. His daughter Experience and her husband Immer Crittenden came to Geneva with Captain Whitney. In 1794 Immer s father, Samuel CRITTENDEN, followed with six sons and their families and settled in the area. Captain Whitney and Samuel CRITTENDEN, also a Revolutionary War soldier, are buried beside one another. Captain Whitney s grave is the oldest (1792) in the town. The majority of the approximately 29 graves in the plot are those of the family of Immer and Experience (Whitney) Crittenden. Most of the Whitney family members are buried in the Whitney Cemetery further west on Pre-Emption (County Road 4) in the Town of Seneca."

• Married: ABT 1754 in Durham,Middlesex,CT

1. Samuel CRITTENDEN b: 27 SEP 1755 in Durham,Middlesex,CT c: 28 SEP 1755 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
2. Ebenezer CRITTENDEN b: 18 OCT 1757 in Conway,Franklin,MA c: 23 OCT 1757 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
3. Osee CRITTENDEN b: 18 JAN 1760 in Durham,Middlesex,CT c: 20 JAN 1760 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
4. John CRITTENDEN b: 27 OCT 1761 in Durham,Middlesex,CT c: 1 NOV 1761 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
5. Medad CRITTENDEN b: 23 MAY 1764 in Durham,Middlesex,CT c: 27 MAY 1764 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
6. Immer CRITTENDEN b: 17 MAR 1766 in Durham,Middlesex,CT c: 3-??-1766 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
7. Noah CRITTENDEN c: 14 AUG 1768 in Durham,Middlesex,CT
8. Noah CRITTENDEN c: 17 NOV 1771 in Conway,Franklin,MA

1. Repository:
   Name: Beverly McGuire
   3138 Waialae Ave,
   Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-1549
   
   Title: Descendants of Abraham Cruttenden
   Author: Ralph D. Smythe
   Abbrev: Descendants of Abraham Cruttenden
   Page: p. 469
2. Title: Families of Ancient New Haven
   Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiler
   Publication: New Haven Genealogical Magazine.
   Mount Carmel, Conn. : D.L. Jacobus, [1922-1932]
   8 v. ; 23-25 cm.
   -v. 8, no. 4 (Apr. 1
   Abbrev: Families of Ancient New Haven
   Note:
   Comments: Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by America's foremost genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus, comprises
   the first eight volumes of what became one of America's premier periodicals, The American Genealogist.
   Page: Vol. II, Crittenden family
3. Repository:
   Name: Personal Library
   
   Title: The Barbour Collection of CT VR: Durham, Eastford, East Haddam
   Author: Lorraine Cook White
   Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co
   Abbrev: The Barbour Collection of CT VR: Durham, Eastford, East Haddam
   Note: Samuel, son Abraham & Sarah, b Feb 7, 1733; bap. Feb 20, 1733
4. Repository:
   Name: Personal Library
   
   Title: The Barbour Collection of CT VR: Durham, Eastford, East Haddam
   Author: Lorraine Cook White
   Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co
   Abbrev: The Barbour Collection of CT VR: Durham, Eastford, East Haddam
5. Title: 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York [1809-1850]
   Author: Fred Q. Bowman
   Publication: 1985 Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
   Abbrev: 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York [1809-1850]
   Note:
   Cites the "Geneva Gazette" as the source
   Page: p. 58
   Note: cites date of article as June 5
6. Title: Gravestone Inscription
   Abbrev: Gravestone Inscription
   Note: says May 31, 1816
7. Title: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/
   Abbrev: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/