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MEMORAN., . .^ELATING

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PRIN TED

MEMORANDA RELATING
TO THE
ANCESTRY AND	FAMILY
OF
SOPHIA FIDELIA	HALL
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MRS. S. F. HALL COE.
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MERIDEN, conn.: Printed by the Curtiss-Way Co. 1902.

Footpri?its 071 the sands of time ; —

Footprints, that perhaps another. Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn a?id shipwrecked brother, Seeing-, shall take heart again.

—Longfellow

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Gather up thefras:nients that remain. — -^e-^vs, of Nazareth.

The past u^ilt not let go of us ; zve cannot let go of the past.— ]oKu^n.

Hcnceforivard, listen as we ivill. The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where we may, the ivide earth o'er, Those lighted faces smile no more.

-Whittier.

CONTENTS

Kindred of Harley Hall by the Father'' s Side : pages

Hall Family of Wallingford, ... 1 to 26

Watson Family 27

Moss Family, 28 to 34

LoTHROP Family, 35 to 46

Peck Family of Hartford, .... 47 to 49

DooLiTTLE Family, 49 to 52

Allen Family, 53

Peck Family of Ne\v Haven, ... 54 to 56

Kindred of Harley Hall by the Mother' s Side :

Bacon Family, 56 to 63

Miller Family, 64 to 68

Wetmore Family 69 to 71

Nettleton Family, 72 to 73

Bassett Family, 73 to 75

Todd Family, 76 to 78

Atkins Family, 79 to 83

Hubbard Family, 84 to 87

Watts Family, 87 to 88

Kindred of Martha Cone Hall by the Father' s Side :

Hall Family of Middletown, . . . 89 to 108

Cooke Family, 109 to 110

Hinsdale Family, Ill to 120

White Family, 121 to 126

HuRLBUT Family, ... 127 to 132

Contejits — (Continued).

Deming Family 133 to 136

Treat Family, 137 to 143

Pratt Family of I^yme, Ill to 118

Gris\vold Family, . 119 to 159

WoLCOTT Family, 1(30 to 168

Watrous Family, 168 to 170

Pratt Family of Saybrook 171 to 173

Clarke Family 171 to 176

Metcalfe Family, 176 to 182

Ellwyn Family, 183

Fairbanks Family 181 to 187

Kenricke Family, 187 to 188

Avery. Family, . 189 to 192

Laine Family, 193 to 195

Kindred of Martha Cone Hall by the Mother's Side :

Cone Family, 196 to 206

Spencer Family, 207 to 213

Hungerford Family, 213 to 217

AcKLEY Family, 217 to 223

Andrews Family, 223 to 228

KiRBY Family, 229 to 231

fall |amib of ^i^aUingfovd.

1. John Hall married Jeanne Woollen.

2. Their son, Thomas Hall, married Grace Watson.

3. Their son, Joseph Hall, married Bethia Terrel.

4. Their son, Ephraim Hall, married Chloe Moss.

5. Their son, Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

6. Their son, Harley Hall, jnarried Martha Cone Hall.

7. Their danghter, Sophia F. Hall, married Levi E. Coe.

8. Their children were two sons who died young.

JOHN AND JEANNE (WOOLLEN) HALL

The name Hall, which is still common in England, was originally De Halle, given to those w^ho went to that country from Halle in Saxon3^ The name Woollen was variously spelled ; the version here adopted is taken from ' ' The New Haven Colony General Court Record." On that record the name of John Woollen, brother of John Hall's wife, appears many times written in this wa}-. John Hall, 1st, of Walling- ford (as he has been styled) lived w4th his famil}' in New Haven about thirt}^ years, and in Wallingford not more than six or seven years. He came from England to Boston, thence to Hartford, where he received a grant of land from the towm, w^hich he soon forfeited by removal. His autograph signa- ture, written in 1639, may be seen on the records of New Haven, where he continued to reside until the settlement of Wallingford.

In 1633 William Wilkes arrived in Boston, and in 1639, he, with his wife Joan, removed to New Haven, in the company of Governor Eaton. He had brought with him from the old country, a young girl of good family and educa- tion, a relative of his, named Jeanne Woollen. He paid her fare across the ocean, she lived in his family, and he promised

Hall Family of Wallingford.

to give her ten pounds when she should marry. She married John Hall; Mr. Wilkes refused to give her the ten pounds and the new husband, with characteristic persistence, insisted that the promised mone}- should be paid. This resulted in a quarrel and lawsuit, an account of which is found on the colonial records. The contention was kept up so long, and the case was so often before the court, that ' ' the colon}' was heartily tired of the matter. ' ' It was finall}^ decided in favor of Jeanne.

In August, 1648, the sentence of the Court was "That ye executors of the estate of Mr. Wilkes paye to John Hall, as a debt due from Mr. Wilkes to his wife, ten pounds." — (Gen. Court rec.) William Wilkes lived at the corner of State and Grove streets. New Haven. He went to England in 1044, intending to return ; but instead of returning, sent for his wife to join him in England. She embarked on the ship that sailed from New Haven in Januar}^ 1G47 and was lost at sea. This ship was built by the people of New Haven and freighted for England with such things as thej^ hoped to sell there, and a rich treasure of passengers from their not too numerous community. They were obliged to cut through the ice to get out of the harbor. They knew it was not a safe vessel and sailed with man}^ misgivings, leaving fearful friends behind who never heard from them again. According to the belief of the inhabitants at that period, the apparition of this ship, being blown in pieces, was seen in the sky the following June and is still spoken of as the Phantom Ship. The Rev. Mr. Davenport declared in public that God had condescended, for the quieting of their afflicted spirits, this extraordinary account of His sovereign disposal of those for whom so mariy fervent prayers were made continually. John Woollen, brother of John Hall's wife, was an Indian Trader and Interpreter, in the employ of Captain George Eamberton, with whom he was imprisoned by the Swedes on one of his vo3^ages to Delaware Bay, where the New Haven Colony had considerable trade. In 1637 John Hall served in the Pequot war. In 1633 he was one of the free plant- ers of New Haven and signed ' ' The foundamentall agreem^

Hall Family of Wallmgford.

made in a generall meeting, that church members onl}^ shall be free burgesses, and they only shall choose officers among themselves and transact public business," and the meeting ordered that all those who should thereafter be received as planters, should sign the same agreement. In 1641, John Hall was present at a meeting where lots were cast for the East Meadows land. In 1641: he was made executor of a will. July 1st, 1614, Governor Eaton took the oath of "fidelitie" and then gave it to others, among them John Hall. March 10, 1616, in the General Court, the names of the people of New Haven were read, as they were seated in the meeting house, and it was ordered that they should be recorded. John Hall's seat was designated as being "Before Mr. Rutherford's seat. ' ' " In 1648, John Hall was complained of for absence from a General Court. He said he had no warning and went out in the morning, before the drum beate and knew of no Court. William Holt was complained of for the like and gave the same answer, for he was with John Hall. For both the Court passed it without fine." In 1618 John Hall was one of ' ' the tenants of oyster shell field. " "In 1618, John Hall " and four others "desired to have their land on ye east side, betwixt the red rocke and Mr. Davenport's farm, and the Court ordered that it should be laid out together that they ma}" plant." In " 16^)5 John Hall was freed from train- ing, being then in his 60th year of age." — (Gen. Court rec.) In 1669, John Hall, Sen. was classed among "The Prin- cipal men," on the list of freemen returned by the Constables in New Haven. New Haven County Court records show that " he refused ye office of Constable when chosen thereunto." In 1670, three of his sons, John, Samuel and Thomas, joined the company that settled Wallingford and the father went also ; at that time or soon after. His home lot, in the new town, was on the southeast corner of Main and Center streets, opposite the site of the present Congregational church. In 1672, a committee was appointed to consider the fitness of all who should desire to be received as planters, and nobody could settle in Wallingford but such as were acceptable to this committee. It was frequentl}" required of those who

Hall Family of Walliyigford.

wished to join the settlement that they "Procure sufficient testimony of their good conversation in the place where they formerly lived." The reason for this scrutiny was, in the words of the town record, ' ' That we may live in love and fear and enjoy the presence of the god of love and peace amongst us." John Hall, Sen., was one of those who signed the document giving the committee authority in the matter.

" At a lawful meeting of the inhabitants of Wallingford & upon the 15th. day of 2nd. month 1C75 it was ordered and enacted by the town, that as there had been conference about establishing a church of Christ in the aforesaid town, and also a solemn fast, set apart and celebrated by the town unani- mously, to seek God's guidance in so great a work, they have now also freely and unanimously concluded, if it be the will of God, that there shall be a church of Christ gathered to walk according to the Congregational wa5% and have also, all freely and unanimously left the management of the same in the hands of the persons whose names are underwritten — and that if it be the will of God to incline their hearts, so many of them as may be a competent number for that work, may in his time lay the foundation. ' '

Among those thus appointed to lay the foundation of a church are John Hall, Sen., and John Hall, Jr. In 1675, John Hall, Sen., was elected deacon of the church and selectman of the town — the year before his death. It appears by the dates that he was one of the first deacons, elected the year it was decided to form a church. The esteem in which Jeanne (Woollen) Hall was held by her family, is shown by the fol- lowing verbal will of John Hall, Sen.

THE WILL.

"The testimony of Samuel Street, Samuel Hall, and Mary Hall sayeth, that about the time he fell sick, they heard him say, and he said to them, that he, doubtful not of his wife's love and care of his children, and therefore would leave and dispose of, his whole estate to his wife, not questioning but his children would be satisfied therewith." The will was admitted and executed May 3, 1676.

Hall Family of Wallingford.

John Hall born in England, in 1605, married in 1()41, Jeanne Woollen, also born in England. He died in Walling- ford early in 1()76, in his 71st. 3'ear. About three 3'ears after his death his widow married John Cooper, Sen., and removed to New Haven where he resided. She died in the year 1(590. By a deed on Wallingford land records Vol. 1, p. 25, Jane Cooper of New Haven, in consideration of natural affection and motherl}^ love, gave her house and home lot in Walling- ford to her son, David Hall, January 21, 1G80. The lot con- tainded by estimation six acres, bounded by Daniel Hooper's home lot on the north side, and on the south, east and west sides by streets.

CHIL.DRKN OF JOHN A]\D JEAIVIVE W OOL.L.EN) HALL,.

Birth dates of these children are not found, except for Jonathan and David ; and Savage sa3^s ' ' the baptisms are very untrustworth}^ ' '

1. John — baptized August 9, 164G, died September 2, 1721. He married December 6, 16G6, Mary, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Potter) Parker, of New Haven, baptized August 27, 1G48, and died September 22, 1725. One of their descendants, Rev. Aaron Hall, minister of Keene, N. H. , had a silver spoon marked ' ' John and Mary Hall. ' ' He was Deputy" from New Haven in 1687. He was one of those selected to lay the foundation of the church in AVallingford, and some 3^ears later was one of a committee of five appointed to make out a call to the Rev. Mr. Whittlesey to come and settle as. Pastor. In 1672 he was Distributor of land in Wallingford. He was Selectman and Deacon. In 1(579 he with his brothers Thomas Hall and David Hall signed a pro- test against making expense for the town in settling a dispute between Yale and Royce, about a w^atering place.

2. Sarah — baptized August 9, 1616, married De- cember 11, 1664, William Johnson of New Haven, son of Thomas and nephew of Robert Johnson.

8. Saimtel — baptized Ma3^ 21, 1648, died March 5, 1725. He married Hannah, daughter of John and Grace Walker, of New Haven, in May 1668. She died December

Hall Family of Walli7igford.

20, 1728. He was one of the first covenant signers and land holders of Wallingford, where he became deacon of the church and a member of the committee to induce Mr. Whittlesey to settle there as Pastor. He was Captain of the Trainband in Wallingford.

4. Jhomas married Qrace iOatson, (^^^^ ^" ^i'^^-)

5. Jonathan — born in New Haven, April 5, 1651. He "exchanged accommodations in New Haven in 1677,

for those of John Stevens of New London. "

6. David — born March 18, 1653, married Sarah Rockwell, December 21, 1676, and resided in Wallingford. She died November 3, 1723. He died July 17, 1727. In 1679 the town granted to David Hall three acres lying on the east side of the meadow and swamp called Dog's Miser}^ and there was a settlement in that vicinity soon after. September 16, 1707, the town chose David Hall and two others *'a commetie to see that [dog's] missery hiway ma}^ not be pinsht [pinched] of the twenty rods in an}- place from the town to mis- serie, whare it was not laid out before the graint w^as of s'd hiway." Dr. Jonathan Hall, great grandson of Thomas, mar- ried Martha Collins; and her sister, Lament Collins, married Brenton Hall, great grandson of Samuel.

The above is the original list. To it are sometimes added :

7. Daniel — who married Mary, daughter of Henry Rutherford, in New Haven, in 1670, and died at Barbadoes, W. I., in 1675.

8. Richard — who married Hannah, daughter of John and Mar}^ (Alsop) Miles, in 1699. and died in New Haven in 1726, aged 81.

9. Mary — who married Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cook, in 1677, and died in 1718, aged ^h.

SERGEANT THOMAS AND GRACE (WATSON) HALL.

Thomas Hall, son of John and Jeanne (Woollen) Hall, was baptized in New Haven, March '25, 1649, and died in Wallingford, September, 17, 1711 ; the town record says aged

Hall Family of Walli?igford.

60 years. He signed the covenant of New Haven people who proposed to become settlers of the new village, is named in the list of the first planters of Wallingford, and received land in the first and second divisions. He married Grace Watson, daughter of Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson, June 5, 1673, and that was the first marriage in Wallingford. She w^as born in 1653 and died May 1, ITol, aged 78 years. They w^ere followed by four doctors in direct line — son Jonathan, his son Isaac, his son Jonathan, his son Ira. In 1679 the town granted Thomas Hall and others "three acres each, b'ing on the east side of the meadow called Dog's Misery." In 1689 he was Town Auditor and one of a committee to lay out Fall Plains.

The following is from the General Court Record : "Oct. the 13th, 1698, This Court grants to Thomas Hall of Wallingford fiftie ac's of land, in consideration of his father's service in the Pequot warre, to be taken up where it ma}' not preiudice any former grant. Capt" Thomas Yale and Sergt John Merriman are b}^ this court appointed to lay out this land according to the grant. ' '

At a town meeting in Wallingford, September 25, 1705, "the town chose Thomas Hall Sen', Town Clerk for the year ensuing and allow him twenty shillings for his panes." Several similar votes, of different dates, are on record, as he held the office from 1695 to 1711. He sometimes signed himself ' ' Town Clerk ' ' and sometimes ' ' Recorder. ' ' He also appears on the town books as "Thomas Hall, Surveyor." A deed dated September 19, 1710, shows that he was one of a committee of three to sell the town's right to Indian lands. He was for several 3'ears Deputy from Wallingford and his title on the General Court Record is often Sergeant and again i\Ir. In Wallingford he was known as "Sergeant Thomas." In the Probate Office at New Haven it is learned that administration on the estate of Sergeant Thomas Hall of Wallingford was granted to " Grace Hall his widow and relict and Daniel Hall his son." There is a long inventor}^ of goods and the following lands — "5 acre home lot, with house, barn and orchard. 22 acres of

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Hall Family of Wallingford.

20, 1728. He was one of the first covenant signers and land holders of Wallingford, where he became deacon of the church and a member of the committee to induce Mr. Whittlesey to settle there as Pastor. He was Captain of the Trainband in Wallingford.

4. Jhomas married CJrace iOatson, (^>^^ ni/nie.)

5. Jonathan — born in New Haven, April 5, 1651. He "exchanged accommodations in New Haven in 1677,

for those of John Stevens of New London. "

(;. David — born March 18, 1658, married Sarah Rockwell, December 24, 167(5, and resided in Wallingford. She died November 3, 1723. He died Jul}' 17, 1727. In 1679 the town granted to David Hall three acres b'ing on the east side of the meadow and swamp called Dog's Misery, and there was a settlement in that vicinity soon after. September 16, 1707, the town chose David Hall and two others "a commetie to see that [dog's] missery hiway ma}^ not be pinsht [pinched] of the twent}' rods in any place from the town to mis- serie, whare it was not laid out before the graint was of s'd hiway." Dr. Jonathan Hall, great grandson of Thomas, mar- ried Martha Collins; and her sister. Lament Collins, married Brenton Hall, great grandson of Samuel.

The above is the original list. To it are sometimes added :

7. Daniel — who married Mary, daughter of Henry Rutherford, in New Haven, in 1670, and died at Barbadoes, W. I., in 1675.

8. Richard — who married Hannah, daughter of John and Mary (Alsop) Miles, in 161)1), and died in New Haven in 1726, aged SI.

1). Mary — who married Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cook, in 1677, and died in 1718, aged ^^^.

SERGEANT THOMAS AND GRACE (WATSON) HALL.

Tliomas Hall, son of John and Jeanne (Woollen) Hall, was baptized in New Haven, March '25, 1641), and died in Wallingford, September, 17, 1711 ; the town record says aged

Hall Family of Wallifigford.

60 years. He signed the covenant of New Haven people who proposed to become settlers of the new village, is named in the list of the first planters of Wallingford, and received land in the first and second divisions. He married Grace Watson, daughter of Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson, June 5, 1673, and that was the first marriage in Wallingford. She was born in 1(553 and died May 1, 1731, aged 78 years. They wxre followed by four doctors in direct line — son Jonathan, his son Isaac, his son Jonathan, his son Ira. In 1679 the town granted Thomas Hall and others "three acres each, lying on the east side of the meadow called Dog's Misery." In 1689 he was Town Auditor and one of a committee to lay out Fall Plains.

The following is from the General Court Record : "Oct. the 13th, 1G98, This Court grants to Thomas Hall of Wallingford fiftie ac's of land, in consideration of his father's service in the Pequot warre, to be taken up where it may not preiudice any former grant. Capt" Thomas Yale and Sergt John Merriman are by this court appointed to lay out this land according to the grant. ' '

At a town meeting in Wallingford, September 25, 1705, "the town chose Thomas Hall Sen', Town Clerk for the 3^ear ensuing and allow him twenty shillings for his panes." Several similar votes, of different dates, are on record, as he held the ofiice from 1695 to 1711. He sometimes signed himself ' ' Town Clerk ' ' and sometimes ' ' Recorder. ' ' He also appears on the town books as "Thomas Hall, Surveyor." A deed dated September 19, 1710, shows that he was one of a committee of three to sell the town's right to Indian lands. He was for several years Deputy from Wallingford and his title on the General Court Record is often Sergeant and again ]\Ir. In Wallingford he was known as "Sergeant Thomas." In the Probate Ofiice at New Haven it is learned that administration on the estate of Sergeant Thomas Hall of Wallingford was granted to " Grace Hall his widow and relict and Daniel Hall his son." There is a long inventory of goods and the following lands — "5 acre home lot, with house, barn and orchard. 22 acres of

6 Hall Family of Wallingford.

20, 1728. He was one of the first covenant signers and land holders of Wallingford, where he became deacon of the church and a member of the committee to induce Mr. Whittlesey to settle there as Pastor. He was Captain of the Trainband in Wallingford.

4. Jhomas married Qrace iOatson. (^^-^^ "^ ^'''^■)

5. Jonathan — born in New Haven, April 5, 1651. He "exchanged accommodations in New Haven in 1677,

for those of John Stevens of New London. "

6. David — born March 18, 1653, married Sarah Rockwell, December 24, 1676, and resided in Wallingford. She died November 3, 1723. He died July 17, 1727. In 1679 the town granted to David Hall three acres lying on the east side of the meadow and swamp called Dog's Misery, and there was a settlement in that vicinity soon after. September 16, 1707, the town chose David Hall and two others "a commetie to see that [dog's] missery hiway ma}^ not be pinsht [pinched] of the twent}^ rods in au}^ place from the to^vn to mis- serie, whare it was not laid out before the graint was of s'd hiway." Dr. Jonathan Hall, great grandson of Thomas, mar- ried Martha Collins; and her sister, Lament Collins, married Brenton Hall, great grandson of Samuel.

The above is the original list. To it are sometimes added :

7. Daniel — who married Mary, daughter of Henry Rutherford, in New Haven, in 1670, and died at Barbadoes, W. I., in 1675.

8 Richard — who married Hannah, daughter of John and Mar}^ (Alsop) Miles, in 1699. and died in New Haven in 1726, aged 81.

9. Mary — who married Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cook, in 1677, and died in 1718, aged 65.

SERGEANT THOMAS AND GRACE (WATSON) HALL.

Thomas Hall, son of John and Jeanne (Woollen) Hall, was baptized in New Haven, March 25, 1649, and died in Wallingford, September, 17, 1711 ; the town record says aged

Hall Family of WalliJigford.

60 years. He signed the covenant of New Haven people who proposed to become settlers of the new village, is named in the list of the first planters of Wallingford, and received land in the first and second divisions. He married Grace Watson, daughter of Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson, June 5, 1673, and that was the first marriage in Wallingford. She was born in 1(553 and died May 1, ITol, aged 78 years. They were followed by four doctors in direct line — son Jonathan, his son Isaac, his son Jonathan, his son Ira. In 1679 the town granted Thomas Hall and others "three acres each, lying on the east side of the meadow called Dog's Misery." In 1689 he was Town Auditor and one of a committee to lay out Fall Plains.

The following is from the General Court Record : "Oct. the 13th, 1G98, This Court grants to Thomas Hall of Wallingford fiftie ac's of land, in consideration of his father's service in the Pequot warre, to be taken up where it ma}^ not preiudice any former grant. Capt" Thomas Yale and Sergt John Merriman are b}^ this court appointed to lay out this land according to the grant. ' '

At a town meeting in Wallingford, September 25, 1705, "the town chose Thomas Hall Sen', Town Clerk for the year ensuing and allow him twenty shillings for his panes." Several similar votes, of different dates, are on record, as he held the office from 1695 to 1711. He sometimes signed himself ' ' Town Clerk ' ' and sometimes ' ' Recorder. ' ' He also appears on the town books as "Thomas Hall, Surveyor." A deed dated September 19, 1710, shows that he was one of a committee of three to sell the town's right to Indian lands. He was for several 3'ears Deputy from Wallingford and his title on the General Court Record is often Sergeant and again ]\Ir. In Wallingford he was known as "Sergeant Thomas." In the Probate Office at New Haven it is learned that administration on the estate of Sergeant Thomas Hall of Wallingford was granted to " Grace Hall his widow and relict and Daniel Hall his son." There is a long inventor}' of goods and the following lands — "5 acre home lot. with house, barn and orchard. 22 acres of

Hall Fa?nily of Wallmgford.

20, 1728. He was one of the first covenant signers and land holders of Wallingford, where he became deacon of the church and a member of the committee to induce Mr. Whittlesey to settle there as Pastor. He was Captain of the Trainband in Wallingford.

4. Jhomas married Qrace iOatson, ("^^ ^^ ni/nie.)

5. fonathan — born in New Haven, April 5, 1651. He "exchanged accommodations in New Haven in 1677,

for those of John Stevens of New London. "

6. David — born March 18, 1653, married Sarah Rockwell, December 24, 1676, and resided in Wallingford. She died November 3, 1723. He died July 17, 1727. In 1679 the town granted to David Hall three acres lying on the east side of the meadow and swamp called Dog's Misery, and there was a settlement in that vicinit}^ soon after. September 16, 1707, the town chose David Hall and two others "a commetie to see that [dog's] missery hiway ma}- not be pinsht [pinched] of the twenty rods in an}^ place from the town to mis- serie, whare it was not laid out before the graint was of s'd hiway." Dr. Jonathan Hall, great grandson of Thomas, mar- ried Martha Collins ; and her sister. Lament Collins, married Brenton Hall, great grandson of Samuel.

The above is the original list. To it are sometimes added :

7. Daniel — who married Mary, daughter of Henr}^ Rutherford, in New Haven, in 1670, and died at Barbadoes, W. I., in 1675.

8 Richard — who married Hannah, daughter of John and Mary (Alsop) Miles, in 1699, and died in New Haven in 1726, aged 81.

9. Mai^y — w^ho married Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cook, in 1677, and died in 1718, aged ^^.

SERGEANT THOMAS AND GRACE (WATSON) HALL.

Thomas Hall, son of John and Jeanne (Woollen) Hall, was baptized in New Haven, March 25, 1649, and died in Wallingford, September, 17, 1711 ; the town record says aged

Hall Family of Wallingford.

60 years. He signed the covenant of New Haven people who proposed to become settlers of the new village, is named in the list of the first planters of Wallingford, and received land in the first and second divisions. He married Grace Watson, daughter of Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson, June 5, 1673, and that was the first marriage in W^allingford. She was born in 1653 and died May 1, 1731, aged 78 3'ears. They were followed by four doctors in direct line — son Jonathan, his son Isaac, his son Jonathan, his son Ira. In 1679 the town granted Thomas Hall and others "three acres each, lying on the east side of the meadow called Dog's Misery." In 16S9 he was Town Auditor and one of a committee to lay out Fall Plains.

The following is from the General Court Record : "Oct. the 13th, 1C98, This Court grants to Thomas Hall of Wallingford fiftie ac's of land, in consideration of his father's service in the Pequot warre, to be taken up where it ma}' not preiudice any former grant. Capt" Thomas Yale and Sergt John Merriman are b}' this court appointed to lay out this land according to the grant. ' '

At a town meeting in Wallingford, September 25, 1705, "the town chose Thomas Hall Sen', Town Clerk for the 3^ear ensuing and allow him twenty shillings for his panes." Several similar votes, of different dates, are on record, as he held the office from 1695 to 1711. He sometimes signed himself " Town Clerk" and sometimes ' ' Recorder. ' ' He also appears on the town books as "Thomas Hall, Surveyor." A deed dated September 19, 1710, shows that he was one of a committee of three to sell the town's right to Indian lands. He was for several 3'ears Deputy from Wallingford and his title on the General Court Record is often Sergeant and again Mr. In Wallingford he was known as "Sergeant Thomas.'' In the Probate Office at New Haven it is learned that administration on the estate of Sergeant Thomas Hall of Wallingford was granted to " Grace Hall his widow and relict and Daniel Hall his son." There is a long inventory of goods and the following lands — "5 acre home lot, with house, barn and orchard. 22 acres of

8 Hall Family of Wallingford.

land, east of home lot. A river lot in ye common field. 5 acres of mendment. 7 acres of beachland in ye common field, 4 acres at ye plaines field. 8 acres at old plaine. 10 acres in the swamp pasture. 100 acres at— valley. 92 acres near doggs misery. 0 acres in ye common field near the river. 10 acres of sawmill land, G part of the mill. 18 acres in falls plaine. 95 acres in misery."

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND GRACE rVVATSONj HAJLL.

1. Abigail — born in 1671, married John Tyler.

2. ThojJias, Jr.— ^orn July 17, 1676, died August 27, 1741. He was married to Abigail, daughter of John At- water, by Justice Hall, April 26, 1711. *

3. Mary — born November 22, 1677.

4. Jonatka?i— horn July 25, 1679, married Dinah Andrews, May 12, 1703. He died at the age of 80 3'ears, and she at the age of 79.

5. Joseph married Qethia Jerrel, iXext in Hue.)

G. Esther — born February 23, 16S2.

7. Benjamin — born April 19, 1684, married Mary Ives.

8. Peter — born December 28, 1686, married Rebecca

Bartholemew.

9. Daniel— horn January 27, 16S9, married Martha Doolittle, April 20, 1721.

10. Rebecca— horn January 6, 1(')91, married Daniel

Holt.

11. Israel— horn October 8, 1696, married Abigail

Palmer.

JOSEPH AND BETHIA (TERREL) HALL

Joseph Hall, son of Thomas and Grace (Watson) Hall, was born July 8, 1681, and died November 3, 1748. Walling- ford town record says he married Bethial Terrel, November 13, 1706, by Mr. Andrew. She died December 28, 1753. Their children were :

1. Temperance— horn February 15, 1714, died De- cember 7, 17 1().

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2. JosepJi — born September 23, 1718, died Septem- ber 6, 1737.

3. Sphraim married Chloe lYloss. ( ^>^^ /^^ i^'ne.)

EPHRAIM AND CHLOE (MOSS) HALL.

Ephraim Hall, son of Joseph and Bethia (Terrel) Hall,

was born April 25, 1723. He married 1st, Eunice They

lived in Wallingford, where her death on May 9th. and burial on Ma}^ 10th. 1763, are recorded. Their children were:

1. Eunice — who married David Moss, (brother of Chloe Moss, Ephraim Hall's second wife). They were mar- ried September 17, 1767, lived in Eitchfield County, Connec- ticut, and had five children.

2. Temperance — born October 11, 1748, died Octo- ber 28,. 1750.

3. Thankfiil — married John Darrow, September 29, 1774. '

Chloe Moss, eldest child of David and Mindwell (Doo- little) Moss, was born December 6, 1739. She married Eph- raim Hall as his 2d wife, October 13, 1763. He was then 40 years old. He died between February 9th, 1796, and February 6, 1797.

CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM AND CHL.UE (MOSS HALL..

1. Temper a7ice — born August 10, 1764, married Jesse Wetmore of Middletown, June 24, 1784. They moved to Ashtabula, Ohio.

2. Joseph — born March 17, 1766, married Dorcas Wilson and had eight children.

3. Ephraim — born October 5, 1768, died March 21, 1772. '

4. Chloe — born November 13, 1770, married Sylva- nus Wilson of Camden, New York, November 8, 1792.

5. Comfort marriedjemima S^con. '^^^^^ '^^ ^^'^^^■)

6. J^euden— horn May 19, 1775, died July 10, 1847. He married 1st, Sally Miller, May 25, 1797. She died January 12, 1828, ao-ed 55. He married 2d, Keziah Beach.

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7, David Moss — born October 24, 1777, married 1 st, Mindwell Beach. She died February 4, 1842. He married 2d. in 1S42, Sarah Smith. The homestead farm was assigned to him from his father's estate.

8, Content — born March 15, 1780, married Samuel Beach, Jr., of Torrington, February, 1802, and died in Dover, New Hampshire, in February, 1871, at the age of 90 years. They had ten children. She was intellectually a superior woman, as well as a loving mother.

9, Bet hi a — born March 29, 1782, married a Wet- more who lived in Camden, New York.

The narne of Ephraim Hall is often mentioned on the land records of Wallingford. March 21th, 1752, he deeded a "Certain piece or Percell of land for and in Consideration of ye full and Just Sum of Three hundred and Ninety pounds." He was then a young man of twenty-eight years. He was Collector of Rates, lyister, and Tythingman.

April 27, 1777, Ephraim Hall was one of Captain Elisha Hall's Military Company of Wallingford. It is believed that this Company was formed in accordance with an Act passed by the Connecticut Legislature in 1776, "For regulating the Militia for the better defense of the State ;" and that the Com- pany made a part of the Alarm List.

After the church fight in Wallingford, during which the "New Lights" took possession of the church and drove the ** Old Society " out, we find that Ephraim Hall did still adhere to the Old Society. His well written signature may be seen in the Town Clerk's office at Wallingford. His will, dated in 179C, is recorded in book No. 4 of the Probate Records of that town. He had a large farm and a large family, and his estate included a Sabbath day house, which the distributors assigned to his sons, Reuben Hall and David Moss Hall.

COMFORT AND JEMIMA (BACON) HALL

Comfort Hall, son of Ephraim and Chloe (Moss) Hall, was born in Wallingford, Februar}^ 25, 1773. Jemima Bacon, daughter of Phineas and Sarah (Atkins) Bacon, was born in

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Middletown, Westfield Society, Februar}^ 2, 1775. They were married in Westfield February 1, 179G, and after two moves settled permanently on a farm in that place. She died February 21, 1847, aged 72. He died November 20, iSoo, aged 82. When he was twenty-four years old, the year after their marriage, he received sixty-four acres of land from his father's estate, as a part of his portion, with "Bate house and barn and small barn." Of Comfort Hall, Atkins in his His- tory of Middlefield says : " Although not born in Middlefield, and living just outside its limits, he was identified with its interests. He was of the old type of Methodism; earnest, zealous, a devoted attendant at church, and his home always open to entertain Methodist preachers. ^Nlany have a vivid recollection of his fervent prayers. He was one of the origi- nal trustees of the M. E. Church in Middlefield." Before that church was formed, he used to drive with his wife to ]\liddle- town to attend the evening meetings of the Methodists of that city, and several young sons were left at home alone, in the farm house in Westfield, to spend those evenings — to the best advaiitage. The echoes of their frolic and laughter long since died away, but the memory of at least one exploit remains.

Five boys were left at home that night, and the}' were to "do the churning." The}' not only made the butter, but they took it out of the churn, fashioned it into the likeness of a man, placed it standing on a table, where the father and mother were confronted by the image on entering the house, and — all the boys icej-e in bed ! This happened long before the making of butter heads was rendered famous by the Centen- nial Exhibition, and the work of these youthful artists re- ceived no word of praise from any quarter.

Mrs. Jemima (Bacon) Hall was unwearied in her care of the Methodist Preachers, who made her house their home, for a longer or shorter time, as suited their convenience ; and many of them on leaving received gloves of her own knitting, warm and woolly. Such as rode the circuit planned to stop at the house of Brother Hall, sure of abundant hospitality and unfailing interest in their work.

The old time turnpikes were maintained by incorporated

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companies, who received for their labor and expense, toll from those who passed over the roads. The state record of Conn. sa3"S : ' * Middletown and Meriden turnpike, extend- ing from Middletown to ^sleriden Meeting house — 7 miles. Granted Oct. 1809. ' ' Mr. Comfort Hall possessed himself of this turnpike, with the exception of a small interest, which could not be bought, and the care of the road with its unend- ing demand for repairs made him doubly sure that no team of his, or man employed by him, would pass too manj^ days in idleness. He was an energetic man, had a large farm, and was successful in its cultivation. In his later 3'ears he used to ride about his lots on horseback, to oversee the workmen. He and his wife owned and enjoyed the first pleasure carriage ever brought to Westfield. It was a vehicle of some preten- sions, large and heavy — painted j^ellow and striped with black — and had a leathern top withal. In her earl}^ married life Mrs. Hall used to take two children with her on horse- back, when she rode to visit her mother, and on one occasion she took three.

Those who failed to see her fr}' buckwheat cakes b}^ an open fire can never have an adequate idea of her accomplishments. Her frying pan was of the long handled variet}^, and holding it over the coals, she stood erect and well back from the greatest heat of the fire ; and as she had no misgivings about the result, she was comfortable in bod\^ and mind. The cakes were about the size of a breakfast plate ; and at just the right moment, by just the right motion, she would, with the most unconcerned aspect, give the handle a little jerk, and up would fly the cake and down it would come with the nicely browned side uppermost. One who watched the performance marveled much that the cakes, after their little excursion, in- variably returned to the frying pan and never alighted on the floor. It is not known that she esteemed this worth mention- ing, but she ivas proud of the quantity of woollen yarn she could spin in a da3\ She was a person of strong preferences, and great volubility in expressing them. She had force and energy to make and carry out plans for the interests of her large household, her beloved church and her social life.

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While she gave abundantly of her time and strength to build up all these interests, she was also strong and courageous to pull down obstructions and sweep away difficulties, when ne- cessity for such work arose. As an early Methodist, she enjoyed her little part in the controvers}^ incident to the estab- lishment of that great church. She one year rode to "meet- ing" in a sleigh twenty-two consecutive Sunda3^s, over the country roads. Her seat, in the red brick meeting house in Middlefield, was in the space between the altar rail and the pews, in a rocking chair belonging to herself. The railing was semicircular, and she took her position, not in front of the pulpit, but at one side. There was more room there, and fortunately, that place afforded better opportunities to see the congregation. In winter she had with her a footstove con- taining coals of fire for her comfort, and, as was then the cus- tom, she brought at all seasons something to nibble — green fennel in its time, and other tasty things. She was at vari- ance with the Abolitionists and to them was attributed the circumstance that on one occasion the cushion of her church chair was demolished and the feathers scattered along the street. At that time discussion of southern slavery was arousing bitterness throughout the northern states. Once upon a time, some of the brethren thought it expedient to "labor" with Sister Hall. Accordingly they went to her house and began with an impertinent question. Her reply was "so bold, high-handed and defiant" that the visitors withdrew ; thinking, perhaps, it would be pleasanter, and probably quite as profitable, to labor for the good of the church in Some other direction.

Her husband was at times afflicted with the trouble called "Hypo, " and one night, asserted with great positiveness, that he should not live till morning; and he employed the hours usually devoted to sleep, in making plans for his wife's care of several small children; suggesting that perhaps some friend would take one of them. She secured silence and quiet for herself by saying, "You needn't worry a bit about the chil- dren, for I will get married again and keep them all together." This would seem a bit cruel had his prophecy proved

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true, but as he survived her and went on to the age of eighty- two it will do to tell the story. She was a firm believer in apparitions and signs, had warnings of the deaths of her children, and shortly before she went herself, she informed her friends that either she or her husband would die soon ; and this was the "sign" shown to her — she was sitting, in stillness and alone, by a low burnt fire on the hearth, where andirons were in use, and after a while one of them arose and deliberately turned itself over and rested on its side, while the other kept its place unmoved. She was her own sufficient interpreter.

CHILDREN OP COMFORT AND JEMIMA BACOX ) HALL..

1. Sylvester' — born November 22, 1797, baptized by Rev. Joseph Graves, married 1st, x\nn Wilcox, November 5, 1S21. She died July 20, 1825. They had two daughters. He married 2nd, Rosetta Johnson, daughter of Comfort and Sarah (Bacon) Johnson, December 81, 1825. She died Octo- ber oO, 1S69. He died October 8, 1875. They had two sons; one of whom, Seth J. Hall, married Lois, daughter of Silas and Esther (Buel) Blakeslee of Wallingford. They have three sons and one daughter, and reside in Meriden, where he has, from small beginnings, built up a large and profitable business. He has been member of the City Council, Selectman, Jus- tice of the Peace, Treasurer and Trustee of Meriden Hos- pital, Director of the r^Iiddlesex County Bank, Director of the Meriden National Bank, Director of the City Savings Bank, Trustee of the State Reform School, State Senator of Con- necticut from the Sixth district, and has occupied various other positions of public trust. Sylvester Hall settled on a farm adjoining that of his father.

2 Jiarley married JYlartha Cone Jiall, {Xext

in lijic.)

3. Miles— horn March 5, 1801, baptized by Rev. Mr. Hines, died October 15, 1875. He married 1st, Ann Pelton, March 20, 182G. She died in September, 1839. They had three children. He married 2nd, I^ouisa Miller, daughter of Ichabod and Sarah ^liller and widow of Isaac Miller. She

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died September 13, 1866. They had two daughters. He married 3rd, widow Irene Abel.

4. ^^/^— born October 28, 1802, died November 24,

18)2.

5. ^^^6';^— born April 5, 1804, died April 5, 1804.

6. Amos— horn August 17, 1807, was baptized by Rev. Charles Smith, and died April 1, 1825. He was a stu- dent at Wesleyan University, preparing for the ministry, at the time of his death. Mr. Comfort Hall greatly desired that one of his sons should be a Methodist Preacher.

7. Cornelius— horw August 26, 1809, baptized by Rev. K. Washburn, married April 27, 1857, Julianne Hale, daughter of Joseph and Julia (Stow) Hale and granddaughter of Judge Joshua Stow, who caused to be placed in the Consti- tution of Connecticut, the article which secured complete relig- ious toleration in the state. Cornelius Hall died February 19, 1882. His wife died January 23, 18Sl. They had three children.

8. ^^///— born August 4, 1813, baptized by Rev. E- Washburn, died February 15, 1826.

9. Johnson Comfort— horn June 26, 1815, baptized by Rev. William Jewet, died unmarried, June 18, 18S8.

10. Winsell Baco7i— horn December 1, 1819, bap- tized by Rev. R. Harris, died December 5, 1822. When this baby began to enjo}^ walking, he one day wandered out among the beehives, a little distance from the house. The bees were very active just at that time, and resented the intrusion. They attacked the little fellow in great numbers, and he fell down among them. His mother, in the house heard his cries, just in time to save him from being stung to death. She rushed in among the infuriated insects, picked up her little sufferer and started for the house ; the bees persistently following, clinging to, and stinging them.

HARLEY AND MARTHA CONE (HALL) HALL.

Harley Hall, 2nd. son of Comfort and Jemima (Bacon) Hall, was born March 21, 1799. He was baptized by Rev.

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true, but as he survived her and went on to the age of eighty- two it will do to tell the stor3^ She was a firm believer in apparitions and signs, had warnings of the deaths of her children, and shortly before she went herself, she informed her friends that either she or her husband would die soon ; and this was the "sign" shown to her — she was sitting, in stillness and alone, b}^ a low burnt fire on the hearth, where andirons were in use, and after a while one of them arose and deliberately turned itself over and rested on its side, while the other kept its place unmoved. She was her own sufficient interpreter.

CHIL.DREX OF COMFORT AND JEMIMA BACON) HAL.L,.

1. Sylvester — born November 22, 1797, baptized by Rev. Joseph Graves, married 1st, Ann Wilcox, November 5, 1S21. She died July 20, 1825. They had two daughters. He married 2nd, Rosetta Johnson, daughter of Comfort and Sarah (Bacon) Johnson, December 31, 1825. She died Octo- ber :iO, 1S69. He died October 3, 1875. They had two sons; one of whom, Seth J. Hall, married Lois, daughter of Silas and Esther (Buel) Blakeslee of Wallingford. They have three sons and one daughter, and reside in Meriden, w^here he has, from small beginnings, built up a large and profitable business. He has been member of the City Council, Selectman, Jus- tice of the Peace, Treasurer and Trustee of Meriden Hos- pital, Director of the Middlesex County Bank, Director of the ^Meriden National Bank, Director of the City Savings Bank, Trustee of the State Reform School, State Senator of Con- necticut from the Sixth district, and has occupied various other positions of public trust. Sylvester Hall settled on a farm adjoining that of his father.

2 Jiarley married Martha Cone Jiall, {Next

in Hue.)

3. .l/^'/^i-— born March 5, 1801, baptized by Rev. Mr. Hines, died October 15, 1875. He married 1st, Ann Pelton, March 20, 1826. She died in September, 1839. They had three children. He married 2nd, Louisa Miller, daughter of Ichabod and Sarah Miller and widow of Isaac Miller. She

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died September 13, 1866. They had two daughters. He married 3rd, widow Irene Abel.

4. Abia—hoTW October 28, 1802, died November 24, 18)2.

5. Aaro7i~hox\\ April 5, 1804, died April 5, 1S04.

6. Amos—hoxw August 17, 1807, was baptized by Rev. Charles Smith, and died April 1, 1825. He was a stu- dent at Wesle3^an Universit}^, preparing for the ministry, at the time of his death. Mr. Comfort Hall greatly desired that one of his sons should be a Methodist Preacher.

7. Cor7ieli2LS—\:>oxy\ August 26, 1809, baptized by Rev. E. Washburn, married April 27, 1S57, Julianne Hale, daughter of Joseph and Julia (Stow) Hale and granddaughter of Judge Joshua Stow, who caused to be placed in the Consti- tution of Connecticut, the article which secured complete relig- ious toleration in the state. Cornelius Hall died February 19, 1882. His wife died January 23, 1881. They had three children.

8. Seth—hoxw August 4, 1813, baptized by Rev. E. Washburn, died Februar}^ 15, 1826.

9. Johnson Comfort— horn June 26, 1815, baptized b}^ Rev. William Jewet, died unmarried, June 18, 18S8.

10. Winsell Bacon— horn December 1, 1819, bap- tized b}^ Rev. R. Harris, died December 5, 1822. When this baby began to enjo}^ walking, he one da}^ wandered out among the beehives, a little distance from the house. The bees were very active just at that time, and resented the intrusion. They attacked the little fellow in great numbers, and he fell down among them. His mother, in the house heard his cries, just in time to save him from being stung to death. She rushed in among the infuriated insects, picked up her little sufferer and started for the house ; the bees persistently following, clinging to, and stinging them.

HARLEY AND MARTHA CONE (HALL) HALL

Harley Hall, 2nd. son of Comfort and Jemima (Bacon) Hall, was born March 21, 1799. He was baptized by Rev.

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Mr. Hines and died in Middlefield, April 24, 1874, aged 75 years. He married Martha Cone Hall and was a farmer in Middlefield, his house standing about half a mile from the home of his childhood. Soon after his marriage he went to the city of Middletown, to engage in a different occupation; but he was homesick and soon returned to the old friends, the old scenes and the old work. It was for him a memorable break in the long monotony, when at the age of about sixty years, he drove, with his wife, from Middlefield to Montreal and after visiting a week in that place, drove back home. He never tired of describing the scenery from different points on the road; and indeed, a distant landscape was always a delight to him. One of the pleasures of his later years was giving of the choicest products of his farm to his children, who had set- tled in new homes of their own.

Among the remnants of the wedding outfit of Martha Cone Hall are a dozen English dining-plates of the beautiful, rich, dark blue which has become a lost art. The design represents Castle Garden and New York's welcome to Lafayette, as a visitor. After the return of General I^afayette to the United States, by invitation of the American Congress, English potters exercised their art in the production of a great variety of designs in china, commemorative of that event, and these pieces found a read}^ sale throughout the States. Among the best of these devices, and b}^ far the most popular, was a representation of his landing, amid the acclamations of the people and the firing of cannon, as he was welcomed to our shores by the military and dignitaries of the city and of the nation. This spirited scene is shown in the picture on the plates; beneath which is printed, "Landing of Gen. Lafay- ette at Castle Garden, New York, 16th, August, 1824. The manufacturer of the pieces bearing this print was Mr. James Clews, one of the foremost potters of his time, whose factories were in Staffordshire, England. He w^as father of Mr. Henry Clews, the American financier.

MarthaCone Hall, eldest child of William and Martha (Cone) Hall, was born in East Haddam, Conn., April 3, 1805, and died in Meriden, Conn., at the home of her daughter.

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April 20, 1880, in her 75th year. She was, in early life, a member of the first Congregational Church of Middletown, and was dismissed to the Methodist Church at Middlefield, in 1813. She married Harley Hall, June 8, 1828. The cere- mony took place in church, in Wethersfield, Conn. , after the sermon, in presence of the ordinary Sunday congregation. This bridal couple drove to their wedding in company, but sat in different parts of the meeting-house, according to the custom of the time ; and when the moment for the marriage arrived he brought her out from her seat among the women, on the opposite side of the aisle, and led her forward to the minister, in her gown of white nainsook.

Her father died when she was seventeen years of age — a calamity which changed the whole aspect of her life — but with her unconquerable disposition to ' ' lyook on the bright side," as she expressed it, her memory dwelt on the pleasant things in their intercourse, and her love and admiration for him were unspoiled by selfish regrets for her own loss. Even in her old age — her beautiful black eyes — so soft and bright — would shine and sparkle with delight as she spoke of him. At his death she was left a widow's eldest child, with a young brother and sister. Much was required of her and she came to woman's estate with habits of self-sacrificing usefulness, a careful regard for all the proprieties and an earnest devotion to her duty, her religion and her God. Courage, loyalty, fidelity and truthfulness were natural to her and needed no cultivation. A woman who would have graced any position — she took up the work of a small farmer's wife, with a capacit}' for making the best of everything, a cheerfulness and sweet- ness that glorified her plain surroundings and always kept a small circle of brightness about her, of which she was the shining center. With a sense of security delightful to remem- ber, her children nestled in that warmth and light. To her unfailing cheerfulness w^as added a ready wit; original, quaint, unexpected, which served to brighten the daily path- way and flashed where it was most needed — on the rough places. Ivike this : she and her young son were wearily plod- ding homeward, with a lagging horse, but one that would

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never permit another horse he might see traveling on the road before him, to go out of his sight. The boy remarked, "Now if the stage was ahead of us, he would keep up wdth it." "Yes," she replied, "but we can't very well keep a stage iox\):m\ to follow." The boy, grown to manhood and burdened with business cares, told this story with a bright smile.

She w^as worthy of the respectfid love of her children and she had it to the end ; not the condescending kindness which is so poor a substitute. Like the Roman matron who pre- sented her children calling them her jewels, this mother counted hers as great riches. She trusted them and seldom gave detailed directions, but general precepts were repeatedly impressed upon them. She would say " Keep ^^^^ company or none;" w^hich w^ords, if they obeyed would save them from numberless temptations while minute and wearisome particulars might not, after all, meet the circumstances they would encounter. Or, if they sometimes complained of their clothes, she would answer "If you behave as well as you look I shall be glad " or " you will do well enough ; ' ' and this she would say with such evident admiration of her child as would lead to forgetting the clothes, and over and over she taught the lesson that real worth consists in what one is and does and not .in what one has.

When the young lives were troubled or distressed by the perplexities which seem so dreadful to the inexperienced, her tenderness and sympathy were unfailing ; but she would sa}^ — ■"my child, it is a little thing, rise above it." She possessed an inborn spirit of independence, which was fostered and de- veloped by her circumstances. Asking nothing for herself, she labored with unremitting energy for the comfort and hap- piness of others. Even every dumb animal on the place had a good friend in her; so just and pitiful was she. With a pride that would not stoop to self-assertion, she bore indig- nities with composure which hid her suffering. There was no vindictiveness in her nature; but to know that she was "in the right" was ever, for her, sufficient triumph.

Reaching back to some of the best families of Eng-

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land in "ye olden time," she seemed to have been, by some subtile law of transmission, endowed with the noblest traits of succeeding generations. She w^as a woman of dignified bear- ing as became one wdth her clear vision, sound judgment and inflexible courage. Reading was a joy to her ; for she loved instruction, and took large views of the world and its work. Littleness, fussiness, flimsiness, she dismissed from her notice, with the one word — "Frivolous!" While she w^as prudent, and had a keen appreciation of the value of wealth, integrity was in her eyes of far greater worth ; and all in- triguing, taking unfair advantage of another's ignorance, weakness or necessity, she utterly despised.

In the long months of her last illness, she did not waste away, but was still beautiful to look upon, and her gratitude, her fortitude, the sweetness of her temper, and her happy wel- come to her friends, made her bedside the pleasantest place in the house. What she most desired for herself and for her children, was expressed in her often repeated admonition to "Be good;" and that was her last message to them just before she left the world.

To her may be applied, in all truthfulness, the w^ords of King Lemuel describing "The virtuous woman. For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her; she will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax and w^orketh willingl)^ with her hands. She riseth also w^hile it is yet night and giveth meat to her household. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the need3^ She maketh fine linen and selleth it and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. Strength and honor are her cloth- ing. She openeth her mouth w4th wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed. A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised."

CHIIiDREN OF HARLEY AlVD MARTHA CO\E (HAL.L.) HALL,.

1. Sophia fidelia Jiall married Ae^i Simore Coe.

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Sophia Fidelia Hall, eldest child of Harley and Martha Cone (Hall) Hall, was born April 6, 1829. Levi Elmore Coe, youngest child of Col. Levi and Sarah (Ward) Coe, was born June 6, 1828. They were married November 27, 1851. Many wedding guests witnessed the ceremony, at the house of the bride's parents.

Their children were —

1. A son — born September 3, 1859, died September 3, 1859.

2. Charles Levi— born December 4, 1860, at his Grandfather Hall's house in Middlefield. He died February 19, 1862, in his father's house, on the south corner of Pleas- ant and Crescent streets, Meriden.

Hon. Levi E. Coe and his family lived in Meriden, Conn., of which city he was for three years Mayor. He was a man of eminent ability, whose energies were mostly spent in serv- ing the public. He was year after year elected to positions of trust and responsibility, was many years in office by appoint- ment of the state of Connecticut, and for some time, by com- mission of the United States. He became Treasurer of the Meriden Savings Bank when its assets were only twenty- five thousand dollars, was many years its President, and saw its wealth increase to four millions under his fostering care. Born and reared on a Middlefield farm, he retained his inter- est in agriculture, and was an officer and active leader in various Town and State societies for promoting its prosperity. He was a Republican, deeply versed in politics ; and many a success of his party was largely due to his shrewdness and determination, with a devotion which knew not night from day in its service. He was long a Vestryman of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He was a Free Mason from his early man- hood and reached an honorable standing in the Order. He was usually addressed as Judge, from his long incumbency of that office, in the Probate, City and Police Courts of Meri- den. He was prompt and active — always ready to take the tide "at its flood." One secret of his successful career lay in the ability to concentrate his energies on the subject in hand.

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Among his benefactions to the public was the gift of a Free lyibrary to the town of Middlefield, with a suitable build- ing of stone. He w^as author and compiler of the "Coe-Ward Memorial," a genealogical work published in 1897. At the age of 71 3'ears he w^as elected President of the Meriden National Bank and was still President of the Meriden Sav- ings Bank.

2. l/orman Cone Jiall married Jiarriet Eliz- abeth Redfield.

She w^as daughter of Roswell and Harriet (Stone) Red- field. He was born December 31, 1832, and died Februar}- 24, 1892. Accompanied b}^ his sister and her husband, they went to the house of a minister and Avere married, November 13, 1853,

When he was a little bo3% he had a small trunk, into which he would collect everything he could persuade to go in, and then travel all over the house with his load, insisting that everybody should ' ' bu}^ something ; ' ' and this was repeated day after day, to his never ending satisfaction and the w^eari- ness of his patrons. He never outgrew the desire to sell something. It early indicated his life work, in w^hich he suc- ceeded well. He retained, to an unusual degree, a lover's admiration for his wife; and was a kind and sympathetic father.

From notices in Meriden new^spapers : "In the death of Norman C. Hall, Meriden loses a man of whom, in all truth it can be said — he w^as a good citizen. At home and abroad he was always the same, being ever courteous, considerate, faithful to his obligations and honorable in all the relations of life. During his long business career he progressed quietly and tranquilly, making no enemies and many friends."

He w^as not a member of any church ; but "The Chroni- cle," a periodical published by the 1st. Congregational Church, said : "Mr. Hall was widel}' known as a citizen and merchant, and held in great respect. He was a man of integ- rity, and invariably commended himself in business and social circles, as one whose word was his bond and whose character was above the least reproacli "

22 Hall Family of Wallingfo7'd.

The children of Norman and Harriet (Redfield) Hall were, JVtlbiir Eiigene— horn April 7, 1857, died April 16, 1862, Edward A' orinaii—hoxr\ December 27, 1859, and Emma Louisa— horn August 1, 1864. She married Fred M. Miller, November 5, 1882. They had a daughter born January 3, 1892. Emma, at her father's suggestion, named the little girl Martha, in memorj^ of his mother. On Friday, December 17, 1897, in the New Haven Superior Court, a divorce was granted to Mrs. Emma Hall Miller from Fred M. Miller. It was discovered that he had, for years, been lead- ing a double life and had another family in Boston, while his business and acknowledged home was in Meriden, Conn.

3. ^etsey tfewton Jiall married X,umon iOet- more Cook.

She was born October 18, 1836, and died April 9, 1895, aged 58 years. He was son of Wilson and Emeline (Wet- morej Cook. He died October 16, 1894, aged 60. They were married November 17, 1853. It was a very quiet wed- ding in her childhood's home. They had one child — a daugh- ter, born February 20. 18()1, died January 24, 1862. The names of her mother's mother and aunt were given lo her and she was called Martha Louisa. When they brought this baby for burial, so much water was found in the grave that those who loved the little one could not lay her there, but had another grave made, where the earth was dry.

Betsey Newton Hall was by nature fitted to enjoy the world and to make the world happier for her presence in it. She was a comely woman ; with rosy cheeks, animated ex- pression, and eyes of especial brilliancy ; so deepl}^ black that, at times, when she was a child, one could not see the pupils. In her youthful daj^s her favorite amusement was repeating from memor}^ long articles she had read — poetr}^ vSermons or addresses of noted men. She was the greatly beloved pet of her father's household; and her right to that distinction was never questioned, but, to the end of her life, the joy and brightness of the family intercourse depended largely on her presence. At the age of seventeen years, with a heart full of

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love and devotion, and with a child's high hopes for the future, she entered upon an untried life, which proved, for her, a life of severest discipline. Speaking of her, the Rev. Dr. Deshon, a minister of long experience and close observation, said — "I never saw any one whose life was so entirely given for others as hers was. " With her bright intellect and capac- ity for doing " what her hands found to do," she managed, in the midst of many discouragements, to keep an attractive home. While she was denied her rightful share in the inno- cent pleasures of social life, and keenly felt the loss, she was cheer}^ to a wonderful degree and her laugh was like the laugh of a child, even when she was forty or fifty years old.

The record of the First Congregational Church at Meriden, Connecticut says, " Betsej^ Newton Cook, baptized July 4, 1858. Received into church P. July, 1858. No. 1989." She had a trustful disposition and her religion partook of that character. She spoke of her approaching death without the slightest agitation and planned for it as peacefull}^ as she could have done for an every day event.

Of the nineteen Patentees, named in the Connecticut Charter of King Charles II. , 1662 :

Richard Treat was her Grandfather.

John Deming was her Grandfather.

John Clerke was her Grandfather.

Henry Wolcott was her Uncle.

Matthew Campfield was her Aunt's husband.

Thomas Welles was her Aunt's husband. ( Witk the gi^eai, greats omitted.^

Probably, Daniell Clerke; and perhaps, Henry Clerke; also named Patentees, were her far awa}' Uncles.

4. TKikjixs Jiall married Ssther Aseneih proper.

He was born October 3, 1839. She was daughter of Arden and Sarah Maria (Clark) Grover, born June 2, 1837. They were married April 25, 1859. This was a morning wedding, at her father's house, attended by a small company of friends. She died at midnight December 18, 1891. Rufus Hall died on Sunday, February 3, 1901. He was a man of

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good business ability with a high sense of honor ; and the men he employed counted him among their best friends. He was day by day, doing little acts of kindness that made life happier wherever he went. In him were united invincible strength of will, quick sympathy and ready wit. Generous, genial, social — while he lived the people said, "Ever3^body likes him;" and the sincere expressions of grief and bereave- ment at his death revealed the wide-spread and loving attach- ment of the citizens among whom he had lived. Said one of them, "He always had a smile and encouraging word for everyone and has left this world a great deal richer and better by his life." A local newspaper said, "Mr. Hall was known by nearly everyone in Meriden and the news of his death will be received with genuine sorrow all over the city. "

The children of Rufus and Esther Aseneth (Grover) Hall were Ejfie MaiHa— horn February 13, 1860, died March 1, 1862, and Eugene Ashley— horn August 7, 1865. He mar- ried, on December 15, 1897, Edna Adele Mix, daughter of John W. and Kate (Wallace) Mix, and a descendant of the first Thomas Mix of New Haven. Their children are — Fan7iy~horn November 15, 1898, and Edna— horn Feb- ruary 3, 1900.

Eugene Ashley Hall, when a boy, commenced work in The Meriden Savings Bank, where he remained for eighteen years, and when he resigned his position was elected to a place on the Board of Bank Directors. He has been Trustee, Secretar}' and Treasurer of the Connecticut State School for Boys, Treasurer of the State Agricultural Society and Treasurer of the Town of Meriden. He is well and favorabl}^ known; a 32*^ Free Mason and a Son of the x\merican Revolution. As they used to say in colonial days — " He is of good repute."

The four children of Harley and Martha Cone (Hall) Hall, all had homes and families in Meriden, and a child from each famil}^ died as follows :

January 24, 1862, Martha Eouisa — Betsey's daughter.

February 19, 1862, Charles Levi— Sophia's son.

March 1, 1862, Effie Maria— Rufus's daughter.

April 16, 1862, Wilbur Eugene — Norman's son.

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Charles J. Hoadly, LL-D., undoubted authority on the history of Connecticut, said, in speaking of the Hall family of Wallingford, "This was early one of the best families in the State."

The number of medical men in the family is quite remark- able ; in fact, it has produced a \oxv% p^-ocessioii of doctors, fol- lowing each other to the grave: among them Dr. Jonathan Hall, his grandson, Dr. Jonathan Hall, Dr. Isaac Hall, the earliest of his profession in Meriden, and Dr. William Bren- ton Hall, active and famous in his day. He was son of Bren- ton Hall, Esq., of Meriden, and grandson of Rev. Samuel Hall of Cheshire. He was born in 1764, graduated at Yale in 1786, commenced practice in Middletown in 1790, married in 179S, Mehitabel, daughter of Major-General Samuel Holden Parsons of Revolutionary fame. In August, 1796, he became noted for his heroic conduct in attending cases of yel- low fever at Middle Haddam. The disease was brought on a brig that landed there and the whole village was panic stricken. The three doctors departed and did not return till all traces of the disease had disappeared and about two hundred of their employers followed their example. Dr. William Brenton Hall of Middletown went down there and attended to the patients. He was largely engaged in teach- ing medicine. He was interested in the subject of inocula- tion, believed in its good effects, and was anxious for its gen- eral introduction. In 1792 the town of Wallingford voted permission to Dr. Hall to open a house of inoculation for smallpox on his father's farm, in the northeast part of Meri- den, near the Middletown line. Dr. Hall became bound to pay forty shillings or more for every case of smallpox spread- ing from the persons inoculated. He died at the age of 15 years. Eunice Hall, wife of Col. Joseph Pitkin and of Jona- than Law, Governor of Connecticut, was of the Wallingford Hall family. Also, Lyman Hall, Governor of Georgia and Signer of the Declaration of Independence ; and also many Revolutionary soldiers, both officers and privates. Other members of this family were the Hon. John Hall, a leading figure in the Colony and father of Governor Lyman Hall;

2C^ Hall Family of Wallirigford.

Rev. Theophilus Hall, graduate of Yale College and first minister of Meriden, Rev. Samuel Hall, first minister of Cheshire, Henry C. Hall, for many years professor in Dart- mouth College, Judge Nathan K. Hall, Post Master General during President Filmore's administration, and Professor Asaph Hall, of the Naval Observatory at Washington, D. C, who on the night of August 11th, 1877, discovered one of the moons of the planet Mars and on the night of the 17th discov- ered the other. This success will connect the name of Profes- sor Asaph Hall with the satellites of Mars, as long as the science of Astronomy exists. He received the honorary degree of A. M. fiom Harvard University and that of LL- D. from Yale College and from Cambridge University, Eng.

Watson /amili).

1. Edward Watson married Widow Grace Walker.

2. Their daughter, Grace W^atson, married Thomas Hall.

3. Their son, Joseph Hall, married Bethia Terrel.

4. Their son, Ephraim Hall, married Chloe Moss.

5. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

6. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

7. Their children were — 1. vSophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

EDWARD AND GRACE (WALKER) WATSON.

In 1644, Edward Watson took the oath of fideHty from Governor Eaton. July 1, 1652, he married Grace, widow of John Walker of New Haven, and died in 1600. In 1661 an inventory of the estate of Edward and Grace Watson w^as pre- sented to the court — an estate ' ' formerly appointed to Mary Walker, in ye house and land of her father."

CHIIiDREX OF ED^VARD AXD GRACE WALKER) WATSOX.

1. CJrace married Jhomas Jiall, {See Haii Family

of \]\illingfo7'd.)

2. John— horn September 22, 1656, baptized in Sep- tember, 1656.

John Walker was in Xew Haven in 1639 and died in 1652. The name of his wife w^as Grace and their children were Ma7y, who was baptized in March, 1641, and married John Browm, January 1, 16C0 ; and Hannah, baptized in Sep- tember, 1616, who married in May, 1668, Samuel Hall, brother of Thomas Hall. Hannah Walker (Hall) and Grace Watson (Hall) were half sisters, having the same mother.

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'^. Their son> John Moss, married ^Martha Lothrop. ;?. Their son, Solomon Moss, married Rnth Peck.

4. Their sou, David Moss, tnarried Mindwell Doolittle.

5. Their daughter. Chloe Moss, marrieil Kphraim Hall. t>. Their sou. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

7. Their son, Uarlev Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia. '3. Norman, 3. Betsey. 4. Rufus.

Another litie from John Moss 1st. of New Haveti.

I. John Moss married

0. Their daughter, Mary Moss, marrievl John Peck.

o. Their daughter, Mary Peck, married John Dowlittle.

4. Their son, Satnuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

•"). Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle. married David Moss.

t>. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Kphraim Hall.

7. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

5. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, '2. Norman. 3. Betsey. 4. Rufiis.

JOHN MOSS 1st. OF NEW HAVEN.

"Mosse or Moss is, in ICngland, an ancient and honored, name. Its claim to a high antiqnity is justified by its early occurrence in History. Right Rev. Charles Moss, D. D. was Bishop of Bath and Wells and had a son who was Bishop of Oxford and a daughter who married the under Secretary of State, and the name has not been rare among the clergy of the established church. Tradition assigns John Moss a place among the relatives of Bishop Moss. He was one of the orig- inal signers of the New Haven ' Foundamental agreement ' and was an active member of that Colony. He was a Godly Paritan. fraternized by the holiest and wisest men in the com- munity.'' He resided there thirty years, was enrolled among

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the ' ' Principal men ' " of that place and when the Colony undertook the settlement of Wallingford, he, with Abraham Dowlittle and two others, was appointed by the town of New Haven, a committee with power "To manage all plantation affairs in 3-e said village." proving that he was honored and trusted : and the New Haven records show that he had long been trusted there: as the "Godly Puritans'" did trust each other — ulUJi a vigilant superiisioji. Following are extracts from public records, "Feb. 18, 1639 John Moss was admitted member of the Generall Court. April 1610 Itt is ordered that John Moss" and others "shall pay each of them 1^ fine for trees which thej' did fall disorderly. 1612 Bro. Moss is chosen Corporall. July 1, 1641 Att a Generall Court held at New Haven Gov. Theophilus Eaton, received the oath of fidelity and then, he gave it to John Moss '" and others. ''1615 Mr. Browning and John Moss are desired to clear mistakes be- tween them about the defective fences in the oyster shell field, which the viewers have given them warning of 3 times and 3-et they are not mended. 1616 John Mosse beinge bidd to walke the rownds on the Lord's day, came into the meeting house and stayed there — so that the service was neglected — fined 10^ 1618 John Moss was before the court as attorney for his brother in law, John Charles. 1618 John Moss deeded land — two pieces : and the same year he was chosen fence viewer, as he had been previously. Juh' 1, 161b John Moss and others were complained of for being absent from the court when their names were read. They made their excuse, that their cows were lost the Saboth da}* before, and they were faine to go looke them, having no other to do it, and John Moss further saith, that he had loades of goods aboard the lighter, which he apprehended to be in some danger, because the winde was high that morning, and thought it his duty to goe and looke after them. The court considering the case of them all extraordinary and could not be prevented before, past it without a fine for this time. 1664 John Moss was Deputy to the Generall Court for New Haven." In 1670 John Moss and his three associates on the committee appointed for the purpose, laid out a highway' six rods wide, corresponding to

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1. John Moss married

2. Their son, John Moss, married Martha IvOthrop.

3. Their son, Solomon Moss, married Rnth Peck.

4. Their son, David Moss, married Mind well Doolittle.

5. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

6. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Another line from John Moss 1st. of New Haven.

1. John Moss married

2. Their daughter, Mary Moss, married John Peck.

3. Their daughter, Mary Peck, married John Dowlittle.

4. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

5. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss.

6. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Kphraim Hall.

7. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betse}^ 4. Rufus.

JOHN MOSS ist. OF NEW HAVEN.

"Mosse or Moss is, in England, an ancient and honored name. Its claim to a high antiquity is justified by its early occurrence in History. Right Rev. Charles Moss, D. D. was Bishop of Bath and Wells and had a son who was Bishop of Oxford and a daughter who married the under Secretary of State, and the name has not been rare among the clergy of the established church. Tradition assigns John Moss a place among the relatives of Bishop Moss. He was one of the orig- inal signers of the New Haven ' Foundamental agreement' and was an active member of that Colony. He was a Godly Puritan, fraternized by the holiest and wisest men in the com- munity." He resided there thirty years, was enrolled among

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the ' ' Principal men ' ' of that place and when the Colony undertook the settlement of Wallingford, he, with Abraham Dowlittle and two others, was appointed by the town of New Haven, a committee with power "To manage all plantation affairs in ye said village," proving that he was honored and trusted ; and the New Haven records show that he had long been trusted there ; as the ' ' Godly Puritans ' ' did trust each other — with a vigilant supervisio7i. Following are extracts from public records, " Feb. 18, 1639 John Moss was admitted member of the Generall Court. April 1640 Itt is ordered that John Moss" and others "shall pay each of them 1" fine for trees which they did fall disorderly. 1642 Bro. Moss is chosen Corporall. July 1, 1644 Att a Generall Court held at New Hav^en Gov. Theophilus Eaton, received the oath of fidelity and then he gave it to John Moss" and others. "1645 Mr. Browning and John Moss are desired to clear mistakes be- tween them about the defective fences in the oyster shell field, which the viewers have given them warning of 3 times and yet they are not mended. 1646 John Mosse beinge bidd to walke the rownds on the Lord's day, came into the meeting house and stayed there — so that the service was neglected — fined 10"^. 1648 John Moss was before the court as attorney for his brother in law, John Charles. 1648 John Moss deeded land — two pieces ; and the same year he was chosen fence viewer, as he had been previously. July 4, 1648 John Moss and others were complained of for being absent from the court when their names were read. They made their excuse, that their cows were lost the Saboth day before, and they were faine to go looke them, having no other to do it, and John Moss further saith, that he had loades of goods aboard the lighter, which he apprehended to be in some danger, because the winde was high that morning, and thought it his duty to goe and looke after them. The court considering the case of them all extraordinary and could not be prevented before, past it without a fine for this time. 1664 John Moss was Deputy to the Generall Court for New Haven." In 1670 John Moss and his three associates on the committee appointed for the purpose, laid out a highway six rods wide, corresponding to

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the present main street of Wallingford with ranges of house lots on each side of the street, containing six acres to each lot. These house lots were distributed to the settlers. In the transfer of land from the committee to individual proprie- tors no money or consideration was required or paid. The houses were built near together for greater security. The committee having arranged all the preliminaries, surrendered their trust into the hands of the planters, who thereupon be- came a "Towne;" after which one of their first acts was to set off portions of land for meadow and for woodland to each planter at convenient distances from the village. In 1(370 the Branford bounds were in dispute and John Moss was one of a committee to act on the matter. In 1672 he was one of those chosen to make the second distribution of land in Wallingford, and at that time his name had the prefix Mr. In relation to the first tax in that town it is recorded that John Moss and three others "ingage to provide 1500 good marchantable pipe staves and deliver them at the place called logmine wharfe, and it was voted that others pay their proportion in the like manner, in some other good pay." May 9, 1672 the General Court appointed John Moss commissioner for Wallingford and from that time on he was sometimes Deput}^ and was usually Commissioner, receiving an appointment to that ofiice as late as 1697 when he was 93 years of age. In the words of the General Court record "Mr. John Moss is commissionated by the Court, to joyne people together in marriage, according to law, to administer oaths to persons upon necessar}^ occasions and to grant warrants and take testimonies." The Walling- ford town record shows that many people were married by him. In 1675 he was one of those appointed to lay out grants of land, was on the committee to lay the foundation of a church and was appointed by the State Council to sign the bills of soldiers, to be paid out of the public treasury. His home lot in Wallingford was near the south end of Main street, as at first laid out, and another lot was at some time assigned him, on the west side of the same street. He having failed to comply with the conditions of the last mentioned grant the land was taken from him and given to his son John

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Moss who built his house on it, and he and his wife Martha lived and died there ; and there the 1st John Moss ended his long life. His gravestone still stands in the old burial place at Wallingford — a low brown slab, ornamented with an engraved heart on which is inscribed "Mr. John MoSs. Born KjOI Died 1707 A. E. 103."

CHILiDREN OF JOHN 3IOSS Ist. OF NEW HAVEN.

1. /^/2;2_baptized January 11, 1639.

2. Samuel— h2i^i\zQ& April 4, 1611.

3. ^^/^^^7— baptized April 10, 1612, married Abra- ham Dowlittle, July 2nd. 1663 as his 2nd. wife. She died November 5, 1710.

4. Joseph— ''Zr^ son" baptized November 6, 1643, died in 1727. He married 1st. Sarah Gilbert, 2nd. Mary Barker. He resided in New Haven, where, as appears from the records, he was a useful and worthy member of the community, filling many offices. He was father of the Rev. Joseph Moss of Derby, Conn., from whom, through his daughter Abigail, de- scended Chancellor James Kent, whose name is placed among those of the greatest jurists of all times. He began the prep- aration of his Commentaries at the age of 63 j^ears. The mon- ument to the Rev. Mr. Moss, in Derby, bears this inscription — "Here lyes interr'd ye body of ye Rev. Mr. Joseph Moss ye faithful and affectionate Pastor of ye flock in this town 25 years — a learned man, a good Christian who departed this Life Jany. 23rd. Anno Dom.1731. ^tatis Suae 53.

With holy ardor of Seraphic love

He (Iropt his clay and soared to Christ above."

He was a minister of high standing in the Connecticut of his time and was author of an almanac, perhaps the first printed in the State. He was a graduate of Harvard in 1699 and received the degree of A. M. from Yale in 1702. Soon after his graduation he became Rector of the Hopkins Gram- mar School in New Haven and remained in that position until 1706, when he began his pastorate at Derby. He married Dorcas Rosewell Trowbridge, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Rosewell) Trowbridge.

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5. EpJiraim — baptized November 16, 1645.

6. Mafxj mamed John Peck. {See Peek Family of

Neiv Haven.)

7. yl/^rr)'— baptized April 1, 1649, married Eliza- beth, was a proprietor of New Haven and died in 1684.

8. John mamed Martha Aothrop. {Xext in nne.

9. Elizabeth— horn October 7, 1652.

10. Hester — born January 2, 1654. [1653 on record.]

11. Isaac — born November 27, 1655 and died in 1659 at New Haven.

JOHN AND MARTHA (LOTHROP) MOSS.

John Moss, son of John Moss 1st. of New Haven and Wallingford, was born October 12, 1650 and died March 31, 1717. He married Martha, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scudder) Lothrop December 12, 1676. She was born in Jan- uary 1657 and died September 21, 1719. Their homestead was long known as the old Moss place, and in later years as the Moses Y. Beach place.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARTHA (LOTHROP) MOSS.

1. Esther — born January 5, 1678.

2. Samitel — born November 10, 1680, married by Mr. Street, December 15, 1704, to Susannah Hall. They had a large family and she died at the age of 83 years. He became a prominent man of his town. The following is inscribed on his gravestone in Wallingford— " In memory of Mr. Deacon Samuel Moss July ye 29th. 1766 in ye 85th year of his Age.

The Sweet Remembrance of The just, Shall flourish When they Sleep in Dust."

3. John— horw November 10, 1682, died May 14, 1755. (g. s.) He was married to Elizabeth Hall by Mr. Street, February 25, 1708.

4. Martha— horn December 22, 1684.

5. Solomon married Ruth Peck, (Xe.ii in une.)

6. Isaac— horn July 6, 1692, died October 1, 1750. He was married May 2, 1717, to Hannah Royce by Captain

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Hall. She died March 1, 1736. He married 2nd, Keziah Bowers.

7. Ma7y—horn July 23, 1694, was married to Solo- mon Munson, by Justice Hall, June 28, 1711. They lived in Wallingford.

8. Israel— horn December 31, 1696, married Udea (Lydia) and resided in Wallingford and Cheshire.

9. Be7ijajnin— horn February 10, 1702, died June 10, 1761. He was married to Abigail Cole, by Capt. Yale, March 28, 1728. Residence, Cheshire.

SOLOMON AND RUTH (PECK) MOSS.

Solomon Moss, 5th child of John and Martha (I^othrop) Moss, was born July 9, 1690 and died October 10, 1752. He married January 28, 1714, Ruth Peck, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Atkins) Peck. She was bapt. May 3, 1696, (ch. rec.) She died March 29, 1728 and he was married to Sarah Fenn by Captain Yale August 1, 1728. The search for Ruth Peck who married Solomon Moss was long and discouraging, but at last she was revealed by Solomon Moss himself, in a docu- ment on file in the Hall of Records at Hartford.

CHILDREN OP SOIiOJION AXD RUTH PECK) MOSS.

1. Daniel— horn October 28, 1714, was married to Mary Watts by Mr. White, October 13, 1737.

2. ^a^^id married /Ylindwell ^oolittle. (a^.i/ /;/

line.)

3. Abigail— horn March 7, 1718, and died Septem- ber 11, 1725.

4. Solomon— horn October 31, 1719, died in 1755. He married Elizabeth Fenn.

5. Riith— horn August 5, 1721.

6. Martha— horn September 30, 1723.

7. Abigail— horn in September, 1725.

The children of Solomon and Sarah (Fenn) Moss were Sarah, born May 2, 1729, and died July 9, 1729 ; Jonathan, born February 8, 1731, married Esther Curtice and resided in Wallingford ; and Sarah, born November 28, 1734. married Theophilus Jones, September 22, 1755.

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DAVID AND MINDWELL (DOOLITTLE) MOSS.

David Moss, second child of Solomon and Ruth (Peck) Moss, was born May 15, 1710, and died Ma}' 16, 17GG. He married Mind well Doolittle October 7, 1737. They lived in Wallingford. She was born June 11, 1715. the daughter of Samuel and Mehitabel Doolittle.

CHILDREN OF DAVID AXD MIXDAVELL. DOOLITTLE MOSS.

1. CMoQ married Sphraim jiall, {St^e Haii

family of W'allingford.^

2. Simeon — born October 16, 1710, married Eunice Hackley, November, 1764. They lived in Wallingford.

3. Amos — born September 30, 1712, married Elea- nor Culver and settled at Shootsbury, Mass.

1. David — born December 26, 1716, married Eunice Hall, daughter of Ephraim Hall and his first wife, Eunice. Residence, Litchfield, Conn.

5. Solomon— hoxw February 18, 1749, died June 4. 1820. He married Molly Spellman and removed to Litchfield.

6. Chan7icy—\iOT\\ ^larch 14, 1751, married Try- phena Brestow and removed to Camden, N. J.

7. .^<^^/— born December 13, 1753, married Annis and had a family.

8. Naomi — born October 1. 1755, married Simeon Hopson, of Litchfield, and removed to Lebanon, N. Y.

9. Joseph — born August 6, 1757, married and re- moved to Litchfield.

The "Memorial of the Morses," a valuable book, by Rev. Abner Morse was published in 1850, thirty years after the w^ork was commenced. In it we are told that ' ' John of New Haven and the first four generations of his race signed their names Moss ; and a highly respected part of his descendants have retained this spelling, while others have ex- changed Moss for the more common name of Morse."

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1. John Lowthroppe, of Cherry Burton, England.

2. His son, Robert Lowthroppe, married Ellen

3. Their son, Thomas Lowthroppe, married Mar}-

4. Their son. Rev. John Lothropp, married Hannah Howse.

5. Their son, Samnel Lothrop, married Elizabeth Scudder.

6. Their daughter, Martha Lothrop, married John Moss.

7. Their son, Solomon Moss, married Ruth Peck.

8. Their son, David Moss, married Mindwell Doolittle.

9. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

10. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

11. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

12. Their children were — L Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Lowthrope, a small parish in the East Riding of York, England, is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry^ of York. This parish gave name to the family of Lothrop, Eothropp, Lowthroppe. The church which was dedicated to St. Martin had Robert de Lowthroppe for one of its chaplains before 1398 in the reign of Richard the 2nd. It is now partly ruined, the tower and chancel being almost entirely overgrown with ivy. It w^as a collegiate church from 1333, for a rector, six chantr}' priests and three clerks, and was formerly a ver}^ handsome structure. The portion now in use for Divine service is the nave ; the chancel having been desecrated for a considerable period. In this part of the church are two large ash trees and some curious monuments.

In recent 3-ears the village is pleasant and neatly built, and contains three chapels — Wesleyan Methodist, Primitive Methodist and Baptist.

Our pedigree of the old Lowthroppe family, which had its earliest seat at Lowthrope, must begin with the great grand- father of the American pioneer :

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JOHN LOWTHROPPE.

Early in the 16th. century he was living in Cherry Bur- ton, a parish about four miles from Lowthorpe. He was, though belonging to a junior branch of the family, a gentle- man of quite extensive landed estates, both in Cherry Burton and in various other parts of the country. In the 37th year of the reign of Henry 8th he appears on a Yorkshire subsidy roll assessed twice as much as any other inhabitant of the parish. This John Lowthroppe had a son Robert who mar- ried Ellen.

ROBERT AND ELLEN LOWTHROPPE.

He succeeded to the estate of his father in Cherry Burton and died in 1558. The names of their children, preserved to us in his will, are:

1. Jhomas married Mary. {Xe.vt in iine.)

2. Elizabeth.

3. Isabell.

THOMAS AND MARY LOWTHROPPE.

Thomas Lowthroppe, eldest son of Robert and Ellen Eowthroppe, married 1st, Elizabeth (widow) Clark, who was buried in Etton, England, July 29, 1574. He married 2nd. Mary, who was buried in Etton, January 6, 1588. He married 3rd, Jane, who died in 1600.

CmiiDREN OF TH03IAS AND MARY LOWTHROPPE.

1. ^;^?2^— baptized at Etton, July 29, 1576.

2. ^1/<^ry— married John Gallant.

3. 7^/^^?/M^— baptized at Etton, October 14, 1582, was admitted to Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1601 and took his Bachelor's Degree in 1604. He married EHzabeth.

4. John married Jiannah Jiowse, (Av.i/ in line.)

5. William— h2.\^\\7^^A May 24, 1587.

REV. JOHN AND HANNAH (HOWSE) LOTHROPP.

Rev. John Eothropp, for this is the form in which he wrote his name, was the 4th child of Thomas and Mary

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Lowthroppe. He was baptized in Etton, England, December 20, 1584, and became the pioneer and founder of a large family of lyOthrops in America. He deserves a much more complete biography than our sources of information will furnish. Sav- age says, "It is much regretted that no better account of this eminent confessor is obtained. " He entered Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1601, was graduated A. B. in 1003 and A. M. in 1009. He married 1st, Hannah Howse, of Eastwell, County Kent, England. Marriage license issued in Canterbur}^, England, October 10, 1610 from L. Culleton's Heraldic Office, No. 25 Cranborne street, London.

He was Curate in the parish church in Egerton, Kent, forty-eight miles from London, Eng. He was admitted to his living about 1611 by Dean and Chapter of St. Paul. It was probably his first and onl}^ charge as a minister of the English Church. That he was an acceptable minister we have no reason to doubt.

The church in which he officiated was an ancient struc- ture standing on the summit of a rounded hill, and could be seen from a great distance.

The site was beautiful and the church itself, named for St James, consisted of two aisles and a chancel. At the west end rose a square tower with a beacon turret — a feature which gives a charm to so many pleasant English landscapes. Here Mr. Lothropp labored faithfully as long as his judgment ap- proved the ritual and government of the English church; but, in 1()23, he espoused the cause of the Independents. The next year he succeeded Rev. Henry Jacobs in London, and became minister of the first Congregational Church organized in England ; which had been formed under the ministry of Mr. Jacobs. Under Mr. Lothropp' s charge the congregation had no place of worship, their meetings being illegal. Only such as could meet the obliqu}^, and risk the danger, of wor- shipping God in violation of human statutes, were likely to be found in that secret gathering. Yet in goodly numbers, in such places as they could stealthily occupy, the}" held together and were comforted and instructed by the minister of their choice. They were tracked to their retreat where they were

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holding a religious meeting in a private room in Black Friars. Forty-two were seized and cast into prison and eighteen escaped. While ]\Ir. Lothropp was in prison his wife "Fell sick, of which sickness she died." After it became evident that she would not recover and shortly before her death he was allowed to visit her, but went back again to prison. It is said that after she died six of her children went to the Bishop and begged of him to let their father come home, telling him they were left alone and had nobody to take care of them. After two years in prison, Mr. Lothropp w^as released only on condition of his leaving the country. On his liberation he joined the persecuted founders of a great nation in the new world. In 163-1, he, with his children and thirty-four of his church and congregation embarked for Boston, having for fellow passengers Rev. Zackary S3'mmes, Ann Hutchinson and manj^ others. Rev. John Lothropp' s arrival in New England was of such im- portance that Governor Winthrop made public mention of it, noting and commending "the modest}' and reserve of one who had so prominentl}', so abl3^ so fearlessl}^ upheld the Puritan faith." The Governor in his journal, under date of September 18, 1634, saj^s : "The Grifhn and another ship, now arriving, with about 20n passengers. Mr. Lothropp and Mr. Simms two Godly ministers coming in the same ship. " The next passage shows how tender the conscience of Mr. Lothropp was on a question of Christian proprietj^ Governor Winthrop wrote, "Mr. Lothropp, being in Boston on sacra- ment day, after the sermon, desired leave of the congregation, to be present at the administration ; but said he durst not desire to partake of it, because he was not then in order, being dismissed from his former congregation ; and he thought it not fit to be suddenly admitted into any other, for example sake and because of the deceitfulness of man's heart." The Rev. John Lothropp tarried not long in Boston, but, like the Revs. Hooker, Stone, Prudden and others, he was followed by his flock from place to place. The Rev. Mr. Styles, President of Yale College, made a copy of the original journal, kept by Mr. Lothropp, which is published in the New

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Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg. with an explanatory letter from ^Ir. Styles. The journal gives a sketch of the early doings of the church at Scituate and Barnstable, at both of which places Mr. lyOthropp w^as the first Pastor. He married his 2nd. wife, Ann, in Scituate, soon after his arrival ; and on his consenting to settle there the town voted him a farm. In ^ 637, while Pastor at Scituate, he was made freeman of New Plymouth, before Governor Bradford, Miles Standish and others. In October 1639, he, with a majority of his people, went to Barn- stable and commenced its settlement. Under the heading "Divines considerable in the churches of New England;'' Mather in his Magnalia classes " John Eothrop, Barnstable." There, as a leader and pastor, he was held in honor till his death, November 8, 1653. His wife, Ann, long outlived him. Her home was in Barnstable in 1683, and she died February 25th, 1688.

CHILDREN OF REV. JOHN AND HANNAH (HOWSE) LOTHROPP.

{All born in Eno;la7id.)

1. Jane — baptized in her father's church in Egerton, county of Kent, Eng., September 29, 1614. She was married in Scituate, "ye 4th day of the weeke," April 8, 1635, by Cap- tain Miles Standish of Plymouth, to Samuel Fuller. This marriage was solemnized in the house of James Cudworth. Samuel Fuller was a son of Edward Fuller and his wife Ann, who had come over in the Mayflower with his parents, and who, as Savage informs us, " outlived the hardships of that im- migration." Both the father and mother died the first winter in the country, and Samuel was left in the care of his uncle Samuel Fuller who also came in the Mayflower and was doctor and deacon.

2. A7i7ie — baptized in Egerton, England, May 12, 1616, buried in 1617.

3. John — baptized in Egerton, England, February 22, 1618, settled in Barnstable.

4. Barbara— hdi'^XAx^^ in Egerton, England, Octo- ber 31, 1619, married John Emerson. Her father's record of this marriage is : " ^ly sonn Emmerson and my daughter Barbarah marryed att Duxberry by Captaine Standige July 19, 1639."

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5. Thomas — born about 1621 as we infer from his own deposition taken April 4, 1701, in which he states that he is about 80 3ears of age. He married December 11, 1639, Sarah, daughter of William learned and widow of Thomas Kwer. He settled in Barnstable, where he was land surveyor in 1641, became a large landholder and an enterprising busi- ness man. He was enrolled as freeman June 3, 1656. He served the town in several offices, joined his father's church in Scituate, May U, 1637, and died in 1707.

6. Samuel married Slizabeth Scudder. ( ^>^^ '^^

line.)

7. Captain Joseph— horn in 1624, married Mary Ansell, December 11, 1650. He settled in Barnstable, was made freeman June 8, 1655, was selectman of the town twent3^-one years, and its Deputy to the General Coutt of Massachusetts fifteen years. He was Registrar of the County Probate Court and was Constable, Lieutenant and Captain. Histor}^ speaks of him as a " Conspicuous member of the Coun- cil of war" in 1676. He and his brother Barnabas were com- missioned to hold select courts in Barnstable, in 1679. In the inventory of the estate of Joseph Lothrop are reported 27 volumes of law books and 43 volumes of classics and sermon books. One other item of the inventory is "Three Negroes."

8. Benjamin— m2^:x\^& in Barnstable, Martha— and settled in Charlestown, Mass., where he was first selectman in 1683. Goodwife Martha I^othrop was admitted to church in Charlestown in 1660.

The Rev. John and Ann Lothropp had a son Barnabas. ''Bernabus, son of John Lothropp," as his father wrote it in the baptismal record, was baptized in Scituate June 6, 1636, and married December 1, 1658, Susanna Clark, daughter of Thomas and Susanna (Ring) Clark of Plymouth and grand- daughter of the Thomas Clark who was mate of the May- flower. Barnabas Lothropp was a man of note. He became the first Judge of Probate in Barnstable, having his brother Joseph as clerk. He was Deput}^ from 1675 to 1682, Judge of Common Pleas in 1692 and the same year was appointed

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Councilor to represent New Plymouth at Boston under the new charter. He died October 26, 1715.

The other children of Rev. John and Ann Lothropp were : a child born in Scituate, July 30, 1638, that died the same day; Abigail, baptized November 2, 1639— the first baptism in the Barnstable church. She was married October 7, 1657. '■^Batksha, as written by her father, baptized February 27, 1641, married Alexander Marsh and lived in Braintree. His will calls his wife Bathsheba ; John, born February 9, 1644, died in 1727. He married 1st. Mary— in 167J, 2nd. in 1695 he married Hannah, widow of Dr. John Fuller; d child, died soon after birth January 25, 1650.

SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH (8CUDDER) LOTHROP.

Samuel Lothrop, as the name was generally spelled in his day, with the pronunciation Lotrop, was the 6th. child of Rev. John and Hannah (Howse) Lothropp. He came to Scituate with his father, thence to Barnstable, where he married No- vember 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, sister of John Scudder of Boston. She had been dismissed from the church in Bos- ton with recommendations, November 10, 1614, to remove her church relations to that in Barnstable. He commenced his business life in Boston as house-builder, afterward combining with that occupation extensive farming operations. His mar- riage was recorded by his father on the Barnstable church register in this way — "My sonn Samuel & Elizabeth Scudder marryed at my house by Mr. Freeman." He was in 1643 one of the five Eothrops at Barnstable "liable to bear arms." ' ' Samuel Lothrop — 700. Member of the Barnstable company 1643 and in Major Simon Willard's expedition 1654 against Ninigret. " (See year book of Soc. of Col. Wars 1896.) In November, 1644 he settled in Boston, where his house stood next to that of John Scudder. In the summer of 1648 he re- moved to New London, Conn., then called Pequot. The fol- lowing passage occurs in a letter from the elder Governor John Winthrop of Boston to his son John Winthrop at Pequot, August 14, 1648. "Your neighbor Lothrop came not near

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me, as I expected, to advise about it, but went away without taking leave. Only inquireing after him, I sent my letter to the house where he wrought the day before his departure." In Pequot his house was third in order from that of * ' John Winthrop Jun. Esq. ' ' who had the first choice of lots. Samuel Lothrop was one of the first eighteen to whom lands on the east side of the "Great River" at Pequot were assigned. Almost at once he was placed by his new townsmen in posi- tions of responsibility and honor. The ' ' inhabitants did chuse, with a joynt consent," John Winthrop (afterward Gov- ernor of Connecticut) and Samuel Lothrop "to act in all town affairs" with two other men. In 1648 Samuel Lothrop was recorded as one of the ' ' principal men ' ' of the towm. That year a court, consisting of Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Lothrop and Mr. Miner, was formed by the General Court, for the trial of small cases. There is record of a contract made with John Elderkin and Samuel Lothrop for building a meeting house in New London. It was "to be 40 feet square — two galleries, 14 windows, 3 doors, and to set up, on all the 4 gables of the house pyramids — comely and fit for the work." For this was to be paid two hundred and forty pounds in provisions. In 1657 "Samuel Lothrop aided in defense of the fort well armed." In 1661 he sold his town homestead to the Rev. Gershom Buckley. North of the town of New Londpn, on the west bank of the river, was a long array of grants. Among them was one to Samuel Lothrop. A farm of 260 acres at this place remained in the family till IToT), when it was sold. In 165S he was "in high repute " and that year he removed to the new settlement of Norwich; having lived twenty years in Pequot. His home lot of seven acres, in Norwich, was mostly on a hill extending down to the present Main street. He added, during his lifetime, in successive tracts, land amounting to about four hundred acres. Miss Larned, in her history of Windham county says, the most northerly settlers of Plainfield bought land given by Owaneco to Samuel Lothrop of Norwich. He was Constable, Townsman and an active helper in public affairs. After a residence of more than thirty years in Norwich, he died there, February 29, 1700. His nun-

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cupative will, made five days before his death, was witnessed by Rev. John Woodward and Deacon Simon Huntington. In 1()90 Samuel Lothrop married 2nd. in Plymouth, Abigail, daughter of Deacon John Doane, a maiden lady about 60 years of age, who long survived him. On her one hundredth birth- day a large audience assembled at her house and a sermon was preached by the pastor of the church. At this time she re- tained a great degree of the vivacity of her youth. At the time of her death the descendants of her husband and his first wife amounted to three hundred and sixtv-five. The inscription on her grave stone reads : ' ' Here lyes intered ye remans of Mrs. Abigail Lothrop relict of Mr. Samuel Lothrop of Norwich born at Plymouth Ano 1631 — lived in Norwich 13 years, d. c in ye 101th year of her age."

CHILDREIV OP SAMUEL. AND ELIZABETH SCUDDER) LOTHROP.

1. John — baptized December 7, 1615, died August 25, 1688. He removed to Wallingford, having been called by the vote of that town — "To send for Jo: Lothrop to come and conclude arrangements for building the mill. " Another vote, on Wallingford record, says "If Jo: Lothrop go on with all speed and build the mill which he hath begun, leaving all agreement to a convenient time, the town grants him his 30 acres." He married Ruth Royce, December 15, 1669.

2. Elisabeth— horn in March 1618, married Isaac Royce, December 15, 16(i9, and lived in Wallingford. She and her brother John were married on the same da}-. "This double marriage was performed in the court room in New London, by Daniell W^etherell commissioner, the presiding officer of the court ; and is recorded among the other proceed- ings of the court. It was not uncommon for the bench and bar to be thus enlivened by a wedding during the interludes of business." She married 2nd, Joseph Thomson.

3. Samuel— horn 1650, married 1st, Hannah Adgate, in 1675, and 2nd. Mary Edgarton, December, 1697. Settled in Norwich.

4. SaraJi — born in October, 1655, was married by Mr. Moss, to Nathaniel Ro3-ce as his 2nd. wife, April 21, 1681. She went to Wallinsfford to live.

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5. Martha married John Moss, {Sce j/oss Family.)

Q. Joseph — horn in October, 1661, married Mary Scudder, April 8, 168(5. His brother Israel was married on the same da}^ and both settled in Norwich. Joseph had three wives, nine daughters and four sons and died Jul}^ 5, 1740. From him descended Rev. Joseph Lothrop, D. D. of West Springfield, Mass., graduate of Yale, Pastor sixt3'-three years, whose sermons were published in seven volumes, and more extensively known in New England than those of any con- temporary theologian. Hon. Samuel Lothrop, M. C from Massachusetts from 1818 to 1826 was also a descendant of Joseph. The following item gives us a glimpse, incidentally, of the Lothrop family in Norwich. " March 3, 1774. The Facult}^ are requested to meet at the house of Mr. Azariah Lothrop the 24th inst. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to con- sider upon the matter and prepare a memorial to the General Assembly ; that the practice of Ph3'sic may be put under ^ome better regulation." The notice was signed by eleven doctors.

7. /s-r^^/— married Rebecca Bliss, April 8, 1686. From them descended John Lothrop Motley, author of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." The}^ lived in Norwich and had seven sons, w^ho, according to tradition settled on seven hills. In 1873, Mr. Fuller, Author and Editor ; Strand, Lon- don, in speaking of John Lothrop Motley, said — "We do not hesitate to pronounce him the greatest historian of the age. A thorough scholar, an accomplished gentleman — none but a gentleman can write pure classics — Motley's works are more truly monumental than anything in the way of literature the new world has yet produced." In 1896, forty years after the publication of ' ' The Rise of the Dutch Republic, ' ' Mr. Burton, literary critic and lecturer, said to a large audience — "If I had to choose the best American writer 6f history and name only one writer, it would be Motley." Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his Memoir of John Lothrop INIotley, tells of his precocious youth. He was admitted, at the age of thirteen years to Har- vard College; to which he brought at that immature age, the reputation of being a ' ' wonderful linguist. ' ' In early man-

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hood, he was as ideally handsome as even Shelley, who was his favorite poet. Yet with all his beauty and fascination of manner he was manly and unconscious. He lived in seclu- sion for many years, while he was doing the great work that secured for him undying fame. At this period of his life, those who had known him as a younger man were astonished by his capacity for persistent application. Speaking of the first appearance of "The Dutch Republic," Dr. Holmes says: '* The public welcomed the work as cordially as the critics. Europe accepted him, his country was proud to claim him, scholarship set its jealously guarded seal upon the result of his labors, the reading world hung in delight over the narra- tive, and the lonely student who had almost forgotten the look of living men, in the sohtude of archives haunted by dead memories, found himself suddenly in the full blaze of a great reputation." He was the associate and friend of the most eminent literary men in almost all parts of the world and the singular charms of his conversation and manners made him a favorite guest in the most refined circles.

8. Abigail— horn 1665, married in 1686, John Hunt- ington, son of Christopher and Ruth (Rockwell) Huntington. From John and Abigail (Lothrop) Huntington descended Ulysses S. Grant, General and President. And here a few words are of no avail. If those who are connected with Ulysses S. Grant by the ties of a common ancestry would learn more of his wonderful life, the story is easily found ; and also the history of the closing years of the Great Re- bellion, when he made for himself an immortal name; and of many^years thereafter, when there was on the broad earth no more conspicuous figure. The recital shows that his career, more marvellous than romances, was for the carrying forward of the plan of an Overruling Power whose agents are prepared for the work assigned them, by methods not of their own choosing; and b}^ a train of influences beginning long before they appear on the scene.

9. An7i — born 1667, married William, son of Wil- liam and Sarah (Calkins) Hough. He died April 22, 1705. She died November 19, 1745 in Norwich.

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Abigail, Israel and Martha were children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scudder) Lothrop.

From Abigail descended Ulysses S. Grant. From Israel descended John Lothrop Motle3^ From Martha descended Betsey Newton Hall.

In Betsey Newton Hall were united the fortitude and faithfulness of Grant with the scholarly tastes and attractive personality of ^vlotley ; and her life was another proof that high places are not essential to the development of high character.

It was said of the Rev. John Lothropp, immigrant, that he was "meek, humble, learned and faithful." There has certainly been in his family a succession of the learned and faithful ; that have been abundantly honored in the country whose foundations he helped to establish. Many spell the name Lathrop, of whom there appear fifteen (perhaps more) on the catalogues of the different New England colleges. The Coat of Arms of this well known family is found in Gore's Roll of Arms. The pedigree is clear and distinct. Crest, A fighting cock.

I^rck f amili) of ^avtfovd.

1. Paul Peck married Martha

2. Their son, Joseph Peck, married Ruth Atkins.

3. Their daughter, Ruth Peck, married Solomon Moss.

4. Their son, David Moss, married Mindwell Doolittle.

5. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

6. Their son, Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsev, 4. Rufus.

DEACON PAUL AND MARTHA PECK.

He is named in the list of proprietors of Hartford, Conn., in 1689, and by "Courtesie" had "the privilege of wood and of keeping cows on the Common." He was surveyor of high- ways, townsman and chimney -viewer. He was deacon of the first Congregational Church from 1681 until he died, Decem- ber -8, 1695, at the age of 87 years.

CHILDREIV OF OEACOX PAUL. AND MARTHA PECK.

1. Paul— horn in 1639 resided in West Hartford, where he died in 1725. He married Elizabeth Baisie. They had 7 children. She was daughter of John Baisie. This is the spelling of his autograph, but the name was sometimes written Baysey.

2. Martha— horn in 1641, married June 8, 1665, John Corn well of Middletown, where he died March 1, 1709.

3. Elizabeth— horn in 1643 is called Elizabeth How, of Wallingford, in her father's will.

4. Jolin — born December 22, 1615 — became a mem- ber of the church in Hartford in 1696.

5. .S<^;;///^/— born in 1647, resided in West Hartford, where he died January 10, 1696. He married Elizabeth -.

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6. Joseph married Ruth Atkins, {Xext in iine.)

7. Sai'aJi — born in 1653, married Thomas Clark of Hartford.

8. Ha7inah— horn in 1656, married John Sheppard of Hartford, May 12, 1680.

9. Alary — born in 1662, married John Andrews of Hartford, and died in 1752.

JOSEPH AND RUTH (ATKINS) PECK.

Joseph Peck, 6th child of Deacon Paul and Martha Peck, was baptized December 22, 1650, married Ruth Atkins and settled in Windsor, where he died. He apparently left no will, but concerning the distribution of his estate the following was learned in the probate office at Hartford. In April, 1698, his "Relict Ruth" was granted administration. The court ordered that the debts be paid, assigned to the widow her third, "to the eldest son double part and to the other child a single part." The estate belonging to the children was put in the hands of their mother by the court, ' ' For their bringing up till the3^ come of an age to choose their guardians. ' ' The mother, Ruth (Atkins) Peck, married 2nd. December 14,1619, John Haskins of Windsor. He died February 21, 1734. He had married 1st, in 1677, Deborah, daughter of that Henry Denslow of Windsor who was killed by the Indians at Pine Meadow in 1676.

John and Deborah (Denslow) Haskins had several chil- dren, one of whom, Susanjiah, born August 22, 1682, mar- ried a Joseph Peck and removed to Tolland, Conn.

CHILDREIV OF JOSEPH AlVD RUTH (ATKINS) PECK.

1. Elizabeth — born 1686, died young.

2. RiUh. — 1st. Congregational Church record, Hart- ford, says Ruth daughter of Joseph Peck baptized April 10, 1692. She died young.

3. Joseph — born 1694, settled in Tolland County, where he died leaving an infant son John. Administration on his estate granted in 1741.

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4. TKwih married Solomon Moss. {SeeJioss Family.)

The children of John and Ruth (Atkins, Peck) Haskins were John, born December 5, 1701 ; Jonathan, born 1703, died unmarried; Caleb, born January 1, 170J ; Mary, born April 12, 1707, died November 19, 1727; Abigail, born May 23,1710, married Daniel Pinne}^ about 1784, and removed to Simsbury, Conn.; TJiankfitl, born May 25, 1712, married Henry Viets, a merchant of Simsbur\', about 1737.

goolittlc ^amilu.

1. Abraham Dowlittle married Joane Allen.

2. Their son, John Dowlittle, married Mary Peck.

3. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

4. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss. o. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

6. Their son, Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Two brothers, John and Abraham Dowlittle, came from England to Boston as early as 1640, perhaps earlier. John settled near Chelsea, where he was Constable, Surveyor of Highways, Tythingman, etc. He died in 1681. He left no children ; willed his property to his wife, Sybel, to whom he was married October 30, 1674.

ABRAHAM AND JOANE (ALLEN) DOWLITTLE.

Abraham Dowlittle, as the name was written in the early records, was born in England in 1619. He was Sergeant in 1640, took the oath of fidelity in Xew Haven in 1644, and re- moved to Wallingford in 1670. He was one of the Vigilance Committee in King Philip's war, and his house was fortified at public expense in 1675. He was Marshal of Xew Haven

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Colony, and one of the committee to organize the church in Wallingford, where he was, in 1672, one of the committee for the distribution of lands. He was Deputy to the General Court for New Haven in 1668, and later was several times Deputy for Wallingford. He died August 11, 1690. He married, first, Joane Allen, and second, Abigail Moss, daugh- ter of the first John Moss of New Haven, July 2d, 1663. She died November 5, 1710, aged 68 years.

CH1L.DRE1V OP ABRAHAM AND JOANE (ALLEN DOWLITTLE.

1. Sarah — married William Ebernatha February 17, 1673. She died before 1711.

2. Abraham—horn February 12, 1649, bapt. April 26, 1657, died November 10, 1732, aged 82 years. He married Mercy Hoult November 9, 1680. He married Ruth IvOthrop of New I^ondon February 12, 1689, and Elizabeth Thorpe June 5, 1695.

3. Elizabeth— horn April 12, 1652, bapt. April 26, 1657, married Dr. John Brockett.

4. Mary— horn February 22, 1654, bapt. April 26, 1657, died 3'oung.

5. John married lYlary Peck. ( ^>r^ /// /i^ie.)

6. A bio-ail— hsipt. May 22, 1659, died young.

The children of Abraham and Abigail (Moss) Dowlittle were Sa?mcel^ b. July 7, 1665, m. 1st, Mary, 2d, Eunice, 3d, Mary, and d. in 1734; Captain Joseph, b. Feb. 12, 1667, d. May 15, 1733. He m. 1st, Sarah Brown, and 2nd, Elizabeth Hoult; Abigail^ b. Feb. 26, 1669, d. in 1690, unmarried; Ebenezer^ b. July 6, 1672, m. Hannah Hall, and d. Dec. 6, 1711; Daniel^ h. Sept. 29, 1675, m. Hannah Cornwell. and d. in 1755 ; Theophihis^ b. July 26, 1678, m. Thankful Hall, and 2nd, Elizabeth Howe. He d. March 26, 1740.

JOHN AND MARY (PECK) DOWLITTLE.

John Dowlittle, son of Abraham and Joane (Allen) Dow- little, married Mary Peck, daughter of John and Mary (]\Ioss) Peck, February 13, 1682. She was born March 4, 1666. He was born June 14, 1655, and bapt. April 26, 1657.

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CHILDREN OF JOHM AND MARY (PECK) DOVVHTTLE.

1. Esther— hox\\^2.ww2.xy 24, 1683.

2 Samuel married JYlehitabei {Xe.vt in nuc.)

3. Sa7^ah—hQ)rn February 15, 11)86.

1. Snsa?uia— horn April 5, 1688, died young.

5. Benjamin— hoxvL July 10, liJ95, married on October 11, 1717, Lydia Todd, daughter of Deacon Samuel Todd. Rev. Benjamin Doolittle was educated at Yale College, where he was graduated in 1716. He studied theology, and in 1718 was settled in Northfield, Mass., as the first minister of the place, which then consisted of about thirty families. Before that time the settlement had been twice destroyed by Indians. He published a valuable "Narative of the Mischiefs of the French and Indians," and an "Inquiry into Enthusi- asm." He was physician and surgeon for his own towns- men, the inhabitants of the surrounding settlements depended on his services, and the wounded in the old French war were brought to him for treatment. ' ' Disaffection arose on account of his engrossing and widely extended medical practice, and objections were made to him on the score of Arminianism. He objected to calling an ecclesiastical council, and remained un- disturbed in his of&ce till his death." {Yale Bzogs.) This item w^as found among the debts due to his estate after his death: "From the King for medicine for the Canada soldiers, ^229. 18. 5d. " The following inscription is on his monument : "In memory of the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Doolittle, first pastor of the church in Northfield, who died Jan'y ye 9th, 1718, in the 51th year of his age «& 30th j^ear of his ministry." This is followed by a poem of some length, beginning thus : " Blessed with good intellectual parts, Well skilled in two important arts, Nobly he filled the double station. Both of a preacher and physician." The following notice of his death is from The Boston Ga- zette, or Weekly Journal, of January 21th, 1718: "We are informed that on the 9th inst. the Rev. Mr. Doolittle, pastor of the church at Northfield, was suddenly seized with a pain

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in his breast, as he was mending a fence in his yard, and died in a few minutes' time, to the inexpressible grief of the town in general, as well as his ow^n family in particular." Fifteen years after his death, the widow married Lieutenant Jonathan Belding. She married, third, Japhet Chapin of Springfield. His great granddaughter wrote: "At the date of this mar- riage Mr. Chapin was 82 years old, and Mrs. Belding 80, yet they were so strong that they rode on horseback from Chicopee to Xorthfield, 40 miles, without weariness. She arrived in a sky blue camlet riding hood, made for the occasion by his daughter Katharine." After his death she resided in North- field, where she died at the age of 92 years. The church rec- ord of that place mentions her death as that of Madame Doolittle.

6. Susanna— \:,orw February 4, 1706.

7. Ennice— horn May 30, 1709.

8. John— horn February 6, 1712. died in Walling- ford, Ct., in 1747.

SAMUEL AND MEHITABEL DOOLITTLE.

Samuel Doolittle, eldest son of John and Mary (Peck) Dowlittle, born February 4, 1685, married Mehitabel. She was probabh' Mehitabel Bailey, daughter of John and Mary (Goodrich) Baile}^ of East Guilford. She was born August 23, 1685, and died before May 28, 1730. John Bailey, or Bay ley, was made a planter December 11, 1672, and died in May, 1689. From him Bayley's Creek in Madison is named. He married Mary Goodrich August 16, 1676. She was daughter of Richard Goodrich, or Gutridge, twelfth signer of the Guilford Covenant, made before the emigrants landed. He was in Guilford in 1639, and died May 7, 1676.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL. AND MEHITABEL DOOL.1TTL.E.

1. PJiineas.

2. Samuel.

3. Alary— horn June 16, 1712, married John Tyler, November 19, 1741.

4. lYlindwell married ^a)^id Moss, (^^^ ^^^^^

Faj/n7v.)

^\U\\ ^frtmiln.

1. James Allen, of Kempston, Bedford Co., Eng.

2. His daughter, Joane Allen, married Abraham Dowlittle.

3. Their son, John Dovvlittle, married Mary Peck.

4. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

5. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss.

6. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

7. Their son, Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

The will of James Allen of Kempston, in the county of Bedford, England, was dated January 7, 1G56, proved January 20, 1657, and mentions children —

1. J^oo'er^' 'liying in New England." Savage says, "Roger Ailing in New Haven, at the very beginning of the settlement 1639, signed the compact." He was Treas- urer of New Haven Colony in 1661, Deacon of the Church in 1669, married Mary Nash, daughter of Thomas Nash, and he died August 16, 1683. On the death of his father, in Eng- land, he returned to that country to receive his patrimony and that of his sister Joane. He was absent from New Haven several months but was back there, August 21, 1658.

2. ''Afy daughter Joa7ie, the now wife of Abrani Dowlittle, living now also in New England."

3. William.

4. "Daughter Martha Parks." To her he be- queathed "one feather bed and one feather bolster, in case my daughter Joane comes not to demand the same in two years. A part of Joane 's portion.

5. " Daughter Mary Warren. ' '

6. John.

The Rev. Dr. George Lansing Taylor, long known as "The Poet Laureate of Methodism," is a descendant of James Allen of Kempston. He has three times declined offered elections to college presidencies.

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in his breast, as he was mending a fence in his yard, and died in a few minutes' time, to the inexpressible grief of the town in general, as well as his ow^n family in particular." Fifteen years after his death, the widow married Lieutenant Jonathan Belding. She married, third, Japhet Chapin of Springfield. His great granddaughter wrote: "At the date of this mar- riage Mr. Chapin was 82 years old, and Mrs. Belding 80, yet they were so strong that they rode on horseback from Chicopee to Xorthfield, 40 miles, without w^eariness. She arrived in a sky blue camlet riding hood, made for the occasion by his daughter Katharine." After his death she resided in Xorth- field, where she died at the age of 92 years. The church rec- ord of that place mentions her death as that of Madame Doolittle.

6. Sicsanna— horn February 4, 1706. !J ::

7. Eunice— horn May 30, 1709.

8. John— horn February 6, 1712, died in Walling- ford, Ct., in 1747.

SAMUEL AND MEHITABEL DOOLITTLE.

Samuel Doolittle, eldest son of John and Mary (Peck) Dowlittle, born February 4, 1685, married Mehitabel. She was probably Mehitabel Bailey, daughter of John and Mary (Goodrich) Bailey of East Guilford. She was born August 23, 1685, and died before May 28, 1780. John Bailey, or Bay ley, was made a planter December 11, 1672, and died in May, 1689. From him Bayley's Creek in Madison is named. He married Mary Goodrich August 16, 1676. She was daughter of Richard Goodrich, or Gutridge, twelfth signer of the Guilford Covenant, made before the emigrants landed. He was in Guilford in 1639, and died May 7, 1676.

CHIL.DREJ\ OF SAMUEL. AND MEHITABEL. DOOLITTLE.

1. PJiineas.

2. Samuel.

3. Mary— horn June 16, 1712, married John Tyler, November 19, 1741.

4. JYlindwell married ^ai^id Itloss, iSee j/oss

Faiuilv.)

^Urn ;frtmiln.

1. James Allen, of Kempston, Bedford Co., Eng.

2. His daughter, Joane Allen, married Abraham Dowlittle.

3. Their son, John Dowlittle, married Mary Peck.

4. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

5. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss.

6. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Kphraim Hall.

7. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

The will of James Allen of Kempston, in the county of Bedford, England, was dated January 7, 1656, proved January 20, 1657, and mentions children —

1. ^0 O'er— ''Hying in New England." Savage says, "Roger Ailing in New Haven, at the very beginning of the settlement 1639, signed the compact." He was Treas- urer of New Haven Colon}^ in 1661, Deacon of the Church in 1669, married Mary Nash, daughter of Thomas Nash, and he died August 16, 1683. On the death of his father, in Eng- land, he returned to that country to receive his patrimon}^ and that of his sister Joane. He was absent from New Haven several months but was back there, August 21, 1658.

2. ''Afy daitgJitcr Joane, the now wife of Abram Dowlittle, living now also in New England."

3. William.

4. "Daughter MaiHha Parks." To her he be- queathed "one feather bed and one feather bolster, in case my daughter Joane comes not to demand the same in two years." A part of Joane 's portion.

5 . " Daughter Mary Warren . ' '

6. John.

The Rev. Dr. George Lansing Taj'lor, long known as "The Poet Laureate oi Methodism," is a descendant of James Allen of Kempston. He has three times declined offered elections to college presidencies.

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Doolittle Faviily.

in his breast, as he was mending a fence in his yard, and died in a few minutes' time, to the inexpressible grief of the town in general, as well as his own family in particular." Fifteen years after his death, the widow married Lieutenant Jonathan Belding. She married, third, Japhet Chapin of Springfield. His great granddaughter wrote: "At the date of this mar- riage Mr. Chapin was 82 years old, and Mrs. Belding 80, yet they were so strong that they rode on horseback from Chicopee to Northfield, 40 miles, without weariness. She arrived in a sk}^ blue camlet riding hood, made for the occasion b}^ his daughter Katharine." After his death she resided in North- field, where she died at the age of 92 years. The church rec- ord of that place mentions her death as that of Madame Doolittle.

6. Sicsamia— horn February 4, 1706.

7. EtiJiice— horn May 30, 1709.

8. Jo h7i— horn February 6, 1712, died in Walling- ford, Ct., in 1747.

SAMUEL AND MEHITABEL DOOLITTLE.

Samuel Doolittle, eldest son of John and Mary (Peck) Dowlittle, born February 4, 1685, married Mehitabel. She was probably Mehitabel Bailey, daughter of John and Mary (Goodrich) Bailey of East Guilford. She was born August 23, 1685, and died before May 28, 1730. John Bailey, or Bay ley, was made a planter December 11, 1672, and died in May, 1689. From him Bayley's Creek in Madison is named. He married Mary Goodrich August 16, 1676. She was daughter of Richard Goodrich, or Gutridge, twelfth signer of the Guilford Covenant, made before the emigrants landed. He was in Guilford in 1639, and died May 7, 1676.

CHIL.DREJ\ OF SAMUEL. AND MEHITABEL DOOL.1TTL.E.

1. Phil teas.

2. SaniMcl.

3. Mary— horn June 16, 1712, married John Tyler, November 19, 1741.

4. JYCindwell married ^a^^id lYloss, ^^^e j/oss

h'auiilv.)

says • of:::- me: _: . Wk z: did.V:; land. ':: ■ tk r ■

Alien elec:-

M\n\ /amilir.

&o

1. James Allen, of Kempston, Bedford Co., Eng.

2. His daughter, Joane Allen, married Abraham Dowlittle.

3. Their son, John Dowlittle, married Mary Peck.

4. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel.

5. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss.

6. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

7. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4, Rufus.

The will of James Allen of Kempston, in the county of Bedford, ^England, was dated January 7, 1656, proved January 20, 1657, and mentions children —

1. Roger — "living in New England." Savage

says,

* ' Roger

Ailing in New Haven, at the very beginning of the settlement 1639, signed the compact." He was Treas- urer of New Haven Colony in 1661, Deacon of the Church in 1669, married Mary Nash, daughter of Thomas Nash, and he died August 16, 1683. On the death of his father, in Eng- land, he returned to that country to receive his patrimony and that of his sister Joane. He was absent from New Haven several months but was back there, August 21, 1658.

2. ''My da^cghtcr Joane, the now wife of Abram Dowlittle, living now also in New England."

3. William,

4. "Daughter Martha Parks." To her he be- queathed "one feather bed and one feather bolster, in case my daughter Joane comes not to demand the same in two years. ' ' A part of Joane's portion.

5. " Daughter Mary Warren. ' '

6. John.

The Rev. Dr. George Lansing Taylor, long known as "The Poet Laureate of Methodism," is a descendant of James Allen of Keaipston. He has three times declined offered elections to college presidencies.

|?cch ;familii of IfUic |\avcn.

1. William Peck married Elizabeth

'2. Their son, John Peck, married Mar}^ Moss.

3. Their daughter, Mary Peck, married John Dowlittle.

4. Their son, Samuel Doolittle, married Mehitabel

5. Their daughter, Mindwell Doolittle, married David Moss. (5. Their daughter, Chloe Moss, married Ephraim Hall.

7. Their son. Comfort Hall, married Jemima Bacon.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -i. Rufus.

DEACON WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH PECK.

William Peck, a merchant of London, born in 1601, and his wife Elizabeth emigrated to this country in the ship Hec- tor, bringing with them their son Jeremiah, the only child they had at that time. Among their companions were Gov- ernors Eaton and Hopkins, Rev. John Davenport and the son of the Earl of Marlborough. They arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637. William Peck was in New Haven in the spring of 1638 and was one of the founders of that colony. He is named among the "Principal Men," was an original proprie- tor, had land in the "1st. division," and is named in the list of planters in 1043.

He was a member of the Court of Election in 1640. His name is repeatedly on the records of New Haven Colon}^ which records show that he was a business man of approved good judgment. He was a freeman in 16.H9, was Deacon of the first church in New Haven from 1G59 until his death in 1694, and was buried near the church. Many headstones have been removed from the first graveyard, on the Green, and placed in the Grove street cemetery. Among them is one of brownstone, somewhat defaced, bearing this inscription —

Peck Family of New Haven. 55

"Here Lyes Deacon William Peck. Aged 93. decesd octobr ye 14, 1694." His wife, Elizabeth, died December 5, 1G83, while on a visit to her sister at Lyme, and he married Sarah, widow of William Holt.

CHIIiDREX OF DEACON ^\ IL.L.IA3I AND ELIZABETH PECK.

1. Rev. Jeremiah— horn in London, England, in 1623, came with his parents to America in 1637. He married November 12, 1G56, Joanna, daughter of Robert Kitchel, taught the Hopkins grammar school at New Haven in 1660, and the next year was minister at Saybrook. In 1667 he removed to Newark, New Jerse}', and resided there till 1674; he was next at Elizabeth, where he remained until 1678, after which he removed to Greenwich, Conn. There he was min- ister till 1689 and then went to Waterbury as the first minister at that place, and died there June 7, 1699, aged 76.

2. John Peck married Mary Moss, ( avi/ /;/ //;/..)

3. Deacoji /osep/i—hayt\zed June 17, 1641. He settled about 1662 in L3'nie, Ct., where he was Justice of the Peace and Deacon of the Church, and died in 1718, in the 78th year of his age. His male descendants are far more numerous and widely scattered than those of his brothers John and Jeremiah.

4. Blisadel/i— baptized May 7, 1643, married Sam- uel Andrews, who w^as born in England in 1635, and died in New Haven in 1661.

LIEUTENANT JOHN AND MARY (MOSS) PECK.

John Peck, born in 1638, son of Deacon William and Elizabeth Peck of New Haven, married Mary Moss, daughter of the 1st John Moss of New Haven, November 3, 1664. She was born April 11, 1647. He was made freeman at New Haven, and resided there till the settlement of the village of Wallingford, w^hen he removed to that plantation.

The titles Mr. and Lieut, are prefixed to his name on the town records of Wallingford, w^here he died in 1724, aged SG years. His widow^ died November 16, 1725, aged 78 years.

56 Bacon Fauiily

CHIIiDREX OF JOHX AXD MARY (MOSS) PECK.

1. /Tlary married John ^ow little. {See oooiittie

Family.)

2. Elizabeth— horn 1668— died soon.

3. Jok7i— horn March 16, 1670 — died a few days later.

4. Jo/iJi again— born August 1, 1671, the only son who survived infancy. He was deacon of the church in Wall- ingford, and died there June 28, 1768, aged 97 years. He w^as married to Susannah Street by Mr. Moss, May 23, 1694. He married 2nd, Mary Bradley, July 2, 1706, and 3rd, Martha Stent. He outlived all his children and gave his property, b}' will, to his grandchildren.

5. Elizabeth— horn December 29, 1673.

6. Eydia— horn May 1, 1677.

7. Ruth— horn July 20, 1679.

8. Abigail— horn March 16, 1682.

9. Afma— horn November 3, 1681, died soon.

10. Ajina again— born March, 1686. The last six were born at Wallingford.

^lUou famili).

1. William Bacon of England.

2. His son, Nathaniel Bacon, married Ann Miller.

.3. Their son, Nathaniel Bacon, married Hannah Wetmore.

4. Their son, Benjamin Bacon, married Rhoda Miller.

5. Their son, Phineas Bacon, married Sarah Atkins.

6. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children ^vere — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rnfus.

William Bacon, of Rutland County, England, married and settled in his native town. Andrew Bacon, brother of

Baco7i Family. 57

William, came to this countr}' in 1(>35. He was one of the early settlers of Hartford and was Deput}^ to the General Court twenty-five sessions, being first elected in 1642. He joined the company with Governor Webster and others to set- tle the town of Hadley, Mass., where he died October 4, 1669. He married Elizabeth, widow of Timothy Stanle3^ She died February 23, 1679, aged 76.

NATHANIEL AND ANN (MILLER) BACON.

Nathaniel Bacon, eldest son of William Bacon, was born in Stretton Parish, County Rutland, England, in 1630. He emigrated to this country about 1649, was one of the company that planted Mattabesett in the Fall of 1650 and became a leading man of the town. He received by will, large legacies from his ' ' Unkell ' ' Andrew who had no children and from his (Andrew's) wife, Elizabeth, at her decease, who had a life interest in Andrew's estate. Nathaniel w^as twice married ; 1st, to Anne, daughter of Thomas and Isabella Miller. The}^ had ten children. She died July 6, 1680. He married 2nd, Elizabeth Pierpont April 17th, 1682. They had one child. The wnll of Nathaniel Bacon 1st is dated February 24, 1698. He died January 27, 1705.

CHIL.DREN OP IVATHAXIEL. AND AXX 3HL.L,ER BACOX.

(From Nathaniel Bacon's will, Middle town records and Mr. Edwin Stearns.)

1. Nathaniel— horn in 1653, died April 8, 1655.

2. Hannah— horn April 14, 1655, married John Boarme, October, 1677, and had five sons and one daughter.

3. A ndrezu— horn February 4, 1656, died July 5, 1662

4. Thomas — baptized Nathaniel, name changed to Thomas, was born July 20, 1659. He removed and settled in the town of Simsbury about 1690, married and had a family.

5. JoJm — born March 14, 1662, married Sarah Wet- more, November 26, 1684, and died November 4, 1739. He is buried in Riverside Cemeterv, ]\Iiddletown.

58 Bacon Family

6. Mary — born April 7, 1GG4, married Samuel AVet- more, December 13, 1G87, and had five sons and three daugh- ters.

7. Andrezv 2n(i— -horn June 4, 1666, married Mehitabel Wetmore, February 12, 1692, and had six sons and four daughters. He died June 3, 3 723.

8. Abigail— horn July 13, 1670.

9. Lyciia — born February 18, 1672, m.arried Joseph Wetmore, June 26, 1706, and had five children.

10. l/athaniel Jr. married Jiannah iOetmore.

(Xiw'f in Hue.)

The five Wetmores who married into this family were children of Thomas Wetmore, 1st of Middletown. Bei'iaJi — son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Pierpont) Bacon was born x\ugust 17, 1683, married Ann Odell of Stratford in 1713 and had two sons and four daughters. He died in May 1730. He had land from his father's estate on the east side of the Great River and his name is often on the church record kept by Samuel Hall who was first clerk of the church in East Middle- town (Chatham.)

The following gives us an idea of the comparative landed estates of some of the first settlers of Middletown in the early days of the "Plantation." In 1654 a " ffence " was to be built by the planters of that town, each one to work on it a length of time proportioned to the amount of land he owned. Nathaniel Bacon had to work four da3^s and a half, Thomas Miller one day and a half, George Hubbard one day, Richard Hall one da}', and Thomas Wetmore half a da3\

LIEUTENANT NATHANIEL AND HANNAH (WETMORE)

BACON.

Nathaniel Bacon Jr. married 1st, Hannah Wetmore, Feb- ruary 5, 1702. She was daughter of Thomas Wetmore and his 3rd wife, Catharine, and was born January 4, 1680. She died September 7th 1722. He, Sergeant Nathaniel Bacon, married 2nd, Anna (Allen) Eane, widow of John Eane, Jan- uary 31, 1723. She died December 26, 1751 in her 75th

Bacon Fajnily. 59

year. He, Lieutenant Nathaniel Bacon, married 3rd, November 28, 1752, Rebecca Doolittle. His gravestone tells us that he died January 7th, 1758, in the 81st year of his age. He is buried in the Washington street cemetery, Middletown, by the side of his 2nd wife, Anna Lane. His 1st wife, Han- nah Wetmore, lies in the Riverside Cemeter}^ of the same city. Her gravestone is inscribed "Here lyeth the Body of Mrs. Hannah Bacon the wife of Lieu: Nathaniel Bacon Who Dyed Sept ye 7th. 1722 in the 42 year of her age. "

The Conn. Gen. Court rec. of 1728 says — "This Assem- bly do establish and confirm ^Ir. Nathaniel Bacon of Middle- town to be Lieutenant of the Westfield Compan}- or trainband in the town of ^liddletown aforesaid and order that he be com- missioned accordingly." In 1732 Nathaniel Bacon was an agent of the " proprietors of lands in the New Field Quarter, to establish lines of the lots and give a deed to Mr. Wright of 57 acres of land in some other part of Middletown, in exchange for 55 acres which he is willing to give up, in Newfield."

In 173(3 "At a meeting of the proprietors of undivided lands of Middletown, it was voted that Lieutenant Nathaniel Bacon, Kphraim Atkins, John Kirby and others be a commit- tee to exchange highways or common land, for convenient highways when it is wanted for the good of the public from time to time. ' '

CHILDKEX OF XATHA:\IEL. A]VD HANXAH (WETMORE) BAC'OX.

1. Catharine— horn February 1, 1701, died April 20, 1741.

2. Nathaniel— horw February 16, 1707, married December 22, 1727, Esther Hubbard.

3. S^njamin married Rhoda Miller, r^v^/ /;/

line.)

4. Hannah — born April 19, 1712, married

Cande.

5. JereniiaJi — born January 9, 1716, married in 1738 Elizabeth Cornwell.

6. and 7. Sarah and Mary twins, born Decem-

GO Baco7i Family.

ber 24, 1719. In the distribution of Lieutenant Nathaniel Bacon's estate "Mary Cruttenden, j^oungest daughter," is named.

The decision of genealogists is here adopted that Lieu- tenant Nathaniel Bacon was son of the 1st Nathaniel Bacon of Middletown ; but it must be mentioned that there exists a tradition of long standing, and hitherto of quite general accept- ance, that the descendants of Lieutenant Nathaniel Bacon are 7iot 7^elated to the other Bacons of ^Middletown. It has been believed that he was the first of his line in Connecticut.

BENJAMIN AND RHODA (MILLER) BACON.

Benjamin Bacon, 3rd child of Lieutenant Nathaniel and Hannah (Wetmore) Bacon, born November 28, 1708, married October 8, 1734, Rhoda Miller, daughter of Benjamin and ^lercy (Bassett) Miller. She was born March 8, 1717. He died April 25, 1777. They are buried in ^Middletown, in the old yard, east of Indian Hill Cemetery. From her headstone is copied ' ' In memory of Mrs. Rhoda Bacon Relict of Mr. Benjamin Bacon who died June 1st. 1802 aged 85 years.

AVhen this you see, remember me."

CHIL.DRE\ OF BEI!*(JAMIN AND RHODA (MILLER) BACON.

1. Hannah — born August 15, 1735, married Eben- ezer Elton.

2. Ma7'cy—\ioxn October 9, 1737, married John Wetmore.

3. Benja77tin— horn February 16, 1739, died August 29, 1760.

4. Ebeneser ^horn May 6, 1742, married Millicent Cornwell, March 29, 1766.

5. Phineas married J'arah /itkins, (Xe.vt in

line.)

6. Mary—horn May 1st. 1753, married John Porter.

" Wife Rhoda " and five children are named in Benjamin Bacon's \\\\\ dated February 4, 1774.

Bacon Family. 61

PHINEAS AND SARAH (ATKINS) BACON.

Phineas Bacon, son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Miller) Bacon, was born October 19, 1744. He died Februar}^ 20, 1816. He married Sarah Atkins, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Miller) Atkins, February 11, 1766. Her monument in Westfield says she died June 21, 1832, aged 86. Phineas Bacon was a notable christian of the Puritan type. One of his daughters picked a peach on the Sabbath. In punishing her for the offence his thumb was put out of joint and it be- came "a work of necessity " to have a horse harnessed, and for him to ride several miles to Doctor Sweet to have the bone set, while it was still Sunday. When he went to visit his children, after they were married, he always prayed with them^ and it was his custom to ask on those occasions for blessings on his descendants to the third and fourth generations.

One year insects destroyed the grain belonging to his neighbors while his was not injured. " People (after talking the matter over) could not account for it unless it was because he was so good to the poor. ' '

He was a tall man but not stout. His wife was small in stature but mighty in reproof and admonition. He hired a man to go as a soldier in the Revolutionary army and built a house for his family. On the declaration of peace with Great Britain a celebration was held at New Haven to rejoice over the event and Phineas Bacon was sent for and went down from Westfield to sing on the occasion. No doubt he sang with some exultation for there had been times during the war when his famil}^ expected every hour, so his wife said, that the British would come and they would have to run to the mountain.

When the cousins Phineas Bacon and Sarah Atkins were married he w^as in his twenty-third year and she was in her twenty-second year. They settled on a farm in Westfield and went to housekeeping in an old red house ; and she cried be- cause they were so poor. She felt it a great affliction that they had only one cow ; her father had quite a herd. But Phineas went to work, and Sarah helped, and they lived to find themselves the richest people in all those parts. It was for

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them a pleasant day when he melted silver dollars to make spoons for his wife and five daughters. The spoons were large and heavy and marked with very ornamental initials. He built a roomy and commodious house, at the junction of two roads, in which he and his wife lived and died ; and there, at a later time, the wife of his grandson Kbenezer Bacon was murdered by a burglar on Sunday while the rest of the family were at church. Tradition tells us that Mrs. Phineas Bacon was inclined to be proud of her wealth and the position it gave her and had not much patience with poor girls who appeared at meeting on the Sabbath da}^ having on such bon- nets as, she thought, only the daughters of the rich ought to wear.

Phineas Bacon with others owmed a trading vessel, and at one time when the boat could be spared from business, his family with the families of other owners, went to New York city in it for pleasure, sailing down the Connecticut river. They took provisions with them and did some cooking on the w^ay. Among other things they had apples along, and when they began to decay, ]\Irs. Bacon, who did not choose to have things wasted, made her daughters pare them ; and they stewed apple-sauce on the boat. When thej^ returned the}^ brought back from New York things calculated to astonish the neighbors ; and the story is still told of ' ' beautiful embroid- ered aprons, one for each girl." Nor is that other story for- gotten, of how grandmother Bacon used to open the door of her china closet and show to her grandchildren when the}^ visited her, a pictured rooster on her crocker}' ; and she said to the wondering infants " He crows every time he hears the other roosters crow out doors."

CHIL.DREN OF PHINEAS AXD SARAH ATKINS BACON.

1. Benjamin— ho\:xi November 17, 1767, married Abiah Corn well, November 22, 1788. He died February 1, 1840. She died September 20, 1842.

. 2. Rhoda—\^or\\ May 31, 17(39, married 1st, William Ward. 2nd, I^ucius Cook. She died February 22, 1849.

Bacon Fcujiily. G3

3. Sarah — born February 28, 1771, married. Com- fort Johnson. He died ]\lay 14, 183G. She died December 31, 1848.

4. Molly— \:>ox\\ February 1, 1773, married Seth Wilcox, March 21, 179G. He died :May 8. 1844. She died April 16, 1850.

5. Jemima married Comfort Jiall, {See Haii

family of Walling fani.)

G, PJiineas — born January 1777, died August 17, 1794. When he was sick he mounted a horse and rode from Westfield to Hartford to see a doctor, to his great injury.

7. Abigail — born Februar\^ 8, 1784, married 1st, Sylvester Wilcox, April 27, 1803, and 2nd, Rev. ^Ir. Goodwin. Abigail (Bacon, Wilcox) Goodwin died in 18.54. The above named daughters of Phineas and Sarah (Atkins) Bacon were addressed by their numerous nephews and nieces as Aunt Rhod}', Aunt Sally, Aunt ]^lolh', x'Vunt Mimy and Aunt Nabby. The}^ lived within a few miles of each other when settled in their several homes after marriage. When four of them were over sevent}" 3"ears old and the other one but little 3^ounger, a niece invited them all to visit at her house. Aunt Mimy went protesting against the plan ; and she told her sis- ters it was a bad sign for all of them to be together and that one of them would soon die. Aunt Sally asked her if she was prepared to go if she should be the one ; — but as a Avhole, it was a joll3^ social time. They were not silent or indifferent people. During the visit a peddler came in and the}^ all took oif their caps to have him see which one looked most like their father. The meeting of five sisters of their advanced ages was such an unusual event as to attract attention and was the sub- ject of an article in a ]\liddletown newspaper. Jemima died in 1847, a few months after the visit, and was followed by her sisters— Sallv in 1848, Rhoda in 1849 and Mollv in 1850.

Mtillrv J^amiln.

^. Th<pir d«w^hiber. Ann Miller^ uu^rrieil Xathauiel Bacon.

$. Th^ir $<t>M. Xathauiel l^cdn, uiame<i Hiumah Wetmore.

4. Thek ^>w. KeuJ^min lUc>ow» marrie<il RUtxla Miller.

CV Their ^>«. Phiweas Racv>«, wiarrievl Sar^iU Atkins?.

•^ Their 4aw^hterv Je^nitua Racv>n. marrieil Comfort Hall.

T. Their :^Mt. Harley Hali married Martha Cone Hall.

5n. Their chiMr^ew \\~ene— I. Sophia, ^. Xorr.ui:i. 8. Betsey, 4. Rufns

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Thomas Miller.

I. Fhoma:^ >iiiiHier marriev^l ±«id, Sarah Xettleton.

:J-. Their SH.m. Be.i!u|a.miin ^tilHer, marrieLl Mervry Bassett.

S.. Their «ciatffig-hter, Martha Miller, maarried Thomas Atkins.

4. Their da^a^-hter. Sarah Atkims. married Phineas '!-:-.-.^.^"

3< Their daiffl^hiDer. Jeswiiaiia Bacotift. miarried Comif or: ';-.,■..'.

<6^ Their sjomt. Harley HaM. usaarried Mart'.-.. .■" •■- "..v"...

T. Their chiMremi vrifrine — K Sv>pihia- !i- X^ ":^etsey. -L Rafus.

THOMAS AND ISABELLA MILLER,

V:;^"i;SS ^Lilie^ came nv:;-. ^- : ;v.-.v.^'.-.a:v. ^^:;^;.i:-..; :;

■Rovrtey, M;ass, \rliieiie be h;ad. m lt>4S. ov.e .-.j-e -.•./. :';:

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xrit^e Isv;s^«^ V';;ey. ^e*;- ::' ..^.r: w.

».nup oy THOM v.* \>p i>«iBt:i.i.\ millkk.

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<U\UMl',K\ OF 7 MO n %«,%.%»*♦ \5< \H Nl-. 7 7 f. K 7 O N nf/.r.flH.

] 7 hoyna:—m'^.rnc^\ 1st, EU/^rveth Tarr^er, 2n^, Mary ?^.-.^::.

2, Samuel —yyjrn April 1, H;^;8, married Marj Eg^gleston.

f^ Joseph— :yjr- .\- 4x1st '11, 1670, married Kt:r/^j^ J 1701.

^ Benjamin married JYlercLf 2<^^^^tt. (^xexHn

Hfre

o. Jokn—\:^,- ' - •'. 10, 1674, msLTii&l ,\farcy Bevin

C. Margaret— :jr,-r. Sep^e^lber 1, I'iT*^, married

7. Sarah - -: 7, 1679, married 5mith

J o ins on of Wood -, : :

8 Mchitabel-hrjzv. M^^rr:^ 28, 1681, posthnmtis..

r-. -: ■ r, ^-,e"''.-rr 22. 170S Georg-e Huhb&rd, son of Joseph

T-j^r-^ ::..-:' : - , ....-/-^t Uth, I68O, andin hi^i will, three d^vs before, '..a.lled jiin-.e!:' a.'jove 70. He btiilt the first -:•::: :- :.::ci:e:v"-. Ti-i.i: he '-:- -^ - -erfect ri^ktx/j baild the "hi. is ~.ihe i'';.ren: hv :he :' ^- agreemeiit copied from.

' * Middletown. Jan 16tli^ 1655.

T r. - - - - -: e ~ e" : '' e : ~ e-e -: T h ; " .1= Miller and ve To '^frnes - "e- :;' .i:ii:e::~"e in ye 7:~ne;5 behalf as foKoweth:

Th:~:- i h-_r er.^'i.^-ehi :. '"• _ie a S'juScient mill to grind the Ti'T.-; _:riie t: n_"- :: rl:i .. G-rinde -^ith. bv the tenth :: heir— t-r next en-neinr the f ite here if and the Towne is t " ^ :- -i;:!- ---.r-:- ; :i ' Millstones ntt for ye mill that ■ - 1 - --. -ii- yi:r- .: --i^.-r.! mill stones \^^tl^ mtt to work ani me spmhle ini Inhe ^linkj and six paire cf inn noons

|HiUct <f amilir.

1. Thomas Miller married 1st, Isabella.

2. Their daughter, Ann Miller, married Nathaniel Bacon.

3. Their son, Nathaniel Bacon, married Hannah Wetniore.

4. Their son, Benjamin Bacon, married Rhoda Miller.

5. Their son, Phineas Bacon, married Sarah Atkins.

6. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harlc}- Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Another line from Thomas Miller.

1. Thomas Miller married 2nd, Sarah Nettleton.

2. Their son, Benjamin Miller, married Mercy Bassett.

3. Their daughter, Martha Miller, married Thomas Atkins.

4. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

5. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

6. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

7. Their children were— 1. vSophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

THOMAS AND ISABELLA MILLER.

Thomas Miller came from Birmingham, England, to Rowley, Mass. where he had, in 1643, one acre and a half for a house lot. In 1651 he was still living at Row^ley with his wife Isabella. They, soon after, removed to Middletown, Conn., where he had lands recorded in 1654. Isabella died in 1666.

CHILD OF THOMAS AND ISABEL,L,A MIL.1.ER.

1. j/Inn married tfathaniel Sacon. {See Bacon

family.)

Thomas Miller married 2nd, when he was 56 years old, Sarah Nettleton, daughter of Samuel and Maria Nettleton. She died March 20, 1728.

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CHILDREN OP THOMAS AND SARAH NETTLETON) MILLER.

1. T/iomas—v^'A.xrx^di 1st, Elizabeth Turner, 2nd, jiary Rowell

2. Samuel— \)or\\ April 1, 1()()8, married Mary Eggleston.

3. Joseph— horn August 21, 1670, married Rebecca Johnson in 1701.

1. S^njamin married Mercy Sctssett, {Xe.vt in

line.)

5. John— horn March 10, 1671, married Marcy Bevin in 1700.

6. Margaret-Ayoxw September 1, 1676, married Isaac Johnson.

7. Sarah— hoxvi January 7, 1679, married Smith Johnson of Woodstock.

8. Mchitabel— horn :\Iarch 28, 1681, posthumus, married December 22, 1703 George Hubbard, son of Joseph and Mary (Porter) Hubbard.

Thomas Miller died August 14th, 1680, and in his will, three days before, called himself above 70. He built the first mill in Middletown. That he had a perfect right to build the mill, is made apparent by the following agreement copied from the early records of that town.

"Middletown, Jan 16th, 1655.

The agreement betw^een Thomas Miller and ye Townes- men of Middletowne in ye Townes behalff as ffoUoweth: These are to certifie whom it ma}^ concerne that if ye said Thomas Miller engageth to builde a sufficient mill to grind the Townes Corne to have it fitt to Grinde with by the tenth of December next ensueing the date here of and the Towne is to finde the stone worke and Mill stones fitt for ye mill that is to say one pairs of sufficient mill stones bedded ffitt to work and one spindle and Inke [LinkJ and six paire of iron hoops four for the shaft and two for the trundle heads and one thou- sand of double tenns and a sleadge and one dozen of mill bills and a mill chisel and two Gudgins and a brass for the spindle and foure boults for ye Cogg wheel to provide all these in

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seasonable time that is to say the nails and hoops and Gud- gins by the twentie-fourth of June next ensuing the date here- of and the stones and the other part of the Iron worke speci- fied by the — twentie nineth of September next ensuing ye date here of, to bring all in place for him and the said Thomas Miller engageth for ye Towne that in case ye mill faile and be insufficient by any apparent breack so yt he be discouraged or taken away by death in some short time so that he neglects the Townes work. If that any of these fall out within two years, then the houses and Irone worke remaine the Townes, and the rest of ye mill they shall have Liberty to purchase as indifferent men shall Judge Reasonable between both: and he the said Miller is content for him and his to Ingage and doth by these presents ingage that if he see cause to sell the mill: the Towne shall have the first proffer and Refusal of it as In- different Men Mutually Chosen shall Judge between both or In case the Towne have Just exceptions, against his heirs, executors and administrators or assigns ye Towne shall have ye forfateing of it as above mentioned and neither he nor any that shall succeed him shall Leas ye ^lill to anj^ but such as the Towne shall accept of or give theyre Just Ground or Grounds to ye Contrary: and this ^Nlill is to bee sett up on the South part Pameccha River thre or foure schore rods above where the Rivers meet in one. In Witness Where of ye par- ties above written have Sett to theyre hands ye dav and year above written. That this is a True Coppie of the first agree- ment between Thomas Miller and the Towns men of Middle- town Respecting the Mill as is above specified according to the True Intent of both parties we underwritten the 24th day of the lOth month m Doe Testify.

Thomas Miller his 1 Marke

nie:r

In ye name and Behalf of ye towne of Middletown being their Townmen

John Halle Junior. Robert Warner Giles Hamlin.

Millei" Family

m

'''ttjpeci.

This a True Record of the agreement December 4th, 1728.

Rockwell, Town Clerk.

William Ward ' '

BENJAMIN AND MERCY (BASSETT) MILLER.

Benjamin Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah (Nettleton) Miller, was born July 20, 1(372, and died November 22, 1747. He married 1st, on September 18, 1695, Mary Johnson of Woodstock. She died December 15, 1709. He married 2nd, Mere}' Bassett, born December 15, 1676, daughter of John and Mercy (Todd) Bassett. She survived him and died Feb- ruary 9, 1756. The following is from Conn. Col. rec. : "October 1744. Upon the memorial of Benjamin Miller and others living in the southwest part of the first Society of Middletown, praying to this Assembly in ]\Iay last that they may be a distinct ecclesiastical society, whereupon this As- sembly did appoint a committee to view their circumstances. The committee reported that within the bounds described, the memorialists are of sufficient ability to be a distinct ecclesiasti- cal society and the Assembly thereupon resolved, that the}' have all the powers and privileges of other societies within the Colony and shall be called and known by the name of Middlefield. ' '

Rev. Abner Benedict was ordained minister for Middle- field in 1771. He was dismissed in 1785. While there, he obtained by his address and efforts the freedom of all the slaves held by his people

By tradition, it appears that Benjamin Miller was emi- nently fitted for the work and circumstances which fell to his share. He was strong in body and in will — a man not to be deterred from his purpose by a few Indians, bears and wild- cats.

The children of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson) Miller were Rebecca, m. David Robinson of Durham, Conn ; SaraJi. m. Joseph Hickox of Durham ; Mary, m. a vSpencer of Had- dam ; Benjamin, b. October 2, 1700, m. Hannah Robinson, daughter of David Robinson : Hannah, b. June 1, 1704, m.

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seasonable time that is to say the nails and hoops and Gud- gins by the twentie-fourth of June next ensuing the date here- of and the stones and the other part of the Iron worke speci- fied by the — tvventie nineth of September next ensuing 3'e date here of, to bring all in place for him and the said Thomas Miller engageth for 3^e Towne that in case ye mill faile and be insufficient by any apparent breack so yt he be discouraged or taken away by death in some short time so that he neglects the Townes work. If that any of these fall out within two years, then the houses and Irone worke remaine the Townes, and the rest of 3"e mill they shall have Liberty to purchase as indifferent men shall Judge Reasonable between both: and he the said Miller is content for him and his to Ingage and doth by these presents ingage that if he see cause to sell the mill: the Towne shall have the first proffer and Refusal of it as In- different Men Mutually Chosen shall Judge between both or In case the Towne have Just exceptions, against his heirs, executors and administrators or assigns ye Towne shall have 3'e forfateing of it as above mentioned and neither he nor any that shall succeed him shall Leas ye ]Mill to an3' but such as the Towne shall accept of or give theyre Just Ground or Grounds to 3'e Contrar3': and this Mill is to bee sett up on the South part Pameccha River thre or foure schore rods above where the Rivers meet in one. In Witness Where of ye par- ties above written have Sett to theyre hands 3'e dav and 3'ear above written. That this is a True Coppie of the first agree- ment between Thomas Miller and the Towns men of IMiddle- town Respecting the Mill as is above specified according to the True Intent of both parties we underwritten the 24th day of the 10th month '^S^ Doe Testify.

Thomas Miller his T ]Marke

In ye name and Behalf of ye towne of Middletown being their Townmen

John Halle Junior. Robert Warner Giles Hamlin.

Miller Family. 07

This a True Record of the agreement December 4th, 1728.

Rockwell, Town Clerk.

William Ward ' '

BENJAMIN AND MERCY (BASSETT) MILLER.

Benjamin Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah (Nettle ton) Miller, w^as born July 20, 11)72, and died November 22, 1747. He married 1st, on September 18, 1695, Mary Johnson of Woodstock. She died December 15, 1709. He married 2nd, Mercy Bassett, born December 15, 1676, daughter of John and Mercy (Todd) Bassett. She survived him and died Feb- ruary 9, 1756. The following is from Conn. Col. rec. : "October 1744. Upon the memorial of Benjamin Miller and others living in the southwest part of the first Society of Middletown, praying to this Assembly in May last that they may be a distinct ecclesiastical society, whereupon this As- sembly did appoint a committee to view their circumstances. The committee reported that within the bounds described, the memorialists are of sufficient ability to be a distinct ecclesiasti- cal society and the Assembly thereupon resolved, that they have all the powers and privileges of other societies within the Colony and shall be called and known by the name of Middlefield. ' '

Rev. Abner Benedict w^as ordained minister for Middle- field in 1771. He was dismissed in 1785. While there, he obtained by his address and efforts the freedom of all the slaves held by his people

By tradition, it appears that Benjamin Miller was emi- nently fitted for the work and circumstances which fell to his share. He was strong in body and in will — a man not to be deterred from his purpose by a few Indians, bears and wild- cats.

The children of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson) Miller were Rebecca, m. David Robi-.ison of Durham, Conn ; Sarah, m. Joseph Hickox of Durham ; Mary, m. a Spencer of Had- dam ; Benjamin, b. October 2, 1700, m. Hannah Robinson, daughter of David Robinson ; Hannah, b. June 1, 1704, m.

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seasonable time that is to say the nails and hoops and Gud- gins by the twentie-fourth of June next ensuing the date here- of and the stones and the other part of the Iron worke speci- fied by the — tvventie nineth of September next ensuing ye date here of, to bring all in place for him and the said Thomas Miller engageth for ye Towne that in case ye mill faile and be insufficient by any apparent breack so yt he be discouraged or taken away by death in some short time so that he neglects the Townes work. If that any of these fall out within two years, then the houses and Irone worke remaine the Townes, and the rest of ye mill they shall have Liberty to purchase as indifferent men shall Judge Reasonable between both: and he the said Miller is content for him and his to Ingage and doth by these presents ingage that if he see cause to sell the mill: the Towne shall have the first proffer and Refusal of it as In- different Men Mutually Chosen shall Judge between both or In case the Towne have Just exceptions, against his heirs, executors and administrators or assigns ye Towne shall have ye forfateing of it as above mentioned and neither he nor any that shall succeed him shall Leas ye Mill to any but such as the Towne shall accept of or give theyre Just Ground or Grounds to ye Contrary: and this Mill is to bee sett up on the South part Pameccha River thre or foure schore rods above where the Rivers meet in one. In Witness Where of ye par- ties above written have Sett to theyre hands ye dav and \^ear above written. That this is a True Coppie of the first agree- ment between Thomas Miller and the Towns men of ivliddle- town Respecting the Mill as is above specified according to the True Intent of both parties we underwritten the 24th day of the LOth month G6 Doe Testify.

Thomas ^Miller his T Marke

In ye name and Behalf of ye towne of Middletown being their Townmen

John Halle Junior. Robert Warner Giles Hamlin.

H

i

i

nieior.-

the C'-

field :n , obtaiat: slaves hr By : neai:;-;:' share. \ (ieterrt: ■ cats.

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07

This a True Record of the agreement December 4th, 1728.

Rockwell, Town Clerk.

William Ward"

BENJAMIN AND MERCY (BASSETT) MILLER.

Benjamin Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah (Nettleton) Miller, was born July :20, 1672, and died November 22, 1747. He married 1st, on September 18, 1695, Mary Johnson of Woodstock. She died December 15, 1709. He married 2nd, Mercy Bassett, born December 15, 1676, daughter of John and Mercy (Todd) Bassett. She survived him and died Feb- ruar}' 9, 1756. The following is from Conn. Col. rec. : " October 1744. Upon the memorial of Benjamin Miller and others living in the southwest part of the first Society of Middletown, praying to this Assembly in ^lay last that they may be a distinct ecclesiastical society, whereupon this As- sembly did appoint a committee to view their circumstances. The committee reported that within the bounds described, the memorialists are of sufficient ability to be a distinct ecclesiasti- cal societ}' and the Assembly thereupon resolved, that they have all the powers and privileges of other societies within the Colony and shall be called and known by the name of Middlefield."

Rev. Abner Benedict was ordained minister for Middle- field in 1771. He was dismissed in 1785. While there, he obtained by his address and efforts the freedom of all the slaves held b}" his people

By tradition, it appears that Benjamin Miller was emi- nently fitted for the work and circumstances which fell to his share. He was strong in body and in will — a man not to be deterred from his purpose by a few Indians, bears and wild- cats.

The children of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson) Miller were Rebecca, m. David Robi:ison of Durham, Conn : SaraJi. m. Joseph Hickox of Durham ; Mary, m. a Spencer of Had- dam ; Benjamin, b. October 2, 1700, m. Hannah Robinson, daughter of David Robinson; Hannah, b. June 1, 1704, m.

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Kphraim Coe, son of John Coe ; Isaac, b. May 2, 1706, d. un- married ; Mehitabel, b. February 5, 1708, m. Ebenezer Barnes; Ic/iabod, b. December 15, 1709, m. Elizabeth Corn- well, widow of Jeremiah Bacon and daughter of Captain Joseph Cornwell.

CHIL.DRE1V OF BENJAMIIV AMD MERCY (BASSETT) MIL.L.ER.

1. Lvdia — married Eliakim Stow

2. Amos — born June 1, 1713, married Abigail Corn- well, daughter of Joseph Cornwell

3. Ebaiczcr — born August 20, 1 714, died unmarried.

4. Martha married Jhomas Atkins, (sw Aikins

familv.) faviily.)

5. Khoda married S^njamin 3<^con. (sw luxcon

6. David — born October 3, 1718, married Elizabeth Brainard of Haddam.

7. Thank f III— d\&d unmarried.

Benjamin Miller, Ihe veheynent, was one of the first three settlers in the native wilderness of Middlefield, where his home was miles from either of the other homes and not far from the Durham line. He owned land enough to have given each of his fifteen children a farm of many acres. It is said that he influenced the Indians, dominated the whites, and had his own way, generally. He lived to see sixty-two names on the Middlefield Grand Eevy list and was still himself the largest taxpayer. Miller's Pond is in the northeast corner of Dur- ham, is a mile in circumference and from it Miller's Brook takes its rise, runs north and east into Middle town and so finds its wav to the Connecticut River.

^Vctmovc 4^iuniln.

1. Thomas Wetmore married 1st, Sarah Hall.

2. Their son, Thomas Wetmore, married Elizabeth Hubbard.

3. Their daughter, Elizabeth Wetmore, married Ephraim Atkins.

4. Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

0. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

6. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, -3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Another line from Thomas Wetmore..

1. Thomas Wetmore married 3rd, Catharine Robards.

2. Their daughter, Hannah Wetmore, married Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.

3. Their son, Benjamin Bacon, married Rhoda Miller.

4. Their son, Phineas Bacon, married Sarah Atkins.

5. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

6. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

7. Their children were — 1. So])liia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

THOMAS AND SARAH (HALL) WETMORE.

Deacon Thomas Wetmore, from Wales, was born in 1()15, the thirteenth year of the reign of James I, and came to America in 1635. The first mention we find of his name in the Colonial Record is in Wethersfield in 1040, as owner of certain lands, where it appears he first settled. He subse- quently removed to Hartford, where he and Sarah Hall, daughter of John and Esther Hall, were married December 11, l')45. They had two or three children baptized in Hartford, before they removed to Middletown, among the first settlers of that place. She died December 7, 1664. He married 2nd, January 3, 1667, Mrs. Mary Atconson, daughter of Richard Piatt, of Milford, and widow of Luke Atconson. She died June 1, 1669. He married 3rd, Catharine Leet, Middletown records say, "leefe," (Rev. David Hall's genealogy says L,ocke of

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New Haven) widow of Mr. Robards, October 8, 1673. She died October 13, 1693. Her will was made August 11, 1688, b}^ which she bequeathed her property to her "first children, William, Samuel and John Robards" and her "last children, Benjamin, Abigail and Hannah Wetmore." Thomas Wet- more. Senior, died December 11, 1681. He was a carpenter, deacon of the church at Middletown and a soldier in the Pequot war. His homestead was situated near the north end of Main street, east side, being bounded on the west b}' that street and east b}^ the Great River.

CHILDREN OF IHOMAS AlVD SARAH HALL, AVETMORE.

1. Jo Jill — born September 6, 1616, married Abigail Warner. "Dec. 29, 1685 ye towne (Middletown) made choyce of John Wetmore to look after the boys in the galler}^, to keep them from playing or disorder, in the meeting time, on the Saboth, in the time of exercise. "

Fanii/v.)

'2. Slizabeth married Josiah Jitkins. {See Atkins

3 Mary — born in 1619, married John Stow in 1668. 1. Sarah— hoxw April 20, 1651, died young.

5. Jhomas married SUzabeth Jiubbard, {Xe.vi

in lipie.)

6. //anna/l— horn February 13, ]651, married Na- thaniel Stow.

7. Samuel— hoxw September 10, 1655, married Mary Bacon.

8. Izrahiah— horn March 8, 1657, married Rachel Stow, May 13, 1692. She was daughter of Rev. Samuel Stow of Middletown, who was Pastor there for sixteen 3'ears.

9. Ben ah — born November 2, 1658, married Mar- garet Stow.

10. Nathaniel—horn April 21, 1661, married Dorcas Allen.

11. Joseph— horn March 5, 1662, married Lydia Bacon.

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12. Sarah — born November 27, 1601, married John Bacon, November 2(), 1081.

13. Mc hi label — daughter of Deacon Thomas and Mar\' (Piatt, Atconson) Wetmore, was born in 16()8 and mar- ried Andrew Bacon 2nd.

CIIILDREXOF TH03IAS AND CATHARINE (ROBARDS; \VETMORE.

11. BeJijamin—horn November 27, 1(J71.

15. Abigail— horn November G, 1G75.

16. Jiannah married Ifathaniel Qacon, Jr,

{See BacO)i Family.)

THOMAS AND ELIZABETH (HUBBARD) WETMORE.

Thomas Wetmore, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Wetmore, was born October 19, 1652, and died February 1, 1689. He married Elizabeth Hubbard, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Watts) Hubbard, February 20, 1684. She was born in Middletown, January 15, 1659, and died there December 6, 1725.

CHII.DRBN OP THOMAS AND EMZABETH HUBBARD) WETMORE.

1. Slizabeth married Sphraim Atkins. (See

Atkins Family. )

2. Thomas -horn in Middletown January 8, 1689, died November 21, 1711.

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New Haven) widow of Mr. Robards, October 8, 1673. She died October 13, 1()1)3. Her will was made August 14, 1688, b}^ which she bequeathed her property to her "first children, William, Samuel and John Robards " and her "last children, Benjamin, Abigail and Hannah Wetmore." Thomas Wet- more, Senior, died December 11, 1681. He was a carpenter, deacon of the church at Middletown and a soldier in the Pequot war. His homestead was situated near the north end of Main street, east side, being bounded on the west by that street and east by the Great River.

CHIL.DREX OF I'HOMAS AIVD SARAH (HALL.) WETMORE.

1. Jo Jill — born September 6, 1616, married Abigail Warner. "Dec. 29, 1685 ye towne (Middletown) made choyce of John Wetmore to look after the boys in the gallery, to keep them from playing or disorder, in the meeting time, on the Saboth, in the time of exercise."

2. Slizabeth married J osiah Atkins. {See Atkins

Family.)

3 Mary — born in 1649, married John Stow in 1668.

4. Sarah— \yoxx^ April 20, 1651, died young.

5. Jhomas married Slizabeth Jiubbard. [Xe.vi

in line.)

6. Hannah— hoxw February 13, ]654, married Na- thaniel Stow.

7. Samuel — born September 10, 1655, married Mary Bacon.

8. Izrahiah— horn March 8, 1657, married Rachel Stow, May 13, 1692. She was daughter of Rev. Samuel Stow of Middletown, who was Pastor there for sixteen years.

9. Beri ah— horn November 2, 1658, married Mar- garet Stow.

10. Nathaniel—horn April 21, 1661, married Dorcas Allen.

11. Joseph — born March 5, 1662, married Lydia Bacon.

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12. Sarah — born November 27, IGOl, married John Bacon, November 2G, 1(5 81.

13. Mchitabcl — daughter of Deacon Thomas and Mary (Piatt, Atconson) Wetmore, was born in 1()G8 and mar- ried Andrew Bacon 2nd.

C IIILDREiV OF TH03IAS AND CATHARINE (ROBARDS) WETMORE.

11. Benjamin— hoxvL November 27, 1671.

15. Abigail— horn November 6, 1675.

16. Jiannah married lYathaniel 3^Gon, Jr.

{See Baron Family.)

THOMAS AND ELIZABETH (HUBBARD) WETMORE.

Thomas Wetmore, Jr., son of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Wetmore, was born October 19, 1652, and died February 1, 1689. He married Elizabeth Hubbard, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Watts) Hubbard, February 20, 1684. She was born in Middletown, January 15, 1659, and died there December 6, 1725.

CHIL.DREN OF THOMAS ANO ElilZABETH HUBBARD) WETMORE.

1. Slizabeth married Sphraim Atkins. {See

Atkins Faiiii/y.)

2. Thomas —born in Middletown January 8, 1689, died November 21, 1711.

liettlcton ^amilij.

1. Samuel Nettletou married Maria.

2. Their daughter, Sarah Nettleton, married Thomas Miller. ■ 3. Their son, Benjamin Miller, married Mercy Bassett.

4. Their daughter, Martha Miller, married Thomas Atkins.

5. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

6. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Maria, wife of Samuel Nettleton, died in 1658.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL. AND MARIA NETTLETON.

Sarah married Jhomas Miller. {SeeMuier Family.)

John — resided in Killingworth. Martha~m2sx\^dL John Ufford in 16n6. Hannah— m2iXx\^A Thomas Smith, July 1st. 1656.

Samuel Nettleton was one of the men from Wethersfield, who in 1C41: purchased the lands of Totoket and began a new settlement there, the same year. It appears that three years later, he bought for his wife a pair of shoes ; which shoes proved to be quite objectionable to the Governor and other folks. This curious commentary on the times is set forth on the colonial records of the General Court thus — "Samuel Net- tleton of Totoket doth testify upon oath, taken before the Governor, the 4th day of November 1647, that he bought a pare of shoes of Goodman Meges of Newhaven, russed, closed in the inside at the side seams, for his wife ; she put them on, on the Lord's day, and the next third day morning they were ripped, the soales being good, neither shranke nor hornie that I could perceive. And he also testifyed that for and in con- sideration of satisfaction from Goodman Megs, he expecteth a

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new pare." A committee was appointed, to whom some of the shoes sold by Goodman Meges were given for examina- tion, with orders from the court to "take those shoes aside and vie we them well, and if there be cause to ripe some of them, that they may give unto the courte according to their best light, the cause of this damage. The}^ did so and re- turned this answer. We aprehend this — that the leather is very bad, not tanned nor fit to be sold for servcable leather, but it wrongs the country, and we find the workmanship bad also; first there is not sufficient stufe put in the thread, and instead of hemp it is flax, and the stitches are two large, and the threds not drawne home, and there wants wax on the thred, the aule is to bige for the thred." "The Court pro- ceeded to sentence, and ordered Goodman Meges to pay 10s. as a fine to the jurisdiction with satisfaction to every particular person, as damage shall be required and proved." Others had testified to the badness of shoes bought of Goodman Meges.

^.v5Qctt ;frtmili).

1. William Bassett married Hannah Ives.

2. Their son, John Bassett, married Mercy Todd.

3. Their daughter, Mercy Bassett, married Benjamin Miller.

4. Their daughter, Martha Miller, married Thomas Atkins.

5. Their daughter, vSarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

6. Their daughtei, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were 1. Sophia. 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -i. Rufus.

WILLiAM AND HANNAH (IVES) BASSETT.

William Bassett, born in England, appeared in New Haven Colony in 1642. He took the oath of fidelity of Gov. Eaton July 1, 1644, at a General Court at New Haven. He married Hannah, widow of William Ives November 7, 1648,

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and died August 29, 1684. " William Ives had a house at the corner of the streets now named Hill street and Congress Avenue. He died in 1648 leaving a wife and four children. William Bassett married the widow and the family continued to live in the house till 1652." (Atwater.) The w411 of Wil- liam Ives made his wife sole executrix. The story of their affairs is thus continued on the records of the Gen. Court. "Nov. 1648 William Bassett whoe is neare the mariage (they being contracted) of ye widdowe, was called to put in secu- ritie to j^e court for the estate that the children of William Ives maye have their portions duely pd, according to ye gen- erall courts order, but he desired respite, till ye next court w^ c li the court granted. ' ' Later. ' ' William Bassett who hath married the w4ddow^ of William Ives deceased, being called to give in securitie for 3'e portions of the children, according to the will of William Ives, doth in court engage the whole estate which was left by him — ye sd. William Ives." In 1618 "William Bassett was complained of for abscense at the generall trayning yesterda}', he sd. it was because he had some haye w c h did lye upon the straye there being many cattle lying at it, that if he had not fetched it that day it would have bine eaten up & spoyled, & he had indeavored to fetch it the weeke before, but it was so wett that he could not ; the haye was scarse worth the fetching, but his necessite re- quired it for preserving his cattle ; W' c h things the court con- sidering past it by without fine." But he did not escape so easily when he w^as ' ' complained of for not bringing his arms to ye meeting on the Saboth day w c h was his squadron. He answered that he was changed from one squadron to another and knew not that it was his day, and when he saw it was, he brought them in the afternoon ; but he was told it was his neglect who should knowe, but the court findeing it no will- full neglect, agreed that he paye halfe the fine, wch is 2s. 6d." In 1618 he deeded meadow land to Mathew Campfield.

CH1L.DRE.V OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH (IVES BASSETT.

1. Ha7i7ia/l— horn 13th, baptized loth September, 1650. She married John Parker November 8, 1670.

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2. John married Mercy Jodd. (.\>.i / /;/ iwe.)

3. Sa7n2^e/— horn February 15, 1654.

4. ^-1 S /a /l— baptized February 7, 1658, married Ralph Lines.

JOHN AND MERCY (TODD) BASSETT.

Captain John Bassett, second child of William and Han- nah (Ives) Bassett, was born December 21, 1652, and died February 8, 1711. He married Mercy Todd, youngest child of Christopher and Grace (Middlebrook) Todd about 1675. Mercy Todd was baptized February 18, 1656. She died April 8, 1717. In the Probate office at New Haven may be found the will of Capt. John Bassett, dated March 6, 1710. He named six daughters, (Mercy Miller being one of them) and two sons. He appointed his wife Mercy and son John admin- istrators.

CHILiDRE]^ OF JOHN AND MERCY (TODD BASSETT.

1. Mercy married Benjamin Miller, {sw Muier

Family.)

2. Hannah— \yoxn October 3, 1679, married

Mansfield.

3. .V^?r^/^_born June 3, 1682, married Bradley.

1. Lydia—hoxw August 10, 1685, married •

Munson.

5. Abigail— horw March 15, 1688.

6. John— horn July 11, 1691. Guardian of Joseph, appointed b}' will of his father.

7. Joseph— horn April 19, 1691.

8. Rebecca— horn March 11, 1695.

9. Joseph again— born December 11, 1697, and died October 31, 1761. Buried in New Haven. He married Miriam Bradley June 18, 1722. She died June 28, 1711.

aodd familir.

1. William Todd married Isabel Rogerson.

2. Their son, William Todd, married Catharine Warde.

3. Their son, Christopher Todd, married Grace Middlebrook.

4. Their daughter, Mercy Todd, married John Bassett.

5. Their daughter. Mere}' Bassett, married Benjamin Miller.

6. Their daughter, Martha Miller, married Thomas Atkins.

7. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

8. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

9. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

10. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Todd was an old Scottish term for fox, and that animal is used in the family arms.

WILLIAM AND ISABEL (ROGERSON) TODD.

The}^ were married September 24, 1592. He was born in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, Ertgland.

WILLIAM AND CATHARINE (WARDE) TODD.

The}^ were married May 22, 1(314. He was of Ponte- fract, born in 1593, and died in a riot May 8, 1617.

CHRISTOPHER AND GRACE (MIDDLEBROOK) TODD.

He was born in Pontefract, England, and baptized Janu- ary 11, 10 17. She was daughter of Michael Middlebrook of Hold Mills. Christopher Todd was in Xew Haven in 1639, where he was one of the original settlers, and an early signer of the "fundamental agreement." In 1650 he bought a lot on Elm street, between Orange and Church, afterward called the Blue Meeting House lot. St. Thomas church now stands on a part of it. Here Christopher and Grace resided and the place remained in the famih' a hundred years. The old Blue

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Meeting House, so called from its slate color, stood on the southeast corner of Church and Elm streets. Christopher Todd was Farmer, Miller and Baker; and he made for signature, a character of no less intricate construction than the letters of his name. He first hired, then bought a grist mill erected by the town, where Whitney's gun factory now stands, long known as Todd's mill. He is often mentioned in the Colonial records of New Haven, from which a few items follow — 1(j41. He was one of those who cast lots for the East Meadows and the meadows in the Mill River. Jul}^ 1, 1644. "Governor Eaton took the oath of fidelitie, then gave it" to others — Christopher Todd among the number. 1045. He was ap- pointed fence viewer. 1646. His place in the meeting-house was "In the seats on the side for men, on the other side of the dore." 1647. " Theophilus Higginson passeth over to Chris- topher Todd his house and home lott in New Haven with eight acres abutting upon the plains, which is the cow pas- ture, and twenty four acres of land, if he have so much, lying in the Necke, and five acres and a halfe bee it more or lesse, and 20 acres of land on the other side the West River." 1648. He was a tenant of oyster shell field. 1659. He appears among the "creditors of Stephen Goodyeare merchant, de- ceased, late Deputy Governor and planter of New Haven in New England." It is stated in the record of " A court held at New Haven the 6th of February 1648 — John Walker, Jno. Harriman, William Andrews, Christopher Todd, Mr. Goodenhouse, Mr. Evance, Mr. Westerhousen, Robert Hill, Samuel Willson, Mr. Attwater, James Russell, Thomas Wheeler, William Davis, Mr'^- Gregson, Mr. Gilbert, William Pecke, Richard Mansfield and Edmond Parker were each of them fined 12s. for not bringing their weights ',;.' measures to be tryed upon the day appoynted. " Evidently some of these men were eminent in the community, as they were honored with the title Mr. Here is another specimen of New Haven law — at a court held in New Haven "Nov. 3, 1643, It was ordered that every family within this plantation, shall have a Coate of cotten woole. well and substantiall}^ made, so as it ma}^ be fitt for service and that in convenient time the Tay-

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lours see itt be done." The will of Christopher Todd, dated March 5, 1686 disposed of his "mill with all belonging to it," bake house, lands »&c. He mentioned "loving wife Grace Tod," children and grandchildren. He gave to "Daughter Mere}' Bassett" twent}^ pounds to be paid her within two years after his decease. He died April 23, 1686. The children were baptized in right of their mother.

CHILDREN OF C'HRISTOPHKR AND GRACE (fMIDDI^EBROOK) TODD

1. JoJlii — baptized December 2, 1642, married No- vember 26, 1668, Sarah Gilbert, who died in April 1672. She was daughter of Matthew Gilbert, one of the "seven pillars " of the first church in New Haven and Deputy Governor. John Todd married 2nd, August 20, 1677, Sarah Blackman, daugh- ter of Rev. Andrew Blackman. She died December 16, 1688.

2. ^^/;//^^/— baptized April 20, 1645, married Mary Bradley, daughter of William Bradley, November 26, 1668. Samuel Todd succeeded his father in the mill and died in 1714. She died September 26, 1724.

3. il/<^r)'— baptized September 16, 1647, died May 3, 1679. She married August 16, 1668, Isaac Turner, son of that Captain Nathaniel Turner, who was constable in Boston, one of the first magistrates of New Haven and Deputy ; went on the expedition against the Pequots, and finally sailed from New Haven on a vessel which was never after heard from ; except in the story of "The Phantom Ship."

4. Gi^ace — baptized December 15, 1650, married Reuben Matlock, March 2, 1669.

5. Michael— horn June 15, 1653, married Elizabeth Brown.

6. Mercy married John S^ssett. (See Basse ff

Family.)

:^tluu'i f amiln.

1. Josiah Atkins married Elizabeth Wetinore.

2. Their son, Ephraim Atkins, married EHzabeth Wetmore.

3. Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

4. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon, o. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

6. Their son, Harley Hall, married ]Martha Cone Hall.

7. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -i. Rufus.

" Adkins is an English name, the heraldic signs indicat- ing that the family were in the Crusades and received special honor for faithfulness in defense of fortifications." (Orcutt.) The name of this famih^ was often written Adkins.

JOSIAH AND ELIZABETH (WETMORE) ATKINS.

Josiah Atkins and Elizabeth Wetmore were married October 8, 1673. He died September 12, 1G90. She was born in 1648, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Wetmore, and died about 1700.

CHILiDREV OP JOSIAH AND ELIZABETH (WETMORE ATKIAS.

1. Sarah— horn July 16, 1674, died February 25. 1718.

2. Abigail ^hoT^^^ in September, 1676.

3. Solo /no?i— horn July 25, 1678.

4. Josiah— horn March 4, 1679-80, married Mary Wheeler, December 16, 1708. 6 children.

5. Benjamin— horn November 19, 1682, married Jane Stevens.

6. Sphraim married Elizabeth iOetmore. {Xr.r/

in line.)

7. Elizabeth— horn August 11, 1687.

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EPHRAIM AND ELIZABETH (WETMORE) ATKINS.

Mr. Kphraim Atkins and Elizabeth Wetmore were mar- ried June IH, 1709. He was born March 9, 1685 and was son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Atkins. She was born September 2, 1686, and was daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hubbard) Wetmore. Their gravestones are still standing in the Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown. One "In memory of Mr. Ephraim Adkins Who Faithfully serv'd his Generation In a exampelary life & Deces'd Decemr 26, 1760 in ye 76th. year of his Age." The other for his widow, Eliza- beth, "Who died Feb'ry ye 3rd. 1775 aged 90 years." We frequently meet the name Ephraim Adkins, in looking over the Middletown records of his time which not only give us glimpses of his everyday life, but also show the fatherly spirit of the early town meetings. For instance — "April 11, 1722 The town granted to Ephraim Atkins the exchange of so much land on the Southern side of his hous as shall be need- ful to take in his well and a small yard, and Soe to run Slant- ing both ways, and sd Adkins to fling out so much Eand at the rear of his Eot and Lieut andrew warner and Eieut James Tapin were apointed a comtte to make this exchange cnsd ad- kins his charge and make their return that it may be recorded — so the meeting was adjourned." " Att a meeting of the proprietors of common and undivided land of Middletown law- fully assembled April 7, 1746 Mr. Ephraim Atkins was chosen moderator. ' ' He was for many years one of those relied on to have care of the undivided lands. At one time he was on a committee ' ' To exchange highways or common land for con- venient highways when it is wanted for the good of the pub- lic, from time to time. ' '

The "History of Middlefield and Long Hill, by Thomas Atkins" has been freely consulted in preparing the remain- der of this sketch of the earl}^ Atkins famil}^

CHII^DREX OF EPHRAIM AND ELIZABETH (WETMORE) ATKIAS.

1. Jhomas married Martha Miller, {Xext m

line.)

2. Ephraim— horn July 18, 1712, died June 27, 1713.

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3. Elizabeth— horn December 6, 1714, died May 20,

1750.

4. Ephraim— horn March 22, 1717.

5. Naomi— horn June 6, 1719

6. ^/^^^^r— born October 1, 1721.

7. /^;;^^i-_born April 9, 1724.

8. 6^^^;^^^— born December 26, 1726.

THOMAS AND MARTHA (MILLER) ATKINS.

Thomas Atkins, the eldest son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Atkins, was born April 5, 1710.

He was an early settler in Long Hill. He married Martha Miller, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy (Bassett) Miller, in the summer of 1735. She was born Decembers, 1715. Thomas Atkins was a quiet, good natured man, honest in his dealings.

His wife was a stout, courageous woman, a good repre- sentative of her father. She had lived through the Revolu- tionar}^ war and could not bear the name of " tory. " When she was in her ninety-third year a gentleman called at her house and it was suggested that he should pretend to be one of the tories ; to see if she retained, at that advanced age, the same hatred to them that she had during the war. The curiosity of those who planned this ruse was quickly satisfied. No sooner was the old lady informed that the man in the other room was suspected of being a tory, than she entered the room and ordered the man out of the house ; repeating " / zcill not have a tory i?i my honse.'''

In the old graveyard, east of Indian Hill, sometimes called Washington Street Cemeter}^ are grave stones thus inscribed —

" In memory of Mr. Thomas Adkins who died 27. Nov. 1793, in the 84 j^ear of his age."

Standing close to this another for

" Martha Relict of Thomas Atkins d. Nov. 5, 1808 aged 93."

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CHILDREN OP THOMAS AIVO MARTHA (MILiLER) ATKIXS.

1. Mary—Xioxvi December 20, 1736, married Joshua Miller.

2. Martha— \>oxn July 17, 173S, married Jabez Barnes, March 22, 1758. They had eight children. He died at sea and she was left with this large famil3\ Having a one- stor}^ house, a small barn and eight or ten acres of land, she managed to take care of her children until they were old enough to care for themselves. The following storj^ is told to illustrate her character. On one occasion, when it was neces- sary for her to purchase supplies for her family, she rode on horseback into the city of Middletown for that purpose, from her house in West Long Hill. As she made her purchases, it became inconvenient to carry everything she bought, around with her; so, she laid down a bag, in a safe place, as she supposed. But a man who saw her leave it, marched off with it in absence of the owner. When Mrs. Barnes came back for her bag she found that it was gone. B}' inquiring, she lieard of the man and learned which way he went. She rode ■on after him, came up with him, saw that he had her proper-' ty, accused him of the theft and applied her riding-whip over his head and shoulders till he dropped her bag and fled from her vigorous blow^s. She was an eminently religious woman, of great courage. She used to walk to meeting, two miles and a half, on Sabbath days, when she was past middle age. She worked early and late and if she still lacked anything she asked of God, and w^as sure she received immediate answers to her praj'ers. Once she was almost out of food, and she told her Heavenly Father about it and asked him for help, and immediatel}^ her sister came in, with a suppl}' of good things out of her abundance. At another time, she kneeled to pra}^ for something to make a fire of, and before she arose, she heard a man driving into her yard with a load of wood — so, all her needs were supplied and she saw no cause for anxiety, but rested securely in the loving care of the Almighty. She was such an interesting talker, she was so hopeful, so thankful, so cheerful, that she was a cherished visitor in some of the best homes in Middletown, in her old age. vShe died in 1834,

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aged 96 years. A pamphlet, giving a sketch of her life, was written and published by the Rev. J. Cookson.

3. Jemima— horn October 13, 1741, married Giles Barnes.

4. Jarah married phineas S^con, (Se^e Baron

family.)

5. Lydza— horn November 23, 1747, married Edward Ward, born October 22, 1746, son of Capt. William Ward.

6. RJioda— horn January 15, 1749, married J. Ward.

7. Lucy— horn April 28, 1752, married 1st,

Johnson, 2nd, Coe.

8. Ithamar— horn November 16, 1757, married Anna Hubbard, November 27, 1783. She was the twelfth child of Nehemiah and Sarah (Sill) Hubbard, born October 18, 1762. Ithamar was the youngest child of Thomas and Martha (Miller) Atkins, settled on the old homestead, and had nine children.

He was a man of sound judgment and strong reasoning powers. He used to have many wordy conflicts with his neighbor, Priest Wait Cornwell. Cornwell w^as a rigid Cal- vinistic Baptist, and once when the two were hotly engaged in discussing the doctrine of election and reprobation, Atkins asked him what he thought would be the fate of children dying in infancy. He replied, there might be a certain por- tion of them damned and sent to hell. ' ' Well " said Atkins, " that is damnable doctrine." Cornwell said, " I won't hear you talk." " I tell you to hear me," was the reply. " I ^con' t hear 3'ou," said Cornwell, " it is false what you say, and it is false ic hat you are going to say ! "

1. George Hubbard married Elizabeth Watts.

2. Their daughter, Elizabeth Hubbard, married Thomas Wetmore, Jr.

3. Their daughter, Elizabeth Wetmore, married Ephraim Atkins.

4. Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

5. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

6. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

7. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

In 86G a host of Northmen invaded the coast of England. They met a stout resistance from the inhabitants, but took possession of the dominion south of the Tyne and north of Nottingham. From one of their leaders, called Hubba, a bar- barous Sea King, Danish Norseman, thr Hubbards of New England are supposed to derive their name and lineage.

GEORGE AND ELIZABETH (WATTS) HUBBARD.

There were two George Hubbards in and about Hartford between 1636 and 1640. Rev. Dr. Chapin says : "April 5, 1638, George Hubbard, a member of the General Court from Wethersfield, was fined one shilling for not being present at the opening of the court at seven o'clock in the morning." The Rev. Dr. Field says that the George Hubbard who settled in r^Iiddletown "was a distinct person from the George Hub- bard who resided in Wethersfield, ^^lilford and Guilford. The genealogies of their families show this." Fortunately the will of George Hubbard of Middletown is still in existence. It is dated in 1681, and in it, he says he is 80 j-ears of age In 1685 the inventory of his estate was taken, in which it is stated that he died March 18, 1681. In 1639 his name appears in the list of the early settlers of Hartford. He was given six acres of land and ' ' b}^ courtesy of the town he had the privi- lege of wood and keeping cows on the common." His home-

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lot was adjacent to the land of James Ensign and George Graves, on a road that ran parallel with the Connecticut River. In 1040 he married Elizabeth Watts, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Watts of Hartford; and he was then assigned a home-lot and land on the east side of the Great River. In 1040 he was appointed appraiser of the estate of Edward Mason. In 1650 he left Hartford and settled in Mat- tabesett, so called till 1653 when it became Middletown. When he left Hartford he carried with him a commission from the colonial government as "Indian agent and trader for the Mattabesett district." He, with his wife and several children settled near the meeting-house yard, at the northern end of Main street and were neighbors to the first John Hall and his family. George Hubbard was one of the ten original found- ers of the 1st Church in Middletown in 1652. In 1654 he was freeman in Middletown. In 1666 he was the " Keeper of the meeting house ' ' and was allowed ' ' 40 shillings for sweeping the meeting house and keeping the glass ' ' (hour glass). This agreem^ent included the services of his eldest son, Joseph, who beat the drum to assemble the congregation and to give warning of the approach of Indians. George and Elizabeth (Watts) Hubbard are buried in the Riverside Ceme- tery, which was laid out in 1650 and was the only graveyard in Middletown till 1713; the inhabitants on both sides of the river using it. Members of this family were in the Revolu- tionary army, earl}^ and late, and proved themselves to be good soldiers. Nehemiah Hubbard, 2nd, held important armj- offices. Of the early Middletown Hubbards it is said: "They were intrepid, cool, not counting danger until it was past. In private life they were always to be relied upon for doing things that required steady nerves and physical courage. ' ' They were spry and active people and man}" of them were remarkable for longevity. Mr. Walter Hubbard, founder of Hubbard Park, Meriden, Conn., is of this family. In a sketch of his life published in the Connecticut Magazine for February 1899 it is said: "The ancestors of the family emigrated to this country from England in 1633 and their descendants have furnished a most remarkable record in the Revolutionar}' War,

86 Hubbard Family.

over five hundred members from Massachusetts and Connecti- cut serving in that struggle. ' '

CHILDREN OP GEORGE AXD ELIZABETH (WATTS) HUBBARD.

1. Mary — born in Hartford January 16, 1641, died December 18, 1721. She married, May 1659, Thomas Ranny, born in Scotland in 1616, died June 25, 1713, and was buried in the cemetery of the 2nd church of Christ of Middletown, Upper Houses, now Cromwell — the first burial there. He was accounted a wealth}^ man. His gravestone is still standing.

2. Joseph— horn in Hartford, December 10, 1643, died in Middletown, December 26, 16S6. He married Mary Porter, December 29, 1670. She was sister of Dr. Daniel Porter, w^as born in 1650, and died in Middletown, June 10, 1707. From this line of Porters descended Noah Porter, President of Yale College. Joseph — son of George Hubbard is mentioned in the records as assistant to his father in keep- ing in order the 1st church in Middletown. Lands were recorded to him in 1667. The inventory of his estate is filed in the Hall of Records, Hartford, Conn. His uncle, Capt. Thomas Watts, left him a legacy of one hundred pounds.

3. /^^?^2>/— baptized in Hartford December 7, 1645, died in Haddam November 9, 1704. He married 1st, Mary Clark, February 24, 1669. He married 2nd, Sarah Cornwell, born in Middletown October 1647, daughter of Sergeant Wil- liam Cornwell and his 2nd wdfe, Mary. Daniel Hubbard served in the French and Indian war in 1680, and removed to Haddam, Ponset district, about 1700.

4. Sam2tel—hoxn in Hartford, May 1648, and died there November 4, 1732. He married, August 9, 1673, Sarah Kirby, born in Middletown January 16, 1653. She was daughter of John and Elizabeth Kirby.

5. George — baptized in Hartford December 15, 1650. He died in Middletown in 1675.

6. Nat/iamel— horn in Middletown December 10, 1652, died there May 20, 1738. He married Mary Earl, May

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29, 1682. She was born in 1663 and died April 6, 1722. Nathaniel Hubbard contributed los., his brothers, Joseph 15s., Daniel 10s. and Richard 6s. toward the first church bell used in Middletown ; which bell supplanted the drum for calling the people together.

7. Richard— horn in Middletown, July 1655, died there July 30, 1732. He married, March 31, 1692, Martha Cornwell, born x\ugust 30, 1669, daughter of John and Mar- tha (Peck) Cornwell.

8. Slizabeth married Jhomas iOetmore, Jr.

{See Wet more Family).

Ili'atts familir.

1. Richard Watts married Elizabeth. . 2. Their daughter, Elizabeth Watts, married George Hubbard.

3. Their daughter, Elizabeth Hubbard, married ThomasWetmore, Jr.

4. Their daughter, Elizabeth Wetmore, married Ephraim Atkins.

5. Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

6. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

7. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their children were— 1. vSophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

RICHARD AND ELIZABETH WATTS.

Richard Watts was in Hartford in 1639. His home lot was on the west side of the "road from George Steele's to the Great Swamp." His widow Elizabeth died in 1666, her hus- band having been dead about nine years. She was his 2nd wife. In her will she mentions cousin Mary Smith in Ban- berry, Oxfordshire, daughter Hubbard, and cousin Elizabeth Hubbard. The name of Richard Watts appears among those who "by courtesie of the town, had the privilige of wood and keeping cows and so forth on the common " in Hartford.

Watts Family.

CHILiDREN OF RICHARD AlVD EL.IZABETH AVATTS.

1. William— ^^2.?, in Hartford in 1639, one of those who received land "by courtesie of the town." His home-lot adjoined his father's on the south. He married in Hartford in 1641, returned to England and died there before 1668.

2. Slizabeth married Qeorge J^ubbard, (See

Hubbard FaiiiHy.)

3. Eleanor— m2irr\Qdi 1st, in 1647, Nathaniel Brown of Hartford, who removed to Middle town in 1654. She mar- ried 2nd, Jasper Clements, of Middletovvm, where he died at the age of 64 years, leaving property for the support of schools in that town. He was born in England. She mar- ried 3rd, Nathaniel Willet, of Hartford.

4. Captain Thomas Watts— oi Hartford, born about 1626, married, May 1, 1645, Elizabeth, daughter of George Steele of Hartford. He was chimney viewer in 1651, Surveyor of highways in 1653 and 1657. He was Townsman from 1657 to 1662. He was appointed Sergeant of the Hart- ford trainband in 1669, Ensign in 1673, Lieutenant and Cap- tain in the year 1675. He headed his company in the desper- ate Narragansett fight December 19th, 1675, and seventeen of them were killed or wounded. "He was in good repute" and was put in command of the forces that went up the river in 1677. He died in 1683. He had brought up, from a child, his sister's son, Samuel Hubbard, and left his house and home-lot to him. The widow of Captain Thomas Watts died in 1684.

MaU 4^amili) of ^Hithllftoirn.

1. John Hall married Esther

2. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Elizabeth Cooke.

3. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Sarah Hinsdale.

4. Their son, Thomas Hall, married Margaret Hurlbut.

5. Their son, Samuel Hall, married ^Vlary Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harlev Hall.

8. Their daughter, Sophia F. Hall, married Levi E. Coe.

9. Their children were two sons, who died young.

Another line from John and Esther Hall.

1. John Hall married Esther

*2. Their daughter, Sarah Hall, married Thomas Wetmore.

3. Their son, Thomas Wetmore, married Elizabeth Hubbard.

4. Their daughter, Elizabeth Wetmore, married Ephraim Atkins.

5. Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

6. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

7. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

8. Their son, Harlev Hall, married Martha Cone Hall.

9. Their daughter, Sophia E. Hall, married Levi E. Coe. 10. Their children were two sons, who died young.

Another line from John and Esther Hall.

1. John Hall married Esther

2. Their daughter, Sarah Hall, married Thomas Wetmore.

3. Their daughter, Elizabeth Wetmore, married Josiah Atkins.

4. Their son, Ephraim Atkins, married Elizabeth Wetmore. '). Their son, Thomas Atkins, married Martha Miller.

6. Their daughter, Sarah Atkins, married Phineas Bacon.

7. Their daughter, Jemima Bacon, married Comfort Hall.

8. Their son, Harley Hall, married INIartha Cone Hall.

9. Their daughter, Sophia F. Hall, married Levi E. Coe. 10, Their children were two sons, who died young.

JOHN AND ESTHER HALL.

In 1G50 the domain of the great Sachem Sowheag, at

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Mattabeseck, was invaded b}^ the English. He seems to have made the ''pale faces" welcome, as he had already given lands at that place to Governor Haynes ; and we know he might easily have destroyed the few families who first settled there, had he chosen to do so. His authority extended to Wethersfield and probably to New Haven ; as part of that township was purchased of his son Montawese. His fort or castle was on Indian Hill, well above the dwellings of the new-comers, at a distance of half or three-quarters of a mile southwest; a location of great natural beauty, where he was able, by means of his whistle, to call around him many war- riors; it is said, to the number of five hundred, whose wig- wams w^ere thick on both sides of the Connecticut river. Into this stronghold of the Savages moved John Hall, with his three sons and a daughter, their families and belongings ; to make for themselves new homes. A committee appointed to explore the lands had reported that subsistence might be obtained on them for fifteen families. In November, 1653, the place w^as named Middletown. In 1654, probably about thirt}' families were living there. The largest collection was near the meeting-house, on the northern end of what is now Main street, above Washington. Twenty years after the first settlement there were only fifty-two householders in the town, among them John Hall, S^n. , and his sons — John, Richard and Samuel Hall. It is said, the Halls of Middletown had in England a coat of arms with the motto ' ' Fidelity. ' ' We look in vain for any other single word, that can so truly describe the hereditary character of the family.

Atkins says of Eong Hill, which lies south of the city of Middletown: "The settlement began near 1675 and the first settlers were Halls. They spread out from the First Society of Middletown Soon other settlers followed. The Halls were stout, strong, intellectual people. There is amongst the old papers in the family at Long Hill a deed of land from John Hall, Ensign, and w^ife to their son John Hall. Also, a paper conferring on John Hall a Captain's commission signed by John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut. The early settlers had a great deal of heavy work in clearing off the stones, as

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the old moss-covered walls will show. Nearly enough stones to fence the land were found on its surface ; and in some places were large boulders. These were cut and used for cellar walls . ' '

The first vote of Middletown, of which any record is kept, is the following : ' ' Feb. the 10th, 1652. It was agreed at a meet- ing at John Hall's hous, to build a meeting hous and to make it twenty fot square and ten fot between sill and plat, the heygt of it." We are glad to know that the meeting to plan for the first meeting-house was held at "John Hall's hous." The fact throws light on his circumstances and standing in the little community. Indeed, "The earliest records of Middle- town show that he was a man of distinction among his asso- ciates." Dr. Field sa^'S, "The original deed from the Indians to the inhabitants of Middletown was witnessed by John Hall and entered b}' John Hall Jun. in the old court book of rec- ords. ' ' The first meeting-house stood near the entrance to the first grave3^ard, now called Riverside Cemetery. One hun- dred and fifty acres were laid out for a parsonage, and a large piece of land for a "common." One of the earliest deeds on record is in volume 1, page 4, of the old land records of the town. It is a deed of sale to John Hall, of Buck Point, bounded south and east by Connecticut River. This point is opposite the city where the river turns toward the straits, and is now some distance inland owing to the accumulation around it of sand and debris brought down by the freshets year by year. John Hall, the emigrant ancestor of the Halls of ]Mid- dletown, was born in 1584, in the county of Kent, England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In 1633 he came from the West of England to Boston. He settled first in Cam- bridge and soon after removed to Roxbury, where the prefix of respect Mr. was accorded to him on the records of Mr. Eliot's church. In those days the prefix Mr. was given to only a few persons and indicated that they were entitled to great honor. An early rate bill, also of Roxbury, names him, with an estate of twelve acres and a family of four persons. In 1633 John Hall, John Oldham and two other men started for the Connecticut River, where they were reported to be in

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October of that year. In 1634 they returned to the Bay towns. It was their report of the rich lands on the Connecti- cut which led to the migration from Dorchester and Cam- bridge to Wethersfield, Windsor and Hartford in 1635 and 1636. In 1635 John Hall was made freeman in Boston. In 1639 he drew the home-lot, Number 77, of six acres on the brow of Lord's Hill, Hartford, Conn., and the same 3'ear he bought lands of William Hooker and of William Bloomfield. The Hall lot, No. 77, is the same as the home of the poetess Lydia H. Sigourne}-. In 1639 John Hall was named among those who "by courtesy of the town" of Hartford had "the privilege of w^ood and keeping cows &c. on the common." In 1610 he was surveyor of highways in Hartford. In 1650 he sold his house and home-lot, and removed with his famil}^ to Middletown, of which town he was one of the original propri- etors. His home-lot, containing five acres, was located on the northeast corner of Main and Washington streets. It extended down to the Great River, and adjoined the home-lot of his son-in-law, Thomas Wetmore. In vol. 1, page 5, Middletown records, John Hall, Sen., had lands recorded under date June 10th, 1654, He was a carpenter by trade. On March 19, 1659, the General Court, held at Hartford, appointed him ' ' For the entry and recording such goods as are subject to Customs for Middletown." Before, as well as after this time, he held divers offices of honor and trust. His will was dated May 14th, 1673, in which he stated that it was the 40th year of his living in New England and that he was then nearly 89 years old. He left a bequest "toward encouraging a reading and writing school in Middletown." It is probable his wife Esther died before the family emigrated from England. After her death he married Anna, daughter of John Willcoke.

In the 1st book of Land Records at Middletown, at the top of page 49, is recorded the death, on May 26th, 1673, of "John Hall, Senior." Directly under this and near to it, is written — "July 20th, 1678 Anna Hall, the wife of John Hall and daughter of John Willcoke ended this life about the 57th year of her age." Both entries are distinctly legible, they stand quite apart from everything else and have the appearance

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of belonging together, and of having been written at the same time, b}^ the same person. It is easy to believe that John Hall 2nd placed the record there, as he was Town Clerk and Re- corder at Middletown at the time these deaths occurred, and for more than twenty years after.

CHILDREN OF MR. JOHN AND ESTHER HALL..

(All born in England, and all died in Middletown, Conn.)

1. Deacon John— hoxw in 1619, died January 22, 1695. He was chosen Deacon of the church in Middletown March 11, 1670. Dr. Field says he was an ordained deacon. Deacon John Hall and Mary Hubbard, widow of Thomas Hubbard, "were joined in marriage covenant" October 1, 1674. She died June 27, 1709. She was Mary Curtice. Deacon John Hall was town clerk and recorder from 1661 to the end of his life in 1695. He represented the town in General Court in 1653 and at several other times. From the Middletown records : "Dec. 21, 1658 The towne agreede, at a towne meeting, w4lh John Hall, Junyer to make a new fery canew 30 foote long and five foote broade within side, to be made of chestnut treese and for which the towne agreede to give John Hall \ pounds in coin, hee to make this canew by the latter end of next March and they then to make there pay." He was a carpenter, and carried on that business with his father in Mid- dletown. His house was on his father's home-lot. In 1657 John Hall, Jr., was one of five chosen by the town, "for to view and measure and bound and Judge the Swamp In the long meadow that other men may be suited answerably in some other lands. " He was one of those appointed by the town to lay out all second and third divisions of land and to bound the same. November 24th, 1666, "The agreement that is between the town and Thomas Miller about the mill is com- mitted to John Hall the recorder to keep In his custody till the town and Goodman Miller Shall require it." "Nov. 11, 1669 the towne by a vooat agreed to build a new meeting hous of thirtie foote square and fifteen foote between joints, at the same meeting made choice of John Hall Jun. to be master workman for the buildinor of this hous." There was some

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difference of opinion as to the proper location for this "hous" but it was finally ' 'jointly agreed to set the meeting house in the midst of the highway, neer against the corners of George Hubbard and Thomas Wetmore [on the east side.]" In 1675 The General Court appointed ' * Nathaniel White and Deacon John Hall to lay out the bounds of Haddam both east and west according to the grants." "June 30, 1685. At the same towne meeting the towne made choyce of these men- tioned pattentees for the towne to procure a patten for the towne according to the Court order." Deacon Hall was one ' ' made choyce of, ' ' and the patent was granted ' ' by the Gov- ernor and Company assembled in General Court, unto Lieuten- ant Nathaniel White. Deacon John Hall" and others, and signed by Robert Treat, Governor. The will of Deacon John Hall, made May 23, 1691, gave most of his estate to his wife, Mary, with legacies to his stepson, Ebenezer Hubbard, and to the sons and grandsons of his brothers, Richard and Samuel. He was buried in the oldest graveyard in Middletown, not far from the Connecticut River — and the slab of brown stone which marks his grave still stands bravel}^ up and recites his virtues as follows :

" Here lyes our Deacon Hall, who studied peace with all, Was upright in his life, void of malignant strife. Gone to his rest, left us in sorrow, Doubtless his good works Avill him follow."

2. Richard— horn in 1620, came from Hartford to Middletown, with his wife Mary in the fall of 1650. The dates of the births of their six children are found on the Middle- town records, which also say, "Richard Hall, senior departed this life March 27, 1691. Mary Hall, the wife of Richard Hall, died March 30, 1691," only three days after his death. He was a large landholder and a weaver by trade. He had lands recorded June 9, 1654. His home-lot contained five acres and was a strip of land between Court and College streets, extending to High street. He probably started his apple orchard early, for in 1664 " his cider was stolen by three men. " He disposed of his estate as follows — to his son John

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his house and home-lot, to his son Samuel the house he built for his son John on High street, to his daughter Mary his Western street range of lots at Westfield, to his daughter, Sarah Blake, seven and one-half acres wood-lot ; to his daugh- ter Anna, 10 pounds. From Sarah (Hall) Blake descended Homer Crane Blake, one of Commodore Farragut's heroes at Mobile, during the war for the Union. He w^as captain in the U.S. navy and was afterward made Commodore.

3. Sarah married Jhomas iOetmore, (See wet-

more Family.)

4. Samuel married Slizabeth Cooke. {Xext in

line.)

A ver\' interesting sketch of the lives of the 1st John Hall and his sons may be gathered from the early records of Mid- dletown, in which they constantl}^ reappear in one capacit}^ or another. Here is an extract dated 1679 : "It was voated that a belle which is purchased by parte of the inhabitants of the towne and properly belongs to the purchasers and their heirs after them, that if the}^ be willing the sayd belle shall be hanged up in the meeting house that now is belonging to the sayd towne whether the towne will as a towne defraye ye charge of the sufficient hanging and fitting to suitable ringing of the sayd belle for the benefit of the towne and to pay yearly ye charge of ye ringing at all suitable seasons and so to con- tinue soe long as 3'e said purchasers shall see cause. The towne voated accepted the same above sa3'd." The names of the owners of the bell are recorded. Among them are John Hall, Sr., John Hall, Jr., Richard Hall and Samuel Hall, Jr.

SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH (COOKE) HALL

Samuel Hall, youngest child of John and Esther Hall, was born in 1626, and at the age of seven 3'ears came to Boston with his father, two brothers and a sister. The family was afterward in Hartford and arrived in Middletown, Ct., in 1650. June 10, 1655, Samuel Hall had lands recorded at ^Middletown. His home-lot of five acres was located on the east side of Main street, and extended to the river. The Mansion House block

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occupies a part of the front of this lot, on Main street. He was a farmer of many acres, and he also learned the carpen- ter's trade. In 1654 he was made freeman. In 1662 he married Elizabeth Cooke. She was born in 1 640, and was the eldest child of the first Thomas Cooke of Guilford and of his wife Elizabeth. After the death of Samuel Hall, his widow removed from Middletown to Guilford and lived there with her son Thomas. The following is from New Haven probate record: "Our honored father did in his lifetime, by w^ord, will that his grandchild Thomas Hall, son to his daughter Eliza- beth Hall should enjoy as his own inheritance, &c. To this will of our honored father, we his children freely consent." Signed by Thomas Cooke and Elizabeth Hall October 19, 1668, Samuel Hall was admitted to the church in Middle- town. October 29, 1676, his wife was admitted to the same church.

CHILDREN OF SAMLTEL, AND ELIZABETH (COOKE; HALL,.

1. ^eacon Samuel marned Sarah Jiinsdale,

{Xe.x't in Hue.)

2. John -born August 7, 1668.

3. Deacon TJiomas — born in Middletown, August 29, 1671, died in Guilford, February 11, 1753, aged 82 years. He married 1st, February 1, 1692, Mary Highland. She was born May 12, 1672, and died in April 1738. He married 2nd, Rachel, daughter of John Savage and widow of John Spinning of Middletown. She died January 19, 1752. He married 3rd, very late in life. Widow Abigail Seward. He was active in public affairs, moderator of town and society meetings, select- man, &c. He was deacon of the first church in Guilford and a captain of militia. He had several children born in Guilford.

DEACON SAMUEL AND SARAH (HINSDALE) HALL.

Deacon Samuel Hall, eldest child of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Cooke) Hall, was born at Middletown February 3, 1663. He was a farmer and settled first at Upper Houses, now Cromwell, on a farm given him by his father, and was made deacon of the church in that place soon after its organization.

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He removed to East Middletown, afterward Chatham, where he purchased a large tract of land. January 8, 1G91, he married Sarah Hinsdale, daughter of Barnabas and Sarah (White) Hinsdale, of Hatfield, Mass. She died between 1716 and 1722. He married, May 10, 1722, Elizabeth, widow of George Stocking of East Middletown. She died September 2, 1737, about the ()3rd year of her age. In 1895, the original book of records of the 1st church of East Mid- dletown, with its light-colored, flexible leather cover, was still well preserved; and this is the first entry — "Feb. 20, 1710, at a meeting of the inhabitants of the east side of the great river, Samuel Hall sen. was chos to keep their book." In 1715 at a meeting of the societ}' Samuel Hall was chosen "to keep the book and right the vote." He was clerk of this church dur- ing all its early historj', and seems to have kept "the bock" for the society before the church was organized ; for in 1719 the General Assembly granted to Middletown, east side, "the privilege of settling an orthodox minister and setting up the w^orship of God amongst them." Samuel Hall is named as one of the petitioners for parish privileges. Samuel Hall and Sarah Hurlbut were among those who in 1720 or 1721 signed the covenant and were the original members of the church. "1720, upon the petition of the inhabitants on the east side of the Connecticut river in Middletown for to be rate free from the country for the space of four years in the time of their charge, in settling a minister amongst them. It is granted by this Assembly that the rates for defraying the pub- lic charge of the Colony, and gathered in that society, for the space of two years next ensuing shall be improved for the settlement and support of the ministry in said societ}^, and shall be put into the hands of Mr. Samuel Hall ' ' (and two others), " who are hereby ordered and directed, carefully, ac- cording to their best discretion, to improve and la}^ it out from time to time for the use above said." (Rec. Conn. Gen. As- sembly.) In 1711 a town meeting in East Middletown peti- tioned the mother town across the river for permission to establish a school. Several things respecting it were ' ' pro- pounded," and the petition was signed b}- Samuel Hall and

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Ebeiiezer Hurlbut, among others. November 9, 1721, Samuel Hall was elected. Deacon of the Church in East Middletown. He was publicly ordained January 17, 1721, and held the ofiice till his death, March 6, 1710, in his 77th year. Judge Sewall thus describes the method of ordaining a Deacon: * ' In afternoon Mr. Willard ordained our brother * * to the ofi&ce of a Deacon (in November, 1685). Declared his accept- ance January 11th, first and now again. Propounded him to the congregation at Noon. Then in even propounded, him if any of the church or other had to object the}^ might speak. Then took the Church's Vote. Then called him up to the Pulpit, laid his Hand on's head and said I ordain Thee etc. etc., gave him his charge, then Pra^^ed and sung 2nd Part of 84th Psalm."

The Hall family of Middletown was, all along, rich in deacons ; and was allied, by successive marriages, with very many deacons of other names. Doubtless, these ancestors did impress upon their descendants serious views of the re- sponsibilities of life. The strictest uprightness was expected of the deacons of the early New England churches, and it is a matter of history that " Next to the Parson, they received the respect of the community." A pew was set apart for the deacons, near the pulpit, usuall}^ raised from the level of the meeting-house floor, where they sat together, often in high- backed chairs ; conspicuous figures, in front of the reverent congregation. Aside from the "Godly conversation " and ex- ample required by their office, they had duties for every Eord's day and additional duties for communion Sabbaths ; and they " dispensed the word " to the congregation when the minister was ab.sent. They usuall}^ furnished the wine for the com- munion service and many plans were devi.sed to pay them for it. Sometimes pa3^ment was made from the church rates and at other times by a special tax. In Farmington, Conn., in 1669, each male inhabitant was ordered to pay a peck of wheat, or one shilling, to the deacons of the church to defray the ex- penses of the Sacrament.

In Groton church, in 1759, "1 coppers for every Sacra- ment for 1 year" was demanded from each communicant.

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The deacons religiousl}^ watched the people, to be sure that no unacceptable person partook of the Holy Sacrament. They visited and prayed with the sick and went to the homes of the church members to hear their children say the catechism. They took charge of the contributions and provided for the poor. Lechford thus describes the manner of giving in the Boston church in 1641: "Baptism being ended, follows the contribution, one of the deacons saying, Brethren of the Congregation, now there is time left for contribution ; where- of as God has prospered you, so freely offer. The Magistrates and chief gentlemen first, and then the Elders and all the congregation of them, and most of them that are not of the church, all single persons, widows and women in absence of their husbands, came up one after another, one way, and bring their offering to the deacon at his seat, and put it into a box of wood for the purpose, if it be mone}- or papers. If it be any other Chattel, they set or lay it down before the deacons and so pass on to their seats again ; which mone}" and goods the deacons dispose towards the maintainance of the Minister and the poor of the church and the churches occasions, with- out making account ordinaril3^"

The records, kept by the 1st Deacon Samuel Hall of East Middletown, give an account of the "meeting of the inhabit- ants on the east side of the Great River at ^Middletown to con- sider the building of a meeting-house." A committee was appointed and twenty men pledged themselves to pa}^ their equal proportion according to their estates. This agreement was signed b}^ Ebenezer Hurlbut and by Samuel Hall. It was decided that the meeting-house should be built ' ' at the corner of Samuel Hall's lot, commonl}- known as Hall's Hill.' ' Samuel Hall was one of a committee of three, 'chosen to pro_ cure a minister. In 1770, long after the above good Deacon's death, another Samuel Hall was one of " a committee of 5 appointed by the first Society of Chatham to seat the meeting- house in s'd Society." Their report sets forth that "they have seated it as entered within ' ' ; and gives a plan of the house, with the seats designated, and assigned to the individ- uals named. At a later time, Halls of the Middletown family

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were pioneers in the development of the brownstone quarries of Portland.

CHILDREN OF DEACON SAMUEL. AND SARAH (HINSDALE) HaLL.

1. Sarah— hoxw May 16, 1692, died December 16, 1712.

2. Elizabeth— horn August 26, 1694, married, July 5, 1722, Steven Stocking. She died in 1756.

3. Samiicl-horn March 28, 1697, died February 22, 1713.

4. John— horn August 19, 1699, died January 3, 1767 — aged 67. He was born in Upper Houses and died in East Middletown. He married 1st, July 19, 1722, Mary Ran- ney. He married 2nd, September 30, 1765, Sarah, daughter of Deacon John Gains of Upper Houses. John Hall was a farmer and resided in East Middletown.

5. Jhomas married Margaret Jiurlbut, (A>r/ /n

line.)

6. Isaac— horn May 2, 1709.

Deacon Samuel and Elizabeth (Stocking) Hall had a son Samuel, born August 15, 1721, who died April 2, 1810, aged 86.

THQMAS AND MARGARET (HURLBUT) HALL.

Thomas Hall, 5th child of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Hinsdale) Hall, was born in Middletown October 15, 1707. Margaret Hurlbut, 3rd child of Ebenezer and Sarah (Dickens) Hurlbut, was born October 30, 1715. They were married September 30, 1736. vShe joined church July 12, 1747. He died March 7, 1789, in his 82nd year. She died April 14, 1801, in her 86th year. They settled in East Haddam and were the ancestors of the Halls of that place.

On the hill at East Haddam center, on the west side of a wide, old country road, stands a Congregational church built in 1794. It is of wood and painted white. The nails used in building it are of wrought iron and were made by the descend- ants of Thomas Hall ; who besides being farmers were black- smiths as well. When the church was one hundred years old.

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some of the nails, left when it was built, were still kept and shown as a curiosity in East Haddam. At a short distance south of the church, on the same side of the quiet street, is a grass}' graveyard with a row of pine trees, nearly across the middle of it. While there has been no attempt to make a flower garden of the place, it has the air of having never been forgotten and neglected. At the left of the gate which opens from the street, and not far from the entrance, may be seen the graves of Thomas and Margaret (Hurlbut) Hall and many of their descendants. There is a striking absence of poetry from the stones which mark these graves, or advice to the living, or remarks setting forth the virtues of the departed, or orna- ment of any sort. Good, substantial, well lettered and well set, they express the characteristics of the family.

The will of Thomas Hall is dated in 1784. He mentions * ' wnfe Margaret ' ' and gives ' ' Son Samuel all my estate of landed interest, upon condition, that he, in three years, pay all legacies and bequests." He names his five daughters and bequeaths to each her portion in " Spanish milled dollars," and to the ' * heirs of Son Ebenezer, being a son and daughter 300 Spanish milled dollars or gold coin." He names the husbands of his daughters, and appoints his sons Thomas, Samuel and Abner, executors.

CHIIiDREN OF THOMAS AXD MARGARET HURLBUT) HAL.L..

1. Thomas— horn May 18, 1738, bapt. July 2, 1738, joined church April 1781, married, January 20, 1782, Polly Smith, both of East Haddam. He died March 1, 1799. She died June 20, 1858, aged 97. Their daughter Esther died at the age of 80.

2. Ebenezer — born September 12, 1739, bapt. No- vember 10, 1739, died March 27, 1711, in his 2nd year. He is buried in the Cove graveyard, East Haddam, by the side of his grandfather, Ebenezer Hurlbut, aged 87 years (gravestones).

3. Sarah — born February 18, 1711, bapt. March 29, 1711, married. January 10, 1761, Daniel Wetmore of Middle- town.

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were pioneers in the development of the brownstone quarries of Portland.

CHIIiDREN OF DEACON SAMUEL AND SARAH (HINSDALE) HaLL..

1. Sarah— hoxYL May 16, 1692, died December 16, 1712.

2. Elizabeth — born August 26, 1694, married, July 5, 1722, Steven Stocking. She died in 1756.

3. Saimcel—horrv March 28, 1697, died February 22, 1713.

1. John— horn August 19, 1699, died January 3, 1767 — aged 67. He was born in Upper Houses and died in East Middletown. He married 1st, July 19, 1722, Mary Ran- ne3\ He married 2nd, September 30, 1765, Sarah, daughter of Deacon John Gains of Upper Houses. John Hall was a farmer and resided in Hast Middletown.

5. Jhomas married Margaret Jiurlbut. {Next ui

line.)

6. Isaac— hoxri May 2, 1709.

Deacon Samuel and Elizabeth (Stocking) Hall had a son Samuel, born August 15, 1724, who died April 2, 1810, aged 86.

THQMAS AND MARGARET (HURLBUT) HALL.

Thomas Hall, 5th child of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Hinsdale) Hall, was born in Middletown October 15, 1707. Margaret Hurlbut, 3rd child of Ebenezer and Sarah (Dickens) Hurlbut, was born October 30, 1715. They were married September 30, 1736. vShe joined church July 12, 1747. He died March 7, 1789, in his 82nd year. She died April 14, 1801, in her 86th year. They settled in East Haddam and were the ancestors of the Halls of that place.

On the hill at East Haddam center, on the west side of a wide, old country road, stands a Congregational church built in 1794. It is of wood and painted white. The nails used in building it are of wrought iron and were made by the descend- ants of Thomas Hall ; who besides being farmers were black- smiths as well. When the church was one hundred years old,

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some of the nails, left when it was built, were still kept and shown as a curiosity in East Haddam. At a short distance south of the church, on the same side of the quiet street, is a grass3^ graveyard with a row of pine trees, nearly across the middle of it. While there has been no attempt to make a flower garden of the place, it has the air of having never been forgotten and neglected. At the left of the gate w^hich opens from the street, and not far from the entrance, may be seen the graves of Thomas and Margaret (Hurlbut) Hall and many of their descendants. There is a striking absence of poetry from the stones w^hich mark these graves, or advice to the living, or remarks setting forth the virtues of the departed, or orna- ment of any sort. Good, substantial, well lettered and well set, they express the characteristics of the family.

The. will of Thomas Hall is dated in 1784. He mentions ' ' wife Margaret ' ' and gives ' ' Son Samuel all my estate of landed interest, upon condition, that he, in three years, pay all legacies and bequests." He names his five daughters and bequeaths to each her portion in " Spanish milled dollars," and to the "heirs of Son Ebenezer, being a son and daughter 300 Spanish milled dollars or gold coin." He names the husbands of his daughters, and appoints his sons Thomas, Samuel and Abner, executors.

CHIIiDREX OF THOMAS AM3 MARGARET HURLBUT) HALL,.

1. Thomas— horn May 13, 1738, bapt. July 2, 1738, joined church April 17S1, married, January 20, 1782, Polly Smith, both of East Haddam. He died ^larch 1, 1799. She died June 20, 1858, aged 97. Their daughter Esther died at the age of 80.

2. Ebenezer — born September 12, 1739, bapt. No- vember 10, 1739, died March 27, 1711, in his 2nd year. He is buried in the Cove graveyard. East Haddam, by the side of his grandfather, Ebenezer Hurlbut, aged 87 years (gravestones).

3. SaraJi — born February 18, 1711, bapt. March 29, 1711. married, January 10, 1761, Daniel Wetmore of :^Iiddle- town.

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4. Samuel married Mary Pratt {Next in une.)

5. Ebenezer—hoxr^ February 26, 1744, bapt. April 15, 1744.

G. Margaret— hQxn June 13, 1746, bapt. August 10, 1746, married Joseph Fowler, son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Metcalfe) Fowler, October 21, 1771. They joined church February 27, 1774. He died in 1819, aged 71.

7. Jeininia—hoxw May 31, 1748, bapt. July 3, 1748, joined church August 8, 1773, married Zachariah Cone.

8. ^<5;/^r— bapt. July 1, 1750. Captain Abner Hall married. November 29, 1772, Phebe Percival. Both of East Haddam. She joined church in September, 1802. They had a daughter Fidelia Hall.

9. Rachel— h^i^t. April 1, 1753, died young.

10. Statira— horn June 19, 1755, bapt. August 5, 1756, married Esophos Spencer.

11. Rachel— horn February 9, 1758, bapt. April 15, 1759, married John Potter Albertson, May 26, 1782.

SAMUEL AND MARY (PRATT) HALL.

Ensign Samuel Hall, of East Haddam, and Mary Pratt of Lebanon, Conn., were married November 15, 1764. He was the 4th child of Thomas and Margaret (Hurlbut) Hall and was born September 25, 1742.

She was the eldest child of Reverend Peter and Mary (Metcalfe) Pratt and was born August 6, 1742. He was bap- tized November 7, 1742.

She joined church November 12, 1778, and in less than three months thereafter, seven children of Samuel and her- self were baptized in one day ; the 7th of February, 1779, in the midst of a New England winter. Their home was on a hilltop in the country, quite away from the church, and the youngest of the seven who were baptized that day, was less than two years old. In 1895, the granddaughter and name- sake of Mary (Pratt) Hall distinctly remembered her, as "a

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little bit of a woman — very spry — a good Christian — very par- ticular to always go to church." The women of the family in later generations were regular and systematic contributors to the work of the church ; so much so, that the collector said, she always knew just how much they would give, when she called for the money, and they always had it ready. She added, " The}^ w^ere very correct people."

Mr. Niles, in his book, "The old Chimney Stacks of East Haddam, " says, "Samuel Hall was a man of considerable in- fluence. His wife was a spry little woman, w4th complection quite dark. ' '

It is related that a stranger who called at the house to see Mr. Hall, mistook her position in the family and accosted her with the question, '* Where is your master? " She replied — " Sir, I would have you understand that I have no master' but God. ' ' She was very smart, till about six months before her death ; wdien she began to fail and died at the age of 92 years. Her daughter Statira, known as "Aunt Statty " lived with and took care of her in her old age. This daughter had married a man named Spencer, who was very cruel to her ; so her father had taken her away from him and brought her to her old home again. The man Spencer died at the age of 51, eleven years before the death of her mother.

Samuel Hall's seat in church was in the pulpit with the minister, and he used an ear-trumpet to. hear the preaching. He was a scythe maker and blacksmith — became very deaf — thought his business made him so — gave it up and devoted himself to the care of his large farm.

White marble slabs, unusually thick and heavy, mark the resting place of Samuel and Mary (Pratt) Hall. One is somewhat larger than the other and is inscribed, "In mem- ory of Mr. Samuel Hall, who died March 10, 1828, aged 85 years." Hers reads: "Mary, wife of Samuel Hall deceased. Died August 15, 1833, aged 92."

In 1894, visitors to the old Hall homesteads of East Had- dam found the houses of Samuel Hall and his son " Diah " still standing, with no apparent reason that they should not be so for the next hundred vears. Thev are within hailing

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distance of each other, on a hill, near Bashan Pond. Thomas Hall, Samuel's brother, once lived near, at the corner of the Town Hill road ; and here, in a group, three or four Hall families, with many children, lived and carried on their farm- ing and iron work. They made scythes, tires, nails of wrought iron, etc., in an age when the "smithery " produced many articles which are now made in the iron founderies, that have sprung up in the land. The two buildings remaining from the old time are large, white houses with immense stone chimneys, beams great and heavy, dark with age, and quite too hard to be chipped off by relic hunters. The floors are of the thickest oaken planks, and altogether, the massiveness and durability are wonderful for houses of wood. The old homes are exposed to the broad sunlight, though trees and bushes are abundant in the near vicinity. There is no doubt of the purity of the water of which Samuel and Mary drank, or of the air which surrounded their dwelling and came in at their doors and wnndows, to be drawn out again, by way of that great chimne}^ and its ample fireplaces. But lives of eighty-five and even of ninet5^-two years, soon come to an end. The Halls are all gone ; and a great stillness has fallen on their former habitations.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEI^ AND MARY (PRATT HALIi,

1. Samitel—hoxw June 30, 1766, bapt. February 7, 1779, married Hannah Cone, July 9, 1789. They lived in Wapping, Conn., and had a son Harmon, born May 6, 1790.

2. Mary—horw January 11. 1768, bapt. February 7, 1779, married Doctor Jonah Cone January 11, 1797. "He was a practicing physician in the town of East Haddam for a period of forty years and was a very estimable and popular man." (Hist, of Middlesex Co.)

3. Sylvester— \)QTx^ January 10, 1770, bapt. Feb- ruary 7, 1779, married, January 10, 1798, Margaret Plumb. She died January 1, 1803, aged 27 years. He married 2nd, July 5, 18 4, Elizabeth Brainard, of Haddam Neck. She died January 16, 1819, aged 43 j^ears.

4. Wealthy -hoxw September 30, 1771, bapt. Feb-

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ruary 7, 1779, married, February 17, 1811, Elijah Selden of Windham.

5. Lica'a—hora April 19, 1773, bapt. February 7, 1779, died unmarried. She had the reputation of being "A very nice woman."

6. Betsey— horn February 22, 1775, bapt. February 7, 1779, married Burwell Newton, of Durham, December 20, 1814.

7. ^/<^//r^— born April 21, 1777, bapt. February 7, 1779, married 1st, November 15, 1801, Samuel Spencer, 2nd, a man named Taylor, and 3rd, Mr. Lewis of Great Barring- ton, Mass., where she died.

8. Jedadiak— horn April 9, 1780, bapt. May 21, 17S0, married, December 29, 1808, Hannah Spencer of East Haddam, daughter of David and Lydia Spencer. She died December 10, 18GI, aged 81. He died November 15, 1867, aged 87. He was a small man— notably active, and quick in his movements. One who remembers him well, says "He always acted as though he would rather jump over a fence than not." They had one child — Emeline, born ]May 21, 1810. She died unmarried, of cancer.

9. iOilliam married Martha Cone, (av i / /;/ //ne.)

WILLIAM AND MARTHA (CONE) HALL

William Hall, 9th and youngest child of Samuel and Mary (Pratt) Hall was born in East Haddam, Conn., June 2, 1782. He married Martha Cone, 11th and youngest child of Sylvanus and Hannah (Ackley) Cone, December 6, 1803. She w^as born September 6, 1784, and baptized at Millington, September 1, 1793. He died in Chatham, Conn., April 23, 1822, aged 39 years. She married 2nd, July 24, 1823, Oliver Deane. He died August 20, 1823, aged 36 years. She died October 25, 1S53, in New York City and was buried in Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn. William and Martha (Cone) Hall spent the early years of their married life in East Haddam and later removed to Chatham. He was a scythe maker, and long after his death his daughter took pleasure in

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saying the scythes he made ' ' were good ones, and people came from far and near to buy them " ; in an age when mowing machines were as 3^et unheard of. He went South on busi- ness and while absent from home contracted a fever of which he died. He was interred in the graveyard which was after- ward destroyed to accommodate the Portland stone quarry. His remains were removed to the Indian Hill Cemetery at Middletown after having been buried thirty-five years.

When Mr. Oliver Deane and Mrs. Martha (Cone) Hall were married, nine children stood up together, to witness the ceremony. Six were his, by a former marriage, and three were children of herself and William Hall. Mr. Deane died in less than a month after this second marriage and she lived a widow thirty years and died of erysipelas in her head at the age of 69. When she moved into his family, she brought with her a barrel /?<'// of crackers, which she had made her- self ; took the cover off and said, ' ' Children, help yourselves. ' ' At least one of the Deanes remembered in old age " How good those crackers tasted," as she told this little incident of the coming of her new mother.

After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Martha Deane lived many years in Middletown, Conn., where she was a de- voted member of the 1st Congregational church ; and the records of that church tell us this of her dismissal — "Nov 2nd, 1818, the church voted that the widow Martha Deane, William H. Hall, and Louisa D. Hall be dismissed from this church to the Presbyterian church in Mercer street. New York " ; in which city she spent her last j'ears, with her son and his famil}-.

She was a very sincere Christian. Dail}' reading aloud of the word of God, followed by the morning prayer, with her family and for her absent children, was, to her, as important as^the famil}^ breakfast. She was faithful, patient, helpful cheerful — with the utmost devotion lo those she loved. All rough, coarse manners were especially offensive to her, and her habits of exquisite neatness added not a little to the fatigues of her life. She was inately refined and proud withal, after her own fashion. She had a dread of becoming

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antiquated, and as she grew older, took care to adopt the customs and modes of speech of the later generation. She was' lovable to the last and was affectionately called ' ' Aunt Deane ' ' by a large circle of friends.

CHILDREN OK AVILLIAM AND MARTHA CONE) HALt,,

1. Martha Cone married Jiarley Jiall. {See

Hall fauiily of ]]\il!iiio;ford.)

2. William Henry— ^^-2.^ born in East Haddam, June B, 1813. He was married in New York city, by Rev. x\lonzo Wheelock, to Jane Maria Miner, December 3<», 1841. They had four children. He died of consumption in West Philadelphia, Penn. , September 22, 1861. When quite young he went into a store in Middletown, to learn the crockery business. He was later a merchant in New York City and afterward manager of Dun's Commercial Agency in Montreal, Canada. He enjoyed social life in Montreal, was much inter- ested in church work there, and left that cit}^ with regret, at the bidding of his physician, who thought the condition of his lungs would not permit him to spend another winter in the climate of Canada. He was a Christian gentleman and carried through life the same anxiety to do no w^rong, which is shown in this story of his boyhood. When he was a little fellow and lived with his parents in East Haddam, it so happened that his mother went to Middletown and purchased materials for a new gown. After her return, she sent William Henry on an errand to his Aunt Emmons, who lived near — and as he went out, his mother said, "now don't go up there and tell them I've got a new dress." He soon came flying and puffing back, and his mother asked, "What made you hurry so?" He replied, "Aunt Emmons asked me if my mother got a new gown to-da}^ and I couldn't say 7io, because that would be a //e, and I couldn't say j'e^, because that would be tellmg, so I ran home, as fast as I could come."

3. Louisa Deaiie—ss2i'=> born October 3, 1820. She was named Louisa Wright, but Wright was afterward changed to Deane. She died unmarried, in Fair Haven, Conn., December 24, 1877, and was buried in Indian Hill Cemeterv.

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Descendants of the 1st John Hall of Middletown are highly valued citizens of Vermont. They seem to have kept up the reputation of the family as deacons. Rev. Mr. Jennings in his memorial of Bennington, speaks of Deacon Nathaniel Hall as "an Israelite indeed, in whom there was no guile." Highland Hall was one of the original members and first dea- cons of the church in Cornwell, Vt. He was Orderly Sergeant in 1777 and afterward Commissary of Issues. Amos Hall was a fifer in the Revolutionary army at the age of 14 years, and appears later as a member of the Cincinnati, member of the New York Legislature and Major General of Militia in the war of 1812. Stephen Hall served through the Revolutionary war and was a member of the Cincinnati. A roll of Captain Stephen Hall's company is found in the State Department. Highland Hall, of a later generation than Deacon Highland, was a lawyer — Representative of Bennington at the Legislature — State's Attorney — Congressman for the Southern District of Vermont for ten years — Judge of the Supreme Court — Con- troller of the United States Treasury — and was an agent of the United States to adjust claims in the newly acquired terri- tory, under the treat}^ with Mexico. He was Governor of Vermont and President of Vermont Historical Societ}^ He was greatly interested in historical and genealogical matters — was a contributor to the New Bng. Hist. Gen. Reg. and similar publications. He was author of a History of Ver- mont; in which State the Hall family of Middletown, Conn., is still ably represented.

€oo\\t f amih).

1. Thomas Cooke married Elizabeth.

2. Their daughter, Elizabeth Cooke, married Samuel Hall.

3. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Sarah Hinsdale.

4. Their son, Thomas Hall, married Margaret Hurlbut.

5. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Mar}' Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus,

THOMAS AND ELIZABETH COOKE.

Thomas Cooke was one of the original immigrant settlers of Guilford, who sailed from London about ]May 25, 1631) and entered New Haven harbor sometime near the begining of July. After landing at New Haven, they soon, under the friendly direction of Mr. Davenport and Mr. Eaton, selected Menuncatuc as the place of their plantation and soon named the new^ town Guilford, after an English city. Many of them were persons of distinction and influence in England. While yet on shipboard the company organized as a separate com- munity and entered into relations expressed in the following covenant.

"We, whose names are hereunder written, intending by God's gracious permission, to plant ourselves in New Eng- land, and if it may be, in the southerly part, about Quinnipiac, we do faithfuU}^ promise, each to each, for ourselves and fami- lies and those that belong to us, that we will, the Lord assist- ing us, sit down and join ourselves together in one intire plantation, and to be helpful each to the other in every com- mon work, according to every man's abilit}', and as need shall require ; and we promise not to desert or leave each other or the plantation, but wnth the consent of the rest, or the

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greater part of the company who have entered into this agree- ment. As for our gathering together in a church way and the choice of officers and members to be joined together in that way, we do refer ourselves until such time as it shall please God to settle us in our plantation. In witness whereof we subscribe our hands the 1st day of June 1639. ' ' Their leader, the Rev. Henry Whitfield, was a man of wealth. The famous old stone house at Guilford was built for him in 1639-40. The house was also used by the settlers as a sort of fort to protect themselves against the Indians. Tradition says the stones used in building it, were brought in hand barrows and leath- ern aprons, from a ledge not far distant.

" Thomas Cook was the last of the signers of the planta- tion covenant except Mr. Whitfield. He was quite a young man when he came to Guilford and lived to be the last sur- vivor of the twenty-five original signers. He died at Guilford Dec. 1, 1692. He was representative to the General Court at Hartford May 1666, was usually the Juror from Guilford after the county courts were established in 1666, and held many other honorable offices." (Steiner's Guilford.)

He married 1st, Elizabeth , 2nd, Hannah Landon, in

Guilford, March 13, 1668. She died July 7, 1676.

CHII.DREA' OP TH03IAS AMD ELIZABETH COOKE.

1. Slizabeth married Samuel Jiall, (See Haii

fa m ily of Middletoicu . )

2. Thomas, Jr — born in 1612, married Sarah Mason of Saybrook, April 15, 1677. She died July 6, 1701. He died in 1701.

3. Sarah— m2.xxv^^ Thomas Hall.

1. Robert Hinsdale married Ann.

2. Their son, Barnabas Hinsdale, married Sarah White.

3. Their daughter, Sarah Hinsdale, married Samuel Hall.

4. Their son, Thomas Hall, married Margaret Hurlbut.

5. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Marj- Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harle}- Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betse}', 4. Rufus.

DEACON ROBERT AND ANN HINSDALE.

Robert Hinsdale came to Massachusetts about 1G38 and was. one of the founders of the church at Dedhani, November 8th of that year. He was admitted freeman at Dedham, March 13, 1639, and held a town office the same j-ear. In 1645 he became a member of the iVncient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Four years later the people of Dedham determined to organize a new town, and Mr. Hins- dale was one of the committee to effect such object, as is shown by the Dedham town records of November 11, 1619. In 1651 the General Court incorporated the town, the forty-first in the Colony, and named it Medfield. Robert Hinsdale was chosen one of its first Board of Selectmen and served in that capacity for six years. He was among the first thirteen who took up house lots at Medfield and he was active in forming a church there. His homestead was on, what was later. North Street. The original well is still in use (1891). In 1659 he purchased a bell and ' ' brought it up for the use of the town. ' ' Soon after that the town granted him 16 acres of land. He built a mill there, which is believed to have been burned by the Indians in 1676. He has been styled by one historian "a born pioneer," and such he appears to have been, as after partici-

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pating in the founding of Dedham and Medfield, he removed with his famil}^, about 1667, to the Connecticut valley ; set- tling first at Hadley and later at Deerfield, where he was an original proprietor and Deacon of the church ; and where he drew by lot, in 1671 the site of the present Willard House. His removal to this section was doubtless to occupy his por- tion of the eight thousand acres grant of the General Court, to the inhabitants of Dedham, in consideration of their gift of land to the Indians at Natick. Robert Hinsdale married 1st,

Ann • who was the mother of his children. She was a

sensitive, shrinking woman, and fainted away on the road to church to make profession of her faith, "not being able to speak in public. ' ' After her death he married Elizabeth, widow of John Hawkes of Hadle3^ She had not the timidity of the departed Ann, but was so self-assertive that her new husband, who " said it was his business to keep her in order," got into trouble trying to do so. He was slain by Indians at Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675, and she married 3rd, Thomas Dib- ble of Windsor, Conn. Levi P. Morton, Governor and Vice- President, United States, is a descendant of Robert and Ann Hinsdale. In the published "Memoranda" of his ancestors it is assumed that she was daughter of Peter Woodward, Sen. , of Dedham. The public record says "An Woodward de- ceased 3'e 4th June 1666."

CHILDREN OF DEACON ROBERT AND ANN HINSDAIiE.

1. Samuel — removed to the Connecticut valley with his father and was living at Hatfield in 1670, when he took up lands at Deerfield. In 1673 the General Court, in answer to the petition of Samuel Hinsdale and others, allowed the peti- tioners the ''liberty of a township " seven miles square, and appointed Samuel Hinsdale with five others "a committee to admit inhabitants, grant lands and order all their prudential affairs until they shall be in a capacity to manage their own aifairs " During the two ensuing years the committee was not idle. Lands were granted, claims adjusted, a church formed, and in execution of one of the provisions of the Gen- eral Court in its grant, " An able, orthodox minister" in the

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person of Rev. Samuel Mather, was settled in the infant town, by this time known as Deerfield and so soon to receive its baptism of blood at the hands of the savages. Samuel Hins- dale was among its most prominent and energetic citizens, with the promise of usefulness and strength when he met his untimely death, at Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675. He married, October 31, 1660, Mehitabel Johnson, daughter of Humphrey and Ellen (Cheney) Johnson. They had seven children, one of whom, Sarah, born at Hadley, married in 1692, Samuel Janes of Northampton and was murdered with her husband and three children, by the Indians in 1704. Mahumen Hinsdale, son of Samuel and Mehitabel, said to be the first white male child born at Deerfield, was taken captive by the Indians in 1709, taken from the Indians by the French and sent to France, but after three years' absence, returned to Deerfield, where he died, ^lay 9, 1736. He was father of Colonel Hinsdale, who was graduated at Harvard in 1727 — was ordained in 1733 — and the town of Hinsdale, New Hamp- shire, was named in his honor. Mehitabel (Johnson) Hins- dale married 2nd, John Root, who was killed at Deerfield, Sep- tember 19, 1677, by Indians. She married in 1679 Deacon John Coleman of Hatfield. She died August 4, 1689.

2. Elizabeth — was married, July 7,1657, in Boston, by Governor Endicott, to James Rising.

3. ^artxabas married Sarah iOhite, ix^ui m.

line.)

4. Gamaliel— horn March 5, 1642, died at Medfield in 1689. He married, November 7, 1672, Rachel Martin, who died in 1679. They had one child, John, who died young.

5. Mary—\)oxn the 14th and bapt. the 25th of Feb- ruary, 1644, married in 1664, Daniel Weld, first recorder of Medfield

6. ExpeiHence — born January 23, bapt. February 8, 1646, married, October 10, 1672, Mary, daughter of John Hawkes of Hadley, and brought his bride to Deerfield. He was one of the guides to Captain Turner and his company, on their march against the Indians May 18, 1676 and lost his life in that expedition.

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7. Jo/iJi—horw January 27, bapt. April 16, 1648, slain by Indians at Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675

8. Ep/ir aim— horn September 26, bapt. October 27, 1()50, removed from Hatfield to Deerfield, but returned to Hatfield where he died, August 20, 1681. He married in 1676, Mehitabel, daughter of John Pl3^mpton. She married 2nd, John Gardner. Her father was burned at the stake by the Indians.

Bloody Brook Massacre.

The historians Trumbull, Hollister, Bancroft, Goodrich, Barber and John Fiske have been consulted for the following account, and also the Hon. Edward Everett's anniversary address.

The year 1675 was distinguished for a memorable war in New England, with the Indians, called King Philip's war; by which the peace of the Colonies was greatly disturbed and their existence for a time seriously endangered. On the 1st of September of that year, an attack was made simultaneous!}^, upon Deerfield and Hadle}", Mass., when Goffe the regicide appeared and led the whites to victory. This repulse did not check for a moment the activity of the Indians. On the 2nd of September they killed eight men at Northfield, and on the 4th they killed Captain Beers and most of his company of thirty-six men, marching to the relief of that village. It was ordered that one thousand men be raised for the general defense. Of these, Connecticut was to furnish three hundred and fifteen as her proportion.

A large part of this force was placed under the command of Major Robert Treat and employed in protecting the border towns of Massachusetts. The next day but one, after the destruction of Captain Beers and his company, as Major Treat •came up the road with a company of Connecticut soldiers, they found long poles planted by the wa3^side, bearing the heads of their unfortunate comrades. They were attacked, but beat the enemy off and brought away the people of North- field That village was abandoned and presently Deerfield shared its fate and the people were crowded into Hadley ;

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where a considerable number of soldiers were posted, for the protection of the neighboring towns. When most of the houses of Deerfield were burned, and the inhabitants fled to Hadley, they left a large quantity of wheat, partly threshed, behind them. Much of it was stacked in the field, and so escaped the conflagration. The grain was needed for food ; the people could ill afford to waste this product of the sum- mer's toil, and it was determined to transport it to Hadley Eighteen carts w^ere sent up with men and farmers to finish the threshing and bring in the wheat. The}^ were escorted by Captain Thomas Lathrop and his trainband of eighth- young men, known as "The Flower of Essex," "Picked men, culled out of the towns of that county, and perhaps the best drilled company in the Colony. ' '

(Barnabas Hinsdale was a member of Lathrop' s military company, and his father and two brothers were of the party which went after the wheat). The threshing was finished, the grain was loaded, together with a few household belong- ings that were to be brought away from the devastated village of Deerfield, and the party proceeded toward Hadley. After leaving Deerfield meadows, about three miles of the march was through a very level country closely wooded. At length in the southerly part of Deerfield, the road crossed a small stream, bordered by a narrow morass thickly covered by brush. Till then the part}^ had been unmolested and the soldiers w^ere not anticipating danger. Many of them had placed their arms upon the carts to be carried

At seven o'clock in the morning as they were fording the shallow stream, in the shadow of over-arching trees, and some of them were eating of the wild grapes which hung from the branches, they were attacked by a horde of ambushed Indians, so suddenly and with such ferocity that notwithstanding the desperate resistance they made, they were overwhelmed and nearly all cut off. Captain Lathrop " A godly and courageous commander ' ' fell in the earl}- part of the action.

The fall of such a fine body of men, was a heavy loss to the country, especially to the county of Essex, filling it with great and universal lamentation. The little stream that

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runs through the tranquil scene, by its name of blood com- memorates the massacre of that day. Captain Mosel}^ with his company of seventy men, was near enough to hear the guns, and hurried forward for the relief of L,athrop ; but it was too late. He found the savages had done their bloody work and were stripping the dead. The woods were filled with Indians. He computed their number at one thousand war- riors ; and so emboldened w^ere they by their recent success, that they did not seek to hide themselves, but came out and mockingly dared him to fight. From eleven o'clock in the morning till almost night, Mosely and his men contested the bloody field with them. At length the English were com- pelled to retreat. The Indians cut open the sacks of wheat and some feather beds that lay scattered about among the dead bodies and strew^ed their contents upon the winds. Then with 3^ells they commenced the pursuit. A woful flight it would have been, but just at that moment, w^hen the little army seemed hurrying to an inevitable doom, again appeared ' * that good angel Major Robert Treat ' ' with about a hundred and fifty Knglishraen and Mohegan Indians from Connecticut. A sight of this hero, always so careless of himself — alw^ays so solicitous for others — inspired the retreating English with confidence. The tide was turned and the Indians had little reason to boast at their next war dance, for they left ninety- six dead warriors upon the field.

The next day, Major Treat's men buried Captain Eath- rop and those who died with him in one long grave. In 1835, the IBOth anniversary of the terrible destruction was commem- orated at the place of the massacre. About six thousand per- sons were present on the occasion The Hon Edward Ever- ett was the orator of the day, and delivered his address under a walnut tree a few rods eastward of the monument dedicated to Eathrop and his company who lost their lives at Bloody Brook. Mr. Everett's speech was printed, and a note appended to it gives the names of the men who were slain with Eath- rop. In this list are

Robert Hinsdale.

Barnabas Hinsdale.

Samuel Hinsdale.

John Hinsdale.

"Colo

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The widow of Barnabas Hinsdale married again and had a son who was captured by a party of traveling Indians and slain on their way to Canada Samuel Hinsdale's widow married a second husband who was killed b}' Indians, Septem- ber 19, 1677. Samuel Hinsdale's daughter, Sarah, was murdered by Indians with her husband and three children. Samuel Hinsdale's son was taken captive by the Indians but escaped death. Experience Hinsdale, whose father and brothers were killed at Bloody Brook, lost his life in war- fare against the Indians. The suffering inflicted on the Hinsdale family by the savages is appalling to think of, even at the distance of two hundred 3'ears and more. A visit to South Deerfield made in Septem- ber 1898, proved to be of great interest. There, flowing past the monument, was the quiet stream, bordered on either side by a narrow marsh, as in the old days, but without the trees and brush. The road still crosses the brook at this point ; miles of level, cultivated land lie in the direction from which the loaded carts with their military escort came on that other September da}^ ; while the wooded hills stand round about

Being directed by the inscription to look for the grave of the slain " 21 rods southerly of this monument," the visitors w liked down the broad and well-kept street and soon came to a heavy brownstone slab, lying on the lawn, in front of a house. The stone was in two parts, having been broken en- tirely across near the middle. This is the lettering, which is worn and rather indistinct.

' ' Grave

of

Capt. Lathrop

and

Men Slain

by the

Indians

1G75."

On the veranda of the house, a very genial and hospitable 'Colonel " was enjoying the beautiful day, and he invited the

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runs through the tranquil scene, by its name of blood com- memorates the massacre of that da3^ Captain Mosel}' with his company of seventy men, was near enough to hear the guns, and hurried forward for the relief of Lathrop ; but it was too late. He found the savages had done their bloody work and were stripping the dead. The woods were filled with Indians. He computed their number at one thousand war- riors ; and so emboldened w^ere they by their recent success, that they did not seek to hide themselves, but came out and mockingl}^ dared him to fight. From eleven o'clock in the morning till almost night, Mosel}^ and his men contested the bloody field with them. hX. length the English were com- pelled to retreat. The Indians cut open the sacks of wheat and some feather beds that lay scattered about among the dead bodies and strewed their contents upon the winds. Then with 3'ells they commenced the pursuit. A woful flight it would have been, but just at that moment, when the little army seemed hurrying to an inevitable doom, again appeared "that good angel ]Major Robert Treat" with about a hundred and fifty Englishmen and Mohegan Indians from Connecticut. A sight of this hero, always so careless of himself — alwa3'S so solicitous for others — inspired the retreating English with confidence. The tide was turned and the Indians had little reason to boast at their next war dance, for they left ninety- six dead warriors upon the field.

The next day, Major Treat's men buried Captain Eath- rop and those who died with him in one long grave. In 1835, the 160th anniversar}^ of the terrible destruction was commem- orated at the place of the massacre. About six thousand per- sons were present on the occasion The Hon Edward Ever- ett was the orator of the day, and delivered his address under a walnut tree a few rods eastward of the monument dedicated to Eathrop and his company who lost their lives at Bloody Brook. Mr. Everett's speech was printed, and a note appended to it gives the names of the men who were slain w4th Eath- rop. In this list are

Robert Hinsdale.

Barnabas Hinsdale.

Samuel Hinsdale.

John Hinsdale.

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The widow of Barnabas Hinsdale married again and had a son who was captured by a party of traveling Indians and slain on their way to Canada Samuel Hinsdale's widow married a second husband who was killed by Indians, Septem- ber 19, 1677. Samuel Hinsdale's daughter, Sarah, was murdered by Indians with her husband and three children. Samuel Hinsdale's son was taken captive by the Indians but escaped death. Experience Hinsdale, whose father and brothers were killed at Bloody Brook, lost his life in war- fare against the Indians. The suffering inflicted on the Hinsdale family by the savages is appalling to think of, even at the distance of two hundred years and more. A visit to South Deerfield made in Septem- ber 1S98, proved to be of great interest. There, flowing past the monument, was the quiet stream, bordered on either side by a narrow marsh, as in the old days, but without the trees and brush. The road still crosses the brook at this point ; miles of level, cultivated land lie in the direction from which the loaded carts with their military escort came on that other September day ; while the wooded hills stand round about

Being directed by the inscription to look for the grave of the slain " 21 rods southerly of this monument," the visitors w liked d^wa the broad and well-kept street and soon came to a heavy brownstone slab, bang on the lawn, in front of a house. The stone was in two parts, having been broken en- tirely across near the middle. This is the lettering, which is worn and rather indistinct.

' ' Grave

of

Capt. Lathrop

and

Men Slain

by the

Indians

1675."

On the veranda of the house, a very genial and hospitable * 'Colonel" was enjoying the beautiful day. and he invited the

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strangers to sit with him ; which they did and heard him tell of the history of the place. An expressed desire to know if the grave was really discovered while digging for a founda- tion, as reported — brought the reply — " It was this very house; while laying the cellar wall they struck the trench containing the bones ' '

At the side of the road leading from the railroad station to the monument, stands a small hotel with the freshly painted sign — "Bloody Brook House." And so, in various wa3"S, the memory of gruesome days is perpetuated at South Deerfield.

BARNABAS AND SARAH (WHITE) HINSDALE.

Barnabas Hinsdale, son of Robert and Ann Hinsdale, was born the 13th and bapt. the 17th of November \ 639. He lived at Hatfield and later at Deerfield, Mass. He was a member of Captain Lathrop's military company, described by a cotem- porary Historian as "A choice Company of young men, the very Flower of the Count}^ of Essex, none of whom were ashamed to speak with the enem}^ in the gate." He was slain by Indians at Bloody Brook September 18, 1675. He married, October 15, 1666, Sarah, daughter of Elder John and Mary White. Mary (White) Hinsdale died at Hatfield, Mass. , August 10, 1702, after an eventful life. She was three times married. 1st, to Stephen Taylor who settled in Hatfield about 1662. He was buried there September 8, 16('5, just one week before the burial of her brother, John White, Jr. She mar- ried 2nd, Barnabas Hinsdale. She married 3rd, February 3, 1679, Walter Hickson, of Hatfield, who died April 3, 1696.

Stephen and Sarah (White) Taylor had one child, Stcplien — who married Patience Brown and resided in Col- chester. Walter and Sarah (White) Hickson had children — John, b. November 7, 1(;79 died aged 11 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan- uary 2(i, 1681 ; Jacob, born January 26, 1683. He was one of those taken captive by the Indians February 29, 1701, and was slain by them at Cowes, New Hampshire, on their jour- ney to Canada. He was 21 years of age. It is hoped that

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the dates are correct and that Sarah White went before this terrible death of her youngest child.

CHILDREN OP BARNABAS AND SARAH WHITE HINSDAI.K.

1. Barnabas— horn February 20, 1G68. He was admitted an inhabitant of Hartford in 1693 and died there in ** the great sickness" January 25, 1725, aged 57. Pie married, November 7, 1693. Martha Smith, of Hartford, daughter of Joseph Smith. She died in 1739, aged 68.

2. Sarah married Samuel /fa//. {See Haii family

of Middletozcn.)

3. Elizabelh-Ayorn October 29, 1671, died March 8, 1672.

4. Isaac — born September 15, 1673 — was admitted an inhabitant of Hartford in 1697 and died there March 1, 1739. He married, June 6, 1715, Lydia Loomis — four children.

5. Mary — named in the will of her stepfather, Wal- ter Hickson.

From Barnabas and Sarah (White) Hinsdale descended the Rev. Theodore Hinsdale who was graduated at Yale College in 1762, was minister at Windsor and afterward removed to Hinsdale, Mass., which town was named in his honor. He died in 1818, aged 80. They were also ancestors of Mrs. Emma Willard, teacher and poetess ; and of the Burritts — Elijah the astronomer and Elihu ' the learned blacksmith"; w^ho was the 8th child of Elihu and Elizabeth (Hinsdale) Bur- ritt, born Decembers, 1810, in New Britain, Conn. He was son of a farmer and his early advantages of education were limited to the common school and a small library. He was extremely modest and this diffidence attended him through life and was only overcome when some duty or principle was involved, then he became as bold as a lion. He was a blacksmith, devoted his spare time to study and made himself familiar with all the languages of Europe and several of Asia. The Hon. Edward Everett offered him a free course at Harvard College which he declined. In 1872 the honorary degree of

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A. M. was conferred upon him by Yale College. Mary Howitt writes of his ' ' prodigious learning ' ' and ' ' stupendous knowledge of the languages." Thirty-two languages are named to which he gave attention. He published sixteen books ; among them the first book in Sanscrit ever published in America. His first lecture was entitled ''Application arid Genius" and was delivered sixty times during the first Winter. His argument was, that there is no such thing as genius and that success is the result of patient and persever- ing application. He soon turned his attention to philan- thropic labors and devoted himself as entirely to the cause of human progress as he formerly had to learning. His efforts were eminently unselfish. He labored successfully for reduced postage and without success for a compensated emancipation of the Southern slaves. He was known to the world as " the learned blacksmith ' ' and to Europe as an earnest apostle of peace, and took a prominent part in the Peace Congresses of Brussels. Paris, Frankfort, London, and Edinburgh. For many years he resided in England, part of the time as United States Consul at Birmingham. To preach the gospel of uni- versal brotherhood he traveled through Europe and his native country. He edited journals and wrote voluminousl}^ for periodicals. After he returned to New Britain he said of his home there, "The prospect from my hill is magnificent and I enjoy it more and more." Professor Longfellow said of him, ' ' I always had a great admiration for the sweetness and sim- plicity of his character and was in perfect sympathy with him in his work." Among the floral ofi^erings at his funeral was one from a class of young ladies he had been instructing in Sanscrit. (See life of Elihu Burritt by Prof. Charles North- end, 480 pages, with steel portrait.) Abigail, daughter of Rev. John Williams and wife of Col. Ephraim Hinsdale, mentions twice in her will the coat of arms of the Hinsdale family.

^i'hitf f amitiK

1. Elder John White married Mary.

2. Their daughter, Sarah White, married Barnabas Hinsdale.

3. Their daughter, Sarah Hinsdale, married Deacon Samuel Hall.

4. Their son, Thomas Hall, married Margaret Hurlbut.

5. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Mary Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married ^Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children Avere — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

ELDER JOHN AND MARY WHITE.

Elder John White was one of the first settlers of Cam- bridge, Mass., of Hartford, Conn., and of Hadley, Mass. The first certain knowledge we have of him, is as a passenger on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce, which sailed from England about the twenty-second of June, 1632, and arrived in Boston, Mass., on Sunday, the sixteenth of September following, after a voy- age of eight weeks from the Land's End — although the pas- sengers had been twelve weeks aboard. They had five days of east wind and fog, but no disaster. There were one hun- dred and twenty-three passengers, of whom fifty were children, all in health. The names of thirty-three adult male passen- gers are reported, including the name of John White. He was accompanied by his family, which consisted of his wife and at least two children. His first home in the new world was at Cambridge, Mass. His home-lot with dwelling-house was on Cowyard Row. This home-lot contained about three- quarters of an acre of land and was assigned to him, together with about thirty acres of farming land. On the 5th of August, 1G33, three-quarters of an acre more, near his home- lot, was granted to him by the town for a cowyard. "Gore Hall," the beautiful library of Harvard University, probably

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now graces this cowj^ard ; if not, it is beyond a doubt, very near it. He was admitted freeman of Massachusetts March 4, 1G33. In February, 1635, the tow^n of Cambridge made its first election of a board of seven men " to do the whole busi- ness of the town." John White was one of the number chosen. His associates were all prominent and influential men. On the 20th of October, 1635, John White sold his house and home-lot and most of his outlands to Nicholas Dan- forth, and on the 30th of May, 1636, he sold another parcel of meadow and pasture. In the deed of the last mentioned land he describes himself by anticipation as "Of the Newtowne upon Quinetacqnet River" and the land which he convej'S, as in " Xewtowne in the Massachusetts." On the 1st of March, 1612, he conve3'ed to Nathaniel Sparrowhawke a house and seven acres of land on the south side of Charles River. The same year, 1642, he was in Hartford and "of good repute." On the records of that town he appears as one of the original proprietors. His home-lot was on the east side of what is now called Governor street from the circumstance that four of the original proprietors, whose home-lots were on this street, became Governors. The shadow of the Charter Oak fell on the house of John White, which stood next to that of Gover- nor Hopkins and near to that of Governor W5^11ys. In 1642 John White was chosen one of the selectmen of the town, or "orderers," as they were then called : he also filled the same office in 1646, in 1651 and in 1656. His name appears frequently on the records of the courts, as a Juror, or as an arbitrator in the settlement of private differences. The history of his children shows that they were trained to the practice of industry and frugality, and he did not fail to secure for them a good education. The records of Middletown show that on the "24th day of May, 1653, John White, Sen., had granted to him thirty acres of upland, adjoining his home-lot, being his proportion in Soheag's fields." At the same time he was granted his "second and third division at Wangunk. " Soon after the death of the Rev. Mr. Hooker in 1647 dissensions arose in the church in Hartford, between the Rev. Mr. Stone and Elder Goodwin. The supporters of Elder Goodwin's

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views, among whom was John White, decided to found a new settlement on the Connecticut Riv^er above Springfield. On the 18th of April, 1659, sixty persons, from Hartford and Wethersfield, signed an agreement to remove to Hadley. The place of John White's name is the 5th on the list, and he was chosen one of five men to go and lay out home-lots. The town records of Hadley begin with a recital of these transactions, mentioning the appointment of this commit- tee thus : "The Ingagers did by vote chuse * * John White, &c. , to order all public occasions that concerns the good of the plantation, for the year insuing. " This is called on the margin, "First choice of Townsmen." Thus were laid the foundations of Hadley. John White's home-lot was on the east side of Old Hadley street, which street with its grand old trees, is a beautiful monument to the large views, good taste and judgment of those who planned the length and breadth of it. The lot is thus described on the town records : "' One house-lott containing eight acres more or less, as it lyes. — Bounded by the land of Peter Tilton South, by the land granted to Thomas vStandly North, abutting West against the common streete and East against the woods, being in breadth Sixteen rod and in length Kightie. " He had also an exten- sive allotment of outlands. In 1860 a part of this home-lot was still occupied by one of Elder John White's descendants, having never been alienated from the famil3\ During his res- idence in Hadley a large share of his time was given to the interests of the town. His name is very often found on com- mittees for dividing lands, laying out highways, and other business incidental to a new settlement. After the town was legally organized he was chosen one of the selectmen in 1662, '63 and '65. He served the town in 1661 and in j 669 as Rep- resentative or Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston. The early church records of Hadle}- are destroyed, but it is evidence of his good report among the brethren that he was one of the " ^Messengers " from Hadley w^hen the church at Northampton was gathered in April 1661 . After 1670 his name does not appear on the records of Hadley and about that time he returned to Hartford. On April 9,

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now graces this cow3"ard ; if not, it is beyond a doubt, very near it. He was admitted freeman of Massachusetts March 4, 1633. In February, 1635, the town of Cambridge made its first election of a board of seven men "to do the whole busi- ness of the town." John White was one of the number chosen. His associates were all prominent and influential men. On the 20th of October, 1635, John White sold his house and home-lot and most of his outlands to Nicholas Dan- forth, and on the 30th of May, 1636, he sold another parcel of meadow and pasture. In the deed of the last mentioned land he describes himself by anticipation as "Of the Newtowne upon Quinetacqnet River" and the land which he conveys, as in " Xewtowne in the Massachusetts." On the 1st of March, 1612, he conveyed to Nathaniel Sparrowhawke a house and seven acres of land on the south side of Charles River. The same year, 1612, he was in Hartford and "of gocd repute." On the records of that town he appears as one of the original proprietors. His home-lot was on the east side of what is now called Governor street from the circumstance that four of the original proprietors, whose home-lots were on this street, became Governors. The shadow of the Charter Oak fell on the house of John White, w^hich stood next to that of Gover- nor Hopkins and near to that of Governor Wyllys. In 1612 John White was chosen one of the selectmen of the town, or "orderers," as they w^ere then called : he also filled the same of&ce in 1646, in 1651 and in 1656. His name appears frequently on the records of the courts, as a Juror, or as an arbitrator in the settlement of private differences. The history of his children shows that they were trained to the practice of industry and frugality, and he did not fail to secure for them a good education. The records of Middletown show that on the "21th day of May, 1653, John White, Sen., had granted to him thirty acres of upland, adjoining his home-lot, being his proportion in Soheag's fields." At the same time he was granted his ' ' second and third division at Wangunk. ' ' Soon after the death of the Rev. Mr. Hooker in 1617 dissensions arose in the church in Hartford, between the Rev. Mr. Stone and Elder Goodwin. The supporters of Elder Goodwin's

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views, among whom was John White, decided to found a new settlement on the Connecticut River above Springfield. On the 18th of April, 1659, sixty persons, from Hartford and Wethersfield, signed an agreement to remove to Hadley. The place of John White's name is the 5th on the list, and he was chosen one of five men to go and lay out home-lots. The town records of Hadley begin with a recital of these transactions, mentioning the appointment of this commit- tee thus : ' ' The Ingagers did by vote chuse * * John White, &c. , to order all public occasions that concerns the good of the plantation, for the year insuing. " This is called on the margin, "First choice of Townsmen." Thus were laid the foundations of Hadle3\ John White's home-lot was on the east side of Old Hadley street, which street with its grand old trees, is a beautiful monument to the large views, good taste and judgment of those who planned the length and breadth of it. The lot is thus described on the town records : •'One house-lott containing eight acres more or less, as it lyes. — Bounded by the land of Peter Tilton South, by the land granted to Thomas vStandh^ North, abutting West against the common streete and East against the w^oods, being in breadth Sixteen rod and in length Hightie. " He had also an exten- sive allotment of outlands. In 18G0 a part of this home-lot was still occupied by one of Elder John White's descendants, having never been alienated from the family. During his res- idence in Hadley a large share of his time was given to tlie interests of the town. His name is very often found on com- mittees for dividing lands, laying out highways, and other business incidental to a new settlement. After the town was legally organized he was chosen one of the selectmen in 1G()2, '63 and '65. He served the town in 1661 and in i 669 as Rep- resentative or Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston. The early church records of Hadley are destroyed, but it is evidence of his good report among the brethren that he was one of the " Messengers " from Hadley when the church at Northampton was gathered in April 1661 . After 1670 his name does not appear on the records of Hadley and about that time he returned to Hartford. On April 9,

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1671, John White and his wife Mary, from Hadle}- , were re- ceived by the 2nd church at Hartford. In March 1677 he was ordained Ruling Elder in that church. In 1676 and in 1677, he and his eldest son (Nathaniel White, then of Middletown) were members of the council called to heal the difficulty which had long troubled the church in Windsor. The final recom- mendation of the council, with the autograph signatures of its members, may be seen in the archives of Connecticut at Hart- ford. Mary, wife of John White, was living in 1666. His life was prolonged to a good old age and in the winter of 1684 he rested from his labors. His will, dated December 1683, is recorded, and is on file, in the Probate office at Hartford. ' ' To the zeal of the Puritan, he added the enterprise and daring of the Pioneer. Ever read}^ to forsake his old home when the interests of religion called — the Xewtowne of Massachusetts was exchanged for the Newtowne of Connecticut, and this last again for the frontier post of Hadley. Each of the three towns in which he lived required his aid in the management of its prudential affairs. The office of Ruling Elder, which he held during the last ten or twelve years of his life, was designed to relieve the minister of a considerable share of the labor, re- sponsibility and anxiet}' attending the government and disci- pline of the church. It required a grave, discreet and reliable man ; one who had earned the good opinion of those without and those within the church. Such an one, in all respects furnished for his work, was our John White. His descend- ants may abundantly honor the ancestor in whose footsteps they may so safely walk. ' '

CHILDREN OF ELDEIl JOHN AND MARY WHITE.

1. Alary — born in England, died in Hartford, proba- bly early in 1650, married, January 20, 1646, Jonathan Gilbert of Hartford. He was representative to general court, collector of customs at Hartford, marshal of the Colon}^ acted as Indian interpreter and was engaged in the coasting trade. He died December 10, 1682, aged 63, leaving an estate cf 2500 pounds — two children.

2. Captain iV a tkanz el— horn in England in 1629,

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came to ^Massachusetts with his father, when he was three years old, and he was about seven w^hen the family moved from Cambridge to Hartford. In his 21st year he settled at Middletown — Upper Houses. His home-lot and dwelling- house were on the street that lies between the Middlesex turn- pike and Connecticut River, in the lower part of what is now Cromwell. He w^as one of the leading men of the Colony, acquired great influence and was almost constantly employed in public business. He was first chosen deputy when about thirt}^ years of age and for fifty years was chosen Deputy every year, once, and often twice in the 3^ear. He was elected eighty-five times to represent the towm at the General Assem- bly. Very few instances of so long official life, dependent upon public, popular elections can be found. In 1GG9 he was appointed by the lyCgislature, Magistrate and Commissioner for Middletown ; and in 1084 for Middletown, Haddam and the district of Meriden. He held local courts for those places. In military life he was successively Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain. The last title he carried to the end of life. Dr. Field says, "He was a man of high religious character and sound judgment." He died August 27, 17J1, aged 82 years, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Middletown. He willed one-fourth of his undivided lands ' ' to remain for the use of the public school, already agreed upon in the town of Middle- town, forever." He married 1st, Elizabeth , who was the

mother of his children. Her gravestone, which stands near that of her husband, says, she "died in 1690 aged 65 " — eight children. Captain Nathaniel White married 2nd, Martha, daughter of John Coit and widow of Hugh Mould, the Xew London ship builder. Two of her (Mould) daughters married sons of Capt. Nathaniel White. She died April U, 1730, aged 82 years.

3. Sergeant John — married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bunce of Hartford. He settled in Hatfield, Mass., where he was buried September 15,1665 — two children.

4. Lieztteiiant Daniel — born in Hartford in 1(34, settled in Hatfield about 1662, as shown in the records of

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Hadley. Before the division of that town, he was constable and selectman. He was eight times chosen selectman of Hatfield, and held other offices. He died July 24, 1713. He left a legacy of four pounds to the church at Hatfield. He married, November 1661, Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Crow. She was born at Hatfield March 1, 1617 and was 14 years old at the time of her marriage. She died June 26, 1719, aged 72. She had eleven children and was herself one of seven sisters, of whom it was said "Those Crow girls make smart women."

5. Sarah married ^arnabas Jiinsdale, {See

Hinsdale Family.)

6. Ensign Jacob— horn in Hartford, October 8, 1645. He w^as less than fourteen years old when his father's family moved to Hadley. If he went with them, he returned to Hartford; for, at his majority, he settled on his father's old homestead in that town. He was Freeman in 1668, Surveyor of Highways 1670, Townsman 1682, '87, '91 and '96. He married, before 1683, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Bunce of Hartford, and sister of his brother John's wife. She died in 1701. His death is thus noticed — "This holy man having faithfully served the Eord in his place and that also with good success through grace (he was a good man and God was with him) fell asleep in Christ and went to receive his reward." The above named six "children of Elder John White are men- tioned in his will.

^utvlbut ^^amili).

1. Thomas Hurlbut married Sarah .

2. Their son, John Hnrlbnt, married Mar}- Deming.

3. Their son, Ebenezer Hnrlbnt, married vSarah Dickens.

4. Their danghter, Margaret Hnrlbnt, married Thomas Hall.

5. Their son, Samnel Hall, married Mary Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their danghter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harlev Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. I>etsev, 4. Rnfns.

This family name was variously written ; sometimes Hallibut, and even Hollabird. Thomas Hurlbut 1st, was wounded by an Indian, in an encounter with the Pequots in 1G37. He was then a soldier, at Saybrook fort, under Cap- tain Lion Gardiner, Engineer and Master of works of fortifi cation, who built and commanded the fort at that place. Below are given some extracts from a letter written by Lion Gardiner, some twenty-three years after the skirmish with the Indians, and addressed to his " Loving Friends Robert Chap- man and Thomas Hurlbut," in reply to a request that he would give them his recollections of the battle, as it came within his personal knowledge. Captain Gardiner says that in 1637 he "went out with ten men and three dogs, half a mile from the fort to burn weeds — because we had felled twenty timber trees, which we were to roll to the water edge to bring home. Presentl}^ there start up four Indians out of the firery reeds ; Thomas Hurlbut and Robert Chapman being sentinels. Thomas Hurlbut cried out to me, that there came a number of Indians out on the other side of the marsh. Then I went to stop them, that they should not get the woodland — but Thomas Hurlbut cried out to me that some of the men did not follow me. Two of them threw down their guns and ran awaj^ then the Indians shot two of them that were in the

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reeds and sought to get between us and home ; we retreating and exchanging man}^ a shot, so that Thomas Hurlbut was shot, almost through tlie thigh, John Spencer in the back,, my- self into the thigh, and two more shot dead. But in our retreat, I kept Hnrlbut and Spencer still before us ; w^e defend- ing ourselves with our naked swords, or else the}' had taken us all alive. The two sore wounded men, by our slow retreat, got home with their guns, when our two sound men, ran away and left their guns behind them." Gardiner does not mention his estimate of the number of the assailants, but Underwood in his history, says there were a hundred or more. Mr. Hurlbut, after the war with the Pequots, located and established, himself in business at Wethersfield, Conn. He was one of the early settlers of that place and the first black- smith. His name is found several times on the General Court records. It seems that he was a good w^orkman and charged a good price for his work. It is recorded in 1642, "Thomas Hurlbut for exacting and engourageing others to take exces- sive Rats for work and ware is adjudged to pay to the Coun- try 4:0s ; " later, ' ' Thomas Hurlbut his fyne is respited uppon Peter Bassaker's try all to make nayles with less losse and at as cheape a rate, then he is to double the fyne, otherwise to be quit." In 1649 ''the Court appoints Thomas Hollibut of Wethersfield, Clarke of the Trained Band of that Towne." In 1640 he was Deputy to the Gen. Court. He was Grand Juror and also Constable. October 12, 1671, the Assembly voted him a grant of 120 acres of land, for his services in the Indian wars. No attempt appears to have been made to avail himself of the bounty, nor was it claimed by his sons. It was not until 1694, on the petition of John Hurlbut, Jr., of Middle- town, a grandson of the settler and soldier, that it was set off. We may confidently believe that Thomas Hurlbut was born as early as 1610. He had wife — Sarah.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND SARAH HURLBUT.

1. TJiomas — learned the blacksmith's trade of his father and succeeded him in the business. He married 1 st, Lydia, 2nd, Elizabeth. March 11, 1662, the town of Wethers-

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field voted him a piece of land to set a shop upon. By the in- ventory of the estate of Thomas Hurlbut, Jr., of Wethers field, dated March G, 1G89, it appears that he died not far from that time. He left widow, Elizabeth, and sons.

2. johtx married JTlary ^eming. {Xe.rt in huc.)

3. Saimicl — born about 1044, was a farmer and settled in Wethersfield. He had wdfe, Mary, and eleven chil- dren.

4. Joseph — married Rebecca. He removed to Wood- bury, Conn., with his family, and was living there in 1682. He had eight children and w^as probably ' ' Joseph Hurlbut the aged " who appears on the records as having died in Woodbury, July 13, 1732.

5.- Stephen — was twice married — six children.

6. CorneluiS—xn2.TX\^^ Rebecca.

JOHN AND MARY (DEMING) HURLBUT.

Sergeant John Hurlbut, son of Thomas and Sarah Hurl- but. born March 8, 1612, learned the blacksmith's trade of his father and after becoming of age worked at Wethersfield and also at Killingworth. In 1672 John Hurlbut was propounded to the court of election for freeman. At the age of 27 he received a proposition from the settlers of Middletown, Conn., to locate among them with his business "and do the town's work of smithing for seven 3'ears." He joined in such a contract, bearing date October 25, 1669, w^hich he faithfully kept. He married Mary Deming, December 15, 1670. She was daughter of John and Honour (Treat) Deming of Wethersfield. Her father was one of the Patentees named in the Connecticut charter of 1662. Her mother was daughter of Richard Treat, also named in the charter, and sister of Governor Robert Treat,, famous in Indian warfare. Mr. Hurlbut was industrious and successful in his occupation, and became a large landholder and one of the prominent men of INIiddletown. He died at the age of 18 years. He made no will, but the inventory of his propert}' was presented September 9, 1690. His widow Mary and Captain Nathaniel White were appointed to admin-

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ister, but as one child was 3'et unborn, the court ordered that "there shall be no distribution now made." June 19, 1696, ' ' the court being desired ' ' the estate was distributed. From the records of the 1st church of Middletown : "24. 10th, 1671 John Holibut was received a member of this church in ye state of Innitiation — his child John, the same day baptized." His wife joined the same church, September 5, 1675.

CHILDREN OF JOHJV AND MARY DEMING HURE.BUT.

1. Jo Jill — born in 1671. He was a farmer and occu- pied the house and land given him by his father. He was ad- mitted to church in 1731. In 1731 he sold all his right to lands east of the Connecticut river. In 1691 he petitioned the General Assembly, to appoint a committee to lay out the grant of 120 acres of land made to his grandfather, Thomas Hurlbut, Sr., of Wethersfield, the immigrant ancestor of the famil^^, for services in the Indian wars. "John Collins and John Bacon of Middletown, were appointed to lay out the said lot, where John Hurlbut shall direct them, not interfereing with other grants, at John Hurlbut's charge." He married, July 8, 1698, Rebecca, daughter of Lieut. Andrew and Rebecca War- ner of Middletown. Four children.

2. Ma7^y—h2.-^'i. April 7, 1673. Died in infancy.

3. Thomas — born October 20, 1674 He was a blacksmith, and occupied the homestead and the original smith- er}^ on a town-lot given to his father in 1669. He was a man of industry and integrity — a large landholder and a prominent man in the town. He married, December 15, 1705, Martha, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and Mar}' (Whiting) Collins. >She died June 7, 1748. She was born in 1674 and admitted Jto church in 1712. He died February 3, 1752. Four children.

4. Sarah— horn November 5, 1676.

5. Mary— hoxw June 9, 1679.

6. yT/<3^rr_)/— born September 17, 1680.

7. Sbenezer married Sarah Sickens, {Xe.vt in

line.)

8. Mai'garet— horn in February, 1684.

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9. David— horn August 11, 1688. He was a black- smith in Upper Houses and owned land in Chatham. He, with Samuel Frary, rented a grist mill for eight years. Sep- tember 22, 1709, he married Mary Savage. In 1711 he re- moved to Groton, Conn. He married 2nd, Mercy, in Middle Haddam, and died on the farm in Chatham, October 29, 1773. He had eleven children.

10. Mchiiabel— horn November 23, 1690, posthu- mous.

EBENEZER AND SARAH (DICKENS) HURLBUT.

Mr. Ebenezer Hurlbut was born January 17, 1682. He was a farmer and occupied lands which were formerly a part of his father's estate, in Chatham. He was living there in 1708 and in 1720. Traces of him are found in the records of Middletown and Portland. In 1719 he " was chosen commit- tee for the scool for the year ensuing. ' ' He was deeding land and doing various things, which show that he was an active, well-known man. He married Sarah Dickens of East Middle- town. She was one of the original members of the church in that place, April 21, 1717. She and Hannah Judd owned the covenant or joined the church at the same time. September 30, 1722, Sarah Judd was baptized. The maiden name of Hannah Judd was Hannah Dickens and the genealogist, Dr. Goode of Washington, D. C, was of the opinion that she and Sarah (Dickens) Hurlbut were sisters ; and daugh- ters of Jeremiah Dickens, Jr., of Windsor. On one of the stones removed from the Portland quarry graveyard is this inscription — "Here lies the body of ■Mrs. Sarah Hurlbut, wife of Mr. Ebenezer Hurlbut, who d. July ye 29th, 1742 in ye 58 year of her age." In the deserted burial place at Grave Yard Point, East Haddam, in the midst of forest trees, where the undergrowth looks over the tops of the gravestones, is found this inscription — " Here lies the body of Mr. Ebenezer Hurlbut who departed this life Deer. 15th, A. D. 1766 aged 87 years." Close to his stone is another which tells that his little grandson lies by his side. On this stone we read — "Ebenezer Hall, son of Thomas and Margaret, died March

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ye 27, 1741 in the 2nd 3'ear of his age." The date of Mr. Kbenezer Hurlbut's birth was copied from the town records of Middle town, and his age at death from his gravestone. He was baptized in 1682.

In 1752 Ebenezer Hurlbut of Middletown, gave to his only son Ebenezer, half of his real estate. He died in East Haddam, where his daughter Margaret, (Mrs. Thomas Hall) and his daughter Abigail, (Mrs. Elijah White) lived.

CHIL.DRE1V OF KBEIVEZER AXD SARAH DICKENS HURLBUT.

1. Sarah—horn in East Middletown, Conn., Decem- ber 1, 1710, owned the covenant in 1729, and married, July 18, 1734, Captain John Clarke from Milford, Conn. She died May 31, 1737, and he married again.

2. ^//5^<^6'///— born April 4, 1712.

3. Margaret married Jhomas Jiall, {See Haii

fa in ily of Middletown . )

4. Rachel — born October 24, 1717, owned the cove- nant in 1736, and died September 9, 1742.

5. Ebenezer Jr — born September 27, 1719, died in infancy.

6. Abigail— horn in March, 1722, married, July 9, 1741, Captain Elijah White of East Middletown. In 1762 he was living in East Haddam, and he died May 18, 1778. His wife survived him. Both joined church in East Haddam from 3rd church of Middletown. He was son of Capt. Nathaniel and Mehitabel (Hurlbut) White.

7. Ebenezer Jr. 27id— horn in East Middletown May 16, 1725, married 1st, Sarah Clark ; 2nd, Katurah ; 3rd, widow Elizabeth Bush. He had seven children, and died Feb- ruary 14, 1777, of small-pox caught from his son Amos, who had returned from the army of the Revolution.

tZID

cming ^amiln.

1. John Deniing married Honour Treat.

2. Their daughter, Mary Deming, married John Hurlbut.

3. Their son, Ebenezer Hurlbut, married vSarah Dickens.

4. Their daughter, Margaret Hurlbut, married Thomas Hall.

5. Their son, Samuel Hall, married Mary Pratt.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their -children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betse}-, 4. Rufus.

This family was originally French, with the name De Ming. They were Huguenots, w^ho, after the massacre of St. Bartholomew, drifted to England, dropped the capital M and wrote the name Deming. They may have been among the great number of the adherents of the Reformation who went to Holland.

JOHN AND HONOUR (TREAT) DEMING.

While details of the daily life of John Deming are not at hand, his character and standing are clearly indicated by a few facts. He was deemed worthy of especial mention by the Rev. Dr. Trumbull, who in his history of Connecticut names Mr. John Deming as one of ' ' the civil and religious fathers of the Colony, who formed its free and happy constitution, were its legislators and w^ere some of the chief pillars of the churchand commonwealth." Mr. John Deming, Sr., was a juror of the particular court at Hartford in March, 1643; and in December 1645 was a member of the General Court from Wethers field, an office to which he was chosen at twenty -five semi-annual elections. He was one of the patentees named in the charter of 1662, and no person was allowed to sign the petition to Charles II. for the charter, but the well- known and most useful men in the Colony. As another

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assurance of the esteem in which he was held, we find him bearing the title of Mr. — an honor in his generation not lightl}' bestowed. He was born in 1615, married when he was 22 3ears of age, came from Boston to Wethersfield, where he died in 1705, at the age of 90 years. He is mentioned on the land-book of Wethersfield as a planter in 1636, when he was 21 3' ears old. He was among the earliest there; and Savage says he "was one of the chief settlers." He married Honour Treat in 1637. She was the eldest child of Richard and Alice (Gay lard) Treat. She was born and baptized in 1616 in Pitminster, England. Her brother, Robert Treat, "was a noted military ofiicer, and long Governor of Connecticut. Elizabeth Deming, sister of the 1st American John Deming, was born in England in 1595, and married there in 1615, Nathaniel Foote (of the family from which descended the famous Beechers). They came to Xew England, had five children, and after his death she married Thomas Welles, who was successively Treasurer, Secretar}^ Deputy Governor and Governor of Connecticut. She died July 28, 1683, aged 88 years. A lot was laid out to John Deming in 1G40, width not specified; it seems, however, to have contained about 160 acres. It was subsequently sold to Mr. Wyllys.

WILL OF THE FIRST JOHN DEMING OF WETHERvSFIELD, CT.

I John Deming Senior, of Wethersfield being of good understand- ing and sound memory, doe see it my duty to set my house in order & to settle my estate so that peace may be continued in ni}- family when I shall be gathered to m}^ fathers & I do therefore make, & de- clare this to be ni}- last will & testament hereby renouncing & making voyd all former wills and testaments by me made & establishing this onely to be my last will & testament.

First I commend my spirit to God expecting salvation only b}' Jesus Christ, & my body to a comely christian burial, expecting a glorius resurection & reunion of soul and bod}- at the last da3\

For my worldly goods — I having already done well for my son John I now give him my Great Bible — Geneva print, and m}- feather bed and boulster & my great kettle to be to him and his heirs forever.

I give to ni}^ son Jonathan my fifty acre lott, at the west side of the Bownds to be to him and his heirs forever.

I give to ni}^ son Samuel my house & home lt)t, with all the build- ings upon it containing Nine acres be it more or less & is Bownded as

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III the records, as allso my meadow adjoyning containing about seven- teen acres be it more or less & abutts on Mr. Willys Sowth, Thomas Standage his land east, the highway North & my home lott west — & twelve acres in the west swamp at the rear of my son David's lott ; allso I give unto him my flock of sheep & my neat cattle & all my horses & horse kind & all my swine & all my moveables within doors & all my moveables without doors ( not otherwise disposed b}' this my last will ) & all my husbandry tools & implements, all to be to him and his heirs forever ; he paying my just debts & funeral charges & such' legacies as I doe hereby appoint him to pa}-.

I give to my son David all my ^Materials & tools in my shop & mv booke debts, he paying those debts I owe about my trade.

I give to my son Ebenezer my best coat & ni}- best Hatt. . I give to my daughter Morgan, my daughter Beckly, my daughter Hurlbut, my daughter Wright five pounds apiece to Ije paid by my exec- utor within five years after ni}- decease.

I give to mj- cousin Unis Standigge & to my cousin Sarah W3-se wife of John Wyse Twenty pounds apiece to be payed by my executor within two years after my decease.

I give to ni}- daughter Moody as a token of my love to her ten shillings, I having already given her a good portion.

I give to my grandchild Ann Beckly five pounds to be payed her by my executor at her day of marriage. I do hereby constitute and ap- point ni}- son Sanmel to be ni}- whole & sole executor of this my last will and testament, & I desire my Honored friend Capt. Samuel Tallcott & my son Ebenezer Deming to be overseers who I desire to assist my Executor with their best advice in all his occasions & to see this my will Ije duly attended. [This word not plain.]

Finih" I doe desire and command all my children to know, fear and serve the God of their father with all their hearts, might & strength & to live in love and unity one with another, that God even my God may be with them & bless them. For confirmation hereof I have set to my hand & seall June '26, 1690.

JOHN DEMIXGE signed sealed and SENIOR [Seal]

delivered in presence of us

JOHN ALLYN. GEORGE GRAVE."

A true copy of the original in the probate office at Hart- ford, Conn.

February 3rd, 1G92, Mr. John Deming by a codicil made some two or three changes in his smaller gifts. The will was probated in 1705.

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CHILDREN OP JOHN AND HONOUR (TREAT) DEMING.

1. John—horn September 9, 1638, died January 23, 1712, in Wethers field. He married at Northampton, Septem- ber 20, 1657, Mary Mygatt, born 1637, daughter of Deacon Joseph Mygatt of Hartford, Ct. They had eight children. He was Deputy, and was known as Sergeant Deming. He owned land in Eastbury in 1673. July 3, 1676, Sergeant Deming was one of those * ' empowered to order the sitting of all persons in seats and places in the meeting-house."

2. Jonatha7i — born 1639, married 1st Sarah, daugh- ter of George Graves, November 21, 1660. She died June 5, 1668. He married 2nd, December 25, 1673, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Josiah Gilbert She died September 3, 1714. Jonathan Deming died very suddenly January 8, 1700. He had twelve children.

3. 5'^?;^//^/— born 1616. Wethersfield record says he "married Sarah March 29, 1691, and died April 6, 1709, in his 63rd year, near out." They had five children.

1. David— horn about 1652, died in 1725. He mar- ried Mary, August 16, 1678. She died May 2, 1705. He lived some years at Cambridge and removed to Boston before 1707 ; he owned the Brattle estate on Brattle Square. He was fence viewer at Cambridge in 1699 and tithingman in 1700. They had four children. Their son David, born July 20, 1681, was educated at Harvard College, and was minister at Med way. He was later of Eyme, where he died February 10, 1716.

5. Ebenezer—^v^(i in Wethersfield May 2, 1705. He married Sarah July 16, 1677. They had six children.

{). Rachel — married John Morgan November 16, 1665.

7. A Daughter — married ■ Beckley.

8. Marij married John J^urlbut, (.s>. ////;/////

9. Dlhadeth— married Thomas Wright.

10. Sarah — married Samuel Moody of Hartford, who died September 22, 1689. She died September 29, 1717, in Hadle}-, Mass.

Probably these children are not all correctlv numbered.

Family.)

aveat f amilm

1. Robert Treat married Honora or Honour.

2. Their son, Richard Treat, married Alice Gaylard.

3. Their daughter, Honour Treat, married John Deniing.

4. Their daughter, Mary Deming, married John Hurlbut.

5. Their son, Ebenezer Hurlbut, married Sarah Dickens.

6. Their daughter, Margaret Hurlbut, married Thomas Hall.

7. Their son, vSamuel Hall, married Mar}- Pratt.

8. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

9. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

10. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Xornian, 3. Betsey, -i. Rufus.

Ten years of constant labor were devoted to preparing a genealogy of the Treat family for fifteen generations. The book shows great research in England and iVmerica and was used in compiling this sketch : as were also family records, published histories of states and towns and colonial records of the General Court of Conn. We have seventeen different ways of spelling the name from English records, although very few parish registers of that country date back of 1538, in which year orders were issued that everj^ parish should keep registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

ROBERT AND HONOUR TREAT.

Robert Treat— hm'i&d February 16, 1599, in Pitminster, Somerset, England, married Honora or Honour, who was buried in Pitminster September IT, 1G27.

CHILDREX OP ROBERT AND HONOUR TREAT.

1. Aliee—h2i^t. February 4, 1561.

2. John—hdi^t. September 10, 1570, buried May 7, 1633. He married Edith Priest April 21, 1598.

3. Mary — bapt. February 6, 1575, married, October 8, 1597, Robert Babb, widower. (See Taunton Manor calendar.)

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4. Agnes — bapt. February 18, 1577, married, August 27, 1598, John Alpin.

5. Tamsen—h2i^\. May 26, 1581.

6. Richard married Alice Qaylard, (^>^/ /;/

line.)

MR. RICHARD AND ALICE (GAYLARD) TREAT.

Richard Treat was a man not far from fift\' j^ears of age when he appeared in Wethersfield, Conn., with his wife Alice (Gaylard) Treat and their nine children. Their number was ten, but little Alice, less than three years old. was dead before the family left old England, and was buried in Pitminster. Richard Treat was one of the original proprietors of Wethersfield, and at the request of the people of that place, and by the appoint- ment of the General Court, he took charge of many public affairs. In 1611 lands were entered on the Wethersfield record in the name of Richard Trat. . i

1612. Richard Trotte of Wethersfield was appointed b}^ : \

the General Court to see that no calves were killed ' ' without A

approbation, that the Country ma}^ be better enabled to kill br

Beves for I^eather. " 1642. " He was desired," by the Gen- gj H

eral Court, "to take the accoumpt of what the seuerall Townes wall disburse toward the building of a Shippe. ' ' He was one of the Grand Jur}^ for some 3'ears.' 1644. He was appointed for Wethersfield, by the General Court, " to collect funds for the mayntenaunce of scollers at Cambridge, Mass. It was ordered that two shall be appointed in every town in the jurisdiction for this work." 1644. He was chosen Deput}^ to the General Court, and held the office till 1657. 1658. He was elected magistrate; an office which he held for seven 3^ears. Magistrates were generall}" called Assist- ants. They constituted the Upper House of the Assembly and " in early times were the Supreme Court of the State, and the leading men of their times." 1653. The town granted Richard Treat an addition to his farm ' ' on ye east side of ye great river." Hollister, to illustrate the high respectabilit}' of manual labor in early Connecticut, says: "Richard Treat, father of Governor Treat, a patentee named in the charter,

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and one of the first gentlemen of the Colony, daily crossed the Connecticut river in a boat and lent his strong muscles to the task of breaking up the fallow land of Glastenbury. " 1()(52. He was named in the Royal Charter of Connecticut, granted by Charles II. 16G8. Richard Treat made his will, which is on file at the probate office at Hartford. He mentions " wife AHs Treatt," gives to "eldest son, Richard, full possession and confirmation of the farme," and to "second son, Robert, ten pounds." He names his sons-in-law, gives a book to "John Demon," and "my great bible to my daughter Honour." He says: " It is my desire that John Demon, Rob- ert Webster and Richard Treat would confer for mutual help- fulness to the widow." lt)()9. He is counted on the list of freemen at Wethersfield. 1G69. He died, and his will was exhibited- in court the same year. Estate was appraised by " John Deminge," John Nott and Robert Webster.

Richard Treat was born in Pitminster and baptized there in August, 1584. He died in Wethersfield, Conn. He married, April 27, 1615, in Pitminster, England, Alice Gay lard, who was baptized May 10, 1594, in Pitminster. She was daughter of Hugh Gay lard, who was buried October 21, 1614, in Pitminster, and his will was recorded in the Taunton Probate Court the same j^ear.

Accepting the record as it stands, Richard Treat was bap- tized under the name of Trott, married by the name of Trett, his children were baptized when his name w^as Tratt and some- times Trott, and he was called Treat Vv^hen he died, at the age of 85 years. He was a man of considerable wealth for the time in which he lived and was a gentleman of high character. That cultured and honored son of Connecticut, Henr}^ C. Robinson, said in a public address, not long before his death, "I am proud to say I am a descendant of Richard Treat." He was always designated on our early colonial records by the title of Mr. "The prefix of Master (Mr.) in Connecticut embraced clergymen and planters of good family and estate who were members of the General Court ; those bred up at a university and those of sufficient education to manage the general affairs of the colony either ina civil or ecclesiastical way, and who had

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4. Agnes — bapt. February 18, 1577, married, August 27, 1598, John Alpin.

5. Tamsen—h2i^i. May 26, 1581.

6. Richard married Alice CJaylard. {Xext in

line

MR. RICHARD AND ALICE (GAYLARD) TREAT.

Richard Treat was a man not far from fifty years of age when he appeared in Wethersfield, Conn., with his wife Alice (Gay lard) Treat and their nine children. Their number was ten, but little Alice, less than three years old. was dead before the family left old England, and was buried in Pitminster. Richard Treat was one of the original proprietors of Wethersfield , and at the request of the people of that place, and by the appoint- ment of the General Court, he took charge of many public affairs. In 1641 lands were entered on the Wethersfield record in the name of Richard Trat.

1642. Richard Trotte of Wethersfield was appointed by the General Court to see that no calves were killed ' ' without approbation, that the Country may be better enabled to kill Beves for Ivcather. " 1642. " He was desired," by the Gen- eral Court, "to take the accoumpt of what the seuerall Townes \\\\\ disburse toward the building of a Shippe. ' ' He was one of the Grand Jury for some 3'ears." 1644. He was appointed for Wethersfield, by the General Court, "to collect funds for the mayntenaunce of scollers at Cambridge, Mass. It was ordered that two shall be appointed in every town in the jurisdiction for this work." 1644. He was chosen Deputy to the General Court, and held the office till 1657. 1658. He was elected magistrate; an office which he held for seven years. Magistrates were generally called Assist- ants. They constituted the Upper House of the Assembly and " in early times were the Supreme Court of the State, and the leading men of their times." 1653. The town granted Richard Treat an addition to his farm ' ' on ye east side of ye great river." HoUister, to illustrate the high respectabilit}^ of manual labor in earl}^ Connecticut, says: "Richard Treat, father of Governor Treat, a patentee named in the charter.

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and one of the first gentlemen of the Colon}^ daily crossed the Connecticut river in a boat and lent his strong muscles to the task of breaking up the fallow land of Glastenbury. " 1G(;2. He was named in the Royal Charter of Connecticut, granted by Charles II. 1(368. Richard Treat made his will, which is on file at the probate office at Hartford. He mentions "wife AHs Treatt," gives to "eldest son, Richard, full possession and confirmation of the farme," and to "second son, Robert, ten pounds." He names his sons-in-law, gives a book to "John Demon," and "my great bible to my daughter Honour." He says: " It is my desire that John Demon, Rob- ert Webster and Richard Treat would confer for mutual help- fulness to the widow." 1G()9. He is counted on the list of freemen at Wethersfield. 1069. He died, and his will was exhibited, in court the same 3'ear. Estate was appraised by "John Deminge," John Nott and Robert Webster.

Richard Treat was born in Pitminster and baptized there in August, 1581. He died in Wethersfield, Conn. He married, x\pril 27, 1615, in Pitminster, England, Alice Gay lard, who was baptized May 10, 1594, in Pitminster. She was daughter of Hugh Gaylard, w^ho was buried October 21, 1614, in Pitminster, and his will was recorded in the Taunton Probate Court the same 3^ear.

Accepting the record as it stands, Richard Treat was bap- tized under the name of Trott, married by the name of Trett, his children were baptized when his name was Tratt and some- times Trott, and he was called Treat when he died, at the age of 85 years. He was a man of considerable wealth for the time in which he lived and was a gentleman of high character. That cultured and honored son of Connecticut, Henry C. Robinson, said in a public address, not long before his death, "I am proud to sa}^ I am a descendant of Richard Treat. ' ' He was alwa^^s designated on our early colonial records by the title of Mr. "The prefix of blaster (Mr.) in Connecticut embraced clergymen and planters of good family and estate who were members of the General Court ; those bred up at a university and those of sufficient education to manage the general affairs of the colony either ina civil or ecclesiastical way, and who had

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been sufficiently well born. Comparative!}^ few of the represen- tatives from the several towns, even though they might be returned year after year, were honored with this title. It may be observed, with reference to our colonial records, that there were scores of men of good family and in honorable stations , who still did not possess all the requisite qualities of Masters. It was seldom that young men of whatever rank were called Masters."

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AXD ALICE (GAYLARD TREAT.

(All born and baptized in Pitminster, Somerset, England.)

1. Jionour married John Reining, (See Dewing

family.)

2. Joanna— hoxw 1G18, bapt. May 24, 1618, died in October, 1694. She married Lieutenant John HoUister. He was a prominent member of the church, one of Captain Mason's military officers and an experienced member of the General Court, being fourteen times elected in Conn. , begin- ning in 1644, and he had been Deput}^ to the Gen. Court of Mass. before he came to Connecticut. He bore the prefix Mr., which was superseded in 1657 by the military title of Lieut. He died in 1665, having held divers legislative and popular appointments.

3. Sarah— horw in 1620, bapt. December 3, 1620, married, about 1644, Matthew Campfield. He was much in public affairs ; Deput}^, and Patentee named in Conn, royal charter of 1662.

4. Richard— horn in 1622, bapt in 1623, died about 1693. He was freeman in Wethersfield in 1669, and he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Coleman, who removed to Hadle}^ He received from his father a 900 acre farm in Wethersfield.

5. T^^^^r^— born in 1624, bapt. February 25, 1625, died July 12, 1710. He married 1st, Jane Tapp, daughter of Edmund Tapp, Esq., of ]\Iilford, Conn. She was the mother of his children, and died April 8, 1703. He married 2nd, when he was over 83 j^ears old, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hollings- worth) Bryan, daughter of Michael Powell of Boston. She

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died three months after the marriage. He entered public life in 1639, and withdrew from further service in 1708, at the age of 86 years, having faithfull}^ served his country, with charac- teristic vigor, for a period of nearly seventy years. When eight- een years old he was chosen to aid in surveying and \2.y\x\<g out the lands for Milford, a new settlement, of which he soon be- came Towm Clerk. He w^as a Judge of the Particular Court, and for six years Deputy to the Gen. Court from Milford and New Haven. He was appointed by the Gen. Court to " order ye military affairs of Milford," and had the privilege of taking shares of public land on behalf of his children, an honor granted to no one else in the Colony During the nego- tiations between the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven which resulted in their union, he continued to sign the correspondence on the side of New Haven. When there was a prospect of war with the Dutch, he was one of a committee appointed to settle matters — either by war or without it. Savage says, "he was Captain and Representative and in Phillip's war, was commander in chief." He was often delegated to manage dissatisfied Indians, and on one occasion he, with his militar}- company, saved Springfield, Mass., from ruin at their hands. By his repeated opportune arrivals at the moment of greatest peril during the Indian wars, he gained for himself the name of ' ' Good Angel. " " He was again and again," says an historian of the period, "chiefly in- strumental in saving some of the finest border towms of Massachusetts from total destruction." He and Governor Winthrop were close friends As Winthrop took a large part in procuring the charter of Connecticut, Robert Treat was no less active and successful in preserving it from the violence of its enemies. He w^as Governor of the State when Sir Edmund Andross appeared on the scene, bearing a Royal Commission to be head of all the Northern provinces ; and was present w^hen an attempt was made to seize the charter, and — a was notsurre7idered. Of that contest John Fiske says: "While Sir Edmund Andross was bandying threats with stout Robert Treat, the queller of Indians and Governor of Connecticut, in the course of their evening conference, the

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candles were suddenly blown out, and when, after some scraping of tinder they were again lighted, the document was nowhere to be found. " On the overthrow of Andross, Robert Treat was hailed Governor of Connecticut. It appears from the Colonial Records, that no small part of his work was adjusting claims, settling disputes in churches, between Indians, between whites and Indians, and establishing bounds of towns and states. Hollister, in his history of Conn., says: "Governor Treat was not only a man of high courage, but possessed a quick sagacity, united with a breadth of under- standing that enabled him to see, at a glance, the most com- plex relations of the field of battle ; but his moral courage and inherent force of character shone with the brightest lustre in the executive chair or legislative chamber, when stimulated by the opposition and malevolence of such men as Andross." The chronicled incidents of his life, important to the history of towns and states, are abundant and easil}' reached.

In connection with his management of Indians, the follow- ing little stor}^ of his son is interesting: Rev. Samuel Treat was graduated at Harvard College in 16G9 and was the first ordained minister of Eastham, Mass. Besides his work among his own people, he visited the Indians at their wigwams, gained their affections and preached often in their villages, of which there were four in the township. At the time of his burial in 1717 the snow was heaped in the road till it was in vain to attempt making a path. An arch was dug, through which he was borne to his grave ; the Indians, b}^ their earn- est request, being permitted in turn to carry the bod}^ of their beloved Pastor. The Hon. Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence, w^as grandson of Gov. Robert and Jane (Tapp) Treat. The most prominent inscription on the Memorial Bridge at Milford, Conn., is the following :

' ' In Memoriam Robert Treat for forty years Governour & Deputy Gov. of the Colony of Connecticut. Obitt 1710."

He is buried at Milford, in a grave3'ard at no great dis- tance from the bridge, where a handsome monument is dedi- cated to his memory in these words :

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' ' Here lyeth interred the body of Coll. Robert Treat, Esq. who faithfully served this Coloii}^ in the post of Governour and Deputy Governor near ye space of thirty years and at ye age of fourscore and eight years, exchanged this life for a better. July 12th. Anno Dom: ]7lO.'

The two inscriptions afford a curious specimen of stone testimony. ' '

6. Elizabeth— horn in 1627, bapt. July 25, 1627, married, about 1619, George Wolcott, son of Henry Wolcott of Windsor.

7. S7csa?ma— horn in 1629, bapt. October 8, 1629, died in 1705. She married, about 1652, Robert Webster of Middletown, son of Governor Webster. They were ancestors of Noah Webster, LL.D.

8. Alice— hmn in 1631, bapt. February 16, 1631, buried, August 2, 1633, in Pitminster, Eng.

9. James— horn in 1631, bapt. July 20, 1634, died February 12, 1709. He married, January 26, 1665, Rebecca Lattimer, daughter of John Eattimer of Wethersfield. James Treat lived in Wethersfield, was Freeman in 1657, and Deputy in 1672, '73, and '74. In 1706 "ye committee to seat per- sons in ye meeting were chosen by papers, " and Mr. James Treat was one of the seven who had the highest number of papers. His widow died April 2, 1734, aged 84 jxars.

10. Katharine— horn in 1637, bapt. June 29, 1637, married, November 29, 1655, Rev. William Thomson (?) of New Haven. They were married by Governor John Endicott of Boston.

f Viitt 4^amib of l^muc.

1. Peter Pratt married Elizabeth Griswolcl.

2. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mehitabel Waterhouse.

3. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

4. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

5. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

6. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

7. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betse}-, 4. Rufus.

PETER AND ELIZABETH (GRISWOLD) PRATT.

Peter de Pratellis (Peter Pratt) was a distinguished Cru- sader, who followed Richard Coeur de L<ioa and was kept by that monarch near his person. When that furious leader rushed to the defense of the garrison of Joppa, accompanied by only seventeen knights and three hundred archers, the knights saw the hosts of Saladin stationed along the shore and advised Richard to return — whereupon he exclaimed, " Perdition seize that man who has now one thought of retreat ; ' ' and at once threw himself into the waves and leaped on shore, followed by Peter de Pratellis, first of all. Circumstances favor the opinion which has been advanced, that Peter Pratt of Lyme was of the same family as this follower of King Richard. The following is from the records of Lyme : "Also Peter Pratt was granted, 22 June 16G8, an island, commonly called Rood's Island, in Black Hall River and bounded ever}^ way with the water." There was also a grant of land to him April 25th, 1678, in these words : ' ' Peter Pratt is granted that accommodation that was John Laribees, on the same account ; that is to say, that he doth the smithery work of the town." Attested by Mat- thew Griswold and Thomas Lee. Note is made of a deed of land to Peter'Pratt in 1674.

The following extract from the Lyme records gives us the marriage of Peter Pratt : * * Peter Pratt was married unto Eliz-

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abeth Griswold that was devost from John Rogers. They were married the oth of August 1679. Said Elizabeth was the daughter of Mathew Griswold. The reasons of her divorce from her first husband were, his adherence to the doctrines of the Sabbatarians, and alleged immoralities. By her marriage with Rogers, she had two children. These two children, (by order of the court) remained with their mother during their childhood, but when they became old enough to act for them- selves prefered to live wdth their father, and adopted his senti- ments. By her marriage with Peter Pratt, she had one son, Peter, who while a 3"oung man studied for the profession of law in New London, where he revived his 3^outhful intimac}' with his half brother, John Rogers, Jr. This brought him into company of the elder Rogers, to whose exhortations he lis- tened complacently; till, at length, embracing his doctrines and becoming his disciple, he received baptism at his hands and endured fines, imprisonments, and public abuse on ac- count of his Quakerism ; but after a time he left New London, relinquished the Rogerene cause, and made a public acknowl- edgement, that he had labored under a delusion. Still further to show his sincerit}^, he wrote an account of his lapse and recovery, entitled — The prey taken from the Strong, or an Historical Account of the Recovery of one from the dangerous errors of Quakerism. ' '

The following extracts are from the records of the Gen- eral Court of Conn.: " Uppon the petition of Elizabeth Griswold, the late wife of John Rogers, that she might have her children, brought up by her, and not by John Rogers, he being so hettridox in his opinion and pi^aciice, the court see cause to order, that the children remayn with the sd. Eliza- beth and her father, Matthew Griswold, and be brought up and nurtured by them (in the admonition and fear of the Lord) during the pleasure of this court and John Rogers to pay unto the said Elizabeth toward the mayntainance of his children, the sum of twenty pounds." In 1684, " Uppon the request of Matthew Griswold and Elizabeth Pratt this court (John Rog- ers continuing in his evill practices) doe see cause to grant, that the sayd Matthew Griswold and Elizabeth, power to order

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and dispose of John Rogers, the son of the sayd Elizabeth Pratt, and to put him to prentice to some honest man, that he may learn a good trade and be in a capacit}^ to live honestly in the world. ' ' John Rogers, the father, protested against any in- terference of the civil authorities with religious libert}', and always after the divorce insisted that the court had robbed him of his wife and children. His w^ritings w^ere condemned and burned as "pestilent heresies." He charged "the min- ister with lies and false doctrine ; ' ' and he w^as leader of a sect of Quakers that took from him the name of Rogerenes.

Elizabeth Griswold, daughter of Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold, was thrice married : 1st, to John Rogers of New London, October 17, 1670. She was granted a divorce from him October 12, 1676. She married 2nd, Peter Pratt, August 5, 1679. He died March 24, 1688. She married 3rd, Matthew Beckwith, Jr. , in 1691. She died in July, 1727. The children of John and Elizabeth (Griswold) Rogers were Elizabeth, born November 8, 1671, and John, born March 20, 1674.

Matthew and Elizabeth (Griswold) Beckwith had a daugh- ter named Griswold Beckwith, who married Eliakim Cooley, Jr., of Springfield, Mass.

CHILD OP PETER AND ELIZABETH (GRISWOLD) PRATT.

1. Peter married Mehitabel iOaterhouse, (Xe.rt

in line.)

PETER AND MEHITABEL (WATERH0U8E) PRATT.

Peter Pratt, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Griswold) Pratt, married Mehitabel, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Pratt) Water- house of Eyme, September 7, 1709. The "History of Hart- ford County ' ' has this notice of him in an article written by Sherman W. Adams on ' ' The Bench and the Bar " : " Peter Pratt of Hartford, but earlier of Eyme, became King's Attor- ney in 1719. He was a noted and successful lawyer and re- markable for his forensic eloquence. His mother was daugh- ter of Matthew Griswold. ' ' When a young man he studied for the profession of law in New London, and after completing his studies he located in Hartford. He was at the head of his

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profession when he died in 1730. Early in life he suffered much abuse for nonconformity. The office of Queen's attorney was created in May, 1704. The act provided that there should be "In every countie, a sober, discreet and religious person appointed by the County Courts, to be Atturney for the Queen; to prosecute and implead in the lawe all criminall offenders, and to do all other things necessary or convenient, as an Atturney, to suppress vice and immorallitie."

CHILDREN OF PETER AND MEHITABEL (AVATERHOUSE) PRATT.

1. Elizabeth— horn July 24, 1711.

2. Mehztabel— horn October 11, 1712.

3. Sarah— horn September 1, 1714.

4. Peter married Mary Metcalfe, {Xe.v^ in /me.)

&. Mary— horn July 6, 1718, died April 27, 1719.

6. Phineas— horn October 20, 1720.

7. Daniel— horn June 2, 1722, died August 2i), 1722,

8. Temperance— horn December 20, 1723.

REV. PETER AND MARY (METCALFE) PRATT.

Rev. Peter Pratt of Lebanon, son of Peter and Mehitabel (Waterhouse) Pratt was born July 19, 1716. He was a grad- uate of Yale college, of the class of 1736. He studied Theol- ogy and was licensed to preach by the Windham Association, August 28, 1739. He went to Sharon in January 1740, on application of the town that he should preach on ' ' trial for some convenient time." He was ordained in April 1740, the first minister of that towm. His pastoral labors ended in 1747, but he remained in Sharon for several years afterward, where he owned valuable tracts of land, in all more than six hundred acres. His home-lot, containing eighty acres, lay on the east side of the principal street. He was a school teacher and the first clerk of the Probate Court for the district of Sharon, which was established in 1755. He returned to Leb- anon, where he died in 1780 at the age of 64. He was un- doubtedly a man of superior talents. He married Mary Metcalfe, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Avery) Met-

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calfe, July 6, 1741. She was born April 17, 1711, and died December 10, 1755.

CHIL,r>REN OP REV. PETER PRATT AND MARY ; METCALFE )

PRATT.

1. ttiarij married Samuel Jiall, {See Haii Family

of Middlctozun.)

2. Lticy — born December 1, 1743.

3. Peter — born June 9, 1745, married Phebe Wright of New Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 27, 1766. They lived in Sharon.

4. ElizabctJi — born December 12, 1748.

5. E'lmice— born April 29, 1750.

ajriotvold f amili).

1. George Griswold of " Keillinswortli, in Warrackshire," England.

2. His son, Matthew Griswold, married Anna Wolcott.

3. Their daughter, Klizabeth Griswold, married Peter Pratt.

4. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mehitabel Waterhouse.

5. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mar}^ Metcalfe.

6. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

7. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

8. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harle}- Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -l. Rufus.

The following notes have been collected from many sources, including the family papers of the Gris wolds of Blackhall. Those documents give approximatel}^ the dates of the births of the emigrants Edward and Matthew Grisw^old, and also make it clear that the English home they left was at Kenil worth.

CHIIiDREI^^ OF GEORGE GRISAVOIiD OF KEKIL. WORTH, W'AR- AVICKSHIRE, ENGLAND.

1. Echuard— horn about 1607, came to America about the year 1639. He died in 1691, in his 81th year, it is said. He settled in Windsor and was living there in 1619. * ' He was Deputy for Windsor, and his son Francis and brother Matthew, as well as himself, w^ere representatives at the same court." In 1671, there was a grant made to him of two hundred acres "at the north end of Lyme bounds." It is believed he removed to Killingworth, and was the same Edward Griswold who was Deputy from that town in 1678, when he was nominated for Assistant and Commis- sioner and represented the town in every court from that year on to 1687, and during the time was repeatedly made Commis- sioner. In 1678, he was on a committee for establishing a Latin School in New London. He had the title ISIr. and was

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the first deacon of the church in Killingworth, which planta- tion was at first named Kenilworth after his old town in England. He married 1st, in England, Margaret, who died August 23, 1670. He married 2nd, in 1673, the widow of James Bemis of New London.

Two grandsons of Edward Griswold testified that, ' ' Our said Grandfather's father's name was George Griswold, and the said George Griswold our great grandfather had three sons, the eldest named Edward, the second named Matthew, and the 3'oungest named Thomas. Edward and Matthew came into New England from Kenilworth, in Warwickshire. Edward Griswold's eldest son was Francis." (The above testimon}^ written and sworn to.)

2. JYlatthew married /tnna is)okoti, {Ne^rt i?i

line.)

3. Thomas — did not come to America, but remained on the old English homestead in Kenilworth,

MATTHEW AND ANNA (WOLCOTT) GRISWOLD.

Matthew Griswold, from Kenilworth, England, arrived in America, with his older brother Edward, about 1639, being then 19 years old ; and having come to Windsor he married, October 16, 1616, Anna Wolcott, daughter of Mr. Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott, who were the ancestors of the distinguished American family of that name. Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold became the founders of the distin- guished Griswold family. Their home for a while w^as in Say brook, but their final abiding place was Lyme. The high price of land in Windsor, seems to have been the reason they did not settle there. He wrote: " Haveing kindred of my owne and my wdves at Windsor, I was willing to dwell at Windsor, also I went and advised with my father in law, Mr. Wolcott, who told me I had bid high enoffe. " He said that land at Windsor was then at a high price, but that the price fell off very much in after years. His wife's name was writ- ten Annah in a manuscript in the family Bible of Judge Gris- wold ; and it is, on an old probate document, written Hannah. She did not come to America with her parents, but came over after the family was settled, with her sister and youngest

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brother, Simon. Most of the early planters of Lynie had moved from place to place before settling there. Matthew Griswold was the pioneer of the last movement. He chose his land, first of all the Saybrook men who removed to Lyme, and re- received his grant from Major Fen wick, who, before he left the Colony, committed all his public as well as private concerns to the care of ]\Iatthew Griswold. He was a typical Englishman, in energy, force, venture and hardihood. Both he and his wife belonged to the land-owning class in England — and he now obtained possession of such a landed estate, as only royalty and high nobility could claim in the mother country ; a great tract which stretches along the shore, from the river nearly to New London. The new home was called Black Hall, and has now been the seat of the Griswolds for two and a half centu- ries. The house built b}^ Governor Roger Griswold, com- mands an extensive and delightful prospect of the Sound.

November 2, 1721, Patience Griswold released to her brothers and sisters her right and title, as one of her father's legatees, to "about four thousand five hundred and fifty acres " in Lyme. The following extracts concerning the 1st Matthew Griswold are from the colonial records of Conn., on which records the name is sometimes written Gryssell. In "1617 Matthew Griswold was before the Court as de- fendant." 1619. A petition to the General Court from the inhabitants of Saybrook was presented by Matthew Gris- wold. He was the first Commissioner in Saybrook. 1651. He signed an agreement with Uncas and others about bounds of land. 166U. The court of election at Hartford ordered, ' ' In answer to ye petition from New London, that ye Dept. Gov- ernor and Math: Griswold shall lend unto New London two great Guns from Sea Brooke, with shot such as yr judge may convenient to be let goe from thence." 1663 "The court ordered that the Towne of New London shall pay Matthew Griswold" (and others) "what is due unto them for laying out the bounds of New London." 1666. Matthew Griswold was appointed one of a Committee for " entertieneing and approve- ing such as are received inhabitants on ye east side ye River at Sea Brooke." He was Deputy to the General Court. On

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the 13th of February of that year he signed the articles of separation between Say brook and Lyme. In 1667 and in 1678, he was Deputy from Lyme and his name on the colonial records has the prefix Mr. ; at that time distinctive of a gentleman. From 1679 to 1690 he was Commissioner ; and quite generally Deputy for Lyme. In 1678 "Thomas Burnham complayned to this court that he had some wrong done him by the serving of an execution upon his land. This court doth desire and appoynt Mr. John Brockett and Mr. Matthew Griswold to go as speedily as the}' can and view and measure the land and report to the court how thej^ find the matter. ' ' Mr. Matthew Griswold was so far in advance of the laws of his time that he * ' recorded and made over to Hannah his wife ' ' propert}^ that was given to her by the will of her brother, Christopher Wol- cott! Mr. Griswold had a severe lawsuit wdth Mr. Marvin, concerning horses. The arbitrators ordered that half the horses should be divided between them and the other half should go to the Colony.

The original Gris wolds were tall men, large-boned, mus- cular and powerful. In 1670 New London and Lyme became involved in a violent contention for the ownership of a strip of land about two miles wide. Finall}^, the inhabitants of both townships agreed to settle the controversy by a combat be- tween four men ; two to be chosen from each town for that purpose. Matthew Griswold, son of Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold was noted for his athletic form and great strength, and though a mere youth, was one of the two chosen champions for Lyme. On a day mutually appointed, the combatants appeared in the field and fought with their fists, until victory was declared in favor of the Lyme men. L3'me then quietly took possession of the controverted tract and held it by undisputed right thereafter. The first Matthew Griswold presented a silver cup to the church in Say brook, which the church sold to an individual. It is still in existence and is inscribed with his name and social standing in Latin. He died at Black Hall September 27, 1698, and was buried on the opposite side of the river at Say brook, but the place of his grave is unmarked.

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The story has been current for generations that he fash- ioned the stone which marks the resting-place, at Windsor, of his father-in-law, Henry Wolcott ; the account is sanctioned b}^ Barber, who, in his Historical Collections, gives a picture of the monument ; but at this late da}^ questioners have arisen in the land, who assert that there is no evidence, nor any probabilit}', that ^Matthew Griswold was ever a stonecutter. His wife, Mrs. Anna (Wolcott) Griswold, survived him and was living September 17, 1700, aged 80. He had a clear pedigree and descended from Sir Matthew Greswolde of Mal- vern Hall, near Lyme Regis, England. She was sixteenth in descent from Sir John Wolcott, the first English knight of that name, of whom we have record.

CHIL.DREJV OF MATTHEW AXD AlVAA (AVOLCOTT) GRISWOLiD.

1. 6^(^r<^/^— married Thomas Colton of Springfield, ]\iass. Captain Colton is mentioned in the distribution of the estate of Matthew Griswold, " late of Lyme. "

2. Matihezu — was born at Saybrook in 1653. He was Deputy Commissioner, and owned a large landed estate, much of it deeded to him by his father, a few days before his death. May 21, 1083, he married 1st, Phebe, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde. They had 11 children. She died November 29, 1701. He married 2nd, May 30, 1705, Mrs. Mary Lee, widow of the 1st Thomas Lee of Lyme— a De Wolfe by birth. She died in 1721. He died January 13, 1715, and was buried at Lyme. When they were married, she took with her to his house, her daughter, Hannah Lee, who in due time married his son, Judge John Griswold.

Mrs. Lamb, in her often-quoted article on Old L}'me, says : ' ' Black Hall has always been famous for the beauty and spirit «f its women. Governor Matthew Griswold had eight dashing sisters who were known as The Black Hall boys, from being given to all manner of out door sports. They could ride, leap, run and swim and they had withal the gifts and graces which won for them distinguished husbands. These were children of Judge John and Hannah (Lee) Gris- wold, and grandchildren of :Matthew and Phebe (Hyde) Gris- wold.

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3. John — Savage says he died j^oung but there is mention of him, as a man, in a I^yme deed.

4. Elizabeth married Peter Pratt, {See Pratt

family of Lyme.)

5. ^;^?2^— married September 2, 1674, Lieutenant Abraham Brownson (as he wrote his own name). They had six children. Chief Justice Waite, Governor Buckingham, &c., descended from them. Lieut. Brownson is named in the dis- tribution of Matthew Griswold' s estate and also on Lyme records, as administrator of the estate, with the approbation of his mother-in-law, Anna Griswold. Matthew Beckwith, and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Colton, received portions.

The above children of Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Gris- wold are numbered in the order in which they are named in a family record.

Governor Matthew Griswold married Miss Ursula Wol- cott, daughter of Hon. Roger Wolcott, Governor of Connecti- cut ; thus forming another tie between the families of Wolcott and Griswold. Tradition says that Gov. Matthew Griswold was diffident when a 3^oung man and that this marriage was suggested by Miss Ursula. She was 19 years of age when the}" were married and he was several years her senior. She was resolute, energetic and of great good sense ; brought up a superior familj^ of children, shared her husband's counsels and successes, and at times, when he was long absent from home, or when he was overburdened with cares, administered the affairs of a large farm and controlled a numerous house- hold and many laborers. It appears that domestic slaves were owned by the Gris wolds from the early times, and the family archives contain a paper written by Governor ^Matthew Gris- wold, dated 1795, and apparently intended for publication; in which he labored to convince others, and perhaps (uncon- sciously) himself also, that human slavery was just and right. President Styles of Yale College, in his * ' Itinerar\^ " of a journey from New London to New Haven in October, 1790, wrote: " Govr. Griswold now alt 76, born at Lyme, fitted for College, settled a Farmer, bo't him the first considral. Law Librar}^ in connect. — a great reader of Law. He has a Farm of

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400 acres— 23 hogs 8 yoke Oxen, 17 Fat Cattle, 25 cows, 3000 lb. cheese— 100 lb. Butter, 8000 lb. Beef sale, or 17 Fat Cattle, 400 Bushs. Oats, 500 do. Ind. corn, 100 Loads Eng. Hay, 80 do. salt do. 500 lb. Flax, 45 Bushs. Wheat, 120 do. Rye, 105 sheep."

The following letter was written by Governor ^latthew Griswold to his son Matthew, when he was a student at Yale

College :

Lyme, Nov. 18th, 1779. Dear Son,

Thro' Divine Goodness we are all in usual health — I have herewith Sent You a Thirty Dollar bill to purchase a Ticket in the Continental Lottery in the Third Class: I suppose they are to be had in New Haven of Deacon Austin ; I wish you good Success with it. If they are not to be had in New Haven, you will Enquire and purchase one Elsewhere — If there be no Chance to purchase one, lay up your Money and keep it safe. I hope 3^ou wall pursue your Studies with Dilli- gence & Industry — But above all, keep Holy the Sabbath Da}^ & pay all Possible Regard to Religion: A vertuous Life is the only Foundation upon which you can Depend to be Comfortable here & Happy in the Coming World — the Joy of your Friends and a blessing to the world.

From your affectionate Father Matthw. Griswold. Matthw. Griswold Junr.

Matthew Griswold, LL.D., Gov. of Conn, in 1784, was born in 1716 and died in 1799, having sur^dved his w^fe a few days more than 11 years. A sermon was preached on April 8, 1788, at the interment of Madam Ursula (Wolcott) Gris- wold, consort of his Excellency ^Matthew Griswold, Esq., by John Devotion, A. M., minister of the Third Church in Say- brook. Addressing the bereaved husband, Mr. Devotion said — "That sir, which a mind not so well furnished with knowledge, might view as an aggravation of the bereavement may justly afford a degree of consolation, which though some- what different from the usual mode of consolatory address is the result of thought and consideration. That yon, Sir,

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through God's mercy, have had the happiness of connection with a family and long enjoyment of a consort, the daughter of the Honorable Roger Wolcott, Esq., Governor of the then Colony of Connecticut, whose great powers of mind, joined to assiduous application and approved integrity, opened to him the way to the highest seat of honor in this then Colony. That you was connected with. the sons of that great man, who inherit a good share of that native greatness of mind, assid- uous application and integrity which has distinguished several of them also in this State — that your consort was their sister, who inheriting a good share of mental endowments yet knezu her place and was a crown to her husband. * ^ p^ consort well versed in frugality, industry and economy."

Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold was daughter, sister, wife, aunt and mother of Governors of Connecticut. She was born in Wind- sor, October 30, 1724, married Matthew Griswold of I^yme November 11, 1713, and died April 5, 1788. The following paper prepared by Mrs. Edward E. Salisbur}' was printed in the New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Register and has been repeat- edly copied into other publications :

FAMILY CIRCLK

OF

MRS. URvSULA (WOLCOTT) GRISWOLD.

I. Governors.

1. Roger Wolcott, her father, was Governor of Connecticut.

2. Oliver Wolcott, Sr., her brother, was Governor of Connecticut,

also. Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

3. Oliver Wolcott, Jr., her nephew, was Governor of Connecticut, also

Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.

4. Matthew Griswold, Sr., her husband, was Governor of Connecticut.

5. Roger Griswold, her son, was Governor of Connecticut ; also M-as

offered, by the elder President Adams, but declined, the post of Secretary of War.

6. William Wolcott Ellsworth, her first cousin's grandson, was Gover-

nor of Connecticut.

7. William Pitkin 3rd, her second cousin, Avas Governor of Connecticut.

8. William Woodbridge, her grandnephew through her hiisband, was

Governor of Michigan.

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9. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., her third cousin through the Drakes, was Governor of Connecticut. (Mary, daughter of Henry Wolcott 1st, married Job Drake.)

10. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., fourth cousin of her children, was Governor

of Connecticut, also Speaker of the United States House of Rep- resentatives ; also United States Senator.

11. Joseph Trumbull, her remoter cousin, was Governor of Connecticut.

12. Frederick W. Pitkin, of the same Pitkin blood as herself, was lately

Governor of Colorado.

II. Judges.

1. Roger Wolcott, her father (I. 1.), was Judge of the Superior Court,

Connecticut.

2. Roger Wolcott, Jr., her brother, was Judge of the Superior Court,

Connecticut.

3. Erastus Wolcott, her brother, was Judge of the Superior Court,

Connecticut.

4. Oliver Wolcott, her brother (I. 2.), was Judge of the Court of Com-

mon Pleas, Connecticut.

5. Oliver Wolcott, her nephew (I. 3.), was Judge of the United States Circuit Court.

6. Josiah Wolcott, her second cousin, was Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas, Massachusetts.

7. Matthew Griswold, her husband (I. 4.), was Chief Justice of Con-

necticut. (He presided over the convention of this state which adopted the constitution of the United States.)

8. Mathew Griswold, her son, was Judge of the Supreme Court,

Connecticut.

9. Roger Griswold, her son (I. 5.), was Judge of the Supreme Court,

Connecticut.

10. Oliver Ellsworth, who married her first cousin's daughter, Abigail

Wolcott, was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court ; also United States Senator ; also United States Envoy Extra- ordinary to the Court of France.

11. William Wolcott Ellsworth (I. 6.), son of Abigail (Wolcott) Ells-

worth, was Judge of the Supreme Court, Connecticut.

12. Samuel Holden Parsons, her nephew, through her husband, was

appointed by Washington, tlie first Chief Justice of the North- west Territory-.

13. Stephen Titus Hosmer, who married her grandniece Lucia Parsons,

was Chief Justice of Connecticut.

14. Thomas Scott Williams, who married Delia Ellsworth, grand-

daughter of Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth, was Chief Justice of Connecticut.

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15. William Pitkin 2nd, first consin of her father, was Judge of the

Superior Court, and Chief Justice of Connecticut.

16. William Pitkin 3rd, her second cousin (I. 7.), was Chief Justice of

Connecticut.

17. William Pitkin 4:th, third cousin of her children, was Judge of the

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

18. Matthew Allyn, who married her second cousin Elizabeth Wolcott,

was Judge of the Superior Court, Connecticut.

19. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., her third cousin (I. 9.), was Chief Justice

of Connecticut.

20. John Trumbull, of the same descent, was Judge of the Sviperior

Court, Connecticut.

21. James Lanman, who married her granddaughter Marion Chandler,

(" both Griswold and Wolcott ") was Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut.

22. Lafaj-ette S. Foster, who married her great granddaughter Joanna

Lanman, (" of Griswold and Wolcott descent") was Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut ; also United States Senator, and acting Vice-President of the United States.

23. Nathaniel Pope, who married her grandniece Uucretia Backus, was

Judge of the United States Court of Illinois.

24. Henry T. Backus, her grand nephew, who married her grand niece,

Juliana Trumbull Woodbridge, was Judge of the United States Court of Arizona.

25. William Woodbridge, her grandnephew (I. 8.), was Judge of the

Supreme Court, Michigan.

26. Ebenezer Lane, her grandson, who married her granddaughter

Frances Griswold, was Chief Justice of Ohio.

27. William Griswold Lane, her great grandson, who married her great

granddaughter, Elizabeth Diodate Griswold, was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Ohio.

28. Charles Johnson McCurdy, her great grandson, was Judge of the

Supreme Court of Connecticut ; also the United States Charge d'Aifairs in Austria; also member of the Peace Congress in 1861.

29. Sherlock J. Andrews, who married her great granddavighter Ursula

McCurdy Allen, was Judge of the Superior Court, Ohio.

30. John Henry Boalt, her great grandson, was Jvidge of the Court of

Common Pleas, Nevada.

31. Charles Allen, late Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massachu-

setts, was of the same Pitkin blood as herself.

32. Aaron Hackley, who married Sophia Griswold, her great-great

grandniece (a descendant of her brother Oliver Wolcott), was Judge of the Supreme Court of New York.

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33. Josiali Hawkes, descended from her brother Roger, was Circuit

Judge, Michigan.

34. Henry Baldwin, son of her second cousin, Theodora Wolcott, was a

Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

35. Henry Matson Waite, Chief Justice of Connecticut, and

36. Morrison Remich Waite, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme

Court, descended from her own and her husband's ancestor, Henr}- Wolcott, the first of the name in this country, and from her husband's ancestor, the first Matthew Griswold. Most of those named above as Governors and Judges, held also other high offices. Many of her later descendants w-ere distinguished in the Civil War, one of whom, the heroic Captain John Griswold, gave his life at Antietam.

All descendants of the 1st Matthew Griswold of Con- necticut belong also to the family of the 1st Henry Wolcott, through his daughter Anna. Among them are included men eminent in the learned professions, members of both houses of Congress, ministers, military officers, etc. Judge Parsons, nephew of Governor Matthew Griswold, Major General in the Revolutionary Army, was a member of the Court Martial selected by Washington for the trial of Major Andre. William Alfred Buckingham, LL.D., United States Senator, "War Governor" of Conn. (1858-66), noted for his untiring energy in support of the union cause during the rebellion, was of both Griswold and Wolcott descent. He gave $25,000 to the Theological School of Yale College.

lli*oUott f amilt).

1. Jeran Wolcott, son of Sir John Wolcott, married Anna Mynde.

9,

Their son, Roger Wolcott, married Edith Donnes.

3. Their son, Sir Philip Wolcott, married Jnlian Herle.

4. Their son, John Wolcott, married Alice Lloyd.

5. Their son. Sir John Wolcott, of Wolcott, 1382.

6. His son, Thomas W^olcott.

7. His son, John Wolcott.

8. His son, John Wolcott, married Matilda Cornwell.

9. Their son, Roger Wolcott, married Margaret Lloyd.

10. Their son, William Wolcott, settled in Tolland, Eng.

11. His son, William Wolcott, married Elizabeth.

12. His son, Thomas Wolcott, lived in Tolland in 1552.

13. His son, Thomas Wolcott, married Alice.

14. Their son, John Wolcott, of Galdon Manor, Tolland.

15. His son, Henry Wolcott, married Elizabeth Saunders.

16. Their daughter, Anna Wolcott, married Matthew Griswold.

17. Their daughter, Elizabeth Griswold, married Peter Pratt.

18. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mehitabel Waterhouse.

19. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

20. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

21. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

22. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

23. Their daughter, Sophia F. Hall, married Levi E. Coe.

24. Their children were two sons, who died young.

John Wolcott above, of the 8th generation, who married Matilda, daughter of Sir Richard Cornwell, knight, lived in the reign of Henry the Fifth, and he assumed for his arms, the three chess rooks, instead of the crow, with the "fleurs de lis " borne by his ancestors. It is recorded of him in the old family pedigree that ' * playinge at chesse with Henry the Fifth, kinge of England, he gave hym [the king] the checke matte with the rourke ; whereupon the kinge changed his coate of arms, which was the crowe and fleur de leues, and gave him the rourke for a remembrance. "

Wolcott Family. 161

HENRY AND ELIZABETH (SAUNDERS) WOLCOTT.

Henry Wolcott, the immigrant, was a cultured gentle- man— a product of elevating and refining family influences of many generations. On his arrival in the new colony of Connecticut, he at once became a recognized and honored leader, and ' ' Perhaps from no other, among the founders of the State, has descended so many governors. Judges, and high officials." HoUister in his History of Connecticut says, ' ' Scarcel}^ had she brushed from her cheek the tear drops that betokened her sorrow at the death of Haynes, when again her eye was dimmed with the signs of a new bereavement. In the 78th year of his age, but w4th a judgment unclouded and his usefulness unimpaired, the venerable Henry Wolcott, one of the principal magistrates and advisers of the colony, quickly followed his friend and comrade to the grave. I cannot help making, a brief mention of him, and j^et, were I to speak at any considerable length of all the bright examples of patriotism and exalted worth, that have borne the name of Wolcott in Connecticut, I should find this work extending itself beyond the limits that I had marked out for it. ' '

Henry Wolcott, Esq. , the ancestor of all the Wolcotts of this state, was of a very ancient famil}^ and the owner of a large estate in Somersetshire. From that estate he sold lands, for which he received about eight thousand pounds sterling, before he left England. The rest was sold at sundry times by himself and his descendants ; the last remains since the Decla- ration of Independence. His deed to his eldest son conveys Galdon Manor, "with meadows, pastures, mills, tenements, and hereditaments thereunto belonging. ' ' This was the estate w^hich came into his possession after his removal to America, by the death of his elder brother, Christopher, and appears to have been wholly distinct from the estate which he owned and disposed of at the time of his emigration. This manor-house is of great extent and antiquity. It was originally a splendid mansion, designed as well for defense in a lawless age as for a permanent family residence. It is 3'et richl}^ ornamented with carved work, and if left to itself, unassailed b}- the hand of violence, it will still stand for ages. The motto of

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the family arms, borrowed from a Roman poet, is to be seen upon the walls ; its Latin w^ords informing us that the people who adopted it as their text of life were ' ' Following no leader's judgment." The Wolcott family was living in Som- ersetshire as early as 1525 ; all the earlier generations being devoted Papists. The emigrant Henr}' Wolcott was born in Tolland on the 6th of December, 1578. His earl}^ life w^as spent after the manner of a " Country Squire in Merrie Eng- land," in an age when the landed gentry were bold, athletic, hardy, hospitable and given to gayety ; but, in the overturn- ing caused by discussion of religious subjects, he became a Puritan, and home was no longer home for him. In 1628 he visited New England to examine the country, and returned to make preparations to spend the remainder of his days in America. In one of the first ships which arrived in 1630, came over the Rev. John Warham, Mr. Maverick, Mr. Rossiter, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Henry Wolcott and others of Mr. Warham's church and congregation, who first settled the town of Wind- sor in Connecticut. Mr. Wolcott had a fine estate, and was a man of superior abilities. This was an honorable company. Mr. Warham had been a famous minister in Exeter, Devon- shire count3^ Sometime before the 20th of ]\Iarch, just as they were about to embark for New England, upon a daj' of solemn fasting and prayer, they were formed into a Congrega- tional church at Plimouth in England. They then made choice of Mr. Warham and Mr. ]\Iaverick to be their pastor and teacher, and they were ordained or installed to the care of this particular church. They sailed from Plimouth in Eng- land, on the 20th of March, in the ship Mar}' and John, of 400 tons, and arrived at Nantasket, on the Lord's da}^ Ma}^ 30th. The next day, the master of the ship put them and their goods on shore and left them to shift for themselves. By the assis- tance of some of the old planters, they obtained a boat and proceeded up Charles River to the place since called Water- town. Here they landed their goods and erected a shelter to cover them ; but as the}' had many cattle and found a neck of land at Mattapan, affording good accommodations for them, they soon removed and began a settlement there.

Wolcott Family. 163

They named their town Dorchester. Mr. Wolcott did not move to Windsor with the first com pan}' that went, but soon followed, with Mr. Warham and others. He was there in 1636, one of the "principal planters of the town and one of the civil and religious fathers of the Colon3\ After his decease some one of his descendants was annually chosen into the magistrac}^ for a term of eighty years." Before leaving Eng- land Henry W^olcott w^as honored, with a commission from the Crown as Justice, so tradition tells us. He was select- man of Dorchester in 1634, and the same year the General Court granted him the privilege of selecting a farm for him- self. He is the first officer named in the colonial records of Connecticut, thus : "26 April 1636 Henr}^ Wolcott was sworn constable for the next yeere and untill newe be chosen. ' ' ' * The office of constable was of much more consideration then, than now. It was established very early, and the constables seem to have been intrusted with all the executive processes of the law and the power to apprehend suspicious persons without precept, which was later scarcel}' allowed even to the chief magistrate of a state." (Baylies.) He was one of the twelve Deputies sent to the first General Assembly of Con- necticut. "In 1643 he was chosen into the magistrac}' (vState Senate) and continued to be one of its most safe and immovable pillars till his death in 1655." Sherman W. Adams, in an article entitled ' ' The Bench and the Bar, ' ' says the Particular Court was the highest strictly judicial body in Connecticut from 1638 till 1665. Henry Wolcott was one of those who occupied its Bench.

Henry Wolcott, son of John Wolcott of Galdon IManor, Tolland, England, married, January 9, 1606, Elizabeth Saun- ders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of the parish of Lydiard St. Laurence, adjacent to Tolland. He was baptized in 1578. She was baptized December 20, 1584. She was his companion in the traverse of the wilderness when they moved from Dor- chester, Mass. to Dorchester, Conn. — soon after named Windsor. She died July 7, 1655, aged 73 years, having sur- vived her husband a few weeks. The inscription on his tombstone at Windsor tells us — "Here under lyeth the body

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of Henry Wolcott sometimes a magistrate of this jurisdiction who dyed ye 30th day of May Anno IJiS I' 'ff'." He bore the arms coming to him from Sir John Wolcott.

CHILDREN OF MR. HENRY AXD ELIZABETH (SAUNDERS)

AVOLCOTT.

(All born in England.)

1. John — baptized Oct. 1, 1607, was living in Eng- land in 1631 and apparently never emigrated to this country. He died without children previous to the date of his father's will, 1655.

2. Anna married Matthew CJrisv^old, {See ghs-

luold Family.)

Z,. Henry — born Jan. 21, 1611, came to America with his parents, was made freeman b}^ the General Court of Mass., April 1, 1631, which shows that he was at that time a member of the church. He removed with the famil}- to Windsor, where he married, Nov. 18, 1611, Sarah, daughter of Mr. Thomas Xewberr^^ from a Devonshire family. She died July 16, 1681. He died July 12, 1680. He was repre- sentative in 1655, 1656 and 1661. Governor Winthrop caused his name to be inserted in the Royal Charter of 1662. He was that year elected Assistant and held the office till 1665 when he retired, but was the same year re-elected and held the position till the j^ear of his death. He was member of the council of war in 1675-1676. He was an importing merchant but much engaged in public affairs, both church and state.

(Extracts from Colonial records follow.)

In 1638 — "Whereas there is a desire of ye neibours of Hartford that there may be a publique highway for Carte and horse uppon the upland betweene the said Hartford and Windsor, as ma}^ be convenient, it is therefore thought meete that Henry Wolcott the younger" (and others) "shall consider of a convenient and fitting high way, to be marked and sett oute, and bridges made over the swamp, and then it being confirmed by the courte," &c.

In 1645 — "There hath bine much dispute about the highwaye betweene Wyndsor and Hartford." "Henry Wol-

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cott the elder" was appointed with others to "surveye and certifie of the sufficiency of the said highwa3'e to the next court."

In 1640 — "Henry Wolcott was plaintiff against the church of Hartford, for taking into custody and deteyneing thirty suyne of Henry Wolcott's, the elder, father to the said Henry." In 1666 The General Assembly appointed a com- mittee, of which Mr. Henry Wolcott was one, to "order the Militia, appoint and commission ate officers, how and which waj^ to proceed in case of any apparant danger of invasion," if the case should need attention hurriedly, "before the General Assembly can convene "

4. George — came to New^ England with the family. He was made free by the General Court of Conn. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Alice (Gaylard) Treat, about 1649 and settled in Wethersfield. He died Feb. 12, 1662. His will was witnessed by John Deming.

5. CJuHstophei' — Emigrated to America with his parents in 1630. The family homestead in Windsor was bequeathed to him by his father. He died unmarried, Sept. 7, 1662. By his wnll, nuncupative, his estate was divided among his brothers and sisters — Henry receiving the largest share.

6. y^/<^rjl'— married Job Drake of Windsor, June 25, 1646. She and her husband died the same day, Sept. 16, 1689.

7. Simon— hoxvi between Sept. 11, 1624 and Sept. 11, 1625. He was a little fellow to leave when his father and mother sailed away without him, but the father had seen the country to which he was taking his family and had some idea of the perils of the venture ; so, Anna, JMary and Simon were left in England, for the time, but joined the family in America within a few years. The date of their coming is not known. Simon Wolcott was made freeman in 1654. He married 1st, March 19, 1657 Joanna, daughter of Aaron Cook of Windsor. Her married life was. brief. She died April 27, 1657, at the age of 18 years. He married 2nd, Oct. 16, 1661, Martha Pitkin, described in the Windsor record as

166 Wolcott Family.

"lyate from England." After the death of Simon Wolcott, she became the wife of Mr. Daniel Clark of Windsor. He was secretar}^ of the Colony — a man of influence. He was named in the charter of Charles II. and w^as appointed by vote of the town of Windsor to "sitt in the greate pewe," which was wainscoted for the magistrate.

Martha Pitkin was born in 1638 and died in 1719, at the age of 80 years. She was sister of Mr, William Pitkin ; was born in England and at the age of 22 years, she followed her brother to America, to return with him to England, "Not once supposing he intended to remain in the wilderness," she said. Her first greeting, on meeting her brother, who she found feeding his hogs, was, "I left one brother in England, serving his King and I find another brother in America serving his swine." She was endowed with more than ordinary talent, improved by an excellent education. She was beautiful, accomplished and witty. The reception she met with was most flattering. Dr. Thomas Robbins records in his diary ' 'This girl put the Colony in commotion. If possible she must be detained. ' ' To make sure of keeping her it was thought best to have her married ; and it was a matter of general consultation who was good enough for her. Some of the leading men selected Simon Wolcott for her husband, as the most promising young man in the Colony. Her son. Gov. Roger Wolcott, saj^s in his private journal, that "this tradition is traced to a respectable source and believed to be authentic." It is said that sons of Henry Wolcott decided by lot which one should sue for her hand, and the lot fell to Simon the youngest son. With w^hatever preliminaries, she became his wife and subsequently the mother of Governor Roger Wolcott, grandmother of Governor Oliver Wolcott and great-grandmother of the second Governor Oliver Wolcott and of Governor Roger Griswold. Governor Ellsworth was also one of her descendants. It is not im- probable, that, as currently reported, she was the ancestress of fourteen governors.

In 1671 Simon Wolcott sold his place in Windsor and removed to Simsbur}^ where he had received a grant of land.

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This change proved most unfortunate, as the settlers were driven from the place and their property destroyed. Even Mrs. Wolcott' s pewter dishes, which her husband concealed in a swamp could never be found. The family fled to Wind- sor, where they remained a few years and then moved to their possessions on the east side of the river in 1G80. Of this move her son Roger said in his journal, "everything was to begin, few families were settled there, we had neither minister nor school. On Sept. 11, 1687, dyed my hond. father in the 62d year of his age. ' '

Roger Wolcott, born in Windsor Jan. 4, 1679, rose by degrees to the highest military and civil honors. In the expedition against Canada in 1711 he was commissary of the Connecticut forces, and at the capture of Louisbourg in 1745 he bore the commission of Major-General. He was succes- sively a member of the Assembly and of the Council, Judge of County Court, Deputy Governor, Chief Judge of the Superior Court, and from 1751 to 1754 Governor of Connecticut. He died May 17th, 1767 in the eighty-ninth year of his age. He was author of several poems. He was the ninth child of Simon and Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott, and it was stated in his funeral sermon that he was educated by his mother. In his old age he wrote of himself, "I never was in school a day in my life. ' '

He was a grandson of the emigrant and himself the first of the line of Governors bearing that name, a man of letters and elevated views, who proudly labored in the field as a husbandman ; and on rainy days and in the long winter evenings filled up the intervals of study by plying the shuttle, that his bright-eyed sons and rosy-cheeked daughters might be warmly clad. He became Governor of Conn, in his 72nd year.

Oliver Wolcott, LL. D., son of Roger Wolcott, was born in 1727, graduated at Yale college in 1747 and married Laura Collins, who died in 1794. He studied medicine and was a doctor in Goshen. In 1751, on the organization of Litchfield county he was appointed high sheriff and soon after removed to Litchfield. He was a Brigadier- General in the Revolution-

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ary army, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Xieutenant-Governor and Gover- nor of Connecticut. He died Dec. 1, 1797, aged 70. His brother Erastus Wolcott was a Brigadier-General in the Revo- lution, a member of Congress and Judge of the Superior Court.

Oliver Wolcott, LL. D., son of Oliver Wolcott, was Comp- troller of the State of Connecticut, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under President Washington and Gover- nor of Connecticut for ten years. His brother Frederick Wolcott was in public life more than forty years. He was a gentleman of stately manners, courteous, benevolent and hospitable.

A sketch of all the descendants of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott, worthy of mention in this connection, would be indeed a brilliant record. In recent years, one bearing the name has been Governor of Massachusetts, one in the United States Senate, and others are scattered over the country — able, honorable and useful.

lli*atvouj5 f iUttili).

1. Jacob Waterhouse married Hannah.

2. Their son, Isaac Waterhouse, married Sarah Pratt.

3. Their daughter, Mehitabel Waterhouse, married Peter Pratt.

4. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

5. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married vSamuel Hall. G. Their son, WiUiani Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were— 1. vSophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

JACOB AND HANNAH WATERHOUSE.

Jacob Waterhouse, of good English family, lived in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1G39, and was of New London in

VVatroiis Family.

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1645, where he was given a home-lot of six acres in lC)-49. The same year he was chosen " overseer of wears." He died in 1676, probably an old man, as all his cliildren were of age and he w^as released from military duty in 1665.

CHIL.DREX OF JACOB AXD HAXXAH AVATKRHOUSE.

1. nSsaac married Jarah Pratt, cwiv /;/ run:)

2. Abrahajn—s&xt\Q& in Saybrook.

3. Jacob — of New London, married Ann, daughter of Robert Douglass.

4. J 0/171 — was a soldier in Philip's war and present at the Narragansett fort fight, in December, 1675. He died in 1687, leaving an infant son Jacob and no other child. His widow married John Hay den of Saybrook.

5. Joseph— \i2i^ no children.

6. Elizabeth— m2.xr\^^ John Baker.

7. Benjamin— h2i& no children. He died at sea ; and according to tradition, at the hands of pirates.

ISAAC AND SARAH (PRATT) WATERHOUSE.

Isaac Waterhouse, eldest son of Jacob and Hannah Waterhouse, married, April 20, 1671, Sarah, 4th child of Lieu- tenant William and Elizabeth (Clarke) Pratt. She was born April 1, 1651 A land record-book of Saybrook shows that they resided in Lyme. He was made freeman in 1671, and died October 7, 1713. His widow died December 8, 1725.

CHIL-DREX OF ISAAC AND SARAH (PRATT) W ATERHOl SE.

1. Elizabeth — born March 22, 1672. She married Joseph Lothrop of Norwich, February 2, 1697, as his second wife. Mr. Joseph Lothrop died July 5, 1740, aged 79 years. She died November 29, 1726.

2. Sai^ah-horrv February 24, 1674.

3. Lydia— horn August 20, 1678.

4. Isaac— horn January 29, 1680, married Elizabeth Lord about 1700. She was born October 28, 1(583, daughter of Lieut. Richard and Elizabeth Lord.

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ary army, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lieutenant-Governor and Gover- nor of Connecticut. He died Dec. 1, 1797, aged 70. His brother Erastus Wolcott was a Brigadier-General in the Revo- lution, a member of Congress and Judge of the Superior Court.

Oliver Wolcott, LL. D., son of Oliver Wolcott, was Comp- troller of the State of Connecticut, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under President Washington and Gover- nor of Connecticut for ten 3^ears. His brother Frederick Wolcott was in public life more than forty years. He was a gentleman of stately manners, courteous, benevolent and hospitable.

A sketch of all the descendants of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott, worthy of mention in this connection, would be indeed a brilliant record. In recent years, one bearing the name has been Governor of Massachusetts, one in the United States Senate, and others are scattered over the country — able, honorable and useful.

WntvoMS f amili).

1. Jacob Waterhouse married Hannah.

2. Their son, Isaac Waterhouse, married Sarah Pratt.

3. Their daughter, Mehitabel Waterhouse, married Peter Pratt.

4. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

o. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall, fi. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

JACOB AND HANNAH WATERHOUSE.

Jacob Waterhouse, of good English family, lived in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1G39, and was of New London in

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1645, where lie was given a home-lot of six acres in 1VA\). The same year he was chosen " overseer of wears." He died in 1676, probably an old man, as all his cliildren were of age and he was released from military dut}- in 1665.

CHILDREN OF JACOB AND HANNAH AVATERHOUSE.

1. Jsaac married Jarah Pratt, {\ext in line.)

2. Abraham— ^^xxX^^ in Saybrook.

3. Jacob — of New lyondon, married Ann, daughter of Robert Douglass.

■1. John — was a soldier in Philip's war and present at the Narragansett fort fight, in December, 1675. He died in 1687, leaving an infant son Jacob and no other child. His widow married John Hayden of Saybrook.

5. Joseph— \\2i& no children.

6. Elizabeth— nmrrieA John Baker.

7. Benjamin— \x2.^ no children. He died at sea; and according to tradition, at the hands of pirates.

ISAAC AND SARAH (PRATT) WATERHOUSE.

Isaac Waterhouse, eldest son of Jacob and Hannah Waterhouse, married, April 20, 1671, Sarah, 1th child of Lieu- tenant William and Elizabeth (Clarke) Pratt. She was born April 1, 1651 A land record-book of Saybrook shows that they resided in Lyme. He was made freeman in 1671, and died October 7, 1713. His widow died December 8, 1725.

CHIL.DREN OP ISAAC AND SARAH PRATT) WATERHOl SE.

1. Elizabeth — born March 22, 1672. She married Joseph Lothrop of Norwich, February 2, 1697, as his second wdfe. Mr. Joseph Lothrop died July 5, 1710, aged 79 years. She died November 29, 1726.

2. Sarah — born February 21, 1671.

3. Eydia— horn August 20, 1678.

4. Isaac — born January 29, 1680, married Elizabeth Lord about 1700. She was born October 28, 1683, daughter of Lieut. Richard and Elizabeth Lord.

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5. Jabcz—\>Qxn March 16, 1G83. (). Sai)i2iel— horn July 21, 1685. 7. y??/M— born July 31, 1687.

s. JYlehiiabel married Peter Pratt. (Srt- Pratt

family of Lyuic.)

y. Rebecca— hox\\ August 28, 1693. 10. GersJiom—hoxrL March 30, 1698, married Lydia Smith May 5, 1720. Three children.

The above-named Mehitabel has usually been left out of this list ; but the probate records, at New London, prove that she was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Pratt) Watrous, and she is accordingly restored to the flock. It is said that John Watrous, born at Lyme in 1758, changed the name from Waterhouse to Watrous; but, as the change seems to have been adopted generally and not confined to the family of John, it may have been a gradual change.

fvrttt im\\\i of l^anbvook

1. Lieutenant William Pratt married Klizabetli Clarke.

2. Their daughter, Sarah Pratt, married Isaac Waterhouse.

3. Their daughter, ^Mehitabel Waterhouse, married Peter Pratt.

4. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

5. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8.- Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Xorman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

' ' With regard to the home of the English Pratts — as they were anciently, so they are to-day, chiefly settled in the east- ern and southern parts of England. The earliest notice of Pratts in that country is prior to the year 1200 of the Christian era, and shows that they came to England from Xormandy. The names William and John Pratt occur on English records in 1193 when they were associated with the Bishop of Ely and

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others as the English commissioners to make peace \\\\\\ Phillip Augustus, concluded at Mayence. The name of William Pratt is found frequently on documents of King John's reign. Nine distinct armorial bearings granted by the Herald's College are now extant among as man}^ different families of this name. ' '

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH (CLARKE) PRATT.

lyieutenant William Pratt and his brother John were among the first band of adventurers who settled Hartford, Conn. They came in the Griffin, a ship of 300 tons, and arrived at Boston September -ith, 1633. They drew home-lots in the first division of land in Hartford. John drew lot No. 6 on Main street. Lieut. William drew lots () and 8 on Burr street, now North Main. He was one of the little band who went from Hartford on the expedition against the Pequots in 1G37, which resulted in the destruction of their fort at Mystic and the annihilation of their power as a tribe. " In May, 1037, the several towns were represented at the General Court of Connecticut, b}' the name of Committee ; by three from each town, and took their seats with the magistrates who had pre- viously constituted the Court. The object at this time of enlarging the number of the General Court was an event which has never been surpassed in importance to the Colon}' or State since. It was whether they should declare war against the most warlike and powerful tribe of Indians in New England. The future safet}' of propert}- and life in the Colony depended upon the result. The Pequots had stolen the prop- erty of the English, murdered some of the inhabitants and carried two young ladies of Wethersfield among the Indians by force.

The General Court — feeble as the inhabitants were in numbers, and deficient in means, trusted in God for the result and boldly declared war against the Pequots. Ninety men were ordered to be raised. They went down Connecticut River in three small vessels and met the enemy at Mystic fort. The colonists lost two with sixteen wounded. When all was closed nearly 000 Indians lay dead upon the battle-

172 Pratt Family of Saybrook.

ground, about GO or 70 wigwams were burned to the ground and the fort was in ashes. So complete was the victory that the Pequots became extinct as a nation. A few were left who united with other tribes. It will be seen the formation of the House of Representatives originated in the necessity of having more councillors in the declaration of war against the Pequot Indians." The court ordered that Hartford should furnish 42 men, Windsor 30, and Wethersfield 18.

Lieut. William Pratt sold his land in Hartford to Matthew Beckwith about 1615, and removing to Saybrook settled in the part now called Essex. He married Elizabeth Clarke, daugh- ter of John Clarke of Sa3^brook and Milford. Her first two children were born in Hartford, the rest of them in Saybrook. He attended the General Court as Deputy, the twentj^-third and last time, at the session which convened at Hartford Maj^ 9, 1678. He had been a member of the Assembly from Octo- ber, 1666. The marriage notice of his son William, the 20th of February, 1679, speaks of him as "the son of Eieut. Wm. Pratt deceased. ' ' William Pratt left to his sons large tracts of land, w^hich he received as one of the legatees of Uncas and his sons. A will of Attawanhood, 3rd son of Uncas, gives whole townships to various white persons of Hartford, Say- brook and other places. He recommends his children to all his legatees, but especiall}'^ to William Pratt and two others. For himself, he desired to be buried in Saybrook, in a coffin, after the manner of the English. The names of Lieut. William Pratt and his brother, John Pratt, are on the monument erected to the memory of the first settlers of Hartford. James Ellis of Saybrook gave all his estate to "William Pratt of said town," b}' will, in 1665.

CHIL.DREX OF HELTEIVAXT AVILLIAM AND ELIZABETH (CLARKE, PRATT.

1. Elizabeth— horn February 1, 1611, married Lieu- tenant William Backus of Norwich, May 11, 1660. She was his 2nd wife and had six children. From her descended a large number of eminent men.

2. Sergeant John— hoxw February 20, 1644, married Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones of Guilford, June 8,

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1669. They had eight children. He was a blacksmith and a large landholder in Saybrook and Hebron At the death of his father he moved to the paternal homestead at Essex, which fell to him. He several times represented his town in the General Assembl}'.

3. JosepJi — married and had five children. He married 2nd, Sarah Chapman, daughter of Hon. Robert Chap- man, first settler. They had eight children. The first wife died August 12, 1703, aged 55. Mrs. Sarah (Chapman) Pratt survived her husband.

4. J'arah married Jsaac iOaterhouse, (Sce

\]\jtrous faviily.)

5. Captain JJllliain— horn May 15, 1653, mar- ried Hannah Kirtland. Five children. He owned land in Saybrook and Hebron, and was Selectman, Surveyor, Captain of Militia, Committee of the Church, &c. He died March 1, 1718. From him descended Colonel Pratt, Professor Pratt and Congressman Pratt. In 1675, he was granted per- mission by the Council at Hartford to fortify and garrison his house. In 1709, he was appointed Lieutenant.

6. Savi2ie I— horn October 6, 1655, married 1st, Ruth Huntington, daughter of Christopher Huntington of Norwich. They had two children. She died about 1685. He married 2nd, Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Joseph Peck of Lyme, December 1, ]686. They had one child, resided in the town of Saybrook, and he died in 1705.

7. Lydia — born January 1, 1659, married John Kirtland November 8, 1679, and had ten children. Their descendants are numerous.

8. Deacon Nathaniel— msixri^^ Ist, Sarah Beau- mont May 2, 1688. They had seven children. She died October 11, 1716, aged 55, and was buried in Essex. He married 2nd, Sarah Willard, January 21, 1718. She died January 25, 1723, aged 55. He married 3rd, Rebecca. She died February 17, 1746, aged 71.

(tlrtvhc ;familii.

1. Mr, Joliii Clarke married

2. His daughter, Elizabeth Clarke, married William Pratt.

3. Their daughter, Sarah Pratt, married Isaac Waterhouse.

4. Their daughter, Mehitabel Waterhouse, married Peter Pratt.

5. Their son, Peter Pratt, married Mary Metcalfe.

6. Their daughter, Mar3- Pratt, married vSamuel Hall.

7. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

8. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

9. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Xorman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

MR. JOHN CLARKE.

The name of this family is properly written Gierke. John Gierke, Daniell Gierke and Henry Gierke are named in the Gonnecticut Gharter of 1662. The Salisburys seem, by much research, to have convinced themselves that the three were brothers ; and others who have carefully examined the matter accept the probability that they were so. The proof is of the intangible sort, that appeals more or less strongly to different people, according to their mental constitutions. The men were evidently of the same social order ; and the fact that three bearing the name Gierke are found on the Gharter, "effectually proves the high standing of the name in the Golony." The Hon. John Gierke, of Great Munden, Hertford- shire, England, was brother of George Gierke, farmer, of Milford, and brother, it is believed, of Hon. Daniel Gierke of Windsor, Secretary of State, Assistant, and Patentee of the Royal Gharter of Gonn., 1662. Mr. John Gierke was a settler at Gambridge, Mass., in 1632, as noted by Winthrop in his journal ; and removed to Hartford with the Hooker party.

Goncerning this move Dr. Trumbull says: "About the beginning of June 1636, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone and aboitt a hundred men. women and children took their

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departure from Cambridge and traveled more than a hun- dred miles, through a hideous and trackless wilderness to Hartford. They had no guide but their compass ; made their way over mountains, thro' swamps, thickets and rivers, which were not passable but with great difficulty. The}' had no cover but the heavens, nor any lodgings but those which simple nature afforded them. They drove with them a hundred and sixty head of cattle, and by the way, subsisted on the milk of their cows. Mrs. Hooker was borne through the wilderness on a litter. The people generally carried their packs, arms and some utensils. They were nearl}- a fortnight on their journe}'."

"In the division of lots in Hartford in 1039 Mr John Clarke had 22 acres, he was soldier in the battle against the Pequots in 1(337, Deputy to the General Court in 1611, 12, 13 and 11.. He remained in Hartford several 3'ears. He was one of those desired b}' the General Court to go to Stratford to hold a court — the Governor being one — to try Goody Bassitt for her life (witchcraft). John Clarke was one of the most influential settlers in the colony during his life." — Hinman.

He was in Say brook in 1640, and was elected Deputy to the General Court in 1649 and held the office 21 sessions representing Say brook. After his removal to IMilford he was Deput}- from that town in 1666 and 1668. He was in 1664 elected by the General Court Commissioner for Say brook. The same year he removed thence to INIilford, where he was made deacon of the first church and married for second wife, Mary, widow of Deacon John Fletcher. In 1665 he was ''invested with magistraticall power and to keep a court in ye Towne " with Thomas Walch. In 1666 he was ' ' chosen Commissioner ' ' for Milford b}' the Gen. Court. Savage says he was one of the Patentees named in the famous Connecticut charter of 1662. His will is dated Februar}* 17, 1672, and gives many items of family history. It was signed Januar}' 19, 1673. He died in 1674. The Clark Genealogy by :Mr. Julius Gay, pub. 1882, says: "John Clark of Say brook was a man of note in the Colon}', named in the Charter of 1662— a man to whose executive ability were entrusted many public commissions."

176 Metcalfe Family

CHII.DREN OP MR. JOHN CLARKE.

Rebecca —

John — called Sergeant — born November 17, 1655 (?), married Rebecca Parker, lived in Saybrook and died childless. He is six times named in his father's will.

JosepJi — made his will before going on a voyage to the West Indies and died at sea. The will is recorded in the probate office at Hartford. His widow moved to Farmington and lived with her son-in-law, John Stanley. She died Janu- ary 22, 1675.

Elizabeth married Xieutenant lOilliam Pratt.

{See Pratt family of Saybrook.)

Sarah — married a Huntington. Her father be- queathed to her " Her mother's petticoat that is half silk"; which leads us to think she was daughter of the first wife, as the will also shows that the second wife was living.

^^ictciilfc ^iimiln.

1. Michael Metcalfe married Sara Ellwyn.

2. Their son, Michael Metcalfe, married Mar}- Fairbanks.

3. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Kenricke.

4. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Avery.

5. Their daughter, Mary Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

6. Their daughter. Mar}- Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

7. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

8. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betse}-, 4. Rufus.

MICHAEL AND SARA (ELLWYN) METCALFE.

Michael Metcalfe, Sr., was born in Tatterford, County of Norfolk, England, in 1586. He followed the occupation of Dornick weaver, in the city of Norwich, in the same county. Dornick or Dornic is a kind of figured linen stuff made for

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curtains, carpets and hangings, so called from Dornich. a city in Flanders, where it was first made. At Norwich, this manufacture or "mystery " was carefully protected by statute. Michael and Sara (Ellwyn) Metcalfe w^ere married October 13, IGIG. She was baptized June 17, 1598. They had eleven children. Seven of them were born at St. Benedict's and four afterward at St. Edmondsbury. He wrote a letter, dated at Plymouth, and addressed "To all the true proffessors of Christ's Gospel within the cit}- of Norwich. " In it he said : " I was persecuted in the land of my fathers' Sepulcheres for not bowing at the name of Jesus, and observing other cere- monies of religeon forced upon me at the instance of Bishop Wren of Norwich and his Chancellor Dr. Corbet, whose violent measures troubled me in the Bishop's court, and returned me into the High Commissioner's court. Suffering many times for the cause of religeon, I was forced for the sake of the liberty of my concience to flee with my wife and children, to go into New England, taking ship for the voyage at I^ondon, the 17th day of September 1630, being by temptests tossed up and down the seas, till the Christmas following, then veering about Plymouth in Old England, in which time I met with many sore afflictions. Leaving the ship I went down to Yar- mouth, in Norfolk count}', whence I shipped myself and family to come to New England. Sailed loth April 1637, arrived three days before midsummer, with my wife, nine children and a servant. ' ' The letter goes on to sa}' : ' ' My enemies conspired against me to take away my life, and some- times to avoid their hands, ni}' wife did hide me in the roof of the house, covering me over with straw." One of the charges brought against Bishop Wren, by a Committee of Parliament, was that during the term of two years and four months, while he held the See of Norwich, three thousand of his ^Majesty's subjects, many of whom used trades : spinning, weaving, knitting, making cloths, stuff's, stockings, and other manufactures of wool, some of them setting a hundred poor people at work, — transplanted themselves to Holland and other parts beyond the seas, in consequence of his Supersti- tion and t3'rann3\

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Michael Metcalfe was admitted an inhabitant of Dedham, Mass., July 14, 1G37, was "received into church with good satisfaction" in 1639, and was selectman in 1641. His name stands first on the ' ' Committee chosen to contrive the fabricke of a meeting house." His wife Sara died at Dedham November 30, 1644. He married 2nd, widow Mar}^ Pidge of Roxbur}^ August 13, 1645. His will is dated in 1664, and "Jonathan ffairbanke" was one of the witnesses. He died December 27, 1664. Administration granted to Mary, his widow, ' ' in behalf of her selfe and five children. ' '

The following is from an English ' ' register of persons about to pass into foreign parts, April 8, 1637. Examination of Michill Metcalfe aged 45 j^ears and Sarah his wife aged 39 years,-— 8 children Michill, Thomas, Marc}', Sarrah, Elizabeth, Martha, Joane, Rebecca and his Sarvant Thomas Comberbach aged 16 years desirous to passe to boston in New England to inhabitt."

CHIL,DRE]V OP MICHAEL. AND SARAH (ELLWYN) METCAL.FE.

(All born in England.)

1. Alichae I— -horn November 13, 1617, died young in England.

2. Mary— horn in 1618, married Henry Wilson, November 24, 1642.

3. Michael married Itlary fairbanks, {Next

in line.)

4. John— horn September 5, 1662, married Mary, daughter of Francis Chickering, March 22, 1647, and died November 27, 1675.

5. Sa7^ah— horn September 10, 1624, married Robert Onion of Dedham.

6. Elizabeth— horn October 4, 1626, married Thomas Bancroft of Reading, September 15, 1648.

7. Martha— horn March 27, 1628, married 1st William Brignall, 2nd, Christopher Smith, August 2, 1654.

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8. Thomas— hoxw Dec. 27, 1G29, married 1st, Sarah Paige, September 12, 1656, 2nd, Anne Paine, December 2, 1679. He was Deacon at Dedham, and died November 16, 1702.

9. Ann — born March 1, 1681, died young in England.

10. Jane—hoxxv March 24, 1632, married Samuel Walker of Rehoboth.

11. Rebecca— hoxw April 5, 1635, married John Mackintosh, of Dedham April 5, 1659.

MICHAEL AND MARY (FAIRBANKS) METCALFE.

Michael Metcalfe, son of Michael and Sara (Ellw3^n) Metcalfe, was born August 29, 1620, and died in Dedham December 24, 1654. He was Deputy. He married April 2, 1644, Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Grace (Lee) Faire- banke. She was born April 18, 1622. Among their descend- ants was the distinguished jurist, Judge Theron ^letcalf, of the ]Mass. Supreme Court. A few months after the death of Michael Metcalfe, Jr., his widow married 2nd, Christopher Smith. The will of Jonathan Fairebanke gives money to "My daughter Mary, wife of Christopher Smith, to be distinct from her husban's estate and to be allwayes at her dispose." His will was witnessed by William x\very.

CHILDREN OP MICHAEL, AlVD MARY (FAIRBANKS METCALFE.

1. Michael— horn January 21, 16 45, married, Sep- tember 16, 1672, Elizabeth, widow of John Kingsbury, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Flower) Fuller. She died October 24, 1732. He died in September 1693.

2. Ilfaiy — born August 15, 1646, married John Ware, December 10, 1668, andhad nine sons and two daughters.

3. Sai^ah— horn Dec. 7, 1648, married Robert Ware of Wrentham June 4, 1677.

4. Jonathan married J^annah Kenricke, (AVi/

?';/ line.)

5. Eleazer — born March 20, 1653, was deacon at Wrentham. He was married April 9, 1681.

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DEACON JONATHAN AND HANNAH (KENRICKE) METCALFE.

Deacon Jonathan ]\Ietcalfe, son of Michael and Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalfe, born September 21, 1650, died May 27, 1727, in his 77th j^ear. He married, April 10, 1674, Hannah Kenricke, daughter of John and Ann (Smith) Kenricke. She was born March 20, 1652, bapt. April 18, 1652, and died De- cember 23, 1731, aged 79.

CHIL.DREX OF DEACON JONATHAN AND HANNAH (KENRICKE)

METCALFE.

1. Jonathan married Jiannah j79ery, ^xext

in line.)

2. Esquire John— hoxvL in Dedham March 20, 1678, died there Oct. 6, 1749. He was married April 29, 1701, and twice subsequentl}'. He had eighteen children — ten sons and eight daughters. His fellow townsmen expressed their opinion of him, by electing him Representative for six 3^ears, Town Clerk sixteen 5"ears and Selectman twenty-seven years. He was Deacon of the 1st church in Dedham and held other o£&ces. His first and second wives were cousins. His third wife was Grace Williams. In 1700, twelve acres of land were granted to him ' ' for encouragement to set him up in his trade of tanner in the town." His estate '.was valued at ^10,774. Silver plate and jewelry ^335 5s. 4d., four punch bowls and a library of 99 volumes. Of his eighteen children only seven lived to be married. Of these one died aged 91, one aged 95, and one aged 99 years.

3. Ebenezer—horn Feb. 14, 1680 married Margaret Ware in 1713.

4. Rev. Joseph— horn April 11 , 1682, was graduated at Harvard college in 1703 and was minister at Falmouth, Mass. He married Abial Adams, j^oungest daughter of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, and died in 1723. His widow married Rev. Isaac Chauncy, second minister of Hadley. Alice Morse Earle, among her anecdotes of New England ministers, gives this: "Rev. Joseph Metcalf, of the Old Colony, was complained of in 1720 for wearing too worldly a wig. He mildly reproved and shamed the meddlesome

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women of his church, b}^ asking them to come to him and each cut off a lock of hair from the obnoxious wig, until all the complainers were satisfied that it had been rendered suf- ficiently unworldl}'. "

5. Timolhy— horn Nov. 18, 1684, died July 3, 1G95.

6. ^/^^5^r— born Feb. 11, 1687, married Hannah Ware Sept. 6, 1711.

7. Hannah— horn April 10, 1G89, married James Richards of Dedham. Five children.

8. Nathaniel— horn in April 1G91, married Mary Gay in Feb. lol3.

9. Me hi label.

10. ^<^rj'— married 1st, John Pratt, 2nd, Ichabod Warner of Windom, Ct.

MR. JONATHAN AND HANNAH (AVERY) METCALFE.

Mr. Jonathan Metcalfe, son of Deacon Jonathan and Hannah (Kenricke) Metcalfe, was born March IG, 1075, and married Hannah Avery, daughter of Deacon William and Mary (lyaine) Avery January 15, 1701. The Metcalfes and Avery s were both Dedham families, but these young people, about the time they were married, removed to Lebanon, Conn., where he became the original proprietor of a farm. He soon after entered into mercantile business. His gravestone in Leb- anon burying-ground is inscribed : ' ' Here lies the body of Mr. Jonathan Metcalf, a virtuous christian and generous merchant and benefactor of the church and first society in Lebanon, who having been long and solicitously trading for the Pearl of Great Price, exchanged this life in the hope of a better and more enduring substance, ^larch 30, 1738-9 in the 63 year of his age." His wife was born Jan. 7, 1679, and she survived him.

CHILiDREN OF JOXATHAX AND HAANAH (AVERY) METCALFE.

1. HannaJi — born Jan. 17, 1702, married Samuel Huntington of Lebanon in 1722.

2 Jonathan — born Aug. 10, 1701, married Lydia Hyde, Nov. 2, 1727, and had nine sons and one daughter.

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3. Me hitabe I— horn July 26, 1706, married John Huntington of Lebanon.

4. lVtllza?7i— horn Aug. 17, 1708, graduated at Harvard College in 1727. He became a licensed minister but was never settled as a pastor. After preaching a while he entered into partnership with his father in trade. He married, Oct 25, 1737, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards, pastor of the 1st Congregational Church of East Windsor, and sister of the celebrated Jonathan Edwards. She was born Dec. 25, 1707, and died Sept. 24, 1764. On the gravestone of William Metcalfe, at Lebanon, it is recorded that " he was many years a judicious, faithful magistrate, a serious pro- fessor of religion, who after long and patient enduring extreme pain, departed this life in hope of a better, June 15, 1773, in the 65 year of his age."

5. Mary married Rei^. Peter Pratt. (See Pmtt

family of Lyme. ^

6. /^^— born Nov. 23, 1712, died March 24, 1715.

7. Abigail— horn Sept 7, 1714, died March 25, 1716.

8. Margaret — married John Williams of Sharon Aug. 24, 1741.

€Wwm firmiliK

1. William Ellwvn.

His son, Thomas Elhvyii, married Elizabeth

3. Their daughter, Sara Elhvyn, married Michael Metcalfe.

4. Their son, Michael Metcalfe, married Mary Fairbanks.

5. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Henricke.

6. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Avery.

7. Their daughter, Mary Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

8. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

9. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

10. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

11. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

Thomas Ellwyn, of Heigham, St. Bartholomew, England, was born in 1566, married Elizabeth, and died in 1648.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH ELLWYN.

1. Martha — born June, 1593, married Lawrence March, and died in 1667.

2. PVillia7n— horn in 1595, married Elizabeth (born in 1600, died in 1666), and he died in 1655. Four children.

3. Sara married Michael Metcalfe. {Str Met-

calfe Family.)

faivbanhs famib.

1. Jonathan Fairebanke married Grace Lee.

2. Their daughter, Mar}^ Fairbanks, married Michael Metcalfe.

3. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Kenricke.

4. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Aver}-.

5. Their daughter, Mar}- Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

6. Their- daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

7. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

8. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

9. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 3. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

A part of the following account is culled from ' ' Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, b}^ Lorenzo Sayles Fair- banks, A. M. The old English orthography of this name was Fairebanke or Fairbanke, but it appears in so man}^ curious variations as to call out the whimsical remark from a present member of the family, that ' ' our ancestors evidently were not so illiterate that the}^ could spell their name but one wa3^" The motto of the family coat-of-arms is Finem Respice. (Look to the end.)

JONATHAN AND GRACE (LEE) FAIREBANKE.

Jonathan Fairebanke came from Sowerby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Boston, in the year 1633 ; and in 1636 settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, signed the covenant when that town was established and named, and there he built the noted old Fairbanks house, which is still standing ; the oldest house in New England, that for the same period of time, two and a half centuries, has been continuouslj^ owned and occupied by the builder and his descendants. The house is an object of interest to visitors at Dedham ; but they probably see little of tte original structure, it has suffered so much from rebuilding and additions. The autograph of the first Jonathan Fairebanke signed to a petition to the selectmen

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of Dedham, August 30, iG58, is preserved in the Massachu- setts Archives at the state house. Vol. CXI, page 29. He died in Dedham, December 5, 16G8. His widow, Grace, died in 1673 or 1676.

CHIL-DREIV OP JOXATHAIV AXD GRACE L.EE PAIREBAMtK.

(All born in England.)

1. JoJin — married Sarah Fiske and died November 13, 1684. He lived on the Dedham homestead, which was bequeathed to him by his father. In 1638 he was appointed with John Rogers to survey the Charles River, and he was married in 1611.

2. Captain George— \n 164S he owned land and a house in Dedham, but removed to ]\Iedfield in 1657, and was undoubtedly the first to settle within the territory of that town (now Medway). He was a member of the Ancient and Hon- orable Artillery Company. He married Mary Adams, and was drowned January 10, 1683 His descendants everywhere are noted for high character and intelligence.

3. ttiavi] married lYlichael Metcalfe. iSir Mct-

• calfc family.)

1. Susan — married, " 12 of 8 mo." 1617, Ralph Day of Dedham. She died July 8, 1659.

5. Jonas — was fined in 1652 for wearing great boots before he was worth ^200. He removed to Lancaster, Mass., in 1657, and was one of the fathers of the town. He w^as killed with his son Joshua, by Indians, February 10, 1676, during a raid upon Lancaster.

6. Jonathan— d\^d. January 28, 1712. He was a soldier in King Philip's war ; in the Mt. Hope campaign and in several subsequent campaigns. He married Deborah Shepard, daughter of Edward Shepard of Cambridge, who came from England with her father.

The Dedham covenant was signed by Jonathan Fayer- banke, John Fayerbanke, George Fayerbanke, and Jonathan Fayerbanke, Jr. ; not all in 1636, but from time to time as they were made freemen. Alice Moss Earle, who writes so entertainingly of Colonial times in New England, descended

18(3 Fairbanks Family.

from Jonathan and Grace (Lee) Fairebanke through a daughter. x\mong their descendants bearing the name Fair- banks, are the following : Rev. Henr}^ Fairbanks, Professor of Natural Philosophy in Dartmouth College ; and very many ministers. Wilson Henry Fairbanks, constructor of telegraph lines. He located the extension lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co., and completed 963 miles in 93 days, the fastest construction work that had ever been done. After building some two thousand miles he was appointed general superintendent of repairs and construction. With a curious, quiet, native force, and abilit}' to handle masses of men, he has made his work know^n in almost every state. His tact and intelligence were conspicuous in securing rights of way. Matthew Kellogg Fairbanks, a man of wealth and commercial standing in Chicago and promoter of benevolent associations of that city. Hon. Erastus Fairbanks, LL.D., of St. Johns- bury, Vermont, was twice governor of that state. On his retirement from office it w^as found that the salary to w^hich he was entitled was never touched and it remains in the treasury of the state. In all business and social relations he was a man of spotless fidelity and integrity. He w^as "War Governor, ' ' and engaged with his brother in the manufacture of scales. He was remarkable for his piety and culture, as w^ell as for his diligence and business success. He had a com- V1071 school education. Colonel Franklin Fairbanks was a member of the staff of Gov. Hall of Vermont and also of Gov. Erastus Fairbanks. He began his connection with the scale business at the age of seventeen years. He superintended the manufacture of artillery and harness irons for the Government during the civil war ; he was representative and Speaker of the House, and for twenty years an active member of the State Republican Committee. In 1877 he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College. He was an enthu- siastic collector of objects of interest, and his accumulations of more than half a century are shrined in a public building in St. Johnsbury. Thaddeus Fairbanks (Sir Thaddeus) was born in Brimfield, Mass., January 17, 1796, and died in St. Johnsbury, Vt. , April 12, 188G. He invented platform scales,

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with modifications to meet various wants, till at the time of his death the price list of E. «& T. Fairbanks Co showed some six hundred varieties — from the prescription scale weighing a fraction of a grain to the huge machines weighing a canal boat or a train of cars. He obtained thirty-two U. S. patents for scales, besides a great variety- of other patents ; the last for a refrigerator patented on his DOth birthday. This he gave away, audit proved to be worth more than a million dol- lars. The Fairbanks scales have won for their inventor the honor accorded to genius. World's fairs in London, Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia and Chicago gave them the highest awards, and at Vienna the Emperor ' ' Most graciously conferred upon Mr. Thaddeus Fairbanks, Mechanical Constructor, the Knightly Cross of the Imperial Order of Francis Joseph." He received a decoration from the Bey of Tunis, and the King of Siam gave him the Golden Medal of Siam Horace Fairbanks, Governor of Vermont, was a man of fine and noble nature, of great dignity of presence, and sweetness of character. For fort}^- eight years he held responsible positions in the E. & T. Fairbanks Co., being more than half that time its President. He was a man greatly honored. His high character and administrative ability were recognized by many business corporations which he was called upon to serve officially — banking, mining, manufacturing and educational.

licuvichc familn.

1. John Kenricke married Anne Smith.

2. Their daughter, Hannah Kenricke, married Jonathan Metcalfe.

3. Their son, Jonathan Metcalfe, married Hannah Avery.

4. Their daughter, Mary Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

5. Their daughter, Mar}- Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey. \. Rufus.

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JOHN AND ANNE (SMITH) KENRiCKE.

John Kenricke (Kendrick, Kenerick, Kindrick, Kinneric, Kenniricke) was in Boston in 1639. He was admitted into church there the 11th of August of that year, and ''there is no slight reason to think he came with Mather in the James from Bristol in 1635." He resided at Muddy River (now Brookline), w^here his wife Anne died Nov. 15, 1656. He removed in 1658 to Cambridge. He purchased a farm south of the river (now Newton), where he died Aug. 29, 1686, aged 80, or by another account 82 years. His widow, Judith, died, says Roxbury record, Aug. 23, 1687. His wife, Anne vSmith, was sister of Robert. Smith from London, and came to Boston with him and their sister Mar}^ in 1637. He went back home and kept the Lion Tavern in Fetter Lane. Mary Smith's first husband was John Scarborough. She married a second time.

CHILDREIV OF JOHJ^f AND AXNE SMITH KEXRICKE.

1. Hannah— h2.^t. Feb. 9, 1640— died soon.

2. John— horn Oct. 3, 1641, was baptized at the age of two days. He married Esther. He w^as the first resident in Newton and died Sept. 30, 1731, aged 90 3^ears. His wife, Esther, died in 1723, aged 70. They had thirteen children.

3. Elija/i—hd.^t. Jan. 21, 1644, then about six days old — died soon.

4. Elija/i— horn the 18th and bapt. the 19th of October, 1645, married Hannah, daughter of John Jackson. They resided in Newton, and he died Dec. 24, 1680. His widow, Mary, married John Hyde Jan, 20, 1683, and died May 1st, 1737, aged 91.

5. Maria — bapt. w^hen about one day old (rec. 1st church of Boston.)

6. jiannah married Jonathan Metcalfe. (See

Metcalfe family.)

^xm ;familn.

1. Robert Avery.

2. William Avery.

3. Robert Avery (supposed to have been the father of)

4. Doctor William Avery, immigrant, who married Margaret.

5. Their son. Deacon William Avery, married Mar}- Laine.

6. Their daughter, Hannah Aver}-, married Jonathan Metcalfe.

7. Their daughter, Mary Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

8. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Sanmel Hall.

9. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

10. Their daughter, ^Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

11. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 1. Rufus.

DOCTOR WILLIAM AND MARGARET AVERY.

Auvery was a ver}^ common name in Xormandy as far back as 1200, and frequent mention is made of Aver3-s in different parish records of England. To some, marks of favor were shown, such as being raised to places of distinc- tion; and to others coats-of-arms. The parish of Pill, now Pylle, Somerset, was the residence of our earliest known ancestor, Robert Avery I. He was a yeoman ; in England the order next to the gentry ; one who tills his own land in distinction from a peasant or farmer who occupies the land of another. Robert Avery died previous to Oct. 14, 1575, that being the date of the proving of his will. He had three sons, William, Richard and Thomas. William had a son Robert, whom we suppose to have been the father of Doctor William Avery who in 1650 joined the settlers of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, bringing with him his wife, Margaret, and three children. This family had lived in Barkham, Berkshire County, England. In 1841 that parish contained a popula- tion of two hundred and sixteen. A picture, recently made, shows a church— deep in the country — surrounded by un-

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trimmed grass and bushes — standing on the site of the one in which the three children who came to America were baptized. Doctor William Aver}^ brought to this country a painting, on canvas, of the Avery coat-of-arms, mentioned in the inventory of the estate of his great grandson, William Avery. Doctor William Avery and his wife Margaret were admitted to the church in Dedham in 1650. The same year the town gave him permission to set his *'shoppe" in the highway. In 1654 he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. In 1655 he was Sergeant. In 1669 he was Deputy to the General Court of Mass. In 1673 he was Lieutenant of the Dedham Military Company. In 1675 he was appointed to examine Indians who were suspected of designs on the English. He was one of the original pro- prietors of the 8000 acres of land at Deerfield, granted to the town of Dedham, in exchange for land given up to the Indians.

"The Avery Oak," now the property of the town of Dedham, was an ancient tree in 1650 when Doctor William Avery built his house almost under its boughs. The lot where it stands was a part of the Avery estate, which in- cluded all the land to be seen looking north and east from the house. The tree measures sixteen feet in circumference, five feet from the ground. It was selected as the center-piece of the town seal, as "the symbol of age and strength, as well as of present life and vigor. ' ' The builders of the United States frigate Constitution offered sevent}^ dollars for this tree, which the Averys, who then owned it, refused. That it would be valuable for ship building, with its many crooked limbs, is apparant. Once the Avery family was snowed in — the doors completely blocked, and the}^ cut branches from the old tree for firewood, reaching them from the second story window.

Twenty-eight years after their arrival in America, hav- ing lived all that time in Dedham — Margaret, wife of Doctor William Avery, died — and he soon after removed to Boston, where he became a bookseller, leaving the homestead ; which was occupied b}^ his descendants for several generations. In a deed of gift he is called "Phistion and Chirugeon, Resident

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of Boston." He was an educated physician, liberal with his purse and solicitous for the best interest of the community he had left. In 1680 he gave the town of Dedham ^60 for a Latin school. He married 2nd, Mrs. Mary (Woodmaunsey) Tapping, and lived only six months afterward, d3dng in Bos- ton on March 18, 168G, aged about 60 years. He made a generous donation to the college at Cambridge. His wife, Mary, died May 21, 1707, aged 78. His tombstone stands in King's Chapel Churchyard, facing Tremont Street, near the middle of the railing. His death is also recorded in the grave- yard at Dedham, where his wife, Margaret, was buried. It is uncertain in which place he was interred.

CHIIiDRElV OP DOCTOR AVIL.L.IAM AND MARGARET AVERV.

1. Mary— hsi^t. Dec. 19, 1615, in Barkham, Eng. She married, Nov. 5, 1666, James Tisdale of Taunton, Mass. and lived in Middleboro — the part known later as Lakeville. She died Sept. 9, 1713, aged 68. He died Jan. 15, 1715, aged 71.

2. ^eacon iOilliam married Jtlary Aaine. {Xe.ri

/;/ Line.)

3. Ensign Robert — bapt. Dec. 7, 1649. At the age of 27 years he married Elizabeth, daughter of Job and Sarah Eaine of Maiden, Mass. He died Oct. 1, 1722. His widow, Elizabeth, died in 1746 in her 91st year.

4. Jonathan — born May 26, 1653, in Dedham.

5. Rachel— horn Sept. 20, 1657, in Dedham.

6. Hannah — born Sept. 27, 1660, in Dedham.

7. Ebenezer — born Nov. 24, 1()63.

DEACON WILLIAM AND MARY (LAINE) AVERY.

Deacon William Avery, baptized Oct. 27, 1647 in Barkham, England, was the eldest son of Doctor William and Margaret Avery. He married Mary, eldest daughter of Job and Sarah Laine of Maiden, Mass., Sept 21, 1673. She was named in her father's will as the "wife of William Avery, with chil- dren Mary and Sarah. ' ' He was in his third year when he emigrated, with his parents, to America. Of his personal

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character history is silent, except that he was a Deacon of the church, which shows him to have been a man of Christian principles. She died Oct 11, 1681, aged 29 years.

Deacon William Avery married 2nd, Elizabeth White, Aug. 29, 1682. She died Oct. 3, 1690, and he married, Aug. 25, 1698, Mehitabel, wndow of Samuel Warden and daughter of Governor Thomas Hinkley. They w^ere married by Rev. James Allen. Deacon William Avery died Dec. 15, 1708. His slate tombstone in Dedham cemetery is inscribed, "Here lyes ye body of Deacon William Avery aged 62 years. Died December j'e 15th, 1708." His widow Mehitabel, died about 1726. There is extant an agreement between some heirs of Deacon William and his wddow ^lehitabel.

CHILDREN OF DEACON ^VILLIAM AND 3IARY LAINE) AVERY.

1. Mary — born Aug. 21, 1674, married Eleazer Fisher Oct. 13, 1698.

2. SaraJi — born Oct. 9, 1675, married Thomas :Metcalfe Nov. 24, 1696. They had four children He died Dec. 12, 1701, and she married Deacon Joseph Wright and had one son, Joseph. Sarah (Avery) Wright died June 28, 1748, aged 78.

3. Captain William — born March 31, 1678, mar- ried Esther Huntington June 26, 1700. He inherited the largest share of his father's estate — lived on the homestead and had seven children.

4. Jiannah married Jonathan Itietcalje [See

JSIetcalfe Fa tii ih < . )

The children of Deacon William and Elizabeth (White) Kv^xy w^^xQ-Sainuel—^. July 10, 1683. Elizabeth— h, 1683, m. Josiah Fisher Sept. 25, 1707. JoJlll—h 1685, graduated at Har\'ard ; he was first minister of Truro (for w^hich town he also served as physician), ordained Nov. 1711, died April 25, 1754. JoscpJi — b. April 9, 1687, m. Sarah Xewman; he was graduated at Harvard, was first minister at Norton, ordained Oct. 26, 1714 and died April 2:^ 177c. Deborah— h. May 5, 1689, d. Sept. 3, 1GS9.

Xrtinc familn.

1. Job Laine married Sarah.

2. Their daughter, Mary Laine, married William Averv.

3. Their daughter, Hannah Avery, married Jonathan Metcalfe.

4. Their daughter, Mary Metcalfe, married Peter Pratt.

5. Their daughter, Mary Pratt, married Samuel Hall.

6. Their son, William Hall, married Martha Cone.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harlev Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsev, ■!. Rufus.

JOB AND SARAH LAINE.

Among the sturdy Puritans was Job Laine. He was born in England, came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1635, when a boy 15 3^ears old, and was at Rehobeth in 1644. In 1617, his kinsman, Thomas Howell of Marshfield, made his will, nam- ing him to be executor. He declined the trust and returned to England, where he married. After some years he came back with his wife and settled in Maiden, and was freeman there in 1656. He removed to Billerica and after about twenty 3^ears' residence there, returned to Maiden, where he died August 23, 1697, aged 77 j^ears. He was a man of wealth, owning large estates in Maiden and Billerica. He also inherited property in Hertfordshire, and from his English estate received rents during life. He was a carpenter by trade and ver}^ prosperous in his business. His lands in Mai- den and Billerica continued with his descendants for several generations, and the English estates were not sold out of the family for more than a hundred years after his death. August 25, 1660, Job Laine engaged to "Raise a frame house for Thomas Robinson of Situatt. " In 1()68, "Job Laine and Theodore Atkinson, forger, agree to build a drawbridge." In 1664, Job Laine made pa3mient for the Winthrop farm

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(Governor John Winthrop's grant of 1500 acres) b}^ building a house in New London for Fitz John Winthrop. There is record of his taking, in 1685, "Robert Stuke apprentice for three years." At a meeting of the selectmen of Billerica and a committee of militia, it was ordered that " The citizens shall equally contribute to fortify houses of defence ; only in case Mr. Daniel and Mr. Laine (Job) fortify themselves (they being very far from neighbors) they shall then be free from fortify- ing ye garrisons to which they are apportioned. They are also empowered to keep a watch at their own and to examine p'sons as other watches do." Job Laine's house was the only one beyond Ralph Hills, toward Concord, until after 1675. " Job Laine," fac-simile signature, may be seen in the New Kng. Hist. Gen. Reg., vol. 10, page 356. His first wife, Sarah, died May 19, 1659. He married in September, 1660, Hannah, daughter of Rev. John Reyner, pastor in Plymouth from 1636 to 1654, and later in Dover. She was born in Eng- land in 1632, and died at Maiden, April 30, 1704. Job Laine and his son John Laine were both men of marked character and influence, identified closely with the colonial government, liberal patrons of the college and schools, and prominent in the church.

Maiden is four and a half miles from Boston and was originally a part of Charlestown. The first church was gathered in the town in 1648. In 1702, says the town record of Maiden, "John Sprague was appointed schoolmaster for the year ensuing to learn children and 3'outh to Read and Wright and to Refmetic, according to his best skill, and he is to have ten pounds paid him by the town for his pains. The school is to be kept for all ye inhabitants of ye town, and to be kept at four severall places, one quarter of a year in a place." So, we see, Maiden was in no danger of falling be- hind in the matter of education.

Job Laine had brothers — James, Edward, John and two others. James came to Maiden and was at one time associated with Job in trade. In 1660, he appointed Job his attorney and removed, with his family, to Falmouth (now Portland), Me. In an attack on that town by Indians he was killed, and

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his wife and four sons were driven away. Of this clan of the Lanes was Fitz H. Lane, a distinguished marine painter ; also Ebenezer Lane, founder of the Lane Theological Semi- nary, Ohio. Edward came to Maiden in 1051 and began business as a merchant. He had large capital and soon removed to Boston, where he continued in business till his death in 1663. He married a daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley ; an unhappy marriage. John remained in England. Another brother settled in Virginia, and still another in New Jersey.

CHILDREIV OF JOB AND SARAH LAIIVE.

1. Mary married ^eacon iOilliam Jti^ery,

{See Avery fa 111 i I y.)

2. SaraJi — married Samuel Fitch of Reading and died October 2, 1679.' One son.

3. Eli3abet/i~m-3irr\&&, April 13, 1676, Robert Avery of Dedham, a younger brother of Deacon William Avery. She was mother of six children. Her son John graduated at Harvard College in 3 706.

4. Rebecca— horn in April, 1658, died April (5, 1671. The children of Job and Hannah (Reyner) Laine were —

John — born October, 1661. He was Colonel of :Militia and active in Indian Wars — a leading citizen — died January 17, 1715. He married, March 20, 1680, Susanah Whipple of Ipswich, who died August 4, 1715. They had five sons and four daughters. Anna — born in September, 1662, and died November 28, 1662. Anna 2/id—marnQd "by ye worship full Humphry Dave Esq." to James Foster of Dorchester, and died five daj^s before her husband, September 29, 1732, aged 67. Jemima — born August 19, 1666, married Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, had a son Matthew and inherited one- fourth part of the Winthrop farm. Dorothy— hoxn July 24, 1669, married, November 24, 1693, Edward Sprague of Maiden and had three children. Rebecca— hoxw April 6, 1674.

Couf familn.

1. Daniel Cone married Mehitabel Spencer,

2 Their son, Nathaniel Cone, married Sarah Hungerford.

3. Their son, James Cone, married Grace

4. Their son, Sylvanus Cone, married Hannah AcklcN'.

5. Their. daughter, Martha Cone, married William Hall.

6. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harle}- Hall.

7. Their daughter, Sophia F. Hall, married Levi E. Coe.

8. Their children Avere t\vo sons, who died young.

DANIEL AND MEHITABEL (SPENCER) CONE.

The lands of Haddam, East Haddam and adjacent towns and villages were purchased of the Indians in 1062 ; the price paid being thirty coats, which ma}' have been worth one hundred dollars. The lands thus bought were taken up by t went}' -eight j-oung men, mostly from Hartford, Wethers field, and Windsor ; who in the summer of 1662, or soon after, settled upon them. Most of them built houses on adjoining "home-lots" on the west side of Connecticut river. The location of these lots is still pointed out, just north of the oldest graveyard in Haddam. They were narrow strips of land, running from the road down to the Great River. On one of these strips w^as the home of Daniel and Mehitabel Cone He was born in 1626, and came from Scotland. He married Mehitabel, daughter of Garrard Spencer of Lynn, Mass., and later of Haddam. They had three children before they came to Connecticut, and eight afterward, and were ancestors of most, if not all, of the Cones of the United States. In 16!-5 the famil}^ removed to the east side of the river and settled near to what was known later as Creek Row. The new home was also on land obtained by the original deed from the Indians in 1662. " From that period the Cones have borne a

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conspicuous part in the history of the town and of the country." For just about two hundred years this farm was occupied by the family, descending from father to son; and when a new house was built it was placed on, or near, the spot where the old one stood. The Indians who inhabited the vicinity were numerous and of a fierce and war-like character, and were remarkable for the worship of evil spirits.

Probabh^ the first highway laid out in East Haddam was one that the town ordered to be " four rods wnde, from James Wells's four-acre lotto Daniel Cone's home-lot ; and thence to the lower end of the town it should be five rods wide." Daniel Cone was known at the General Assembly, as the following items from the Colonial records show : " At a General Assembly held at Hartford Oct. 18, 1604, the court appointed Mr. Campfield, Deacon More, Mr. Fayrechild, Mr. Hull and L'n't Olmsted as a committee to ripen the business respecting the calfe in controversie between Mr. Lord and Dan '11 Cone ; who returns, that they having viewed the sayd beast and the evidences of both sides doe iudge it to be Mr. Lord's Steare. The court confirms this ye determnation that the stear doth belong to Mr. Lord." No doubt there was so much reason for the Cone claim, as to make the question a difficult one to settle. It appears that this "steare" had previously visited the local court, as it is recorded that " The court and jury unitedly attempted to agree upon a verdict : but failing in so doing, the court advised the parties to either divide the steer between them or carr}^ the cause to the Gen- eral Court." Evidently, the 1st Daniel Cone evinced no dis- position to yield his point too readily ; and in this connection it is interesting to note, that forty-five of his descendants bearing the name of Cone, are recorded in the list of " Con- necticut men in the Revolutionary War ' ' published by the State.

Middletown 1st church record shows that Mehitabel, wife of Daniel Cone, was daughter of Ensign Garrard Spencer. She was born in 1612 and was sister of Daniel Brainard's wife, and both women were members of the church in Lynn, Mass. Dr. Patterson says Daniel Cone had a second wife, Rebecca,

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widow of Richard Wakeley, before August 4, 1692 Daniel Cone, Sr., died October 2-1, 1706, in his 80th year. Richard Wakeley from Hartford settled in Haddam not far from 1 668. Daniel Cone was Townsman (Selectman) of Haddam in 1669.

CHILDREN OP DAXIEL, AND MEHITABEL ( SPENCER CONE.

1. Rltth — born January 7, 1662.

2. Hamia/i— horn April 6, 1664.

3. Daniel, Jr — born January 21, 1666, married Mary Gates, daughter of George Gates of Haddam, February- 14, 1694. Gates was a noble name in England. Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, was one of the grantees of the Great Patent of New England by King James . Daniel Cone , Jr. was made deacon of Mr. Hosmer's church in East Haddam in 1704, and died June 15, 1725. His \tidow, Mary, died May 12th, 1742, in her 68th year. From them descended Spencer Houghton Cone, D.D. He was born in 1785, entered Princeton College at the age of twelve years and stood the examination for admission with great credit. But at the age of fourteen he found himself the sole hope and support of his mother, an invalid father, four young sisters and a brother ! He under- took teaching and other expedients; but his earnings were insufficient and he sought the counsel of an Episcopal bishop, who had on former occasions taken a lively interest in his success. The bishop desired him to take orders in the Epis- copal church, saying that he would himself see that he was entirely supported while studying for the profession. This flattering offer he refused to accept. The bishop then told him he knew of but one thing he could do, to immediate advantage, and for that his remarkable voice and other physical endow- ments eminently fitted him ; it was — to go on the stage. He took this advice, became an actor and was successful from his first appearance. For seven j^ears he followed the profession in direct opposition to his own feelings. He said : " Much as the w^orld has condemned me for the step, I never have repented taking it. It has answered the end proposed. We have lived comfortably and I see my brother and sisters as w^ell educated as their standing in society demands." At

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length his prospective bride, Sally Wallace Morrell, reqnirtd him to leave the stage, which he did and became an editor. He served in the United States army and was present at the attack on Washington and Baltimore by the English. While holding a small government office at Washington he preached in some of the churches of that city. In 1815 and 181() he was chaplain to Congress. In 1823 he was called to be pastor of a Baptist church in New York. In 1811 he took charge of the Broome Street Church of the same city, and remained there until his death in 1855, and was, for many years, at the head of the Baptist denomination in the United States. He was noted for his eloquence. When he was at Princeton, at the close of the first speech, which as a part of the college exercises it was his duty to deliver, the president (Dr. Smith) laid his hand upon his head and said : "Young man 3^our voice will be your fortune." The noted actress, '' Kate Claxton," was his granddaughter and she, too, had great power to charm an audience. (An interesting life of Spencer Houghton Cone was published in New York and London in 1856.) The following account from Haddam records gives us another glimpse of Daniel Cone, Jr. "On March G, 1707 — At a meeting of the Towne in General, both east and west side inhabitants convened together to consider what ma}' be thought advisable to be done in order to the unuseable and unthought of difficulty which ariseth in S'd Towne Respecting the Reverend Mr. Jeremiah Hobbert's tearing out part of a leaf, out of the ancient Town Book and for the repairing of the aforesaid breach we do unanimously make choyce of Captain John Chapman, Deacon Thomas Gates, Deacon Daniell G?;zf, Lieut. James Wells and Deacon Thomas Brooks, a committee who are hereby empowered and desired to take all moderate and ruleable methods that the towne book may be made valid and sufficient."

1. Jared — born January 7, 1668.

5. Rebecca — born February 6, 1670, bapt. at Mid- dle town, 1672.

6 Ebenezer — married and had children.

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7. l/athaniel married Sarah Jiungerford.

{N'eA't in line.)

8. fared.

9. Stephen — married Mary Hungerford Februar}^ 5, 1702, and died in 1719.

10. Caleb Qon&, says Savage, "son of the first Daniel ; first wife Eliz. married 16 Dec. 1701 who d. 14 Xov. 1714. He m. second wife 6 Sept 1723, Elizabeth Cunning- ham. Among his children is named Klisha — born Sept. 11 — bapt. Oct. 23, 1709, who d. March 6, 1809, having been Dea- con 67 3^ears."

NATHANIEL AND SARAH (HUNGERFORD) CONE.

Nathaniel Cone, 7th child of Daniel and Mehitabel (Spencer) Cone, joined church June 29, 1712. The records of the 1st church of East Haddam sa}^, ''Nathaniel Cone's wife Sarah was bapt. 1701." She joined church August 10, 1718, and died September 25, 1753. Lyme land records — date March 4, 1735, show that she was 3rd daughter of Mr. Thomas Hungerford, "late of Eyme — deceased." She was daughter of the 2nd Thomas Hungerford and his wife Mary (GrajO Hungerford. Nathaniel Cone died in 1731.

CHILDREN OF XATHAXIEL, AND SARAH HUXGERFORD CO.VE.

1. James married Qrace {Xe.rtin line.)

2. Daniel— horn May 9, 1701, died in 1756.

3. Sarah— horn February 11, 1703, bapt. June 18, 1704, married Daniel Gates.

4. Esther — born April 27, 1705, bapt. June 17, 1705, died June 25, 1738. She married Richard Andrews.

5. Ltiey— horn May 24, bapt. July 27, 1707, mar- ried Samuel Barnes.

6. Afehitabel—h2i^\.. May 21, 1710.

7. Nathaniel— horn January 19, bapt. February 10, 1712, married Mary Graves. He died April 15, 1790. He was elected deacon of Millington church about a year before

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his death. A lengthy petition from him to the Connecticut Legislature, dated 1787, asks for money for the services of his six sons in the Revolutionary War.

8. Jonima— horn March 19, 1714, married Samuel Andrews.

9. Jonathan— hoxw January 11, 171(3, bapt. January 22, 1716, married Ann Chapman.

JAMES AND GRACE ( ) CONE.

Lieutenant James Cone was eldest child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hungerford) Cone. He was born i\ugust 24, 1699. On Haddam town records is found : ' ' James Cone was married to his wife Grace, February 10, 1726." His baptism in 1700 is recorded on the book of the 1st church in Middletown, Ct. , in these words : "June 16, 1700, Nathaniel Cone of Haddam, related to ye church of Christ in Lyn, had his son James baptized, by communion of churches."

The Rev. Dr. Field, who w^as for man}- years minister at Haddam, says : " The church in Haddam had no regular ordained minister in 1700, till November of that year, and for some years before that, the people had repaired to Middletown and perhaps occasionally to Say brook for special ordinances." For seventy years only a single school was taught in Haddam. In 1732 a vote was taken that the school should be kept three months at the schoolhouse and then moved successively to other parts of the town.

Lieutenant James Cone died April 4, 1774, in his 7oth year. The place of his burial is marked by a brownstone slab in the Bashan graveyard, East Haddam. His wife Grace died Nov. 7, 1767, in her 63rd year. By a deed it appears that in 1769 the wife of James Cone was Elizabeth (Warner) Cone. Also, James Cone, in his will, dated Feb- ruary 12, 1774, gives to his " w4fe Elizabeth" and mentions " Brother John Warner."

By church, town and state records we learn that Lieuten- ant James Cone was active, trustworthy and useful in his day. He was Selectman, and in 1747, '48 and '49 he was Deputy from East Haddam. From the records of the General Assem-

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bh' of the Colon}^ of Connecticut : " Oct. 1738 This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Cone to be Lieutenant of the company or trainband in the parish of Millington, and order that he be commissioned accordingly." "May 1760 upon the memorial of James Cone of East Haddam, shewing to this Assembly that he had been appointed by the said town of East Haddam to gather the three last country rates in said town for the two last years past, as well as two others some years before «&c., and that the memorialist had alwa3'^s been very careful of said mone}^ when collected, to secure the same within a good desk «Slc. , and which alwa3's proved to be secure when in said desk till the 11th da}^ of Januar}" last past, when the memorialist found that his said desk had been broken open by some evil-minded person &c. , and upon careful examination the memorialist found there was missing of the said money taken out of said desk, broken open as aforesaid, the sum of twenty-eight pounds nineteen shillings and ten pence of the said mone}' by him so collected for the government, and that the memorialist had expended a great deal both of time and money, endeavoring to find out who had broken open said desk and taken out said mone}', but could not as yet make any discovery thereof; and requesting of this Assemby to abate to the memorialist the said sum of £28 19s. lOd. or some part thereof &c. : Resolved by this Assembly that the memorialist be abated and he is hereby abated the sum of twenty pounds of said money requested for as aforesaid, and the Treasurer is hereby ordered to allow the same accord- ingly."

c hil,dre:v of james and grace coxe.

1. Elizabeth— horn December 9, 1726, bapt. April 2, 1727, died in 1814, aged 87.

2. Mehztabel—h2i^t. August 11, 1729, married Fuller.

3. Htdda—h^i^t. March 9, 1732, married Thomas Emmons. May 21, 1752.

4. Jyhanus married jiannah Ackley, {Next

in line. )

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5. Rnfns—h2.^\. October 10, 1737, married Esther Stewart.

6. Esther— h2i^\„ February 2, 1739-40, married Asa Robinson. James Cone's will mentions "Daughter Esther Beebee. ' '

7. James— hoxvi September 4, 1712, died July 21, 1797. He married Alice Crocker, May 3, 1764. " He had a son Ambrose, and this Ambrose, w^hen he married, in the year 1800, changed the spelling of the name to 'Coan' and his descendants spell the name that way." — (W. W. Cone.)

SYLVANUS AND HANNAH (ACKLEY) CONE.

Sylvanus Cone, 4th child and eldest son of Lieutenant James and Grace Cone, was baptized in East Haddam, Ct., March 2nd, 1734. He was admitted to church in Mill- ington, a parish of East Haddam ?^Iay 31, 17()1. He is buried near his father, James Cone, and his brother, James Cone, in Bashan graveyard, East Haddam, on a hill overlooking a beautiful landscape. His gravestone is inscribed: "Sacred to the memory of Mr. Sylvanus Cone who died May 4, 1812 in ye 78 3'ear of his age." With equal assurance, his grand- daughter writes that, "He w^as born Jan. 21, 1731, and died ^lay 4, 1812, aged 81 3- ears, 3 months, 12 days."

Sylvanus Cone married 1st, Hannah Ackley, Nov. 13, 1755. She w^as daughter of Gideon and Hannah (Andrews) Ackle3% born in East Haddam, March 18, 1742, bapt. August 7, 1748, and died of measles, June 24, 1790, leaving eleven children, eight daughters and three sons. Sylvanus Cone married 2nd, Mrs. Mar}' Elizabeth Graves, Relict of Roswell Graves. She died of apoplex}^, Jan. 23, 1807 aged 03 years. Sylvanus Cone married 3rd, Eunice Spencer, November 1, 1809. She was born in 1736 and died October 21, 1811. He lived to the 4th day of the following ^Ma}^

Written evidence that he was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill was submitted to the inspection of the Secretary and Registrar of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was by them pronounced satisfac-

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tory. ' * Sons ' ' and ' ' Daughters ' ' have followed along into the patriotic societies, their claims to membership being founded on his services. He was probably the Sylvanus Cone referred to in military records, both Colonial and Revolutionary^ which have been brought to light by recent investigations.

Sj^lvanus Cone was a private in Captain Ichabod Phelp's Company, 4th Regiment of Connecticut, having enlisted in that Company September 4, 1755. He was discharged November 11, 1755,

Sylvanus Cone enlisted as a private in Captain Edmund Wells's Company in the 4th Connecticut Regiment May 30, 1756, and was discharged November 26 of the same year. His name also appears on a Muster Roll of the same Captain Edmund Wells's Company, dated October 13, 1756, at Fort William Henry.

Sylvanus Cone was Corporal in Captain Joseph Wood- ford's Company in 1779, as appears by the Officers' Pay Roll for Militia service for the defence of the State. (All from original rolls )

In one branch of the famil}- of our Sylvanus Cone a tradition exists that he was a Revolutionary soldier, and many incidents are related of his experience in the Army ; among them the stor}' of naming his youngest boy. It is said he was one of the men who hurried forward to the vicinity of Boston in 1775 in response to the call for troops and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He left behind him, on the farm in East Haddam, a wife and eight children, and before he returned home, news was brought him that a son more had been added to his household. In his admiration for General Joseph Warren and excitement at his tragic death he sent for answer, " Call the bab}' Joseph Warren." Accordingly, Joseph Warren Cone was the name he bore through a long life.

CHILDREN OF SYLVANUS AND HANNAH (ACKLEY CONE.

1. Aseneth—hoxw Nov. 23, 1757, married Robert Harvey, settled in Frankfort, Oneida Co., New York, and died in that place, leaving a large family of children.

2. Mekitabel— horn Sept. 13, 1760, married 1st, Peter Spencer; 2nd, Simon Williams. No children.

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3. Hannah— hoxw Feb. 20, 1703, married David Townsend of East Haddam, and settled in that place. He was brother of Deacon Townsend of Westmoreland. She died in 1843.

4. ]]^ alter— hoxx^ Nov. 20, 1764, married Dorothy Palmer, March 26, 1789. He died Nov. 22, 1829, of bilious colic. They were some of the first settlers in Oneida Co., New York, town of Whitestown, when there were only two log-houses in Utica. She died in 1847. They had twelve chil- dren ; five sons and seven daughters. One son died in infancy ; the other eleven children lived and were married. Their son Walter died aged 92 years. Their daughter Eliza died at 84. Another daughter was near 90 at the time of her death. Walter Cone and his wife each had a sister Polly. His sister Polly married Marvin Sterling and her sister Polly married Lord Sterling.

5. Olive — born June 5, 1768, married Alfred ^\'illey, Oct. 29, 1789. She died in Ogden, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1845. She was a very superior woman, and has some notable descendants. John Townsend Trowbridge, a popular writer of books for boys, is son of her daughter Rebecca. Rebecca was born in 1791 and died in 1842. Marcia Willey (Ward) daughter of Olive Cone (Willey), died aged 91 years.

6. Polly — married Marvin Sterling.

7. Anna — born May 3, 1773, married Sterling Graves, of East Haddam, Oct. 28, 1794. He died, aged .^9. She died in 1859, aged 86. Soon after they were married they moved to Westmoreland, and from there to Lewis County in the ''Black River Country," New York State, where they took up three hundred acres of wild land and built a log house. The youngest of their nine children writes : ' ' There I was born and spent my youth running around in the woods and going two miles to school." Sterling and Anna (Cone) Graves had seven daughters and two sons. Three of the daughters died at the age of 87 years and one at 82. One of the sons was a school teacher seven years, then became a minister and joined the Methodist Conference. He got his

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tory. ' ' Sons ' ' and ' ' Daughters ' ' have followed along into the patriotic societies, their claims to membership being founded on his services. He was probabl}' the Sj'lvanus Cone referred to in militar}' records, both Colonial and Revolution ar>% which have been brought to light by recent investigations.

Sylvanus Cone was a private in Captain Ichabod Phelp's Company, 4th Regiment of Connecticut, having enlisted in that Company September 4, 1755. He was discharged November 11, 1755.

Sylvanus Cone enlisted as a private in Captain Edmund Wells's Company in the 4th Connecticut Regiment May 30, 1756, and was discharged November 26 of the same 3'ear. His name also appears on a Cluster Roll of the same Captain Edmund Wells's Company, dated October 13, 1756, at Fort William Henry.

Sylvanus Cone was Corporal in Captain Joseph Wood- ford's Compan}^ in 1779, as appears by the Officers' Pay Roll for Militia service for the defence of the State. (All from original rolls )

In one branch of the famil}' of our Sylvanus Cone a tradition exists that he was a Revolutionary soldier, and manj^ incidents are related of his experience in the Army ; among them the story of naming his 3'oungest hoy . It is said he was one of the men who hurried forward to the vicinit}' of Boston in 1775 in response to the call for troops and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He left behind him, on the farm in East Haddam, a wife and eight children, and before he returned home, news was brought him that a son more had been added to his household. In his admiration for General Joseph Warren and excitement at his tragic death he sent for answer, " Call the bab}^ Joseph Warren." Accordingly, Joseph Warren Cone was the name he bore through a long life.

CHILDREN OF SYL.VAAUS AM3 HANNAH AC KL.E\ CONE.

1. Aseneth—\:>oxvL Nov. 23, 1757, married Robert Harvey, settled in Frankfort, Oneida Co., New York, and died in that place, leaving a large famil}' of children.

2. Mehitabel-Ayorn Sept. 13, 1760, married 1st, Peter Spencer; 2nd, Simon Williams. No children.

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3. Hannah— hoxw Feb. 2(), 17(;3, married David Townseiid of East Haddam, and settled in that place. He was brother of Deacon Townsend of Westmoreland. She died in 1848.

4. ]]\ilter—hox\\ Nov. 20, 17(34, married Dorothy Palmer, March 26, 1789. He died Nov. 22, 1829, of bilious colic. They were some of the first settlers in Oneida Co., New York, town of Whitestown, w^hen there were only two log-houses in Utica. She died in 1847. The}' had twelve chil- dren ; five sons and seven daughters. One son died in infancy ; the other eleven children lived and were married. Their son Walter died aged 92 years. Their daughter Eliza died at 84. Another daughter was near 90 at the time of her death. Walter Cone and his wife each had a sister Polly. His sister Polly riiarried Marvin Sterling and her sister Polly married Lord Sterling.

5. (1^//W— born June 5, 17G8, married Alfred Willey, Oct. 29, 1789. She died in Ogden, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1845. She was a very superior woman, and has some notable descendants. John Townsend Trowbridge, a popular writer of books for boys, is son of her daughter Rebecca. Rebecca was born in 1791 and died in 1842. Marcia Willey (Ward) daughter of Olive Cone (Willey), died aged 9! years.

6. Polly — married Marvin Sterling.

7. Anna — born ]\Iay 3, 1773, married Sterling Graves, of East Haddam, Oct. 28, 1794. He died, aged ^ 9. She died in 1859, aged 86. Soon after they were married they moved to Westmoreland, and from there to Lewis County in the '^ Black River Country," New York State, where they took up three hundred acres of wild land and built a log house. The youngest of their nine children writes : ' ' There I was born and spent my youth running around in the woods and going two miles to school." Sterling and Anna (Cone) Graves had seven daughters and two sons. Three of the daughters died at the age of 87 years and one at 82. One of the sons was a school teacher seven years, then became a minister and joined the Methodist Conference. He got his

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education evenings b}^ the light of a log fire. He died at the age of 82. Sterling Graves was active in town affairs, being Justice of the Peace and Supervisor.

8. Sylvanus — married Louisa Inman. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and died in Sandusky, city of that State, in December, 1834, aged about 58 years. When his wife died, their daughter, an onl}^ child, was less than two years old.

9. Joseph Warren— hoxw July 3, 1775, married Mehitabel Swan, daughter of Jabez Swan, of Millington, Nov. 17, 1796. They had four sons. His father, Sylvanus Cone, bequeathed his estate to him ; including the spacious house, which he had built in his younger days, and which had been the home of his three wives and eleven children. A crack across the bottom of the cellar of that house, was caused by a disturbance resembling a little earthquake accompanied by the mysterious " Moodus Noises." At this homestead Joseph Warren Cone spent most of his life ; but in his old age he lived in West Hartford, at which place two of his sons had settled; and there he died, Aug. 4, 1848, aged 73 years. Some of his descendants have been wealthy and highly respected citizens of Hartford; notably, his son, William R. Cone, a lawyer by profession, a man of unusual strength of mind and business capacity and of affable and attractive manners. He was partner with William Hunger- ford in the law firm of Hungerford & Cone. He attained unto fourscore 3^ears.

10. Elisabeth— horn Feb. 5, 1781, married 1st, Joseph Brooks ; 2nd, Noadiah Emmons. Noadiah and Eliza- beth (Cone) Emmons had a son who was a portrait painter and produced pictures of great merit.

11. Martha married ls)iUlam Jiall. iSee Haii

family of Middlctoicu.)

^pcnfcv 4^rtmilii.

1. John Spencer married Anna

2. Their son, Michael Spencer, married Elizabeth

3. Their son, Garrard Spencer, married Alice

4. Their son, Garrard Spencer, married Hannah

o. Their daughter, Mehitabel Spencer, married Daniel Cone.

6. Their son, Nathaniel Cone, married Sarah Hungerford.

7. Their son, James Cone, married Grace

8. Their son, Sylvanns Cone, married Hannah Ackley.

9. Their daughter, Martha Cone, married Wilham Hall.

10. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

11. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Xornian, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

There seems to be no doubt of the fine English ancestry of this family, which claims descent from the ancient baronial family of De Spencer ; of which family Robert De Spencer came to England with William the Conqueror. Collins describes the arms of the Spencer family.

JOHN AND ANNA SPENCER.

John Spencer of Edworth, County Bedford, gent., was buried at Edworth church June 9, looS. His wife Anna was also buried at Edworth June 16, 1560.

MICHAEL AND ELIZABETH SPENCER.

Michael Spencer, son of John and Anna Spencer, married 1st, Annis, June 25, 1555. She was buried Feb. '23, 1561. He married 2nd, Elizabeth. She was buried Nov. 18, 1599. The children of Michael and Annis Spencer w^ere — Jo/l^l^ha.pt. April 20, 1557. A/u/iae/—hapt. May 27, 1558. died April 15, 1560.

CHILDREN OF 3IICHAEL. AND ELIZABETH SPEXC ER.

1. /o/in—hapt. Aug. 20, 1564:.

2. Mic/iae/—hapi. Aug. 30, 1566.

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3. Alice— h^j^t. Aug. 30, 1566.

4. Aiin—h2.^\.. June 24, 1560(?)

5. Thomas— h2.^\,. March 12, 1571.

6. Qetard married Alice, {Xe.rt m une.)

7. Richard h2i^t. July 9, 1580.

The records of the two last named are from St. Mary's Parish, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Eng. The will of Richard Spencer, son of Michael and Elizabeth Spencer, was signed March 17, 1645. It shows that Ensign Garrard Spencer, of Haddam, was nephew of Richard Spencer of England. He says: "I give and bequeath unto Jarrard Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Michael Spencer, sons of my brother jarrard Spencer, deceased, the sum of fifty pounds apiece and unto William Spencer, son of my said brother, Jerrard Spencer, deceased," &c.

GERARD AND ALICE SPENCER.

Gerard Spencer, of Stotfold, gent., baptized May 20, 1576, married Alice and was a large landed proprietor in Bed- fordshire, England. There are monuments to various members of the family at the churches of the county. ^

CHIL.DREX OF GERARD A]VD AL.ICE.SPENC ER.

1. Williani—h2.^x, Oct. 10, 1601, emigrated to New England He was freeman at Lynn, Mass., and afterward lived in Hartford, Conn. He was Lieutenant, and in the record of his death he is mentioned as William Spencer, Esq., who died in 1 640. He had wife Agnes

2. Elizabeth -h2i^i. Oct. 31, 1602.

3. Joh?i—h2i^i. Jan. 22, 1604.

4. Heizry—hsi'^t. Aug. 11, 1605, died Oct. 20, 1607.

5. Thomas— h2i^t. March 29, 1607, emigrated to New England. He marriea Sarah Bearding.

6. Richard— h?,-^^. Dec. 11, 1608, died May 6, 1614.

7. Michael— h2.^\„ May 5, 1611, emigrated to New England. He was freeman at Lynn in 1638.

8. Qarrard married Jiannah. (aviv /;/ z/;/^.)

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ENSIGN GARRARD AND HANNAH SPENCER.

Ensign Garrard Spencer was baptized April 25, 1(514, and died in 1G85. He was the youngest of four brothers who came to New England about 1(334, leaving one brother in England. His name is found in various early records and histories, and affords a striking example of the Puritan "indif- ference to uniformity of spelling." It is written Jarad, Gerard, Jarrett, Jarrard, Garrird, Garade, Jerat, Garrett, Gerrird, Jarrad, and the signature to his will, supposed to have been written by himself, is "Garrard Spencer.' He was a resident of Cambridge (Newtown) in 1634, removed to Lynn in 1637 and was admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay the same year. In 1638 a committee appointed by the town of Eynn to divide the lands, completed their work and a book was provided, in which the names of the proprietors, and the number of acres allotted to each was recorded. That book is lost, but a copy of the first three pages has been preserved at Salem. On page 1 is "Jarrett Spencer, 30 acres." In 1639 the court granted him "The fferry at Linn for two yeares, taking 2d. for a single person to the furthest place, and but Id. a person, for more to the furthest place, and but Id. for a single person, to the nearest place." On the records of Salem Court it is stated that Jarrard Spencer was a witness. May 27, 1643, in Essex Co. Court, Mass. "9th month 1654, the administration of the estate of Michael Spencer is granted Gerard Spencer of Linn and he is to bring an inventor}' to the next court." In the settlement, "the court took into con- sideration a child of the s'd Michael put unto him to bring up until he be 21 years old, wh child by name is Michael Spencer of about 6 years old." In June, 1656, Jerard Spencer was chosen Ensign of the trainband of Lynn, and in 1659 he was a grand juror for Lynn. In 1660 he was planning to live in Hartford, as appears by the following vote of that town : "June 14, 1660, At ye same towne meeting, ye towne by their vote, gave Gerard Spencer liberty to dwell among us, as an inhabitant with us at Hartford. ' ' The same year, he with others, purposed to make a settlement on the Great River at the place now called Haddam ; but it was not till 1662 that

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the purchase of Indian lands was completed and the deed signed. On the map of the town plot of Haddam, compiled by Richard ls\. Bayles, and published in the ''History of Middlesex County, Connecticut" Garrard Spencer's home- lot has on one side the lot laid out for a " Parsonage forever " and on the other side the home-lot of Thomas Smith. Passing three lots from Garrard Spencer's we come to that of Daniel Cone. Garrard Spencer was one of a committee, appointed Feb. 27, 1668, to settle the boundary between Haddam and Say brook. Most of those who have borne the name of Spencer, in Haddam and East Haddam, have been descend- ants of Garrard Spencer and his wife Hannah, who were among the first settlers of Haddam in 1662.

From Conn. Col. records: "Sept. 11, 1675. At a meeting of the Council at Hartford, present, William Leete, Esq., Deputy Governor; Major John Talcott, Mr. Henry Wolcott, Capt. John Allyn, Major Robert Treat, Capt. Benjamin New- berry, Mr. John Wads worth — The inhabitants of Haddam have presented Jarrad Spencer for an Ensigne for their Trayn Band, affirming him to be lawfully chosen, the Council doe accordingly commissionate him to be their Ensigne, and to command according to lawe. ' ' He was Deputy from Haddam to the General Court, Oct. 1671, July 1675, May 1678, Oct. 1678, May and Oct. 168B.

CHILDREN OF EXSIGIV GARRARD AXD HAXXAH SPEXCER.

1. JoJm — born in 1638 at Lynn, died August 3, 1682, at Haddam. He married Rebecca, daughter of Robert Howard, of Windsor. She was born Aug. 17, 1618, and died Aug. 17, 1681. They had five children.

2. Hannah — born in 1610, married, in 1665, Daniel Brainard. They had eight children. They were grandparents of David Brainard, the celebrated missionary to the Indians, and ancestors of the Brainards of this country. He was brought from England to Hartford, Conn., when he was eight years old, where he lived in the Wyllys family till he was of age. He settled in Haddam in 1662. She died before 1700. He re-married twice, and died April 1, 1715, aged 71.

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3. ^/^^^— married 1st, in 1(J62, Thomas Brooks. He died Oct. 18, 1668. She married 2nd, in 1673, Thomas Shailer. He sailed for the West Indies in 1692 and was lost at sea. She had four Brooks children and four Shailer children.

4. JYlehitabel married Daniel Cone, {Sec cone

family.)

5. Thomas — married about 1673, Elizabeth, young- est daughter of James and Ann (Withington) Bates. They resided in Haddam, but removed to Westbrook before 1679. They had four children and he died in Feb. 1699.

6. Sarah— msirried Dec. 1666, Stephen Backus of Norwich, Ct. He was born in 1640, son of William Backus of Saybrook. They had six children.

7. Sanmel—oi Millington Society, East Haddam, married 1st, in 167 •], Hannah Blatchford, widow of Peter Blatchford of Haddam, formerly of New London. Also, she was Hannah Hungerford, widow of Thomas Hungerford of New London and daughter of Isaac W^illey of that place. She died about 1681. They had four children. Samuel Spencer married 2nd, in 1689, Miriam Willey, widow of John Willey of Haddam, formerly of New London, and daughter of Miles Moore of that town. vSamuel Spencer died August. 7, 1705, leaving four children. His wife Miriam survived him.

8. ^r////V7W— married Margaret Clark about 1679. They had nine children, and he died 1712.

9. .V^?//^^?///^'/— married 1st, Lydia, daughter of Thomas Smith in 1681. They had nine children. He married 2nd, Hannah. He died before 1722. Hannah died Feb. 20, 1742.

10. Rebecca— ^\^^ before 1706. She married 1st, John Kennard of Haddam, about 1682. They had two children. He died in Feb., 1689. She married 2nd, John Tanner of Lyme, afterward of East Haddam.

IL Ruth — married Joseph Clark, son of William Clark of Haddam. They had six children.

12. Timothy — married and had six children. He died in 1704 and his wife died about 1704.

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13. Elizabeth— vi\2.xxv^& Joseph Stannard, one of the twenty -eight men who w^ent from Hartford to Haddam, having purchased the land in 1662.

Ensign Garrard Spencer and his family were members of the church at Lynn, Mass., but after they removed to Haddam some of his grandchildren were taken to Middletown, Conn., to be baptized. The records of the first church of Middletown tell us that, "1672, 7th, 8. Being ye Lord's daj^ Joshua Braynard and John Howard, children of two of y^ daughters of Ensign Spencer, children of the church of Christ at Lynn, received ye Innitiatory seal of ye covenant baptism, by virtue of communion of churches." Also, in 1672, " Rebecca Coan of Haddam, daughter of Goodwife Coan was bapt. The mother being a member of the church at Lynn." In "1678, Elijah Brainard and Stephen Coane, children of tw^o of the daughters of Ensigne Spencer of Haddam, whose children are children of the church of Xt. at Lynn, were baptized." The records of the first church at Middletown, also mention bap- tisms of William, son of Daniel Brainard, on his wife's account ; and Jared, son of Thomas Spencer ; Nathaniel, son of Goodwife Cone, and William, son of Goodwife Stannard; ' * mothers being in relation to the church at Lynn. ' ' The Society of Colonial Wars has accepted the proot of the services of Ensign Garrard Spencer of Haddam in King Philip's war. Hon. Joseph Spencer was one of his descendants. He was Judge of Probate in 1753, was in the colonial army in 1758, was Major and afterward Colonel. June 30, 1774, in town meeting, in East Haddam, "duly warned, Hon. Joseph Spencer, chosen Moderator, a unanimuos vote was recorded for a Declaration of American Rights." He w^as a member of the Council of Safety. From East Haddam town records it is learned that Col. Jos. Spencer was elected deacon of the Millington Society, Nov. 20, 1767. Afterward, "He was excused from service during the Revolution ' ' and re-elected April 4, 1788. In March 1775 he was appointed Brigadier General and in 1776 he was commissioned Major General, by Congress, and soon placed in command of the American forces in Rhode Island. He was highly esteemed by Washington.

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He was elected to Congress in 1775. He was twice married, had seven daughters and six sons and died Jan. 18, 1789, aged 74. Other descendants of Ensign Garrard Spencer were : Elihu Spencer, a law3'er, an accomplished scholar and keen logician ; Hon. Issac Spencer, for many years Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and Elizabeth Spencer, who married Hon. Lewis Cass, Maj. Gen. U. S. A., Gov. of the State of Michigan, U. S. Senator and Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Jackson. He was Democratic candidate for President.

|iunr|cvfov(l ^familu.

1. Thomas Hungerford married .

2. Their son, Thomas Ilungerford, married Mary Gray.

3. Their daughter, Sarah Himgerford, married Nathaniel Cone.

4. Their son, James Cone, married Grace .

5. Their son, vSylvanus Cone, married Hannah Ackley.

6. Their daughter, INIartha Cone, married WilHam Hall.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

THOMAS HUNGERFORD AND HIS TWO WIVES.

The name Hungerford in England represents an old famil}^ in Wiltshire, which dates back of 1300. This icas one of the best names in England, particularh' in the days of Oliver Cromwell. There are two Hungerford families in America ; one in Marj^land, the other being the Connecticut branch. Conditions have so greatly changed, it is almost im- possible for us to arrive at any adequate idea of life in the State when the 1st Thomas Hungerford and his associates were here. The court appointed one man to give all his time to killing wolves, and when he did not kill any for a week, his board was to be paid for him, and when he did, he was to pay his own board. As early as KUO the constable in each

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13. Elizabeth— m2irr\&& Joseph Stannard, one of the twenty-eight men who went from Hartford to Haddam, having purchased the land in 1662.

Ensign Garrard Spencer and his family were members of the church at Lynn, Mass., but after they removed to Haddam some of his grandchildren were taken to Middletown, Conn., to be baptized. The records of the first church of Middletown tell us that, "1672, 7th, 8. Being ye Lord's day, Joshua Braynard and John Howard, children of two of ye daughters of Ensign Spencer, children of the church of Christ at Lynn, received ye Innitiatory seal of ye covenant baptism, by virtue of communion of churches." Also, in 1672, " Rebecca Coan of Haddam, daughter of Goodwife Coan was bapt. The mother being a member of the church at Lynn." In "1678, Elijah Brainard and Stephen Coane, children of two of the daughters of Ensigne Spencer of Haddam, whose children are children of the church of Xt. at Lynn, were baptized." The records of the first church at Middletown, also mention bap- tisms of William, son of Daniel Brainard, on his wife's account; and Jared, son of Thomas Spencer; Nathaniel, son of Goodwife Cone, and William, son of Goodwife Stannard; ' ' mothers being in relation to the church at Lynn. ' ' The Society of Colonial Wars has accepted the proot of the services of Ensign Garrard Spencer of Haddam in King Philip's war. Hon. Joseph Spencer was one of his descendants. He was Judge of Probate in 1753, was in the colonial army in 1758, was Major and afterward Colonel. June 30, 1774, in town meeting, in East Haddam, "duly warned, Hon. Joseph Spencer, chosen Moderator, a unanimuos vote was recorded for a Declaration of American Rights." He was a member of the Council of Safety. From East Haddam town records it is learned that Col. Jos. Spencer was elected deacon of the Millington Society, Nov. 20, 1767. Afterward, "He was excused from service during the Revolution" and re-elected April 4, 178S. In March 177.5 he was appointed Brigadier General and in 1776 he was commissioned Major General, by Congress, and soon placed in command of the American forces in Rhode Island. He was highly esteemed by Washington.

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He was elected to Congress in 1775. He was twice married, had seven daughters and six sons and died Jan. 1:5, 17SV), aged 74. Other descendants of Ensign Garrard vSpencer were : Elihu Spencer, a law\'er, an accomplished scholar and keen logician ; Hon. Issac Spencer, for many years Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and Elizabeth Spencer, who married Hon. Lewis Cass, Maj. Gen. U. S. A., Gov. of the State of Michigan, U. S. Senator and Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Jackson. He w^as Democratic candidate for President.

|]uni)fvfonl ;famUi).

1. Thomas Hungerford married .

2. Their son, Thomas Huiigerford, marrierl ^Nlarv Grav.

3. Their daughter, Sarah Huiigerford, married Nathaniel Cone.

4. Their son, James Cone, married Grace .

5. Their son, Sylvanus Cone, married Hannah Ackley.

6. Their daughter, Martha Cone, married William Hall.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsev, 4. Rufus.

THOMAS HUNGERFORD AND HIS TWO WIVES.

The name Hungerford in England represents an old family in Wiltshire, which dates back of 1300. This 7cas one of the best names in England, particularh' in the days of Oliver Cromwell. There are two Hungerford families in America ; one in Maryland, the other being the Connecticut branch. Conditions have so greath* changed, it is almost im- possible for us to arrive at any adequate idea of life in the State when the 1st Thomas Hungerford and his associates were here. The court appointed one man to give all his time to killing wolves, and when he did not kill any for a week, his board was to be paid for him, and when he did, he was to pa}' his own board. As early as 1()4:0 the constable in each

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town was ordered to take notice of all persons, and if he judged any persons exceeded their rank and condition in life, in their attire, to warn them to appear before the Particular Court to answer for the offence. All excess in the price of labor was, in 1641, expressly forbidden by law. All laborers were priced, as well as the labor of horses and oxen. In 1643, most of the penalties attached to the criminal laws, w^ere accompanied with flogging and pillory, so much so, that a law was enacted in that year, which made it imperative upon all the towns on the Connecticut River to appoint a whipper to do execution upon offenders. Everything in the colon}^ came under the supervision of the General Court. The laws enacted at each session were made out by the Secretary of the Colony and copies sent to the constables of every town and read by them at public meetings to the people ; as there were no printing presses in the country at the time of the early settlement of Connecticut.

Thomas Hungerford, or foot, or forth, was in 1639 a pro- prietor in Hartford, " by courtesie of the town. " His home- lot was on the w^est side of ' ' the road to the cow pasture. ' ' He went to New London (Pequot) in 1650 and was there given a town-lot. He was constable in 1652. He died in Xew London in 1663. After the death of his first wife, he married in 1658, Hannah Willey, baptized in Boston, daughter of Isaac Willey of New London, and of his wife Joanna. She married 2nd, Peter Blatchford, and 3rd, Samuel Spencer of Haddam.

Thomas and Anne Hungerford were brother and sister and came to New England together. Anne (or Joanne) re- mained in Boston and married John Leigh. She died after September 30, 1684, the date of the last reference to her that has been authenticated. Her family name of Hungerford re- mained unknown until a few years ago, when a letter from her brother was found among the family papers, having reference to her niece Sarah, mentioned by John Leigh in his will. The letter was written by Thomas Hungerford of Pequot, addressed to his " Loving Sister " and dated Novem- ber 2, 1657. In it he details a plan to bring his daughter

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Sarah to live with his sister. He wrote that he ' ' Had some thoughts of coming now before winter but upon further con- sideration being winter at hand and my occasions & hay w^ould suffer in my absentz I conclude God willing that if I and my daughter I^ive to come and see you in 3'e Springe and for my Daughter to continue w4th you." He adds a "hope that we shall understand one anothers minds ffuUy." The little daughter Sarah was then three years old, probabl}' with- out a mother, as her father married his second wife in 1()58.

CHILDREN OP THOMAS HITNGERFORD AND HIS Ist \VIFE.

1. Jhomas married Mary Qray. (Xc.vt m ime.)

2. Sarah — born in l()o4. The only child of Thomas and Hannah (Willey) Hungerford, was Hannah, born in 1659. She married Lewis Hughes of Lyme.

THOMAS AND MARY (GRAY) HUNGERFORD.

Thomas Hungerford 2nd, was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1648. He went to New London with his father in 1650, and in 1673 he had a grant of land at that place. He married Mary Gray before June 6, 1671. He moved to Lyme in 1685, and the ancestors of the Hungerfords settled in East Haddam before the year 1700, He was a blacksmith and in consideration of his trade the societ}^ of East Haddam gave him a section of land. He had the title Mr. and w^as the first selectman of the town. In the 1st book of records of East Haddam it is written that the book was bought for the town in 1701 by Thomas Hungerford and two others who were also townsmen. It is a matter of history that "In 1691, as the town went forward in building the minister's house in Haddam, the nails were provided for by selling 20 acres of land at Moodus to Thomas Hungerford." He made his will January 11, 1714, and died the same year. He gave all his buildings and grass land adjoining them, in East Haddam, and other lands to his wife Mary. He was buried at Grave Yard Point.

CHILDREN OF TH03IAS AND MARY GRAY HI NGERFORD.

1 Thomas — was bapt. August 7, 1709, and he and his wife Elizabeth joined church on that day. She was Eliza-

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beth Smith, sister of Matthew and Mary Smith and also of Thomas Smith, who was in the "Expedition to Albany." Thomas Hungerford 3rd, was a seafaring man and on his return from his last voyage he was taken sick at New London, where he died in 1750.

2. Jo/ni — married Deborah Spencer about 1701. He died in 1718 and was buried in Hadlyme.

3. Green — was one of the leading men of Millington Societ}'. He married Jemima Richardson, who, after his death, married Matthias Fuller.

4. Elizabeth.

5. S21 sauna.

6. Sarah married Nathaniel Cone. (See coue

family.)

7. Mary — married Stephen Cone, brother of Nathan- iel Cone, February 5, 1702.

8. Esther.

These children are numbered in the order in which they are named in the will of their father

On the road from New London to Nahantic T^ar is a large, single rock of granite. It is mentioned on the proprietor's records, in describing the pathway, as "the great rock called Hungerford's Fort. " That was the popular name of the rock and was derived from an exploit of a young daughter of the early Hungerford family. It is said that Hannah Hunger- ford, being alone on this road, on her wa}^ to school, found herself watched and pursued by a hungrj' wolf. He approached cautiously and she had time to seize a stick and climb this rock, before he actually made an attack — and here she succeeded in beating him off, though he made several leaps up the rock and his fearful bark almost bewildered her senses till assistance came.

William Hungerford, LL. D., born in East Haddam in 1788, was a member of this family. He was graduated at Yale in 1809, was admitted to the bar in 1812, practiced in his native town till 1829, when he removed to Hartford, where he resided till his death in 1873. He was a remarkable law

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student and became the head of his profession in the State. He was distinguished for his love of right and hatred of wrong. It was well known that he would not argue for a cause he did not believe to be just. He always declined a position on the bench of any court. He was never married.

^chlcji 4^rtmili),

1. Nicholas Ackley married Hannah .

'2. Their son, James Ackley, married Elizabeth .

3. Their son, Gideon Ackley, married Hannah Andrews.

4. Their daughter, Hannah Ackley, married Sylvanus Cone.

5. Their daughter, Martha Cone, married William Hall.

6. Their daughter, INIartha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

7. Their children were — 1. vSophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -4. Rufus.

NICHOLAS AND HANNAH ACKLEY.

Nicholas Ackley was located on lot No. 42, Trumbull Street, Hartford, Ct., in 1665. In 1()6'2 he was chimney- viewer in Hartford.

In the "Earliest Volume of the Town Votes of Hartford" appears this record, "It is ordered that evr}^ howse shall have a ladder or tre at ]\Iost who shall reach (within) Two ffoote of the Topp of his howse uppon (the) forfeteur of fave shillings A mounth for (each) mounth he shall want the same." This vote gives us a hint only of the duties of a chimney -viewer, but Hinman, in his ' ' First Puritan Settlers, ' ' makes the matter plain, thus — "As the office of Chimney-viewer is attached to the names of some of the first settlers, I take the liberty of explaining the cause. Immediately after the organization of the town of Hartford as a town, or, rather, as a company of land-holders, a law was enacted that all chimneys should be cleansed by the owner, once in a month, by a penalty pro- vided bv law. Therefore, that the law should be strictly

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obeyed and carried out by the inhabitants, for several j'ears, a committee of respectable men (for no others held offices at that dajO were appointed to see that all householders fully obeyed the law. It was also a law that each householder should provide a ladder for his house, where there was not a tree standing by his house, which reached within two feet of the top of the chimney. This law also came within the duties of the viewers of chimneys. At the time these laws were in force, men were selected to fill every office, high or low, with a single ej'e to the fact, that men who held the offices, should be of such a standing in society, as the men should honor their offices, and not the offices the holders of them. To effect this object, j'ou find men who had filled a seat at the General Court, the next 3^ear filling the office of Hay ward or Chimney -viewer. It was this practice of our worthy ancestors, which caused an officer — either civil or military, who held any place of power, to hold on to his titles with a tenacity — that living or dead — he never lost them."

Nicholas Ackley was one of the twenty-eight young men who, in 1662, bought the land where the Haddams and some adjoining towns now stand. This purchase was long denomi- nated "The lands at Thirty Mile Island," from an Island in Connecticut River which, it was calculated, was thirty miles from its mouth. The Indians, who reserved for them- selves fort}^ acres, together with Thirty ]^Iile Island, and the right to hunt and fish where the}^ pleased, roamed over the plantation for many years.

Dr. Field saj^s: "For fort}^ or forty-five 3'ears from the time of settlement, the people were accustomed to carr}^ arms with them to the place of public worship, that the}^ might be able to defend themselves in case of a sudden attack. " As the men could not have stayed in their homes with guns in their hands all the rest of the week, it is difficult to con- jecture what comfort or security was left with the women and children. However, we have no account of any serious mischief to the first planters or their immediate descendants. All the inhabitants settled, at first, along the western border of the river, in what is now called Old Haddam. The larger

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number of their houses stood near together, on a hill over- looking at the present day, a landscape of great beaut}'. Most of the owners of these lands settled on them in the summer of 1662 or soon after ; but some of the company were so slow in improving their rights that action was taken by the little colony to prompt them. Nicholas Ackle}- was one of these delinquents and he was reminded that he was wanted at Thirty Mile Island, in a way that resulted in the following promise from him to assure them that he would in fact become one of them, although it was perhaps, pleasanter to view chimneys in Hartford :

"This writing made ye eight off November 1666 bindeth me niklis Akly of harford to come with my ffamely to settle att thirte mille Island by ye twenty ninth of October next inseuing date hearof ealso to have my part of fence up yt belongs to my home lot by ye Last of next insueing as of failing hearof to forfit ten pounds to y^ inhabitant of thirte mile Island as witness my hand and Seall

Nicholas Ackly witnes James Bate."

Nicholas Ackley appears to have kept this agreement, as he removed from Hartford, and his name is recorded among the ''first settlers at Thirty Mile Island," where he had a "six acre lot towards Saybrook," and he owned the little island near the Cove. Every one of his sons, seven in number, moved to the east side of the Great River, but he died on the west side. Having settled there nearly thirty years before, he still kept his home on that side. Dr. Patterson says: "March 19, 1671-2, Nicholas Ackley and wife Hannah, of Haddam, deeded to William Spencer, of same town, all their right in land between Sammon River and Lyme bounds ; both divided and undivided. The Hartford probate records show that he died at Haddam April 29, 1695, and that his 2nd wife, Miriam, survived him."

CHILDREX OF NICHOLAS AND HAXNAH ACKLEY.

1. Nicholas, /r.

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2. Jolm — In 1718 his estate in East Haddam was rated at ^64 5s. In 1700 he deeded to his brother James land which he had received through his wife Rebecca. She signed the deed Rebecca Spencer. "Dec. the last," 1694, his father called him his eldest son, in a deed on Haddam Land Records. He was administrator on the estate of his father in 1695.

3. Samuel and his wife Bethia were baptized Octo- ber 6, 1706. He joined church Ma}^ 10, 1730. She joined church October 18, 1730. He died April 27, 1745. She died March 12, 1764.

4. Benjamin,

5. James married Slizabeth. {Xe.vt in nue.)

6. Nathaniel— ^\^A Feb. 27, 1710.

7. T/i07?tas—d\&di January 16, 1704. "Hannah Ackle}^ widow of Thomas, son of Nicholas, in 1704 presented the inventor}^ of Thomas Ackley's estate and took adminis- tration on her husband's said estate." July 9, 1705, Benjamin Trowbridge married the widow and in right of his wife, Hannah, accounted to the court for her administration on her first husband's estate. John and Nathaniel Ackle}^ were appointed guardians for the children of Thomas — four in number.

8. Hannah— msLvn^d Edward Purple of Haddam.

9. Mary — married a Crippin.

10. Elizabeth.

11. SaraJi —

12. Lydia —

When Nicholas Ackley, Sr. died, he left a widow and children — John, Thomas, Nathaniel, James, Hannah, Eliza- beth, Mary, Sarah and Lydia.

JAMES AND ELIZABETH ACKLEY.

James Ackle}', son of Nicholas Ackle}^ Sr., and his wife Hannah, was baptized adult, March 30, 1707 ; married Eliza- beth , and died September 19, 1746, in his 69th 3'ear.

His will dated August 6, 1746, gave to Nathaniel, his son,

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"one gun which was once his uncle Nathaniel's." His widow, Elizabeth, died September 19, 17;15, in her 6(3th year.

CHILDREN OF JA3IES AND ELIZABETH ACKLEV.

1. ^^;;^^j-— born July 17, 1707, bapt. August 17, 1707. His 1st wife, Naomi, was living in 1731*. He married. 2nd, Sarah Gates, October 28, 1742.

2. Nicholas— horn Dec. 1C>, 1708, bapt. March 0, 1709, moved from East Haddam.

3. Nathaniel— hoxn November 7, 1711, bapt. Dec. 30, 1711, married, April 16, 1734, Mary Williams of East Haddam, daughter of Henry Williams. She was bapt. and joined church August 18, 1751. He married, 2nd, at the age of 81, widow Hannah Smith, aged 75. This marriage took place in Millington, December 20, 1792. He died, aged 83 years, 10 months; of "Head pleurisy so called." She died, aged 80.

4. CJideon marhed J^annah Andrews, (AViy

/;/ line.)

5. Desi7^e — born Februar}^ 24, 1717, was bapt. March 30, 1718.

6. Elizabeth — born January 1(5, 1722, bapt. Febru- ary 18, 1722.

7. Benajah— horn July 10, 1727. His father deeded land to him August 2, 1746. He was in East Haddam in 1750.

GIDEON AND HANNAH (ANDREWS) ACKLEY.

Ensign Gideon Ackley was born April 14, 1716. "Giddian b. Apriell," on East Haddam records. He was bapt. May 20, 1716. He was son of James and Elizabeth Ackley and married, March 24, 1737, Hannah Andrews, one of the sixteen children of Samuel and Eleanor (Lee) Andrews, of East Haddam. Hannah Andrews was born July 18, 1714, and bapt. July 1725, with ten of her brothers and sisters. Gideon Ackley and wife renewed covenant August 7, 1748. He married, 2nd, on October 27, 1763, Deborah Rowley, of Colchester. She was a member of the Church at Millington

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December 13, 1788, and died, March 31, 1795, of consumption, in her 71st year. In 17(33, Gideon Ackle}' deeded land to his " Daughter Hannah Cone."

Inscriptions on headstones in Millington grave3^ard:

"In memory of Mr. Gideon Ackle}- who departed this life Dec. 11th. 1805 in ye 88 year of his age."

Another:

"Here lies the body of Mrs. Hannah late wife of Gideon Ackley. She died July the 5th, 1763 in the -lOth year of her age.

You are but dust."

CHILDREN OF GIDEON AXD HAXNAH ANDREAV8 ACKLEY.

1. Thankf2cl—h?ipt. Aug. 7, 1748. Deeds show that she married a Gates and the Church Record shows that he was Matthias Gates, of Colchester. They were married May 13, 1756.

2. Abigail— horn Nov. 29, 1738, bapt. August 7, 1748, married Thomas Knowlton and named a son, born April 12, 1758, Gideon Ackle}^ Knowlton.

3. Jiannah married Jyhanus Cone, (s^e cone

Fa)} lily.)

The children of Gideon and Deborah (Rowlej^) Ackley were: Deborah— horn June 13, 1766, bapt. at Millington, Sept. 7, 1766, and married Simeon Dickenson. Alary — born September 14, 1767, bapt. at Millington Januar}' 3, 1768, died February, 1770.

The Hast Haddam Ackleys married into the Fuller, Barnes, Brainard, Chauncy, Hungerford, Gates, Cone and many other earl}^ families of Haddam.

The following is from the records of the Council of Safet}^ Vol. I., page 81, of the Public Records of the State of Connecticut, published in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly, by Charles J. Hoadly, LL. D.

"At a meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety, Hartford Nov'r 26th, 1776.

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Present — His Honor the Governor,

The Deputy Governor, Elip't Dyer. Titus Hosmer. \

Jabez Huntington. Benj. Huntington. esqs.

Wm. Williams. Wm. Hillhouse. \

Thomas Seymour.

Voted — to accept and establish Wm. Cone for Captain, Nathaniel Sparrow for a Lieutenant and Gideon Acklcy for an Ensign, of a Company of Householders and others not in the militia roll who have formed themselves into a compan}' in the town of East Haddam, and his Honor the Governor is desired to commission them accordingly."

Gideon Ackley is recorded as an Ensign in the book, "Connecticut ^len in the Revolutionar}' War," published by the State. His name is found under the heading, " ^linute Men and Volunteers — 1776." His services in aid of establish- ing American Independence have been accepted by the Daughters of the American Revolution, as furnishing a valid claim to membership in that society.

oiZD

1. WilHam Andrews married 1st, Mary, '2nd, Alngail.

2. His son. Thomas Andrews, married Hannah Kirby.

3. Their son, Samuel Andrews, married Elinor Lee.

4. Their daughter, Hannah Andrews, married Gideon Ackley. o. Their daughter, Hannah Ackley, married Sylvanus Cone.

6. Their daughter, INIartha Cone, married William Hall.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were— 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, -4. Rufus.

WILLIAM AND MARY ANDREWS.

Mr. William Andrews was Freeman of Massachusetts March 4, 1635, constable at Xewtown October 1636, and came

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from Cambridge to Hartford, of which town he was an

original proprietor ; receiving 30 acres in the division of 16J:0.

His home lot was north of Little River, in land now included

in West Park. He was a Juryman in 1644. He was Town

Clerk 1651-1658. At a Particular Court held March 4, 1651,

Mr. Andrews was confirmed Recorder of the town of Hartford.

Note at the beginning of Vol. II. of the land records of

Hartford: "This volume, which had not been in the

Secretary's ofl&ce within time of memory, was recovered

September 1862. The greater part of it is in the hand writing

of William Andrews.

Charles J. Hoadly. "

Births, marriages and deaths are scattered through that book, from w^hich the following are taken : ' ' Thomas Andrew^es, sonn Willm Andrewes, was born May 4, 1688. Esther Andrewes daughter Willm Andrewes was born September 1641. Samuel Andre w^es sonn of Willm Andrewes was born Octb'r 1645. Edward Granniss of Hartford was married to Elizabeth Andrewes of ffarmington the daughter of Will Andrewes of Hartford May 3rd, 1655."

In 1642 the town of Hartford awarded Mr. William Andrews / 30 for teaching school. He was the first school- master of Hartford, and continued to "keep the school" till 1656. The following is from the records of the town of Hartford : " At a general towm meeting in April 1643 it was ordered that Mr. Andrews should teach the children in the school, one year next ensuing, from the 25th of March 1643 and that he shall have for his pains 16 pounds ; and therefore the Townsmen shall go and inquire who will engage them- selves to send their children, and all that do so shall pay for one quarter, at the least, and for more if they do send them ; after the proportion of twenty shillings for the year ; and if they go any wrecks more than an even quarter, they shall pay sixpence a week ; and if any would send their children and are not able to pay for their teaching, they shall give notice of it to the townsmen and they shall pay at the town's charge and Mr. Andrews shall keep the account between the children's schooling and himself and send notice

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of the times of payment and demand it and if his wages doth not so come, then the townsmen must collect and pay it or if the engagements come not to sixteen pounds then they shall pay what is wanting at the town's charges."

The will of William Andrews is dated at Hartford April 1st, 1659, and he died the same year. In the will he said : "If the said Abigail, my wife, shall see cause to alter her con- dition by marrying another man, then my will is, that such of the movables as she can conveniently spare, shall be dis- posed of among the children." At sometime after his death, " said Abigail " divided her estate among the children then living and she became the 2nd wife of Nathaniel Bearding, who lived on Lord's Hill, Hartford. He was chosen Towns- man 1658 and Surveyor of Highways 1666. He died about 1674 and-his widow Abigail, once wife of William Andrews, died March 20th, 1683. Mary, the first wife of WilHam Andrews, died at Cambridge, Mass., January 19, 1610.

CHILiDREN OF WILLIAM ANDRKWS AKD HIS TWO WIVES.

Abigail— ^x^^ in May, 1653.

Jolm — of Hartford, married Mar}^ and died June 8, 1690.

Jhomas married Jiannah Kirby, [^xe.vt in nuc.)

Hester — born September 1641, married Thomas Spencer, Jr., of Suffield, and died March 6th, 1698.

ElizabetJi — married, May 3, 1655, Edward Granniss of Hartford. He married 2nd, in 1662, Hannah, daughter of John Wakefield of New Haven, and removed to that place.

Saniuel—hoxw October 20, 1615, married Elizabeth,, daughter of Sergeant Thomas Spencer, and died in Hartford,, in 1712.

Thomas was son of the 1st wife, Mary ; and Hester and Samuel were children of the 2nd wife, Abigail.

THOMAS AND HANNAH (KIRBY) ANDREWS.

Thomas Andrews and Hannah Kirby were married before 1673. He was son of William and Mary Andrews and was born May 1, 1638. She was daughter of John and Elizabeth

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Kirby and was born in Wethersfield March 2, 1649. The inventory of the estate of Thomas Andrews was returned to the Probate court at Hartford March 5, 169f^. His widow married 2nd, Alexander Rollo. There is an anti-nuptial agreement dated November 3, 1693, which reads: " For as much as there is intended matrimony betwixt Alexander Rollo of Haddam and Hannah Andrews late wife of Thomas Andrews of Middletown ' ' , &c. The marriage took place before the end of that year, and he died July 22, 1709. The land records of East Haddam show that he had land in * * Matchit-Moodus " in 1688, and that his widow Hannah

(who had formerl}^ been the wife of Andrews) was not the

mother of his son William. The inventory of John Kirby 's estate mentions "Hannah Kirby, wife of Thomas Andrews." John Kirby died in 1677, and his widow, Elizabeth, married 2nd, October 27, 1681, Abraham Randall of Windsor.

The Middletown land records. Vol. XL, page 91, tell us that on April 6, 1688, the wife of Abraham Randall of Wind- sor gave to her " dafter Hannah Andros of Middletown." The above proof that Hannah Kirby was the wife of Thomas Andrews is given here because people have been misled and confused by the statement in the "Andrews Memorial" that the widow of Thomas Andrews of Middletown is named Abigail in the inventory of his estate returned to the Probate Court at Hartford. This is an error. The name of the widow is not stated, either in the inventory presented, or in the administration granted. In both cases she is spoken of as "the widow," simply. Hannah Kirb}^, who married 1st, Thomas Andrews of Middletown and 2nd, Alexander Rollo of Haddam, married I'rd, William Stone of Guilford. Deeds on record at Middletown show that William Stone of Guilford had a wife Hannah in 1714 and in 1717, who had a son Samuel Andrews of Haddam. By a deed dated June 19, 1714, Han- nah Stone of Guilford gives land to her "beloved son Samuel Andrews of Haddam," with the assent and signature of ' ' William Stone, husband to sd. Hannah Stone. ' ' Experienced genealogists who have studied the point, agree in the opinion that the Samuel Andrews, who married Eleanor Lee, was Sam-

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uel Andrews, son of Thomas and Hannah (Kirby) Andrews. That opinion has been adopted in this sketch.

CHILDREN OF TH03IAS AKD HANNAH KIRBY) ANDREW'S.

1. TJiovias.

2. John— horn 1673, died Aug. G, 1736.

3. Samuel married Sleanor X,ee. {Xext in Hue.)

1. HannaJi.

5. ElizabdJi.

6. Sarah.

7. AbigaiL

SAMUEL AND ELEANOR (LEE) ANDREWS.

Samuel Andrews and Eleanor Lee were married Xov. 18, 1708. They had sixteen children. She joined the church in East Haddam in July, 1725, and he joined the same church in June of the next year. When she united with the church the}' had twelve children, who were all baptized the same month (July 1725), excepting one that is on record as being "not at home." After the mother, Eleanor, died, Samuel Andrews married June 1, 1736, Mar}' (Willey) Holmes, widow of Captain John Holmes and daughter of John and Miriam (Moore) Willey, and died in East Haddam Dec. 11, 1758.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL. AND ELEANOR LEE) ANDREWS.

1. Safmiel—hoxx). Sept. 28, 1709, bapt. July. 1725, married, Xov. 23, 1738, Jemima Cone, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hungerford) Cone. She joined the church in Millington, Feb. 11, 1716, from the 1st church.

2. Mary — born Dec. 2, 1710, bapt. July 1725.

3. Ruhar dehorn Jan. 11, 1712, bapt. July, 1725, married, June 16, 1737, Esther Ccne, daughter of Kalhaniel and Sarah (Hungerford) Cone, born in 1705. She died June 25, 1738, and he married 2nd, July 10, 1710, Elizabeth Ackley. She joined church Nov. 8, 1715. He died Oct. 29, 1785. The

church record says, ' ' ■ Andrews relict of Richard died 1791,

at the age of 80 years. ' '

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I, Eleanor — born March 12, 1713, bapt June 26, 1726, "not at home when the others were baptized."

5. Jiannah married Qideon Jickley. (See Ackiey

family.)

6. 6^.^7'^//_born Feb. 13, 1716, bapt. July, 1725, married, March 2, 1736, Christopher Holmes, born in East Haddam, June 4, 1715. He w^as a member of the church at Hadlyme in 1745, and she became a member soon after. He was chosen Deacon in 1750, and died April 12, 1792. She died August 12, 1782.

7. Elisabeth— horn April 15, 1717, bapt. July, 1725, died Dec. 24, 1751

8. ^2:m— born Oct. 24, 1718, bapt. July 1725. He married, June 21, 1744, Keziah, the widow of James Maker of Middle Haddam, and had two children baptized by Rev. Mr. Bowers. Ezra died about 1753, and his widow united with the church in Middle Haddam Dec. ?th, of that 3'ear. He was a petitioner for the incorporation of the society of East Hampton in 1743, and one of the society's committee in 1748.

9. Thomas— horn March 3, 1720, bapt. July, 1725, married Anne Cone, daughter of Ebenezer Cone, "May ye 29th," 1740. She was born Jan. 7, 1719. They joined church Jan. 10, 1742.

10. Nehemiah— horn May 18, 1722, bapt. July, 1725, married, Oct. 31, 1745, Hannah Borden. She joined the Mil- lington church June 5, 1747, from the church in Lyme.

11. Abigail— horn August 5, 1723, bapt. July, 1725.

12. Mehitabel— horn May 11, 1724, bapt. July, 1725.

13. Sttsanna— horn Oct. 11, 1726, bapt. Dec. 18, 1726.

14. Zephaniah— horn May 9, 1728, bapt. June 23, 1728, married, April 17, 1759, Mercy Tubbs of Lyme.

15. Ebenezer— horn May 3, 1730, died May 3, 1730.

16. Rachel— horn August 17, 1732, bapt. Dec. 10, 1732, married. May 17, 1750, Jason Millard, of East Haddam.

IMvbn 4'«^iwilii.

1. John Kirby married Elizabeth — ^

2. Their daughter, Hannah Kirby, married Thomas Andrews.

3. Their son, Samuel Andrews, married Eleanor Lee.

4. Their daughter, Hannah Andrews, married Gideon Ackley. 0. Their daughter, Hannah Ackley, married Sylvanus Cone.

6. Their daughter, Martha Cone, married William Hall.

7. Their daughter, Martha Cone Hall, married Harley Hall.

8. Their children were — 1. Sophia, 2. Norman, 3. Betsey, 4. Rufus.

JOHN AND ELIZABETH KIRBY.

John Kirby, the emigrant, owned an estate in England, at Rowington, near Kenilworth, in Warwickshire. On his arrival in New England he lived first in Boston, was in Ply- month in l(*)4o, in Hartford in 164:5, and in Wethersfield from 1(349 to 1651. He removed to Middletown, where he had lands recorded in 1655. He settled in Middletown, Upper Houses (now Cromwell), and died in April, 1677. Elizabeth, his widow, married 2nd, Abraham Randall, of Windsor, Conn., October 27, 1681 (Windsor town rec). Abraham Randall died October 21, 1690, and Elizabeth, his widow, returned to Middle tow^n. In April, 1697, she had become a resident of Wethersfield, and probably died there.

CHILDREN OF .TOHA AND ELIZABETH KIRBY.

1. Afar)'— horn in 1644. On April 17, 1658, when less than fourteen years of age, she married Emanuel Buck of Wethersfield. Ct. , as his second wife (p. 3, Vol. II., land records of Wethersfield). Emanuel Buck and his first wife Sarah had three children. Emanuel and Mary (Kirby) Buck had seven children.

2. Elizabeth — born September 8, 1646, married. February, 1664, David Sage of Middletown, the ancestor of

230 Kirby Family

the Sage family of Xew England. He was born in 1639 and came with his mother, a widow, to Middletown about 1652. Elizabeth Kirb}^ Sage ' ' Deceased about the 23rd year of her life," leaving three children. David Sage and his second wife, Mar}^ (Wilcox) Sage, had five children. He died at the age of 64 j^ears, leaving a large estate.

3. Jiannah married Jhomas Andrews. {See

A ndre7i 'S favi ily.)

4 and o. Eimice and John— iwAw^ born December 18, 1651. John was killed by Indians in 1676, on the road between Wethersfield and IMiddletown. Eunice died in 1677, not married.

6. Esther — born in 1652, married, about 1673, Bena- jah Stone of Guilford, Conn., born 1647, son of William and Hannah Stone. Benajah Stone died November, 1714, in Guilford, aged 67 years.

7. Sarah — born January 16, 1654, married, August 9, 1«)73, Samuel Hubbard of Middletown, born May, 1648, in Hartford, Conn., son of George and Elizabeth (Watts) Hub- bard.

8. Joseph — was born Juh' 17, 1656. He resided in Middletown until after May, 1684. The following January he had become a resident of Southampton, L. I., but by November, 1687, he had returned to Middletown. Savage says he went to Carolina. It is certain that he resided in Milford, Conn., from July, 1706, until after June, 1708, and that in 1706 and 1707, he had a law suit with his brothers-in- law, Alexander Rollo and David Robinson, over the distribu- tion of his father's estate. He appeared before the Court as his own attorney, and in the record of the suit he is twice men- tioned as Joseph Kirby, Jr. On the record of the County Court held at Hartford, March 1, 1708-9, it is stated that Joseph Kirby of Middletown was admitted to the bar. He married Sarah Markcoon in Wethersfield on December 10, 1681. They had five children, and he married 2nd, October 17, 1704, in New Haven, Ct., Mary Plum, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Norton) Plum of Milford, Ct. Joseph and Mar}^ (Plum) Kirb}^ had three children.

Kirby Family. 231

9. Bethia — born February 14, IGot), married, before October 25, 1G80, John Andrews of Fairfield, Conn., son of Francis and Anne (Smith) Andrews. John and Bethia (Kirby) Andrews had two children. He was baptized September 27, 1616, at Hartford, and died in 1683.

10. Sttsa7ina—hoin May 3, 1661, died in October, 1729. She married, May 6, 1686, Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., eldest son of Abraham Cruttenden, Jr., and his wife, Susanna (Gregson) Cruttenden, and had seven chil- dren.

11. Abigail — born March 6, 1666, married, about 1689, David Robinson of Guilford, Conn., born in 1660, son of Thomas and ]\Iar\^ Robinson. Abigal (Kirby) Robinson died in 1691, and he married 2nd, Mary, widow of Ichabod Stow and daughter of David At water of Xew Haven. David Robinson w^as one of the proprietors and patentees of Durham, Conn., where he died January 1, 1748, aged eighty-seven years. David and Abigail (Kirby) Robinson had three chil- dren.

AFTER MANY YEARS.

TJw toheels of loeary life at last stood stills

-Dryden.

Ages, at death, of some old people, blood relations of the writer, who have been mentioned in this book :

Years

Richard Hall, Immigrant, Middletown Family 70

Rich vrd Treat, Jr., Immigrant 70

Rev. Spencer Houghton Cone, D. D 70

Rev. John Lothropp, Immigrant, near 70

Abigail Bacon (Wilcox, Goodwin) 70

Thomas Miller, Immigrant 70

General Erastus Wolcott ..... 70

Gov. OLiVEJi Wolcott, Signer Declaration of Independence 71

John Hall, 1st, Immigrant, Wallingford Family 71

Ensign Garrard Spencer, Immigrant 71

John Metcalfe 71

Abraham Dowlittle, Immigrant 71

Solomon Moss 71

Erastus Fairbanks, LL. D., Governor of Vermont 72

Oliver Wolcott, Jr., LL. D., Governor of Connecticut 72

Ensign Robert Avery 72

Phineas Bacon 72

Jemima Bacon (Hall) 72

Reuben Hall 72

Miles Hall 73

Cornelius Hall 73

Johnson Comfort Halt 73

David Hall 73

Ephraim Hall 73

Benjamin Bacon 73

John Moss 73

Judge John Griswold 73

Sarah Avery (Wright) 73

Elizabeth Saunders (Wolcott), Immigrant 73

Thomas Metcalfe 73

Joseph Warren Cone 73

Richard Andrews 73

Lieutenant James Cone 74

Major General Joseph Spencer 74

John Deming, Jr 74

Thomas Cooke, Immigrant, about 74.

Mary Moss (Hall) 74.

Sarah Pratt (Waterhouse) 74

Alice Gaylard (Treat), Immigrant, living at 74

Harley Hall, Wallingford Family 75

Martha Cone Hall (Hall), Middletown f^amily 75

Joanna Treat (Hollister), Immigrant 75

James Treat, Immigrant

4 0

Mr. Ephraim Atkins 75

Nathaniel Bacon, Immigrant

< o

John Hall, Son of John Hall, 1st, Middletown Family 75

John Hall, Son of John Hall, 1st, Wallingford Family 75

David Hall 75

Dr. Jonathan Hall, Wallingford Familv 75

Benjamin Miller, 1st, of Middlefield 75

Rev. Jeremiah Peck, Immigrant , . 7(>

Susanna Treat (Webster), Immigrant. 7(>

Sarah Andrews 7(>

Eunice Hall (Law, Pitkin), Wallingford Family 7<>

John Bacon 7(>

Deacon Jonathan Metcalfe 76

Deacon Samuel Hall, Middletown Family 70

Deacon Samuel Hall, Wallingford Family 77

Mr. Henry Wolcott, Immigrant and Magistrate 77

Job Laine, Immigrant 77

Olive Cone (Willky) 77

Molly Bacon (Wilcox) 77

Sarah Bacon (Johnson) 77

Rt. Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. I) 77

Richard Hubbard 7 7

William Wolcott Elsworth, Governor of Connecticut 7 7

Grace Watson (Hall; 78

Mary Moss (Peck) 78

Nathaniel Cone .• 78

Thomas Hurlbut 78

Sylvester Hall 7S

Deacon Joseph Peck 78

Samuel Lothrop, Immigrant, about 7S

Matthew Griswold, 1st, Immigrant 78

Michael Metcalfe, 1st, Immigrant 7S

Barnabas Lothrop, Son of Rev. John Lothropp 71)

Joseph Lothrop 79

Lieut. Daniel White, Son of Elder John White 79

Mercy (Bassett) Miller 79

Hannah Kenricke (Metcalfe) 79

Daniel Cone, Immigrant 80

Ill

John Kexricke, Immigrant 80

Esther Hall, Middletown Family 80

Mary Hubbard (Ranny) 80

Hannah Cone (Townsend) 80

Rhoda Bacon (Ward, Cook) 80

Anna Wolcott (Griswold) Immigrant, living at 80

Hon. John Hall, Father of Gov. Lyman Hall, Wallingford Family. . 80

William R, Cone 80

Rev. Theodore Hinsdale 80

Jonathan Hall 80

Richard Hall, Wallingford Family 80

Daniel Doolittle 80

Elder John White, Immigrant, not far from 80

Lieutenant Nathaniel Bacon 81

Rev. Samuel Hall, Wallingford Family 81

Sylvanus Cone, by Family Record 81

Thomas Hall, 1st, of East Haddam, Middletown Famil> 81

Dr. Jonathan Hall, Wallingford Family 81

Comfort Hall, Wallingford Family 82

Thomas Hall, of Guilford, Middletown Family.. 82

Brenton Hall, Wallingford Family 82

Thomas Ellwyn 82

John Lothrop, Immigrant, Son of Rev. John Loihropp 82

Capt, Nathaniel White, son of Elder John White 82

Hannah Walker (Hall), not less than 82

Rev. Joseph Avery 82

Nathaniel Ackley 83

Abraham Doolittle, Jk 83

Susanna Hall (Moss) 83

George Hubbard, Immigrant 83

Deacon Edward Griswold, Immigrant 83

Thomas Atkins, son of Ephraim Atkins 84

Thomas Atkins, Historian 84-

Eliza Cone 84

^L\TTHE^v Griswold, LL. D., Governor of Connecticut 84

David Hurlbut 84

Joseph Moss, Son of the 1st John Moss of New Haven 84

Samuel Hubbard 84

Mr. Richard Treat, Immigrant and Magistrate 85

William Hungerford, LL. D 85

Ebenezer Hurlbut 85

Samuel Hall, of East Haddam, Middletown Family 85

Margaret Hurlbut (Hall) 85

Thomas Lothrop, Immigrant, Son of Rev. John Lothropp .... 85

Deacon Samuel Moss 85

Rhoda Miller (Bacon) 85

IV

Sarah Atkins ( Bacon) S^j

Lieut. John Peck, Son of Deacon William Peck S(;

Paul Peck, Son of Deacon Paul F'eck s(;

Samuel Hall, Middletown Family s(J

Judge Highland Hall, Middletown Famil , (iovtrnor of \'erni<jni . . s(;

Nathaniel Hubbard s(;

Anna Cone (Graves) SO

Three Daughters .of Anna Cone (Craves ) s;

Deacon Paul Peck, Imm grant S7

Ebenezer Hurlbut, Gravestone says sT

Jedadiah Hall, East Haddam, MiddKtown Family s7

Elizabeth Cone ,s7

Elizabeth Deming (Welles), Immigrant SS

Col. Robert Treat, Immigrant, Governor of Connecticut SS

Maj. Gen. Roger Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut SS

Ensign Gideon Ackley SS

Daniel Doolittle ss

John Hall, 1st, Immigrant, Middletown P'amily Sj)

Mr. John Deming, Immigrant <M)

Content Hall (Beach), Wallingford Family *.){)

Mary Peck (Andrews), Daughter of Deacon Paul Peck *M)

Elizabeth Wetmore (Atkins) <M)

John Kenricke, Jr «M>

Thaddeus Fairbanks, Inventor of Scales *){>

Elizabeth (Laine) Avery 1M>

Walter Cone 1M>

Marcia Willey (Ward), of Cone Family \)\

Mary Pratt (Hall) <>"J

Walter Cone, Jr \\'2

Martha Miller (Atkins) t>:{

Deacon William Peck, Immigrant !>:{

Martha Atkins (Barnes) tMJ

Deacon John Peck 1> 7

Three Children of John Metcalfe, aged IH, J)5 ami *M)

John Moss, 1st, of New Haven, Immigrant 10:J

Deacon Elisha Cone, died in his lOOtli

Year.

INDEX OF DIRECT LINES.

Page

John and Jeanne (Woollen) Hall . 1

Sergeant Thomas and Grace (Watson) Hall 6

Joseph and Bethia (Terrel) Hall 8

Ephraini and Chloe (Moss) Hall 9

Comfort and Jemima (Bacon) Hall 10

Harley and Martha Cone (Hall) Hall 15

Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson 27

John Moss, 1st, of New Haven 28

John and Martha (Lothrop) Moss 32

Solomon and Ruth (Peck) Moss 33

David and Mindwell (Doolittle) Moss 34

John Lowthroppe 36

Robert and Ellen Lowthroppe 36

Thomas and Mar}- Lowthroppe 36

Rev. John and Hannah (Howse) Lothropp 36

Samuel and Elizabeth (Scudder) Lothrop 41

Deacon Paul and Martha Peck 47

Joseph and Ruth (Atkins) Peck ' 48

Abraham and Joane (x\llen) Dowlittle 49

John and Mary (Peck) Dowlittle 50

vSamuel and Mehitabel Doolittle 52

James Allen, of Kempston, Eng 53

Deacon William and Elizabeth Peck 54

Lieutenant John and Mar}- (Moss) Peck 55

Nathaniel and Ann (Miller) Bacon 57

Lieutenant Nathaniel and Hannah (Wetmore) Bacon 58

Benjamin and Rhoda (Millar) Bacon 60

Phineas and Sarah (Atkirs) Bacon 61

Thomas and Isabella Miller 64

Thomas and Sarah (NetlLton) Miller 64

Benjamin and Merc}- (Bassett) Miller 67

Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Wetmore 69

Thomas and Catharine ( Robards) Wetmore 69

Thomas and Elizabeth (Hubbard) Wetmore 71

Samuel and Maria Nettleton 72

William and Hannah (Ives) Bassett 73

John and Mercy (Todd) Bassett 75

William and Isabel (Rogerson) Todd 70

William and Catharine (Warde) Todd 7('>

Christopher and Grace (Middlebrook) Todd 7r,

Josiah and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Atkins > 71)

Ephraim and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Atkins SO

Thomas and Martha (Miller) Atkins 81

George and Elizabeth (Watts) Hnbbard 84

Richard and Elizabeth Watts 87

John and Esther Hall Hl>

Samuel and Eliza l^etli (Cooke) Hall '.(5

Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Hinsdale) Hall '.m;

Thomas and Margaret (Hurlbut) Hall 100

Samuel and Mary (Pratt) Hall \{)2

William and Martha (Cone) Hall. .' lO.")

Thomas and Elizabeth Cooke 10!>

Deacon Robert and Ann Hinsdale Ill

Barnabasand Sarah (White) Hinsdale lis

Elder John and Mary White 1'2 1

Thomas and Sarah Hurlbut l'-27

John and Mary (Deniing) Hurlbut V2'.i

Ebenezer and Sarah (Dickens) Hurlbut 1:^1

John and Honour (Treat) Deming 13:^

Robert and Honour Treat 137

Mr. Richard and Alice (Gaylard) Treat 13s

Peter and Elizabeth (Griswold) Pratt 144

Peter and Mehitabel (Waterhouse) Pratt 14<>

Rev. Peter and Mary (Metcalfe) Pratt 147

George Griswold, of Kenilworth, England 14^)

Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold l-"><>

Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott l*'l

Jacob and Hannah Waterhouse 1'^^

Isaac and Sarah (Pratt) Waterhouse l'»'*

Lieutenant William and Elizabeth (Clarke) Pratt 171

Mr. John Clarke 1"^

Michael and Sara (Elhvyn) :Metcalfe IT')

Michael and Mary (P'airbanks) Metcalfe !'••

Deacon Jonathan and Hannah (Kenricke) :Metcalfe 1^<^>

Mr. Jonathan and Hannah (Avery) Metcalfe 1'"^!

Thomas and Elizabeth Elhvyn ^^-^

Jonathan and Grace (Lee) Fairebanke ^^^

John and Anne (Smith) Kenricke l'^'^

Job and Sarah Laine ^'^^

Daniel and Mehitabel (Spencer) Cone 1'"'

Nathaniel and Sarah (Hungerford) Cone -*^**

Lieut. James and Grace Cone -"^

Ill

S3'lvanus and Hannah (Ackley) Cone - 203

John and Anna Spencer 207

Michael and Elizabeth Spencer 207

Gerard and Alice Spencer 208

Ensign Gerrard and Hannah Spencer 209

Thomas Hungerford and his Two Wives 213

Thomas and Mary (Gray) Hnngerford 2 15

Nicholas and Hannah Ackley 217

James and Elizabeth Ackley 220

Gideon and Hannah (Andrews) Ackley 221

William and Mary Andrews 223

Samuel and Eleanor (Lee) Andrews.. 227

John and Elizabeth Kirby 229

Thomas and Hannah (Kirby) Andrews 230

1800

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