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New London County Postmasters

Allyns .........................................................................LedyardAshwillett ................................................... North StoningtonBaltic ..........................................................................SpragueBill Hill ......................................................................... LymeBlack Hall ............................................................... Old LymeBozrah .........................................................................BozrahBozrahville [1] .............................................................BozrahBozrahville [2] .............................................................BozrahBrockaway ..................................................................... LymeBrockway ...................................................................... LymeCampbells Mills .....................................................VoluntownCenter Groton .............................................................GrotonCentre Groton .............................................................GrotonChelsea Landing .......................................................NorwichChesterfield .............................................................MontvilleClarks Falls ................................................. North StoningtonColchester ............................................................. ColchesterComstock Bridge .................................................. ColchesterComstocks Ferry ........................................................... LymeCrescent ................................................................. East LymeCrescent Beach ....................................................... East LymeCrystal Lake .................................................................GrotonEast Lyme ...................................................................... LymeExeter ....................................................................... LebanonFair Ground .......................................................New LondonFitchville .....................................................................BozrahFranklin [1] ................................................................ FranklinFranklin [2] ................................................................ FranklinGales Ferry .................................................................LedyardGardner Lake ...............................................................BozrahGardners Lake ..............................................................BozrahGlasgo ......................................................................Griswold Goshen Hill .............................................................. LebanonGreenville .................................................................NorwichGriswold ...................................................................GriswoldGroton ........................................................................GrotonHadlyme ........................................................................ LymeHamburg ...................................................................... LymeHamburgh ..................................................................... LymeHanover .....................................................................SpragueJewett City ...............................................................GriswoldLaurel Glen [1] ......................................................StoningtonLaurel Glen [2] ......................................................StoningtonLaysville .................................................................. Old LymeLebanon ................................................................... LebanonLedyard ......................................................................LedyardLeffingwell...............................................................MontvilleLeonard Bridge ......................................................... LebanonLiberty Hill ............................................................... LebanonLisbon ..........................................................................LisbonLords Bridge ...............................................................Sprague Lyme ...................................................................... Old Lyme

Massapeag ................................................................MontvilleMillstone .................................................................WaterfordMohegan .................................................................MontvilleMontville [1] ...........................................................MontvilleMontville [2] ...........................................................MontvilleMontville [3] ...........................................................MontvilleMystic [1] ..............................................................Stonington Mystic [2] ....................................................................Groton Mystic Bridge ........................................................StoningtonMystic River [1] ....................................................Stonington Mystic River [2] ....................................................StoningtonNew London .....................................................New LondonNew Salem ....................................................................SalemNiantic ................................................................... East LymeNoank .........................................................................GrotonNorth Franklin [1] ..................................................... FranklinNorth Franklin [2] ..................................................... FranklinNorth Groton .............................................................LedyardNorth Lyme .................................................................. LymeNorth Stonington ....................................... North StoningtonNorth Westchester ................................................. ColchesterNorwich [1] .............................................................NorwichNorwich [2] .............................................................NorwichNorwich City ...........................................................NorwichNorwich Falls ...........................................................NorwichNorwichtown ...........................................................NorwichOakdale ...................................................................MontvilleOld Mystic ............................................................StoningtonPendleton Hill .......................................................VoluntownPequonoc Bridge .........................................................GrotonPequot .........................................................................GrotonPoquetanuck ............................................................... PrestonPoquonock Bridge .......................................................GrotonPortersville ............................................................StoningtonPreston ....................................................................... PrestonQuaker Hill .............................................................Waterford Riverhead ...............................................................................Salem ............................................................................SalemScott Hill .....................................................................BozrahShewville ................................................................................South Lyme ............................................................ Old LymeStonington .............................................................StoningtonTaftville ....................................................................NorwichUncasville ................................................................MontvilleVersailles .....................................................................SpragueVoluntown .............................................................VoluntownWaterford ................................................................WaterfordWest Chester ......................................................... ColchesterWest Mystic .................................................................GrotonWestchester ............................................................ ColchesterYantic .......................................................................Norwich

Post Office Township Post Office Township

(New London County)

Allyns ...................................Norman, Phebe L. 01.26 1900 (Disc 1923)

Ashwillett .............................Eggleston, Stiles P. 03.15 1889 {Eccleston?} Eccleston, H. Clinton 06.26 1893 {Eggleston?} Randall, Henry E. 01.28 1898 (Disc 1902)

Baltic ...................................Loveland, George D. ◊ 12.17 1867 NC fr Lords Bridge Perkins, Charles E. (1) 04.12 1869 Foster, Oliver (2) 10.21 1869 Watson, Jeffrey 02.17 1871 Logan, Eugene W. 08.11 1874 Hayes, Mayden 03.04 1878 Donnelly, Peter 01.22 1886 Flynn, John W. 11.02 1889 Nolan, William D. 11.14 1893 Maynard, H.Herbert 12.10 1896 Buteau, George W. 11.14 1897 Operating

Bill Hill ................................Fowler, Susie W. 02.17 1887 SpV Billhill Fowler, Miss Emma 01.19 1889 Bill, ______ N. (1) 09.12 1890 Bill, Mrs. Mary A. (2) 10.02 1890 —————————— 01.31 1901 Discontinued

Black Hall .............................DeWolf, Winthrop R. 02.25 1887 SpV Blackhall —————————— 1901 (Disc 1931)

Bozrah .................................Woodworth, Chandler ◊ 01.07 1828 ✉ NC fr Bozrahville [1] Fitch, Nehemiah H. 03.18 1832 Fitch, Stephen 12.28 1838 Abel, William C. 06.25 1841 Fitch, Stephen 05.04 1843 Fitch, William 04.30 1850 Haughton, John W. 07.02 1858 Comstock, John B. 09.25 1871 Money, David A.S. (1) 05.15 1873 Money, Jonathan W. (2) 11.10 1873 Rice, Charles N. 04.28 1874 Hill, Byron R. 04.06 1875 Pierce, Joseph A. 05.03 1876 Stead, George O. 03.14 1879 Drowne, Albert H. 12.12 1883 —————————— 02.17 1885 Discontinued Beswick, James 09.03 1885 Re-esablished —————————— 06.14 1888 NC to Fitchville

Bozrahville [1] .....................Woolworth, Chandler 11.23 1820 ✉ —————————— 01.07 1828 NC to Bozrah

Bozrahville [2] .....................Maury, Havelah 04.16 1834 Andrews, Sylvester K. 03.08 1845 Packham, James M. 02.14 1849 Draper, Francis T. 05.11 1857 Peckman, James M. 06.17 1861 Waterman, Andrew 04.24 1865 Peckham, James M. 05.19 1869 Bogue, Franklin W. 09.21 1885

Post Office Postmaster Date Year FF Notes

Peckman, James M. 05.23 1889 Manning, William E. 08.23 1890 Smith, Alonzo A. 03.23 1900 (NC to Gilman 1932)

Brockaway ...........................Reynolds, Hayden L. 07.13 1886 1886 only —————————— 08.18 1886 SpC to Brockway

Brockway ............................Reynolds, Hayden L. ◊ 08.18 1886 SpC fr Brockaway Brockway, Lee L. 01.20 1887 Brockway, Lodwick B. 09.25 1893 (Disc 1911)

Campbells Mills ....................Douglas, Gersham P. ◊ 03.28 1881 CoC to NL fr W —————————— 07.21 1888 Discontinued Dixon, Robt. H. (1) 01.15 1889 Re-established Barber, Silas L. (2) 12.23 1889 (Disc 1908)

Center Groton ......................Daboll, George W. 12.09 1893 SpC fr Centre Groton Lester, Arthur G. 12.23 1897 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1902)

Centre Groton ......................Smith, Gilbert A. 01.30 1833 ✉ Smith, Richard W. 06.01 1836 —————————— 05.15 1844 Discontinued Haley, Henry 06.15 1844 Re-established Daboll, George L. 08.23 1847 Daboll, George W. 07.24 1888 Lester, Arthur G. 12.02 1889 —————————— 12.09 1893 SpC to Center Groton

Chelsea Landing ..................DeWitt, Jacob 04.01 1802 DeWitt, John 12.13 1809 ✉ son of Jacob Kinney, Charles 06.02 1823 ✉ —————————— 11.05 1827 NC to Norwich City

Chesterfield .........................[Chapman, John - Probably] 04.13 1824 NC fr Montville [1] —————————— 01.06 1826 NC to Montville [1] Turner, James ◊ 07.18 1840 ✉ Re-est — NC fr Montville [1] Fargo, Robert 05.01 1850 Wickwire, Peter 05.30 1853 Chapman, Oliver W. 05.19 1863 Tefft, Alfred B. (1) 02.11 1864 Ashcraft, James B. (2) 03.23 1864 Wickwire, Peter 08.14 1867 Ashcraft, James B. 05.19 1869 Whiting, Orrin H. 07.19 1875 Nichols, Charles N. 10.26 1889 Spencer, Everett 03.05 1890 Tillotson, Mrs. Ellen A. 09.03 1891 Schwartz, Paly 06.17 1896 (Disc 1904)

Clarks Falls ...........................Tefft, Peleg S. (1) ◊ 01.26 1870 NC fr Laurel Glen [1] Chapman, Edwin P. (2) 02.07 1870 Chapman, Carrie L. 12.18 1883 Chapman, Ernest D. 03.08 1894 (Disc 1948)

Colchester ............................Peters, Samuel A. 09.19 1798 Isham, Ralph 10.13 1818 ✉


Scovell, Amherst D. 08.22 1832 ✉ Trumbull, Benjamin 05.23 1837 ✉ Wheeler, Joshua B. 06.04 1841 Hall, Pomeroy 06.07 1843 ✉ Bulkeley, Daniel 08.19 1845 Isham, Albert B. 02.24 1849 Fox, David A. 06.17 1853 Worthington, Olcott 07.10 1857 Rogers, Charles H. 06.08 1861 Foote, Joseph A. 11.12 1867 Rogers, Charles H. 10.21 1868 Wickwire, Giles G. 08.11 1885 Kellogg, Samuel H. 01.06 1892 Rogers, Clifford B. 11.19 1895 Smith, Frederick A. 02.02 1900 Operating

Comstock Bridge ................Brown, Edward M. 09.01 1879 Est as [M]; CoC to [NL] Unknown Date —————————— 1901 (Disc 1909)

Comstocks Ferry .................Comstock, Elijah 06.17 1828 SpV Comstock's Ferry —————————— 12.29 1828 NC to Hadlyme

Crescent ..............................Shepard, Sheldon L. 07.17 1895 Parsons, John K. 05.22 1897 Bill, Edwin S. 07.07 1898 Leonard, Chas. P. 04.21 1899 (NC to Crescent Beach 1904)

Crescent Beach .....................Joslyn, Clarence R. 08.31 1892 Recinded - po may not have op. 1892-4 Monroe, John C. 06.26 1894 Recinded (Est 1904) (see Crescent)

Crystal Lake ..........................Fairfield, George A. 03.02 1876 only pm - may not have op. in 1876 —————————— 03.04 1876 Discontinued (See Crystal Lake [T] )

East Lyme .............................Loomis, Joel 12.16 1831 Smith, Elisha H. 08.07 1840 Loomis, Francis B. 06.07 1843 ✉ Smith, John L. 08.18 1845 Kellogg, Jirah (1) 04.12 1847 ✉ Kellogg, Jirah (2) 12.24 1847 Resigned and Re-appointed Perkins, Austin F. 01.05 1848 Calkins, Elisha C. 08.17 1849 Comstock, William H.H. 05.10 1851 Perkins, Austin F. (1) 02.02 1853 Kellogg, Jirah (2) 10.11 1853 —————————— 11.05 1855 Discontinued Beckwith, Charles F. 06.14 1856 Re-established —————————— 09.10 1857 Discontinued Comstock, William H.H. 09.14 1861 Re-established Comstock, Moses W. 04.22 1864 Keeney, Marcus H. 02.04 1868 Comstock, Moses W. 04.19 1869 Comstock, John J. (1) 05.02 1870 Comstock, Moses W. (2) 08.15 1870 Comstock, John J. 03.19 1873 Parker, Timothy 12.11 1876 Coates, Gilbert P. 06.04 1879 Calkins, Daniel 09.07 1885


Cutter, William T. 10.29 1889 Bullard, Henry P. 11.22 1892 Walters, M.L. (1) 09.26 1893 Recinded Calkins, Arthur B. (2) 10.14 1893 Declined Beckwith, Enoch L. (3) 11.27 1893 Hough, Jabez B. 08.26 1898 Operating

Exeter ...................................Williams, Elias 07.11 1835 Williams, Elias L. 05.02 1838 Webster, George B. 12.05 1839 ✉ —————————— 04.02 1841 Discontinued Williams, Elias L. 06.29 1841 Re-established —————————— 07.15 1845 Discontinued

Fair Ground ..........................Ford, Lewis 02.01 1893 —————————— 06.29 1901 Discontinued

Fitchville ..............................Beswick, James ◊ 06.14 1888 NC fr Bozrah Geer, William S. 11.25 1889 Lewis, Henry 04.27 1894 Operating

Franklin [1] ...........................Hyde, Amasa 03.04 1814 ✉ Hyde, James H. 10.24 1832 ✉ Cottrell, Elliot P. 03.19 1850 —————————— 03.10 1852 Discontinued

Franklin [2] ...........................Smith, Andrew B. ◊ 02.03 1859 NC fr North Franklin [2] Brassil, John 02.17 1885 (Disc 1902)

Gales Ferry ..........................Brown, Norman B. 04.16 1828 ✉ SpV Gale's Ferry Bradford, John D. 08.06 1851 Mathewson, Rufus W. 06.17 1853 Damon, Russell 11.29 1855 Hedge, William A. 02.25 1859 Bradford, John D. 09.25 1863 Bragan, Isaac 04.15 1867 Brown, Allyn 02.27 1885c Brown, Christopher A. 03.08 1886 Brown, Latham A. 03.18 1890 Brown, Samuel F. 03.08 1901 Operating Gardner Lake ........................Phillips, Joseph N. 11.17 1892 SpC fr Gardners Lake Yearington, Erastus W. 11.17 1894 Latimer, Levi 10.11 1895 Phillips, Joseph N. 05.04 1897 Wolfe, Charles E. 07.08 1898 (Disc 1904)

Gardners Lake .......................Willoughby, Joseph R. 02.17 1837 SpV Gardner's Lake Beckwith, Eliphalet 05.29 1843 Gates, David S. 10.23 1845 —————————— 09.27 1848 Discontinued Beckwith, Elias H. 06.29 1854 Re-established Harris, George A. 09.25 1856 Franklin, Horace 04.27 1857 —————————— 06.09 1865 Discontinued Hall, William S. 01.18 1886 Re-established


Hall, George W. 02.05 1890 —————————— 11.17 1892 SpC to Gardner Lake

Glasgo ..................................Young, William P. 04.22 1872 Cranska, William H. 04.08 1891 Wilbur, James F. 02.03 1892 Potter, John 08.27 1896 Wilbur, James T. 03.11 1898 Herbert, Jonas L. 10.04 1900 (Disc 2002)

Goshen Hill ..........................Hinckley, Justin 06.21 1839 Fowler, Amos 04.20 1840 —————————— 04.02 1841 Discontinued

Greenville .............................Mowry, James D. 05.03 1850 Thompson, Christopher C. 06.18 1853 —————————— 03.31 1860 Discontinued Thompson, Christopher C. 04.02 1860 Re-established/Re-appointed Coit, William H. 08.07 1861 Williams, Charles F. 08.14 1867 Greene, Paul B. 04.26 1869 Greene, Albert C. 05.03 1875 Bray, Patrick F. 07.30 1886 Greene, Albert C. 05.22 1890 Connors, James 07.24 1893 Sears, Charles H. 10.05 1897 —————————— 06.16 1899 Discontinued

Groton .................................Bailey, Elijah 12.18 1812 ✉ Latham, Albert G. 09.07 1848 Huntington, Simon 04.26 1850 Chapman, Aaron 09.22 1856 Turner, Timothy W. 06.08 1861 Morgan, Robert A. 09.27 1866 Morgan, John S. 05.24 1869 Hewitt, Elisha A. 08.11 1885 Smith, Joseph A. 12.20 1889 Alexander, Pardon M. 12.14 1893 Edgcomb, Roswell S. 09.18 1897 (C to B of New London 1913)

Griswold ..............................Tucker, Denison B. 04.03 1827 Est in [W] CoC to [NL] date unknown Tucker, William 04.16 1834 Wilbur, Joseph 03.06 1839 Edmond, Thomas F. 05.20 1841 Stewart, Alexander, Jr. 11.30 1844 Doane, Joseph A. 06.18 1850 Cooper, Thomas C. 06.18 1851 Potter, Caleb B. 09.06 1852 Bill, Elisha S. 06.18 1853 (gatekeeper on Shetucket Turnpike) Boardman, Harvey 09.18 1861 Lester, Nathaniel L. 02.01 1862 Lester, Alexander H. 02.25 1863 (brother of N.L. Lester) Carpenter, William F. 12.10 1866 Tillinghast, Thomas S. 07.17 1867 Lester, Alexander H. 05.11 1869 Lamb, Franklin A. (1) 04.15 1870 Meech, Miss Mary L. (2) 08.29 1870


Tillinghast, Mrs. Sarah E. 10.14 1874 Morgan, Charles F. 09.17 1885 Dawley, Thomas Alfred 04.09 1895 Saunders, Albert R. 09.17 1897 (NC to Pachaug 1922)

Hadlyme ..............................Comstock, Elijah ◊ 12.30 1828 ✉ NC fr Comstocks Ferry Wells, Eli P. 04.01 1836 ✉ Holmes, John 05.27 1846 Wells, Eli P. 01.26 1847 Wells, John F. 10.31 1854 Palmer, Ozias E. 12.20 1856 Day, Elisha 04.18 1859 Gates, Emory W. (1) 09.16 1863 Day, Almon (2) 10.13 1863 Comstock, Henry T. 06.20 1865 Gates, Emory W. 12.10 1866 Comstock, Henry T. (1) 05.04 1869 Comstock, John (2) 12.04 1869 Burnham, Henry C. 11.09 1885 Hall, George W. 06.26 1893 Burnham, Henry C. 04.08 1896 Burnham, Fannie E. 12.28 1898 Operating

Hamburg ..............................Parker, Seymour L. ◊ 11.30 1894 SpC fr Hamburgh Lord, Judah H. 10.06 1896 Beckwith, Miss Angeline A. 05.06 1897 (Disc 1962)

Hamburgh ............................Pratt, Ezra 06.17 1828 ✉ Brockway, Ulysses H. 12.13 1831 ✉ Brockway, Samuel M. 03.02 1833 ✉ Brockway, Horace A. 06.18 1853 Tiffany, Charles E. 06.20 1857 Brockway, Horace A. (1) 08.20 1858 Lord, Samuel H. (2) 12.17 1858 Sisson, Henry B. 09.27 1866 Lord, Samuel H. (1) 02.11 1867 Sisson, Henry B. (2) 03.20 1867 Parker, Marshfield S. 04.19 1869 Ely, Walter S. 11.03 1870 Bigelow, David E. 11.26 1877 Rathbun, Benjamin A. 12.21 1880 Parker, Seymour L. 07.11 1883 —————————— 11.30 1894 SpC to Hamburg

Hanover ...............................Saxton, Lewis J. 05.17 1866 Smith, Mrs. L. Maria 05.23 1870 Operating

Jewett City ..........................Johnson, John 07.07 1804 ✉ SpV Jewett's City Button, Col. Samuel 09.30 1837 Johnson, James 03.22 1841 son of John Johnson Button, Samuel 09.09 1843 Johnson, James (1) 01.14 1853 Burgess, Dr. Frank S. (2) 07.16 1853 Crosby, Henry T. 10.27 1854 Clark,Thomas A. 08.24 1858 Potter, Nathan P. 12.19 1861


Brown, Alfred F. 03.20 1867 Finn, James H. 12.15 1885 Ladd, Arthur C. 04.26 1889 Finn, James H. 01.21 1895 Brown, William H. 05.26 1899 Operating

Laurel Glen [1] .....................Packer, Ephraim Perry 03.17 1860 Saunders, Samuel P. 10.21 1863 Clark, Peleg 02.03 1864 Tefft, Peleg S. 01.09 1866 —————————— 01.26 1870 NC to Clarks Falls

Laurel Glen [2] .....................Barber, Solomon 12.18 1883 Hoxie, Joseph G. 07.02 1891 Hoxie, Henry 07.24 1896 Burdick, Francis 05.31 1898 (Disc 1911)

Laysville ................................Johnson, Sylvester E.W. 02.13 1851 Johnson, Henry G. 09.06 1852 Lay, Oliver P. 01.18 1853 ✉ —————————— 08.11 1853 Discontinued

Lebanon ...............................Taintor, John 08.04 1801 Bailey, Samuel , Jr. 04.15 1803 Bailey, Roger 02.05 1816 ✉ Peters, Absalom 12.07 1831 Peckham, Simeon 10.30 1839 Robinson, Asa A. 04.05 1842 Peckham, Simeon 07.03 1843 Woodworth, David S. 11.19 1849 Pease, Calvin 06.18 1853 Babcock, Justin L. 10.24 1857 Pease, Calvin (1) 02.12 1858 Fowler, Anson (2) 05.13 1858 ✉ Spencer, George D. 07.09 1861 Barker, Nathaniel C. 06.22 1869 Morton, Charles T. 09.02 1872 Barker, Nathaniel C. 12.07 1874 Fowler, Frank P. 09.09 1885 Barker, Nathaniel C. 05.01 1889 Fowler, Frank P. 06.11 1896 Operating

Ledyard ...............................Newton, Christopher ◊ 06.09 1836 NC fr North Groton Gallup, Erastus 06.29 1841 Newton, Christopher 12.20 1844 Bailey, Elijah, Jr. 04.04 1849 McCracken, James 12.19 1861 Spicer, Edmund 09.24 1867 Gray, John M. 11.09 1895 (Disc 1903) (S of Gales Ferry)

Leffingwell............................Weaver, Silas J. 08.09 1890 Palmer, Christopher L. 03.28 1891 —————————— 06.29 1901 Discontinued

Leonard Bridge .....................Leonard, Darius H. 02.13 1892 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1931)


Liberty Hill ...........................Gay, George S. 03.01 1834 Hill, Joshiah B. (1) 01.20 1846 Gay, George S. (2) 12.08 1846 Gray, William J. 06.29 1849 Kingsbury, Hyde 07.06 1853 Fuller, Lucius J. 01.30 1856 Forsyth, Joseph B. 07.05 1864 Fuller, William A. 12.02 1869 Fuller, Daniel T. 08.03 1885 Fuller, Mrs. Ella G. 11.20 1889 (Disc 1907)

Lisbon ..................................Kinsman, Thomas 01.05 1822 ✉ Tarbox, Hiram 04.20 1836 ✉ Bushnell, Lyndes E. 11.14 1849 Batchelder, John 08.22 1853 Batchelder, Jacob B. 07.07 1857 Rowell, Edmund R. (1) 04.18 1859 Batchelder, Jacob B. (2) 07.12 1859 Grant, John S. 07.23 1861 Batchelder, John (1) 07.13 1863 Batchelder, Charles (2) 08.03 1863 Woodward, W.W. 07.07 1864 Snow, James H. 04.16 1866 Vallet, James C. 08.14 1867 Snow, James H. 01.23 1868 —————————— 05.13 1872 NC to Versailles

Lords Bridge .........................Lord, Henry 01.16 1829 SpV Lord's Bridge —————————— 11.14 1831 Discontinued Miller, Samuel 03.07 1856 Re-established Bennett, Leonard R. 01.20 1859 Bailey, Dwight 06.08 1861 Jewett, Joseph E. 03.24 1865 Loveland, George D. 06.11 1867 —————————— 12.17 1867 NC to Baltic

Lyme ...................................Parsons, Marsfield 08.21 1797 Smith, Charles 01.27 1813 Smith, Gilbert T. 12.13 1816 ✉ Wait, Charles W. 12.11 1827 ✉ Brockway, Joseph S. 03.08 1845 Wait, Charles W. 05.11 1849 Wait, Gilbert S. 12.28 1871 Beckwith, Hiram 02.10 1876 Clark, William F. 11.29 1889 Caulkins, Herbert M. 12.09 1893 Clark, William F. 11.26 1897 (NC to Old Lyme 1928)

Massapeag .............................Turner, John P. 10.16 1879 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1908)

Millstone ..............................Gardiner, Henry 06.29 1894 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1946)

Mohegan ..............................Burlingame, Edward F. 12.28 1887 Rollins, Charles (1) 03.06 1895 Declined Rollins, Ella M. (2) 04.10 1895 (Disc 1903)


Montville [1] ........................Chapman, John 02.17 1818 —————————— 04.13 1824 NC to Chesterfield Chapman, John ◊ 01.06 1826 NC fr Chesterfield/Re-established Turner, James 07.24 1827 ✉ Steward, Lyman 04.11 1834 ✉ Fargo, Robert 03.15 1837 Turner, James 04.20 1839 ✉ —————————— 07.18 1840 NC to Chesterfield

Montville [2] ........................Raymond, George ◊ 07.18 1840 NC fr Uncasville —————————— 05.19 1841 NC to Uncasville

Montville [3] ........................Wheeler, William H. 04.18 1854 Gay, Jedediah R. 12.09 1856 Turner, Isaac 06.08 1861 Lathrop, Don F. 03.14 1866 Wheeler, William H. 08.14 1867 Turner, William C. 04.26 1869 Tompkins, Lorenzo D. 01.22 1872 Browning, Lewis 04.03 1876 Chapman, Charles A. 09.18 1885 Hooper, Frederick W. 09.09 1889 Chapman, Charles A. 06.10 1893 Hurlbut, Lewis B. 06.16 1897 Operating

Mystic [1] ............................Burrows, Enoch ◊ 10.08 1830 NC fr Mystic River [1] Hyde, John 11.30 1831 Harding, Henry 03.05 1835 Hyde, John 07.22 1841 Harding, Henry 10.19 1844 Chester, Charles E. 09.18 1861 Lamphere, George E. 12.09 1863 Hinckley, Abel 08.14 1867 Lamphere, George E. 04.19 1869 Crumb, Francis E. 07.12 1878 Hinckley, Abel H. 11.13 1885 Bentley, Samuel H. 05.23 1889 —————————— 05.29 1890 NC to Old Mystic

Mystic [2] ............................Couch, Ebenezer P. ◊ 06.28 1890 NC fr Mystic Bridge Denison, Daniel B. 08.29 1894 Couch, Ebenezer P. 02.15 1899 Operating

Mystic Bridge ......................Palmer, Benjamin F. 02.06 1828 Mallory, David 11.30 1844 Gallup, Edwin R. 10.20 1854 Forsyth, Peter 06.30 1855 Lovett, Thomas H. 05.12 1858 Greene, Benjamin G. 01.31 1861 Rathbun, John A. 08.28 1865 Freeman, Joseph M. 09.28 1867 Rathbun, John A. (1) 01.22 1868 William, Joseph S., Jr. (2) 02.11 1868 Rathbun, John A. 04.08 1869 Williams, John S., Jr. 01.27 1886 Couch, Ebenezer P. 01.28 1890 —————————— 06.20 1890 NC to Mystic [2]


Mystic River [1] ...................Rogers, Zabdiel 12.10 1810 Hyde, John 05.15 1819 ✉ Burrows, Enoch 04.24 1828 —————————— 10.08 1830 NC to Mystic [1]

Mystic River [2] ...................Fish, Nathan S. ◊ 08.02 1851 NC fr Portersville Tufts, Caleb E. 12.28 1852 Ashbey, Dwight 06.08 1861 Gray, John 10.02 1867 Packer, Warren W. 04.12 1869 Denison, Daniel B. (1) 08.11 1885 Avery, Parmenas (2) 09.23 1885 —————————— 02.19 1887 Discontinued

New London ........................Chews, Mr. 1704c British Colonial Post Goddard, Dr. Giles (1) 10.20 1739 father of William, who ran the Constitutional Post, and Mary Katherine, the first printer of Declaration of Independence Miller, Jeremiah (2) 10.24 1739 ✉ Goddard, Dr. Giles 1753c appointed by Franklin under British [This entry might be based on erroneous information - WJD] Chew, Joseph 12.11 1755 Miller, John S 06.18 1769 (Jeremiah Miller, clerk) Saltonstall, Gurdon 04.23 1775 Connecticut Assembly Post Discontinued 10.10.1775 [Two different concurrent posts - WJD] Shaw, Nathaniel 05.09 1775 Constitutional Post [Two different concurrent posts - WJD] Saltonstall, Gurdon 10.?? 1775 USPOD - appointed by Franklin - (Gilbert Saltonstall, clerk) Hallam, Edward 06.30 1777 Coit, Joshua 01.?? 1782 Green Timothy 07.05 1786 Green Thomas C. (1) 05.24 1794 acting PM — son of Timothy Law, Lyman (2) 07.01 1794 Douglass, Richard, 2nd 12.15 1797 Way, Ebenezer 03.12 1816 ✉ Allen, Caleb G. 05.24 1838 Turner, James H. 05.18 1841 Trott, Stanley G. 06.19 1846 Turner, James H. 04.22 1850 Lyman, James B. 04.23 1853 Trott, Stanley G. 06.04 1858 Eggleston, Julius W. 06.11 1862 Butler, Charles W. 07.23 1866 Mower, Mrs. Betsy A. 04.28 1870 Tubbs, William H. 07.06 1878 Whittlesey, George D. 04.22 1885 Allender, Nathan J. 02.12 1890 Smith, Hezekiah B. 02.06 1893 Mahon, Bryan F. 10.30 1894 McGinley, John 12.20 1898 Operating

New Salem ..........................Williams, Sherborn H. 12.30 1816 Whittlesey, John 10.27 1817 ✉


Smith, Gilbert A. 05.01 1829 ✉ Hall, Pomeroy 08.19 1830 ✉ —————————— 06.17 1837 NC to Salem

Niantic .................................Manwaring, Jeremiah B. 03.16 1839 —————————— 12.24 1841 Discontinued Cook, Selden 01.23 1855 Re-established Beebe, Lemuel H. 12.31 1856 Chapman, John M. 09.30 1859 Howard, Charles S. 01.28 1862 Howard, Charles R. 05.17 1866 Whaley, William 04.12 1869 Beckwith, William P. (1) 01.12 1883 Beckwith, Willard P. (2) 01.19 1883 Walter, Martin C. 08.11 1885 Bush, Asa E.S. 09.09 1889 Walter, Martin C. 07.19 1894 Bush, Asa E.S. 08.19 1898 Operating

Noank ..................................Latham, William 06.25 1841 Chipman, George W. 11.30 1844 Latham, William 12.03 1851 ✉ Miner, Orrin E. 06.15 1869 Murphy, William E. (1) 09.09 1885 Palmer, William (2) 11.02 1885 Searle, Edwin B. 05.22 1889 Rathbun, William G. 06.26 1893 {Rathburn?} Sawyer, Roswell P. 11.23 1897 —————————— 1901 (C to S of Groton 1960)

North Franklin [1] ................Royce, Amos F. 12.18 1849 Kingsbury, Thomas H.C. 04.06 1857 —————————— 11.15 1858 Discontinued Smith, Andrew B. 01.26 1859 Re-established —————————— 02.03 1859 NC to Franklin

North Franklin [2] ................Manning, Mrs. Asenath A. 02.14 1873 Tucker, Asenath A. 04.28 1881 Race, A.Rockwell 07.29 1896 Larkin, Welcome H. 12.15 1900 Operating

North Groton ......................Spicer, John (1) 03.08 1828 Newton, Christopher (2) 03.24 1828 ✉ —————————— 06.09 1836 NC to Ledyard

North Lyme .........................Jewett, David M. 03.02 1833 Starke, Erastus 03.11 1837 ✉ Champlin, James J. 03.12 1845 {Chaplin?} Bill, James A. 04.28 1848 ✉ Brockway, Frederick L.C. 05.13 1852 Fosdick, Frederick 10.26 1854 Walker, G.E. 09.17 1856 Stark, Charles 04.14 1860 Stark, Miss Francis S. 05.06 1872 Stark, Charles 03.27 1874 Stark, Mrs. Julia R. 12.31 1883 (Disc 1911)


North Stonington .................Parker, Daniel 01.24 1811 Wells, Thomas T. (or F.) 05.04 1816 ✉ Wattles, Thomas P. (1) 05.01 1824 ✉ Wells, Thomas T. (or F.) (2) 11.06 1824 ✉ Wheeler, Russell 08.12 1828 Pomeroy, Benjamin 11.10 1829 Wattles, Thomas P. 03.14 1831 ✉ Wheeler, Russell 03.22 1841 Hull, William B. 12.03 1842 Wattles, Thomas P. 04.28 1845 Wheeler, Thomas S. 06.27 1849 Wattles, Thomas P. 08.17 1853 Clark, Thomas 04.16 1855 Kinney, Lot W. 02.24 1857 Wheeler, Charles N. 10.15 1862 Hillard, William H. 10.26 1868 Billings, Lucius Noyes (1) 01.10 1877 Hillard, William H. (2) 03.30 1877 Brown, Charles H. 12.15 1885 Hillard, William H. 05.17 1889 Bennett, John E. 07.19 1893 Hillard, William H. 07.01 1897 Operating

North Westchester ................Carrier, Lucius A. 09.16 1873 Jones, William E. 01.22 1879 Carrier, Francis L. 01.10 1881 Jones, William E. 09.27 1882 Brainard, Samuel M., Jr. 09.24 1884 Jones, Daniel 09.18 1885 Carrier, Edgar A. 12.19 1888 Bissell, John V. 03.18 1890 Beers, Joseph L. 01.28 1893 Clark, George T. 07.22 1896 Operating

Norwich [1] .........................Woodbridge, Dudley 02.19 1781 ✉ (located north of present day Norwich) Leffingwell, William 09.04 1789 Leffingwell, Christopher 04.01 1793 ✉ Leffingwell, Christopher, Jr. 03.06 1797 ipo father Carpenter, Gardner 01.19 1799 —————————— 12.01 1812 Discontinued (?) (letters dated 1813 exist) Hyde, John 07.01 1815 ✉ Re-established (?) —————————— 04.20 1836 NC to Norwichtown

Norwich [2] .........................L'Hommedieu, William L. ◊ 04.21 1836 NC fr Norwich City Downer, Samuel M. 02.04 1842 Chapman, Enoch C. 04.11 1843 Townsend, John H. 06.15 1844 L'Hormmedieu, William 06.28 1845 Dunham, John 06.21 1849 Stedman, John W. 04.25 1853 Starkweather, Henry H. 05.31 1861 Coit, Charles M. 05.29 1866 Bidwell, Enoch G. 05.04 1870 Avery, Charles S. 08.02 1886 Caruthers, William C. 04.09 1889 Hall, Stephen H. 03.15 1894 Caruthers, Wm. 03.16 1898 Operating


Norwich City ......................Kinney, Charles ◊ 11.06 1827 NC fr Chelsea Landing L'Hormmedieu, William L. 08.25 1829 ✉ —————————— 04.21 1836 NC to Norwich [2]

Norwich Falls .......................Adams, Nathaniel B. 02.29 1828 —————————— 08.25 1829 Discontinued

Norwichtown .......................Hyde, John ◊ 04.21 1836 NC fr Norwich [1]/SpV Norwich Town Harland, Henry 10.05 1836 ✉ Wait, John T. 10.03 1840 ✉ Hyde, John 06.28 1841 ✉ Tracy, Henry B. 01.18 1844 McNelly, Henry 04.12 1850 Rogers, Elisha F. 07.22 1853 Tracy, Henry B. 07.01 1854 Tracy, Henry B. 04.21 1859 (Note Disc one day - April 20, 1859) Fuller, George D. 06.04 1862 Smith, Charles T. 08.14 1867 Lathrop, Jabez S. 04.27 1869 Fuller, George D. 03.20 1871 Manning, John 02.14 1881 Ray, Gideon A. 01.18 1883 Goodrich, James T. 12.11 1886 Ray, G. Avery 03.23 1889 Bussey, James 11.25 1893 Hale, Robert W. 06.07 1897 (Disc 1907)

Oakdale ................................Baker, William H. 03.09 1882 Baldwin, William J. 09.07 1885 Wheeler, Charles E. 04.21 1887 Rogers, Albert A. 06.06 1888 Bartlett, Almon (1) 02.12 1889 Baker, Henry A. (2) 10.03 1889 Operating

Old Mystic ...........................Bentley, Samuel H. ◊ 05.29 1890 NC fr Mystic [1] Hinckley, Abel H. 05.16 1893 Operating

Pendleton Hill .....................Pendleton, Enoch B. 05.17 1842 NC fr South Voluntown/CoC fr W Chapman, Andrew 08.19 1844 Pendelton, Dewitt C. 08.25 1849 Palmer, Julia W. 04.05 1852 Chapman, Andrew 08.17 1853 Maine, Sanford A. 02.28 1854 Palmer, Robert P. 06.29 1863 Newton, Edwin A. 06.11 1867 Disc/CoC fr NL to W Palmer, Robert P. 06.15 1869 CoC to NL fr W —————————— 1901 (Disc 1911)

Pequonoc Bridge Morgan, Sanford 01.13 1845 NC fr Pequot/ SpV Poquonoc Bridge Morgan, Daniel 09.06 1861 Avery, James D. 03.10 1863 Morgan, Miss Sarah H. 05.25 1866 Morgan, Daniel 08.14 1867 Crandall, John 06.12 1872 —————————— 07.12 1877 SpC to Poquonock Bridge


Pequot .................................Perkins, Jefferson 06.25 1841 AKA Pequot Lake —————————— 01.13 1845 NC to Pequonoc Bridge

Poquetanuck .........................Brewster, Joseph W. 03.08 1828 SpV Pouquetanock Latham, Asa L. 03.04 1843 Vaughan, Ariel 04.26 1850 Minor, Samuel K.L. 03.31 1854 O'Brien, Erastus, Jr. 05.27 1857 Lucas, Aaron 05.05 1865 Taylor, John H. 03.20 1886 Mitchell, William C. 03.16 1895 Mitchell, Jennie E. 01.06 1899 (Disc 1910)

Poquonock Bridge ...............Morgan, Daniel 07.12 1877 SpC fr Pequonoc Bridge Lacey, Henry J. 05.31 1880 Wells, Russell W. 04.17 1884 Maniere, William B. 02.20 1899 C to B of New London 1949

Portersville ...........................Randall, Jedadiah 02.06 1828 Denison, Peleg 10.19 1844 Fish, Nathan S. 03.27 1849 —————————— 08.01 1851 NC to Mystic River [2]

Preston .................................Briggs, Daniel 07.01 1811 Drowner, Samuel M. 07.29 1813 ✉ Brown, Henry 05.03 1828 Baldwin, David D. 01.20 1852c Richards, Daniel T. 01.10 1853 Phillips, Austin 10.26 1859 Richards, Daniel T. 08.26 1862 Downer, Miss Mary A 11.13 1865 Cook, Adin (1) 06.16 1873 Brown, Charles H. (2) 08.18 1873 Robbins, Morrison (3) 09.12 1873 Fitch, James H. 09.09 1885 Robbins, Mrs. Mary R. 05.25 1889 Fitch, James H. 06.26 1893 Shedd, George V. 04.01 1899 (Disc 1902)

Quaker Hill ..........................Woodworth, Henry O. 06.30 1890 SpV Quakerhill Robertson, Francis 07.22 1893 Alexander, Frank J. 08.01 1894 Simpson, Frederick S. 11.26 1900 Operating

Riverhead .............................Comstock, Jeremiah 03.19 1810 SpV River Head Comstock, Peter 01.17 1816 Warren, Joshua R. 05.04 1818 ✉ Comstock, Peter 04.24 1822 ✉ Beckwith, Elisha II 09.25 1829 ✉ —————————— 08.19 1845 Discontinued

Salem ..................................Hall, Pomeroy ◊ 06.17 1837 NC fr New Salem Park, John S. 04.23 1839 Williams, Warren 05.18 1841 ✉ Whittlesey, Oramel 06.07 1843 ✉ Hillard, Joseph 09.17 1844


Whittlesey, Oramel 04.27 1849 Morgan, Theophlus (1) 02.19 1853 Gallup, Alfred (2) 05.30 1853 Daniels, John C. (3) 11.26 1853 Whittlesey, Oramel 06.20 1861 Williams, Nelson N. (1) 01.03 1865 Whittlesey, Oramel (2) 01.24 1865 Strickland, Thomas 10.17 1867 Whittlesey, Oramel 04.27 1869 Williams, Nelson N. 09.18 1877c Williams, Charles T. 12.29 1882 Harvey, Elijah B. (1) 09.17 1885 Hurlbut, Theodore A. (2) 11.06 1885 Kingsley, William B. 07.06 1893 Chadwick, Elmer M. 06.07 1897 McRae, Donald 02.15 1899 (Disc 1905)

Scott Hill ..............................Ford, Henry N. 11.29 1899 Kingsley, William B. 03.31 1900 (Disc 1902)

Shewville ..............................Clark, Charles H. 07.15 1889 Fanning, George 03.24 1898 (Disc 1901)

South Lyme ..........................Chadwick, Russell L. 03.16 1839 ✉ Howard, Albert (1) 06.11 1889 Howard, Alfred S. (2) 07.12 1889 Watrous, David M. 02.14 1891 Waite, Seth L. 03.24 1892 Operating

Stonington ...........................Palmer, Col. Jonathan, Jr. 11.28 1792 not op till 02/1793 Trumbull, Samuel 09.02 1800 AKA Stonington Point Hubbard, George 04.15 1809 Trumbull, Gurdon 10.01 1817 ✉ Champlin, Isaac 03.05 1835 Williams, Franklin 06.23 1841 ✉ States, Benjamin F. 11.29 1844 Williams, Calvin G. 03.27 1848 Brown, Jesse N. 05.12 1858 Williams, Franklin 05.13 1861 Pendleton, James 06.16 1882 Stanton, George D. (1) 07.03 1886 Hinckley, Elias B. (2) 08.09 1886 Noyes, Nathaniel P. 12.23 1890 Atwood, Herman 01.21 1895 Noyes, Nathaniel P. 02.14 1899 Operating

Taftville ................................Harrington, Henry F. 09.01 1870 Harrington, Edwin T. 04.10 1874 Hovey, Henry 06.14 1878c Kelley, Richard C. 12.15 1885 Bill, Charles S. 03.25 1889 Hendrick, Philip E. 09.20 1893 Graham, James 03.11 1897 Operating

Uncasville .............................Richards, H.A. 01.13 1828 Comstock, Amos 11.28 1829


Comstock, Robert 08.05 1834 Raymond, George 04.16 1839 —————————— 07.18 1840 NC to Montville [2] Turner, Timothy W. 05.19 1841 NC fr Montville [2]/Re-established Wheeler, Charles H. 05.09 1843 ✉ Johnson, William G. 05.09 1845 ✉ Coggeshall, John A. 09.04 1860 Burnham, Waterman R. 06.20 1861 Wood, Willett R. 04.24 1862 Burnham, Waterman R. 04.26 1865 Comstock, James A. 04.12 1869 Comstock, James L. 12.06 1872 Comstock, J. Andrew 02.25 1874 Geer, Charles F. 06.17 1875 Burchard, William M. 03.08 1876 Fowler, Frank E. 09.21 1883 Coggeshall, William A. 07.07 1893 Tooker, Merritt E. 06.20 1898 Operating

Versailles ..............................Harrington, George M. 05.13 1872 NC fr Lisbon Harrington, Henry F. 07.22 1874 Kelley, William P. 10.18 1878 Fenner, Frank W. 01.24 1882 Wall, Edgar 06.26 1885 Quinn, John 06.13 1889 Quinn, Julia 12.15 1900 Operating

Voluntown ............................Lewis, John N. ◊ 03.07 1881 CoC fr W to NL/Re-appointed Potter, Caleb P. 06.26 1885 Rouse, George W. 03.25 1889 Leffingwell, John 07.06 1893 Whitman, James M. 03.11 1898 Operating

Waterford .............................Bulkey, James 01.23 1826 Gardiner, Henry II 08.05 1833 Darrow, Abram M. 12.14 1861 Manwaring, William E. 06.04 1872 Braman, Frank P. 06.03 1880 Williams, Owen C. (1) 02.05 1883 Braman, Daniel W. (2) 02.15 1883 Greene, William 09.10 1885 Saunders, William C. 04.23 1889 Greene, William 11.04 1893 Saunders, William C. 11.01 1897 Operating

West Chester .......................Warner, Matthew G. 01.17 1825 Cone, Cephas 05.22 1827 ✉ Day, Asa, Jr. 05.13 1834 Brown, Cephas C. 07.02 1836 Tracey, Robbins 09.21 1839 Brown, Samuel 05.20 1841 Tracy, Robbins 05.13 1843 Shattuck, Giles 09.29 1845 Staples, William O. 10.27 1848 Carrier, Ralph T. 07.05 1851 Brown, Samuel 03.23 1863


Rogers, Girden 11.26 1867 —————————— 04.26 1869 SpC to Westchester [NL]

West Mystic ..........................Bradley, Robert D. 04.22 1890 Chapman, Herbert D. 08.12 1896 Bradley, Robert D. 07.16 1901 (Disc 1976)

Westchester ...........................Brown, Samuel 04.26 1869 SpC fr West Chester Brown, Elizabeth 01.15 1880 see Westchester [M] Rogers, Gurdon 02.27 1886 Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth 06.11 1889 (Disc 1912)

Yantic ...................................Huntington, Daniel L. 03.11 1852 Hyde, Lewis 09.13 1856 Phinney, Elisha 08.07 1861 Cryer, George 12.14 1864 Cryer, George R. 05.24 1867 Williams, E. Winslow 04.26 1869 Cryer, George R. 07.30 1886 Williams, Winslow S. 03.25 1889 Beswick, John 07.06 1893 Harrison, Samuel 12.18 1895 Operating


The Yantic Post Office with Postmaster William E. Manning (far right) who served in the early years of the 20th Century.

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