Ackley, Augustus O. -- (1839-1926) Father of Vintson Ackley; husband of (1) Sarah Whipple and (2) Martha Josephine Whipple; gravestone in Ledyard Union Cemetery says, "Born at Rumford, ME"

Akers, Mary -- Daughter of Emma Caroline Crouch; born 1887

Avery, Evangeline (Watrous)

Avery, Evangeline (Watrous) -- "Taken at Poquonock Picnic Grove about the year 1915 or 16"

Avery, Louis and Evangeline (Watrous) -- Taken in 1931

Benham, Ida (Whipple) -- (1849-1903) Born in Quakertown, lived in Mystic, known nationally as a poet and peace advocate

Bolles, John R. -- (1810-1895) Rogerene descendant, New London attorney, key figure in locating the U. S. Navy base in Southeastern CT, author of several books of prose and poetry, and author--with his niece Anna B. Williams--of The Rogerenes; buried in New London's Cedar Grove Cemetery

Carlson, Grace

Chapman, Esther (Watrous)

Chapman, John Crouch

Chesbro Children (of Daniel L.), ca. 1910 -- Sitting l.-r., Winifred, Jennie, and Lucy; standing, Daniel

Chesbro, Family of Daniel L. -- Taken at the Elisha Haley House, ca. Sept. 1919; back l.-r., Daniel A., Daniel L., Alfred Whipple, Phoebe Whipple, Clara holding Angie; front l.-r., Walter, Lucy, Floyd, Jennie, twins Marybell and Clarabell, and Muriel Whipple. Muriel Whipple Haddon writes of this visit between the two families in her book Homespun Lore (76)

Chesbro, Daniel G. -- (1862-1932) Born in Burnett's Corners; for many years, operated a fruit farm on Flanders Road, Groton

Chesbro, Daniel L. and Clara (Crouch) -- Photo taken at the time they were married, April 1903

Chesbro, Jennie and Daniel -- Brother and sister are shown, ca. 1920, harvesting cranberries in the bog that was located at what is today the juction of Lambtown and Quaker Farm Roads

Chesbro, Lucy -- Daughter of Daniel L. and Clara (Crouch) Chesbro; died ca. age 14, perhaps of appendicitis; buried in an unmarked grave, Lambtown Cemetery

Chesbro, Lucy and Jennie -- Taken ca. 1907

Chesbro, Mary Bell and Clara Bell -- Photo taken ca. 1917; identical twins, daughters of Daniel L. and Clara (Crouch) Chesbro; the family was then living at the Elisha Haley house

Chesebro, Bertha and Angie -- Photo of the two sisters taken possibly ca. 1920

Chesbro, Clara (Crouch) -- Taken ca. age 19

Chesebro, Daniel G. -- Photo taken during haying time, possibly ca. 1920; Daniel Chesbro is standing to the right; on the wagon appears to be his son, Daniel L. Chesbro

Christopher, Louise (Crouch)

Comrie Children, ca. 1920 -- (Back, l.-r.) Claude and Frank; (front, l.-r.) John, Ed, and cousin Walter Chesbro

Comrie, Claude, and Alvin Watrous -- Taken in 1939

Comrie, Frank and Geneva (Crouch) -- Taken with children Claude, Grace, and Frank

Comrie, Frank and Geneva (Crouch) -- Taken ca. 1905

Comrie, Frank Jr. -- Taken during the 1920s

Comrie, Geneva (Crouch) -- Shown with her sister Clara (Crouch) Chesbro

Comrie, Geneva (Crouch) with children -- Taken ca. 1918; (back, l.-r.) Frank, Grace, baby Wendell; (front, l.-r.) Claude, John, Ralph, Paul, Ed

Comrie, Grace -- Shown with Chesbro cousins Jennie, Lucy, Clara Bell, and Mary Bell; taken at the Elisha Haley House

Comrie, Grace -- Taken during the 1920s

Comrie, Grace -- Taken ca. 1906

Comrie, Wendell -- Taken ca. 1940

Conklin, Claude -- Brother and Sister Conklin with Bernice, Marion, and Evelyn, with Maxon Watrous

Crandall Family (of Ralph) -- Daughters of Ralph and Rena (Crouch) Crandall. Back, l.-r., Lois, Marion, Mildred, Florence; front, l.-r., Grace, Evelyn, Alice

Crandall, Alice (Watrous)

Crandall, Alice Ada (Watrous)

Crandall, Emerson -- Shown with William Harvey (left); photo taken during the 1920s

Crandall, Mattie (Crouch)

Crandall, Ralph

Crandall, Ralph and family -- Ca. 1918

Crandall, Rena (Crouch) -- Taken ca. 1900, when she was age 15

Crandall, Roy and Emerson -- L.-r., Roy Crandall, Will Harvey, Emerson Crandall

Crouch Children (of Halsey), ca. 1926 -- L.-r., Edna, Everett, Margaret, Lily and Lila (twins); the family lived then at the Hammond House; they moved to California in 1930

Crouch, (Ruth) Emma (Shafer) -- Shown with daughter Jessie

Crouch, Alden A. and Lucy (Phillips)

Crouch, Alden A. and Lucy (Phillips) -- "Taken Sept. or Oct. 1926, at 34 High Street, Mystic, CT"

Crouch, Alden A. and Lucy (Phillips) -- Taken during the summer of 1914, with daughters Mary and Lunella, "Fanny Packer Place," New London Road, Mystic, CT

Crouch, Alden A. and Lucy (Phillips); with Earl Crandall -- Taken in Mystic, ca. 1916; grandson Earl Crandall died ca. 1927 in Mystic, age 14, in a fall from a bicycle

Crouch, Alfton

Crouch, Alice (Hall) -- Shown with Christine Gibson, founder of the Zion Bible Institute, East Providence, RI; taken ca. 1940

Crouch, Anna and Mary

Crouch, Arthur and Ruth Emma (Shafer)

Crouch, Augusta (Chapman)

Crouch, Augusta (Chapman)

Crouch, Blanche (Phillips)

Crouch, Chauncey

Crouch, Chauncey and Family -- Taken ca. mid-1940s; for a list identifying the people pictured, click here

Crouch, Chauncey and Family -- Taken ca. 1950; for a list identifying the people pictured, click here

Crouch, Chauncey Family -- Taken ca. 1918

Crouch, Chauncey Family, ca. 1920

Crouch, Everett -- Son of Timothy Crouch, Sr.; shown riding a bicycle

Crouch, Frederick

Crouch, George E. -- Shown with daughter Hazel, ca. 1929

Crouch, Halsey -- Taken ca. 1920 "with his boxes of peaches on Bureau St., now Harbor, in Santa Ana," CA, shortly before his return to CT. Janet Filbeck writes, "My grandfather owned all the property that ran along the Santa Ana River almost to the beach off of Harbor, and he sold all of it to go back to CT. Grandpa was known for his peaches at this time and won many ribbons at the fairs." Shown also are children Everett (left) and Edna

Crouch, Halsey

Crouch, Halsey and Eva (Berg) and Family -- Taken ca. 1942. Back, Margaret W. Crouch; middle, l.-r., Lily A.(twin), Edna V., Lila V.(twin); front, l.-r., Everett I., Eva L., Halsey J., and Thelma J. Crouch

Crouch, Halsey and Eva (Berg), 1914 -- Taken at the time of their marriage

Crouch, Halsey Children -- Lila, Thelma, Lily, and Margaret; photo taken during the 1920s

Crouch, Herbert and Anna (Crouch) -- With children Edwin and Lillian, 1914

Crouch, Herbert and Family -- Taken Aug. 1930; front, l.-r., Theodore, Raymond, Edna; back, l.-r., Anna, Edwin, Herbert, Harold, Evelyn

Crouch, J. Richard -- Son of Silas and Julia (Peckham) Crouch; died 1919, age 18

Crouch, Jane (Olin)

Crouch, John and Alice (Hall) -- Youth leaders for many years in Quakertown Church

Crouch, Joseph (Family) -- Mabel, Eva (Berg), Halsey, Grace, and Rena

Crouch, Joseph Lewers and Group -- Taken at Matunuck Point, RI, probably ca. 1940; l.-r., Leon Crouch, Eleanor Crouch, Rose Whipple, Harry Whipple, and Agnes and Joseph L. Crouch

Crouch, Joseph S. and Martha (Chapman) -- Joseph was a blacksmith and became blind in one eye when a piece of steel went into the eye; later he lost his sight in the other eye as well

Crouch, Joseph S. and Martha (Chapman) and Family -- Photo taken ca. 1943; (back, l.-r.) Milton Crouch, Phyllis Crouch, Halsey Crouch, Eva (Berg) Crouch, Mildred, Leslie (Mildred's husband), Grace Crouch, Alvin Watrous, Lila (Crouch) Bruce holding son Emerson, Thelma Crouch, Dorthea Crouch; (front, l.-r.) little boys Dean Crouch and Vernon Bruce; Joseph and Martha (Chapman) Crouch

Crouch, Joseph S. and Martha (Chapman) and Family -- Back row, l.-r., Mabel Estella, Halsey Joseph, Rena Martha, Milton Willard, Grace Louise

Crouch, Levi

Crouch, Lila and Lily -- Taken at the Hammond House, 1920s

Crouch, Lucy (Phillips) -- Taken ca. age 16

Crouch, Margaret Augusta -- Youngest child of Frederick and Augusta (Chapman) Crouch. She died Jan. 5, 1897, shortly before her fifth birthday; her parents returned home from the funeral to the news that their oldest child, Sylvia (1871-1897), had just died

Crouch, Martha (Chapman) -- Shown with May Phillips and others

Crouch, Martha (Chapman) -- With children Mabel and Milton

Crouch, Martha (Chapman), 1879

Crouch, Mary -- Shown holding, probably, nephew Floyd Chesbro; in front, nieces Clara Bell and Mary Bell Chesbro; taken at the Fanny Packer House, New London Road, Mystic

Crouch, Mary -- Taken ca. 1914 at the "Fanny Packer Place," New London Road, Mystic, CT; Mary wrote: "The cat is Mr. Heath's cat that lived next to us. The cat saw the camera and nothing would do till I took him up so he could have his picture taken"

Crouch, Mary (Watrous)

Crouch, Mattie and Lunella

Crouch, Milton -- With his daughters, Phillis M.and Dorothea; holding Dean Crouch; taken ca. 1940

Crouch, Nathan and Jane (Olin)

Crouch, Nathan and Jane (Olin)

Crouch, Phoebe and Jessie -- Daughters of Frederick Crouch; taken during the 1880s

Crouch, Sidney and Blanche (Phillips)

Crouch, Silas

Crouch, Silas and Julia (Peckham) -- Silas made the wedding gown worn by his wife in this photo

Crouch, Stephen and Louise (Watrous)

Crouch, Stephen J. -- (1888-1970)

Crouch, Stephen J.

Crouch, Timothy Levi and Family -- These twenty photographs were taken at the family Thanksgiving celebration, November 1940, by Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano

Crouch, Timothy Sr. -- Tintype taken ca. 1890

Crouch, Timothy Sr. and Evelyn (Montgomery) -- Shown with children (l.-r) James, Timothy Jr., and Ida; photo taken ca. 1909

Crouch, Timothy, Jr., and Rosella (Shafer)

Crouch, Timothy, Sr., and Evelyn (Montgomery) and family -- Taken ca. 1934. Back row (l.-r.): Timothy, Jr., Robert, Leonard, James, Everett. Third row: Ida, Anna, Esther. Second row: Raymond, Harvey, Roger, George. Front row: Evelyn, Arthur, Paul (sitting between his parents), Timothy, Sr.

Crumb, Lunella (Crouch)

Davis, Betsie (Whipple) (Crouch) -- Taken ca. 1900; Betsie herself applied the two spots of ink to this photo in order to hide her hands

Duncan, Florence -- Aunt of Mary (Duncan) Crandall

Edgerton, Angelina (Crouch)

Edgerton, Angelina (Crouch) and children -- "Taken about 1924 at Chapman Place lower Quakertown"; l.-r., Harry, Inez (holding Angeline), Nettie, Bertha, Angeline ("Lina"), and John

Entwistle, Bertha (Watrous)

Entwistle, Herbert "Bud"

Grundy, Mary and Elwin -- Elwin Grundy's autobiography, One Man's Journey of Faith, is available from Amazon.com

Haddon, Charles and Muriel (Whipple) -- Shown at their wedding, June 25, 1960, at the Groton Heights Baptist Church

Haddon, Muriel (Whipple) -- Taken ca. 1930. Excerpts from her autobiographical memoir may be read by clicking here

Hammond, Albert

Hammond, Margaret (Whipple) -- (1842-1914) Adminstered the Mystic Oral School during the 1880s and 90s

Harvey, Cynthia (Watrous) -- Photo taken with her son Russell soon after the Hurricane of 1938

Harvey, Cynthia (Watrous) -- Shown with son Russell and nieces Virginia and Mildred Harvey; photo taken 1942

Harvey, John A. -- Taken 1942

Harvey, John A. -- Taken ca. 1973-75; "100 or 102 birthday"

Harvey, John A. -- Taken at the time of the Hurricane of 1938

Harvey, John Sr. -- Taken probably during the 1920s

Harvey, Levi -- Shown ploughing at the Stephen Watrous House; Jonathan Whipple House can be seen in the background

Harvey, Levi and Cynthia (Watrous) -- Taken during the 1930s

Harvey, Mary Jane (Whipple)

Harvey, Rachel

Harvey, Rachel

Harvey, Rachel -- Photo taken in front of the Quakertown Hall

Harvey, Rachel -- Group photo taken at Zion Bible Institute; shown are (l.-r.) Ruth Anderson, Augusta (Crouch) Stoll, Rachel Harvey, and Alice (Hall) Crouch

Harvey, Rachel -- Taken during the fall of 1926 "at Dan Chesebro's place"; Rachel with Edith Watrous and Geraldine and Nadine Hunt

Harvey, Rachel -- Shown with sisters Louise and Mildred Watrous, and Phyllis Crouch; by the front wall of Quakertown (Ledyard Union) Cemetery

Harvey, Rachel -- Taken after the Hurricane of 1938, showing storm damage; "cross is where our barn was"

Harvey, Rachel (Crouch), ca. 1887

Harvey, Rachel (Crouch), ca. 1894

Harvey, Russell -- Shown with cousins Virginia and Mildred Harvey

Harvey, William -- Shown with Emerson Crandall (right); photo taken during the 1920s

Harvey, William -- L.-r., Roy Crandall, Will Harvey, Emerson Crandall

Harvey, William E. Sr. -- Shown with children (l.-r.) Levi, William Jr., and Rachel; photo taken ca. 1920

Harvey, William Sr.

Harvey, William Sr. -- Tintype, probably late 1800s

Hurlbutt, Evelyn Eugenie (Whipple)

Inman, Alice (Chapman) -- Taken ca. 1870. Daughter of Dudley and Hannah (Whipple) Chapman; married Asa Inman of Hopedale, MA

Main, Mary "Polly" (Whipple)

McGuigan, Clara (Hammond), ca. 1870 -- (1863-1964) Physician, long-time superintendent of the Mystic Oral School, compiler of the genealogy The Antecedents and Descendents of Noah Whipple

McGuigan, Clara (Hammond), ca. 1875

McGuigan, Clara (Hammond), ca. 1880s

McGuigan, Clara (Hammond), ca. 1880s

McGuigan, Clara (Hammond), ca. 1920s

McGuigan, John and Clara (Hammond)

McGuigan, John and Clara (Hammond), ca. 1890

McGuigan, John and Clara, 1891 -- Clara Hammond married fellow physician John Ignatius McGuigan on July 21, 1891

McGuigan, John Ignatius

McLeod, Mildred -- Taken ca. 1920; daughter of Murdick and Caroline (Prosser) McLeod

Nichols, Clyde and May (Phillips) -- Taken ca. 1913

Nichols, Doris and Lucile -- Taken ca. 1918; daughters of Clyde and May (Phillips) Nichols

Nichols, George and Rachel (Watrous) -- Photo by Ruth (Nichols) Cook

Nichols, Rachel (Watrous) -- Taken "at Wolff place in New London"

Olin, Riley and Alice (Watrous) -- Shown with daughter Hazel and her husband, Harold Shafer

Olin, S. Riley and M. Alice (Watrous)

Olin, Samuel Riley

Phillips Children (of George E.) -- Taken Oct. 26, 1922, probably in CA; l.-r., Blanche, Bessie, Palmer, Bertha. George Elmer Phillips was an evangelist. His granddaughter, Fern (Crouch) Wilner, writes, "As a little girl, Mom [Blanche] learned to play the tambourine and joined her parents in leading singing during their revival meetings"

Phillips, Abiah (Chapman)

Phillips, Edna

Phillips, Fenella and Amy Chapman

Phillips, Frederick and May -- Photo taken of brother and sister ca. 1910

Phillips, George

Phillips, George and Mary (Harvey) -- Evangelist George Phillips, standing by the "gospel truck" in which he traveled the country ca. 1920; shown with his wife and granddaughter Ruby Nichols

Phillips, George and Mary (Harvey) and Family -- Back, l.-r., Palmer, George Elmer Phillips, Mary Eliza (Harvey) Phillips, Bertha; front, l.-r., Blanche, Bessie

Phillips, George and Sylvia (Crouch)

Phillips, Josiah -- Taught school; served in the Civil War

Phillips, Mary and Amy Chapman -- Taken during the 1930s

Phillips, Roy C. -- (1888-1947) Graduated from Brown University and the University of Wisconsin; taught Romance languages in several colleges; led the young people's choir at Quakertown Hall during the 1930s; burried in Brewster's Neck Cemetery, Preston, CT

Phillips, Roy C. -- Taken ca. 1895

Phillips, Roy and John -- Photo of the two brothers taken ca. 1888

Phillips, Walter

Phillips, Walter and Mary (Chapman)

Prosser, Joseph and Julia (Watrous)

Prosser, Joseph Jr. -- Shown with Philip Watrous (right)

Rockwell, Lydia (Crouch) -- (1859-1946) A well-known figure in Quakertown, she lodged at various times with several families. Her son Ansel was born in 1891

Schultz, Irving and Joyce (Watrous) -- Photo taken at their wedding reception, Sept. 1953

Schultz, John W. -- Brother of Irving Schultz; husband of Irene (Watrous) Schultz

Schultz, Joyce (Watrous) -- (1932-1998) Shown at a Lambtown School reunion during the 1950's; married the Rev. Irving C. Schultz

Shafer Family (of Alonzo)

Shafer, Alonzo and Family, ca. 1905

Shafer, Alonzo and Family, ca. 1912 -- Taken ca. 1912, in front of the Nathan Watrous House

Shafer, Alonzo and Jessie (Binley), 1920s

Shafer, Effie (Whipple) and Doris (Whipple) Whipple -- Photo of the two sisters taken ca. 1913

Shafer, Frank and Effie (Whipple)

Shafer, Harold and Hazel (Olin) --

Shafer, Hazel -- "Taken at Olive Rogers Place, Quakertown. Hazel Shafer at graduation from grammar school"; June 10, 1920

Shafer, Herbert and Bertha -- Taken ca. 1910; children of Alonzo and Jessie (Binley) Shafer

Shafer, Herbert and Marion (Watrous)

Shafer, Nelson and Content (Chapman)

Stark, Florence Ruth (Watrous) (Whipple) -- Daughter of Joel and Nellie (Prosser) Watrous, born in Westerly, Rhode Island, 1896

Stoll, Augusta (Crouch) -- Taken in East Providence at Zion Bible Institute

Tanner, Abel, Sr. -- Married Clarissa Watrous in 1846 and, after her death, married Hepzibah Watrous in 1852. From Warwick, RI, he had been an anti-slavery lecturer for many years before coming to Quakertown. An acid-tongued orator and strident rationalist, he became perhaps the key figure in bringing about the end of regular, unified Rogerene meetings in Quakertown in the mid-1840s

Watrous Children (of Nathan), ca. 1940

Watrous, (Phebe) Elsie -- Daughter of Daniel and Phebe (Olin) Watrous; shown with Evangeline Watrous by Chapman Falls, Devil's Hop Yard, East Haddam

Watrous, Allen and David

Watrous, Alvin, and Claude Comrie -- Taken in 1939; l.-r., Claude, Alvin

Watrous, Angie (Chesbro)

Watrous, Arthur and Julia (Crouch)

Watrous, Austin

Watrous, Bessie (Phillips) -- Shown with Edith Watrous (left); photo taken July 1926

Watrous, Caroline

Watrous, Clifton -- Photo taken ca. 1917

Watrous, Clifton Sr. and Clara (Whipple)

Watrous, Clifton Sr. Children -- Cynthia, Leonard, and Clifton, Jr.

Watrous, Daniel -- Daniel Watrous published the Third Edition of _The Battle-Axe_in 1927; here, he is shown milking one of his cows

Watrous, Dudley Family -- Shown sledding with Grace Crouch and Rachel Harvey

Watrous, Edith -- (1909-2000) Two photos, one from ca. 1950, the other from 1996; pages from her autograph book, containing notes by many people associated with Quakertown during the 1920s and 30s; tribute written by Pearl Watrous

Watrous, Edith -- Shown with Bessie Phillips (right); photo taken July 1926

Watrous, Edith -- Edith with Bertha Phillips and Marion Conklin

Watrous, Elias -- Taken ca. 1920

Watrous, Elias and Mary (Phillips)

Watrous, Elisha L. and Jennie (Chesbro) -- Shown with Louise and Elisha Richmond, 1931

Watrous, Elisha, Maxon, and Paul -- Photo of the three brothers taken ca. 1924

Watrous, Erastus and Eva L. (Chapman) and family -- Taken during the 1890s; children are Gertrude and Dudley

Watrous, Eva M. (Chapman) -- (1893-1974) Wife of Zephaniah Watrous; mother of Ellis and Ruby

Watrous, Eva L. (Chapman) -- (1852-1900) Taken ca. 1870. She was an 1873 graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

Watrous, Everett and Bertha (Chesbro)

Watrous, Everett and Bessie and Clifton -- Taken ca. 1894; the three oldest children of Stephen and Cynthia (Crouch) Watrous

Watrous, Families of Nathan and Zephaniah -- Photo taken 1945 at the Zephaniah Watrous House, Lambtown Road Ext.; back, l.-r., Raymond, Ruby, Myllis, Florence, Sterry; front, l.-r., Wesley, Morris, Ellis, Stanley

Watrous, Family of Elias, 1924 -- Taken probably in Sept. 1924, following the death of Elias

Watrous, Family of Elias, 1945 -- Photo of the family of Elias Watrous, taken in 1945. Back row, Bessie (Watrous) and Nathan Watrous; Zephaniah and Eva (Chapman) Watrous. Front row, Lucy (Watrous) Crouch; M. Alice (Watrous) and S. Riley Olin; Roscoe Watrous

Watrous, Family of James, Jr. -- James, 3rd, Alice, Noyes, Cynthia, Mary, Beulah; ca. 1930

Watrous, Frederick and Angie (Chesbro) -- Photo taken ca. 1920, around the time they were married

Watrous, Frederick and Angie (Chesbro) -- Fred Watrous (1898-1965) was long-time pastor of the Quakertown Church (now Ledyard First Assembly of God)

Watrous, Frederick L. -- Taken ca. 1912

Watrous, Frederick L. -- Taken in 1914

Watrous, Frederick L. -- Taken on Christmas Day, 1964

Watrous, Gertrude -- Teacher in Lambtown School for many years

Watrous, Hannah (Crouch) -- Daughter of John Crouch

Watrous, Jabez, 3rd -- (1830-1925) Described by Clara Hammond McGuigan as “a gentleman and a scholar,” as well as “a great genealogist," he was an attorney and for many years clerk of the Old Mystic National Bank, walking daily to his place of business from his home near Burnett's Corners

Watrous, James and Cynthia (Whipple) -- Photo taken ca. 1890

Watrous, James and Elizabeth (Crouch)

Watrous, Jennie (Chesbro) -- Taken 1959, with son Harold; view of Lambtown road, looking east

Watrous, Joe, Lucy May, and June -- Taken ca. 1925; youngest children of Austin and Lucy (Prosser) Watrous

Watrous, Louis and Dorothy (Hipp) -- Taken at their wedding; from the center of the photo, moving right, the adults are Dorothy (Hipp) Watrous (bride), Louis Watrous (groom), Marjorie (Watrous) Crandall, Joseph Crandall, Bernice Watrous, Cornelius Watrous

Watrous, Louis and Dorothy (Hipp)

Watrous, Louise and Irene -- Taken during construction of an addition onto their home, 1940s

Watrous, Lucy (Prosser)

Watrous, Lunette -- Unmarried; 1857-1921; known as "Aunt Net"

Watrous, Mabel (Crouch) -- Taken ca. 1910

Watrous, Martha (Prosser) with children

Watrous, Mary (Phillips)

Watrous, Maxon -- Shown with a group of preachers from Zion Bible Institute during the 1930s; Max is second from the left

Watrous, Maxon

Watrous, Maxon and Bernice (Conklin) -- Taken in California, ca. 1970

Watrous, Maxon and Bernice (Conklin)

Watrous, Mylis

Watrous, Nathan and Bessie (Watrous) -- Shown ca. 1917, with Florence and Stanley

Watrous, Palmer -- Roy Crandall and Palmer Watrous standing in front of "The Schoolhouse," aka, Quakertown Church

Watrous, Paul

Watrous, Paul and Elisha -- Photo taken just after the Hurricane of '38. The two brothers are standing on a New London rooftop

Watrous, Pearl

Watrous, Phebe

Watrous, Phebe -- Shown with mail carrier Louis Crandall

Watrous, Phebe and Caroline -- Photograph of the two sisters taken in Novermber 1940, by Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano; from the Library of Congress

Watrous, Philip -- Shown with Joseph Prosser, Jr. (left)

Watrous, Phoebe (Olin)

Watrous, Priscilla -- Founder of what is now the New Life Christian Fellowship, of Ledyard, CT. Shown here ca. 1915, sitting on the horse Noah at the Joesph Morgan House on Sandy Hollow Road

Watrous, Priscilla -- Taken in 1967, shortly after the dedication of the building of the then Gospel Mission of Ledyard, of which she was founder and pastor. "It was a miracle of God the church was built," she said. "You must be a good business woman," she was told. "No," she replied, "I know how to pray and when I pray, I get an answer"

Watrous, Ruby

Watrous, Ruby and Ellis -- Photo taken ca. 1930

Watrous, Stanley -- Taken mid-1920s

Watrous, Stanley, Florence, and Morris -- Sitting by the wisteria vine on the south side of the Nathan Watrous House, ca. 1920

Watrous, Stephen and Cynthia (Crouch) -- Photo taken ca. 1929; shown with children Paul and Edith

Watrous, Stephen and Cynthia (Crouch) -- Stephen Watrous (1864-1930) founded a pentecostal church in Quakertown (now Ledyard First Assembly of God)

Watrous, Stephen Family -- Photo taken late 1920s

Watrous, Sterry -- Taken in Oct. 1981, "by John Campbell's wall... built [by Sterry and his brother Raymond] in 79 through first part of 81," on Shewville Road, Ledyard, CT

Watrous, Wallace and Mary (Hawk)

Watrous, Wesley -- Taken ca. 1997; shown with some of his earth-moving equipment, etc.

Watrous, Wesley -- Taken Dec. 1, 1938, when he was age 15

Whipple Children (of J. Alfred) -- Photo taken ca. 1908; l.-r., Ralph, Fred, Muriel, Floyd

Whipple, Alfred P., Jr. -- (1939-1959) Active in athletics and student government at Norwich Free Academy, attended Brown University, died climbing Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

Whipple, Allen and Alice Gertrude (Crouch)

Whipple, Allen and Alice Gertrude (Crouch) -- Photo taken 1895; children Jane, Clara, and Harold

Whipple, Charles Plyman -- Shown outside his home, "Samuel Whipple's old home, Cider Hill"

Whipple, Delight (Crouch) -- (1835-1905) Sister of novelist Julia Crouch; wife of Enoch Whipple. Carved on her tombstone in Ledyard Union Cemetery is the name by which she was known to many, "Aunt Lottie"

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) -- Photo taken in 1925. To read an autobiographical memoir of Doris Whipple's childhood in Quakertown, click here

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) -- Taken ca. 1920, in front of the house where she grew up

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) -- (1906-2000) Shown on the day of her marriage to Floyd Eldon Whipple (1902-1979), March 16, 1925

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) -- Photo taken in the early 1920s; picking cranberries

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) -- Doris Whipple and Bertha Shafer pose on a Harley-Davidson, ca. 1920s

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) and Effie (Whipple) Shafer -- Photo of the two sisters taken ca. 1913

Whipple, Doris (Whipple) and Muriel (Whipple) Haddon -- Photo of sisters-in-law taken on Doris's wedding day, March 1925

Whipple, Enoch -- Deaf from a young age, he was taught by his father, Jonathan Whipple, to read lips and speak, and became so proficient at speech that he served as inspiration to his nephew Zerah Whipple, founder of the Mystic Oral School. His wife, Delight, was the daughter of Zachariah Crouch. They lived in the house on the southwest corner of the intersection of what is now Col. Ledyard Hwy. and Lambtown Road; they raised George A. Montgomery as their own son

Whipple, Fenella (Phillips)

Whipple, Fenella (Phillips) with Millicent Crandall -- With niece Millicent Crandall

Whipple, Floyd and Doris (Whipple) -- Shown on their wedding day, March 1925

Whipple, Floyd and Doris (Whipple) -- Floyd and Doris and their wedding party, March 1925; Ralph Whipple is best man; Muriel (Whipple) Haddon is maid of honor; flower girls are Marie Watrous, Elinor Whipple, and sisters Mildred and Dorothy Whipple

Whipple, Floyd and Ralph -- Taken on Floyd's wedding day, 1925

Whipple, Harold

Whipple, Harry and Rose -- Taken at Matunuck Point, RI, probably ca. 1940; l.-r., Leon Crouch, Eleanor Crouch, Rose Whipple, Harry Whipple, and Agnes and Joseph L. Crouch. According to Clara McGuigan, brother and sister Harry and Rose had "unusual business ability," and with their two siblings (Ira Whipple had four children, none of whom married), they ran several hugely successful businesses

Whipple, J. Alfred and Family -- Photo taken ca. 1920; back, l.-r., Muriel, Fred, Ralph, Floyd, J. Alfred; front, l.-r., John, Phoebe

Whipple, J. Alfred and Phoebe (Crouch)

Whipple, James Eldon -- Shown with his granddaughter, Barbara Hurlbutt

Whipple, Jeduthan -- Photo taken in 1916 or 1917, when he was in his 89th year

Whipple, Jennie (Williams) -- Shown with her granddaughter Gladys (Whipple) Watrous

Whipple, Jessie (Crouch)

Whipple, Jessie (Crouch); with Ralph Whipple and Chauncey Crouch -- Sister and brother, shown with baby nephew Ralph (son of sister Phoebe and her husband Alfred Whipple)

Whipple, John

Whipple, John and Jessie (Crouch) and Family -- Children, l.-r., are Earle, Marjorie, and Alice

Whipple, John S.

Whipple, John S. and Jessie (Crouch) -- Missionaries for the Metropolitan Church Association in rural India

Whipple, John S. and Jessie, with Jennie Williams Whipple -- Taken at the home of James and Jennie Whipple, Long Cove Road, near Gales Ferry, CT

Whipple, Jonathan -- (1794-1875) He devised a method to teach the deaf to read lips and speak, leading to the founding of the Mystic Oral School; he was an advocate of temperance and peace, as well as a teacher, stonemason, butcher, farmer, and editor. His Autobiography may be read on this site

Whipple, Lucy -- Daughter of Noah Whipple; wife of Jonathan Whipple, Jr.

Whipple, Nathan and Bertha (Shafer) -- Shown with Jennie (Chesbro) Watrous and her brother Walter Chesbro; photo taken during the 1920s

Whipple, Nathan and Bertha (Shafer)

Whipple, Palmer and Fenella (Phillips) -- Taken with son Milton, ca. 1900

Whipple, Phillip

Whipple, Phoebe (Crouch)

Whipple, Ralph -- Died at age 26 of Bright's Disease, Aug. 1927

Whipple, Ralph -- Ralph (back), with brothers Fred and John; 1920s

Whipple, Samuel Austin -- (1864-1922)

Whipple, Samuel G. and Elizabeth (Watrous)

Whipple, Sidney -- Taken in 1918

Whipple, Timothy T. -- According to Robin Gilebarto, Timothy was "a school teacher when he was younger, and later in life he became a prominent market gardner and fruit grower"; he lived "on Old Mystic Road, half way between Mystic and Old Mystic"

Whipple, William Crouch and Family -- Son of Noah and Content (Crouch) Whipple, William and his family left Quakertown ca. 1850, settling in Illinois, Iowa, and finally Oklahoma. This photograph was taken ca. 1883. Back, l.-r., Hannah, Oscar, Orva, Orin, Louisa; front, l.-r., Hannah (Geer) Whipple, Earnest, William Crouch Whipple

Whipple, William Crouch and Hannah (Geer)

Whipple, William Crouch and Hannah (Geer) -- photo taken ca. 1900

Whipple, Zachariah and Family -- Photo taken in 1904; for a list identifying the people pictured, click here

Whipple, Zachariah and Family -- Photo taken ca. 1910

Whipple, Zachariah and Family -- Zachariah himself is not shown in this photo, taken ca. 1917, possibly at the time of his death; the little girl holding the kitten is Cynthia (Watrous) Harvey

Whipple, Zerah C. -- (1849-1879) Founder of the Mystic Oral School

Williams, Alwilda (Crouch)

Williams, Cecil and Sarah (Holdridge) and family

Williams, Joseph -- Husband of Alwilda

Williams, Sarah (Holdridge) -- Shown with children Evelyn and Sam

Wolff, June Hulda (Watrous)