Family: Rufus Colton / Lucretia Day (F8882)

• Father | Male Rufus Colton

  
  

  Born	8 Oct 1776	Wilbraham, Hampden County, MA
  Died	12 Jun 1862	Northfield, Litchfield County, CT
  Buried
  Married	23 Feb 1809  [1]	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA  [1]
  Other Spouse	Polly Mary Button | F15459
  Married	21 Apr 1801	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Father	Joseph Colton | F79356 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eleanor Bartlett | F79356 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lucretia Day

  
  

  Born	5 Sep 1787	Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died	18 Jan 1861	Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Buried
  Father	Joel Day, Jr. | F8880 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lucretia Day | F8880 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Lois Bartlet Colton

  
  

  Born	22 Feb 1810	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Henry Weeks | F119752
  Married	1 Apr 1834

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Deacon Edward Colton

  
  

  Born	19 Sep 1811	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died	29 May 1890	Vernon, Vanburen, IA
  Buried		Bentonsport, Van Buren County, IA
  Spouse	Emily Burlingame | F79357
  Married	16 Oct 1843	Bentonsport, Van Buren County, IA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male General Joseph Colton

  
  

  Born	19 Dec 1813	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died	9 May 1895	New Haven, New Haven County, CT
  Buried
  Spouse	Lucia M. Smith | F79358
  Married	1 Apr 1835
  Spouse	Emily | F79359
  Married	30 Jan 1879

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Mary Colton

  
  

  Born	2 Feb 1815	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died	21 Jul 1835	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Rufus Colton

  
  

  Born	7 Feb 1817	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Died	1850
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Solomon Colton

  
  

  Born	22 Dec 1819	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Maria Cordelia Nims | F79360
  Married	2 Feb 1842	Harwinton, Litchfield County, CT

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Laura Merrick Colton

  
  

  Born	10 Dec 1822	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died	10 Sep 1907
  Buried
  Spouse	George Wilson Moore | F79371
  Married	14 Nov 1848	Hartford, Hartford County, CT

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Lucretia D. Colton

  
  

  Born	9 May 1825	West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Norman West Hollister | F119757
  Married	1 Oct 1845	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Spouse	Joseph Merrick | F119758
  Married	14 Dec 1856

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] George E. Day, "Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the Male Line of, 33 (Reliability: 3).