Rufus Colton b. 8 Oct 1776 Wilbraham, Hampden County, MA d. 12 Jun 1862 Northfield, Litchfield County, CT

1776 - 1862 (85 years)

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Name	Rufus Colton
Born	8 Oct 1776	Wilbraham, Hampden County, MA [1]
Gender	Male
Died	12 Jun 1862	Northfield, Litchfield County, CT [1]
Person ID	I23489	Day Family Tree
Last Modified	20 Sep 2002

Father	Joseph Colton, b. 25 Jan 1743/1744, Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 15 Jun 1815 (Age 71 years)
Mother	Eleanor Bartlett, b. 25 Jul 1752, Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 18 Jun
Married	24 Oct 1774 [1]
Family ID	F79356	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Polly Mary Button, b. 20 Jan 1778, Agawam (now Springfield), Hampden County, MA , d. 10 Aug 1808, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA (Age 30 years)

Married 21 Apr 1801 West Springfield, Hampden County, MA [1]

Children

	1. Eleanor Colton, b. 2 Apr 1802, Agawam (now Springfield), Hampden County, MA
	2. Mary Colton, b. 8 Apr 1804, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
	3. Erastus Colton, b. 13 Apr 1806, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
	4. Caroline Colton, b. 7 May 1808, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA

Family ID F15459 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Lucretia Day, b. 5 Sep 1787, Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 18 Jan 1861, Springfield, Hampden County, MA (Age 73 years)

Married 23 Feb 1809 West Springfield, Hampden County, MA [2]

Children

	1. Lois Bartlet Colton, b. 22 Feb 1810, Hartford, Hartford County, CT
	2. Deacon Edward Colton, b. 19 Sep 1811, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 29 May 1890, Vernon, Vanburen, IA (Age 78 years)
	3. General Joseph Colton, b. 19 Dec 1813, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 9 May 1895, New Haven, New Haven County, CT (Age 81 years)
	4. Mary Colton, b. 2 Feb 1815, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 21 Jul 1835, Hartford, Hartford County, CT (Age 20 years)
	5. Rufus Colton, b. 7 Feb 1817, Hartford, Hartford County, CT , d. 1850 (Age 32 years)
	6. Solomon Colton, b. 22 Dec 1819, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA
	7. Laura Merrick Colton, b. 10 Dec 1822, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA , d. 10 Sep 1907 (Age 84 years)
	8. Lucretia D. Colton, b. 9 May 1825, West Springfield, Hampden County, MA

Family ID F8882 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Married - 21 Apr 1801 - West Springfield, Hampden County, MA

Married - 23 Feb 1809 - West Springfield, Hampden County, MA

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Sources
[S103] Ancestry.com.

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