From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. and Sherry [Smith] Stancliff
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Daughter of James and Martha [Wood] Stanclift born East Middletown, Hartford County, CT Feb. 6, 1740(1) baptized East Middletown, CT Feb. 1, 1741(2), died Millington, CT Nov. 17, 1813, married in East Haddam, CT May 7, 1766(3) TIMOTHY3 BOOGE (William2, John1) son of William and Dorothy [Lord] Booge baptized Colchester, CT May 19, 1734, died Millington, CT Jan. 1, 1805 � 71.
Rebeckah evidently remained in Middletown when her father and second wife, Mary [Lewis] Stanclift, moved to Simsbury in 1756 as she was termed "of Middletown"at the time of her marriage. On Aug. 24, 1766 she transferred her membership from the 6th Church in Middletown to the East Haddam Church in Millington, CT.
In accordance with the entailment placed on the gift of land given to Martha [Wood] Stanclift by her father, John Wood in 1737, Timothy, "Rebecca" and John Booge all of East Haddam, sold Rebekah's 1/5 interest in her Grandfather's land to Abraham Bailey of Chatham, on May 6, 1794(4)
An unnamed son of Timothy died in Millington in 1789.
CHILDREN: Timothy and Rebeckah [Stanclift] Booge(5)
1. SARAH BROOKS BOOGE baptized East Haddam, CT Nov. 16, 1768.
2. WILLIAM BOOGE born East Haddam, CT Dec. 29, 1769, baptized Mar. 18, 1770.
3. JOHN BOOGE born East Haddam, CT June 22, 1772.
4. THOMAS MURPHY BOOGE born East Haddam, CT June 19, 1775, baptized July 30, 1775. He was named after the husband of Rebeckah's younger sister, Lydia [Stancliff] Taylor Murphy.
5. AMOS BOOGE born East Haddam, CT Mar. 23, 1778.
6. REBECCA BOOGE born East Haddam, CT Feb. 21, 1782, baptized in Apr. 1782, died Millington, CT at the poor house Jan. 19, 1829. She had never married.
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Footnotes:
1. .Frank Farnsworth Starr Ledgers page 199, from Middletown LR page 98.
2. .First Congregational Church established East Middletown, CT 1710 in what is now Portland, CT, Vol. 5 page 13.
3. .East Haddam Vital Records, Vol. 2, page 44.
4. .Chatham Land Records, Vol. 6, page 470.
5. .New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. III, page 65.
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