Gideon Stoddard & Prudence Terril (Parents of Ruth)

by Catherine Sevenau on May 21, 2011

Gideon Stoddard

  • Son of Rev. Anthony Stoddard & Prudence Wells
  • Born: May 27, 1714, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: May 12, 1780 (age 65), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Military: French & Indian War (Committee of Inspection & Observation); Revolutionary War, Sergeant
  • Occupation: Deacon of Congregational Church
  • Politics: Committee of Safety in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • Married (1): Jan 14, 1732, Olive Curtis, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • Eight children: Simeon Stoddard, Mabel Stoddard, Gideon Stoddard, Nathan Stoddard, Elisha Stoddard, Hannah Stoddard, Jerusha Stoddard (twin), Olive Stoddard (twin)
  • Married (2): abt 1750, Prudence Terrill, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • Six children: Olive Stoddard, Prudence Stoddard, Chloe Stoddard, Anthony Stoddard, RUTH STODDARD, Oliver Stoddard

(m.1) Olive Curtis

  • Daughter of John Curtis & Joanna Burr
  • Born: May 6, 1713, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • Died: Sep 25, 1749 (35), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; a few weeks after birth of twins
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married (1): Jan 14, 1732, Gideon Stoddard, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Eight children: Simeon Stoddard, Mabel Stoddard, Gideon Stoddard, Nathan Stoddard, Elisha Stoddard, Hannah Stoddard, Jerusha Stoddard (twin), Olive Stoddard (twin)

(m.2) Prudence Terrill

  • Daughter of Stephen Terrill & Mary Judson
  • Born: Dec 4, 1730, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: Oct 25, 1776 (age 45), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: abt 1750, Gideon Stoddard, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • Six children: Olive Stoddard, Prudence Stoddard, Chloe Stoddard, Anthony Stoddard, RUTH STODDARD, Oliver Stoddard

1. Olive Stoddard

  • Born: Mar 29, 1752, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: 1843 (age 91), Rochester, Monroe County, New York
  • Buried: Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, Monroe County, New York
  • Married: Jun 26, 1785, Jeremiah Selkrig, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Nine children: Loren Selkrig, Rhoda Selkrig, William Selkrig(1), James Selkrig, William Selkrig(2), two infants, Jeremiah Selkrig, Mary Selkrig

2. Prudence Stoddard

  • Born: Sep 15, 1754, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: abt 1797
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Dec 22, 1786, Henry Thompson, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • One child: Hannah Thompson

3. Chloe Stoddard

  • Born 1756, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: unkn
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: aft 1783, Eliakim/Eleakim Tirrell/Tryell

4. Anthony Stoddard

  • Born: Apr 16, 1758, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: Nov 16, 1783 (age 25), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn

5. RUTH STODDARD

  • Born: May 20, 1760, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: Nov 21, 1831 (age 71), Connecticut
  • Buried: Trinity Cemetery in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Married: Nov 13, 1785, JOEL CHATFIELD, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut
  • Seven children: ISAAC CHATFIELD, Leman Chatfield, Almira Chatfield, Oliver Stoddard Chatfield, Charlotte Chatfield, Thirza Chatfield, Joel Raymond Chatfield

6. Oliver Stoddard

  • Born: abt 1762, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: aft 1790, unkn
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Hannah Smith or Hannah Mix
  • Four children: Anthony Stoddard, Sarah Stoddard, Harper Stoddard, Oliver Stoddard

Rev. Anthony Stoddard (father of Gideon Stoddard)

  • Son of Solomon Stoddard & Esther Warham
  • Born: Aug 9, 1678, North Hampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  • Died: Sep 6, 1760 (age 82), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Buried: Congregational Church Cemetery in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Education: 1715, Harvard College, A.M.
  • Occupation: Colonial clergyman
  • Married (1): Oct 20, 1700, Prudence Welles, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
  • Eight children: Mary Stoddard, Solomon Stoddard, Eliakim Stoddard, Elisha Stoddard, Israel Stoddard, John Stoddard, Prudence Stoddard, GIDEON STODDARD
  • Married (2): Jan 31, 1716, Mary Sherman, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • Three children: Abijah Stoddard, Esther Stoddard, Elizabeth Stoddard
  • Married (3): Hannah B. ___
  • No children

 

Headstone for Anthony Stoddard (father of Gideon Stoddard)
Note: Trinity Cemetery headstone pictures courtesy Nancy Weber, Find-A-Grave
“In Memory of ye Rev Anthony Stoddard
Pastor of 1st Church of Christian Woodbury
Died Sept 6th 1760 in ye 83rd year of his Age
in ye 61st year of his Ministry”