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Wakeman Family Papers
Collection, MS 15
1705 – 1938
The collection primarily consists of legal and financial records of generations of the Wakeman family, from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
The most notable Wakeman, in relation to this collection, is William Webb (1799-1869), the son of Jessup (1771-1844, who served as collector of Revenue in Fairfield) and Esther Dimon Wakeman. A sea captain, William was active in the coastal trade between New York, Boston, and Salem, Massachusetts, later expanding his route to Georgetown (Washington, DC), Savannah Georgia and Galveston, Texas. As principal in the firm Wakeman, Dimon & Co., he engaged in trade with East India and China. At the start of the Civil War, Wakeman added steamships to his line, and these ships were used by the U.S. government as transports.
The most notable Wakeman, in relation to this collection, is William Webb (1799-1869), the son of Jessup (1771-1844, who served as collector of Revenue in Fairfield) and Esther Dimon Wakeman. A sea captain, William was active in the coastal trade between New York, Boston, and Salem, Massachusetts, later expanding his route to Georgetown (Washington, DC), Savannah Georgia and Galveston, Texas. As principal in the firm Wakeman, Dimon & Co., he engaged in trade with East India and China. At the start of the Civil War, Wakeman added steamships to his line, and these ships were used by the U.S. government as transports.
A. Maria Wakeman’s papers in Series 1 include photographs, newspaper articles, reminiscences of Fairfield schools and examples of school work, 1888-1913, 1935-1938, from Stratford and Dwight schools where she was a teacher, and a copy of Maria’s obituary, 1938; and records she kept as clerk of the Greenfield Hill Church, 1925-1931.
Abbie D. Wakeman, Series 2, is represented by probate records of her estate, 1910. Andrew Wakeman (1745-1821) was a Lieutenant and later Captain in the 1st Company, 4th Conn. Regiment. His papers, organized in Series 3, consist of deeds and maps of properties, 1771-1816; receipts for rations and rum for his men, 1777; a slave purchase and emancipation document for the slave Jeffrey, 1801, 1812; his will, 1817; and receipts and accounts, 1816- 1820.
David Wakeman is represented in Series 4 by deeds, 1857. The documents of two Ebenezers are arranged in Series 5. The first Ebenezer (1749-1801) is represented by a deed, 1785; the second (b. 1775) by a bill of sale, 1823. Eleanor Wakeman (1783-1873) , daughter of Epaphras Wakeman and wife of Jesse Wakeman, sold land in Westport in 1836. These documents are arranged in Series 6.
Abbie D. Wakeman, Series 2, is represented by probate records of her estate, 1910. Andrew Wakeman (1745-1821) was a Lieutenant and later Captain in the 1st Company, 4th Conn. Regiment. His papers, organized in Series 3, consist of deeds and maps of properties, 1771-1816; receipts for rations and rum for his men, 1777; a slave purchase and emancipation document for the slave Jeffrey, 1801, 1812; his will, 1817; and receipts and accounts, 1816- 1820.
David Wakeman is represented in Series 4 by deeds, 1857. The documents of two Ebenezers are arranged in Series 5. The first Ebenezer (1749-1801) is represented by a deed, 1785; the second (b. 1775) by a bill of sale, 1823. Eleanor Wakeman (1783-1873) , daughter of Epaphras Wakeman and wife of Jesse Wakeman, sold land in Westport in 1836. These documents are arranged in Series 6.
The individuals are arranged alphabetically with their papers organized chronologically.
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