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Unfortunately he does not seem to be in my line. Hopefully this helps somebody. I tried to spell things just as they were written.
JOURNAL OF JEREMIAH FENN
Front page
Stephen Fenn went to live with his granddaughter Woodbridge April 3rd 1838 and returned home to live the 6th of Oct. 1840.
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Plymouth June 11, 1838.
We raised our Meeting House.
We sow(ed) our buckwheat June the 30th.
Finished sowing second time corn 4th of July Independence day.
Began haying early the 12th
Began our Harvest July the 16th.
Finished getting in our harvest July the 20th
The 25th of July sew (ed) my turnip beds
The first Sunday in September we began our meetings.
September 15th we cut our buckwheat
Oct 10th we harvested our buckwheat.
And from one bushel and a half of sew (ed) we had 100 (?) bushels.
Oct 20th we sew (ed) our fallow with rye.
Oct 22nd I together with my wife and Horace
went to Woodbridge Tuesday went to Hartford
Friday returning home
Oct 28th we had our first snow storm
Nov 13th we finished gathering our turnips.
Nov 16th we made our cider 4 barrels
Nov 21st our Meeting House was dedicated.
Aaron Warner died December 15th 1838.
Stephen came home March the 26th
I went back to Woodbridge with Stephen
April 8th 1839 and returned the 10th
April the 20th we sewed our spring wheat.
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October the 12th 1839 we spread out our house
Oct 21st my wife and I and Horace went to Woodbridge and New Haven
and returned the 25th
December the 3rd we butcher (d)
our pig wd. 329 lbe. = deciph
Dec 15th we had our first snow storm it fell verry =
1840
January 12th (somebody's) little Jed died suddenly
Feb 19th I butchered our pig we had of 45 wd 130 lb
Feb 9th I bought a pig of Holt for $100.
=birkshire
Feb 9th I bought a pig of Hiram Fenn =
May 9th we had a Fitidus (ferocious?) storm of _____
Rain hail and more 1840
May 14th I began planting corn
May 20th ?????????????????
The last week in this month we implanted
the piece north of Habz so called with
corn and white beens and plain (smudged)
Tomatoes and went on the road suffice
To (something that looks like hay) our highway.
June 22nd 23rd and 24th we got Curtis Spe
July 1ths we finished sowing in corn second.
July 2nd we began our haying.
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July the 15th 1840 I being 50 years of age
Owe ser to our buckwheat the 17th Fi big on
Cutting our rye the 21st we got it in.
The 25th I sew (d) my turnips. __________
The 28th Stephen came home
Aug 7th we finished our haying.
Aug 13th Stephen left home for Woodbridge
The same day we cleaned out our wells.
August 27th we sewed the lot west new lot rye
September 1st we sewed west of the bush lot with rye.
Sept. 7th Wife I and Horace went to Woodbridge.
And we returned September the 19th.
Sept. the 19th we spread out our flax.
Gunter Sperry was married 22nd of September.
Oct. 2nd we cut our buckwheat.
Oct. 12th we finished our cider 5 barrels.
Oct. 19 we finished gathering our corn.
Oct. 24th Apollos Tanner died
The night of the 25th we had our first snowstorm
November 26th we (butchered?) our
Birkshire (a bunch of scribbles) 236lb
Dec 23rd we butchered the other pig w. 193
The same day butchered a lamb 40
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May 14th 1841
We finished sowing our oats.
Finished planting potatoes in the field.
May 21st planted (the rest scratched out)
William F. Fenn's and share, I agreed to find
All the seed do all the work harvest my 1/2 of
the crop work 1 day housing and planting
it took 4 bushels of seed. ______ housing 3 hours.
May 26th finished planting corn
June 2nd planted our white beans
June 10th raised our barn
William Fenn housed his calf
In our pasture June 9th
June 12th finished sowing corn first time
Do ….16th began covering our barn
Do do I sowed our rutabagas
Do 17th finished sowing potatoes first time.
July 5th planted our corn second time
Do (smudged) sowed our buckwheat
July 8th sowed our potatoes second time
July 9th Gunter Sperry finished his work in the back lot.
July 12th we began haying.
William Fenn took his wife away quickly.
July 17th got in our rye 22 shocks.
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August 2nd 1841 finished our haying
August 3rd sowed our white beans
August 5th got in our oats.
Lilched old swamp August 14th 1841
Began getting out shingles Aug. 2nd & 4th
Gurned away heifer September 3rd
September 18th finished sowing rye
Gravestone set wife September 20th 1841
Sept. 21st turned farthing cows in to meadow.
Cut buckwheat 27th
Sept 28th began shingling house
1842 planted a piece of corn west of
the bush lot May 13th
Mr Landerson turned his cow into our
lot May 16th the old cow calved
2 pigs of Holt May 12th price $1,25 Cts.
A piece August 12th bought a 4 year old
Cow from Johnathen Drimber for
$20
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Oct 13, 1842
I traded our twin cattle with Leveritte L. Bassett for a Yoke of
two year old fleirs and $25 to boot.
I was made a freeman April 1st 1873
April 10th help'd brake a path
Through to town April 11 people (something I can't make out)
Our house in cutters
April 24th bought 8 cows 73 lbs of hay of Leveritt S. Bassett
August 28th 1843
Swapped cows with Blenda (?) Beech
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Dec 18th 1848 We butchered our hogs
Their (combined) weight amounted to 852 lbs.
Their several weights were 222 242 388
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February 20th 1849 the house is
Insured with the other buildings
Furniture, hay for $1000.00
August 13th 1851 insured in the Aetna
Company Hartford, gave up the policy in the
Warington Co. mutual insured for 5 years for 1,000.
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A CATALOGUE OF MY FATHER'S
FAMILY
Aaron Fenn was born Dec 1st 1746
And died June 13th 1821
Mary Fenn was born Aug. 16th 1750
=and died March 31st. 1832
Lyman Fenn was born Aug. 26th 1770
And died March 6th 1833
Sally Fenn was born Sept 9th, 1771
And died May 17, 1860
Aaron Fenn Jr. was born Dec 20th 1773
And died Oct 4th 1818
Erastus Fenn was born Dec 29th 1789
And died June 29th 1858
Polly Fenn was born Aug 13th 1795
And died Dec 10th 1806
David Fenn was born Nov 12th 1797
And died July 21st 1819
Jeremiah Fenn was born July 15th 1790
And died March 17 1841
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A Catalogue of My Family
Jeremiah Fenn was born July 15th 1790
And died March 17th 1841
Polly Fenn was born January 5th 1796
And died February 28th 1887
We were married May 28th 1817 we moved
June the 11th 1817 to keeping house
Aaron Peck Fenn was born January 29th 1822
Stephen Fenn was born October 6th 1824
Horace Fenn was born August 2nd 1833
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