Name/Title
Stonington Portraits Since 1730: The Faces Behind the NamesEntry/Object ID
2025.207.1Scope and Content
Large, red, three ring binder, with manuscript copy of Mary Thacher's extensive research into the portraits of Stonington residents held in both private and museum collections. Each portrait entry includes a reproduction of the artwork, as well as a one page write up on the subject which includes brief biographical notes, provenance information, and a painting description with information the artist where available.
List of portraits in roughly alphabetical order:
Amy, Capt. Francis (1769-1863)
Amy, Mrs. Francis (Abigail Pendleton) (1794-1869)
Amy, Three Daughters - Harriet (1827-1918), Abigail (1831-1864) and Caroline (1823-1860)
Amy, William Palmer (1816-1858)
Amy, Gurdon Hyde (1835-1857)
Anderson, Rev. Jerome Schenk (1805-1846)
Anderson, Elizabeth Gale Douglass (1791-1842)
Anderson, Catherine E. Douglass (1822-1892)
Ashbey Children - Children of Capt. George W. Ashbey and Sally Ann Sawyer Ashbey: Simon (1841-1891) Almeida (1847-1896)
Atwood, Eugene (1846-1926)
Atwood, Constance (Mrs. Kirk Askew) (1895-1984)
Babcock, Courtlandt (1806-1853)
Babcock, Mrs. Courtlandt (Elizabeth Cany) (1812-1884)
Babcock, Capt. David Sherman (1822-1885)
Babcock, Col. Harry (1736-1800)
Babcock, Rev. Luke (1739-1777)
Babcock, Harry Saltonstall Jr. (1881-1949)
Babcock, Rowse (1803-1872)
Babcock, Samuel Denison (1822-1902)
Barnum, Capt. John Sanford (1804-1852)
Brewster, Capt. George Seymore (1811-1882)
Brewster, Mrs. George Seymore (Mary Lockwood Clark) (1812-1894)
Brewster, Capt. William E. (1813-1893)
Brewster, Mrs. William E. (Mary Burch) (1822-1878)
Burch, Billings (1746-1836)
Burch, Mrs. Billings (Ellen Jane Clark) (1758-1846)
Burch, Capt. Thomas (1807-1888)
Burch, Mrs. Thomas (Harriet Miner) (1818-1875)
Butler, Capt. Lucius Lathrop (1820-1889)
Butler, Samuel Bidwell (1818-1883)
Chesebrough, David (1702-1782)
Chesebrough, Mrs. David (Margaret Sylvester) (1719-1782)
Chesebrough, Eliza (Mrs. Aaron Rathbone) (1785-1870)
Chesebro, Samuel (1788-1858)
Chesebro, Mrs. Samuel (Harriet Haskell) (1796-1885)
Cottrell, Capt. Joseph (1797-1865)
Cottrell, Mrs. Joseph (Fanny Stanton) (1807-1865)
Cottrell Children: Emma (1844-1900), Ida Louise (1847-1878), Frank Denison (1850-1852)
Crary, Capt. George Burrows (1822-1902)
Crary, Mrs. George Burrows (Catharine Latham) (1820-1911)
Crary, Eliza Lord (Mrs. George Duryee) (1798-1880)
Crary, Peter V (1780-1842)
Crary, Mrs. Peter V (Elizabeth Denison) (1780-1848)
Crary, John Smith (1785-1837)
Crary, Mrs. John Smith (Henrietta Havens) (1784-1833) with daughter Marion Virginia Crary (1826-1835)
Crary, Phoebe Lord (Mrs. Christian Detmold) (1813-1887)
Crary, Harriet Elizabeth (1817-1908)
Crowley, David (1815-1900)
Cutler, Capt. Benjamin Franklin (1830-1903) with his sisters, Harriet Latham Cutler (1832-1891), and Lois Sheffield Cutler (1825-)
Darrell, Edward Fairbairn (1862-1941)
Darrell, Mrs. Edward Fairbairn (Sarah Stone McEkron) (1864-1943)
Day, Abigail (Mrs. Cuthbert Slocumb) (1838-1917)
Day, James Ingersoll (1812-1895)
Day, Sarah Eliza (Mrs. William Martin Johnson, Mrs. Edward Mitchell Townsend) (1843-1916)
Denison, Jane Smith (1731-1829)
Denison, John III (1759-1848)
Denison, Mrs. Edgar (Margaret Elizabeth Mandeville) (1835-1871)
Denison, Mary (Mrs. Isaac Champlin) (1787-1862)
Denison, Thankful (1780-1861)
Denison Homestead, unidentified man
Denison Homestead, unidentified lady: possibly a daughter of Jane Smith Denison
Denison, Grace Billings (Mrs. Joseph Noyes) (1799-1887)
Denison, Capt. Elisha (1751-1841)
Denison, Mrs. Elisha (Elizabeth Noyes) (1750-1831)
Denison, Elizabeth (Mrs. Nathaniel Ledyard) (1773-1849)
Denison, Miss Mathilda (Mrs. Samuel Hurlbut) (1776-1842)
Denison, Elisha Jr. (1779-1803)
Denison, Phebe (Mrs. William J. Robinson) (1782-1853)
Dixon, Mrs. Nathan Fellows (Elizabeth Palmer) (1778-1859)
Doty, Orin (1809-1884)
Fanning, Capt. Edmund (1769-1841)
Fanning, Lavinia (Mrs. Nathan Smith) (1796-1879)
Fanning, Capt. Nathaniel (1755-1805)
Faxon, Elisha Sr. (1772-1849)
Faxon, Elisha Jr. (1795-1858)
Fish, Mary (Mrs. John Noyes, Mrs. Selleck Silliman) (1736-1818)
Gates, Capt. Gurdon Sr. (1814-1892)
Gates, Mrs. Gurdon Sr. (Martha Phelps) (1828-1884)
Haley, Capt. George (1773-1835)
Haley, Capt. Nathan (1763-1841)
Haley, Mrs. Nathan (Elizabeth Rosalie Isabelle Haf) (1785-1843)
Haley, Capt. Simeon (1781-1859)
Halsey, Col. Jeremiah (1743-1829)
Hancox, Joseph Wright (1812-1900)
Hart, Rev. Ira (1771-1829)
Hart, Mrs. Ira (Maria Sherman) (1774-1854)
Holdredge, Capt. John (1796-1872)
Holdredge, May Coit Clift (1808-1878)
Holmes, Jeremiah (1782-1872)
Holmes, Mrs. Jeremiah (Ann Borodell Gallup Denison) (1784-1873)
Holmes, Silas (1785-1860)
Hull, Eliza B. (1870-1874)
Hull, Col. John William (1789-1879)
Hyde, John Sr. (1783-1861)
Leeds, Jedediah (1789-1844)
Loper, Capt. Richard Fanning (1800-1880)
Loper, Mrs. Richard Fanning (Margaret Mercer Baird) (1810-1898)
Loper, Margaret Baird (Mrs. Aaron Henderson Rathbone) (1846-1876)
Loper, Josephine Spooner (Mrs. Joseph Rose Dorman) (1848-1904)
Lord, Daniel Jr. (1785-1868)
Mathews, Andrew Sterritt (1814-1884)
McNeill, Martha Kingsley (Mrs. Charles McNeill) (?-1852)
Meacham, George Little (1800-1883)
Meacham, Mrs. George (Eliza Ann Grant) (1804-1832)
Morrell, Capt. Benjamin Jr. (1795-)
Morrell, Mrs. Benjamin (Abby Jane Woods) (1809-)
Noyes, Thomas (1755-1844)
Odell, Sarah Winifred Kendall (1871-1954)
Odell, Hellen Winifred (Mrs. Alfred H. Gildersleeve) (1901-1979)
Palmer, Albert Gallatin (1813-1891)
Palmer, Capt. Alexander Grant Smith (1806-1894)
Palmer, Mrs. Alexander (Priscilla Dixon) (1815-1851)
Palmer, Nathaniel Brown H. (1840-1877)
Palmer, sons of Alexander and Priscilla: Alexander Smith Jr. (1843-1891), Louis Lambert (1845-1887)
Palmer, Anna Whistler (Mrs. George Dallas Stanton) (1848-1928)
Palmer, Elizabeth Dixon (Mrs. Richard Fanning Loper Jr.) (1848-1929)
Palmer, Juliet (Mrs. William A. Fanning) (1808-1845)
Palmer, Capt. Nathaniel Brown (1799-1877)
Palmer, Capt. Theodore Dwight (1816-1865)
Palmer, son of William Lord Palmer: William Jr. (1847-1917) and Theodore Dwight II (1849-1915)
Palmer, Amos Jr. (1788-1854)
Palmer, Amelia H. (Mrs. Edward Cany) (1819-1843)
Palmer, Capt. Benjamin Franklin (1798-1824)
Palmer, Courtlandt Sr. (1800-1874)
Palmer, Mrs. Courtlandt Sr. (Mary Ann Suydam) (1812-1867)
Palmer, Mary Anna (Mrs. Henry Draper) (1839-1914)
Palmer, Courtlandt Jr. (1834-1888)
Palmer, Mrs. Courtlandt Jr. (Catherine Amory Bennett, later Mrs. Robert Abbe) (1849-1920)
Palmer, Courtland III (1871-1951)
Palmer, May Suydam (1870-1941)
Palmer, Mrs. Elijah (Anna Chesebrough) (1747-1802)
Palmer, Capt. Elijah (1742-1822)
Palmer, Col. Jonathan (1746-1810)
Palmer, Mrs. Jonathan (Lucinda Smith) (1764-1824)
Pendleton, Capt. Benjamin (1787-1857)
Pendleton, Capt. Otis (1816-1868)
Phelps, Charles Hewitt (1795-1840)
Potter, Capt. William (1777-1842)
Rathbone, Eliza Chesebrough (Mrs. Ralph Wood Kenyon) (1869-1958)
Sheffield, Joseph Benjamin (1804-1879)
Smith, Nathan (1764-1845)
Stanton, Amos Pendleton (1802-1874)
Stanton, Alexander Hamilton (1808-1842)
Stanton, Horatio Nelson (1805-1829)
Stanton, Capt. Charles Thompson (1797-1880)
Stanton, Mrs. Charles Thompson (Nancy Lord Palmer) (1813-1897)
Stanton, Hannah Palmer (1841-1886)
Stanton, Jabez (1779-1816)
States, John A. (1826-1850)
Stevens, Capt. Joshua T. (1811-1873)
Stevens, Mrs. Joshua (Mary Ann Sterrett) (1817-1872)
Trumbull, John F. (1796-1874)
Wheeler, Judge Ralph (1843-1913)
Whistler, Major George Washington (1800-1849)
Whistler, son of George Washington Whistler: James Abbott McNeill (1843-1903) and William (1836-1903)
Whistler, Anna McNeill (Mrs. George W. Whistler)
Williams, Ephraim (1756-1804)
Williams, Mrs. Ephraim Sr. (Hepsibeth Phelps) (1765-1808)
Williams, Ephraim Jr. (1791-1861)
William, Mrs. Ephraim Jr. (Hannah Elizabeth Denison) (1799-1877)
Williams, Major General William (1765-1838)
Williams, Thomas Wheeler (1798-1874)
Williams, Mrs. Thomas Wheeler (Lucretia Woodbridge Perkins) (1796-1829)
Woodbridge, Dudley II (1747-1823)Collection
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