"MARRIED. New-Haven, Elisha Colt, esq. to Miss Amy Prentiss, daughter of Col. Jonas Prentiss."
The Connecticut Courant newspaper (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, June 24, 1807, p. 3, col. 4.
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"DIED.—In this city, last Saturday night, after a long illness, Mrs. Amy Colt, consort of Elisha Colt, Esq. Controller of public accounts, and daughter of Col. Jonas Prentice of New-Haven, aged 37."
—The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, August 17, 1808, p. 3, col. 3.