George Terrill Jr. (bef. 1727 - 1806)

Born before 28 Jan 1727 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Sherman) Terrill — married 4 Dec 1754 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1806 after age 79 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Captain George Terrill Jr. served with 16th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

George Terrill was christened on 28 Jan 1727 (or Jan 1728^[1]) in Milford, Connecticut. On December 4, 1754, George married Sarah Sherman in Fairfield, Connecticut. They were both of Newtown, Connecticut.^[2]

On September 16, 1777, George was one of 48 men in Newtown, Connecticut, who took the Freeman's oath. On December 7, 1777, he was elected a selectman in Newtown.^[3][1]

During the Revolutionary War, George served as Captain "of the western alarm list company in the town of Newtown in the 16th regiment in this State [Connecticut]." ^[4]

George died on April 7, 1806, in Newtown, Connecticut.^[1] His burial site is unknown.^[5]

George Terrill's probate records and will in which he names children and several grandchildren is here: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626607_00778?pId=2867736

Research Notes

• Alternate surname spellings used in records: Terrell,^[1] Turril^[2]
• TOOK OATH OF FIDELITY, 9-16-1777;^[1]
• Possible records for George:
  • 1773, baptism for Lucinda Turril, child of George Turril
  • 1775, baptism for Lucinda Turrel, child of George Turrel
  • 1775, death of an 11 year old child of George Turrell
  • 1790 census, George Turrell, Newtown CT
  • 1800 census, George Turrell, Newtown CT

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4}
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR1-ZJ17 : 3 October 2019), George Turril and Sarah Sherman, 4 Dec 1754; citing Marriage, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
3. ↑ Johnson, Newtown's History and Historian, pp. 121, 133, 138.
4. ↑ Charles J. Hoadly, Public Records of the State of Connecticut, 1776-1781, Vol. 2, pp. 193, 244.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/204366018/george-terrill : accessed 26 June 2021), memorial page for CPT George Terrill Jr. (Jan 1727–1 Apr 1806), Find A Grave: Memorial #204366018; Maintained by MaryJane Haight-Eckert (contributor 46560908) Burial Details Unknown.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 741.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Terrill Family of Connecticut, The American Genealogist (New Haven, Conn., 1949) Vol. 25, Page 45-6: He m2. Abigail ____.
• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 130. Death record.