Thaddeus C. BRUCE & Zilpha PHILLIPS

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Thaddeus C. BRUCE
Zilpha PHILLIPS

Note: A descendant of Thaddeus C. BRUCE has been tested for the BRUCE Y-DNA Surname Project at FamilyTreeDNA. He is a 36/37 marker match for a descendant of George BRUCE (c1633-1692) meaning they share a fairly recent common ancestor, though a paper connection has yet to be made. These two match no one else in the BRUCE project (as of 30 Sep 2006); thus, this BRUCE line is not a genetic match with descendants of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), King of Scotland, who are Haplogroup R1b1.

Husband: Thaddeus / Thadeus C. BRUCE
Birth: 28 Feb 1793, Canterbury, Windham Co., CT
Death: 23 Jan 1869
Disposition: buried Elmwood Cemetery, Vernon, Tolland Co., CT
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1a
Elected Office: 1842, Connecticut State Senator, of Vernon, CT (21st District)
Father: unknown BRUCE
Mother: Esther COLLINS

Marriage:

Wife: Zilpha / Silpha PHILLIPS
Birth: 1794/5, RI
Death: 6 Jul 1868
Disposition: buried Elmwood Cemetery, Vernon, Tolland Co., CT

Children:

— born in CT, presumably in Griswold, New London Co., CT:
1. Cathrine J. BRUCE, b. 1819/20; d. 27 Oct 1843; bur. Elmwood Cem.
2. William C. BRUCE, b. 1821/2

— born in CT, presumably in Vernon, Tolland Co., CT:
3. Frederick H. BRUCE, b. 1831; d. 27 Sep 1883; bur. Elmwood Cem.
4. Mary Angeline BRUCE, b. 1840/1

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Sources:

1. Lorraine Cook White, ed. 1994-2000. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Canterbury Vital Records, 1703-1850. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Ancestry.com):

p. 143 BRUCE, Thaddeus, s. Esther COLLINS, single woman, b. Feb. 28, 1793 v. 1 p. 114

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 13; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 CT New London Co. Griswold Roll M33_2 p. 719 Ln. 22 Thadeus C Bruce 000010-11100-0-001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Thaddeus (b. 1791/2)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Cathrine (b. 1819/20)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = ?

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Zilpha (b. 1794/5)

1 person engaged in manufacture

Zilpha is too young to be the mother of the teenage girl.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23 of 78 — indexed "Sadens c Bruse"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 RI Providence Co. Smithfield Roll 168 p. 130B Ln. 26 Thadeus C Bruce 010 001 - 011 101

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = William (b. 1822)

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Thaddeus (b. 1791/2)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Mary Angeline (b. 1840/1)

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Cathrine (b. 1819/20)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = ?

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Zilpha (b. 1794/5)

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5-6 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 CT Tolland Co. Vernon Roll 31 pp. 130B-131A/4151-4152 Ln. 22 Thaddeus Bruce 010 100 100 - 000 110 100 0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Frederick (b. 1831)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = William (b. 1822)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Thaddeus (b. 1791/2)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Mary Angeline (b. 1840/1)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Cathrine (b. 1819/20)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Zilpha (b. 1794/5)

3 persons employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 70): Town of Vernon, Tolland Co., CT, Roll M432_50, 29/31, enumerated 20 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thadeus Bruce 57 M Farmer 2500 Conn

Silpha    " 55 F Rhode Island

Fred H    " 18 M Farmer Conn

Mary A    " 9 F Conn

6a. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 96): Rockville P.O., Vernon, Tolland Co., CT, Roll M653_80, p. 477, PN 31, 219/231, enumerated 11 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Nathen Cox 40 M Farmer England

Ann J   " 30 M "

Arabell " 15 F Germany

Agnes   " 13 F Mass

Martin " 4 M Conn

Thadeus C Br??? 66 M Farmer 3000 600 "

Zilpha      " 65 F RI

There's no apparent genealogical connection between the COX's and our subjects. Listed next to daughter [Mary] Angeline BRUCE (see next source), who is next to son William C. BRUCE.

6b. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #32 of 96): Rockville P.O., Vernon, Tolland Co., CT, Roll M653_80, p. 478, PN 32, 220/232, enumerated 11 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Angline Bruce 19 F Conn

Listed between her parents and her brother, William C. BRUCE. It's actually unlikely that they were in separate domiciles and more likely the enumerator was mis-using the visitation numbers.

7. Lucius Barnes Barbour. 1929. "Inscriptions from Gravestones at Vernon, Conn." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 83(Oct): 496-504.

p. 496 3. Elmwood Cemetery...

p. 497 Cathrine J. daughter of T. C. and Zilpha Bruce, died Oct. 27, 1843, aged 23.
Frederick H. Bruce died Sept. 27, 1883, aged 52.
T. C. Bruce died Jan. 23, 1869, aged 77.
Zilpha, wife of T. C. Bruce, died July 6, 1868, aged 73...

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