there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $64,807, and the median income for a family was $62,346. Males had a median income of $47,123 versus $29,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,038. About 6.1% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over. Notable people John Adams (1772–1863), founder of Phillips Exeter Academy, was the principal of the Bacon Academy here from 1803 to 1810 William Adams (1807–1880), born in Colchester, noted clergyman and president of Union Theological Seminary (New York) Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), "Father of Texas", attended Bacon Academy in 1803 Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822–1858), sculptor Jehiel C. Beman (1791–1858) African-American 19th-century minister and abolitionist; born in Colchester Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley (1803–1872), Bacon Academy graduate (1819), state senator, state's attorney and founder of Aetna Insurance Company (1846) Jonathan Coulton (born 1970), singer-songwriter John B. Day (1847-1925), tobacco merchant and first owner of the New York Giants baseball team Rick Derringer (born 1947), rock artist and producer Henry C. Deming (1815–1872), mayor of Hartford, mayor of New Orleans, colonel in the Union Army and U.S. congressman Alfred Ely (1815–1892), US congressman of New York and taken prisoner after the First Battle of Bull Run Ezra Hall Gillett (1823–1875), author, clergyman, and professor Nathaniel Hayward (1808–1865), Inventor, Business Owner Prince Saunders (1775–1839), attorney general of the Republic of Haiti Lyman Trumbull (1813–1896), born in Colchester, Bacon Academy graduate (1829), became influential as a U.S. senator representing the state of Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey (1788–1858), editor Denison Worthington (1806–1880), Wisconsin state senator Ron Wotus (born 1961), Bacon Academy graduate (1979), San Francisco Giants bench coach References Colchester Historical Society External links Town of Colchester official website Towns in New London County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut