Resources

Resources Used in Our Research

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Culliton, Dennis, The Almshouse in Guilford, CT, in the Early 1800s. 2020. Unpublished paper.

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First Congregational Church of Madison, List of Madison Deaths. 1791-1930. Historical Collection. Church archives. Also available at ancestry.com.

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U.S. Census of Guilford, 1820, “Samuel Johnson,” United States Federal Census, Web January 2020, www.ancestry.com/interactive.